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Everyone who has ever played with LEGOs knows the frustration of missing pieces, blocks not connecting the way you want them to or design being too complicated for you LEGO sets. However, some adults are just too good at breaking the LEGO building games rules. Adult fans of LEGO or AFOL, are people who haven't let their enthusiasm for the building blocks game die. While these enthusiasts respect the activity, some have gone off-map to create - "illegal LEGO building techniques," and they are awesome.
According to The Brothers Brick, a LEGO website for adult builders and fans of LEGO, these techniques are: "LEGO bricks building techniques that break the “rules” for connections between LEGO elements followed by official LEGO set designers — particularly connections that stress the LEGO elements. (e.g., inserting a plate upright between the studs on a brick.)" Scroll down below to check out some of these outlaw moves with bricks and LEGO figurines that people have shared online. And don't forget to upvote your favs!
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#1
Hair Hack
#2
Creating New Pieces
#3
LEGO Pavement
#4
Creating A Ball With LEGO Pieces
#5
LEGO Building Technique
#6
Creating An Old Brick Wall
Iván Galarraga 5 years ago (edited)
This is ideal for a terror dungeon, hands sprawling from the wall!
#7
LEGO Roof
#8
LEGO Hacks
#9
Inventive Building Technique
#10
LEGO Hack
#11
Double-Sided LEGO Brick
FortnitePlayerGirl 5 years ago
I could use this because I really don't know where you could actually find a double-sided lego brick.
#12
LEGO Building Techniques
Tiny Dynamine 5 years ago
Revolutionary! Except that it was discovered by accident when pieces got wedged together back in the 1650s.
#13
Useful Elbow
#16
LEGO Building Technique
MN Free Spirit 5 years ago
and now I see the beginnings of a Tardis. oh man, what started out as just tonight might have turned into the weekend
SlightlyBurntWaffle 5 years ago
my brother created his own TARDIS。Somehow he found a block that said police
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A Rose Among Thorns 5 years ago (edited)
It looks like a climbing rope wall... What would you use this for?
Daxon Carmichael 4 years ago
cop: "do you have a criminal record?" me: "kinda" (shows picture) *2 days later* (me standing in front of a firing squad) officer: "you stand accused of using illegal lego techniques, how do you plead" me: (smiling) guilty *blam blam blam*
#18
Creating A LEGO Cylinder
#19
LEGO Building Hacks
#20
Illegal LEGO Building Techniques
#22
Creating An Elbow Link
#23
Double-Sided LEGO Brick
#26
Wedging Two LEGO Pieces Together
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What do you think ?
Andrew Keane 5 years ago
There are rules? What b******t is that? If they're Lego parts and they connected whatever way to make something then surely it's just being inventive. There are no rules. You build and create whatever you want in any way you can with what's in front of you.
Jan Fiala 5 years ago
But some techniques are not used in the manuals for the original box sets. This is why they are called "illegal" (it's a tongue-in-cheek use of the word, of course).
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Iván Galarraga 5 years ago (edited)
When I was a kid back in the 70's I manage to build a lego brick thrower, something like a cross between a rifle and a catapult (it totally worked) and I remember using "illegal" techniques to achieve that. Since then I don't feckin remember how I made it. It's totally a bummer
diane a 5 years ago
Lego seems to have advanced quite abit since I was a kid about 1970. We just had bricks. My favorite trick was to make a perfect cube with a few scrunched up bits of silver paper inside. When you shook it - sounded like it was full of water. No-one could work out why it didnt leak.
Person2638 5 years ago
u mean 100% because any and all legos are out to murder our feet
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BlackestDawn 5 years ago
Ohh these are really creative. Even with the explanation in the article intro I can't see how some of these are "illegal", especially the one forming a donut and the two cylindrical ones.
Dragon_knight56 5 years ago
Are these even ileggal. You could do it right now, if you wanted to.
Alyssin Williams 4 years ago
"illegal"? Uh.. I'm pretty sure there are no laws. How about "Unorthodox", bored panda writer? EEeesh.
Brian D'Agostine 5 years ago
Photo attribution is never the wrong thing to do. Give credit where credit is due.
Webswisdom 5 years ago
How is it possible that there are illegal uses of Legos! That in and of itself is criminal.
Bluebell Rizzi 5 years ago
I loved the train. The rest I was just pondering how I never really "got" lego as a kid...
Marnee DeRider 5 years ago
That train video was spectacular! Everyone, watch it if you didn't already. You won't be sorry. (Also, why was it just floating there and how can I like to it to share it with people? I know many would want to see it.)
Christian C. Schouten 5 years ago
How can I suggest one to add? https://twitter.com/msteeman/status/968543042788618241?s=21
Master Markus 5 years ago
I went through this whole article and maybe it's because I'm not into Lego, but this was pretty boring. The only one I thought was interesting was the chain mail style thing.
David Schlender 5 years ago
There is nothing illegal about these. Cut it out with the click-bait titles, please.
Little Duck 5 years ago
Do you actually have OCD? Because based on the wording and context of your reply, you dont (I could be wrong). If you dont have OCD, its incredibly disrespectful to say you are OCD. People without it (myself included) have no idea what those people go through. So please, to everyone without OCD, please, just dont say things like “I’m so OCD” about things like how symmetrical something is. Thank you.
Load More Replies... WaffleFryLife 5 years ago
watch the LEGO movie. it's amazing and grown men/women can play with as many childrean's toys as they would like
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Dilly Millandry 5 years ago
d bradley - I am sorry, this isn't personal AT ALL. Loads of people say this, you are just the next one I happened to read after the OCD comments earlier reminded me of how ill my brother is and now I'm feeling angry at the world and it's spilling over. So I'm going to just say it. It's Lego. The plural of Lego is Lego. I'm looking at you RJ too... I'll go get back in my box now. Sorry again.
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Andrew Keane 5 years ago
There are rules? What b******t is that? If they're Lego parts and they connected whatever way to make something then surely it's just being inventive. There are no rules. You build and create whatever you want in any way you can with what's in front of you.
Jan Fiala 5 years ago
But some techniques are not used in the manuals for the original box sets. This is why they are called "illegal" (it's a tongue-in-cheek use of the word, of course).
Load More Replies... Iván Galarraga 5 years ago (edited)
When I was a kid back in the 70's I manage to build a lego brick thrower, something like a cross between a rifle and a catapult (it totally worked) and I remember using "illegal" techniques to achieve that. Since then I don't feckin remember how I made it. It's totally a bummer
diane a 5 years ago
Lego seems to have advanced quite abit since I was a kid about 1970. We just had bricks. My favorite trick was to make a perfect cube with a few scrunched up bits of silver paper inside. When you shook it - sounded like it was full of water. No-one could work out why it didnt leak.
Person2638 5 years ago
u mean 100% because any and all legos are out to murder our feet
Load More Replies... BlackestDawn 5 years ago
Ohh these are really creative. Even with the explanation in the article intro I can't see how some of these are "illegal", especially the one forming a donut and the two cylindrical ones.
Dragon_knight56 5 years ago
Are these even ileggal. You could do it right now, if you wanted to.
Alyssin Williams 4 years ago
"illegal"? Uh.. I'm pretty sure there are no laws. How about "Unorthodox", bored panda writer? EEeesh.
Brian D'Agostine 5 years ago
Photo attribution is never the wrong thing to do. Give credit where credit is due.
Webswisdom 5 years ago
How is it possible that there are illegal uses of Legos! That in and of itself is criminal.
Bluebell Rizzi 5 years ago
I loved the train. The rest I was just pondering how I never really "got" lego as a kid...
Marnee DeRider 5 years ago
That train video was spectacular! Everyone, watch it if you didn't already. You won't be sorry. (Also, why was it just floating there and how can I like to it to share it with people? I know many would want to see it.)
Christian C. Schouten 5 years ago
How can I suggest one to add? https://twitter.com/msteeman/status/968543042788618241?s=21
Master Markus 5 years ago
I went through this whole article and maybe it's because I'm not into Lego, but this was pretty boring. The only one I thought was interesting was the chain mail style thing.
David Schlender 5 years ago
There is nothing illegal about these. Cut it out with the click-bait titles, please.
Little Duck 5 years ago
Do you actually have OCD? Because based on the wording and context of your reply, you dont (I could be wrong). If you dont have OCD, its incredibly disrespectful to say you are OCD. People without it (myself included) have no idea what those people go through. So please, to everyone without OCD, please, just dont say things like “I’m so OCD” about things like how symmetrical something is. Thank you.
Load More Replies... WaffleFryLife 5 years ago
watch the LEGO movie. it's amazing and grown men/women can play with as many childrean's toys as they would like
Load More Replies... Dilly Millandry 5 years ago
d bradley - I am sorry, this isn't personal AT ALL. Loads of people say this, you are just the next one I happened to read after the OCD comments earlier reminded me of how ill my brother is and now I'm feeling angry at the world and it's spilling over. So I'm going to just say it. It's Lego. The plural of Lego is Lego. I'm looking at you RJ too... I'll go get back in my box now. Sorry again.
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