10189 Taj Mahal now shipping [News]
On my 50-minute flight from Dublin back to Heathrow last month, I had a fascinating conversation with an older gentleman from Mumbai. I don’t normally strike up conversations with strangers on the plane, but he had so many interesting stories to tell I just sat there next to him with rapt attention. 82-year-old Kishore was born in what is today Pakistan, fought for India’s independence, fell in love with the girl next door, lived everywhere from Singapore to London, and today flies around the world touring exotic locales.
As we began our descent and Kishore turned to his newspaper, he nudged me and pointed to the back of the paper, featuring a full-color story on LEGO’s latest collector’s set — 10189 Taj Mahal.
My fellow traveler didn’t know about my love of little plastic bricks from Denmark, but he was so happy to see a familiar sight from the country he was so proud of that he had to share it with me. In moments like that, I’m reminded that LEGO is one of those things that connects people from everywhere in the world.
Okay, one more post from me and I’m off to build my 10081 Sandcrawler ($40 off!) that arrived in the mail today. ;)
September 16th, 2008 at 10:02 pm
That’s a great story. You can meet some pretty interesting people on planes and trains.
September 17th, 2008 at 4:47 am
Saw one on the shelf at Lego Land in the Mall of America… took everything in me to keep from buying it yesterday.
September 17th, 2008 at 8:55 am
Cool story! Oh, and I got a sandcrawler $40 off at my LEGO store, too!
September 17th, 2008 at 2:13 pm
Hmmm
Maybe LEGO will make the 7 wonders of the world.
September 17th, 2008 at 4:30 pm
Now that ^ would be awesome.
September 17th, 2008 at 4:59 pm
agreed. Really great story!