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Rob Klingberg
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Tinkerer turned tech sales guy turned Chief Enthusiast. Started Brickstuff in 2011. Always amazed by the creativity of our customer community around the world!
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Re: LED lights and magnets?
Hi Leon, thanks for your post! Magnets shouldn't harm the LEDs themselves. I wouldn't attach magnets to any circuit boards (our effect controllers, for example) as these may damage the parts onboard,…
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Re: Light up Disney Castle # 71040
@Brad spelman We're working on finalizing the design of the kit in the coming weeks, then we'll be able to assign a price, and then we'll also begin assembling kits. Soon! :-)
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Re: Light up Disney Castle # 71040
@Justin O'Donnell @Kari Harris You're both on the list-- I sent e-mails confirming this, but they may have ended up in your Junk Mail folders. Don't worry though-- we've got you on the list!
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Re: Light up Disney Castle # 71040
Hello everyone, I'm happy to share that we have completed the lighting design and setup for the exterior white lights for this beautiful model. See the photos below and let us know what you think!…
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Re: Light up Disney Castle # 71040
@Thomas Imber thanks for asking! We received our shipment of color-changing LEDs this week, which will be used for the exterior light show.
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Re: Question..
@Greg DiNapoli Sounds good, I'll tally the new total and send you an e-mail. Yes, you can use the USB cable with any standard iPhone/iPad type charger.…
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Re: Question..
@Greg DiNapoli It's difficult to say which would be the best option for creating evenly-distributed light without actually seeing the interior of your building in person,…
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Re: Question..
@Greg DiNapoli Yes, you could use three high-power LEDs combined with the Pico LEDs into one power source. We still have your order in queue-- let me know if you'd like to change it.
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Re: Question..
Hi Greg, thanks for your posting and for your order! Your building looks spectacular, even though it is just over half complete. Yes, it should definitely be possible to power everything from a…
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Re: Stadium lights?
@Paul George Guinea Pigs before LEGO, of course! We've cycled through a few of these critters in our house as well. :-)
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What Lights Do I Use For [a specific] LEGO Set?
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Re: Lights Too Dim?
@Paul George @Jim Pirzyk Thanks for the feedback as always! Jim brings up a good solution-- you can definitely pick up some of our DIY power cables which have power connectors on one end and bare…
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Re: Stadium lights?
That is a beautiful stadium! Would you be looking for lights in a roofless stadium, or lights to illuminate the interior of a roof-covered stadium? If the latter,…
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Re: Lights Too Dim?
@Paul George Thanks for your feedback, very wise! Many of our customers are large-scale LEGO User Groups (LUGs) who have similar needs for large-scale power,…
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Re: Friends Hot Dog Cart
@Jim Pirzyk Thanks for posting! I see you are using one of our old mini effect boards. I wonder if there is interest for us to make these again? The advantage over the micro effect boards is that…
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Re: Light up Disney Castle # 71040
Hi everyone, I wanted to post another update. Work is still progressing on the kit-- we're hoping to have more photos to post of the exterior by the end of next week.…
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Re: Lights Too Dim?
@Paul George Thanks Paul for sharing your experience-- it sounds like you are on the right track. One thing we've thought about selling is a higher-power power supply from which "drops" could be…
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Re: Light up Disney Castle # 71040
Hi everyone, thought you'd like to see some more assembly photos. Working on chandeliers today! Progress continues. Each chandelier takes almost 20 minutes of hand-work to assemble.
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Re: New Connectors
@Tom Laermans We have the magnets in house and we're waiting for the cables. They're scheduled to arrive at the end of February, after which we can begin assembly. Stay tuned!
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Re: Light up Disney Castle # 71040
@Thomas Imber Soon!! :-)
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Re: cinderella Castle lighting
Hi Judy, thank you for posting on our forum! At this time, we're working on a specific kit for the LEGO Disney Castle. For the other princess castles LEGO makes,…
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Re: Light up Disney Castle # 71040
@Robin Dibben That should do it! Thanks.
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Re: Light up Disney Castle # 71040
@Erik Peterson I sure hope so! Working hard to make the answer yes. :-)
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Re: Light up Disney Castle # 71040
@Robin Dibben @David Ord @Tim Evans Happy to add you to the list-- please send us a note through our website so we have your e-mail address also.
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Re: Light up Disney Castle # 71040
@Alison Narehood Please send us an e-mail through our website so we have your contact info, and we'll add you to the list!
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Re: Light up Disney Castle # 71040
@Erik Peterson Well now I'm really curious... :-)
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