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- 10X scale, Jumbo Elements: Building Bigger Bricks, The Walls Are Closing In!
- 1x1 brick, as standard for measurement, Sizing Up the Elements
- 1x2 plate model (jumbo version), 1x2 Plate—Instructions for the Jumbo Version, 1x2 Plate—Instructions for the Jumbo Version, 1x2 Plate—Instructions for the Jumbo Version
- 1xN, Sizing Up the Elements
- 2x2 45-degree slope model (jumbo version), 2x2 45-Degree Slope—Instructions for Jumbo Version, Building with Jumbo Bricks
- 2x4 brick model (jumbo version), Scaling Up: How It’s Done, The Walls Are Closing In!, Scaling Up: How It’s Done, Scaling Up: How It’s Done, The Walls Are Closing In!
- 4X scale, Jumbo Elements: Building Bigger Bricks, Scaling Up: How It’s Done, Building with Jumbo Bricks
- 5:6 ratio, Fun with LEGO Geometry, Fun with LEGO Geometry, Fun with LEGO Geometry, Fun with LEGO Geometry
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- angelfish, mosaic design, Copies of Pictures, Print and Trace, Print and Trace, Print and Trace, Print and Trace, Print and Trace
- arch, Substitute Arches, Substitute Windows
- alternate for train station, Substitute Windows
- parts of, Substitute Arches
- axle (Technic), Making and Using Tools for LEGO Projects, Brickopedia Breakdown, Brickopedia Breakdown, Brickopedia Breakdown, Brickopedia Breakdown, Brickopedia Breakdown, Brickopedia Breakdown
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- bars, Brickopedia Breakdown
- baseplate, How Big Should a Mosaic Be?, Geometric Patterns, What You Need to Make a Mosaic, Geometric Patterns, Brickopedia Breakdown, Brickopedia Breakdown, Review: Bricks, Plates, and So Much More, Review: Bricks, Plates, and So Much More
- beam, Beams, Beams, Studless Beams, Brickopedia Breakdown, Brickopedia Breakdown
- composite type, Beams
- simple type, Beams
- Technic (studless), Studless Beams, Brickopedia Breakdown, Brickopedia Breakdown
- bevel gears, Putting It All Together: Building a Technic Model, Putting It All Together: Building a Technic Model, Putting It All Together: Building a Technic Model, Brickopedia Breakdown
- Bill of Materials, Step 1, Microscale Windows, Spheres: Round and Round They Go, Presser Tool, The Ruler, Pin Stand Tool
- for microscale house model, Microscale Windows
- for pin stand tool, Pin Stand Tool
- for presser tool, Presser Tool
- for ruler, The Ruler
- for sphere model, Spheres: Round and Round They Go
- for train station model, Step 1
- bond patterns, The Hybrid Column
- brick, A Brick Vocabulary, The Tube, Using Various Plate Sizes, Using Various Brick Sizes, Using Various Plate Sizes, Bricks, Making and Using Tools for LEGO Projects, Brickopedia Breakdown, Brickopedia Breakdown, Brickopedia Breakdown, Brickopedia Breakdown, Brickopedia Breakdown, Brickopedia Breakdown, Brickopedia Breakdown
- as measurement device, Making and Using Tools for LEGO Projects
- elements, Brickopedia Breakdown, Brickopedia Breakdown
- Technic, Bricks, Brickopedia Breakdown, Brickopedia Breakdown, Brickopedia Breakdown, Brickopedia Breakdown, Brickopedia Breakdown
- brick hinge, Substitute Roofs, Substitute Roofs, Substitute Roofs, Brickopedia Breakdown, Brickopedia Breakdown, Brickopedia Breakdown, Brickopedia Breakdown
- elements, Brickopedia Breakdown, Brickopedia Breakdown, Brickopedia Breakdown, Brickopedia Breakdown
- example of usage, Substitute Roofs, Substitute Roofs, Substitute Roofs
- brick separator, Brick Separator, Brick Separator, Brickopedia Breakdown
- element, Brickopedia Breakdown
- how to obtain, Brick Separator
- using bricks instead of, Brick Separator
- Brickopedia, Brickopedia, Brickopedia Breakdown, Brickopedia Breakdown, Brickopedia Breakdown, Brickopedia Breakdown, Brickopedia Breakdown, Brickopedia Breakdown, Brickopedia Breakdown, Brickopedia Breakdown, Brickopedia Breakdown, Brickopedia Breakdown, Brickopedia Breakdown, Brickopedia Breakdown, Brickopedia Breakdown, Brickopedia Breakdown, Brickopedia Breakdown, Brickopedia Breakdown, Brickopedia Breakdown, Brickopedia Breakdown, Brickopedia Breakdown, Brickopedia Breakdown, Brickopedia Breakdown, Brickopedia Breakdown, Brickopedia Breakdown, Brickopedia Breakdown, Brickopedia Breakdown, Brickopedia Breakdown, Brickopedia Breakdown, Brickopedia Breakdown, Brickopedia Breakdown, Brickopedia Breakdown, Brickopedia Breakdown, Brickopedia Breakdown, Brickopedia Breakdown, Brickopedia Breakdown, Brickopedia Breakdown, Brickopedia Breakdown, Brickopedia Breakdown, Brickopedia Breakdown, Brickopedia Breakdown, Brickopedia Breakdown, Brickopedia Breakdown, Brickopedia Breakdown, Brickopedia Breakdown, Brickopedia Breakdown, Brickopedia Breakdown, Brickopedia Breakdown, Brickopedia Breakdown, Brickopedia Breakdown, Brickopedia Breakdown, Brickopedia Breakdown, Brickopedia Breakdown, Brickopedia Breakdown, Brickopedia Breakdown, Brickopedia Breakdown, Brickopedia Breakdown, Brickopedia Breakdown, Brickopedia Breakdown, Brickopedia Breakdown, Brickopedia Breakdown, Brickopedia Breakdown, Brickopedia Breakdown, Brickopedia Breakdown, Review: Bricks, Plates, and So Much More, Brickopedia Breakdown, Brickopedia Breakdown, Brickopedia Breakdown, Brickopedia Breakdown, Brickopedia Breakdown, Brickopedia Breakdown, Review: Bricks, Plates, and So Much More
- arches listing, Brickopedia Breakdown, Brickopedia Breakdown, Brickopedia Breakdown
- baseplates listing, Brickopedia Breakdown
- bricks listing, Brickopedia Breakdown, Brickopedia Breakdown, Brickopedia Breakdown, Brickopedia Breakdown, Brickopedia Breakdown, Brickopedia Breakdown
- categories and subcategories, Brickopedia Breakdown, Brickopedia Breakdown, Brickopedia Breakdown
- cones and cylinder listing, Brickopedia Breakdown, Brickopedia Breakdown, Brickopedia Breakdown, Brickopedia Breakdown
- decorative elements listing, Brickopedia Breakdown, Review: Bricks, Plates, and So Much More, Brickopedia Breakdown, Brickopedia Breakdown, Brickopedia Breakdown, Brickopedia Breakdown, Brickopedia Breakdown, Brickopedia Breakdown, Review: Bricks, Plates, and So Much More
- described, Brickopedia, Brickopedia Breakdown, Brickopedia Breakdown
- plates listing, Brickopedia Breakdown, Brickopedia Breakdown, Brickopedia Breakdown, Brickopedia Breakdown, Brickopedia Breakdown, Brickopedia Breakdown, Brickopedia Breakdown, Brickopedia Breakdown, Brickopedia Breakdown, Brickopedia Breakdown
- sample entry, Brickopedia Breakdown
- slopes listing, Brickopedia Breakdown, Brickopedia Breakdown, Brickopedia Breakdown, Brickopedia Breakdown, Brickopedia Breakdown, Brickopedia Breakdown, Brickopedia Breakdown, Brickopedia Breakdown, Brickopedia Breakdown, Brickopedia Breakdown, Brickopedia Breakdown
- specialized elements listing, Brickopedia Breakdown, Brickopedia Breakdown, Brickopedia Breakdown, Brickopedia Breakdown, Brickopedia Breakdown, Brickopedia Breakdown, Brickopedia Breakdown
- Technic listing, Brickopedia Breakdown, Brickopedia Breakdown, Brickopedia Breakdown, Brickopedia Breakdown, Brickopedia Breakdown, Brickopedia Breakdown, Brickopedia Breakdown, Brickopedia Breakdown, Brickopedia Breakdown
- tiles and panels listing, Brickopedia Breakdown, Brickopedia Breakdown, Brickopedia Breakdown, Brickopedia Breakdown
- bucket container, Reuse Containers You May Already Have: Tubs and Buckets, Reuse Containers You May Already Have: Tubs and Buckets, Reuse Containers You May Already Have: Tubs and Buckets, Reuse Containers You May Already Have: Tubs and Buckets
- build area, setup, Setting Up a Building Area, Review: Unique Solutions for Every Builder, Setting Up a Building Area, Setting Up a Building Area, Review: Unique Solutions for Every Builder
- building principles, Review: Basic Building Principles, Getting Started: Pick Your Subject
- bushings (Technic), Brickopedia Breakdown
- elements, Brickopedia Breakdown
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- calculator, Other Useful Items
- chess pieces, creating from elements, Games You Already Know
- chimney pattern, The Compound Post
- clips, Brickopedia Breakdown
- colonnade, Step 8
- used to build train station, Step 8
- colors, The Colors, For the Color Challenged, The Colors, For the Color Challenged, For the Color Challenged, For the Color Challenged, For the Color Challenged, Jumbo Elements: Building Bigger Bricks, Pick a Scale, Any Scale, Color Concerns, Color, Proportion, Proportion, Proportion, Sorting vs. Storing: What’s the Difference?, Storing Bricks, Storing Bricks, Reuse Containers You May Already Have: Tubs and Buckets
- available, The Colors, For the Color Challenged, For the Color Challenged
- choosing appropriate, Pick a Scale, Any Scale
- combining in storage container, Reuse Containers You May Already Have: Tubs and Buckets
- for space shuttle model, Color, Proportion, Proportion, Proportion
- in design, Color Concerns
- obtaining more, The Colors, For the Color Challenged, For the Color Challenged, For the Color Challenged
- sorting by, Sorting vs. Storing: What’s the Difference?, Storing Bricks, Storing Bricks
- with macro-sized elements, Jumbo Elements: Building Bigger Bricks
- combinations, of 2x4 bricks, Back to Basics: Tips and Techniques, Decisions, Decisions: The Best Ways to Connect Bricks, Decisions, Decisions: The Best Ways to Connect Bricks
- composite beam, Beams
- compound post, The Compound Post
- computer software, Converting to Pixels Using a Computer, Step-by-Step Pictures, Computer-Assisted Instructions, Games You Already Know, Having Fun: Making and Playing Games with LEGO Pieces, Games You Already Know
- filter to create mosaic blueprint, Converting to Pixels Using a Computer
- for model design, Step-by-Step Pictures
- using to create building instructions, Computer-Assisted Instructions, Games You Already Know, Having Fun: Making and Playing Games with LEGO Pieces, Games You Already Know
- Connect-Across game, Original Games, An Example of an Original Game: Connect-Across (Basic Rules), Playing the Game, Playing the Game, Playing the Game
- creating pieces for, Original Games
- rules, An Example of an Original Game: Connect-Across (Basic Rules), Playing the Game, Playing the Game, Playing the Game
- containers, for storage, Storing Bricks, Reuse Containers You May Already Have: Tubs and Buckets, Storing Bricks, Containers with Compartments, Containers with Compartments, Shoeboxes: Not Just for Shoes Anymore, Keeping Track of the Little Pieces: Tackle Boxes to the Rescue, Reuse Containers You May Already Have: Tubs and Buckets, Reuse Containers You May Already Have: Tubs and Buckets
- coupler (Technic), Brickopedia Breakdown, Brickopedia Breakdown
- elements, Brickopedia Breakdown, Brickopedia Breakdown
- curved wall, Connecting Walls, Bracing = Beams + Columns, Straight Bricks Can Make Round Walls, Bracing: Unseen but Not Forgotten, Bracing = Beams + Columns
- cylinder plates, described, Cylinder Plates, Baseplates
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- decorative elements, Brickopedia Breakdown, Brickopedia Breakdown
- elements, Brickopedia Breakdown, Brickopedia Breakdown
- deep storage, Deep Storage: Taking Care of Larger Quantities
- design elements, Color Concerns, Bringing It All Together: The Final Design, Proportion, Bringing It All Together: The Final Design, Bringing It All Together: The Final Design
- Design Grids, Approximation, Getting Started: Ignore the Details, Translating Ideas into Bricks, Designing a Studs-Out Mosaic, Geometric Patterns, Copies of Pictures, Print and Trace, Print and Trace, Print and Trace, Design Grids for the Studs-Up Technique, Work from the Bottom Up, Work from the Bottom Up, A Different Perspective, A Different Perspective, Downloading the Grids, Sketching or Planning, Drawing on Grid #1, Drawing on Grid #1, Drawing on Grid #2
- downloading, Downloading the Grids
- how to use, Sketching or Planning, Drawing on Grid #1, Drawing on Grid #1, Drawing on Grid #2
- plate view, Design Grids for the Studs-Up Technique
- using to approximate features, Approximation, Getting Started: Ignore the Details, Translating Ideas into Bricks
- using to design models, Work from the Bottom Up, Work from the Bottom Up, A Different Perspective, A Different Perspective
- using to plan a mosaic, Designing a Studs-Out Mosaic, Geometric Patterns, Copies of Pictures, Print and Trace, Print and Trace, Print and Trace
- designer, role of, Review and Suggested Subject Matter, Choosing a Subject, Thinking Like a Model Designer, Limit Your Scope, Limit Your Scope, Getting Started: Pick Your Subject
- in creating original models, Thinking Like a Model Designer, Limit Your Scope, Limit Your Scope
- picking subject matter, Review and Suggested Subject Matter, Choosing a Subject, Getting Started: Pick Your Subject
- designing, The Hybrid Column, Best Solutions from the Simplest Plans, Recap the Technique, Thinking Like a Model Designer, Limit Your Scope, Work from the Bottom Up, Let Reality Guide Your Design Decisions, Pick a Scale, Any Scale, Color Concerns, Elements of Design, Color Concerns, Elements of Design, An Example of an Original Game: Connect-Across (Basic Rules), Playing the Game
- choosing color combinations, Color Concerns, Elements of Design, Color Concerns, Elements of Design
- finding distinctive features, Recap the Technique, Work from the Bottom Up, Let Reality Guide Your Design Decisions
- LEGO models, The Hybrid Column, Best Solutions from the Simplest Plans, Thinking Like a Model Designer
- original games, An Example of an Original Game: Connect-Across (Basic Rules), Playing the Game
- picking a scale, Pick a Scale, Any Scale
- where to begin, Limit Your Scope
- driven/driver gear, Gear Trains, Gear Trains, Basics of Gear Ratios
- Duplo elements, Calculating Scale
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- element, Sizing Up the Elements, Arch Pieces
- classifying types, Arch Pieces
- understanding sizes of, Sizing Up the Elements
- Empire State Building model, Getting Started: Ignore the Details, Getting Started: Ignore the Details, Getting Started: Ignore the Details, Translating Ideas into Bricks, Translating Ideas into Bricks, Translating Ideas into Bricks, Translating Ideas into Bricks, Figure out the scale after you’re done building.
- designing, Getting Started: Ignore the Details, Getting Started: Ignore the Details, Getting Started: Ignore the Details
- determining scale of, Figure out the scale after you’re done building.
- turning design into model, Translating Ideas into Bricks, Translating Ideas into Bricks, Translating Ideas into Bricks, Translating Ideas into Bricks
- Expert Builder series, Technic: Not as Technical as It May Seem
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- facade, Creating a Scene: Combining Figures and Buildings, The People in Your Neighborhood, The People in Your Neighborhood
- factor, scale, Jumbo Elements: Building Bigger Bricks, The Walls Are Closing In!, The Walls Are Closing In!, Decide on a scale before you begin building.
- foliage, Brickopedia Breakdown, Brickopedia Breakdown
- four times scale, Jumbo Elements: Building Bigger Bricks
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- games, Games You Already Know, Games You Already Know, Games You Already Know, Games You Already Know, Games You Already Know, Original Games, Original Games, Playing the Game, An Example of an Original Game: Connect-Across (Basic Rules), Playing the Game, Designing Your Own Game
- Connect-Across, Original Games, Playing the Game, An Example of an Original Game: Connect-Across (Basic Rules), Playing the Game
- creating board for, Games You Already Know, Games You Already Know, Games You Already Know, Games You Already Know
- creating pieces for, Games You Already Know
- designing original, Original Games, Designing Your Own Game
- gear (Technic), Brickopedia Breakdown
- elements, Brickopedia Breakdown
- gear ratios, Basics of Gear Ratios, Going Vertical, Basics of Gear Ratios, Basics of Gear Ratios, Going Vertical
- geometry, Fun with LEGO Geometry, Fun with LEGO Geometry, Fun with LEGO Geometry
- 5:6 ratio, Fun with LEGO Geometry
- relation of plates to bricks, Fun with LEGO Geometry
- relation of tubes to studs, Fun with LEGO Geometry
- Great Sphinx of Giza, Choosing a Subject
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- handles, Brickopedia Breakdown
- helicopter model (Technic), Putting It All Together: Building a Technic Model, Review: What Is Technic?, Putting It All Together: Building a Technic Model, Putting It All Together: Building a Technic Model, Putting It All Together: Building a Technic Model, Review: What Is Technic?
- house model, microscale, Microscale Windows, Microscale Windows, Microscale Windows
- hybrid column, The Hybrid Column, 1. Build big but think small., The Hybrid Column, 1. Build big but think small.
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- instructions, creating for models, How It’s Made: Creating Instructions for Your LEGO Models, Games You Already Know, Step-by-Step Pictures, Computer-Assisted Instructions, Games You Already Know
- inverted slope, The Slope
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- joiner, Brickopedia Breakdown
- jumbo bricks, Jumbo Elements: Building Bigger Bricks, Scaling Up: How It’s Done, The Walls Are Closing In!, The Walls Are Closing In!, The Walls Are Closing In!, The Walls Are Closing In!, Other Parts, Same Technique, Building with Jumbo Bricks, Other Scales: What Scales Work, and Why, Building with Jumbo Bricks, Building with Jumbo Bricks, Best Solutions from the Simplest Plans, Other Scales: What Scales Work, and Why, Picking the Right Scale, Other Scales: What Scales Work, and Why, Other Scales: What Scales Work, and Why, Picking the Right Scale, Approximation, Picking the Right Scale, Picking the Right Scale, Approximation, Review: Jumbo Bricks Are Just the Start, Approximation, Approximation, Review: Jumbo Bricks Are Just the Start
- building with, Building with Jumbo Bricks, Other Scales: What Scales Work, and Why, Building with Jumbo Bricks, Best Solutions from the Simplest Plans, Other Scales: What Scales Work, and Why
- comparison of scales, Other Scales: What Scales Work, and Why, Picking the Right Scale, Other Scales: What Scales Work, and Why, Picking the Right Scale
- creating studs for, Approximation, Review: Jumbo Bricks Are Just the Start, Approximation, Review: Jumbo Bricks Are Just the Start
- creating walls for, The Walls Are Closing In!, The Walls Are Closing In!, The Walls Are Closing In!, The Walls Are Closing In!
- four times scale, Scaling Up: How It’s Done, Building with Jumbo Bricks
- other parts, Other Parts, Same Technique
- picking a scale, Picking the Right Scale, Approximation, Picking the Right Scale, Approximation
- ten times scale, Jumbo Elements: Building Bigger Bricks
- jumper plate, Specialized Elements
- junction elements, Brickopedia Breakdown, Brickopedia Breakdown, Brickopedia Breakdown
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- keyhole pattern, The Keyhole Pattern
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- ladder plate, Brickopedia Breakdown
- landscape perspective, Design Grid #4
- lattice, Brickopedia Breakdown
- layer, of elements, Connecting Walls, Straight Bricks Can Make Round Walls, Connecting Walls, Straight Bricks Can Make Round Walls
- leftover container, for storage, Containers with Compartments, Shoeboxes: Not Just for Shoes Anymore, Containers with Compartments, Shoeboxes: Not Just for Shoes Anymore
- legend, creating, Print and Trace
- LEGO company, Miniland Scale: The Whole World in Miniature
- LEGOLAND, Miniland Scale: Bigger but Still Small
- liftarm (Technic), Brickopedia Breakdown
- lighthouse model, For the Color Challenged
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- mallet, Non-LEGO Tools
- manufacturing, precision of, Why Precision Manufacturing Matters
- microscale, Microscale Building: More Than Meets the Eye, Microscale Building: More Than Meets the Eye, Getting Started: Ignore the Details, Getting Started: Ignore the Details, Getting Started: Ignore the Details, Getting Started: Ignore the Details, Translating Ideas into Bricks, Recap the Technique, How Do I Know What Scale I’m Using?, Figure out the scale after you’re done building., How Do I Know What Scale I’m Using?, Decide on a scale before you begin building., Decide on a scale before you begin building., Figure out the scale after you’re done building., Microscale Wheels, Microscale Windows, Microscale Windows, Review and Suggested Subject Matter
- 1x1 standard, Microscale Building: More Than Meets the Eye
- calculating scale, Microscale Building: More Than Meets the Eye, Getting Started: Ignore the Details, How Do I Know What Scale I’m Using?, Decide on a scale before you begin building.
- Empire State Building model, Getting Started: Ignore the Details, Getting Started: Ignore the Details, Translating Ideas into Bricks
- selecting arbitrary scale, How Do I Know What Scale I’m Using?, Figure out the scale after you’re done building., Decide on a scale before you begin building., Figure out the scale after you’re done building.
- suggested subject matter, Review and Suggested Subject Matter
- technique, Getting Started: Ignore the Details, Recap the Technique
- wheels, Microscale Wheels
- windows, Microscale Windows, Microscale Windows
- microscale house model, Instructions for Microscale House
- Mindstorms series, Technic: Not as Technical as It May Seem, Technic Pieces: An Overview, Technic: Not as Technical as It May Seem, Technic Pieces: An Overview
- minifig scale, Calculating Scale, Calculating Scale, Calculating Scale, Calculating Scale, From the Ground Up: Creating a Minifig-Scale Building, Substitute Roofs, Step by Step: Train Station Construction Details, Step 2, Step 3, Step 5, Step 9, Step 9, Step 11, Step 11, Step 3, Step 3, Step 6, Substitute Walls, Substitute Windows, Substitute Roofs, Substitute Roofs, Substitute Roofs, Review: Building Techniques and Alternatives
- calculating scale, Calculating Scale, Calculating Scale, Calculating Scale, Calculating Scale
- techniques, Review: Building Techniques and Alternatives
- train station model, From the Ground Up: Creating a Minifig-Scale Building, Substitute Roofs, Step by Step: Train Station Construction Details, Step 2, Step 3, Step 5, Step 9, Step 9, Step 11, Step 11, Step 3, Step 3, Step 6, Substitute Walls, Substitute Windows, Substitute Roofs, Substitute Roofs, Substitute Roofs
- minifig, basic version, Minifig Scale: Oh, What a Wonderful Minifig World It Is!
- Miniland, Miniland Scale: The Whole World in Miniature, Miniland Scale: The Whole World in Miniature
- miniland figure model, Miniland Scale: Bigger but Still Small, Creating a Basic Miniland Figure, The Best Bits: Useful Pieces for Miniland People, The Best Bits: Useful Pieces for Miniland People, The Best Bits: Useful Pieces for Miniland People, Basic Miniland Figure, The Best Bits: Useful Pieces for Miniland People, The Best Bits: Useful Pieces for Miniland People, Basic Miniland Figure, Basic Miniland Figure, Heads and Hats, Basic Miniland Figure, Heads and Hats, Heads and Hats, Heads and Hats, Heads and Hats, Heads and Hats, Shirts and Skirts, Arms and Accessories, Lots of Legs, Arms and Accessories, On The Run: Making Miniland Figures Come to Life, Arms and Accessories, Arms and Accessories, On The Run: Making Miniland Figures Come to Life, Creating a Scene: Combining Figures and Buildings, On The Run: Making Miniland Figures Come to Life, On The Run: Making Miniland Figures Come to Life, Creating a Scene: Combining Figures and Buildings, Creating a Scene: Combining Figures and Buildings
- arms and accessories, Arms and Accessories, On The Run: Making Miniland Figures Come to Life, Arms and Accessories, On The Run: Making Miniland Figures Come to Life
- basic version, Creating a Basic Miniland Figure, The Best Bits: Useful Pieces for Miniland People, The Best Bits: Useful Pieces for Miniland People, The Best Bits: Useful Pieces for Miniland People
- compared to minifig, Miniland Scale: Bigger but Still Small
- creating appearance of motion, On The Run: Making Miniland Figures Come to Life, Creating a Scene: Combining Figures and Buildings, On The Run: Making Miniland Figures Come to Life, Creating a Scene: Combining Figures and Buildings, Creating a Scene: Combining Figures and Buildings
- heads and hats, Heads and Hats, Heads and Hats, Heads and Hats, Heads and Hats
- instructions, Basic Miniland Figure, Heads and Hats, Heads and Hats
- legs, Lots of Legs
- most useful pieces, The Best Bits: Useful Pieces for Miniland People, Basic Miniland Figure, The Best Bits: Useful Pieces for Miniland People, Basic Miniland Figure, Basic Miniland Figure
- shirts and skirts, Shirts and Skirts, Arms and Accessories, Arms and Accessories
- miniland scale, Miniland Scale: Bigger but Still Small
- models, instructions for, Submodel: The Train Station Roof, Basic Miniland Figure, Heads and Hats, Mix-and-Match Parts, Heads and Hats, Scaling Up: How It’s Done, The Walls Are Closing In!, Scaling Up: How It’s Done, The Walls Are Closing In!, The Walls Are Closing In!, 1x2 Plate—Instructions for the Jumbo Version, 1x2 Plate—Instructions for the Jumbo Version, 1x2 Plate—Instructions for the Jumbo Version, 2x2 45-Degree Slope—Instructions for Jumbo Version, Building with Jumbo Bricks, Building with Jumbo Bricks, Divide and Build: Two Sections Means Twice the Fun, Divide and Build: Two Sections Means Twice the Fun, Divide and Build: Two Sections Means Twice the Fun, Divide and Build: Two Sections Means Twice the Fun, Divide and Build: Two Sections Means Twice the Fun, Divide and Build: Two Sections Means Twice the Fun, Divide and Build: Two Sections Means Twice the Fun, Divide and Build: Two Sections Means Twice the Fun, Step by Step: Shuttle Construction Details, After You’re Done, Step 3, Step 4, Step 6, Step 8, Step 9, After You’re Done
- 1x2 plate (jumbo version), 1x2 Plate—Instructions for the Jumbo Version, 1x2 Plate—Instructions for the Jumbo Version, 1x2 Plate—Instructions for the Jumbo Version
- 2x2 45-degree slope (jumbo version), 2x2 45-Degree Slope—Instructions for Jumbo Version, Building with Jumbo Bricks, Building with Jumbo Bricks
- 2x4 brick (jumbo version), Scaling Up: How It’s Done, The Walls Are Closing In!, Scaling Up: How It’s Done, The Walls Are Closing In!, The Walls Are Closing In!
- miniland figure, Basic Miniland Figure, Heads and Hats, Mix-and-Match Parts, Heads and Hats
- space shuttle, Step by Step: Shuttle Construction Details, After You’re Done, Step 3, Step 4, Step 6, Step 8, Step 9, After You’re Done
- sphere, Divide and Build: Two Sections Means Twice the Fun, Divide and Build: Two Sections Means Twice the Fun, Divide and Build: Two Sections Means Twice the Fun, Divide and Build: Two Sections Means Twice the Fun, Divide and Build: Two Sections Means Twice the Fun, Divide and Build: Two Sections Means Twice the Fun, Divide and Build: Two Sections Means Twice the Fun, Divide and Build: Two Sections Means Twice the Fun
- train station, Submodel: The Train Station Roof
- modified plate, Specialized Elements
- mosaic filter, Converting to Pixels Using a Computer
- mosaics, Two Types of Mosaics, Two Types of Mosaics, Two Types of Mosaics, Two Types of Mosaics, How Big Should a Mosaic Be?, What You Need to Make a Mosaic, What You Need to Make a Mosaic, Geometric Patterns, What You Need to Make a Mosaic, Geometric Patterns, What You Need to Make a Mosaic, Designing a Studs-Out Mosaic, Geometric Patterns, Geometric Patterns, Geometric Patterns, Geometric Patterns, Geometric Patterns, Geometric Patterns, Geometric Patterns, Geometric Patterns, Print and Trace, Print and Trace, Print and Trace, Print and Trace, Print and Trace, Converting to Pixels Using a Computer, Converting to Pixels Using a Computer, Designing a Studs-Up Mosaic, Designing a Studs-Up Mosaic, Review: Mosaics of All Sizes and Shapes, Designing a Studs-Up Mosaic, Mosaics on Edge, Mosaics on Edge, Mosaics on Edge, Mosaics on Edge, Review: Mosaics of All Sizes and Shapes, Mosaics on Edge, Review: Mosaics of All Sizes and Shapes, Review: Mosaics of All Sizes and Shapes
- creating blueprint with computer software, Converting to Pixels Using a Computer
- creating letters, Mosaics on Edge
- creating patterns with Design Grids, Geometric Patterns
- determining size, What You Need to Make a Mosaic
- incorporating into a model, Mosaics on Edge, Review: Mosaics of All Sizes and Shapes, Mosaics on Edge, Review: Mosaics of All Sizes and Shapes
- plates versus bricks, Geometric Patterns, Geometric Patterns, Geometric Patterns, Geometric Patterns
- print and trace (design technique), Print and Trace, Print and Trace, Print and Trace
- quartering the image, Converting to Pixels Using a Computer
- required elements, What You Need to Make a Mosaic, Geometric Patterns, What You Need to Make a Mosaic, Geometric Patterns
- rotating 90 degrees, Mosaics on Edge
- studs-out, Two Types of Mosaics, Two Types of Mosaics, Designing a Studs-Out Mosaic, Geometric Patterns, Print and Trace, Print and Trace, Designing a Studs-Up Mosaic
- studs-up, Two Types of Mosaics, Designing a Studs-Up Mosaic, Review: Mosaics of All Sizes and Shapes, Designing a Studs-Up Mosaic, Mosaics on Edge, Review: Mosaics of All Sizes and Shapes
- types of, Two Types of Mosaics
- uses, How Big Should a Mosaic Be?
- using baseplates, What You Need to Make a Mosaic, Geometric Patterns, Geometric Patterns
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- N, to represent element length, Sizing Up the Elements
- non-LEGO tools, Non-LEGO Tools, Non-LEGO Tools, Non-LEGO Tools, Other Useful Items, Other Useful Items
- mallet, Non-LEGO Tools
- paintbrush, Other Useful Items
- pencil and paper, Other Useful Items
- protractor, Non-LEGO Tools
- ruler, Non-LEGO Tools
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- odd-face element, Brickopedia Breakdown, Brickopedia Breakdown, Brickopedia Breakdown, Brickopedia Breakdown
- offset plate, Specialized Elements, Brickopedia Breakdown
- original games, designing, Original Games, Designing Your Own Game
- overlapping, Building Walls, Straight Bricks Can Make Round Walls, Connecting Walls, Connecting Walls, Straight Bricks Can Make Round Walls, Beams, The Right Way to Build a Beam, Step 2, Step 7, Step 9, Step 2, Step 3, Substitute Roofs, Substitute Roofs, Work from the Bottom Up
- importance when building walls, Building Walls, Straight Bricks Can Make Round Walls, Connecting Walls, Connecting Walls, Straight Bricks Can Make Round Walls
- with bricks, The Right Way to Build a Beam, Step 2, Step 7, Substitute Roofs
- with plates, Beams, Step 2, Substitute Roofs, Work from the Bottom Up
- with slopes, Step 9, Step 3
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- paintbrush, Other Useful Items
- patterns, geometric, Geometric Patterns, Geometric Patterns, Geometric Patterns
- pencil and paper, Other Useful Items
- photo mosaics, Copies of Pictures
- photos, use when designing, Building the Foundation Last
- pin stand tool, Pin Stand Tool, Pin Stand Tool, Pin Stand Tool, Pin Stand Tool
- pin-enabled elements, Technic Meets Basic Elements, Technic Meets Basic Elements, Technic Meets Basic Elements, Brickopedia Breakdown, Brickopedia Breakdown, Brickopedia Breakdown
- plate, Using Various Plate Sizes, Cylinders and Cones, Baseplates, Baseplates, Fun with LEGO Geometry, Fun with LEGO Geometry, Fun with LEGO Geometry, Brickopedia Breakdown, Brickopedia Breakdown, Brickopedia Breakdown, Brickopedia Breakdown, Brickopedia Breakdown, Brickopedia Breakdown, Brickopedia Breakdown, Brickopedia Breakdown, Brickopedia Breakdown
- cylinder, Cylinders and Cones, Baseplates, Baseplates
- elements, Brickopedia Breakdown, Brickopedia Breakdown, Brickopedia Breakdown, Brickopedia Breakdown, Brickopedia Breakdown, Brickopedia Breakdown, Brickopedia Breakdown, Brickopedia Breakdown
- relationship to brick height, Fun with LEGO Geometry, Fun with LEGO Geometry, Fun with LEGO Geometry
- Technic, Brickopedia Breakdown
- uses, Using Various Plate Sizes
- plate view, Design Grids for the Studs-Up Technique, Design Grid #3
- portrait perspective, Design Grid #3
- precision of manufacturing, Precision, Geometry, and Color
- presser tool, Presser Tool, The Ruler, Presser Tool, The Ruler
- print and trace, Copies of Pictures, Print and Trace, Print and Trace
- proportion, Proportion
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- quoin, Building the Buildings
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- redesigning, Something’s Wrong: Redesigning Doesn’t Mean You’ve Failed
- repeating patterns, Geometric Patterns, Geometric Patterns, Geometric Patterns, Geometric Patterns
- repetition, Building the Buildings, Repetition
- reviewing LEGO models, Beyond Just Bricks: Other Things to Do Besides Building, How It’s Made: Creating Instructions for Your LEGO Models, How It’s Made: Creating Instructions for Your LEGO Models, How It’s Made: Creating Instructions for Your LEGO Models
- rise, arch, Substitute Arches
- roof, Brick Separator
- hinged brick technique, Brick Separator
- roof bricks, Step 9
- rotation step, Divide and Build: Two Sections Means Twice the Fun
- round wall, Straight Bricks Can Make Round Walls, Bracing: Unseen but Not Forgotten
- ruler, The Ruler, Pin Stand Tool, The Ruler, Pin Stand Tool, Non-LEGO Tools
- as a non-LEGO tool, Non-LEGO Tools
- made from elements, The Ruler, Pin Stand Tool, The Ruler, Pin Stand Tool
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- scale, Minifig Scale: Oh, What a Wonderful Minifig World It Is!, Calculating Scale, Calculating Scale, Calculating Scale, Calculating Scale, Calculating Scale, Miniland Scale: The Whole World in Miniature, Miniland Scale: Bigger but Still Small, Jumbo Elements: Building Bigger Bricks, Jumbo Elements: Building Bigger Bricks, The Walls Are Closing In!, Microscale Building: More Than Meets the Eye, Recap the Technique, Decide on a scale before you begin building., Figure out the scale after you’re done building.
- calculating, Calculating Scale
- comparison of various, Microscale Building: More Than Meets the Eye
- deciding which to use, Recap the Technique, Decide on a scale before you begin building.
- demonstrated, Jumbo Elements: Building Bigger Bricks
- factor, Jumbo Elements: Building Bigger Bricks, The Walls Are Closing In!, Figure out the scale after you’re done building.
- minifig, Minifig Scale: Oh, What a Wonderful Minifig World It Is!, Calculating Scale, Calculating Scale, Calculating Scale
- miniland, Miniland Scale: The Whole World in Miniature
- value, Calculating Scale, Miniland Scale: Bigger but Still Small
- scaling up, Scaling Up: How It’s Done, Other Parts, Same Technique, The Walls Are Closing In!, Other Parts, Same Technique, Other Parts, Same Technique
- scope, Limit Your Scope, Getting Started: Pick Your Subject, Limit Your Scope, Getting Started: Pick Your Subject
- sculpture, Divide and Build: Two Sections Means Twice the Fun, Divide and Build: Two Sections Means Twice the Fun, Divide and Build: Two Sections Means Twice the Fun, Divide and Build: Two Sections Means Twice the Fun, Divide and Build: Two Sections Means Twice the Fun, Divide and Build: Two Sections Means Twice the Fun, Divide and Build: Two Sections Means Twice the Fun, Divide and Build: Two Sections Means Twice the Fun, Choosing a Subject
- choosing a subject, Choosing a Subject
- sphere model, Divide and Build: Two Sections Means Twice the Fun, Divide and Build: Two Sections Means Twice the Fun, Divide and Build: Two Sections Means Twice the Fun, Divide and Build: Two Sections Means Twice the Fun, Divide and Build: Two Sections Means Twice the Fun, Divide and Build: Two Sections Means Twice the Fun, Divide and Build: Two Sections Means Twice the Fun, Divide and Build: Two Sections Means Twice the Fun
- shape, Elements of Design, Color, Shape, Color
- shoebox container, Shoeboxes: Not Just for Shoes Anymore, Keeping Track of the Little Pieces: Tackle Boxes to the Rescue, Shoeboxes: Not Just for Shoes Anymore, Keeping Track of the Little Pieces: Tackle Boxes to the Rescue, Keeping Track of the Little Pieces: Tackle Boxes to the Rescue
- simple beam, Beams
- simple post, The Simple Post
- slope, The Slope, Brickopedia Breakdown, Brickopedia Breakdown, Brickopedia Breakdown, Brickopedia Breakdown, Brickopedia Breakdown, Brickopedia Breakdown
- soffit, arch, Substitute Arches
- sorting, Sorting, Storage, and Sitting Down to Build Something, Sorting Bricks: Divide and Conquer, Sorting vs. Storing: What’s the Difference?, Sorting Bricks: Divide and Conquer, Sorting Bricks: Divide and Conquer, Small-Sized Collections, Medium-Sized Collections, Medium-Sized Collections, Medium-Sized Collections, Large-Sized Collections, Storing Bricks, Large-Sized Collections, Storing Bricks, Storing Bricks
- by color versus by shape, Sorting Bricks: Divide and Conquer
- large collection, Large-Sized Collections, Storing Bricks, Large-Sized Collections, Storing Bricks, Storing Bricks
- medium collection, Small-Sized Collections, Medium-Sized Collections, Medium-Sized Collections, Medium-Sized Collections
- versus storing, Sorting, Storage, and Sitting Down to Build Something, Sorting Bricks: Divide and Conquer, Sorting vs. Storing: What’s the Difference?, Sorting Bricks: Divide and Conquer
- space shuttle model, Getting Started: Pick Your Subject, Getting Started: Pick Your Subject, Bringing It All Together: The Final Design, Work from the Bottom Up, Bringing It All Together: The Final Design
- designing, Getting Started: Pick Your Subject, Bringing It All Together: The Final Design, Work from the Bottom Up, Bringing It All Together: The Final Design
- reasons for picking as subject, Getting Started: Pick Your Subject
- span, arch, Substitute Arches
- specialized elements, Brickopedia Breakdown, Brickopedia Breakdown, Brickopedia Breakdown, Brickopedia Breakdown, Brickopedia Breakdown, Brickopedia Breakdown
- sphere model, Spheres: Round and Round They Go, Divide and Build: Two Sections Means Twice the Fun, Divide and Build: Two Sections Means Twice the Fun, Choosing a Subject, Divide and Build: Two Sections Means Twice the Fun, Choosing a Subject
- Bill of Materials, Spheres: Round and Round They Go
- building half at a time, Divide and Build: Two Sections Means Twice the Fun
- comparing top to sides, Divide and Build: Two Sections Means Twice the Fun, Choosing a Subject, Divide and Build: Two Sections Means Twice the Fun, Choosing a Subject
- Sphinx model, Choosing a Subject, Analyzing the Angles: Building the Head, Choosing a Subject, Choosing a Subject, Getting Started on the Sphinx, Analyzing the Angles: Building the Head, Analyzing the Angles: Building the Head, The Nose, The Ears, The Paws, The Headdress, The Headdress, Building the Foundation Last, The Headdress, The Headdress, Building the Foundation Last, Building the Foundation Last
- building foundation, Building the Foundation Last
- capturing look and feel, Getting Started on the Sphinx
- ears, The Ears
- head, Analyzing the Angles: Building the Head
- headdress, The Headdress, Building the Foundation Last, The Headdress, Building the Foundation Last
- nose, The Nose
- paws, The Paws, The Headdress, The Headdress
- re-creating angles, Choosing a Subject
- reasons for picking as subject, Choosing a Subject, Analyzing the Angles: Building the Head, Choosing a Subject, Analyzing the Angles: Building the Head
- stacking, The Simple Post
- examples of usage, The Simple Post
- storing, Reuse Containers You May Already Have: Tubs and Buckets, Deep Storage: Taking Care of Larger Quantities
- deep storage, Deep Storage: Taking Care of Larger Quantities
- different colors together, Reuse Containers You May Already Have: Tubs and Buckets
- structure failure, How Not to Build a Beam
- stud, Scaling Up: How It’s Done, Scaling Up: How It’s Done, The Walls Are Closing In!, The Walls Are Closing In!, The Walls Are Closing In!
- position on top of elements, Scaling Up: How It’s Done, The Walls Are Closing In!, The Walls Are Closing In!
- representing in jumbo models, Scaling Up: How It’s Done, The Walls Are Closing In!
- studless beams (Technic), Studless Beams, Brickopedia Breakdown, Brickopedia Breakdown, Brickopedia Breakdown
- studless building, technique, Studless Beams
- studs-out mosaic, Designing a Studs-Out Mosaic, Designing a Studs-Up Mosaic, Geometric Patterns, Designing a Studs-Up Mosaic, Review: Mosaics of All Sizes and Shapes, Designing a Studs-Up Mosaic, Review: Mosaics of All Sizes and Shapes
- studs-up mosaic, Designing a Studs-Up Mosaic, Designing a Studs-Up Mosaic
- submodel, Submodel: The Train Station Roof, Substitution: When Other Parts Will Do, Substitution: When Other Parts Will Do, Substitution: When Other Parts Will Do
- substitution, Review: Building Techniques and Alternatives
- substructure, defined, Beams
- symbols, legend, Print and Trace
- system, defined, The LEGO System: Endless Possibilities
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- tackle box container, Keeping Track of the Little Pieces: Tackle Boxes to the Rescue
- Technic, Technic: Not as Technical as It May Seem, Technic: Not as Technical as It May Seem, Technic: Not as Technical as It May Seem, Technic: Not as Technical as It May Seem, Technic: A System Within a System, Technic Pieces: An Overview, Getting Started with Technic: Assembly Notes, Bricks, Studless Beams, Couplers, Getting Started with Technic: Assembly Notes, Getting Started with Technic: Assembly Notes, Technic Meets Basic Elements, Technic Meets Basic Elements, Technic Meets Basic Elements, Brickopedia Breakdown, Brickopedia Breakdown, Brickopedia Breakdown, Brickopedia Breakdown, Brickopedia Breakdown, Brickopedia Breakdown, Brickopedia Breakdown
- combining with pin-enabled elements, Technic Meets Basic Elements, Technic Meets Basic Elements, Technic Meets Basic Elements
- compatibility with standard system elements, Technic: Not as Technical as It May Seem
- elements, Brickopedia Breakdown, Brickopedia Breakdown, Brickopedia Breakdown, Brickopedia Breakdown, Brickopedia Breakdown, Brickopedia Breakdown, Brickopedia Breakdown
- history, Technic: Not as Technical as It May Seem, Technic: Not as Technical as It May Seem, Technic: Not as Technical as It May Seem
- obtaining elements, Technic: A System Within a System
- overview of elements, Technic Pieces: An Overview, Getting Started with Technic: Assembly Notes, Bricks, Studless Beams, Couplers, Getting Started with Technic: Assembly Notes, Getting Started with Technic: Assembly Notes
- Technical Sets, Technic: Not as Technical as It May Seem
- ten times scale, Jumbo Elements: Building Bigger Bricks
- test build, The Walls Are Closing In!, Other Parts, Same Technique, The Walls Are Closing In!, Other Parts, Same Technique
- tires, Brickopedia Breakdown, Brickopedia Breakdown, Brickopedia Breakdown, Brickopedia Breakdown
- tools, made from LEGO elements, Presser Tool, The Ruler, The Ruler, The Ruler, Pin Stand Tool, The Ruler, The Ruler, Pin Stand Tool, Pin Stand Tool
- pin stand, Pin Stand Tool
- presser, Presser Tool, The Ruler, The Ruler, The Ruler
- ruler, The Ruler, Pin Stand Tool, The Ruler, Pin Stand Tool
- top down Design Grid, About the Grids
- train station model, From the Ground Up: Creating a Minifig-Scale Building, Step 1, Step 2, Step 11, Step 5, Step 11, Submodel: The Train Station Roof, Substitution: When Other Parts Will Do, Step 3, Step 3, Step 6, Substitution: When Other Parts Will Do, Substitute Arches, Substitute Windows, Substitute Windows, Substitute Windows, Substitute Windows, Substitute Roofs, Substitute Roofs, Substitute Roofs, Substitute Roofs
- Bill of Materials, Step 1
- instructions, Step 2, Step 11, Step 5, Step 11
- other uses for, From the Ground Up: Creating a Minifig-Scale Building
- roof submodel, Submodel: The Train Station Roof, Substitution: When Other Parts Will Do, Step 3, Step 3, Step 6, Substitution: When Other Parts Will Do
- substitute arches, Substitute Arches, Substitute Windows, Substitute Windows, Substitute Windows
- substitute roofs, Substitute Roofs, Substitute Roofs, Substitute Roofs, Substitute Roofs
- substitute windows, Substitute Windows
- tub container, Reuse Containers You May Already Have: Tubs and Buckets, Reuse Containers You May Already Have: Tubs and Buckets, Reuse Containers You May Already Have: Tubs and Buckets, Reuse Containers You May Already Have: Tubs and Buckets
- tube, defined, The Tube, Using Various Brick Sizes, Using Various Brick Sizes
- turntables, Brickopedia Breakdown
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- vertical building technique, Technic, Going Vertical, Technic Meets Basic Elements, Technic Meets Basic Elements
- videocassette case container, Start Small, Keep It Simple
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- walls, Overlapping, Overlapping, Staggering, Connecting Walls, Straight Bricks Can Make Round Walls
- curved, Straight Bricks Can Make Round Walls
- overlap technique, Overlapping, Overlapping, Staggering, Connecting Walls
- wheels, Microscale Wheels, Microscale Windows, Microscale Windows, Brickopedia Breakdown
- elements, Brickopedia Breakdown
- microscale, Microscale Wheels, Microscale Windows, Microscale Windows
- windows, Microscale Wheels
- microscale, Microscale Wheels
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- zip-closure bags, Shoeboxes: Not Just for Shoes Anymore, Other Useful Items
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