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New Independent Lego Journal Launches

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the bric-a-block dept.

hfcs writes "Joe Meno, a Lego-junkie buddy of mine has just launched BrickJournal, a new, independent journal for Lego fanatics, 'featuring HOWTOs, reviews, history and interviews with Lego engineers'. As mentioned over at BoingBoing this morning, it's like 'a very, very, very specific version of Make!'." Conveniently split into two PDFs for your reading pleasure.

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  1. Two convenient *or* one convenient, either way by Gorm+the+DBA · · Score: 4, Informative
    Wow...the poster didn't even RTFA...there's links on the page for both the 35 page single file version *and* the two separate file versions.

    kinda makes sense to me, especially for modem users...you can read one while getting the other...or waiting for the slashdotting to pass, either way.

  2. Mirror Links of whole Magazine PDF by temojen · · Score: 3, Informative

    @ Northcomp.com

    @ University of Toronto

    (5mb approx)

  3. Danish plastic brick monopoly! by bubbaD · · Score: 2, Informative

    It will be difficult to top the Lego Volvo http://car.kak.net/modules.php?file=article&name=n ews&op=modload&sid=1662
    Are legos recyclible? If not are there any 'green' toy building bricks made from reclaimed plastic?

  4. Re:A mania for everything... by theycallmeB · · Score: 2, Informative

    I assume you mean something like this: NWBrickCon

    Already way ahead of you.

    I also think it fair to mention one of the better places to buy older Lego sets and parts, Bricklink.com, though I may be biased because I am one of many people who sell parts through the site.

  5. Re:Use the Force, Luke? by Shano · · Score: 2, Informative

    It's always been quite natural to me that Lego is the company, and they make bricks. Lego bricks sounds fine; Legos doesn't, unless there's more than one company.

    The plural form Legos appears to be an American thing, though. I'm sure I'm incorrectly capitalising the company name, anyway.

  6. Lego is Recyclable by wintermute1974 · · Score: 2, Informative

    The answer is yes, Lego bricks are recyclable.

    In 1984, I toured the Samsonite luggage factory in Ontario, which made Lego bricks under contract for the Canadian market. I got to see the grinders, the presses, and the other equipment that makes Lego.

    One of the interesting things on the tour were the reject bins. Lego (unlike their cheap, plastic brick competitors) had a stringent quality control system in place. If a brick was not perfect in fit or finish, it was placed in reject bins.

    Each production run was for a particular brick, and so the reject bin would be filled with, for example, the standard 2-row by 4-column red Lego blocks.

    These bricks were collected, melted back into a solid blob of plastic, and then reground into a fine powder. This powder was then used to make new Lego blocks, indistinguishable in material strength and finish from those made of new plastic.

    Unlike plastic pop bottles or tetrapak containers, which cannot be recycled into new bottles or containers, Lego bricks can be made into Lego bricks.

    Incidentally, the Samsonite factory closed. The Lego bricks are made elsewhere nowadays.