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Re:“Illegal” Lego Builds (2006) [pdf] by azhenley on Saturday February 23, 2019 @11:31PM (#19237138)
What is the origin of this document? Is it meant for designers at LEGO? Very cool!

Most interesting was the description of the Audi kit that changed their testing process.

Re:“Illegal” Lego Builds (2006) [pdf] by teraflop on Sunday February 24, 2019 @12:10AM (#19237239)
The presentation is about the rules that LEGO designers use internally, but it was delivered to an audience of fans at the 2006 BrickFest convention.
Re:“Illegal” Lego Builds (2006) [pdf] by diggan on Saturday February 23, 2019 @11:33PM (#19237142)
It's a document describing "illegal" ways of putting bricks together, which means that they are not for the designers of LEGO but amateur (as in non-official builds) builders as they are usually not as strong and using the bricks in a way not intended by the design.

Edit: if you read through the posted documents of the "Legal vs Illegal" ways of putting bricks together, some of them have description of why it's considered illegal.

For example:

"Both ends of a Technic hole are larger than the diameter in the middle. Until it ‘snaps’ into place, the half-peg is in compression and could be permanently damaged over time. Also, by not being locked into place, the element can easily pop out during play."

Edit2: actually, now when I read it again, it does seem to be a document for official LEGO designers (from LEGO designer Jamie Berard) about how to NOT design the sets. Sorry for the confusion.

Re:“Illegal” Lego Builds (2006) [pdf] by creato on Sunday February 24, 2019 @12:13AM (#19237247)
> some of them have description of why it's considered illegal.

They all do. The slides are "animations" displayed on sequences of slides. As far as I noticed, every illegal technique had an explanation of why.