Quest for Inter-City train | Quest for Bricks

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 from the Quest for Inter-City train category

Train rolls (into the sunset)

1980 LEGO passenger locomotives

Best of times, worst of times

Right way to dismantle 1980s LEGO train tracks

An Unexpected Journey

12V LEGO Trains accessories

So, what’s after next?

1980 LEGO Trains upgrades

Waiting for train

Early minifigures

Train building

Replacement stickers

A night in the life of AFOL

12V lights vs. PF lights (vs. tin-foil)

Lights, camera, action, go

Power Functions revisited

LEGO ages like wine

Old parts, old friends

Wiping LEGO clean

Half the train – brand new