Me and my homies...

 

  • Me and my homies...

    Posted by Huw, 12 Mar 2012 12:52. Filed under Brickset.

    I was asked to fill some spaces on Saturday at short notice so I invited the Brickset posse. There's nothing newsworthy in this article but I thought I'd post this photo of us outside the LEGOLAND Hotel on the home page just to wind them up :-)

    The 'Brickset Posse'

    L to R: atkinsar, flump6523, princedraven, LostInTranslation, Huw, bluemoose, Collect-That!, DrDaveWatford.

    (Photo by Robert Clarkson)


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Posted by LostInTranslation in United Kingdom, 12 Mar 2012 13:05

Nooo! Delete! Delete! Deleeeeete!
(and I believe it's spelled homies :))

Posted by flump in United Kingdom, 12 Mar 2012 13:06

He didn't!? He did!!!

Posted by LostInTranslation in United Kingdom, 12 Mar 2012 13:10

Why does Wes get an exclamation point?!

Posted by Legotaku in United States, 12 Mar 2012 13:14

Great photo! I would love to stay at that hotel..

Posted by Huw in United Kingdom, 12 Mar 2012 13:15

^^^ A bit like Take-That!, I imagine

Posted by LostInTranslation in United Kingdom, 12 Mar 2012 13:23

^ They don't have one either! Or a hyphen!!

Posted by Huw in United Kingdom, 12 Mar 2012 13:24

^ No, not that bunch! The phrase typically seen in comic books does and I guess that's what he modelled his screen name on.

@dixondog, I'm the one with jeans on.

Posted by legogeek in United States, 12 Mar 2012 13:34

Arghh, so THAT's what you all look like!
Friendly looking bunch. :o)
Not what I imagined.

Nice to meet you!

But homies huh? Looks more like a posse... maybe a gaggle? A clan? A troop? A wall of bricksters? ;oP

Posted by collect-that! in United Kingdom, 12 Mar 2012 13:46

TT - honestly Lucy?

Posted by LostInTranslation in United Kingdom, 12 Mar 2012 13:50

^ No not really. I was in the Boyzone fan club though - still got my membership card somewhere, for nostalgia purposes :-)

Posted by Nerd in United States, 12 Mar 2012 14:07

I always wondered what you guys and gals (or, rather, gal) looked like...

Not really, but have fun at LEGOLAND, and thanks for setting up this wonderful website!

Posted by Savage_Steel in United Kingdom, 12 Mar 2012 14:17

Nice to put faces to names, I know I've met a few of you, but thats nearly the whole posse (I think posse suits) Looked like a fun day :)

Posted by Doctor Leg O'Brick in United Kingdom, 12 Mar 2012 15:14

Great to see what you all look like, as I might actualy bump into some of you sometime. I've only seen two AFOLs in the flesh so to speak, but never spoke to one. One in his mid 40's, buying about 20 of last years Clone Battle pack in my local Tesco, and the other in a TRU, in his seventey's buying 2 Home Ones and 6 V-19's, with one Hillside house and 10 CMFs. Thats one old AFOL or one very lucky Grankid!

Posted by TheCahleySlash in United Kingdom, 12 Mar 2012 15:18

That new Legoland Hotel looks quite decent, do any of you know what its like in the inside?

Posted by Andhe in United Kingdom, 12 Mar 2012 15:20

Collectors... Assemble!

Posted by Alemas in Germany, 12 Mar 2012 15:25

The whole band united! :)

Posted by BrickBob09 in United Kingdom, 12 Mar 2012 15:51

^^ Hehe, that made me laugh!
Now we've met you all in flesh, maybe we could build you in the brick? :P
I've seen pictures of both Huw and Bluemoose here: http://www.brickset.com/about/us/

It will be a long time until we get over this. Thanks for the laugh guys :D

Posted by Doctor Leg O'Brick in United Kingdom, 12 Mar 2012 16:22

@TheCashleySlash, The Sun had a competion to design a minifig for the lobby.
Heres the description (wrote on 11/.2/12):

The new building features a wall of 5,000 minifigures behind the reception desk in the colourful lobby.
It's just the start of the fun in the multi-million pound attraction, opening on March 17. More than 80 million Lego bricks have been used to create 1,600 models featured in the hotel. Rooms will have one of three themes. Pirates will be able to sleep in a treasure-filled hideaway, the Kingdom room is a royal haven for all aspiring knights and princesses and the Adventure rooms are perfect for every wannabe explorer.

A team of 45 Lego model makers are building the fun now, making everything from life-size parrots and monkeys to spiders and scorpions. The hotel will feature a ultra family-friendly restaurant and Lego pirate-themed splash pool complex with plenty of fun for little ones.

I hope somebody will find this usefull.

Posted by TheCahleySlash in United Kingdom, 12 Mar 2012 17:20

@Doctor Leg O'Brick
Thanks for the information, I really want to go to LegoLand again...for the fourth time! after reading this link XD

Posted by Thomson & Thompson in Canada, 12 Mar 2012 18:17

Great picture.

Posted by Martin in United Kingdom, 12 Mar 2012 20:46

What a bunch. Little Green Bag springs to mind :-)

I was lucky enough to be one of the first invited guests to stay in the hotel last Friday night. Best take this discussion to the forum though...

Posted by legoDad42 in United States, 12 Mar 2012 21:24

You look like a badass gang...probably bullying kids for their Lego...;)

Hey Atkinsar..now I can put a face to your name. I still owe you a trade...I'll contac ya' this week.

Posted by Russell844 in United States, 12 Mar 2012 21:45

Wow. I think I have done trades with almost all of you. :)

Posted by CamberbrickGreen in United Kingdom, 13 Mar 2012 12:08

AFOL spotting guide?

Posted by Doctor Leg O'Brick in United Kingdom, 13 Mar 2012 16:26

@legoDad42, the cops have a picture to put on the wanted posters now! I can just see the headline, "Wanted in 15 states.."

Posted by jonbuddy in United States, 14 Mar 2012 21:31

The gangs all here! :P

Now I know who to look out for, if I ever go to any LEGO events in Britain....

Posted by Orthobotrex in Philippines, 16 Mar 2012 17:56

HA HA! Now I can show other people here at home other AFOLs who are just like me!

Posted by The Reviewer in United States, 16 Mar 2012 23:44

Wow almost everyone in the picture looks like a skin head. (it seems most AFOLs are bald)

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