Craft & Handwork · Games & Puzzles
LEGO & Brick Building
Build the set from the booklet, or design something the booklet never had
The two modes barely resemble each other. Following a set takes an evening or several, with every decision already made for you. Designing your own — a MOC, in the jargon — is the long game: you buy loose parts by the piece, and often build it in software first. Money goes on sets and parts, and retired sets tend to appreciate.
First stepBuild one small set from the instructions, then take it apart and make something completely different from the same pieces.
Barriers
Cost to start
Under $50
Going deep → $2k–10k
Alone or with people
On your own
Effort
Sitting
Without a teacher?
Self-taught
One session takes
1–2 hours
Where
At home
Why people take it up
Related guides
Keeping the spending in checkStarts at Under $50, going deep runs $2k–10kSkills
BuildsThinking in three dimensions