A Common Nomenclature for Lego Families

1. MadMolecule
   November 5th, 2009 at 10:52 am

   My brother and I had names for all of these too; I'd completely forgotten, but they came rushing back to me as I looked at the article. Neat!

2. eni
   November 5th, 2009 at 11:53 am

   It's so interesting to me how they classify these bits. The one kid is pretty much all color. Another highlights the general appearance, a third names the pieces after what he uses them for, and the last is a mix of those two.

3. clinton robert labombard
   November 5th, 2009 at 12:02 pm

   And despite this article and Stumbleupon's cowardly act of advertising Lego sites, I'm /still/ not buying any.

4. Tim Giachetti
   November 5th, 2009 at 12:48 pm

   My Dad had nick names for them too.

   Asphyxiation piece C

   Swallowed 5 of these D

   and my ever favourite:

   Friggin 9 of these in your pooh X

5. Skipweasel
   November 5th, 2009 at 12:51 pm

   http://www.bricklink.com - you know you want to!

   Sometimes if the kids have been good we let them spend a fiver each there. You can get a lot of fascinating bits for a fiver.

6. Susano
   November 5th, 2009 at 1:22 pm

   "And a light saber is still a light saber..."

   I love it.

7. pwscott
   November 5th, 2009 at 5:47 pm

   I've done a lot of LEGO work and I never really gave the pieces a name. I always had a picture in my head of what I needed. Good thing I always worked solo.

8. Torley
   November 5th, 2009 at 6:53 pm

   I used to call each snappable circular thing a "tad". So a 4x4 block would be a "16-tad".

9. kranzorZ
   November 9th, 2009 at 11:00 am

   Excellent! Names were only an issue when communicating with others... My sister and I would ask eachother to "keep your eyes open for a flat 4-way grey", or a "1 by 6 thick blue."

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