Dag's Bricks

What would you do with 8400 tiny technic liftarms and about 5000 technic pins? Back in November I ran a contest to guess how many of those ...

Seen this yet? Imagine a 1x1 round tile. Then put a tiny 0.4L (3.2mm) bar on top. Finally, drill a 1.6mm hole through the bar. The result? P...

Yeah I know. What? Not a clue. But I found one of these little parts in a bulk bin and grabbed it because it was new to me. Plus it takes no...

Wut? Yeah, Znap. I didn't know either until I was browsing through the Bricklink catalog a few years ago. Turns out it's sort of Tec...

So we all know that clips can clip to bars. And we all know that the pegs on the underside of 1x plates and tiles are essentially bars right...

Got back into doing some MOCing last night and this shows up. Did we know this already? I sure didn't. Apparently the set of nubs to hol...

At the end of the Reverse Engineering Challenge 4 I posted a picture on Flickr with a rather impassioned description. There had been some d...

Finally getting back on track with the study on headlight bricks. A while ago I showed how headlight bricks are an odd construction. They m...

Excuse my summer burnout. I might be a bit sporadic over the next couple of months. That will just make you look forward to my posts all the...

After 11 weeks, the contest is over! From a pool of 155 starters, 13 of us came out on top. As the moderator wasn't too keen on continu...

Maybe you've noticed that Wednesdays have been silent lately. For good reason! The competition is hot and heavy over at the Reverse Engi...

The contest is hot and heavy over on Flickr . We're in the third week of challenges and while the first two weeks have been a piece of c...

I picked up a copy of 21113 The Cave for myself as a parts pack. I don't often have enough bricks and I got a good deal on this set. I...

Missed my Wednesday deadline again, no LEGO Finds or Seller Reviews this week, so this oughta sneak nicely into Thursday. After playing...

This last week (and a few prior) had me scrambling while my priorities were shifted. Not only was I getting a lot of real work but I took o...

A few weeks ago you may remember I picked up both a generation I AND generation II Ninjago spinner in my LEGO Finds. The seemingly divine i...

Hello readers.  I am considering releasing a guide to how I became a successful Bricklink store and am on my way towards making $15,000 from...

The beauty of LEGO is that there is a little bit of tolerance and flex in pieces.  The other beauty is that everything works with everything...

Been a while, what say we have a proper techniques post?  'Tis Christmas after all.  And what better gift from me to you than fresh mate...