The Most Underrated LEGO Brick

The LEGO Headlight Brick is the most underrated LEGO piece ever! It has tons of different uses if you know how, and hopefully this video will help you figure out a few new tricks!

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[TiagoCatarino]

I noticed that under the Macro Lens at 00:55 you can actually see a gap on the headlight brick thats not supposed to have one, like what?!! Never noticed that!

[lucahermann]

3:09 If you combine 8 of those assemblies, you can create cubes that connect to one another in any orientation, making them real life minecraft blocks.
One Pick-a-Brick cup holds enough headlight bricks to make about 20 or 21 of those cubes, so you can get them for less than a dollar/Euro each.
If you see them at your local LEGO store, I'd recommend buying a few hundred (48 are needed for one cube) and trying it out yourself.

[Aussie_Jesus_Christ]

As far as I can tell, that slot was added because previously that part of the model was so thin it would break away. You can actually see it in this video, there's a little gap on the grey headlight brick where the slot would be on newer bricks. I'd guess the reason why that gap is bigger on different pieces is because the different colours are documented to have different levels of brittleness (brown, for example), which causes more brittle pieces to lose that gap easier

[TheB]

I’ve always thought the headlight brick was inferior in every way to the newer 1x1 SNOT brick, but I certainly appreciate it more now!! Very enlightening 😄

[florian]

Honestly it's one of those bricks I had when I was younger with whom I was like : "what the hell is this shape ? What am I supposed to do with it ?"and I simply missed the potential of it. That's a great vid !

[AndyRaffle]

I love videos on the parts themselves. I read somewhere that when a new part is created, every design team can weigh in with minor modifications so that they can use it in different ways. New pieces always make me wonder why they designed it that way and what they had in mind for future sets.

[KingTalion]

to hear what throughout my childhood was always my number 1 favourite piece for it's versatility be called "underrated" is crazy lol

[elpyroholic]

Yes!!! More of these "brick showcases". The amount of possibilities that these pieces open when used to it's full potential is huge :0






Me? Gongaga

[shamusomalley]

The slot was added for stress relief. I have many older bricks that have cracked in the front.

[xGhostCat]

NGL this is one of the best episodes you have done!
I was hoping you would use the cheese slope technique and was happy to see you do it in a different way than I knew 😅
General element videos are a rarity and this would work great as a series for people who want to get into Mocs without learning these techniques naturally!

Im hoping you do the four way bracket technique next vide where you connect have four 1x2 brackets the bottom two are upside down so you can build in four ways round a normal 2x2 brick!

[SaperPl]

I have to say that this video is exceptionally good with all the different things you can do with this brick. I hope to see more videos focused on a single piece like this one :)

[andrewgwilliam]

As a child in the early 1980s it always seemed very daring (and possibly "not allowed") to attach a brick or plate stud to the back of a headlight brick. 😆

I doubt I was the only child back then who thought they were annoying little bricks that were easy to lose and didn't have much use, apart from car headlights (obviously) and also (if I recall correctly) mounting shields on walls in Castle sets and maybe other equipment in Space sets. I love how over the years since then a whole new way of building has been unleashed by these pieces.

[fractalelf]

This was no question an amazing evolutionary step for LEGO... from such humble beginnings.

[sagichnicht]

Great content. Everyone is nowadays doing set hauls or revies but such concise and informative single piece tutorials are rare on youtube. Would love to see more of that.

[radiodjrobot]

Really thankful that you’re sharing your experience and wisdom about these Lego bricks!

[CarsSimplified]

A long-time favorite of mine! A few months ago I got a huge amount of them in dark red from a Pick-a-Brick wall. That little cut-out below the sideways stud always made me wonder how the old design worked if the new design needs that for the stud.

[bluefoxgalaxy]

Yes! I love the head light bricks! They are super helpful in making detailed, impressive, and weird combinations in your builds. It’s amazing how many uses just one little plastic brick has to offer!

[atest]

3:45 You can also use them to make a 35° Angle with plates using that trick

[ch_]

I like to call these the "reverse bracket" since the purposes I use them for are similar to brackets, but instead of the piece being a tile with something sticking out, it's a brick with a bit taken out of it

[Thegreedyapple]

4:46 THE HEADLIGHTS LEGO VS MY OLD USED LEGO TO MAKE A VERY BIG ROBOT WHO WOULD WIN