The LEGO® Direct team has returned after almost a full week in exile, following the World Trade Center disaster. They will probably take a while to get back up to full speed, due to both the unintentional hiatus and the fact that getting back into the creative mood will probably take a while. Also, it sounds like every LD employee is accounted for at this time.

And now we get to the bad news. Maureen Rielly, the club producer at LEGO® Direct, has been unable to locate her brother, Timothy, since Tuesday morning. He worked on the 100th floor of Tower One, and you can read her story here . Our heartfelt sympathies go out to the Rielly family.