How to Add to Lego Sets

So you have a basic Lego set of colored bricks. Now what?

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Lego Idea Book
• Large Blue Lego Base Plates
• Lego Build-Your-Own Playmats
• Lego Classic Buckets
• Lego Extra Large Gray Base Plates
• Lego Road Plates
• Lego Town Folk Sets
• Legos

1. Look for Lego's Extra Large Gray Base Plate ($10) or the Large Blue Base Plate ($6). These are excellent for forming a solid base for large building projects.

2. Add a little life to your Lego collection with the Town Folk set ($6), which includes a fire fighter, pizza chef, construction worker, cat, bicycle and jack hammer.

3. Create road systems with Road Plates ($7 for two), or create an entire community with the Build-Your-Own Playmats ($15 to $40), which feature landscape-printed foam mats that can be assembled in many combinations.

4. Get the Lego Classic Bucket ($10) if you just want more bricks. This set comes with 400 pieces.

5. Check out the Lego Idea Book ($5) for directions and pictures of all the fun things you can make.

[brickplayer]

on 2/1/2008 For more great building ideas and examples visit http://brickplayer.com/blog

[jamestbfraser]

on 6/8/2007 You can buy individual and sets of used or new Legos at BrickLink for MUCH less than E-Bay... I usually pay less than 3 cents per piece! Go to http://www.bricklink.com

on 11/22/2005 Look for lightly used Legos at thrift stores and yard sales. You can build up a huge collection for less money this way. Ebay is also a great place to buy large assortments of mixed Legos.