Love of the Brick

Like most kids in America I had Lego growing up. But it wasn't until I became an adult that I truly began to appreciate Lego as something more. I admire that it is a system of precise measurement. All the pieces must be made with a particular high quality grade of plastic in order for it to be hard enough to keep its shape. That's why Lego is rather expensive. But beyond the quality I admire how this system is so versitile and each brick can be connected to the others in a myriad of ways.

Nowadays as well as enjoying collecting Lego sets I also use Lego as another artistic media. I love using Lego to stimulate the problem solving portion of my brain. It's a great way to improve your creativity and broaden your imagination no matter what age you are. I especially like the challenge of building large animal sculpture in Lego. Taking something with mostly flat edges and forming round organic forms it tricky, but the end result is very interesting.

Below are many photos of my current Lego collection. I have well over 90 lbs of Lego here! I have over 100 minifigs now, tons of special pieces, complete sets, base plates and of course loads of basic bricks too.

As you probably know by now I'm a perfectionist, which is a trait shared by most transhumanists but not a prerequisit. Because of this I love organizing things. My Lego are fastideously organized into seperate trays sorted by type and color. Part of the fun for me was developing a system of storing them all.

Well hope you enjoy all the pictures below. First here are a few other links you should check out.

Here are some samples of my Lego sculpture.

Visit my Blog dedicated to Lego at www.chicagobrickartist.com

Email me at contact@x-tropia.com

Scroll down for more detailed pictures of everything in my Lego collection.

Baseplates

8 street baseplates

0ne large gray baseplate and 9 green baseplates

three sand/tan baseplates

a box of castle doors, ladders and wheels

a lego storage bin with adjustable compartments

Here is the contents of the lego storage bin

assorted minifig tools weapons and accessories. Axles

tons of wheels and propellers

Lego separators and Lego brick ruler

large bin number 1 is full of oversize pieces

Here's detail shots of large bin number 1. There's a pirate ship, boats, more street ramps, castle and mountain parts and UFOs

Large bin number 2 is full of complete sets.

two tall drawers full of sorted lego bricks

Here are detail shots of each of the 8 small drawers

upper slopes and 2x* plates

Larger plates and 1x* plates.

under slopes, plane/boat nose and triangular plates

light green, brown, gray, tan and light gray bricks

Here are detail shots of each of the six large drawers

a drawer of blue bricks

a drawer of yellow bricks

a drawer of black bricks

a drawer of white bricks

a drawer of red bricks

a drawer of green bricks

Here are some additional trays

orange bricks and some vehicles

arches. Cylinders and rocket nose cones

Walls. bicycles and motorcycles

this is a bin of misc pieces such as ladders, gates, spaceship parts and bionicle things

a tray with a creator set

three craft oganizer trays are home to the tiny pieces

they are all sorted by type

six stackable drawer units

these hold all the minifigs, animals, and various other pieces

there are well over 100 minifigs!

Pirates, space, city, Star Wars, Batman, Harry Potter and more!

These batman and starwars are also magnets. There is a drawer with more minifig accessories and body parts.

Animals and plants

walls with ribbing texture. Smooth plates.

1x2 tall bricks. Round or odd shaped bricks

Corners. Zig zag bricks

Windows and more windows

1x1 plates, some light blue bricks and tons of windshields

all the bricks with decals or writing on them

And here are some more shots of the whole collection

So there it all is. The funny thing about Lego is that you always want more. On the other hand part of the fun if figuring out how to build what you would like to create with the limited amout of bricks that you have.

Thanks for your interest in my Lego Collection. I'm happy to answer any questions you may have! Also if you'd like to share pictures of your Lego collection or Lego original creations please email me here contact@x-tropia.com

If you want to buy some Lego check out their official site www.lego.com

Also rare or discontinued bricks and sets can be found at www.bricklink.com