LEGO Ruler and Sorting Tool
This article is the second in the series about buying and selling used Lego. I don’t know about you, but I can easily distinguish a 1×2 from a 1×3 at a glance, but I...
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Make lots of money by buying and reselling used LEGO!
This series of articles explores the practical economics of buying, sorting and selling bulk Lego. I will help assess what it takes to make real money by describing my own experience buying a large...
Top 10 bricks missing from the Lego Architecture Studio
While the Lego Architecture Studio includes a great selection of bricks for creative architectural sketching, I found the selection of bricks is lacking in two main areas: bricks needed for advanced building techniques, and...
Lego Challenge #30: Seattle Central Public Library
For my final challenge, I took my Lego bricks to the iconic Seattle Central Library where I built a model of the Map Room. See what it was like to build a Lego model inside a busy library.
Lego Challenge #29: Vista House
I hiked up Mt Spokane yesterday and snowboarded down. For my 29th challenge, I built a Lego model of Vista house, the CCC era cabin on the summit.
Lego Challenge #28: Build a model of an interior space
Today’s challenge is to build a model of a furnished interior. See how I made a minifig scale model of my living room complete with couch, lamp and a TV…
Lego Challenge #27: Rustic Cabin
Today’s challenge is to build a minifig-scale cabin. See the A-frame style cabin I built, a common design for regions like the Pacific Northwest which get a lot of snow.
Lego Challenge #26: Ski Lodge
Today’s challenge was to build a ski lodge or rustic resort. See the scale model I made of the main lodge at the nearby Stevens Pass ski resort.
Lego Challenge #25: Redesigning the Lego system – Introducing TomBlox
I redesigned the Lego brick to be more versatile and better for building scale models, then I printed some sample bricks on a 3d printer. See how well they worked.
Lego Challenge #24: Sculpture
Today’s challenge: Build a Lego recreation of a famous sculpture. Sculpture resources While you are welcome to recreate the famous sculpture of David using Lego bricks if you want to, I felt like I...
Lego Challenge #23: That’s no moon! (Buying used Lego sets)
Today’s challenge: Disassembling, sorting and getting ready to build a used Lego model Buying used Lego sets… You can frequently purchased Lego sets used for at least a 30% discount from retail. That’s a...
Lego Challenge #22: Build a Craftsman style home
Today’s challenge: Build a detailed Craftsman-style home using Lego Craftsman Style There are a lot of Craftsman style homes here in the Seattle area, especially in the suburban communities within Seattle city limits. Many...
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