Brick Separator

Sooner or later you’re going to want to take one of your LEGO creations apart, whether it’s an official set that you built out of the box and put on a shelf for a few months, or a robot that you built last weekend. Eventually you’re going to want to reuse the pieces contained in it.

Although there’s nothing wrong with displaying your work, there is also a great deal to be gained by taking advantage of one of the other great qualities of the LEGO system—its reusability. Any piece can connect to almost any other piece. Working out all of these arrangements is part of what makes exploring and using the system so satisfying.

Now that you know it’s okay to take that model apart, what are you waiting for? Just start by pulling off large ...

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