LEGO lied about this piece

The LEGO brick separator appears in every major LEGO set. In this video I'll show you how to use it correctly.

[lukekielybcfc]

I was absolutely gobsmacked when I started buying new Lego sets a few years ago that inside was a brick separator. The amount of times as a child I had cut the skin around my fingernails or almost swallowed some Lego trying to separate the bricks was unreal 🤣

[SirJonathonDanielGregorySrVthe]

The notion that someone would have enough lego to worry about wearing out their brick separator, and somehow miraculously would not have five hundred more lying around somewhere, is astonishing to me.

[car_pal]

the amount of fingers and fingernails ive broken for those 2 pieces stuck together 2:19

[anklez]

Brick separators weren’t in sets when I was a kid. Plus I didn’t have any of the super large sets. Now as adult and back into the hobby, I have so many of these laying around the house. I use them to open those pop top cans or anything else I need to get under with my nails. I had collected 57 at one point. Ended up donation 20 of them to my daughter’s elementary school Lego club. They only had 2 for the kids to share.

[AldenG]

removing two plates is always such a hassle, always need to find another piece to latch onto and achieve enough leverage.

[Axiom]

At first I thought it was just another brick separator video, but you managed to share some tricks that I haven't seen before. Very informative!

[Frentzen]

One way to deal with the double 2 x 2 plate problem with the modern separator, is to put the bottom separator on only one stud, and the top separator on the other stud. That way you have enough room to pinch them together and have both plates come apart.

[mathiasolsen]

I wouldnt say that Lego lied about how to use the separator, they probably engineered it so it was easier for kids, but you have without a doubt found some better ways to use the same tool

[distortedwings]

I am very confused how this ended up in my recommendations but I'm thankful for this

[Kinzokugia]

The thing that upsets me most is that literally NONE of the sets I ever bought had this tool.

[gblargg]

1:38 When you get hit in a LEGO 3D game and all your studs fly everywhere.

[ivanoffw]

I don't remember the inclusion of a brick separator when I had LEGO"s, even when my parents purchased them at a store in Malmo in 1985. The two brick separation was a painful experience, my fingernails were all torn up as a child.

[whywouldigivemyrealname]

I haven't played with legos in like 20 years, but I had some old gray separators. I think my parents bought them for me because of issues I had. It's neat that they come in the kits now.

[jblen]

I think part of the reason they tell you to use the end right side up is to stop pieces pinging off so much, which makes you more likely to lose pieces. When you did it properly the pieces came off much more controlled and moved maybe 2 or 3 studs away, while upside down they went flying off screen

[ospididious]

I really appreciate that you mentioned the old LEGO separator. I have 2 of them and will likely pass one down to my 8 year old niece come this holiday season. Good to know that the old and new work in conjunction.

[theothers]

Actually, I have never gotten a Lego set that has ever had a brick separator included. Only with recent mega blocks sets have I found that contained brick separators. As a kid, I didn’t take nearly as much care of my bricks, and would use my teeth to separate bricks I couldn’t separate with my hands. So there are some bricks that have been warped due to my biting the bricks causing damage to the bricks, and many star wars droid arms I would accidentally break because I didn’t put them on the droid body correctly.

[BenjaminNaman]

Anybody else remember when Lego first started giving you these in their sets? They didn't tell you what it was for, and everyone was confused what it was.

[MangetsuSAMURAI]

That upside down trick is actually great. I'll be using it like that from now on.

[SamDeCam]

Wow! This is the first video Ive seen on this channel and Im already impressed your lego setup is insane and I could watch a whole video of you seperating those plate pieces

[roryglot]

I didn’t even know a brick separator was a thing until just now. I remember literally breaking my fingernails trying to separate pieces when I was a kid. How long have these things existed? This just blew my mind.