500 IQ LEGO Building Techniques

Are these 20 LEGO tricks genius or ridiculous?
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Let's explore 20 creative LEGO building techniques using bricks and minifigures. From unique minifigure positions to "SNOT" brick techniques and even illegal LEGO building techniques, the LEGO brick tricks in this video are sure to spark your creativity! Watch the entire video to see them all.
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[@camo_the_gamer8895]

Since I'm first can I get a shout out pls?

[@Turbow901]

@@camo_the_gamer8895 no.

[@zaryuezi-youtaylor2994]

I'd also like 👍 a shout out

[@Turbow901]

@@zaryuezi-youtaylor2994 no

[@Turbow901]

He works hard, don’t ask him.

[@AmazinEarth]

Remember: a lego technique is only illegal if it’s damaging the pieces

[@MrLemonPacks]

Once said from The amazing earth

[@InactiveAcoountSpeltright]

Or hurts people physically!

[@yaboijames1240]

@@InactiveAcoountSpeltright just, just, just shush

[@Albino_Basilisk]

I don’t know how to do it but I don’t think that’s what I mean it is just like that the whole thing is like a joke lol that’s what I mean

[@glorp.gleepo]

it’s also illegal if you put pressure on them

[@horadetodososlegos]

3:33 considering Tiago Catarino's explanation of why some technics are illegal, I actually doubt this is considered illegal, because it isn't really stressing the pieces

[@Nio744]

Those pieces were not made for a pole connection. They stress them.

[@horadetodososlegos]

@@Nio744 if I'm not mistaken, in the past they weren't, but now they have those holes intended to make in fact a pole connection

[@kailahmann1823]

very early versions of that "boat stud" had in fact slightly smaller holes, but still big enough for a pole. This is different from for example very early inverted slopes, where the holes where in fact way to small.

[@ENCHANTMEN_]

Even if the hole isn't the right size, you could put four 1x1 circle plates with holes on each to get something similar

[@zed2653]

just cause its not an "official" technique that lego hasnt used doesnt mean its illegal as long as the pieces arent stressed or put through more pressure than usual

[@AzuRemilia]

I sometimes wonder if LEGO piece designers thought of some of the techniques, like the one with 2x2 circle on rails? It feels too perfect to be a coincidence

[@derpy_liongames2130]

What I constitute as illegal is how much stress is being put on the peices and how likely will something break

[@krzysiekchinbeard4442]

This is also how Lego defines what is and isn't legal

[@ENCHANTMEN_]

@@krzysiekchinbeard4442 There are certain techniques which don't apply stress to parts, but still wouldn't be allowed in an official set due to either being too loose or just not being a very good connection. There's also the various techniques using minifigure arm, leg, and hand pieces which have been separated from their original parts. Those don't apply stress in and of themselves, but removing them requires a bit more force than is normally acceptable.

[@glitchemerald9866]

6:08 and that’s how you put stress on a Lego brick

[@_rlb]

Came here to say that. I think some older sets used angles that Pythagoras did not approve.

[@fundoe9_fb781]

Soo you see Lego can do almost every thing

[@purpLCrown]

You say it like dhar mann's actors

[@fundoe9_fb781]

@@purpLCrown lol 😂

[@Streety420]

I think the keyword here is almost, everything Lego is designed to be a shelf piece and not actually used even the ones that come with motors because the parts fall apart too easily, so if you’re looking for a remote control car do not buy Lego if you’re looking for a cool building experience and a nice shelf queen item, buy Lego

[@joe_3529]

Can it cook

[@guy_who_animates]

With enough lego you can conquer the world

[@grav_nl]

5:53 this technique is also being used in the Coloseum set

[@xavierlu5849]

2:41 Thanks. I wanted to make a pentagon in lego without hinge plates/bricks and now I know it's possible.

[@kailahmann1823]

The plate in the 4:30 wheel was the first wedge by Lego with stud notches back in 1987 and thus is the only still unchanged design - so it's not THAT crazy to have a lot of them.

[@Mr.Clinkenbeard]

0:00 - 8:46 best part of the video

[@SoftwareLearningify]

Yeah best part of the entire video

[@kazz9000]

As a kid I did a few of these just messing around with my legos. I wonder if I'll go back to that soon.

[@lorinenecro8555]

fun fact the Lego technique at 3:30 is possible to be made in Lego digital designer a software made by lego thus this technique is legal

[@EthanTRM]

2:46 would be perfect if they made a starcourt mall set from Stranger Things tbh

[@bryh555]

I'd be interested to see someone take these and show them in some kind of build to see how it can be used and what it'd look like in a build

[@andreathompson8921]

Brick Bending channel does a lot of geometrical designs like the giant wheel at 4:30. They are illegal builds, but they are also works of art and mesmerizing.

[@charlesbowditch3645]

@3:51 - 4:15 - Lay that lot out horizontally on the ground or on top of a wall, and you’ve got yourself a length of barbed wire…plus it would be flexible enough to curve around corners…

[@Ultimat3_PT]

#4:01 you could use it as barbed wire on the top of a fence

[@brickmotion6637]

You could make a "100 IQ building techniques" video which just shows the most basic of building techniques, like putting bricks... Onto other bricks. Or putting bars... Into clips. Perhaps even putting Technic pins into Technic pinholes if you're feeling daring

[@pwcorgi2000]

YES! LEGO should be more versatile. LEGO should provoke ideas than just "museum" builds.

[@FizzyEEEEE]

Man I would do the meditation stance with the minifigures, but I'm afraid i may break the thing to connect the legs back on

[@ioisdead7936]

don't be, just be merciless with them they are tough as hell fr

[@horadetodososlegos]

@@ioisdead7936 my lego splinter (ninja turtles) broke his arm when I tried to take it off, now I avoid doing it and when I do, I try to be as careful as possible

[@ethanrobinson9243]

It’s really easy to do without breaking the underwear part of Lego minifigures. Just pull to the side of it and wiggle them to get them out easily.

[@TDBRICKS]

I didn't know most of these were possible! Cool vid!

[@SpitBrix]

Thanks dude 🙂

[@SoftwareLearningify]

@@SpitBrix and @TD BRICKS hi big fan

[@ntasavestheday0035]

3rd HI TY AND SPITBRIX

[@Dinostickynotes]

Hi

[@adipy8912]

4:06 You should ask BrickBending

[@horadetodososlegos]

5:37 lego malibu mansion for Iron man actually used something like this

[@Will-sq3ip]

3:50 I’ve made one myself but this requires a lot of those pieces. This build is for more for decoration because they are loose and break apart easily. I have some ideas for them: - Hair dreadlock/braids - Robotic muscle fibers This build would make any build a more ‘organic’ appearance.

[@nickgotvyak5890]

5:58 I recently assembled millennium falcon and similar technique is used on the roof of the set to connect 2-4 triangle pieces in a circular shape.

[@randomnoodle3796]

I actually visited Legoland earlier today. Now i want to go back, and see if i can find any “illegal” building techniques there.

[@zaccsonofjohn1132]

5:50 that one is used in the snokes star destroyer set

[@Verbot819]

I feel like the chain could be used in like a nordic setting as a river chain blockade

[@ENDLESSRIOT]

4:30 “If Theres a hole , There’s a goal” - Master Oogway

[@Songal18]

That minifigure ray gun would look great for a toy store MOC.

[@tralt135]

6:08 is a very illegal connection. The space between the jumper studs looks like 6 studs in length but it's actually 5.95 studs long.

[@SwiftyVeyron]

Try a hexagon tower with three, 2x4 bricks on each layer, connected on the corners.

[@xyoxus]

I wish it wasn't just rendered pictures but you actually building the simple builds.

[@melonypanda3571]

Me: How many are illegal This video: yes

[@kgsgaming2325]

4:13 That's no brick, that's a monster

[@kevinolver39]

Tired of hearing illegal building technique applied to any creative way of building with Lego

[@Me-on1pv]

It is for techniques that damage bricks

[@phoenixaasted]

It may not be Flawless but it doesn't actually damage the pieces so it's not illegal

[@TheMulToyVerse]

4:00 I could see someone using these, provided they come in green, for climbing vines for a Lego Mario stage

[@distantgamingwithdoggy5819]

Can you do a video on mould King eclipse class imperial star destroyer, I want to know if it is made of actual legos or not

[@user-nb2qn1jm2k]

2:47 the pentagun

[@stanleydodds9]

the one you say is illegal at 3:30 is surely not illegal; open studs are designed to hold bars, and no pieces are being stressed. What am I missing here?

[@sbsbsbdhsbs2293]

I don't know this for a fact, just something I've noticed but older versions of this piece have thicker plastic around the open studs and it takes quite a bit more force to fit a bar in them so it might have been illegal at one point.

[@carculis9207]

Any fallout fans? If you take a silver ray gun and add a transparent neon green stud it looks almost exactly like a plasma pistol.

[@rabbitsarepro]

0:53 I used that method to make a DIY train.

[@tutorialoplenty2927]

Noice, love ur channel!

[@Rexx10000]

Childhood channel

[@GobsCOD]

Correct ✅

[@samuelalvarez_art]

The math behind legos geometry is amazing. The fact that there is "Illegal" building techniques is a testament to how well it is designed.

[@XenXenOfficial]

2:54 I got it lol If you can get some sorta long pole piece to go into the blasters you can design a harvester c:

[@gojira-lg7yo]

You used to be so young, now you've grown so much 😄

[@aeroplane0014]

You are the best KZbinr about Lego

[@ggaiden]

Try doing top 10 used lego blocks

[@SioxerNikita]

"Rural Look"... It is called Thatch Roofing, and in the past it was poor man's roofing, which was usually rural but not exclusively

[@nak_attak]

Someone show this video to Brick Bending

[@fulopsztanev8804]

4:08 this could be a spike strip

[@edisercer]

wow, like some of them. try taking 4 clips and make that cool sqare.

[@ahetzel9054]

The bar clip chain, i thought it was little hands all interlocking and it made me think of SpongeBob when he keeps grabbing his arms and pulling them off and regrowing them 🤣

[@rogerrara9955]

Wanna see them used more, like with other pieces in a makeshift set

[@HappyD00dleproductions]

When he says hey guys welcome back to a Lego video is so iconic to me

[@c-a-sbuilds7051]

[me at the Lego store] ‘Yeah, I need 144 wedge plates’

[@toonistiny]

1:10: Trains, anyone?

[@shamekh5]

This isnt related to the video but on one of my sets i didnt get an instructions manual

[@sirhellsing]

I feel like alot of them are illegal in the sense that a lot of them can make unstable builds that crumble easily

[@imagudboi6956]

It would be cool to see if the big 3x6 edge piece disk to be used in as the helicarrier rotaries in a moc

[@estebangutierrez160]

What you can do by attaching 5 ray-guns together? Oh I can think of one *thinking of the pentagram*

[@MEMESPOT339]

Spitbrix I found a printing mistake on lego city set 60313 on step 6 of the truck

[@OmegaCat9999]

4:10 this can be used to make chinese fireworks (鞭炮) in a CNY set

[@marcosacceleronhotwheels2806]

every youtuber should have these ''adds'' on the end of the video like how you did

[@sasuke2178]

I want to see a video with lego Ninjago crystalized sets

[@pwcorgi2000]

I wish LEGO was more focused on technique style than pushing culture sets. Show kids & adults how to build cool useful stuff, & more alternate builds.

[@kuitaranheatmorus9932]

Lovely video

[@BasementDweller_]

Groovy tips.

[@kyleyuen245]

Curious on how many of these, if any, are illegal?

[@kailahmann1823]

The very first one for sure is illegal - in fact in doesn't even really work, as the studs are blocking each other. Also I think it's illegal to put studs only half way in, as it's used for all those wheel designs, but I can't find that in the guideline at the moment.

[@eggrolls6181]

I built the bar clip chain one I while ago and have it laying around not knowing what to do with it yet😂😂

[@Turbow901]

🤣🤣🤣

[@LateNightwithStudBuyers]

I can't get over those "half bridge pieces" 😂😂 they're just called "arches"

[@robertbeaulieu2999]

I used alien blaster brick to reverse studs

[@cyrilio]

Did you know LEGO is the largest manufacturer of wheels in the world.

[@aayanscreativelab1786]

Make a Lego asmr, I’m first Edit: the hinge plate can be used for railway tracks to change track

[@patriciadickinson8341]

the bar clip can be a jail bar or barbed fence

[@jamesflanagan1509]

I uze jumper plates to do the overlaping buids cause i rather not use something illegal

[@Josephissupercoolboy]

can you pls make more Lego mixels videos pls and make mixes mega max a and custom maxs

[@Zombie-TV]

The 4thnone is literally just a beywheel.

[@CreatorBrix]

Theres a illegal way to do studs on top and bottom imma make a vid on cool building techniques

[@mathguy37]

Can’t wait for 600 iq

[@tech_cookie4445]

This is not illegal it's creative

[@tambourinesmusicmachine]

A Wonderful video!

[@UnlimitedGaming019Inc]

Uploaded 15 seconds ago, there’s 5 likes, and 10 comments, seems perfect, especially with 3/4 of those comments saying

[@istoleyourcookies]

7.5 comments said first?

[@Imovedacc]

Wow its seams perfect

[@SoftwareLearningify]

Oddly sespific but ok

[@husseinFC10]

*spits irl* bricks *spits twice* bricks SpitBrix!!

[@Lp_sour]

5:36 i love squares

[@darkkirby714]

1:13 that chould be useful in a lego mario set

[@askmeaboutsugma]

I have to say the first technique very well may be illegal. You can see the orange modified tile’s studs sort of clip into the adjacent orange tile, which suggests strain on the parts somewhere in the system. I would guess the stress is taken by the clips, which could weaken or break them over time.

[@kailahmann1823]

Just tried: The stress is so much, it just disconnects on the other side. You'd need a tile version of that bar plate for this to work.

[@gunnarmuller2847]

3:40 Why should I care what technics Lego uses or not? I can do what i want with my bricks :D

[@n-do]

big brain

[@teabagNBG]

idk why im even watching this ... last time i had a lego brick in my hand was 30 years ago lmao but still interesting

[@cacovonluca]

Nice

[@icetea6221]

damn that lego brick 6'4

[@lazypaladin]

Technique No.1: _Add a couple other bits and you have a sitting Doggo_

[@By_BW]

Do a ninjago crystalized set review video

[@thegamersspotandtherandomc407]

Omg lego needs a meditating sensi

[@michau3461]

The triangle one looks like paradoxum games logo

[@NarPlayz]

Cool