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Showing posts with label tips. Show all posts

LEGO Techniques - Using the Brick Separator

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When I was kid I had two tools at my disposal for separating plates from other pieces.  The first one was my fingernails.  But as I have a h...

LEGO Tips and Techniques - Updated Store Organization

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Back in June of 2013 I shared with you how I organize my LEGO parts store.  Since then I've grown my store and changed my layout.  Inst...

LEGO Techniques - Gear With Studs

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Quite a while ago I ran a series of posts describing the different sizes of Systems and how they all were part of the greater whole.  That i...

LEGO Selling Tips - Filling out Customs Forms

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Last week I talked a bit about how to send smaller international packages cheaper via the United States Postal Service.  Regardless of the ...

LEGO Selling Tips - Shipping Internationally

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In a twist of topics, let's look less at LEGO pieces themselves and more at how to move them from the United States to your buyers.  Spe...

LEGO Techniques - Creating Compound Slopes

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Roof slopes (or Roof Tiles according to TLG) are a lot of fun to play with.  As a home designer by day, I enjoy working out dramatic roof la...

LEGO Techniques - LEGO Dice

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Roll them bones!  Probably one of the greatest things to come out of the new generation of LEGO Games has been the dice.  They seem to sell ...

LEGO Techniques - Gingerbread Man Head

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I'm not much of a CMF collector.  I had a little run on Series 6 but beyond that it's been hit and miss.  But when Series 11 came ou...

LEGO Techniques - Modulex Bricks

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Modulex is yet another sub-brand of LEGO that enjoyed a bit of popularity before resurging.  Kind of like bell bottoms.  In 1963 Modulex was...

LEGO Techniques - Tubs and Cups

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After our recent discussions on DUPLO , Quatro , and Primo , there is one even larger size of stud to consider.  Did you realize that The LE...

LEGO Tricks - A Primer on Primo

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Continuing with our subject of big (and out of production) LEGO pieces, today we're going to play with some Primo.  In following the log...

LEGO Techniques - Using Quatro

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Quatro makes DUPLO look like LEGO.  Wait, what?  See, DUPLO is a double sized LEGO brick.  You can see that in the name itself.  Quatro is ...

LEGO Techniques - Using DUPLO

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DUPLO (if you haven't noticed) is a larger sized LEGO compatible brick made by the same company.  The target audience is usually pre-sch...

LEGO Micropolis Finish Edges - Inside Corners

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It's been a while since I posted some examples of how I finish the street edges of my Micropolis blocks.  The final piece of the puzzl...

LEGO Tips and Techniques - Builder Storage

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Last week I discussed my storage techniques for my Bricklink store .  But having a store and being a builder are two very different t...