“The cynic knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.”

 Why not start the blog post off with a bit of Oscar Wilde, and there is you thinking you were just looking in on someone building with Lego.

You may have read in the past, that I have put what I have built so far on EBAY, It was a sale which had more to do with, "Well, if you will give me 10 grand then you can have it" I honestly don't want to sell the stadium, although I have no practical purpose for what I have built so far, and it will more than likely be sold in the future.

At present it is finding a value, I did when I put the stadium up for sale last time around get a few messages from someone advising me that they wanted to make a bid, but it wouldn't accept any of the bids they wanted to submit. I asked what the bid was? Thought it would be interesting to see what figure they plucked out of the sky. It all turned into a scenario like asking our lass the same question. I love our lass to bits, but our lass will never guess at anything. I think it is because she doesn't gamble, so has no need to formulate a value or guesstamate on something she doesn't know or have interest in. I can push and push, but I will get no reply, or if I do get a reply it is so wide of the mark, you may well have asked How far to the Moon? To which the reply would be Tuesday.

This person fell under the same category, when pushed they said they would bid £50, I wouldn't mind, as they did say they had no idea about the value of Lego, having just bought a set for £15, but I did think get real. £50! But I did ask, and they gave me their value. No different to how I would sell for £10k I presume. Is either of the figures fanciful or correct. Come a moment of crisis whats more useful, Lego or a box of matches? which would you pay the higher price for?

So there you have it, My Lego Stadium has a current value of £50, as that is the best offer it has had so far. Would be interesting what a true value would come in at, feel free to share your thoughts in the comment section.

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Check out Lego Football Stadium - Job Lot #Lego https://t.co/5t5A2jtfo8 via @eBay

I did have a cheeky bid of £50 when I listed it, I guess that is as cheeky as the £10k I would sell it for.

— MyLegoStadium (@stadium_my) August 26, 2020

Quadruple Nelson and the joke.

David Shepherd used to stand on one leg when ever the cricket score for a team or a player was at 111 or multiples there of. One of those superstitions, and like most the story was always a bit fanciful, no hard and fast facts but it made for a little bit of entertainment to see the umpire on one leg, I wonder if a batting team has thought we will play this out for a little while and see how long he can stand like this and not bother to get a run? 

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Anyway the stadium has now reached a capacity of 1,111 and yes I am fully aware not a multiple of 111 but you can see the similarities so lets run with it. It also gave me the opportunity to go back into my memories of cricket, so not all bad.

Now for the Joke.

GROUCHO (to woman seated next to him at an elegant dinner party): Would you sleep with me for ten million dollars?

WOMAN (giggles and responds): Oh, Groucho, of course I would.

GROUCHO; How about doing it for fifteen dollars?

WOMAN (indignant): Why, what do you think I am?

GROUCHO: That’s already been established. Now we’re just haggling about the price.

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This is what is happening with the sale of #MyLegoStadium on ebay, Would someone pay £10,000, I doubt it, but if they did I would sell. We all have our price it is just the haggling, If someone can pay millions for a painted blue square canvass in the name of art, I am sure someone has 10 grand to give me for a collection of Lego bricks which I have built into a stadium.

I am actually awaiting an offer. It won't be the ten grand, but at least it will be the starting point as to where I can be indignant.

Thanks for reading, I have a Lego football stadium to relist on ebay.

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It started with a brick never thought it would come to this.

This is the brick Part no,2339

Maybe would help to know when I first got hold of this brick, but unfortunately my memory fails me.

 Brick, Arch 1 x 5 x 4 - Continuous Bow

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I then got to talk train stations with @studdersfield and that led me to find the front facade of Liverpool Lime Street

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Now I know this first attempt leaves a lot to be desired, but it is where it all began, as the Carpenters would sing.

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Which led to

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and I thought that would make a great back to a stand

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and although not complete, it certainly is getting to shape up well.

(fromt)

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Would love your thoughts, feel free to comment.

Close encounters of the £10k kind

Yesterday I had another splurge on Lego bricks, which means I have around 2,000 lego bricks coming from various orders. Arches to complete the facade of the new stands, filler bricks in blue, white for facing the standing areas and 95 tan base plates to help build the base for the executive boxes which is then roof to the boxes and base for the 2nd tier. I think I have broken well into the budget for this project.

But why this project? I have touched upon it before, I really do feel as though I am building something much like the mountain from close encounters.

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I have in life gone with gut feeling, I have always lived as the happy idiot, simply falling feet first into each situation, not sure how I got there but only to find it was just the thing I needed. This is how I feel about building the Lego stadium, no real idea as to why I am doing it, but going with the flow. I am not spending money we don't have, as this is why I stopped in Lock down and not to say that Lego is like gold, but Lego does hold it's value, people always collect it, bricks do become rare. Although the bricks I am buying are mostly standard ones they are the filler that everyone needs. So if the time came to sell, I would get at a good proportion of the money spent, if not all of it back. You can't say that for a lot of things in life.

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As you can see above, why not do a bit of self promotion whilst also buying that lottery ticket style chance of someone actually paying ten grand, to some folks, ten grand is pocket money on a night out, for me and my lass it would mean our lass could retire or at least cut down a lot of her hours.

In the stadiums current form it shouldn't even have a 13 million to one chance, but when I have circled the pitch, and have the first level complete, who knows. It only takes one person with nothing better to do with ten grand, and both of us are happy, they have a lego stadium, I have ten grand.

More than likely I will just end up with a very tanned face, but if you don't give it a go who knows.

>>> Link to my lego stadium on ebay <<<

Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Lego Brick

Two packages arrived today so it allowed for some tinkering, and I do like a good tinker. You can see in the first photo, I have replaced the seating with a standing section. The cost of 1x2 bricks and modified bar bricks were cheaper than a 2x2 seat. All things happen for a reason, and I quite like the result. Feel free to comment with you own thoughts on the design.

With the seats freed up, I could then go into tailoring the new stand to what I was looking for, one which included a dug out. I have since realised I need to put the 3x2 bricks the other way around to accommodate the technic chairs when I get them. But, all the same it is starting to take shape. With a concourse along the back, just need to gel the facade at the back with the seating and concourse, lets hope I am not a few bricks out in height.

You will notice further down, I have discovered Lego soldiers, so this will be a birthday present to myself when I find some for the right price.

Lego brick of the day (part no 4286) seems to just fit right for the edging of the walls around the dug out. and at 1p a brick will be my cheapest purchase yet.

All updated for now.

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It's a funny old world, but I don't hear anyone laughing.

The main reason I am building this Lego stadium is to keep my sanity. As the header suggests "It's a funny old world" But! I don't hear anyone laughing. For this very reason I do try to find folks who take you away from this world and who do their dioramas with Lego. A couple of good ones to follow on Twitter @fcbrickstand @bricktothepast

Now back to the update, no building in the past week, but I have ordered some new bricks.

More arches, not red as you see here but tan so that I can continue the arch theme which you can see in the photo below, Wanting to repeat this across three boards, see what the effect is like when built.

The second brick on order, is the modified bar, this is out of necessity 

1, lack of red seats 

2, cost of the red seats available

So the plan being on the two end terraces, is to remove the seats I have and replace them with the bar brick stood on a 2x1 brick, this is still half the price of buying the equivalent seat. Hopefully will get these this week, so I can get on with a bit of building, with results to follow.

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As for ebay

>>> Link to my lego stadium on ebay <<<

a 100 people have viewed it but no bids as yet (Que surpris) but then again I would have been shocked if anyone did bid, I do wonder if anyone came and had a look? feel free to comment if you did find this blog that way, or even if not that way, feel free to comment anyway.

Off to join the real world and wait for my bricks.

Our lass wants a static caravan in Whitley Bay

I have never been one to shy away from self promotion, and it came to me last night, when searching through ebay for joblots and finding the obligatory 2 bricks being sold as a joblot, then someone showed me a Lego brick for sale for £2,000. I went one better and found a £5 Lego kit available for £6,500. It got me to thinking, what would stop me putting My Lego Stadium up for sale? Nothing at all it seems, I had actually wanted to market it for £30,000 but my limit is £10,000.

Also this brings into play, what do I actually do with the football stadium when it is anywhere near finished? What is the point of it all?

The point of it all? Simply answered, it has helped my mental health, when I started this over a year ago, it was something fresh to focus on. I thought it would all fit on to an office table, and would be something for the grand kids to play with. It has grown a lot since then but so has the problems of the world, and having a focus has really helped.

What happens when it is nearly finished? What will be finished? The second of those questions is the most relevant question. I can imagine it just simply growing and growing, I will be happy when I have a stadia around the pitch, but then there will be the next tier, surrounding areas, I can imagine it will just grow and grow, well grow to the limitations of the space I have.

So what happens at the end? I know the bricks are always going to be worth something, I have easily cleared a grand, I would say building it, one day I might sit down and tot up the spend. I don't think I would really want to break it up and sell the bricks back to the world of Lego fans, I think I would go for the big sell.

This is why we are where we are now, if someone offered me the right amount of money, they could have it, and as described in the sale, I will hand deliver it, especially for this amount of money, and what would it be spent on? As the heading says a static caravan, probably Whitley Bay, but I think our lass deserves a treat for putting up with me.

>>> Link to my lego stadium on ebay <<<

Happy Bidding!

;o)

I would build 500 seats and I have built 500 more.

So I finally got around to setting MyLegoStadium up in the garage. It had been in different locations in the bedrooms upstairs, and my main worry was that each time I set it up and put it away again, something would get damaged, or heaven forbid get dropped. So now apart from the spiders and the dust, and a dust sheet will solve the latter, it is in it's current not to be moved home.

As you can see from the photo there is a lot more to do, I had since being in lockdown been able to work a bit more on the end stand. By building the end stand and making a basic start on the corner stand this has brought the capacity above 1,000 to be precise 1,046.

I can't look a gift horse in the mouth, as our lass bought me the table, which I managed to convince her I needed two, and it's a good job I did as it wouldn't have been wide enough, but I had measured and it had needed to be 8ft long, and as with most tables they were 6ft, so currently the stand if on display is poking over the edge. My next job is to  convince our lass about getting two more tables. It will effectively take over the garage, so I best choose my moment.

I have also, thanks to finding three base plates I had forgot about made a exploratory starts on the dug out side of the stadium. I have started working back to front, originally I was going to do all arches the same as Lime street station, but started playing around with the bricks above. Things to consider is the strength to carry smaller base plates for the next level which is balanced on the back structure, I also have to figure out a way to put the dug out in at the front, as they will have different larger seating compared to the normal 2x2 seats which seem scarce at the moment as it is. I have looked at 3x3 technic chairs which give that dug out feel. 

So this is what is happening so far, would love your thoughts.

I am one seat short of a full stand

This week I finally got around to making the clock tower stand whole. I had worked back to front, unlike all the other stands in which I have normally started from the front of the stand with the lower bricks then found a way to build them up.

I already knew what to expect as I could work side by side with a stand I had already nearly completed. I knew where the base plates needed to go, and also was prepared for having to put in small base plate bricks 1x4 and 1x6 other wise the stand would be out by the depth of the base plates used. The slither base plates I put normally just above the trans clear bricks in the back.

If it wasn't for the base plates though, it would mean purchasing a heck of a lot more 4x2 bricks to help fill the stand so I could make the step process work as you work up the stand, I have estimated it would be at least 1,000 bricks and as the current price is 7p a brick that saves around £70 plus a lot of sore finger ends pushing them altogether as well, it also when I get around to it, leaves an area at the back of the stand to fill with infrastructure for the ground. Still lots of ideas rattling around in my head but will enjoy setting the stage.

As the title suggested though, when applying the red seats, I was one seat short of a full stand. (It has been said in many other forms before of me) So that is another thing which has been on the shopping list but waiting for the price to fall, considering I am looking for at least a 1,000 or more of them, every 1p saving is a tenner towards something else. I am also on the look out for the railing bars, same again, only looking for a few hundred of them, but every penny counts when you are multiplying by the hundreds.

I had hoped to set it out on the dining table just to aid the count up of the capacity so far, it should be over the 1k mark. But something is telling me not to, funny old thing intuition, I have already had one accident with a camper van model, so for the moment I am holding fire but will do it on a Thursday in the future. (All things for a reason).

Currently I am starting a new corner stand as other wise any photos would have had an end stand detatched from the rest of the stadium so in a week or so that might be on it's way to being completed so would make a better photo than what I have at the moment.

I am gathering the bricks for my new stand, (CLICK HERE TO SEE THE START OF THE IDEA) I have no space for it, and don't have the base plates as of yet, but I am full of ideas, and much like this tower stand it will more than likely be built from the back to the front.

So not only am I one seat short of a full stand I do everything back to front now, I about sums me up, thanks for reading, feel free to comment.

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Now you see the transformation take place as always my main worry is will I have enough bricks. I already know I don't have the railings but hopefully will have enough to make it look summit. pic.twitter.com/rgqRNtr6ag

— MyLegoStadium (@stadium_my) June 30, 2020

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One seat short, can you spot it? 🙃 when this is added to the rest I have built so far it should bring #MyLegoStadium to the over 1,000 seater mark. To be confirmed on Thursday. pic.twitter.com/4UX00hQiaJ

— MyLegoStadium (@stadium_my) June 30, 2020

Trains, Lego bricks and Clearing the garage

Life is best played out if you just go with the flow sometimes, all things happen for a reason. A conversation with @studdersfield led to me looking at train stations frontage, which then gave me the idea for the arch way design below. Liverpool Lime Street is a station me and my wife have been to a few times. It would take a lot more room than our garage to do it justice in Lego, but I could take a little bit of it as an idea.

So the picture just under the actual train station photo is first tinker, always interesting to tinker, out lass said it looked like a railway bridge, so in some respects I did get the train vibe. It also point out a few issues that need addressing,

1) How to make it so the arches fit to a 48 stud base plate, as the whole stadium is being designed so it can be moved around or stored easily enough on shelving units.

2) How to incorporate the glass element, one of my favourite clear bricks is 1x5x6 so I am thinking, unlike what you see on my 1st tinker of having it 2 stud thick I was thinking of making it 3 stud thick, with a front 1 stud, back 1 stud and having the clear trans bricks as the filler to the sandwich. To do this though I need the trans clears bricks, which haven't been cheap enough so far. But I am sure I can source some in the future and see how that looks.

Now our lass rightly thinks I am taking over the house, but really I want to if possible get everything into the garage with my office table being office space when working, and Lego space when building. Clearing the garage did show we have enough room, just need to sort out a table, have thought if I make 2 tables of 4ft x 4ft it would give me the desired 8ft x 4ft table I am looking for. Also if I make them my self from 4ft posts, I can then store some of the garage gear underneath as it also became clear I can't get rid of it all just yet.

So that's you all updated, feel free to share your thoughts in the comments section.

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So I need some space for #MyLegoStadium which l have just about sorted. 8ft by 4ft be a good start need to find table, One slight issue though, what to do with all the stuff on the drive? pic.twitter.com/SWgmiQ17Tl

— MyLegoStadium (@stadium_my) June 24, 2020

First little tinker with the new bricks. Arch way for the new stand. https://t.co/ELIpPWVJYC pic.twitter.com/sc5ydqQLeJ

— MyLegoStadium (@stadium_my) June 25, 2020

The otherside of Lockdown

What we have just experienced over the past few months, would ordinarily have been subject matter for a sci-fi film, but we have all just gone through it, and to say we are the other side or not I don't know. I am however trying to bring back normality, trying to hark back to a time before. A time which we now call normal. To do this I have started buying Lego again, seemed one heck of an extravagance if I wasn't earning any money so it is why I paused buying Lego. I now work from home, and today my wife goes back to work (how long for we will shortly find out as my wife is right terrified of having to do her job face to face). If all goes well though we will be a giant step forward towards normal.

We do as humans enjoy being normal, or at least don't want to be seen as abnormal. Now you could say a grown man in his 40s wanting to build a football stadium out of Lego isn't completely normal but it does help when you find out you are not the only one. Some have done it before by building all 92 football stadiums, some like me are just going to be building a Lego stadium to their own design or simply like building with Lego.

So if you find yourself on Twitter feel free to follow

@brickstand @CCFC_jules @studdersfield @interlockingfc @BusesLego

You can't go far wrong. a selection of accounts from folks who been in the media thanks to their skill of Lego building to enthusiasts who like me love Lego.

Now what are the plans, well I will talk about the actual build in the future, but first I need somewhere to put it all. as you will see from the tweet below. The stadium is split between two rooms, it has been put away and then brought out for photos then put back again. I would really like to have it out on display, if to stop me worrying about dropping it one time with all the moving about, and to actually enjoy it. 

So the garage has been designated, but as you will see from the photos. It needs some clearing, things are put away with the sole purpose of they will be useful at some point, but if they haven't been used in years, is time to let go? We have had a pair of ladders which have been used once in 12 years and not even by me. The project for the forseeable will not just be about the build but where it will be located. I will keep you updated and thanks for reading.

At the moment #MyLegoStadium is split between 2 rooms of which one is my office for working from home. After much deliberation it seems the garage is the best place. One slight problem. What do I do with the stuff already in there 🤔 pic.twitter.com/BMGxQuxGvT

— MyLegoStadium (@stadium_my) June 22, 2020

Idea for a station to be an entrance hub for the stadium

Now, how do I recreate this? should be interesting to try.

 

Latest build, brings capacity up to 908

It's been a strange old world at the moment. So to take my mind off things I revamped the main stand, I have always been reluctant to do this, as this was the original part of the stadium and I had the worries of taking it apart and then when I rebuilt it, not being happy with the results and thus having ruined what I had done already.

I won't put every photo up, as I did take a series of photos as I was rebuilding the stand, feel free to follow me on Twitter and look through the timeline. I did during the process get what I describe as "Lego Finger" my index finger on my right hand became sore from taking apart and pushing back down all the bricks. A small price to pay in the current circumstances.

The results I would say are fantastic, the only sad new is that I have now run out of bricks. I had well over a 1,000 filler bricks, and they were eaten up right away. so the build is on hold for the stadium, and as it does come at an expense it may be a few months delay, as there is bigger priorities at the moment.

What I will be doing though, is looking through the boxes of lego sets that I got, but never had the patience to sort. There is one thing about self isolation, I have been able to get a lot of jobs done, which I have always found an excuse to do something else. Even if we didn't go out, there was always some sport on the television. the garden has never looked so sorted.

Anyways, as ever throw a comment my way if you have one, and follow on twitter if you want to see the latest. Thanks for passing by.

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Here is the build so far of #MyLegoStadium capacity is now up to 908. Still lots to do. Any ideas, suggestions or thoughts feel free to share. Bare in mind even our lass struggles to get through to me, so you have little chance 😄 pic.twitter.com/CqzGd9H3Z1

— MyLegoStadium (@stadium_my) March 26, 2020

When tinkering leads to more tinkering

I do love to have a good tinker, I normally do it before I go ahead with the actual build, a dry run. For quite a while it has been on my list of to dos to get the access sorted to the second tier. This main stand was the first part of my build, it was meant to be simple seating, then directors box with seating above. I included the entrances from an actual Lego set. It then grew to 2 base plates of 48x48 which I put together, but all the time I had to sort access to the 2nd tier.

Today, I finally had a tinker, using recently acquired bricks, it looks okay. ( I never think anything is perfect) but I had wanted to use 8x16 base plates which I have used to create floors and roofs on the directors box and corner stands and also saved a lot of bricks on the end stands I have been building, but they are thicker than the ground base plates, so the bricks would have been unlevel. This meant using some spare green base plates i had 16x16 stud. As you can see from the photos it has helped create the access, it has also given more seating. But is quite an extension, so left me thinking I really need to rebuild the whole stand, making the second tier go right across with no gaps.

So one bit of tinkering does indeed lead to another. It means I will have to build it over 3 (48x48) base plates. Not entirely sure how this will workout, I also don't want to ruin the very stand which started this all off. On a positive side though, it should free up a lot of white bricks, when I first started building I was quite naive to simply use white bricks for filling and on show, so by stripping it back I should be able to free them up and use the coloured bricks I have now as the filler.

This is a build I might tackle on Thursday, all depends on life and what it throws at us. As always I would love your thoughts and comments, feel free to share ideas, or links to your own lego builds.

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Another tinkering session complete with #MyLegoStadium what do you think? Have added on smaller plates which means it led to the thoughts I might have to rebuild the whole stand across 3 large (48x48) base plates and build the 2nd tier right across. Would love your thoughts. https://t.co/uqsqrIGq3i pic.twitter.com/QWQw1waNJ8

— MyLegoStadium (@stadium_my) March 22, 2020

My stadium corner stands

As you will see with the twitter posts below I have been tinkering with the corner stands. My first attempt was in the second tweet, where I used a lot of red 4x2 bricks just to see how it would work, it is the first one where I have integrated stairs so there is actual access to the higher levels. I do have plans for this all around the stadium, it is just currently I build the bare bones then keep adding to them.

The first tweet was actually my second attempt, it is where I have used the white bricks, and incorporated a score board (well old mobile phone) this time though without sorting the access to the higher levels, this is again something for the future.

That means there is a lot for the future, and if life gets any more isolating due to the corona virus, then I make have all the time I could ever want, but as usual the main problem will be a lack of bricks, I have ordered quite a few more, and some plates heres hoping it will get to us before nay quarantine.

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Just a little bit more done for #MyLegoStadium as the big screen is added to a corner stand. (Well my old LG G2) Kind of happy with round the back, I will probably always tinker. Need to sort access to the first tier. pic.twitter.com/LSstWe5wOy

— MyLegoStadium (@stadium_my) March 5, 2020

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I enjoy these practice runs, it helps formulate the ideas for when I get the right bricks. This is also the first one where I have sorted access to the higher tier. This is going to be the TV studio block so there will be less columns and more clear bricks. What do you think? https://t.co/79oqjHqy9S pic.twitter.com/tmGuhd33tC

— MyLegoStadium (@stadium_my) February 1, 2020

Capacity is now at 616

Just had chance to put out on display what has been built of my Lego stadium so far. The capacity is up to 616 now, which is a fine figure and still a long way to go. But how does that compare to the real world of football. Well as you can can see from the tables as you scroll down the page it puts the ground on 64th place on the table for attendances it could handle.

Its always fun to put it in perspective, and you can see how the build is progressing. It's all good fun, building it brick by brick.

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So far #MyLegoStadium is up to a capacity of 616. Here are the latest photos and a plan of the seating. pic.twitter.com/6QudlCiN0l

— MyLegoStadium (@stadium_my) February 27, 2020

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Here is the link to the full table https://www.nonleaguematters.co.uk/global/attendances/

Attendances
Team		Division	Lowest	Highest	Average

53	Guiseley	NATN	267	1891	806
54	Kettering Town	NATN	543	971	767
55	Boreham Wood	NAT	407	1401	712
56	Jersey Bulls	COCO1	547	927	692
57	Dorking Wanderers	NATS	453	915	678
58	Morpeth Town	NPL	395	1704	673
59	Stourbridge	SL3C	381	1158	647
60	Tamworth	SL3C	424	1326	642
61	Welling United	NATS	406	1459	623
62	St Albans City	NATS	396	1078	620
63	Taunton Town	SL3S	499	1068	619
64	Tonbridge Angels	NATS	383	954	607
65	Chippenham Town	NATS	400	1239	606
66	Salisbury	SL3S	414	737	602
67	Horsham	IL	412	913	601
68	Hastings United	IL1SE	347	1189	598
69	Hemel Hempstead Town	NATS	387	838	553
70	Brackley Town	NATN	330	905	550
71	Whitby Town	NPL	299	1038	541

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 And here are some more white bricks to help with the future build

More supplies for #MyLegoStadium and at 4p a brick quite a bargain. pic.twitter.com/H3urggpGdp

— MyLegoStadium (@stadium_my) February 27, 2020

Clock Tower Tinkering

A good thing to do with the filler bricks I buy, is to tinker with them. In this little bit of tinkering I am looking to see how I can incorporate the Lego watch I bought from Ebay into a tower, or some sort of facade to a stand.

The tweets below show the first few attempts, which has led me to the idea of building brick arches for the whole of one end of a stand, then building it up to include the watch as the clock face. It does have studs on the watch straps to help it link into the Lego bricks but I think it needs a little trim around the clock face.

I do enjoy the tinkering as it works out the ideas. Currently I am on the look out for clock towers or brick work for the outside of stadiums, any good examples you see, feel free to share in the comments section.
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Had bit more of a tinker. Brick colours not the ones of choice
But a practise run. Incorporating entrance and clock tower for #mylegostadium if you have examples of clock towers or clocks at stadiums you like please share. https://t.co/oIUA7TbOrI pic.twitter.com/b9VrCXkr2r

— MyLegoStadium (@stadium_my) February 20, 2020

Lego and mental health

That's heavy man, was my thoughts as I wrote the header "Lego and mental health." I have sat down a few times with the tweet post below to say how I was getting on with the build, and I simply couldn't put into words my thoughts. It was not going to be anything heavy in itself just me blabbering on about how I like building with the bricks. It is that process itself of building which has helped my mental health just lately.

I think we all think too much at times, We all try to think about what other folks are thinking about, and ultimately what they think of us. Lego gives your mind something else to think about, you don't need to be as daft as me and try and build a Lego stadium, but may I suggest just the process of building something whether it be the most simplest structure or complex design. Just let your mind drift, take yourself away somewhere else.

So, there you go, I said it "I struggle with mental health but Lego is one part of the process to keep me right"

Now I have a few updates to post about my stadium, but we have the decorators in, not a euphemism, we literally do have the decorators in, so when everything is straight I will get some more up to date photos done for the Stadium as it is so far. I also have a couple of unopened Lego boxes from purchases on line, so have all the excitement of a child at Christmas when I get chance to get into my Lego room. My wife understands me far more than I do myself, I am just glad she puts up with/enjoys the inner child whom drives along with such whims.

Thanks for reading, more updates to come and not as serious.

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I enjoy these practice runs, it helps formulate the ideas for when I get the right bricks. This is also the first one where I have sorted access to the higher tier. This is going to be the TV studio block so there will be less columns and more clear bricks. What do you think? https://t.co/79oqjHqy9S pic.twitter.com/tmGuhd33tC

— MyLegoStadium (@stadium_my) February 1, 2020

The stadium exceeds 500 capacity and how that compares.

Another photo shoot yesterday as you can see from the tweet I have embedded, Admittedly each stand needs a lot of finishing touches but the bones are there.

I am just using this post to see how I compare with real football clubs, and below you will find non league attendances for clubs in the UK. based on seating capacity I would have enough to cope with everything up to number 75 on the list. As for my own attendances, I have 110 and you need at least 212 to make it on to the top 250. You can see the full list by clicking the link below.

It's all just for fun, but I do love my stats, so it's always good to compare and to give yourself goals to move towards. It has been really good doing this building a good distraction for the mind, takes your thoughts elsewhere.

Anyways, let's see how far we can build this stadium. Goal is to be able to deal with number 1 on this list.
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Latest from #MyLegoStadium

Capacity is now 543
(Although health & safety needs attention)

Attendance 110 pic.twitter.com/B4UVliuhVN

— MyLegoStadium (@stadium_my) January 14, 2020

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You can find the full list of 250 clubs by >>>FOLLOWING THIS LINK<<<

Attendances
Team		Division	Lowest	Highest	Average
1	Notts County	NAT	3256	9090	5227
2	Stockport County	NAT	3142	5587	4219
3	Wrexham	NAT	2941	5941	4126
4	Chesterfield	NAT	3161	5432	3765
5	Hartlepool United	NAT	2478	3812	3255
6	Yeovil Town	NAT	2179	5056	2976
7	Torquay United	NAT	2005	4165	2699
8	York City	NATN	2039	3187	2691
9	FC Halifax Town	NAT	1817	3460	2236
10	Dulwich Hamlet	NATS	1401	3132	2190
11	Woking	NAT	1470	3922	2148
12	Hereford	NATN	1552	2707	2140
13	Chester	NATN	1601	3653	2065
14	Bromley	NAT	1398	3122	2037
15	Maidstone United	NATS	1278	2520	1864
16	Eastleigh	NAT	1542	2668	1811
17	Aldershot Town	NAT	1163	2768	1795
18	Barrow	NAT	1060	3267	1769
19	Solihull Moors	NAT	955	3212	1686
20	Sutton United	NAT	1326	2189	1684
21	FC United of Manchester	NPL	1349	2124	1654
22	Darlington	NATN	1210	2204	1525
23	South Shields	NPL	1205	2014	1517
24	AFC Fylde	NAT	997	2764	1487
25	Havant and Waterlooville	NATS	1189	1574	1381
26	Chorley	NAT	921	2693	1348
27	Kidderminster Harriers	NATN	984	2117	1344
28	Dagenham & Redbridge	NAT	1043	1616	1333
29	Maidenhead United	NAT	1010	1657	1326
30	Boston United	NATN	894	2360	1279
31	Harrogate Town	NAT	742	2383	1261
32	Spennymoor Town	NATN	928	2260	1252
33	King's Lynn Town	NATN	833	2246	1210
34	Barnet	NAT	661	1666	1203
35	AFC Telford United	NATN	925	2085	1187
36	Altrincham	NATN	614	1879	1128
37	Dartford	NATS	873	2148	1119
38	Dover Athletic	NAT	687	1520	1105
39	Weymouth	NATS	782	1615	1064
40	Southport	NATN	604	1830	1039
41	Ebbsfleet United	NAT	805	1293	1028
42	Scarborough Athletic	NPL	735	1358	1016
43	Bath City	NATS	707	1444	1004
44	Gateshead	NATN	707	1390	987
45	Bromsgrove Sporting	SL3C	417	1764	977
46	Wealdstone	NATS	676	1289	959
47	Chelmsford City	NATS	595	1395	884
48	Blyth Spartans	NATN	597	1481	879
49	Billericay Town	NATS	606	1334	844
50	Guiseley	NATN	267	1891	841
51	Worthing	IL	470	1684	830
52	Slough Town	NATS	630	1307	820
53	Guernsey	IL1SE	635	1006	815
54	Kettering Town	NATN	625	971	795
55	Jersey Bulls	COCO1	547	927	713
56	Stourbridge	SL3C	408	1158	694
57	Dorking Wanderers	NATS	453	895	668
58	Tamworth	SL3C	447	1326	665
59	Boreham Wood	NAT	407	1401	664
60	Welling United	NATS	406	1459	638
61	Tonbridge Angels	NATS	473	954	626
62	Taunton Town	SL3S	499	1068	625
63	Chippenham Town	NATS	400	1239	621
64	Salisbury	SL3S	486	737	619
65	St Albans City	NATS	396	1078	608
66	Horsham	IL	412	913	605
67	Hampton & Richmond Borough	NATS	384	927	578
68	Brackley Town	NATN	330	905	573
69	Farsley Celtic	NATN	289	1123	571
70	Hemel Hempstead Town	NATS	387	838	565
71	Bognor Regis Town	IL	312	1236	554
72	Morpeth Town	NPL	395	775	551
73	Stafford Rangers	NPL	425	936	551
74	Whitby Town	NPL	364	1038	544
75	Braintree Town	NATS	356	971	543
76	Weston-super-Mare	SL3S	403	651	530
77	Leamington	NATN	359	611	524
78	Hyde United	NPL	247	1293	518
79	Eastbourne Borough	NATS	373	677	516
80	Halesowen Town	SL4C	309	716	515
81	Hastings United	IL1SE	347	703	512
82	Nuneaton Borough	SL3C	385	735	511
83	Folkestone Invicta	IL	389	769	507
84	Lewes	IL	357	648	505
85	Workington AFC	NPL1NW	309	673	505
86	Matlock Town	NPL	276	922	504
87	Ilkeston Town	NPL1SE	282	663	497
88	Bradford Park Avenue	NATN	328	1127	497
89	Alfreton Town	NATN	378	633	497
90	Stockton Town	NL1	302	940	489