The day we drove to LegoLand

We have just come back from a trip to LegoLand (Windsor) which as you can imagine was extraordinary.

En-route we met up with our good friends Kim and Robert. Robert is a fellow Lego collector and told me that he had a few spares from Series 1 if I wanted them. I only needed three to complete my collection - the Nurse, The Crash Test Dummy and the Skater. He had all three. :-) (The skater no longer had a skateboard, but I am sure I can easily remedy that).

In a very thoughtful gesture he gave me  the MiniFigs to me in this
handy (& cute) little MiniFig presentation box.

Woop!! Now my Series One is complete! Just two more to get from Series 7 and my whole collection will be complete - until the next series, obviously. ;-) 


His generosity continued when he then gave me his spare Batman set (Set 30160 - from the previous days Sun Newspaper Promotion).

My very own batman MiniFig.

It really is great to have friends that have a shared love for Lego and I have to thank them both for their generosity. If he had sold them on eBay he could have made a little packet.

So... as you can imagine I was a very happy lady as we drove towards our destination.

To be continued.....

The Spartan Warrior and friends

In the last few weeks I have completed my Series Two collection, with the help from my Mum.  For a while now she has been buying the odd Mini Figure - unlike me she doesn't like to buy them to complete a series - she just collects the ones she thinks are "Heroic" or those with nice faces.


Anyway, the weekend before last, she started ordering herself quite a few from series One and Two. Realising she was ordering a number of figures that I didn't have - and knowing that I would sulk if she had them and I didn't - she also ordered me some too.  :-) Yay for generous Mothers!


So she bought us each....

A Lego Update

I've neglected this blog for the last few weeks, but don't let that fool you - I've not been neglecting my Lego!

So whats been happening.

Firstly, I completed the Series 3 collection with a number of eBay purchases.

I then completed the Series 6 collection after spending 10 minutes standing in a busy supermarket, under the watchful eye of a security guard, fondling bags until I found the hard-to-find Surgeon and the easy-to-find Lady Liberty.  As well as being happy to complete this collection, I was also really chuffed that despite buying all these in the traditional manner of purchasing them in shops, I actually only ended up with one swapsie for this series; which I very quickly swapped with my Mother, who has recently started her very own collection.

Additionally, I have also had fun dismantling the majority of my Star Wars collection. Don't panic, it's not going anywhere.... we were decorating the dining room and it all needed to be relocated to avoid getting paint on.   As we have only just finished decorating I am still yet to rebuild it all. But I can't wait to get building.

Finally, I have received a couple more of the Series 1 and 2 characters. The Vampire, The Traffic Cop and The Karate Master (series 2) and the Caveman, Forest man and Deep Sea Diver (series 1).

Christmas came early...

Last Monday the most exciting parcel was pushed through my door.  A superb Christmas pressie from my friends in Scotland.  They are Internet friends who I met on Flickr, through our mutual fondness for Guinea Pigs. We have been in contact for a while and at the beginning of this year we finally briefly met during their honeymoon in Cornwall.

As I have previously said its only recently that I have admitted my love for Lego and it was only then that I found that Robert also shared this passion.  He said he had lots of swapsies from the first few Mini Figures series which I could have.  He then also offered some of the extra MiniKits that he had picked up over the years.  I was ecstatic. We hadn't really come up with any concrete price but then on Sunday he announced that he and Kim had decided to send them as Christmas gifts.  I was overwhelmed by their generosity and then completely amazed when the package arrived the next morning.

It was all wrapped up in Xmas paper though so I decided to wait until Christmas morning.  However excitement got the better of me.  I wanted to be good, but I wanted to see the Mini figures more! 

Mikey was home so he helped me open the package carefully and just remove the bag of mini figures.

(The rest of the contents were then sealed back up and put under the Christmas tree. The mini figures distracting my attention enough to keep my mind off what is still to come.  Watch this space for the MiniKits)

So who did they send me?

From Series 1 The Magician and Clown

From Series 2 The Witch, Surfer and Mariachi man (who is definitely a personal fave)

From Series 3 The Sumo-wrestler, Gorilla Guy (another fave), Racing Driver and a Native American

The detail on this are super, there is a zip down the back and the head has droplets of sweat; from him overheating in his warm suit. I love it!

From Series 4 The Footballer

*****

I really have to say such a HUGE thank you to Kim and Robert. I do not know how I can ever repay them for their wonderful generosity.