Questions tagged [instructions]

Instruction Manuals - use them once to build a model, or store them for future reference? Perhaps you want to create your own? However we can't really field individual manual requests

For more details on locating a specific building manual please see:

Where can I find instruction books

Almost all LEGO sets come with instructions for building 1 or more models with the elements in the box.

The instructions can range from a single sheet of double sided instructions folded up with the elements through to multiple bound books.

For more advanced models, the steps often include details of all the elements needed in that step, and can also have one or more sub-steps within them, other instructions require the builder to compare the model with the previous step and see what's been added - which can lead to minor elements being missed (see also Why are there extra pieces in my set?).

Some themes (namely City, and earlier Star Wars sets) also include a short cartoon at the end of the instruction book relating to the characters and minifigs in the set.

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Where can I find instruction booklets?

Is there any place where scans or PDFs of instruction booklets can be downloaded?
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How to Decipher Lego Building Instructions Filenames?

On the official site for downloading lego instructions, the filenames are often quite cryptic, and many sets have as many as six different files you can download and sometimes it's hard to tell which one you want. Can anyone enumerate what all those…
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How are the LEGO instruction manuals made?

I wish to know how the LEGO instruction manuals are made. What is the process currently used?
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When did LEGO start adding a progress-bar to build instructions?

Set #40549 has a stud moving along a progress bar at the bottom of each pair of pages, as you move through the instructions. The stud moves left to right. I've never seen this in any other instruction booklet. Why does this set have it? Are there…
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Official instructions for 2018 LEGO employee Christmas gift 4002018?

The 2018 LEGO employee-exclusive Christmas gift 4002018 has been revealed to the masses from various sources, by the people who have received them. I could probably reverse engineer most of the set from image, but are the official instructions…
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What does a white icon of a brick with a plus sign mean in the instruction booklet?

I'm putting together the LEGO Orchid from the botanicals collection. On page 26 of the instruction booklet, step 34 has a strange icon: a white 2x2 brick with a "+" (plus) symbol. There are no bricks that look anything like this piece being used in…
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Trying to work out where a 'spare' part goes on Wall-E (21303)

I've built a wall-e (set number 21303). This is the corrected version - and I've found, in addition to the 'obvious' spares, like 1x1 flats and round antennae, I have a 4x4 dark grey (4243831) left over. I can't work out where it goes Image taken…
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What is the easiest option to start making instructions?

I'd like to make instructions for my kids, which they could read either on paper or on a tablet. What is the easiest option to achieve that, ideally using open-source software (and running on Linux)?
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What is the point in having an instruction step with only one part?

While building Ninjago City we noticed a lot of steps that included only one part. The part is just sitting there. It doesn't get attached to anything. Whatever gets attached in the next step is not complicated or confusing. What is the point of…
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LEGO Set 10188 Help on Step 160

I have the LEGO Star Wars Death Star set 10188. I am stuck on step 160 because when I try to clip the parts into a circle, parts snap off and I can't seem to bend it down. Thank You.
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Alternative source for instructions of LEGO set 7784 Batmobile?

The PDF instructions provided on the LEGO website are of very low quality. With all the black pieces, no contours can be identified. I bought a used 7784 without original instructions and with some missing part and have difficulties finding what is…
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Instructions for building this bird? Parrot from session at Legoland Windsor in 2013

I built this bird at Legoland Windsor in 2013. It was in an instructor-led session where a Lego expert showed us some SNOT techniques and we all made the same model. I've had the model on my shelf at home and although it's nothing too special my…
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Toys R Us - Frankenstein (Oct 29, 2016)

Anyone have a copy of the instructions for the Toys R Us - Frankenstein figure that they gave away on Saturday, Oct. 29, 2016? I attempted to visit the store but the line was wrapped and they ran out. Was hoping to get a copy of the instructions and…
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Looking for instructions to build a hobbit hole without 'custom set pieces'

I've searched on 'rebrickable' for anything hobbit related, but I can't find it. This is what I'm thinking of: 79003-1: An Unexpected Gathering I'd rather buy a large bucket of 'free for all' lego bricks, that can be made into the Hobbit hole,…
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Batman Arkham Knight Batmobile Instructions

Where can I find a set of instructions for the Lego Batman Arkham Knight Batmobile?
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