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How can I add additional detail to large walls?
I've seen some rather impressive castle builds over the years, and with the release of Helm's Deep I'm clearly going to be building a few myself now.
As this set uses the LEGO sticker sheet to add ...
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What different series are or have there been designed primarly for girls?
My daughter loves to play with LEGO sets but she is really wants to play with pink or 'girl' LEGO. I have ordered a few of the new LEGO Friends sets but I was wondering what other LEGO themes' have ...
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Can I use a generic (non-Lego) transformer with a rechargable Power Functions battery?
I've recently ordered a LEGO® 8878 Rechargeable Battery Box:
I was wondering if I really need to get the (rather expensive) LEGO® Power Functions Transformer or if I can substitute a (cheaper) ...
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Why does the Erling brick have a ridge below its outward facing stud?
Why does the Erling brick (#4070) have a ridge below its outward facing stud?
Whereas the more versatile and less common #87087 does not? The #87087 piece also has a better use in SNOT usage, as it ...
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How can I create a visually appealing Castle wall from one colour?
I have a bag of hundreds of classic light grey 2x4 bricks, and 2x1 bricks.
How can I use these to make some interesting castle walls?
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Where can I find LEGO X-Pod Playoff rules and printoffs?
Where can I find X-Pod Playoff rules? LEGO doesn't seem to be hosting them anymore.
Asked because of this question. Hopefully it can be mirrored on a few sites so that it doesn't disappear again.
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Can anyone find a photo of the “LEGO bricks, not LEGOS” insert?
Debates aside; I have been told that there used to exist a message either in Lego catalogs or inserts in boxes that reads as this:
The word LEGO® is a brand name and is very special to all of us ...
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Is there an official LEGO terminology for the features of basic pieces?
When I read this question I remember to regularly ask myself what the features of bricks are called. At the top are there nibbles, knobs, or studs? At the bottom are there tubes? New bricks also have ...
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Why doesn't LEGO bring back old series as they were “in the day”
As many of you probably can tell, LEGO has been rehashing old series and giving them a new twist (eg. Rock Raiders -> Power Miners, or whatever its called). Why doesn't LEGO actually make some of ...
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Are the LEGO Friends Mini-dolls compatible with Minifigures?
I've seen the new LEGO Friends sets, and wanted to know if the Mini-dolls are compatible in any way with minifigs?
I'd quite like to get some sets for the new colours however I want to ensure the ...
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Is it possible to add the power functions to Western Train Chase?
I recently got the Red Cargo Train and it's a great Lego set but a Cars themed train going around my Christmas tree would be even better.
Has anyone gotten the power functions to work on the Western ...
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Can I remotly control the points on PF train tracks?
I'm interested in investing in power functions based trains, but want to automate switching points. Is this possible? What is the cheapest / easiest way of achieving this?
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Why is my LDD model incomplete after I export it to LDraw?
I have an LDD model that I exported to an LDraw file. When I opened it in LDView, only part of it was displayed.
It looks like some parts were not exported properly. Is it normal? Why does it happen?
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What was the 12v AC socket for on the 7864 transformer?
The 7864 transformer had, in addition of the main regulated outlet for controlling trains and a fixed 12v DC for plugging in remote controls and lights, a third socket available which provided 12v AC.
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Are the molds for LEGO bricks maintained in house or is maintanance partly outsourced?
I'm a maintenance engineer myself and busy with my MBA courses with the following strategic question: what maintenance can be outsourced or not. I was wondering if Lego does all maintenance of the ...
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How should I go about selling $3k worth of unsorted LEGO sets?
Here is my problem. Over the years my son had me buy a large number of Star Wars sets (including 10179, 10188, 6211, 7676, 7675) and he built them. Then he traded (or lost) most of the mini-figs ...
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Where can I get 'classic' Lego heads from?
The new heads with expressions are all well and good, but I for one prefer the expressionless 'classic' faces.
Are they available anywhere?
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Are there LEGO sets designed for adults?
Other than the LEGO Architecture sets are there any other sets or series that were designed principally for an adult audience?
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What are the electrical properties of electric LEGO systems?
Several electric LEGO systems exist:
LEGO Trains
LEGO Technic Power Functions (PF)
LEGO Mindstorms (in several versions)
...?
How do these systems differ in electrical properties and which systems ...
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RCX firmware download problem
I hope someone can help me with a problem with getting an original RCX 1.0 system working with a current PC.
I bought the RCX 1.0 system back in (I think) 2000 but its been in storage a long time. In ...
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How do I add a light to the Red Cargo Train?
I want to add led light to the front (and probably back) of the Red Cargo Train but the shape of the light is making me wonder what brick I should use to hold the light. I've never seen these lights ...
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Can you keep blocks clutched together in big chunks? Will blocks loose their “clutch power” after years of that kind of keeping? [duplicate]
I keep my blocks of same type in big assembled chunks, for easy building and finding bricks, but I am worried, is it safe for them or will they tend to lose strength in some time (years maybe)?
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New ways of connecting levels of multi-story modular buildings
Compare these two instructions from the Green Grocers and Pet Shop modular building and you may notice (other than the background colour) that the top of the walls of the buildings are both arranged ...
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How does the cost of a LEGO railroad compare to a traditional scale railroad layout?
How do the costs compare between a railroad layout constructed with LEGO trains and a nearly identical layout using traditional scale models, such as HO?
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Is LEGO testing the market with the Minifigure Series?
I looks to me that LEGO is testing the market by using the Minifigure Series. It seems logical to try all kind of different themes and see which ones are gaining traction.
For example:
Minifigure ...
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How to sell massive, vintage and unsorted lego collection with manuals?
So I was a big LEGO collector as a child in the early 1990s. The genres I have are town/city, pirates, and castle. To store them, I broke them all down to fit into 2 giant plastic tubs. I still have ...
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Help Installing NXT-G On Mac 10.6.x
I'm failing to install NXT-G on Mac 10.6.x. Whatever I try seems to end up with an error saying "A required file is broken" when I try to run the IDE. Could someone talk me through the steps please?
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I need help with a broken LEGO motor
I have a LEGO motor and it broke but I didn't know why so I took apart the LEGO motor to see if the wires were the problem. I tested the wires to see if they were working but they weren't and I can't ...
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Apart from the LEGO brick, is there any other hardware that has an NXT firmware written for it?
I am trying to find out if you can upload LEGO NXT byte-code to any other hardware, so I am just checking to see if anyone has ever written the LEGO firmware for any other hardware. Maybe hardware ...
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Why do some sets have two different numbers? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Why did Lego use the same number for two different sets?
For example, 324 Ricky Racoon on his Scooter and 3605 Ricky Racoon and his Scooter appear to be identical in ...
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Is there an official LEGO brick color reference? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How many different colours of lego brick are there?
Is there a canonical reference for the different colors of LEGO bricks?
Ideally this would be a color-matching ...
