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Late 1970s hospital and helicopter building brick set
I'm afraid I don't have a picture, but I am trying to identify a Christmas gift I fondly remember receiving as a child circa 1979.
It was a 3-foot box of building bricks and the front picture showed you could construct a hospital building and a…
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Rebuilding the Millennium Falcon 7965 with unsorted bricks?
After a week of building the Millennium Falcon 7965, we were nearing the end. My son became excited and literally started jumping for joy. As a result, he accidentally landed on the model and thus caused major portions of the super-structure to…
anon
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How do I install the Lego BOOST software on a phone instead of a tablet?
Officially, the Lego Boost software is only available for devices with at least an 8 inch screen:
https://www.lego.com/en-us/service/device-guide/boost
However, it would be nice to install the software on an old phone rather than a tablet for my…
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Which blocks are these with small round knobs?
I have few blocks remaining from the block set I got as a kid. It's not LEGO bricks, but I also couldn't find which block type are these and who is making them. Does anyone knows from looking the images who is making these and if they are still…
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Why are pat pending bricks rarer and treasured more than patented bricks?
My mum and I share a love of LEGO, but she is a huge collector of LEGO with easily 100kg spread across the garage, her room and my nan's garage.
When she gets time to sit down and sort through her immense collection, she's always more excited when…
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Inverting voltage to PF motor
I often use separate PF motor for each driven wheel. Sometimes the most interesting design of mechanism requires opposite polarity of power supply to motors. Is there any simple non-destructive way to invert voltage to one of motors?
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Which computer games came in jewel cases with LEGO studs?
Two LEGO computer games I've owned since the late 90s or early 2000s, LEGO Rock Raiders and LEGO Creator Knights' Kingdom, came in big boxes like most other PC games at the time. In the boxes were these CD jewel cases lined with 14 studs along their…
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Please help identify this vintage (but non-Lego) brick!
It's time to play the "what brick is this" game, and this time our contestant is definitely non-Lego, yet vintage. This brick was in a small lot of early-60's Samsonite Lego bricks, and I am assuming it is nearly as old as those.
It appears to be…
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Technic 8858 Rebel Wrecker alternate model impossible to build?
I don't mean "difficult", I mean it appears to have an actually impossible instruction. Or am I missing something obvious? Here's the deal (pardon my lack of standard names for parts):
I recently dusted off my 8858 Rebel Wrecker, and decided to…
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Does the Power Functions IR Remote Control 8885 make a good remote for a car?
I have the Power Functions IR Speed Remote Control 8879 and it's great for, well, the train it came with and maybe other applications where you don't need precise control. 8885 looks like it would work for a car but does it speed up the motor the…
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Where can I download the Samantha Field Control System?
Could someone please provide a download link? It seems that all traces of the program has disappeared from the internet, and I need this to get my robot moving wirelessly. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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What are LEGO rubber bands made of?
I have noticed that LEGO rubber bands (along with just about everything else LEGO) are fantastically durable. They last ages without getting crusty and dying like most commonly available rubber bands. They can even be held in stretched positions…
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Can anyone help me identify this Fabuland figure?
I found 2 of them in a box of LEGO I had as a kid, it fits the LEGO baseboards/bricks but I don't have a clue what it is or where it is from!
My daughter is now the proud owner of my Lego (along with a ton more!) and wants to know more about this…
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What part(s) can I use to connect modules at a 90 degree angle?
I'm looking for brainstorming! All ideas welcome.
I have a design I'm working on which:
is made of a bunch of identical modules fitting into a single framework
has to allow the modules to "plug in" to the framework (be removable)
I'm designing the…
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Dichotomous key for identifying / discovering LEGO pieces?
Is there a dichotomous key available for looking up LEGO pieces by progressively answering information about their characteristics? It doesn't necessarily need to fit the strict definition of a dichotomous key (namely there being only two choices…
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