Lego Treasure

Lego Treasure

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4 lego skeletons, 4 Treasure Chests and lots of weapons $5.00

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NEW Lego Pirate Reddish Brown TREASURE CHEST w/11 Different Color Jewels/Gems $6.99

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lego Minifigure #2 Treasure Chest Trans Blue jewel 1A $2.85

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u200 Lego Treasure Chest – Reddish Brown 10193 4757 NEW $0.99

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2 Used Lego Minifig Brown Treasure Chest Pirate Castle $2.12

Legos Atlantis Treasure – LIMITED EDITION #3851 NEW – Factory Sealed $12.95

Vintage Lego TREASURE CHEST SET 4 BROWN CRATES W TOP. GEMS & GOLD 1X1 LOT #12 $7.99

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Lego Minifig ~ Mixed Lot Of Treasure Maps Printed Tiles #mnjghf $5.99

LEGO 1996 #1802 Tidy Treasure w/instructions No Box complete Pirates $1.99

Legos Minifig Lot Pirate and Treasure Chest + Accessories Mini Fig MiniFigure $8.95

Lego Treasure Transport Set # 6033 COMPLETE Castle Ninja Robber Samurai Minifig $24.95

Indiana Jones 7621 7627 Crystal Skull Akator ☆ LEGO ☆ Gold Ark ☆ Fire Treasure $9.99

Lego Traitor Transport 6047/6099*, and Treasure Transport 6033 $19.99

NEW Lego City Minifig Glass x2 GOLD GOBLET Pirate Treasure Food/Drink Cup $0.99

LEGO Pirates Imperial ARMADA SOLDIERS GUARD TREASURE BOAT SHIP ISLAND MAP RARE $1.95

Lego Harry Potter x1 4 Gold Coins ★ Castle Pirates Money Treasure Minifigure NEW $1.48

LEGO Atlantis Custom Shuttle Sea Jet Sub Gun Minifigure Fighter Treasure Set Lot $3.85

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Lego Custom Gold Parts & Pieces Lot 31 PC Treasure Chest DOOR SEAT WEB Weapons $9.99

LEGO 3851 ATLANTIS TREASURE Lego Buildable Game Set 2010 $49.99

LEGO PIRATE CODE LOGIC BRAIN FAMILY FUN BUILDING GAME SKELETON TREASURE BOX DICE $16.35

Lego Duplo 7330 Dora the Explorer Treasure Island Boots Boat Tree Chest Flowers $27.99

NEW Lego City Castle Pirates Minifig – PEARL GOLD GOBLET CUP Glass Treasure A64 $0.99

Lego Castle / PIRATE TREASURE CHEST – WITH 10 ACCESSORIES – NEW $10.22

Lego Pirate Boat sail treasure island board 4 bases $1.56

LEGO 7622 INDIANA JONES LOST TREASURE WITH MINIFIGS - $25.93

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Legoland’s appeal is recession-proof

Legoland California continues to post excellent numbers for both Legoland and their new Sea Life Aquarium, one of several attractions the park has added over the past few years.

“I think we really have an advantage,” said Legoland’s Julie Estrada. “We’re geared to two to 12-year-olds and parents will spend money on their kids.”

The numbers no doubt have been bolstered by the addition of the Sea Life Aquarium with its 36 displays enclosed in a mammoth 36,000-square-foot, two-story building. Opened late summer 2008, the aquarium contains more than 250,000 gallons of water – 200,000 of which are devoted to the Lost City of Atlantis, a display featuring sharks, rays and tropical creatures all swimming in an elaborate depiction of the lost city made of – what else – legos.

We especially enjoyed the acrylic tunnel that puts you right in the middle of the tank with dozens and dozens of creatures swimming around you. It’s the best place ever to get a close up few of a sting ray – there are several and they seem to gravitate to the tunnel swimming within inches of your face.

Young visitors also will enjoy the Discovery Zone Touch Pool with its hands-on opportunity to interact with several species of Sea Creatures. Altogether visitors to Sea Life Aquarium will see about 200 species of sea life.

There’s a separate charge for Sea Life Aquarium but you can purchase combo tickets that make it more reasonable. The aquarium is about $19 for an adult – the combo ticket adds $10 onto the normal adult Legoland ticket of $63.

When Legoland came to the San Diego area back in 1999, it helped put the city on the theme park map. Seaworld had long tempted Los Angeles visitors – even though it is about a 90-minute drive south – but it was Legoland that now closed the deal for many families who now saw too many good reasons to ignore San Diego.

Legoland certainly has lived up to the pre-opening hype. On any given summer weekend day, you’re likely to see as many as 10,000 people enjoying the 128-acre park. The park has caught on with local residents as well, with more than 70,000 people buying annual passes to the park.

While directed at kids between 2 and 12 years of age, the park has found a way to involve parents, grandparents, teenagers and people of any age. The whole idea is to provide as much interactivity as possible. People don’t just go on rides – they’ll actually do things like build model racing cars or participate in pirate ship water fights.

They’ll also marvel at the number of creations that can be Made From the lego – the Basic Building we oldsters knew as kids has changed a lot from the simple structures we used to create. Legoland features more than 15,000 detailed lego creations throughout the park, ranging from animals to model cities to a life-size replica of a 2006 Volvo SUV.

Legoland currently has nine fulltime model-builders who are actually paid to play with their Lego Blocks all day long. This type of Lego Building is aided by computers, but it still takes considerable talent – so much talent that one of the positions was filled recently by someone who had to compete with hundreds of applicants across the country who auditioned by making their own lego creations and then submitting themselves to a grueling gauntlet of skills testing and interviews.

Those lego creations are fascinating. If you can imagine several American cities depicted in miniature – and everything built From Lego blocks – you can quickly get the idea of how intricate these lego displays are. The kids love them, and parents are amazed by them.

Legoland has continued to expand well beyond its original complement of rides and attractions, and Sea Life Aquarium is only the latest in a long list of additions. In 2006, the park added the $10 million Pirate Shores area of the park, a block of attractions featuring two new rides – Splash Battle and Treasure Falls. Splash Battle puts visitors on board miniature pirate ships each equipped with water cannons to fire at other ships and at unsuspecting spectators – although spectators can also fire back. The Treasure Falls ride is a mini-flume ride with a 12-foot drop. Both rides will get you drenched.

Water also figures big in the two attractions included in Pirate Shores – Soak-N-Sail and Swabbies Deck. The Soak-N-Sail is a maze-like playground-platform where kids are greeted with plenty of squirting water and two buckets that dump between 300 and 600 gallons of water on the participants.

Legoland is located in Carlsbad, about 30 miles north of San Diego.

AT A GLANCE

WHERE: Legoland is in Carlsbad, which is a half-hour drive north of San Diego on Interstate 5 and is one of several beach communities in North San Diego County.

WHAT: Legoland is a theme park directed at kids, ages 2 to 12, but also is quite entertaining for teenagers and adults. The rides aren’t as extreme as most theme parks, which is good news for older parents who want to go on the rides with their kids. Carlsbad is an up-and-coming vacation destination close enough to San Diego to be a good base of operations for the area.

WHEN: Any time of the year. There are fewer visitors in the fall and spring shoulder seasons.

WHY: Legoland is focused on kids, but it is entertaining for all ages. The park would be great to combine with Seaworld, making the trip to San Diego more than worth while.

HOW: For more information on Legoland, phone 760-918-LEGO or visit www.legoland.com.

About the Author

Cary Ordway is a syndicated travel writer and president of Getaway Media Corp, publisher of www.californiaweekend.com, a site focusing on California travel, and www.northwesttraveladvisor.com, which features Pacific Northwest travel

Has anyone seen my hamster Graham?

He is going through a phase of pirates in the time for using your eye patch. The last time I saw him some gear hanging from a lego pirate ship. I submitted a treasure of gold, but he is not in sight.

Yes I have. He was seen leaving Olde Smugglers of the hostel you and put it in his pocket for safe keeping as it was a little worse for wear and talking about being a swordsman. I also think that his leg stick is broken by what they have done some repairs to some games. Also go and talk to a girl called Pretty Polly and a boy named Roger, who I think is a boy? Repeat everything you say and still trying to put my eye with the hand hooked, so they are welcome to pick. I've had enough of singing sea songs and hear about the war too. Despite this, I have grown quite attached to the boy so little seems that it would only be fair for a reward for caring so much. About 10 points?