Toy Building Bricks Last 2009 Legoland California Update

OK guys and girls, we're getting close to the Legoland New Years Eve count down! I thought you might appreciate a schedule of the day's activities and here it is:

3:30PM - Pink Army kicks off the party at 3:30 p.m. with their upbeat songs ranging from hip hop to pop for a performance that will make young guests want to get up and dance!
4:00PM - Lil Niqo, a.k.a. Boy Wonder takes the stage at 4 p.m. with his unique style of rap and hip-hop that brings hope to challenged kids!
4:30PM - The Jumpitz®, one the hottest children’s entertainment groups in the nation!
5:00PM - Justin Roberts and the Not Ready for Naptime Players, popular performers at Kids’ New Year’s Eve for the last three years, give a lively, interactive concert!
5:45PM - Dance Party
6:00PM - New Year’s Eve Countdown

All of us at the ToyBuildingBricks.com store hopes you have a great time! Don't forget we're open 24 hrs. a day so stop in anytime.

Toy Building Bricks Wishes All A Happy New Year!

We here at Toy Building Bricks Blog hope you had a very merry Christmas. The holidays are almost over and it's getting close to going back to school time. We still have New Years Eve to celebrate and Legoland California has planned a great event complete with fireworks and live music. Five time Parents Choice Gold Award winner Justin Roberts and the Not for Naptime Players will be rockin' out at Miniland starting at 4:00 PM New Years Eve. As a super added attraction Hollywood's biggest new kids entertainment group The Jumpitz will be doing their shows as well.

At 12 AM KST (Kid's Standard Time) or 6:00 PM GCT (Grownup California Time) New Year's Eve. a 22 ft Lego Toy Brick Drop will begin it's decent complete with party favors, noise makers and fireworks show! Oh yes, you parents might be interested in this bit of information. The winner of the new Volvo XC90 will be announced at this time too. So get your glad rags on and go have some Lego fun!

Remember to shop the ToyBuildingBricks.com on-line store this coming year for all of your Lego toy needs, whether it be a gift or you simply want to treat yourself to some fun. That's allowed you know. :) As always we'll strive to bring you all of your favorite, as well as the newest, Lego toy building sets at the best prices on the Internet. Be sure and check back often as we will be keeping you up to date on Legoland California activities and reviewing new Lego sets through out the coming year.

Here's wishing you all a very Happy New Lego Year!

Admin @ Toy Building Bricks

Christmas Countdown - December 22nd

Christmas Day is only three days away and I want to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! If you've been watching the news like I have I'm sure you know that Lego toy building sets are the top holiday toy sellers once again. A lot of brick and mortar stores are sold out of the best selling sets. The Lego Company its self is listing some sets as "hard to find" and even "rare". Not to worry. The Toy Building Bricks online store has them all and at unbeatable prices too.

Whether you're looking for the Lego Star Wars set Venator-class Republic Attack Cruiser or the Lego Bionicle Warrior Toa Mata Nui set you'll find them at our store. It's never to late to give kids Lego toys. Think of the excitement you'll create when the Lego Indiana Jones set, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, arrives on your doorstep a day or two after Christmas! Use the search feature at the top of the store page to easily find that set or piece you're looking for.

Legoland Events and Christmas Countdown!

LEGOLAND® California is a beautiful Christmas holiday wonderland with great decorations, entertainment for everyone including carolers, strolling musicians complete with elves every weekend and toping it all off is the return of the "Let it Snow" holiday musical is scheduled as well. Starting December 26 thru the 31st the night skies around Carlsbad, California will be lit by a nightly fireworks show.

Ten days and counting! Now that the season's shopping days are here you'll want to visit Toy Building Bricks on-line store for really good deals on all of the new, as well as, your all time favorite Lego toy building sets. Don't forger that the toddlers love their big block building sets and we have Lego Duplo sets made just for them!

Christmas Deal From Sea Life Aquarium

Sea Life Aquarium located at Legoland California Resort, Carlsbad California, and just a stones through from Legoland California, is offering a great Holiday deal. On any week-day, from now through Christmas day 2009 visitors will get two free child's admissions per one paid adult admission. Sea Life Aquarium is a great addition to a family Legoland Christmas holiday vacation. You can download coupons right here at the Toy Building Bricks Blog. As Christmas gets closer and closer you will want to visit our online store for great deals on all Lego toys building sets. As we all know, building toys with Legos is not only an adventure; it's building memories as well! Stay tuned for more Holiday specials.

Legoland California Lights Giant Lego Christmas Tree

Well it's official now. On December 30th Legoland California lighted the worlds largest Lego Christmas tree. The tree stands at 30 feet tall and was built using more than 245,000 Lego Duplo bricks! This was the day the holiday festivities kicked off and holiday fun will continue right up to and including New Years Day 2010. This is a great time of year to visit Legoland California with it's sparkling lights and a life size Lego Santa and reindeer. during the holidays be sure and look for the miniature Santas and reindeers delivering gifts throughout the park! Sign up to follow us on our live feed as we will be posting information on the many special holiday events happening at the park.

Be sure and visit http://toybuildingbricks.com/ where you can get everything needed to make your own Santa and Christmas trees. Our store is a great place to buy kid's Christmas presents that will last a lifetime.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Well, here it is the day before Thanksgiving and black Friday is only a couple of days away. To tell you the truth I wouldn't be waiting with a crowd, in the dark, for any store to open Friday morning. Not with the deals that can be found online if you know where to look. ToyBuildingBricks.com just happens to be a good place to start if you're looking for less than "black Friday" priced Christmas presents for the kids in your life (or the kid in you!). Lego sets make great gifts and will build memories that last a life time. Lego Bionicle toy sets are all the rage right now as are Lego Star Wars, Lego City and Lego Power Miners sets. Everything Lego can be found at the online Toy Building Bricks Store. And you won't even have to miss any football.

Wishing you a happy Thanksgiving!
BB and BP

Toy Building Bricks Store Back Online!

ToyBuildingBricks.com would like to thank our loyal Lego fans and customers for their patience during the website's domain server problems of late. We were off-line for a couple of months due to problems beyond our controll. We are happy to announce that we are back in business and want to assure you, our customers, that we are in for the long haul and stronger than ever. Visit us often for new and updated content.

Thanks again,
BB and BP @ http://toybuildingbricks.com/

Summer Vacation Fun at Sea Life Aquarium

It's still early in the summer vacation season and Legoland California Resort attraction, Sea Life Aquarium, is a favorite destination in southern California. A great way to start the day is to have Breakfast with an Aquarist. Breakfast is served 9:00am-10:30am daily at the Ocean Journey Cafe and you can watch sharks and sea life feed in the Shallows while you eat. Admission to Sea Life Aquarium not required for the Cafe.

For your own unique aquarium adventure you'll find that Lego SpongeBob Squarepants and friends complete with the Krusty Krab Cafe is great fun. You can pick up all of the Lego SpongeBob toy building sets at http://toybuildingbricks.com/.

Three New Lego Power Miners Sets

Did you know that Lego has added three new Power Miner sets to the collection! Set # 8962 features the Crystal King the King of the Rock Monsters. Set # 8963 sees the new Rock Wrecker which is an unstoppable, net throwing machine intent on capturing the rock throwing rock monster. Set # 8964 is the Titanium Command Rig that is the most detailed of all power miner sets and features a captured rock monster. Check out http://toybuildingbricks.com where you know you'll get a good deal on these great new Lego Power Miner toy building sets!

Breaking News! Free City of Atero of Bionicle Legos Fame Falls

Chaos has come Bara Magna as Atero, the free city, falls during an onslaught by Skrall attackers! The invasion by warriors of the Skrall army sent the Agori and their Glatorian protectors fleeing as Arena Magna came crashing down. The Skrall, with their announcement of being independent, intends to be the new rulers of Bara Magna. Remaining Glatorian have no choice but to find themselves a strong and persistent new leader. One who can lead and organize them in an underground resistance movement.

To stay on top of this development and to check out all of the latest Lego Bionicle sets be sure and visit http://toybuildingbricks.com/. We have these and all other Lego sets as well. You’ll find our entire inventory of Lego toy building sets very reasonably priced.

New Attraction Opening in Time for This Summer's Legoland California Vacation

Another exciting attraction, Dune Raiders, will be opening at Legoland California’s Land of Adventure June 26th 2009. The attraction will be a 30-foot-high ultimate slide experience that features six side-by-side 50-foot-long racing lanes which include a pair of double-helix corkscrews. Dune Raiders is Egyptian bazaar themed and complete with fun new LEGO models and interactive LEGO model scenes. Dune Raiders is the fifth attraction within the parks newest area, which also includes the first dark ride, Land of Adventure, and the 16 feet tall, 300,000 Lego brick, Pharaoh.

For more fun, as well as, educational vacation destinations, be sure and check the blog and news feed at http://www.civil-war-costumes.com/ for dates and places of historical Civil War reenactments and Living Histories.

Email - News from SEA LIFE Aquarium at LEGOLAND® California Resort

Sharks Revealed at SEA LIFE™ Aquarium
On May 29thMost people know that computers, monitors, televisions, cell phones, CD players and other electronics don’t, SEA LIFE launches “Sharks Revealed” – a new interactive exhibit designed to introduce children to these mysterious and misunderstood creatures of the deep. Fun, hands-on displays give an up-close and personal look at the life cycle and evolution of sharks. Discover how sharks eat, breathe and sleep while gaining an understanding of these great creatures.

New Activities Added to the Discovery Zone
SEA LIFE Aquarium wants to inspire kids to do their part in caring for our seas. To help in this quest, the Aquarium has added several new interactive features to the Discovery Zone to offer inspiration and ideas so that every day can be Earth Day.

SEA LIFE hosts E-Waste Collection Event on May 16th
Most people know that computers, monitors, televisions, cell phones, CD players and other electronics don’t belong in landfills, but they don’t know what to do with them. That is why SEA LIFE is partnering with Recycle San Diego and I Love A Clean San Diego to host an e-waste event on May 16, 2009 from 8 a.m. to noon.

Couch Cushion and Bag of Bananas Among Most Unusual Finds at Tamarack Beach Clean Up
More than 140 volunteers joined SEA LIFE Aquarium at Tamarack State Beach for the seventh annual Creek to Bay Cleanup. Volunteers scoured the famous stretch of beach for debris while enjoying live music, face painting, a trash timeline and scavenger hunt. To read more, visit our What's New page.

SEA LIFE Aquarium at LEGOLAND® California Resort
One LEGOLAND Drive
Carlsbad, CA 92008(760) 918-5346
http://www.sealifeus.com/

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Be sure and visit http://toybuildingbricks.com/ for all of your Lego toy building sets.

Dig those Lego Power Miners

I added Lego Power Miners toy building sets to our store a couple of days ago. I really like these sets and highly recommend them. They rate the 2nd highest in popularity of all Lego sets! There are four very smart and experienced miners; Duke, Rex, Doc and Brains and they operate six unique and complex drilling, excavating, mining machines. These Power Miner sets include; the Stone Chopper, Mine Mech, Granite Grinder, Claw Digger, Thunder Driller and the awesome, two driller, Crystal Sweeper. Of course those pesky rock monsters abound in every action set and are a challenge to the miners. To see these great sets for yourself visit http://toybuildingbricks.com today!

New Civil War Store Now Open

Well, I've been pretty slow with my post lately but I do have an excuse.... I think I've mentioned that I was opening a new store, Well It's finally finished and open for business! Go on over to Civil-War-Costumes and take a look. We not only sell costumes but all of a reenactor's Civil War reenactment needs as well. I'll try to get back here more often now that's done. Of course it is an ongoing job....lol

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New Duplo Article

Hey everyone. I've been out of town for awhile but I'm back now. I've posted a new informational Lego Duplo article on EzinesArticles.com titled "Lego Duplo Toy Building Sets - Perfect Toys For Toddlers to Five Year Olds". Remember you can pick up all of your Lego sets at http://toybuildingbricks.com ...BV

Legoland and Sea Life Aquarium Deals

For all of you LEGOLAND California Members there is a heck of a deal going on through the month of March with special offers for SEA LIFE Aquarium admittance! The normal price for non-Resort members is $9.00 (Thursday thru Monday) and $5.00 Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Through March 16th all Resort Members, as well as their family and friends, is only $5.00 every day of the week. This is another example of having a Legoland California Membership. Add or renew a membership at www.mylegoland.com before April 30th get a free one-day pass to Sea Life Aquarium! For Legoland California information articles, visit the Toy Building Bricks on-line store.

Lego Bionicle - The Fantasy Universe

More sets on Toy Building Bricks. Lego Bionicle is an amazing collection of fantasy toys! The Bionicle Universe has many characters and no two are alike for sure. The story line takes place in in a land called Bara Magna, where Agori villages are protected by Glatorian warriors (the Toa) from evil creatures trying to dominate the land. There's a lot of battles to be won and lost here. The fantastic and futuristic vehicles and weapons sets, you have to see to believe. You can believe me when I say that Lego Bionicle toy building sets are not your ordinary Lego toys. It is indeed a wide and varied universe.

New Lego Toy Building Sets in Store Pages

I have added a couple of new Lego toy sets to the Toy Building Bricks online store. Lego Agents and Lego Racers sets provide some good building fun for all Lego fans. Check them out and remember that our prices can't be beat!

Pirate Shores at Legoland California

Ready for some Lego pirates adventures? Pirate Shores at Legoland California is the fourth of nine themed areas and is all about water and guests should be prepared. As pirates we should all be ready for a dunking now and then! There are five swashbuckling adventure water attractions in Pirate Shores as well as the Buccaneers' Booty gift shop. There's boat loads of fun for landlubbers and scallywags alike at Pirate Shores. You can read the article here.

Legoland California Ten Years and Counting

Legoland California is celebrating their "Ten Years of Fun" 10 year anniversary with the Master Builders making a giant Lego birthday cake! Lego fans of all ages are invited to send pictures of their anniversary models for a contest that ends on March 12th. Five winners are to be picked from several age groups and will be given the VIP treatment with a invitation to the premier of the new Bob the Builder 4D movie Bob and the Roller Coaster on March 20th. You can go here for contest entry information and rules. Get to building and win the VIP Red Carpet walk!

Legoland California Second Installment Now Online

The second installment of my series of articles highlighting the different areas at Legoland California is now live at eArticle World. This article takes on the park's Explore Village where adventures abound! Toy Building Bricks is the toy building sets website and there are more Legoland articles there!

No Waiting At eArticle World

Sorry for the delay. I'm still waiting for eZine to approve my Legoland California article. It is one of the best article sites on the Internet and a live editor reviews each article and sometimes this takes awhile. Another great article sites is eArticle World and their editors seem to work a little faster. You can read the 1st installment on Legoland The Beginning there. I have 4 articles ready on taking a visitor through the different areas and will be doing one every day or so. I also have a helpful article with Legoland vacation tips on Toy Building Bricks.

The Beginning

The Beginning is at Legoland California! That's right when you walk in the main gate at the park you'll find yourself at The Beginning. Literally. I've written a "The Beginning" article on eZineArticles and submitted it for approval last night. I'll post here when it's gone live.

Lego Baby Toys. Will the Name Finally Stick?

The original Lego Baby toy building sets for children 1 year to 18 months old was originally called Duplo Baby which was changed to Lego Primo. Well, this lasted for a few years until the US branch of the company change the name again. Fearing Primo being associated with "preemie" or premature babies, Lego changed the name yet again; this time to simply Baby. It seems this wasn't working well either so Duplo and Baby merged and the name was changed again to Explore! Guess what? Lego Baby is in once again and the baby toys are know by that name to this day. The present day Lego Baby toys are represented, not by the original elephant, but by a teddy bear mascot. This is almost too much information...lol Bottom line is, we all know that there are Lego toy building sets for all ages!

Lego Duplo and Quarto

I was thinking back a few years and the Lego Duplo days came to mind. I remembered the kids playing with Lego sets called Duplo Babies or Quatro Babies or was it just Quatro? I did remember them being bigger than Duplos. I was also wondering if someone had some of these old sets would they work with with today's Duplo sets. After I Googled Quatro Baby and didn't get the answer I wanted, where did I go? The Lego Message Board of course! I also did a little site search and got an answer to my question. I thought y'all might find it interesting too. There is more to this story!

Lego Indiana Jones Gives New Meaning to Adventure

I've added a new Hub on HubPages featuring that famous adventurer, Indiana Jones and his pals (and enemies..lol). This is the link to that web page. I think you'll enjoy it. Lego Indiana Jones Gives New Meaning to Adventure

Lego SpongeBob and the Krusty Krab Have Come A Long Way

I'm kind of lazy today so I'm going to take a little shortcut. :-) Read a nice Lego SpongeBob article I wrote and published on our Toy Building Bricks online store website. You can check out other articles I've published there too. You can even subscribe to a RSS feed for my articles and you'll be the 1st to know when a new one has been posted!

MLK's Birthday Party at Legoland

The birthday of Martin Luther King Jr. being celebrated on Monday, January 19th and Barack Obama’s inauguration taking place the next day is considered to be an even more than normal historic event, considering the President elects black heritage. In addition to the inauguration display, Legoland California Model Builders have built a large Lego mural to honor MLK. The mural represents the famous “I have a dream” speech and will be on display all weekend and Monday. More than sixteen thousand Lego toy building bricks have been used to create the nine feet long mosaic mural.

Inauguration Ceremonies To Be Held at Legoland California

Inauguration ceremonies in the U.S. have been happening every four years for more than 200 years. This year will be a first in that over twenty Legoland California Master Model Designers and Master Model Builders have created the historic event entirely out of Lego toy bricks. Legoland California visitors can be a part of the 56th Presidential Inauguration at Miniland U.S.A.

A Barack Obama minifigure is shown taking the Presidential oath of office, being sworn in by Chief Justice John Roberts. President elect Obama, and his family, V.P. elect Jo Biden and his wife Jill, President George Bush and First Lady Laura Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney and wife Lynn, as well as past President George Bush Sr. and wife Barbara minifigures have been created entirely out of hundreds of Lego bricks. In all more than one thousand minifigures were created to give Park visitors an idea of what the real inauguration being preformed in Washington D.C. might look like.

This is good news because you don’t have to spend vast sums of money, fight the hoards, and maybe have a place to sleep within a few hundred miles of Washington, D.C. You can see it all at Legoland California and have a room in a first class motel with a private entrance to the park. And have time left over to watch the sunset, sitting on the beach!

Lego SpongeBob in My Mind

You know, while just setting here and letting my wander, it never fails to blow my mind when I see SpongeBob, flipping krabby patties, at the old Krusty Krab in Bikini Bottom. Can you think about that and not smile?...lol And after work heading home to his pineapple house. Maybe hanging out on the patio with his pal Squidward swatting those pesky jellyfish! I'm not talking TV here. A full color action cartoon in the mind can take a person where TV will never tread. And that's exactly what kids experience when they're playing with their Legos! I love these characters for their wackiness! I have just recently put up a Lego SpongeBob article on the
Toy Building Bricks online store website which, by the way, is growing everyday. Click on over and check it out. I think you'll find it interesting.

Sick Down Time

Sorry for the conspicuous lack of posts the last few days. I've had a case of the old fashion genuine FLU. And I did get a flu shot back in November like I do every year. It's no fun so take precautions my friends and if you start feeling bad don't mess around, get to the doctor! I'm feeling about 50% better now and the meds are beginning to do their thing.

On a better note, I'm looking forward to doing the Legoland California posts that I promised before I got sick. I've got some really good stuff worked up so please bear with me and keep checking in. A easy way to do this is to subscribe to the Toy Building Bricks blog RSS feeds. You should check it out. It's free and it's easy and you'll automatically know when there's a new post!

Legoland California January Activities

Legoland California January Activities

The weekend of January 17 - 19 will be Martin Luther King Jr Weekend at Legoland California. Park visitors can view a Lego mural depicting MLK's famous "I Have A Dream" speech.

Saturday, January 17th will also be Underwater Parks Day at Sea Life Aquarium with activities to raise kid's awareness of Marine Protected Areas and the importance of the oceans ecosystem.

Saturday January 24th will see the Keebler Kids Marathon Mile. All ages are welcome in a non-competitive one mile run/walk meant to introduce kids to the fun of fitness.

Online Auctions for Finding Great Lego Buys

Have you ever been to an online auction site? Sometimes they can be a bit intimidating just by virtue of their size and complexity. Here's some good news! There are specialized online stores that have simplified the auction process. This is done by putting trusted EBay sellers with interested buyers without the hassle of having to do all of that sites navigation, product searching, and seller background work. The specialty store offers this convenience plus the safe and secure payment and shipping options that eBay is known for, at no added cost to the buyer. Often times at these stores new, in the box, products can be had for 50%-75% or more off retail price. An added bonus for shopping at these stores is that you have the option of buying quality used products at even greater savings!

ToyBuildingBricks.com is one such online store and specializes in Lego toy building sets.

Useful Information for Pre-planning Your Legoland California Vacation

There are four Legoland parks in the world and Legoland California is the only one in the U.S. The parks are built and designed for kids between the ages of 2 and 12 and their parents. At Legoland California there are more than 50 exciting rides, 9 Lego themed areas with each having their own attractions and interactive shows and several Lego themed shops and restaurants. The landscaping at Legoland is spectacular with specimens of trees and plant life from all over the world. There are over 1,000 bonsai trees alone! Legoland employs a team of professional Lego Master Model Builders to design, build, and maintain the over 15,000, small to very large, Lego models on display.

Legoland California is open year around, 7days a week from the last week of May thru June, July and August. During the school year the park is closed on Tuesdays and Wednesdays except most school holidays. These school holidays are Thanksgiving (the last week of November) and Christmas (the last 2 weeks of December) as well as spring and fall breaks. The gates open at 10:00AM and the park closes anywhere from 5:00PM in the winter months to 8:00PM during the last 2 weeks of May and the months of June, July, and August. These times may vary somewhat so it would be a good idea to consult the Legoland California website or the San Diego Convention and Visitors Bureau when planning your trip.

When paying to enter the park at the gate one day tickets are $62 for adults and for children ages 3 to 12 and seniors over 60 the price is $52. A 2 day pass is a little better deal at $77 for adults and $65 for children and seniors. There's never a charge for children 2 and under. For those who live in the area or just plan to visit several times a year there are various economical membership programs that include unlimited yearly admission. Legoland and Sea Life Aquarium combo tickets are also available. One day tickets for Sea Life Aquarium only are available at Resort ticket booths and cost $11.95 for children, $15.95 for seniors and $18.95 for adults.

Booking your hotel accommodations at Legoland California Resort, online and in advance, is always a smart move. Not only will you not have to worry about where to stay when you get there, you will probably enjoy considerable savings as well.

Legoland California Article

I posted a great informative (if I do say so myself) article about Legoland California on the ToyBuildingBricks.com website. It's pretty long for a blog post so I thought I'd just link it from here. I wrote it yesterday and the article's title is "Things to Know Before Taking Your Legoland California Vacation". Legoland California is a really great family vacation destination, Lego fan or not. I would recommend the 2 day tickets! There is so much to do and see there so I plan to do a series of blog posts dedicated to the Lego themed park in the coming days.

The World's Tallest Lego Tower

I was surfing around the net today and came across an article telling of the world's tallest Lego tower. I already knew about this wonder and thought it would make an interesting blog post so, after refreshing my memory, I jotted this short version down.

Legoland Windsor in the UK set a new world record for the tallest Lego tower made entirely of Lego bricks. Thousands of children and their families helped put the final bricks in place to complete the monster structure, The tower which which stands close to 100ft tall, was built by 1000’s of kids and their families and is designed to resemble the mast of a Viking longboat. The structure was completed at the Berkshire park to mark the opening of the new Land of the Vikings land at the park.

The tower is made using nearly a half million bricks and is positioned at the park's main entrance. This monster celebrates the 50th anniversary of the popular Lego Binding Bricks. (These binding bricks became officially known as Lego Bricks in 1953). Kids helped build the tower in approximately 8 inch thick sections, with each section being hoisted into place by a crane. The former record for the tallest Lego tower was just a bit over 96f feet set in Toronto, Canada in August 2007.

Happy New Year!

Happy new year to everyone! Well, here we are in the year 2009. Who would have thought it? I didn't think I'd even get to see 2000 back in the last century when I was a kid!

Speaking of being a kid, I posted a little nostalgic story yesterday on another favorite blog of mine that you might find interesting. The story is all about spending time with my grandparents, while growing up in the Texas Panhandle, and the fond memories I have of those days. The bad thing is that it pretty much tells the reader my age. Just goes to show that Lego fans are ageless!

As I said in my last post there is good news for 2009 from Lego. Brand new Lego pirate sets are being released and some are already on the toy store shelves. This will be yet another good year for Lego fans and collectors alike! ....BV