Update on the #lego #modulex baseboard tiny-brick-hoarding project.

Lots of new bricks since l last shared this. Both the 1x1 alphabet (excluding the Danish fantasy letters) and numbers are complete thanks to an awesome person right here on Mastodon.

Near the bottom are a bunch of printed parts. I was sooo hoping these would be ugly but IRL they're surprisingly nice thus unfortunately that section now also requires completion.

I'm starting to feel sympathy for that hoarding dragon in LOTR.

Fun #LEGO fact: in 1963 LEGO released the M20 #architecture system, later called #Modulex.

It came with a little rake so in those moments of desperate need for inspiration the architect could rake their mini-brick zen garden, empty their mind and visualize their next mid-century-style block of pastel colored concrete.

Got some additional parts including two types of clear #Modulex and the elastic band used to graph sales and stuff in Proper Business settings. I just like the colors and shapes really.

Updated version.

Here's the one for the lower bracket. It has a 45 degree slope on both sides, tightly locking in the base board.

In my panel it's the one mounted vertically. It pulls the baseboard to the wall and locks in the two french cleats at the top

#modulex #freecad

Designed and printed some wall brackets to mount the Modulex base board on the wall. Very satisfying :-)

If anyone wants the #stl file, or even a printed version, DM me.

#FreeCAD #lego #modulex #3dprint

I hear you asking "but why at nine in the evening Pepijn"?

Well. Firstly as absolutely no-one asked for this. And maybe also as during business hours I spend some time continuously improving the pile of #LEGO #Modulex bricks that arrived today...

It's really nice how well the Modulex colors align with the colors of our typical Danish 1960-1980s house.

The photos (with the plastic appearing a bit reflective) don't do justice to how it appears in real life.

#lego #modulex #architecture

Update: Today I got a #Modulex base plate and placed my red brick... I'm afraid this is the start of an obsessive hobby..

At least it takes less space than #LEGO :-)

Thanks for the inspiration @cazmockett!

Today’s #LegoMicroCollection update is for my two boards of #Modulex. I received some bits I was missing from a friend who was at Bricktastic last month and have jiggled things around (mainly the printed pieces board) to find them a home.
#LEGO #AFOL #BlockHeadUK

My latest #NewHashima cube was a very quick build to make a warehouse for the quayside. It uses some unusual elements - there’s a whole wall built from #Modulex (the chevron), while the big doors are made of 8 short pieces of old Monorail track - they have so much texture underneath that I wanted to show it off! There seems to be some sort of biohazard incident going on along another wall. The final side is relatively plain as it buts up against another cube. #LEGO #AFOL #BlockHeadUK

Bricktastic is days away, of course I have time to build another cube for #NewHashima! Still a WIP… but a wall made of #Modulex? What’s not to like?!
#LEGO #AFOL #BlockHeadUK

#TIL about #Lego spinoff #modulex and, as often happens for me with tech that ultimately didn't make it (e.g. Minidisc), I find myself deeply enarmored; It's not faux nostagia... a kind of kinship, maybe? A sound technology; Only to have the product ultimately die off *more* due to the fickle winds of hooman taste than flaw or shortcoming?

Gee, I'm waxing poetically today, aren't I? Maybe a #haiku then:

Brick well worn by time
Brittle from long summers light
Chart of lost meaning

@patrick_h_lauke you might like to see my collection of #Modulex bricks 😁 (top section has M on the studs, bottom says #LEGO). #AFOL

I have updated my #LEGO #Modulex collection with the latest arrivals - especially the 2Kg of parts I got for £10 the other day, which contained hundreds of letter tiles!
#AFOL #BlockHeadUK

Endlich ist es fertig. Wer kennt das Gebäude ?
#Modulex #Lego

@Odanaos @cafuego @ionica

For all die-hard #Lego fans: the graph reminds me of the #Modulex planning boards. More info at https://bricknerd.com/home/celebrating-the-past-present-and-future-of-modulex-9-15-23

#AFOL

📷 Photo and more background information in Dutch: http://www.miniland.nl/Modulex/

Bought some more #Modulex ( #Lego’s little sibling) and a bigger display board while I was in Denmark. Have now rearranged my collection of bricks and printed tiles for more prettiness. #Afol #BlockHeadUK

Here's a family inventory of #bricks. It's as if it's some kind of system..

From small to big: #lego, #duplo, #quatro, #primo, #storage-brick-io

The first three stack nicely and can be held upside down.

Missing is a little red 2x4 #modulex 🧱

@wgrover welcome to the slippery #Modulex slope 😂 Have you seen the excellent documentary about it on YouTube? If not, I can send you a link.

Supposedly these purple #Modulex bricks were custom-made for a school in Germany? Anyone have any insights into what the symbols might mean in that context? #LEGO