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Is there a way to convert a 3D model into a lego sculpture?
After researching this question for a few days, I want to post it here so I can share what I learned in an answer, and hopefully learn some new techniques too.
If anyone has found another way to do this, please share! If anyone has used Legolizer…
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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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What are the largest Technic-compatible tires on the market?
I am looking for the largest LEGO wheels with tires available to build a nice-sized RC LEGO car.
Of course I will start with the simplest prototype, but I would like to achieve a design which will embed an automatic gear box and quite a large…
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Can all LEGO Loco characters be recreated in real life?
The 1998 game LEGO Loco features a plethora of Minifigs that roam around the city:
Can all these characters be recreated with real minifig parts?
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Can the new road plates be used to build ramps or hills?
I have the new LEGO City road plates, and I'm wondering if they can be used to create ramps or hills. Here's the road plate system I'm referring to:
Ramps and hills weren't easy to create with the older baseplate road systems:
I'm wondering if…
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Are there any African American LEGO minifigures besides the ones from the "Sports" basketball series?
I was wondering if there were any African American LEGO minifigures besides the ones from the sports basketball series... I got a brown head from a LEGO Stormtrooper set instead of a black one. I then painted it. Do any other sets have them?
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How to build bridge using 4.5/12v train rails from 1969 Lego brochure
I am interested in building a bridge for my layout and stumbled upon this forum post in which user 'Istokg' posted a picture of a train bridge made from the blue rails used in the pre-1980s train sets.
This is from a 1969 Lego publication which has…
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Can you program Lego Mindstorms with the Scratch programming language?
My child is learning programming using Scratch in school. Can she program her Mindstorms using Scratch?
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Are LEGO bricks recyclable?
Yes, I know that it is kind of a dumb question, as no one would want to dispose of LEGO bricks.
But it's a curiosity thing: are LEGO bricks recyclable?
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Technic axle corrosion? What happened here?
I got my LEGO from storage from when I was a kid (1980s) and while almost all bricks are in good condition, the Technic axles are in a pretty bad shape. They seem to have corroded(?). Please see the attached picture. This has happened to almost all…
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Where can I download the LEGO Mindstorms NXT 2.0 IDE?
I want to see how well that IDE runs on my old Windows XP laptop.
I looked on www.lego.com, but it seems to all be documentation (downloads).
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What causes these 'bite marks' that appear consistently on new bricks?
I purchased a set (second hand) which has the following defects on the 75°-sloped, inverted 2x1x3 blocks:
I assumed they were teeth-marks and asked the seller for replacements, and he found and ordered some online. But when they arrived, they all…
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NXT screen either flickering or blank, what do I do?
The screen on my LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT brick has just stopped working. It is either flickering, or blank. I have tried turning it on and off, installed fresh batteries, and I can even hear the selection sounds. Additionally, it responds regularly when…
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What tool can get the Technic pin out from a connection closed in the other end?
I'm having trouble removing these LEGO Technic pins apart from their connectors and I don't want to use carpenter tools like pliers which may damage the bricks.
What tool can get the pieces separated without force that damages the pieces or my…
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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 about ecology (especially in the EU, where LEGO…
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