Resources

Find the information you need

  • Arkiv.dk - A great resource for looking up historic pictures from and of LEGO/Billund.
  • Brickcolor.net - Flickr - Rylie is the expert on LEGO colours, and has covered all the colours used by LEGO since the beginning!
  • Brick Fetish - Jim Hughes has gathered an amazing amount of LEGO history and pictures on his website, especially regarding Samsonite. Absolutely worth a look!
  • BrickNerd - Posts articles on different topics covering everything from small niches to big LEGO themes and stories. Something for everyone.
  • Inverso - One of the first websites with lots of information about mould types and brick variants. Some of the information is a little outdated, but still a great resource.
  • LEGO collectors guide - If you are a collector and have not purchased Gary Istok's LEGO guide, then I strongly recommend you to do so. All the information you need about sets, as well as some more is in there.
  • LEGO Plastic Toys - The official website for all early LEGO plastic toys.
  • LEGO Wooden Toys - The official website for all LEGO wooden toys.
  • Miniland - Here you can find lots of pictures and information about early LEGO toys, altough some of the information is a little outdated it is still a great resource.
  • New Elementary - Everything about new sets, parts, building techniques, in even the smallest detail.
  • The Brick Archive - Gathering information about 2x4 bricks and history spread out on the internet into one place.
  • The Q Element - Jeffrey Neal has created a digital library to catalogue all kinds of special parts and elements. Here you will see a bunch of things I am sure you have never seen before.
  • Wouter's brick guides - Wouter has put together an impressive catalogue of everything 2x4. If you can not find information about your 2x4 brick here, I am not sure you can find it anywhere!

Have we missed some important resources? Let us know and we will add them to the list.