Sorry Blade, I lost the codes to how to show the pic in 25 by 25



This topic is my creation, I had an idea a long time ago, and I think it deserves an MoC status

RUBBER, is my point here....

Design byME to close in January
http://aboutus.lego.com/en-US/PressRoom/Article/360721.aspx?n=1

The LEGO Group is closing that part of the Design byMe customization service that allows consumers to order digital models in real bricks.

The LEGO Group will be accepting orders until January 16, 2012.

Consumers will still be able to design what they want with LEGO Digital Designer and upload models into a public gallery as before. All existing models will be transferred to a new gallery on the LDD website. Consumers will also be able to download the instructions generated from LEGO Digital Designer.

The HERO Recon Team Hero Creator will be unchanged and consumers will still be able to build and buy their own customized Hero. Bricks can be bought separately, using the Pick a Brick service:

http://shop.lego.com/en-US/Pick-A-Brick-ByTheme.

This is not the end of customization for the LEGO Group, but a revision. The LEGO Group believes in the future of customization, but the service offered has to be right for the consumers and Design byME has proven to be too complex for children.

The original Design byMe vision was for a unique customization service, where consumers could design whatever they imagined, display it and get the model sent to in their own LEGO box. Design byMe as a concept attracts several million people each year to build a huge range of amazing creations using the LEGO Digital Designer (LDD) software.

Over the years, The LEGO Group has also added other simpler customized building experiences like Hero Recon Team. However, the overall Design byMe experience has struggled to live up to the quality standards for a LEGO service.

The feedback from Design byMe users has taught the LEGO Group that a rebuild of the entire setup of Design byMe would be necessary to better the experience, and this would only make the service too expensive.

Legoland lays down gauntlet in Florida
(AFP) – 2 hours ago 
MIAMI — The largest Legoland in the world opens Saturday in Florida with the children's haven having to compete in one of the world's busiest hubs for amusement parks.
Legoland Florida in Winter Haven, just outside of Orlando, will be the newest park themed around the Lego building brick, and aims at attracting children aged from two to 12.
It faces a tough challenge in a region in central Florida packed with theme parks -- including Disneyworld, Universal Studios, Seaworld, Harry Potter World and the Holy Land Experience.
Yet Legoland backers say it has its niche, and encourages more active participation with kids hoisting themselves up a tower with a rope on a pulley; steering a boat or driving a Lego-inspired electric car.
It has interactive zones where youngsters can build a Lego car, play with a robot hero, or build something from bricks.
"The whole proposition is about bringing the Lego toy to life and creating an interactive world," said Peter Ronchetti, general manager of Legoland California.
"We make the children the heroes. The children get in the car and drive. It's probably the first time the children have taken charge, driven a car, sailed a boat."
Legoland, based on the brick-building toys from the Danish manufacturers Lego, has "pink-knuckle" rides, giving young children a thrill without the scare they get at some other theme parks.
The first Legoland opened in 1968 in Billund, Denmark, followed by parks in England, California and Germany. A sixth will open next year in Malaysia.
The Danish toymaker operated the parks until 2005 then sold them to Britain's Merlin Entertainments, which operates Madame Tussauds waxwork museums, among other attractions.
The park will use some 30 million bricks, and even buildings and attractions not made of Legos will look as if they were.
"The opening of Legoland in Florida is expected to be one of the biggest grand openings in recent memory," said Sunil Govind, president of Orlandoescape.com, a regional vacation packager for the area.
The Lego brand, a family-owned company founded in 1934, based in the western Danish town of Billund, has seen several years of strong growth .

From JediGuineaPig in Brick Universe:


The site is in Beta, and there is a join link.

Reboot Contest 3 - Alter Ego Part 1 entry period has ended!

Go here to vote for who you think built the best model!

A number of new games have been installed in the arcade today.  There are sports related games, word games, etc.  One that looks interesting is Palindrome.
Check them out.. and share your thoughts.

Due to a disappointing lack of interest in the alter ego contest, I have extended the entry period one week.

You can submit your entry here. Rules and contest details can be found in the topic as well.

Well folks, we've got a new contest up! This contest's theme is 'Build Your Alter Ego'. However, there's a couples surprises to this contest. The first, is that you don't build a mini-figure for this contest; you need to make an actual model of it in some way. The second will be announced closer to the end of the contest; but there are a couple hints to it in the various topics.

For more info on this topic, and to find out how to enter and how long you have for submissions, click here to get to the topic!

/EDIT: Omitted a couple key words in the title. =/

It's awesome to see LEGODAC get this recognition.


Join me in saying,

Congratulations, Legodac, my friend!