LEGO Sets You Can't Take Apart

[@hostiledodo1150]

Wild that Lego heard people complain about how hard it is to take apart the AT-AT and they pretty much just said "L + Skill Issue"

[@rodimussupreme2329]

Why would you even want to take a set apart anyway?

[@Crow_Smith]

@@rodimussupreme2329 This is probably Lego's initial reaction.

[@jasonkeane133]

​@Mobtrapper-hq8is But then why would you buy a €500 set for a few pieces? It's cheaper to order individual pieces that you need

[@mofoisguilty]

​@@rodimussupreme2329to have the opportunity to reassemble? 😊

[@Megalesios]

Storage, modification, reuse bricks, may want to build it again, etc.

[@epyon542]

The Bionicle head was so infamous that when someone posted on the Bionicle subreddit that the poster was able to take it apart no one believed them and demanded video proof. When the proof was provided the entire sub was shaken to it's core.

[@Quario]

Hold on you guys had problems taking apart the bionicle heads?

[@vgrunner5759]

@@Quario right, i remember doing it as a kid. though i will not denie that it was a pain to do so.

[@KilerkRazorclaw]

Used to do it by using a butter knife. It wasn't that hard just needed a little wiggling and out it popped. Didn't have internet back then.

[@sed8181]

I took mine apart with my teeth a couple times when I was 3. I stopped after I realized I was damaging the piece. I still used my teeth to take apart the rest of it though because it took much less force. Still more force than my little fingers could handle though.

[@headcrabking9054]

Honestly, I've done it before only using a brick separator, and I don't believe it caused any damage. I think it's only considered difficult because there were less tools and proven means of separating the two back when the topic was popular

[@COOL1nate]

I recently got myself a set that is kind of the opposite of this video's theme. Set 60385, Construction Digger, instructs you to build a small, warn down, and semi unstable bench and then the next step basically instructs you to demolish it before constructing a new, eco-friendly bench. I found it both intriguing and genious that Lego, a company all about building, purposefully created this set just so part of it could be deconstructed. It makes me wonder if there are other sets out there with a similar theme of deconstruction.

[@jonothanthrace1530]

I remember Fabuland sets did that too, as a way to show alternate builds within the storybook narrative their instructions had.

[@pobvic]

There is a car set that has you build up a couple of steps to help align part of the mechanism, and then remove those parts later and break down the sub assembly

[@_invencible_]

@@pobvic i've seen that in quite a few sets actually

[@Khannah69]

I bought this one for my young cousin. I remember the confusion when I was building it

[@airfryersarecool1139]

5:19 and then there's the guy that managed to separate 2×2 with hands covered in oil and without using nails

[@TheBestRiceEater]

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[@aviation1930]

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[@maxtonhughes2629]

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[@airfryersarecool1139]

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[@andrewdreasler428]

7:43 "Incredibly fine-tipped pliers" No, those are not pliers, they are flush-cut wire cutters. The only way to get a grip with them is for then to cut into the material slightly, with the resulting friction from the cut pressing against the sides of the blade providing the grip for removal. With all the talk of "illegal building techniques," this is a perfect example of an "illegal disassembly technique," as it is damaging the part to remove it.

[@Interference22]

They're often referred to as sprue cutters, since they're not just used for trimming wires: they're in most model makers' tool boxes for cutting parts cleanly off plastic sprues. I imagine that's just where the guy in the video got his. Heck, the most popular result for sprue cutters on Amazon looks exactly like them.

[@OtakuUnitedStudio]

They're specifically Bandai Model Builder Entry-Grade nippers.

[@MegaLokopo]

Using any tool but your hands, finger nails, and teeth, should be illegal.

[@kentlab3850]

​@@MegaLokopousing teeth should be illegal

[@MegaLokopo]

@@kentlab3850 Why? if you do it right no parts are damaged.

[@ivanandreev1958]

It's 01:13AM, I am a grown man, I have work in the morning.

[@Gossisstoris]

Lol

[@bruhninja]

Its 1:45 for me now and at 6:45 i have to get up for work 🙃

[@kevinderoo3880]

What are the chances that I am reading this at 01:13AM...

[@zinova8252]

Real,

[@Gossisstoris]

@@kevinderoo3880 1 in 1440 or 0,0694%

[@nateB-l7k]

I have dented brick separators trying to get 2 2x2 plates apart💀💀💀

[@RipVanFish09]

That’s why you use the stud part lol.

[@aaron2157]

I feel so validated right now

[@GuzvaldsTheCarGuy]

I have also done that

[@Mate397]

Bruh, how?

[@darthadipose1920]

Use your fingernails

[@DerEchteGoofy]

Little Cousins: Do you really want to challenge Me?

[@DerEchteGoofy]

66 likes?!?? I Never Had This much

[@bmbiz]

@@DerEchteGoofy LOL. Congratulations, buddy! And here's your 98th.

[@nopenope8418]

Honnest trick that works for me: Get a set of entomology tweezers, about 15-20$, these are usually used to move insect legs and body parts to mount them in displays. These have needle-thin tips that can fit in the space between a cross-shaped axle and the part it's in around the base or in the dips of the cross if it's in a round hole. They are bad at prying things since they are so thin as to be fragile but you can still get enough force through them to dig into lego plastic if you are not delicate enough with them.

[@kitrakitarunaki]

On a similar vain I have a pair of blunt round fine surgical forceps/ tweezers that are like $5 that work wonders since they’re flat and blunt so I won’t scratch the bricks, but they’re great at prying and can fit in those cross sections

[@duncanmcarthur3381]

1:10 you pull the gray pin out then rotate the L beam then pull it out. Not hard

[@Greenlord_MC]

Fr lmaoo

[@federaider3847]

If you watched for another 30 secs he literally says that in the vid

[@Greenlord_MC]

@federaider3847 he said it's hard and you could bend a piece but it ain't that hard

[@ThyCommander]

@Greenlord_MC how was it tricky though?

[@ThyCommander]

@Greenlord_MC his method you couldn’t bend a piece

[@Xaviou777]

''That you can't'' and ''That you can't easily'' is totaly different

[@Anne-ot8gq]

In the LEGO world, those are pretty similar. Anything that could damage the bricks is considered illegal and not what you should do

[@rc-fannl7364]

8:43 Aren't those just 7L axles connecting things? Then it's just a matter of taking another axle and push the 7L axles out. Seems easy...

[@spiritofnex]

My exact thought. It looks extremely easy to take apart. Even just using a brick separator would work for that.

[@Pystro]

Even easier. The only thing holding the faces of the cube together is the ends of those axle pieces, in round holes. That cube should just fall apart if you spin it.

[@rc-fannl7364]

@@Pystro Everything is cross-locked with those 7L axles so it won't fall apart, but it will be easy to disassmble

[@Pystro]

@@rc-fannl7364 You're right. Didn't see that the frames keep those ends of the axles in place.

[@Reptilia12]

I don't think it's meant to be an impossible build. It just looks like a d6 playing dice to me.

[@thresholdhatesrevenant2620]

Those arent fine tipped pliers, they're plastic cutters. That man is walking the razor thin line between not holding it hard enough to actually grip the piece and holding it too hard resulting in a broken piece.

[@Omabatfartsbruh]

the bionicle heads are actually effortless to take apart if you just use two axles and push the brain stalk out through the mouth axle

[@zippolighter4903]

Yep and if you're planning to use a surface, either a bed or carpet/rug

[@mbphilipblack8993]

Both comments are exactly what I used to do with the 2015 models

[@holkan9898]

The only time I tried to do it o broke an axel inside a turaga headpiece :'(

[@zippolighter4903]

@@holkan9898 Don’t use an axel piece only for the brainstalk

[@KilerkRazorclaw]

Used to do it by using a butter knife. It wasn't that hard just needed a little wiggling and out it popped. Didn't have internet back then. Wiggle it in between the two parts and out it popped with no damage.

[@AGuyWhoDosentKnow]

8:36 EXTREMELY SIMPLE just push out the gray pins

[@maxwellarnold6631]

I was thinking the same thing, ironically the box seems to be the easiest just by using another axel or the axel on the brick separator to push out each of the 7 long gray axels. Unless I’m missing something that can’t be seen in the picture

[@markolysynchuk5264]

I was about to comment the same thing.

[@markolysynchuk5264]

It's pretty simple actually, yet very clever

[@maartnnn0507]

Its a dice actually..

[@1TieDye1]

Do you REALLY think you’re the only person whose thought of this?

[@nicolasvelarde2227]

I think the hypothetical tool that could work on many of these would be a specialized version on pliers to extract axle pieces, don’t know how to explain the shape but something that slides in the extra space and grabs onto the axle.

[@ToonamiT0M]

I regularly would remove the Bionicle eyes from the head. Just need a small flat head screwdriver. Slide it in between the two parts and twist.

[@DMDTagz]

You can do this with a brick separator as well. I work at a Bionicle Bricklink store and I've removed thousands of them haha.

[@Smaxx]

7:11 I'm pretty sure the brown pins are easier to slide in as both pins can be rotated in a way that they make room for each other (just like gears gripping each other). That should be enough to let the second one slide in with some friction.

[@russman3787]

I'm pretty sure I made that by accident once and was able to take it apart by bending them past each other

[@JezElectroAlt]

The sheer thought of Lego dead ends is honestly bit anxious in a way

[@UlticraftMTT]

3:40 Meet the Heavy

[@LeetleToady7]

It costs 400,000 dollars to fire this gun… for twelve seconds.

[@williamelling3579]

**skiping a line** HA HA HAHAHAHAHA OH OH-

[@melissathompson4658]

1:17 you can take out the pin and then rotate it

[@maartnnn0507]

How is rotating gonna help you? It won't prevent the red connectors from bending...

[@andyg5575]

@@maartnnn0507 not the technic piece

[@Fru1tSamura1]

The red pins and red connector is a ridig form, I though the same thing until I realized they would still be stuck, you could force it and it would probably be fine, but it could damage some of the pieces

[@vpustote]

Came to comment on this similar idea. What you want to do is remove the gray pin on the left side. Once that is out, you can use the brick separator to push the black pin out on the right. Then the whole thing will come out.

[@Fru1tSamura1]

@vpustote you can't push the black pin out, it's got a lip between both pieces

[@Mistrblank]

The fine "pliers" at 7:45 is actually a flush cutter and yes that means you're putting a blade into those pins. Those pins are numerous though and probably cheap to replace in quantity.

[@freeonweeknds]

some of these are nightmare fuel

[@camerondon3712]

Stressing me out looking at them

[@GringatTheRepugnant]

There are a few techniques to get the eyes out of the original bionicle heads, some of which are only slightly damaging or dangerous

[@just.a.jester8233]

8:28 i figured it out! So, if you place the structure on its side, like with the red parts facing down, and then stick a knife or something thin between the yellow pieces, you can get some good levergae. Next, grab a hammer.....

[@mrdorito2707]

All you need is a extra long pin to push out the others. Works every time.

[@hailthenapkin]

I think there is a way to take that first one apart, the one with the L pieces and red cross pins. By taking out the grey 3 long pin, that leaves just the black pin holding it into place. You should be able to rotate the assembly on that pin's axis, allowing space to easily remove the parts

[@ResidentIT_]

that what i was stuck about. if both pins were black itd be impossible

[@DJDroz-gh5nt]

Here's how you take them apart. *Chucks them in the plastic recycling machine.*

[@tyrbrelk8444]

Lego exoforce is such an absurdly niche throwback for me dang.

[@MixZTitaniumDubstep]

1:14 as an owner of that set, I do know one way if you don't mind possibly sacrificing that black pin. 8:43 that cube isn't as bad as it looks. push the 7m axles out slightly with another axle, then pull it out. the red bushings will fall out, so I'd suggest disassembling it over your lego bins.

[@mrpekoni]

Best grip strength training routine is separating 2x1 lego plates by hand, no nails.

[@sirgouki6207]

7:39 That is NOT "fine tipped pliers". That tool comes with the Ender 3 3D printer and it's designed for cutting plastic. It's specifically included for things like removing your work from the stands you have to print for odd shapes, and can likely cut legos as well. They're pretty much wire cutters, and I've actually used mine that way... but I also have the tools to resharpen them.

[@DCG909]

Also known as a "side nipper". Might even be a bandai one judging by the grip and blade style. Commonly used in plastic model kit making.

[@literallycanadian]

​@@DCG909 nope, not side cutter. Those the blade slants jn on both sides of each half. That is a flush cutter, the blades make a flat surface on one side.

[@EPPicstuff]

I just look at the thumbnail and think, "That build is impossible to PUT TOGETHER let alone take it apart."

[@Nnobles170]

It took me a minute to see it but it is possible to put together, adding the axles on one side last but it definitely is impossible to take apart

[@SeanMirrsen]

@@Nnobles170 It's technically possible with the design as shown, with the use of a needle to push on the axles through the side slits of the pieces they slide through, but it's probably impossible without damaging the pieces. And could be entirely impossible to safely disassemble if some other design of pieces is used that doesn't give such emergency access to the sides of the axles.

[@EPPicstuff]

I retract this comment. It's stupidly simple to just stick in all 8 axles as the last step to put this together. Ok I'm aborting the idea this was physically impossible. Back to the anxiety of getting so many pieces stuck together over a few sloted-in axles!

[@Stratelier]

I know, I had the same initial thought that "if it's impossible to take apart, how did they even put it together?" The answer is almost always a short axle that is left flush on the outside, with nothing to grip (precision pliers notwithstanding) to disassemble it by.

[@uhsokka]

The plates hit home for me. When i was younger, i was all about mock building. It seemed every model I made id have accidentally stuck two plates together so Inwent through the plate struggle a lot. Before I got a brick seperator my trick was to just put bricks on both ends of the plates so I could grip the sides of the plates easier, and pull

[@Bourougne]

Lego brick separator ❌ Crazy Lego builder teeth ✔ Tip of a sharp knife ✔

[@synchronuse]

The cube at 8:30 is actually very straight forward in its disassembly.

[@bencastor9207]

I absolutely disassembled the bionicle bit when I was a kid. I'll have to buy one and test what I believe I did and get back to you.

[@Thudderwack1]

Yay new video

[@matteogalbusera1149]

4:21 this was my nightmare as kid💀, glad that i have brick separator now😁

[@ob2kenobi388]

8:31 Petition to call this "The Gordian Brick"

[@NexusTrimean]

7:43 thats a pair of Flush cutters, not pliers. The cube is pretty easy to take apart, just get a ~12 long axel pin and push out the flush pins.

[@The_first_pilot]

This technic construction is possible... But with different order of assembling ( cross-shaped sticks at the end)

[@rirsobindagrave5135]

7:28 Stress relief 😌

[@NobodyYouKnow01]

How can Lego discourage illegal building techniques and then design impossible builds? If you don’t want your pieces being bent or potentially broken, then don’t tell us to put them together in such a way that we can’t.

[@illudens]

the bionicle brain stalks can actually be taken apart from the head with a brick separator without getting either piece damaged! its pretty easy too

[@Sleepingpinky]

I love your videos

[@TedLJones]

I don't know if you've mentioned it yet, but i believe it's in set 7770, from the Aqua Raiders line, the mainsail attatches to a ship wheel via a piece that looks like a technic pin but without the compression slit. So it cannot be removed without damaging either piece.

[@Ignaz4085]

"If you want to take apart the lego set, just do the manual in reverse order" -Wise Lego builder

[@OptimusPhillip]

8:29 Here's my thought: put a thin tool through the strain relief slots in the red and/or gray pieces, apply careful yet firm pressure to the axle piece inside, and slide it towards the opening. Theoretically, that should move the axle out of position, if only slightly. Once enough of the axle is exposed from the end, it can be grabbed with either fingers or a gripping device, and pulled free.

[@protheu5]

If builds are illegal for putting bricks under stress, this video is illegal for putting me under stress.

[@TheBerlinbaer]

Lego puts in so much color in one Set, that you don’t want to take it apart.

[@Betterthan_sarah]

5:41 best part😊

[@nikginiotas2769]

Nobody cares

[@dustyyshellz1320]

By far

[@dustyyshellz1320]

@Mobtrapper-hq8isreplied to the wrong comment

[@TheCustomFHD]

A thin flathead screwdriver would completly annihilate these structures

[@KaitouKaiju]

Not without damaging the pieces

[@schawangus]

That cube is actually incredibly easy to take apart

[@LodanSD]

I've never had much of an issue with 2x2 plates, and I did take 2 older ones from the 1980s, as well as 2 newer ones from recent sets (since I've heard that older Lego tends to be stiffer) and got both apart in less than a minute each. Slight twisting and then fingernail. Also, while messing around I just put 10 2x2 plates together in a Star Pattern!

[@alex3448]

8:23 from what I remember working with Mindstorms with kids at my tutoring facility, those black pins in the grey pieces up top fit through only two layers of holes, meaning the bottom grey pieces are not fixed into the part, and can be slid off of the black axels, thus opening up the rest of the part for removal

[@1403gavin]

They make black 3 long pegs that could be it, you would need to scratch the bricks to remove them

[@SpeedyGwen]

for the 2 by 2 flat bricks stuck together, my way of doing it is to take a verry verry verry sharp knife and manage to snipe the 0.001mm gap at the corner and slip the knife edge into it to get more separation

[@ahmetdag5600]

Leg joints parts from tallneck set are incredible hard to separate from each other. This joint pice incorporates a ball and its socket and when you connect them together, they are practically fused near permanent.

[@eejeejson]

this man never misses

[@pacerdawn5512]

Those plastic toothpicks with the floss on one end are great for separating small plates and tiles. Work the floss in between the plates and twist/pull. It really works.

[@celestialgaming2016]

4:26 I use my teeth to get it out teeehehehehehheehhe hehehe

[@Druid_Plow]

:40 Step 62 demonstrates how this is not a dead end. The gray technic pin can be removed if installed correctly. The red pins have a spot in them, that allows extra flex, a measurement and a disassembly tool pry point. You would place the wedge between the L beam and the red element to force the pieces apart, then get the wedge tool into the groove. Pushing the L beam back would then expose the opposite groove

[@Duskcosmog]

0:22 you can take that apart, but It would just take some errort. You would have to loosen up all the connections, then take one of the technic pins out of the main blue axel. After that further loosen up both red beams on the side you removed grey beam from. Then remove the grey beam on the bottom (this time it shoukd be easier than the first). Once both grey beams are removed on a side it will be easy to take appart the rest. Lego bricks aren't rigged they have some flexibility. Especially techinc beams. Most likely you will warp a technic pin by taking this apart, but they're also easy to warp back.

[@frenchyroastify]

For the first example, the red part should have the cross shape all the way through so you can push the axle from the other end.

[@h3dgehox]

@8:31 The red pieces are just axle stopper/holder. You can push nearly all grey +Axle's out with another axle^^ I can't see pins, so after you pushed enough axle's out it will fall apart^^

[@crisfrey2753]

Amazing video and somehow hard to watch, like it made me a bit uneasy to know of these impossible to disassemble situations, after having played with Lego for so long lol. Shout out to the antenna pieces.

[@Galaxy_notastar]

THATS WHAT THE “BRICK SEPARATOR” IS FOR, I HAVE ALWAYS THOUGHT IT WAS A SURF BOARD, FOR 8 YEARS, AND NOW I KNOW

[@JesseKreis]

As far as the stud shooter goes. It doesnt come preassembled because thats an extra cost to lego that you can do for free.

[@LegendSpecialist]

1:15 I don't understand.....what's stopping you from pulling the gray parts and then separating black ones🤷

[@MaxenceBrumelotDumontier]

Yeah like you just need to remove the two L-shaped pieces from the rectangular frame and then it’s easy. Seems like a skill issue to be honest.

[@wolfedelasandia3109]

Because there's only one grey pin in that, the other side is a black pin

[@tomasagostinho7443]

just push out the black pin with a toothpick

[@MaxenceBrumelotDumontier]

@@tomasagostinho7443 No you can’t because the black pin can’t be pushed all the way

[@MultiPurposeReviewer]

Two 2x2 plates being together is most easily solved with a pocketknife.

[@sudanesegamer7886]

You need tweezers to solve the majority. The hardest parts become a breeze that way.

[@Sir_Cactus]

The cube structure at the end seems quite simple in construction and deconstruction. During construction, the builder build panels on the side, then connect them by pushing technic axles through the corners of the frames. To disassemble it, you just need to push the axles out using another axle.

[@DutchDread]

I have a lego safe that's technically impossible to disassemble unless you have the combination.

[@LiamDillon-km7bg]

for two 2x2 or 2x4 plates, just use two brick separators - one at the top and one at the bottom, and squeeze.

[@hkayakh]

Who would win? An impossible to separate lego brick contraption Vs Dropping it on the floor

[@HECKproductions]

why would you even want to take the six shooter apart? both of those parts look like they have no other function

[@-NGC-6302-]

I distinctly remember using a butterknife to separate the transparent bionicle head parts from the faces I think the butterknife got messed up worse than the bionicles...

[@AnAbsolutelyRandomGuy]

I have managed once to pull out one of axels by using a strong glue that can get washed with water. Althought it is a bit risky as you can glue it to the thing its attached to.

[@QuartzRoolz]

4:02 the Bohrok head peice one *is* doable but it sucks. I made this mistake years ago, and you can remove the peice but it requires putting a lot of preasure to kinda bend the Axel to the side and force it out. the Technic axle connector peice is probably the worst one to have in there as well as it has the least flex. For gods sake dont do this by accident, use 3-long axles please.

[@michaelbuckers]

7:40 those are flush cutters. A common tool in 3d printing - while it doesn't generate any flush, you do need to manhandle the support columns to separate them from the model.

[@lourdespachla6516]

0:51 oh hey! I remember disassembling this, i used a knife.

[@GI_D204]

As a mechatronic I can tell you, you can take everything apart, watch how it is build and then reverse the steps form the last to the first, you may need some force or special tools, but there is nothing you can't take apart. 😅

[@denisl2760]

Drill and ream a 5mm diameter, 20mm deep hole in aluminum block. Heat the block to 300 C. Take a 7mm diameter, 10mm long aluminum pin, cool it to -50 C, and press it in to the bottom of the hole. Good luck getting it out in one piece. Not everything can be reserved, just like you can't unstir the cream from a cup of coffee.

[@bmbiz]

@@denisl2760 Entropy FTW

[@MakeItPerfectlyWrong]

The first one after you remove the grey technic pin you can rotate that entire assembly and remove the L beam that had the grey technic pin in it. Then it all come apart easily

[@SwedetasticGames]

Okay for the real OG Bionicle example you showed, it is not impossible without damaging the bricks. You need a very small flathead screwdriver and from memory, you use it at the top, close to the eyebrows.

[@mikonyx7712]

The example in the thumbnail has an answer, actually! But you need a long, cross-shaped pole piece, which you use to push out the 4 black cross-shaped pole pieces in the picture.

[@EthanNeal]

The BD-1 set (75335) also has a spot that's difficult to disassemble. In step 208, there's a 3 long brown axle with stopper you add as part of the head that isn't pushed into the technic neck assembly until step 265. The issue is that the end of that axle goes into a 3x3 technic frame kinda piece, I was only able to get it out by using a knife point to slowly feed the axle out. If you replace it with a 4 long tan axle with a center stopper, it would fix the problem since it's easy to grab take apart, won't get forced further into the build on accident, and it's not even visible once the set is fully built.

[@Hippienolic2]

My teeth are the ultimate brick separators

[@moohooman]

When I was a kid, I had a Lego technic car that had multiple instances of stickers going over multiple pieces. That used to annoy the hell out of me, constantly having to peal and replace the stickers.

[@techgeeknzl]

I just treat such things as printed pieces and slice them stickers

[@greenbirdmusic7495]

once, I had a 2x2 cylinder piece that had a slightly misprinted bottom that was tighter than it should have been, but not to the point of being a problem. The issue starts when I decided to stack it with another similar piece before I knew either piece was misprinted. The similar piece was misprinted to have slightly larger than usual studs, which results in the expected difficulties. Those two cylinder pieces were harder to take apart than a pair of 2x2 plates... Ended up breaking a brick separator in the process of getting them apart, and have banished them to separate bins due to this experience.

[@Jedi_Scowen]

Some Lego pieces never need to be taken apart. The 6 stud shooter is one of them. You can't do anything else with these 2 pieces except put them back together.

[@OSUHARDING1ATECHNICEXPERIENCE]

1:38 remove the gray axle pin and rotate the connected “L” shaped pieces 90 degrees counter clockwise and it comes apart very easily.

[@Iuigi_t]

Their rotation is locked together

[@AA-yx4tl]

How would that work? It seems like people are just liking your comment without understanding what would happen. If you rotate the Ls, the Ls would still be blocked by the square frame since both Ls are rotating together. The left L is going to mimic the right L. Help me understand.

[@HunhowsShadowStalker]

The flat end of a brick separator (the end with the Lego symbol) can actually separate the Bionicle eyestalk.

[@monkeyhammer]

length 2 technic pins have a groove built in, so it should be possible to pull them out if you have something that hooks underneath like the tip of a paper clip

[@noahrice3362]

Just got my hands on the insect collection today. The sheer amount of creative parts usage is incredible! I know you've covered it here once before, but I don't remember everything off the top of my head you had mentioned. The Chinese Mantis alone though is filled with neat stuff! From golden crowbars for antanea and revolvers for feet, to the helicopter blade that's covering the abdomen. Not to mention the sheer number of bucket handles used in the Blue Morpho and Hercules Beetle. Also, there two croissants beneath the beetle's log. I'm guessing they're meant to be some sort of larvae? One other note, the egg piece and minifigure fairy wings used in the honeybee are pretty cool too. Easily the most satisfying set of builds I've ever put together. Just thought I'd mention that.

[@Demoncradle]

Use a guitar pick or a parts separator for plastic models to get the 2x2 flat pieces to separate easily

[@Kojara_SC]

7:26 - push the grey technic axle out with something pointy in the tiny slots of the black connectors

[@chrisdebruin4459]

I feel like "patience and dedication" are substitute words for teeth. If it won't come apart. Teeth

[@Swedishchef11]

There are alot of methods you can try with physics to take apart impossible builds. If you can see the small pin you can probably use small pliers as in the video. But hammer removing pins can probably also be done with the same method as you remove bearing races from it's press down seating. Cannot confirm it but it should be possible. Compressed air is also a viable option to explore

[@watermelonspectacles1]

The bionicle head stalks are really hard to get out, but you just push a brick separater inbetween the head and the trans piece

[@HustleWithFussle]

The one in the thumbnail can be easily taken apart, you just need a brick separator for the black axel rod thing