LEGO
- Haul from the grand opening of Bricks & Minifigs in Novi, MI
The first 300 customers received this custom printed torso. Even though the queue to enter stretched to almost behind the building when I got in line and I had to wait 1 1/2 hours after the opening to even enter, I was still able to acquire one of these torsos. To celebrate the opening, there was a giant inflatable(?) minifigure in the parking lot, a live string band outside, free coffee and build-a-minifigure, displays by MichLUG, and Luke Skywalker and Darth Vader cosplayers. So glad to have a B&M nearby (but my wallet won’t be happy about it)
- Fabuland 121/328 Moe vs Michael vs Mitchell Mouse
My first ever LEGO set was this Roadster*. I add the asterisk because it was not actually this roadster. Mine was Mitchell Mouse, not Moe, and not Michael. I am trying to find the pieces to mine, because I remember the doors, and the body being red. The same color as the chassis.
My instructions are long gone, however in one of my boxes of instructions in my storage shed there are pieces of this booklet.
Does anyone else recall their set being named Mitchell? I cannot find anything to back ups this claim other than mine and my father’s memory of it.
- Formula 1 and The LEGO Group build partnership from 2025www.formula1.com Formula 1 and The LEGO Group build partnership from 2025
Two of the world’s most recognised brands, Formula 1 and LEGO Group, have announced an exciting new partnership that will see the launch of F1-inspired LEGO products for builders of all ages. The range will include LEGO DUPLO sets for pre-school children alongside brick sets for both children and ad...
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/19923946
> [formula1.com] Formula 1 and The LEGO Group build partnership from 2025 > > Two of the world’s most recognised brands, Formula 1 and The LEGO Group, have announced an exciting new partnership that will see the launch of F1-inspired LEGO products for builders of all ages. The range will include LEGO DUPLO sets for pre-school children alongside brick sets for both children and adult builders.
- Cyber-statue scrutinizes samsāra - The Brothers Brickwww.brothers-brick.com Cyber-statue scrutinizes samsāra - The Brothers Brick
Find a source of Cyber-power at this LEGO statue by dicken liu (@dicken_tututu)!
- Going for gold in a gamut of great Greek games - The Brothers Brickwww.brothers-brick.com Going for gold in a gamut of great Greek games - The Brothers Brick
@bousker_ takes us back - way back - to the very start of the Olympics games, in the form a LEGO vignette packed with details
- No such thing as an ugly duckling - The Brothers Brickwww.brothers-brick.com No such thing as an ugly duckling - The Brothers Brick
Check out the cutest meeting between a new pair of best friends in this LEGO artwork by Bert Van Raemdonck (@bert_beaver)!
- [MOC] My submission for R. R. Slugger’s Mechtropolis community build event
The theme was essentially Lego City, but with mechs and a focus on their power source. I decided to take this prompt and put mechs in the most mundane and impractical City environment possible: office work.
! Working mechs need their cup of coffee/motor oil to keep them energized
! Being a mech doesn’t make pencil-pushing or working on spreadsheets any more exciting. The computer, of course, is powered by cute animal pictures.
! This mechanized mop bucket is powered by… er.. the messes it cleans up.
! Mech Corp.’s CEO gives the quarterly reports. His levitating bow tie is powered by money, and the design is meant to evoke Baron Harkonnen’s or Emperor Palpatine’s life support systems.
I realize I did push the definition of “mech” a bit throughout, but I wanted to go for the absurd.
- LEGO Megazord is a Mighty Morphin' Masterpiece - The Brothers Brickwww.brothers-brick.com LEGO Megazord is a Mighty Morphin' Masterpiece - The Brothers Brick
LEGO mech master @moko_bricks creates the ultimate Megazord from Mighty Morphin Power Rangers! Transforming, poseable perfection. Go, go, Moko!
- A Game of Snake on a LEGO Mechanical Computerhackaday.com A Game Of Snake On A LEGO Mechanical Computer
Really, [OzzieGerff] had us at “LEGO.” But then he took it to another place entirely and built a completely mechanical, nearly 100% LEGO version of Snake. And it’s just as cool as…
cross-posted from: https://rss.ponder.cat/post/16799
- Hell yeah!
cross-posted from: https://pixelfed.crimedad.work/p/crimedad/730495141614828099
> Hell yeah! > > \#hydrogen #HydrogenEconomy #Lego #Legoland #airship > > @crosspost@lemmy.crimedad.work
- #NotDeer
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.crimedad.work/post/119646
> cross-posted from: https://pixelfed.crimedad.work/p/crimedad/730477962916014609 > > > Shout out to all the yummy mummies keeping me bricked up at Legoland! > > > > \#Lego #Legoland #NotDeer > > > > @crosspost@lemmy.crimedad.work
- My MOC building setup
Over the past six months I've been trying to get my lego collection to a place of being very organized, and it's looking pretty good!
I mainly built things with technic, so most of my setup is focused on that, and smaller studded pieces are stored in tackle boxes on the shelf to the left.
The organizational elements on the right are built out of lego, including the set of drawers. (Not the drawers themselves)
The bins on the left are 3D printed from the Gridfinity system, using the Gridfinity Push together Baseplate, and the Ultra Light Gridfinity Bins Generator.
On the desk I have a Rebrickmat, which is SO useful for making MOCs.
- just2good discusses Universal Pictures AGAIN copyright claiming Lego fans sharing fair use images of upcoming sets revealed by retailers
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Also worth noting that Lego forum sites such as Brickset have had to take down their previously shared images as well, apparently “at the request of LEGO's IP partner “
- LEGO Neon Evengalion mech stands ready to defend the Tokyo of the future - The Brothers Brickwww.brothers-brick.com LEGO Neon Evengalion mech stands ready to defend the Tokyo of the future - The Brothers Brick
Neon Genesis Evangelion mech unit-02 by Marco De Bon (@marco_debon) strikes an action pose as he warms up for a fight
- An awesome minifigure redux needs an awesome set redux to go with it - The Brothers Brickwww.brothers-brick.com An awesome minifigure redux needs an awesome set redux to go with it - The Brothers Brick
Builder @talegophotography gives us an extra hit of nostalgia inspired by the Vampire Knight figure from the 25th LEGO Collectible Minifigure Series
- TIL LEGO buys back bricks with giftcardslegobricktakeback.com LEGO® Brick Take Back
Got a LEGO® stash gathering dust? For a limited time, our LEGO Brick Take Back program turns your spare bricks into rewards. Trade in your pre-loved bricks and score a LEGO e-Gift Card in the process!
- Mario and Yoshi Setfullcleared.com This LEGO Super Mario World: Mario & Yoshi Set Is Awesome - FullCleared
The LEGO Super Mario Super Mario World: Mario & Yoshi set launches October 1 for $129.99. Learn more about it at FullCleared.
- Police bust massive Lego theft ring at Brick Builders in Eugenenbc16.com Police bust massive Lego theft ring at Brick Builders in Eugene
A search warrant was served at the Brick Builders store in Eugene by the Springfield Police after a 3-month investigation revealing thousands of stolen Legos.
- Marbled Bricks? Apparently Lego wants them destroyed...
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It seems these bricks were made in the late 1970s without Lego's authorization, by rogue employees developing new types of plastic and experimenting with their molds and various plastic colors.
It is unknown just how many of these bricks were made, but they are extremely valuable, and in my opinion and many others, very beautiful.
- Dueling wizard builds give us something to crow about - The Brothers Brickwww.brothers-brick.com Dueling wizard builds give us something to crow about - The Brothers Brick
Dueling LEGO builds from Ids de Jong and Maxx Davidson (@mrmaxxwell) prove that crows are a wizard's best friend.
- My ISS is crumbling, is this common?
I have a problem with my International Space Station 21321 set, all the blue clips that hold the panels to the main beams are crumbling, and weakened enough that I wake up to panels on the floor. I have no idea why this is happening, but hoping someone can help? Ideas I can do different to prevent it after I replace these parts? It seems to effect all the blue clips not just the big ones, even the little pod lost one of its solar panels :(
Some details, it's probably 4 years old now. I keep it on display but not under glass, in a 72f room. I have difficulty keeping it totally dust free as it's very fragile to begin with, but it's never really been touched otherwise.
Thanks for any ideas
Edit: not the technic connectors, the blue solar panel pattern tiles are the problem
- LEGO Set Reveals "Skeleton Crew" Names - Dark Horizonswww.darkhorizons.com LEGO Set Reveals "Skeleton Crew" Names - Dark Horizons
Last April, Lucasfilm offered a first look at its “Star Wars: Skeleton Crew” series for those lucky attendees to the Star Wars Celebration expo. That first look included a brief trailer and some stills in room which have since gone online. Officially though, the studio has yet to release any publici...
- Lego Jaws set announced; includes shark, Orca boat and tiny Roy Scheiderfilmstories.co.uk Lego Jaws set announced; includes shark, Orca boat and tiny Roy Scheider
Be still, our sweating wallets: Lego has announced a Jaws Lego set, which includes everything you need to recreate the film's third act.
- Metroid figs trade mini for mighty - The Brothers Brickwww.brothers-brick.com Metroid figs trade mini for mighty - The Brothers Brick
LEGO Metroid action figures from miniaturization wiz Qin (@_QIN_) pack detail and articulation into tiny 4" frame.
- A Lego game about building with Legos, not a world with Legos in it? Yes pleasewww.gog.com LEGO® Bricktales
The free demo version of LEGO® Bricktales is available on GOG.COM. You can download it
cross-posted from: https://beehaw.org/post/14749768
> There's been tons of fun games about Lego, no doubt about it. But every game has always been the theme of Lego overlaid on another. Such as Lego Racing; you build a car to race with. Also, the actual environment/background is not made of Lego. The purpose is to race a car, and the building of the car is a facet of the game. The same is true for... any of them,really. Lego Marvel Superheroes, Star Wars, Batman, Indiana Jones, Pirates of the Caribbean, Marvel Superheroes, DC Supervillians, Lord of the Rings... etc. It's a world with a 'skin' on Lego thrown on top. (Not that it's not lovely) > > LEGO Bricktales is absurdly fun and very intuitive controls (I actually play one-handed!), but horribly controlled with a controller.
- LEGO Wicked set names, prices, and pieces rumouredwww.brickfanatics.com LEGO Wicked set names, prices, and pieces rumoured
With LEGO Wicked sets now confirmed, we've spotted some rumoured set names that offer a better sense of what's to come to the new theme.
> With LEGO Wicked sets now confirmed, we've spotted some rumoured set names that offer a better sense of what's to come to the new theme.
- Need a hand with your LEGO creation? - The Brothers Brickwww.brothers-brick.com Need a hand with your LEGO creation? - The Brothers Brick
We've gotta "hand" it to J6Crash (@crash.or.build) - he knows how to make a mega Bionicle build
- Planes, trains, and LEGO builds - The Brothers Brickwww.brothers-brick.com Planes, trains, and LEGO builds - The Brothers Brick
Take in the Italian countryside with this LEGO build by Jean-Philippe Leroux (@leroux_jp)
- LEGO Star Wars 75389 The Dark Falcon not the set we expectedwww.brickfanatics.com LEGO Star Wars 75389 The Dark Falcon not the set we expected
Although it’s certainly a striking Rebuild the Galaxy set, 75389 The Dark Falcon isn’t quite the LEGO Star Wars model many may have been expecting.
> Although it’s certainly a striking Rebuild the Galaxy set, 75389 The Dark Falcon isn’t quite the LEGO Star Wars model many may have been expecting.
- Extracting Data from Stud.io 2.0
My problem: I want to create an inventory of my parts. For that I need data I could look up on BL. Sadly, my storage has no internet whatsoever, so I need an offline solution.
I have found the LDRAW library inside the Studio installation, which gives me the parts and their design. They contain the name of the part, too, but only as a comment, and I have yet to verify if this is consistent. I think I could rig a software that renders me the picture as I need it for my application, so that's that.
But there are other files inside the Studio installation, and I wonder if there is a way to find the following information from this:
- BL Category (Like "Brick" or "Plate Modified")
- LEGO part numbers and colors that exists for a certain design
- Parts Weight
I don't need any rapidly changing data like price or availability.
Has anyone here done this, or knows a software that does this?