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Author Topic: Lego source Frank Cox Film God Posts: 2234 From: Melville Saskatchewan Canada Registered: Apr 2011 posted 12-06-2012 11:17 PM                        My brother (who lives near Boston) just asked me if I know of a source to purchase a box of Lego parts. Not a kit to build a motorized fire truck or crane, but rather enough parts to build a lot of different things, one at a time. His youngest son has gotten very much into Lego and is building cars, conveyor belts, various machines - all powered by Lego technic and Lego mindstorms motors - with various arrangements of gears, worm drive, clutch, differential, pneumatic activator (etc) - entirely mechanical though, no computer controls. So, does anyone know of a source for these kinds of parts? In his words, "I don't know enough about what I'm looking for to be confident of a complete purchase on ebay (do I have what I need, if I buy those motors and this lot of gears...or do I also need a gear box, another battery pack,and ....)"  |  IP: Logged Matthew McBride Film Handler Posts: 97 From: Tupelo, MS USA Registered: Oct 2011 posted 12-07-2012 08:53 AM                     Depending on which set you buy, you may or may not have all the parts you need to build what you want. A lot these box sets have just what you need to build the one item or possibly two other types of items. For a source you can try the LEGO store as the sell individual pieces. You just tell them what you want and they bag it up for you. My wife and I have definitely used for my nephew who is very much into them. Ah I wish there was such a store around when I was younger when I played with them. I know most of these stores are in just about any mall you go to, however that here in the US, I can't certain up there. Though I bet you can order directly from their website. Lego Store From the look of it, you may have to do some surfing through the site.  |  IP: Logged Stephen Brown Film Handler Posts: 91 From: Newcastle, NSW, Australia Registered: Jan 2000 posted 12-07-2012 04:48 PM                     There are plenty of random bit sets on ebay if you do the search, otherwise you could try this store... Bricks to the World  |  IP: Logged Mike Frese Master Film Handler Posts: 465 From: Holts Summit, MO Registered: Jun 2007 posted 12-08-2012 10:52 PM                        eBay is the best way.  |  IP: Logged Mike Olpin Chop Chop! Posts: 1852 From: Dallas, TX Registered: Jan 2002 posted 12-12-2012 09:29 AM                     I've never seen Technic bricks in any Pick-a-brick bin at the Lego stores. Most kids collect sets over time, and eventually have enough parts combined to build bigger more imaginative projects. Lego Technic was always my favorite growing up. I loved figuring out how to get the gears to work together to do what I wanted. I have a rudimentary understanding of rack and pinion steering thanks to Lego!  |  IP: Logged Marcel Birgelen Film God Posts: 3357 From: Maastricht, Limburg, Netherlands Registered: Feb 2012 posted 12-12-2012 09:44 AM                     http://www.spareblocks.com/ They sell Lego by the brick. Might still not be really cheap, but might sill be cheaper than buying a lot of boxes that contain a lot of unwanted bricks.  |  IP: Logged Frank Cox Film God Posts: 2234 From: Melville Saskatchewan Canada Registered: Apr 2011 posted 12-12-2012 11:36 AM                        Thanks guys! I have passed all of this information along to my brother. My knowledge of Lego (and his) is pretty much nil. When we were growing up we had a Meccano set that we used to build cars and cranes and the like. I don't think anyone around where we were had Lego. In fact, I'm not sure that I have seen an actual Lego set/model in real life to this day.  |  IP: Logged Daniel Schulz Master Film Handler Posts: 387 From: Los Angeles, CA USA Registered: Sep 2003 posted 12-13-2012 05:55 PM                        Lego stores in larger malls have bulk bins. Not sure if you pay by the pound or by the piece.  |  IP: Logged

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