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Which resolution is necessary to print bricks with a 3D printer?
I would like to print LEGO compatible figures. Which resolution is required for the 3D print in order to firmly fix the figures on LEGO bricks?
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Does the jumper plate have a Danish nickname?
Does the "jumper plate" (1×2 plate with centered stud) have a Danish nickname like the "Erling"? Who is the designer of this part? And does there exist a catalog of designers of specific bricks?
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How much GBP for a Lego Pick A Brick Large Cup? [closed]
im from the UK and i'm just wondering about how much a Lego Pick A Brick small cup costs and also the Large cup. Please reply asap! Thanks in advance.
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How can I find the value of a LEGO set over several years?
Bricklink has this handy feature on its site which allows you to view the average selling prices of a particular set based on previous auctions.
I like this feature, but unfortunately, it only ...
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Why are Lego sets put in such big boxes?
I am wondering why Lego puts sets in big packages. All bricks are put in small plastic bags and from my experience the packaging could be at least half of what it is.
There is so much told these days ...
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Any reasons for the introduction of the new-style raised arch?
The new-style raised arch (to the left, 92950) got introduced in 2009, and has been gradually replacing the old-style arch (to the right, 3455) across the board. However, after four years, not only ...
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Is the Antikhythera clock design available as Open Source?
After reading and watch the video about the Antikhythera Clock, I am curious if the design reference (or better yet the instruction manual) is available as OpenSource.
Why? Because it would be cool ...
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What is the true angle of a cheese slope?
What is the true angle of a cheese slope?
Bricklink lists it as "Slope 30 1 x 1 x 2/3" while LDraw and Peeron list it as "Slope Brick 31 1 x 1 x 2/3". Why do these sources disagree, and what is the ...
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What are the size of Lego Technic Parts?
I'm creating a LEGO Mindstorms catalogue for a school project. I measured the LEGO parts and I made an average size. My goal is to create new parts with a Rapid prototyping machine and I wanted to ...
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Factories that could make off-patent bricks?
I'm quite interested in finding a factory that can produce a small-ish run of high-quality plastic bricks that I can use in my classes and possible to re-sell as stand-alone kits. I only need a few ...
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Why can't I reproduce this SD card box in LDD?
I've built an SD card box a few years ago. Now I am trying to reproduce it in Lego Digital Designer.
However when I tried to reproduce the closed version, LDD refuses to snap it in place.
In ...
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Set to run a program within another program using NXT-G
I'm using NXT-G to program my robot to do few tasks autonomously for so many possibilities. When using C programming, we can call a function from different file into the main program. So, I wonder if ...
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Old Lego movies
As I remember, it was about 1990 maybe some years earlier, there were movies, made by Lego, they were about 3 minutes long, maybe longer.
It was of course not computer-generated videos but normal, ...
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Why are there “unique” characters in many sets?
When I was young, about 30 years ago, I'd had no problem to have two policemen, two yellow astronauts or knights. Then I had some lack of Lego sets and didn't know what was happening on this field.
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How to make a conveyor belt with LEGO parts?
I am making a small robot with an Arduino and Technic LEGO powered by stepper motors. I am planning on moving small rocks throughout my machine. Does anyone have an idea of what kind of Technic LEGO ...
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NXT Bluetooth “Failed!” when turning on
When I attempt to turn on my bluetooth, the response on the display after about 5 seconds is "Failed!" Then I'm sent back to the main menu.
I've reset the unit and updated to latest firmware (1.31) ...
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Can I take an old LEGO winch apart?
I have an old LEGO winch that looks like #73037
It has been "restrung" but it is very stiff and it looks like it has some of the old string stuck between the rotating and non-rotating parts. It ...
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Colouring bricks with the sun
This question is related to How do I change the color of a brick? and the exact opposite of How to minimise or remove sun-stains/fading from blocks?
Is it feasible to artificially age bricks in ...
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Setting priorities in LEGO NXT Programmer
For a sumo bot competition I made a robot that has a perfectly functioning ultrasonic senor. However, when I made a second branch on the program for a light sensor, I calibrated the light sensor and ...
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how to make custom lego signs, newspapers etc.
I have several ideas but I am finding it hard to get started. What I am interested in is making my own decals for signs, newspapers, artwork for the walls and others. So far I haven't had any luck. ...
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What are the essential resources for learning the fundamentals of LEGO building?
After years of buying and building LEGO sets, my six-year-old son is tearing through the first level of the Master Builder Academy. He's fascinated by micro-building, and generally seems liberated ...
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How hard is it to get a job within the LEGO company, straight out of university as a graduate?
How hard is it to get a job at the LEGO company?
Being fresh out of university as a graduate of mathematics, I'm specifically interested in answers on if and how LEGO hires graduates.
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Strongest gear configuration
I'm building a (what I hope to be) high-speed car using two PF-XL motors together and some gearing up. However, there's a point where I have to rotate the axle with power (that comes from the 3 speed ...
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RCX 1.0 downloaded firmware successfully with RIS 2.0 but does not run any program
I have installed correctly the RIS 2.0 in an old laptop running Windows XP and I successfully downloaded the firmware through the RIS 2.0 to the RCX 1.0, following the standard setup instructions.
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Ultrasonic problems with the red and blue balls?
I'm still new to the nxt thing, I try to make the robot locate the ball using the ultrasonic, while there I should be in a square area marked by white color.
How can I make the robot locate the ...
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Options for sorting old and new versions of colors
I'm working on sorting my LEGO collection. I'm sorting by part then color, with colors mixed when it makes sense (e.g. black is separated out, but medium blue and dark red are together). I'm trying to ...
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Best sensor for balancing inverted pendulum
I want to build a balancer for an inverted pendulum. Which of the following sensors is best suited for detecting the tilt?
Accelerometer
Gyroscope
Angle sensor
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Why does the pin recess on the Technic turntable continue to the edge of the part?
Here's the part in question (2955):
While Technic parts typically have a recess to allow the ends of pins to be flush with the surface, this part (and perhaps others) carry this recess all the way ...
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How to remove printed decoration
This is probably heresy, but how can I remove the printed decoration on a brick? I managed to buy a large number of bricks with an eye decoration cheap and found that rubbing a long time with ...
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Why was the 1x1 round brick changed?
The first 1x1 round bricks had no lip, just like most bricks:
Brick, Round 1 x 1 Old - No Bottom Lip
A lip was then added:
Brick, Round 1 x 1 Solid Stud
Why?
Later, a hole was added in the ...
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Easy way to get the weight of a Bricklink order
Is there an easy way to estimate, to the nearest 100 g (or so) the weight of a shopping cart in Bricklink so that I can estimate the shipping charge (sellers may quote ranges such as "250 - 500 g: $X, ...
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How can I make a mosaic from a given number of 1x1 bricks and a picture?
This question is similar to How can I convert an image's pixels to actual LEGO colors? except that I need to fit a certain number of bricks of a certain colour.
For example, I have 20 white, 28 ...
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Is there a place where you can buy single pieces of LEGO-compatible systems?
I've acquired a set of MegaBloks and was amazed at the slopes with studs on top.
Unfortunately the set is $15 and there's only 6 pieces I need.
So I wanted to ask, are there any sites like Bricklink ...
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Is it legal to sell your mocs?
First off, I assume that it's legal to sell used LEGO bricks and it's also legal to sell self-made LEGO instructions and parts-lists.
As far as I know, there are people selling LEGO sets of their ...
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Does the LEGO company actively follow or copy clone bricks?
What does The LEGO group do to follow clone brands?
Do they buy at least one of every set produced by The Other Guys?
I'm more interested about what the LEGO company does to keep up with what ...
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Which LEGO Technic sets include instructions to add the Power Functions accessory box?
Some LEGO Technic sets apparently come with instructions to add a motor, using the pieces from the Power Function Accessory Box (set 8293).
Is there a list of the sets which do contain such ...
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Can I download a programm written in C# into brick?
I use C# language and http://www.mindsqualls.net/ library. But I could not find how to download my program into brick. Actually, is it possible? Or I just have to control my nxt 2.0 robot via ...
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How to simulate Lego Mindstorms programs written in C#?
I am going to do some programming for Lego Mindstorms in C# using
http://www.mindsqualls.net/
and have a question. Is there any good simulator to see result of my program without uploading the code ...
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Is there a way to change the Lego NXT sensor polling frequency?
I am using LEGO NXT 2.0 with the native NXT flowchart-style programming environment, I would love to be able to poll the sensors more frequently. (In particular, it seems that the light sensor is ...
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What element modifications are incorporated by the LEGOLAND builders?
I know they glue their sculptures together, and sometimes support them with an inner frame. Is that the limit to their element modifications, or are there more tricks to the awesome LEGOLAND builds on ...
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LEGO Digital Designer is unable to connect to the Internet [closed]
I just installed LEGO Digital Designer on my Macbook Pro running OS X (10.8.2). Every time I start up the application, it immediately displays a dialog box stating "Internet access failed" as you can ...
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How do I get started with Mindstorms NXT 2.0?
I need help programming a NXT 2.0 Lego Mindstorms. I want to make the robot turn, stop, go back, etc. when the color sensors see certain colors. For example when the robot sees red it stops then ...
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Whatever happened to Architecture 21015 Eames House?
The set was scheduled to be released in 2012, no such luck. Any idea on why it never came out? Was looking forward to building it.
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What material is used to make capes and cloth in LEGO sets and where do I get it?
It seems like a conspiracy to keep everyone from knowing this. Custom cape sellers don´t say what it is, the women from the draperies I questioned always say something along the line of "coated ...
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Electric, Plug Holder 4.5V/12V what is it for?
I have seen the Electric, Plug Holder 4.5V/12V on bricklink a few times and have often wondered what it is for.
According to Bricklink, it was only ever produced in Light Gray and appeared in 3 ...
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Why do new LEGO bricks feel softer than old bricks?
The older bricks that were made back in the day, "pre-2K", seemed to be made out of a harder more durable brick that seemed to hurt your feet when you walked on them. Now it seems that since the other ...
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Why is the quality of Lego sets getting poorer? [closed]
Why is the quality of Lego sets getting poorer? I'm not saying that the figs aren't good, but I do think that the specific set composition is getting worse. Somebody please help me out.
Thanks! :)
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Why did LEGO create different canister for the Visorak?
I have the six original Visorak (Sets 8742, 8743, 8744, 8745, 8746 and 8747) with different canisters (or boxes).
For example, my Suukorak (8747) has a white canister, and my friend's has a black ...
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Building instructions from an LXF file
I've downloaded an LXF file from rebrickable.com. Which software do I need (for Windows and/or Linux) to get the building instructions based on the LXF file?
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Is the PWM on the PF Servo motor different than the PWM from an Arduino?
I have a Arduino motor shield connected to XL, L and M motors and can control the speed with PWM (Pulse Width Modulation). I made my own connector by cutting a Lego PF connector in half and wiring up ...
