Archive for July, 2008

LEGO: Maybe not as tough as we thought

July 12th, 2008 by Mini_Man176

Maybe some LEGO parts are not as tough as we thought they were. For example, when I was messing around with tribot, trying to make it go as fast as possible, this part simply split in half!

Broken part

Sqiddster Here

July 11th, 2008 by sqiddster

hi, I’m sqiddster, and I am a new contributor to NXTCentral.

Instead of boring you with a description of myself, I will show you a video of my biggest and best creation, The Great Big Useless Contraption 2. It moves around steel balls for no purpose whatsoever except provide good entertainment! ;-)

They are here! 2008 Technic sets:

July 4th, 2008 by Airkraft

The long awaited Technic sets (see below) have finally arrived on LEGO S@H

The guys over at TechnicBRICKs.blogspot also compared the prices of all these new sets for every country

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Austria EUR 34,99 49,99 89,99 109,99
Belgium EUR 34,99 51,99 82,99 109,99
Finland EUR 33,95 69,95 99,95 121,95
France Metropolitan EUR 34,99 59,99 79,99 109,99
Germany EUR 34,99 49,99 89,99 109,99
Ireland EUR 34,99 59,99 89,99 139,99
Italy EUR 32,99 49,99 79,99 109,99
Luxembourg EUR 34,99 51,99 82,99 121,95
Netherlands EUR 34,99 51,99 82,99 109,99
Portugal EUR 34,95 49,95 79,95 109,95
Spain EUR 34,95 49,95 79,95 109,95
Denmark DKK 249,75 499,00 799,00 899,00
Sweden SEK 299,50 629,00 999,00 1.099,00
Switzerland CHF 59,00 89,00 145,00 179,00
United Kingdom GBP 24,99 39,99 59,99 89,99
Australia AUD 49,99 79,99 129,99 179,99
New Zealand NZD 49,99 99,99 149,99 199,99
Canada CAD 39,99 74,99 109,99 149,99
United States USA 29,99 59,99 89,99 119,99

I also noticed that Lego UK have lowered their prices for the snowmobile by £6 and the tractor by £12. looks like im going to be spending my birthday money after all!

Read more HERE