A collection of useful stuff we’ve found on the web.
Abbreviations, Phrases and Jargon
- LEGO Abbreviations List (lego.wikia.com)
Build Standards
- Classic Castle City Standard
- Great Ball Contraption
- MILS (Modular Integrated Landscaping System) (HispaBrick)
- Micropolis City Standard (TwinLUG)
- Moonbase
Build Techniques
- Building With LEGO: Bases and Borders (the Brick Blogger)
- Collection of LEGO Building Techniques (Reddit)
- Diagonal Connection Points (Cactus Brick)
- Gears Tutorial (Sariel)
- Gear Ratio Calculator (Sariel)
- Great Ball Contraption Module Instructions (Lawriege)
- Kinetic LEGO Sculpture Instructions (JK Brickworks)
- MINDSTORMS Building Tutorials (LEGO Education)
- MINDSTORMS Coding Tutorials (MakeCode)
- MINDSTORMS Lessons (LEGO Education)
- MINDSTORMS Lessons (LEGO Engineering Students)
- Physics of LEGO (UMontreal)
- Tips and Bricks (Instagram page)
- Train Track Layout Geometry (Bill Ward’s Brickpile)
- The LEGO Train Depot
- The Unofficial LEGO Advanced Building Techniques Guide
Color and Element Reference Guides
- Bricklink Color Guide
- LEGO Colour Chart Reference (The New Elementary)
- LEGO 2016 Color Palette (The Brick Fan)
- MechaBricks Colour Guide
Community Sites
- BrickNerd
- Brickset (forum community and resource index)
- Eurobricks (global community forum)
- FBTB (LEGO Star Wars community)
- Flickr (search for LEGO tags and Flickr Groups)
- Instagram (search for LEGO hashtags)
- New York LEGO Meetup (NYC LEGO fan community)
- Rebrickable
- Reddit (r/lego, r/legomarket, r/afol, etc…)
Conventions and Events (North America)
- BrickCon (Seattle, WA)
- Brickfair (Washington DC, Birmingham AL, Manchester NH, Somerset NJ)
- Brickfête (Toronto/Montreal, Canada)
- Brickfiesta (Austin, TX)
- Bricks by the Bay (San Francisco Bay Area)
- Bricks Cascade (Portland, OR)
- Brickslopes (Sandy, UT)
- Brickworld (Chicago, IL)
- Philly Brickfest (Philadelphia, PA)
Digital CAD Designer Software
- LEGO Digital Designer (no longer actively supported)
- LDraw
- LDraw Tutorial (TechnicBRICKs) Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3
- Mosaic Software
- Stud.io
News and Fan Blogs
Official Set Instructions
Organization and Storage
- The LEGO Storage Guide (Brick Architect)
Parts Catalogues and Analysis
Shopping and Sale Tracking
- Amazon Discount Tracker (Brickset)
- Bricklink (secondary market for sets, minifigures, parts, etc…)
- Brick Owl (another secondary market)
- Bricks and Pieces (LEGO’s replacement parts service, has a larger selection than online Pick-a-Brick.)
- Brickseek Target Inventory Checker
- Brickseek Walmart Inventory Checker
- LEGO Set Deals (Reddit)
Video
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- A LEGO Brickumentary (2015)
- How It’s Made – LEGO
- I LUG NY YouTube Channel
The Morris Museum, in Morristown, NJ is seeking Lego innovators, artists, and designers to submit works that use Lego’s to create sculptures, installations, 2D art, or other creative solutions for our Lego exhibit scheduled to open December 17, 2016 and close February 26, 2017. If you are interested in participating please email Jody Marcus, Curator, at jmarcus@morrismuseum.org for submission guidelines. All works must be submitted digitally for approval by November 1, 2016.
Can you help us find talented Lego artist for our show? Please circulate this information. Thanks so much,
Jody