The Brothers Brick
brothers-brick.com · Group blog · on HN since 2012
The Brothers Brick is a community blog covering Lego creations, set reviews and news from the Lego world.
What HN saysHN links it for builds like the Lego AI sorting machine and pinball machine, and for Lego history pieces such as the Lego Education history.
18HN people shared it
8linked it in comments
35stories submitted
380story points
1 year agolast shared
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Most-shared posts
- 1AI-powered Lego sorting machine built with Lego bricks4 people · 97 points · first shared 2019 · 38 comments on HN
- 2Working Lego pinball machine built from 15,000 bricks1 people · 232 points · first shared 2018 · 35 comments on HN
- 3Review: Lego Apollo Saturn V1 people · 4 points · first shared 2017 · discussion on HN
- 410262 James Bond Aston Martin DB5 Revealed as Next Lego Creator Expert Vehicle1 people · 3 points · first shared 2018 · discussion on HN
- 5Lego Creator Expert 10283 NASA Space Shuttle Discovery with Hubble Telescope1 people · 3 points · first shared 2021 · discussion on HN
- 6Lego unveils largest Ideas set yet: 21309 Nasa Apollo Saturn V1 people · 3 points · first shared 2017 · discussion on HN
- 7Lego built a life-size Technic Bugatti Chiron that actually drives1 people · 2 points · first shared 2018 · discussion on HN
- 8Lego Technic 42182 NASA Apollo Lunar Roving Vehicle – LRV1 people · 2 points · first shared 2024 · discussion on HN
- 9Lego Ideas 123 Sesame Street (21324)1 people · 2 points · first shared 2020 · discussion on HN
- 10Free-To-play “Classic Space Adventure” Game by Johan Alexanderson1 people · 2 points · first shared 2018 · discussion on HN
- 11Hands on with the New Lego Star Wars 75192 UCS Millennium Falcon [Review]1 people · 2 points · first shared 2017 · discussion on HN
- 12A History of Lego Education, Part 2: Path to Mindstorms1 people · 2 points · first shared 2020 · discussion on HN
- 13Review of Lego Ideas 21327 Typewriter – Writing an old-school love letter1 people · 2 points · first shared 2021 · discussion on HN
- 14I designed a motorized Lego chromosomal model to represent a genetic disease1 people · 2 points · first shared 2019 · discussion on HN
- 15Hands on with Lego Creator Expert 10294 Titanic1 people · 2 points · first shared 2021 · discussion on HN
What HN people wrote when they linked it
GreenItalics · 2020-03-19
> "There isn't really a right or wrong way to Lego."
Totally agree, there are so many ways to build and play. I know some people who are collectors, some who are remixers, some build from scratch. Some build big, some build small, etc. (Would also echo the budget comment ;) )
Some other resources I'd recommend: https://www.brothers-brick.com/ and the subreddit https://www.reddit.com/r/lego/ . There are also great forum communities out there for different sub-interests.
moviuro · 2019-08-29
LEGO bricks are known for their very precise shapes (Only the best is good enough); I doubt they will ever change said shapes without good reason (a green 4x2 has no reason to be shaped differently than a red 4x2, and if they were, it would probably lead to minor visual defects that would be unacceptable).
However, an easy way to split by color would be to package bricks in different bags - as said bags have various shapes and textures as well. [0]
[0] https://www.brothers-brick.com/2018/04/16/lego-star-wars-75212-kessel-…
shagie · 2025-05-09
Sorting 2 Metric Tons of Lego https://jacquesmattheij.com/sorting-two-metric-tons-of-lego/ (2017) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14226889
World’s first AI-powered LEGO sorting machine built with 10,000 LEGO bricks https://www.brothers-brick.com/2019/12/06/this-fan-created-the-ultimat… (2019) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21741834
gugagore · 2024-09-18
Lego education used to be called "Lego Dacta". https://www.brothers-brick.com/2020/01/31/a-history-of-lego-education-…
mbreese · 2021-08-23
Here are a few... (and yes, they were on HN at the time)
2017 - Sorting 2 Metric Tons of Lego
https://jacquesmattheij.com/sorting-two-metric-tons-of-lego/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14226889
2019 - AI-powered Lego sorting machine built with Lego bricks
https://www.brothers-brick.com/2019/12/06/this-fan-created-the-ultimat…
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21741834
PhasmaFelis · 2019-11-27
I was cautiously optimistic until they said unequivocally that they'll be stopping all sales of BrickArms and other fan-made/third-party accessories. (And moralizing about not supporting "warfare and violence" while continuing to sell Lego Indiana Jones sets with rifle-toting Nazis.)
This is probably going to kill BrickArms. Most of their sales are through BrickLink.
https://www.brothers-brick.com/2019/11/26/news-the-lego-group-acquires…
CDSlice · 2019-09-03
Not a US company being infringed, but Lego has gotten a Chinese court to order Lepin to stop making imitations of Lego products. [1] Since arrests have been made over Lepin not complying [2], it seems like the ruling has teeth.
[1] https://www.brothers-brick.com/2018/11/05/lepin-ordered-to-stop-making…
[2] https://www.brothers-brick.com/2019/04/28/arrests-made-in-lepin-raid-o…
gpderetta · 2016-12-08
As far as I understand, a Lego parent company is getting set up (Lego Brand Group) and Knudstorp will be head of that company, while Lego itself will switch focus on just the brick themselves (a bit like the recent Google->Alphabet restructuring).
Source: http://www.brothers-brick.com/2016/12/06/lego-names-new-ceo-and-create…