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.

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

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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.

> 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.

> 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.

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?

Man, the Speed Chamions series have really come a long way. My 6-wide F40 is one of my favorites on the shelf. It's got a type of charm that the 8-wide don't have.

That being said, I can't wait to park one of these next to my Countach!

I buy Lego pieces from Bricklink probably at least once every few months and have been doing so for several years, so I have collected a massive freezer bag full of the little bags, and I don't really do anything with them. Does anyone else have this problem, and do you use them for anything?

Look I'm excited, but one of my favourite things of HZD was the slow burn realisation of just how they "saved" life on Earth. But it's kind of heavy for a game that kids are expected to play. Omnicide is hardly family friendly but how do you change that part of the plot?

So we have a few of these things and I honestly fell like they're critically under utilized for what they are. You can see the mini figure display space, the stand and folding wings come out leaving a sizable storage area, and the lid also opens to enough storage for all the parts in each set. The top of the lid is an ordinary 8x8 flat round corner.

Obviously, these would be great travel cases for Lego D&D Minifigs, with your fig, main equipment, and what not with the back space used for other equipment or cosmetics. That said, I really want to find a game that uses the building aspect of Lego and can be stored in these containers.

The best I've come up with would be some variation of Goh that uses smooth tiles? Maybe some sort of chess game? Any ideas would be appreciated, I've been wracking my brain on this for weeks

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/16280100

> Two arrested, including 71-year-old man, for allegedly stealing almost 3,000 boxes of LEGOs

Never thought I’d see the day we’d have a Lego LoZ set

> Batman™ Dark Knight posable action figure and bike toy

Just when I think I have all the Batman vehicles I need in Lego form! 😆 I do remember that the Batpod was an exclusive technic LEGO model that was given away free with the first sales of one of the original Tumbler UCC sets. I bought a clone version, but the brick's clutch wasn't so great, and I lost bits over the years. It went in the bin a while back. So I'm happy to see this new version.

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