questforbricks

Glossary

AFOL = Adult fan of LEGO, adult LEGO enthusiast
AZMEP = Half-stud offset, aus zwei mach eins Plättchen
Bley = Bluish grey and other new LEGO colors, blasphemy
BURP/LURP = Big/little ugly rock piece, hated bricks
Dark ages = Time btwn abandoning, rediscovering LEGO
DSS = Dreaded sticker sheet, stickers in LEGO set
EV3 = Mindstorms version 3, successor to NXT 2.0
GBC = Great ball contraption, automated LEGO ball maze
KFOL = Kid/child fan of LEGO, compare to AFOL
LUG = LEGO user group, enthusiast club
Microscale = Smaller than minifigure scale, miniscale
Mindstorms = LEGO robotics, computer programmable
Minifig = LEGO figure/figurine, small plastic people
MOC = My own creation, hobbyist LEGO model
PaB = Pick a Brick, shop selling individual LEGO pieces
PF = Power Functions, new(ish) LEGO electronics system
Polybag = LEGO set in small plastic bag, often promotional
SNIR = Studs not in a row, angled techniques
SNOT = Studs not on top, horizontal building style
STAMP = Stickers across multiple pieces, is bad
Studs = Those circular bumps on top of LEGO bricks
TLG = The LEGO Group, the LEGO company

Posts by questforbricks

Historical LEGO close-ups 1940s-1980s

Old LEGO colors vs. new colors

Chima Miniland

How much of a 1980 LEGO train can you get new?

79001 Escape from Mirkwood Spiders

Toyota Traffic School Billund

LEGO history 2000-2009

The best part, so far

70403 Dragon Mountain (2/2)

70400 Forest Ambush

Just the tool for quests

Online LEGO repositories

70403 Dragon Mountain (1/2)

Using BrickLink wanted lists

Fortune favors fools

The Transformer

LEGO history 1970-1999

The Orc Forge II

AFOL motivations

LEGOTOP Billund