Stacking up the fun

Cotton Candy and I had a few minutes of downtime yesterday while waiting to meet someone at Gate 9. To occupy ourselves, we decided to take a look around the LEGO Experience tent that is located right inside the gate. We expected to just walk through, but soon we found ourselves  standing in front of a bin of LEGOs feebly attempting to make a corndog. Then we found out that our creation could earn us a sticker if we picked up a LEGO passport. Like kids in a candy store, we were hooked. We grabbed our passport lanyards and were…

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LEGO Experience Tour comes to the N.C. State Fair

Raleigh is turning into a LEGO-land of sorts. First, the only LEGO store in North Carolina opened a few months back in Crabtree Valley Mall. And now, The LEGO Experience Tour will set up shop on the fairgrounds Thursday, Oct. 15 through Sunday, Oct. 18. If you’re like me, you still enjoy playing with the small, interconnecting bricks known fondly as LEGOs. There is something about LEGO sets that bring out the inner-child in everyone. LEGOs are no strangers to the Fair, considering we have a Youth LEGO competition each year. Last year, this amazing LEGO butterfly was one of our…

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