Hello brickset denizens!

programmerdan

Hey there, just got approved and I am glad to join the community here. After many years away I recently got back into LEGO due to a better job and a growing family, and I'm loving every minute of it! I enjoy collecting the polybag sets, LEGO, LOTR and Hobbit kits, and re-growing my collection of loose bricks by making heavy use of Pick-a-Brick walls at my local collection of LEGO stores (four within forty minutes of me -- quite a temptation).

Anyway, glad to be joining this forum and I look forward to hearing more about what's going on with LEGO and participating in this community.

Best,

ProgrammerDan

Huw

Welcome aboard!

Brickarmor

Word of advice: keep your wallet out of reach when browsing Brickset. There is a pandemic of impulse buying going around... New sets, deals, coupons, member trades and sales, it's madness!

Glad to have you!

Legobutterfly

Welcome :)

Oldfan

Four LEGO stores within 40 minutes...sounds like the Chicago area. Are you around here? Greetings from Mundelein (NW suburban Chi-town).

BrickDancer

^Or Southern California where we have 6!

AFFOL_Shellz_Bellz

Welcome. It's a great group of Lego nuts here!

samiam391

Welcome aboard! Hope you enjoy the forums.

programmerdan

Thanks Huw, Brickarmor, Legobutterfly, Oldfan, BrickDancer, AFFOL_Shellz_Bellz, and samiam291! I'm actually on the East Coast USA, up in northern New Jersey -- there's a surprising concentration of LEGO stores in that area.

Glad to meet you all, and thanks for the warning Brickarmor -- although perhaps a bit late! I found this site and bricklink earlier this year and managed to spend quite a bit before regaining my sanity (and control of my wallet!). Madness indeed, haha.