![]() ![]() Designed by the architect Adam Reed Tucker, LEGO produced models of iconic landmarks based on the existing buildings. ![]() See Communities at the end of the article.Īnti-stud: The indentation underneath most bricks, plates and tiles that connects with the studs to form the interlocking system of LEGO.Īrchitecture: LEGO Architecture is a theme released in 2008. Personally, I wouldn’t use AHOL because of the resemblance to a not-so-nice word.Īmbassador: A person who represents a LEGO User Group (LUG) and acts as their liaison to the LEGO Group. Apparently some people don’t like to use the word “fan” because it derives from “fanatic”. To be honest, I don’t like the distinction between AFOL and AFFOL, but there may be more male fans than females so I understand the need to express gender.ĪHOL: Adult Hobbyist of LEGO. AFOL is pronounced similar to hay-foal.ĪFFOL: Adult Female Fan of LEGO. Most adults use this acronym, but there are others like AHOL, ALE, ALH, AFFOL, FFOL and FEFOL. These elements give the bricks their strength, resilience and shiny surface respectively.ĪFOL: Adult Fan of LEGO. Now, I’m sure you all know the formula, but in case you don’t, it’s (C 8 H 8 ♼ 4 H 6 ♼ 3 H 3 N) n. It is, after all, why we’re here.ĪBS: Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene is the material LEGO bricks are made of. You can probably write a whole book based on the LEGO brick, so let me stop here and move on to the glossary. Of course not every brick comes in every color, nor each type is as common as others, but when you think about it, the numbers are pretty impressive! There are more than 200 types of bricks and more than 60 different colors. That’s why it’s 2×4 instead of 4×2.īricks come in many different types and colors. You may have noticed that when talking about the size of a brick (or any LEGO part, for that matter), the short side comes first. For the “special” bricks that are higher than the regular one, like the brown arch piece here, the height is also mentioned, in this case 1x4x2. So instead of saying 2x4x1, we say 2×4 for the blue brick shown in the picture. Since most bricks have the same height, the height is only mentioned in those higher than the regular brick. The width and length are measured in studs, the height in bricks. While the most common bricks are rectangular, there are a significant number of round bricks as well.īricks are categorized according to the width, length and the height of the brick. They have different shapes, sizes and colors, but the height remains the same in all of them.īrick: Any LEGO piece that is at least 3 plates high. When you put 3 of them on top of each other, you get a brick. See here for a detailed image of how they connect. They are often used for measuring LEGO parts and models. They fit inside the anti-studs below another piece and form the interlocking system of LEGO. Stud: The circular bumps that are on almost every LEGO piece. There will be many technical terms below, but I think 3 of them are more important than others, so I’ll explain them before moving on to the alphabetical order. I wanted to read more, learn more, write more… and here we are, with this glossary-like thing that tries to explain many aspects of LEGO as best as possible.īefore we go on, I’d like to thank those without whom none of this would be possible.įirestartoys – for giving me the chance to write this.Īuthors of and – The information they provide on their webpage is invaluable.īrickipedia – Because what is research without going through an encyclopedia?īricklink – For the images I ‘stole’ from them, and the information they have. You can imagine my surprise when I realized I wasn’t even a plankton! There was so much to learn, and as I was researching each entry, I went to so many different places that it took me a while to come back. Even though I considered myself to know a lot about LEGO, I knew I was a small fish in a vast ocean. When I decided to write a glossary for the blog, I knew it was going to be a challenge.
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