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Rob Klingberg
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Tinkerer turned tech sales guy turned Chief Enthusiast. Started Brickstuff in 2011. Always amazed by the creativity of our customer community around the world!
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Re: Chaining IR Controller + LEC?
@Brett Halper You can use any of the outputs on the IR receiver to control LECs-- they can be controlled like any other connected light. The challenge is that you will still only get the effect you…
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8 yrs ago
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Re: Light up Disney Castle # 71040
@Paul George Thanks for testing and posting, Paul! @mellojello does this achieve the type of effect you were after? Would be curious to see if anyone had come up with a solution to light more of the…
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Re: New Connectors
@Tom Laermans Agreed, thanks for the feedback. We're continuing to experiment-- not giving up on the need to have friction connections. Stay tuned.
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Re: New Connectors
@Tom Laermans Hey Tom! We did experiment this summer with some connectors inserted inside LEGO train couplers. We made horizontal and vertical models. Here's a shot of the horizontal model:…
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Re: Lighting the Technic Bucket Wheel Excavator #42055
Hi everyone, well it has been some time since we last posted about the magnificent Excavator kit! In that time, we have acquired the model and assembled it, but have not yet had time to light it up.…
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What Lights Do I Use For [a specific] LEGO Set?
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Re: Light up Disney Castle # 71040
@Paul George thanks as always for jumping in Paul. Let us know what you are able to work out!
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8 yrs ago
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Re: Disney LEGO Castle # 71040 - Exterior light installation
@Chris L Let us know what you need, Chris. Happy to send replacements parts to get you up and running!
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Re: Disney LEGO Castle # 71040 - Exterior light installation
@Kathryn Forbes Hi Kathryn, since you're in the UK, the closest place to pick up some orange Pico LEDs would be from our UK Stockist. Here's a link to their product page for the orange Picos: link.
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Re: Disney LEGO Castle # 71040 - Exterior light installation
@Chris L Looks great! let us know if your torch is unfixable-- happy to send you a replacement.
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8 yrs ago
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Re: Disney LEGO Castle # 71040 - Exterior light installation
@Chris L Sorry to hear you are having trouble! From the behavior, it sounds like an electrical short circuit (i.e., wires pinched somewhere) in the top section.…
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8 yrs ago
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Re: Disney LEGO Castle # 71040 - Exterior light installation
@Kathryn Forbes Glad to hear you were able to successfully repair your lantern!
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Re: Ninjago City # 70620
@David Newell Hi David, thanks for posting the video of the lights-- I agree, they look great! RE: running wires through bricks, that normally shouldn't be an issue-- the wires are definitely thin…
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Re: Ninjago City # 70620
@David Newell Thank you for your efforts to document your process-- I know others here on the forum will appreciate it. There seem to be so many options for lighting the City-- I'm excited to see…
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Re: Ninjago City # 70620
@David Newell Thanks for joining the forum, and thanks for your post! I'm glad you have decided to take the plunge with Ninjago City (and bravo, also, for taking on such a challenging project as…
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Re: Can it be repaired?
@Benoit Robert Oops! Probably no easy way to fix that problem. What color LED was it? We can send you a new one.
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Re: Light up Disney Castle # 71040
@Chris L @Paul George Thanks Chris for asking-- I just updated the table on the website. We moved the needle a bit this week, but not as much as I'd have liked,…
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Re: Question..
@Greg DiNapoli Hi Greg, thanks for the great photos-- how cool that you had the opportunity to have your model displayed at the real thing! I'm working on the coding today-- I'll e-mail you a video…
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Re: Eiffel Tower # 10181
Hi, thank you for joining the forum and for posting your question! @Jim Pirzyk has done a magnificent job of lighting his 10181. He had the model on display at 2016's Brickworld Chicago.…
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Re: Question..
@Greg DiNapoli Thank you for your order! I'm going to try to get time to work on the program for your board later this week. It's not impossible to have two different programs on one board,…
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Re: Disney LEGO Castle # 71040 - Exterior light installation
@Manuel Díaz Thanks for the great feedback! All very good points. We've received several requests for the manuals in electronic form-- I'm always curious to see whether people prefer to build…
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What Lights Do I Use For [a specific] LEGO Set?
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Re: Disney LEGO Castle # 71040 - Exterior light installation
@Paul George Thanks for the clarification, Paul. I think you are right about the left vs. right designation. We may need to revisit that in the documentation.…
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Re: Friends Hot Dog Cart
@Amanda Lydon Hopefully the coil will work out for you-- please keep us posted with photos and let us know your results!
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Re: Light up Disney Castle # 71040
@Kathryn Forbes For some unknown reason, we have been having more trouble with packages sent to the UK than with any other country. What has been happening is that the packages get to the UK,…
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Re: Question - How to take care of your Brickstuff products for dummies
Hi Benoit, thank you for posting on the forum! You ask very good questions, and your English is very excellent. Much better than my French would be. 😀 To answer your questions:…
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Re: Friends Hot Dog Cart
@Paul George I may need to pick up the hot dog cart and try it myself!
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