| Redisplay Messages: Compact | Brief | All | Full Show Messages: All | Without Replies| Author: | gnelson147  | | Posted: | Jun 18, 2021 01:03 | | Subject: | Re: How did you come up with your BL persona... | | Viewed: | 44 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
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| My grandparents had a woodworking hobby business when I was a teenager. I would
help them from time to time and went to some craft fairs with them. They had
this floor mat outside of their garage where they worked that said "Nelson's
workshop". So of course the first thing I thought of was Nelson's bricks.
It's our last name. Also my grandparents passed away in 2007 so this is kind
of a way to keep our heritage and their entrepreneurial spirit going.
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| Author: | cycbuild | | Posted: | Jun 17, 2021 23:14 | | Subject: | Re: How did you come up with your BL persona... | | Viewed: | 34 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
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| In Off Topic, popsicle writes:
| | Well popsicle I've used here on BL for 9+ years, unsure.
ConstrucToys, not as long. Beyond that, I have trouble with timeline awareness
of events in my life going back to my younger days. Let's just say I've
got some wiring issues from damage I took as a young man overseas.
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Here I was, hoping you'd reveal a cute backstory of how your nom de plume
was once closer to "thestud" or "heartbricker42" or "toyboy10000"
Cheers to a decade of popsicle on this forum! 
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| Author: | allstar005317 | | Posted: | Jun 17, 2021 23:06 | | Subject: | Re: How did you come up with your BL persona... | | Viewed: | 30 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
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| Converse All Stars actually. I was trying to come up with a name for my Xbox
live account when I was in middle school. It was (and still is) my shoe of choice,
and seemed like a good username to compete with. The numbers are mostly random.
I wanted enough of them so that the odds for the username being taken on other
platforms was low.
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| Author: | popsicle | | Posted: | Jun 17, 2021 22:55 | | Subject: | Re: How did you come up with your BL persona... | | Viewed: | 41 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
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| In Off Topic, allstar005317 writes:
| | For me it all started when I was reading about someone that used Bricklink to
sell LEGO and I wanted to start looking into it. The first thing I did was to
create my account, so I used a username that I use for most everything. The store
name was more of a placeholder originally and I fully intended to change it after
I did more research and actually opened my store. The longer I kept it the more
I liked it and now it is now my brand.
I'm actually surprised that the store name was available. I did try to make
it my username as well, but as it turns out it was someone's former username,
so it is not available.
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I like it! Though it might feel somewhat difficult to live up to, for me.
What's the significance of your username, something to do with Volleyball?
Forgive my ignorance if it's obvious.
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| Author: | allstar005317 | | Posted: | Jun 17, 2021 22:39 | | Subject: | Re: How did you come up with your BL persona... | | Viewed: | 35 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
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| For me it all started when I was reading about someone that used Bricklink to
sell LEGO and I wanted to start looking into it. The first thing I did was to
create my account, so I used a username that I use for most everything. The store
name was more of a placeholder originally and I fully intended to change it after
I did more research and actually opened my store. The longer I kept it the more
I liked it and now it is now my brand.
I'm actually surprised that the store name was available. I did try to make
it my username as well, but as it turns out it was someone's former username,
so it is not available.
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| Author: | TheBrickGuys | | Posted: | Jun 17, 2021 22:38 | | Subject: | Re: How did you come up with your BL persona... | | Viewed: | 33 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
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| In Off Topic, popsicle writes:
| | In Off Topic, TheBrickGuys writes:
| | Our store name is pretty easy to figure out where it came from...
When we first decided to open a store here on BL we thought alot about what name
to use. We wanted a name to reflect that we were a two guys in business because
we also have a cabinet making business together where our name in an obscure
way signifies that we are a 2 guy business - our woodworking business is called
R&R WoodWorks where the 2 R's stand for Ringgold and Russell, our last names
shop so we kind of decided on TheBrickGuys and I say 'kind of' because
we figured that if we came up with a better name latter then we would just change
it but we never really gave it much thought afterwards. I guess thinking about
it now we could have chosen R&R Brick Works for our BrinkLink name, kind of has
a nice ring to it.
Our store picture is my dog Skragle. When I first got him from the dog pound
I wanted to give him a Lego related name. I gave it a lot of thought and came
up with Skragle. His name comes from something Lego related but it would be interesting
to see if anyone can figure out in what way his name is related to Lego. I will
give a hint, it is in the first Lego movie. Part of the reason I gave him the
name Skragle is because he is a very scraggly haired dog. I can brush him and
2 minutes later he looks like he has never even seen a brush so that plays a
part in his name but there is still a Lego related reason.
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I've shown your pics of Skragle to my son and daughter some time ago when
you posted to my forum pet topic suggestion: https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1154156.
We all agree that he should live with us. So just let us know when it's convenient
for you, for us to drive down to Canyon Country to pick him up 
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It's funny how Lego can influence the way you look at things. When I look
at the colors of cars I often think of them in regards to what Lego color they
look like.
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Me too
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Take care.
Jim.
PS. We've changed Were to We're in our store slogan as you suggested
in a previous post - Thanks for that.
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"We're" glad to be of help
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I am glad you and your kids like him. He has been an incredible dog. I appreciate
your offer to take him but I think I will keep him for now.
His name comes from the glue kragle on the 1st. Lego movie, I just added an S
to it.
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| Author: | popsicle | | Posted: | Jun 17, 2021 22:29 | | Subject: | Re: How did you come up with your BL persona... | | Viewed: | 52 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
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| In Off Topic, cycbuild writes:
| | In Off Topic, popsicle writes:
| | ... username, store name and ID card (continued) https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1231631
Just spontaneous thoughts when creating your account, or were there personal
significance to any of the three bits of proffered self-identification?
No matter how trivial you might think it, others often find such things vicariously
enjoyable. Even if your post seems inconsequential to you, it's often not
to others and can be a fun distraction for both author and readers alike.
Some of the best reads here over the years for me, have been the more personable
anecdotes. I’d like to read yours. That is if you're bold enough to share?
-popsicle
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Right back at ya!
How long have you been Popsicle and ConstrucToys?
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popsicle: https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1231656
ConstrucToys is an amalgam of Construction Toys, that came to me while trying
to create a store name elsewhere some years ago. I still have no idea if it's
original or not, knowing how my mind works, or doesn't
As to how long? Well popsicle I've used here on BL for 9+ years, unsure.
ConstrucToys, not as long. Beyond that, I have trouble with timeline awareness
of events in my life going back to my younger days. Let's just say I've
got some wiring issues from damage I took as a young man overseas.
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| Author: | cycbuild | | Posted: | Jun 17, 2021 21:36 | | Subject: | Re: How did you come up with your BL persona... | | Viewed: | 39 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
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| In Off Topic, popsicle writes:
| | ... username, store name and ID card (continued) https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1231631
Just spontaneous thoughts when creating your account, or were there personal
significance to any of the three bits of proffered self-identification?
No matter how trivial you might think it, others often find such things vicariously
enjoyable. Even if your post seems inconsequential to you, it's often not
to others and can be a fun distraction for both author and readers alike.
Some of the best reads here over the years for me, have been the more personable
anecdotes. I’d like to read yours. That is if you're bold enough to share?
-popsicle
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Right back at ya!
How long have you been Popsicle and ConstrucToys?
Dare I mention the red robot..?
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| Author: | wildchicken13 | | Posted: | Jun 17, 2021 21:21 | | Subject: | Re: How did you come up with your BL persona... | | Viewed: | 49 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
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| In Off Topic, popsicle writes:
| | ... username, store name and ID card (continued) https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1231631
Just spontaneous thoughts when creating your account, or were there personal
significance to any of the three bits of proffered self-identification?
No matter how trivial you might think it, others often find such things vicariously
enjoyable. Even if your post seems inconsequential to you, it's often not
to others and can be a fun distraction for both author and readers alike.
Some of the best reads here over the years for me, have been the more personable
anecdotes. I’d like to read yours. That is if you're bold enough to share?
-popsicle
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I intentionally chose a store name that doesn't have the word "brick" in
it in order to distinguish myself. I went through a few different store names
before I settled on "Wild Chicken", but it seems like a good fit to me because
it matches my BrickLink username. As to where that came from, I don't really
know, it just kind of popped into my head one day. 
My profile picture is simply
I used to have some in stock, but someone bought them all about a month ago 
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| Author: | maggiec | | Posted: | Jun 17, 2021 21:20 | | Subject: | Re: Mega Bloks reference site | | Viewed: | 68 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
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| In Off Topic, peregrinator writes:
| | In Off Topic, LegoSpaceForce writes:
| | I have some unopened bags of mega bloks that i got with my lego that i bought.
Is there a reference like this one to id the parts?
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If you're asking if there is something like BrickLink for Megablox, not as
far as I know. I don't think so.
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Actually the Bloks Forum may be helpful:
https://bloksforum.freeforums.net/
HTH,
Maggie
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