The Bionicle head was so infamous that when someone posted on the Bionicle subreddit that the poster was able to take it apart no one believed them and demanded video proof. When the proof was provided the entire sub was shaken to it's core.
I took mine apart with my teeth a couple times when I was 3. I stopped after I realized I was damaging the piece. I still used my teeth to take apart the rest of it though because it took much less force. Still more force than my little fingers could handle though.
Honestly, I've done it before only using a brick separator, and I don't believe it caused any damage. I think it's only considered difficult because there were less tools and proven means of separating the two back when the topic was popular
I recently got myself a set that is kind of the opposite of this video's theme. Set 60385, Construction Digger, instructs you to build a small, warn down, and semi unstable bench and then the next step basically instructs you to demolish it before constructing a new, eco-friendly bench. I found it both intriguing and genious that Lego, a company all about building, purposefully created this set just so part of it could be deconstructed. It makes me wonder if there are other sets out there with a similar theme of deconstruction.
There is a car set that has you build up a couple of steps to help align part of the mechanism, and then remove those parts later and break down the sub assembly
7:43 "Incredibly fine-tipped pliers" No, those are not pliers, they are flush-cut wire cutters. The only way to get a grip with them is for then to cut into the material slightly, with the resulting friction from the cut pressing against the sides of the blade providing the grip for removal. With all the talk of "illegal building techniques," this is a perfect example of an "illegal disassembly technique," as it is damaging the part to remove it.
They're often referred to as sprue cutters, since they're not just used for trimming wires: they're in most model makers' tool boxes for cutting parts cleanly off plastic sprues. I imagine that's just where the guy in the video got his. Heck, the most popular result for sprue cutters on Amazon looks exactly like them.
Honnest trick that works for me: Get a set of entomology tweezers, about 15-20$, these are usually used to move insect legs and body parts to mount them in displays. These have needle-thin tips that can fit in the space between a cross-shaped axle and the part it's in around the base or in the dips of the cross if it's in a round hole. They are bad at prying things since they are so thin as to be fragile but you can still get enough force through them to dig into lego plastic if you are not delicate enough with them.
On a similar vain I have a pair of blunt round fine surgical forceps/ tweezers that are like $5 that work wonders since they’re flat and blunt so I won’t scratch the bricks, but they’re great at prying and can fit in those cross sections
Used to do it by using a butter knife. It wasn't that hard just needed a little wiggling and out it popped. Didn't have internet back then. Wiggle it in between the two parts and out it popped with no damage.
Even easier. The only thing holding the faces of the cube together is the ends of those axle pieces, in round holes. That cube should just fall apart if you spin it.
Those arent fine tipped pliers, they're plastic cutters. That man is walking the razor thin line between not holding it hard enough to actually grip the piece and holding it too hard resulting in a broken piece.
I was thinking the same thing, ironically the box seems to be the easiest just by using another axel or the axel on the brick separator to push out each of the 7 long gray axels. Unless I’m missing something that can’t be seen in the picture
I think the hypothetical tool that could work on many of these would be a specialized version on pliers to extract axle pieces, don’t know how to explain the shape but something that slides in the extra space and grabs onto the axle.
The red pins and red connector is a ridig form, I though the same thing until I realized they would still be stuck, you could force it and it would probably be fine, but it could damage some of the pieces
Came to comment on this similar idea. What you want to do is remove the gray pin on the left side. Once that is out, you can use the brick separator to push the black pin out on the right. Then the whole thing will come out.
I think there is a way to take that first one apart, the one with the L pieces and red cross pins. By taking out the grey 3 long pin, that leaves just the black pin holding it into place. You should be able to rotate the assembly on that pin's axis, allowing space to easily remove the parts
7:11 I'm pretty sure the brown pins are easier to slide in as both pins can be rotated in a way that they make room for each other (just like gears gripping each other). That should be enough to let the second one slide in with some friction.
The fine "pliers" at 7:45 is actually a flush cutter and yes that means you're putting a blade into those pins. Those pins are numerous though and probably cheap to replace in quantity.
8:28 i figured it out! So, if you place the structure on its side, like with the red parts facing down, and then stick a knife or something thin between the yellow pieces, you can get some good levergae. Next, grab a hammer.....
7:40 those are flush cutters. A common tool in 3d printing - while it doesn't generate any flush, you do need to manhandle the support columns to separate them from the model.
1:14 as an owner of that set, I do know one way if you don't mind possibly sacrificing that black pin. 8:43 that cube isn't as bad as it looks. push the 7m axles out slightly with another axle, then pull it out. the red bushings will fall out, so I'd suggest disassembling it over your lego bins.
How can Lego discourage illegal building techniques and then design impossible builds? If you don’t want your pieces being bent or potentially broken, then don’t tell us to put them together in such a way that we can’t.
I don't know if you've mentioned it yet, but i believe it's in set 7770, from the Aqua Raiders line, the mainsail attatches to a ship wheel via a piece that looks like a technic pin but without the compression slit. So it cannot be removed without damaging either piece.
8:23 from what I remember working with Mindstorms with kids at my tutoring facility, those black pins in the grey pieces up top fit through only two layers of holes, meaning the bottom grey pieces are not fixed into the part, and can be slid off of the black axels, thus opening up the rest of the part for removal
I have managed once to pull out one of axels by using a strong glue that can get washed with water. Althought it is a bit risky as you can glue it to the thing its attached to.
Those plastic toothpicks with the floss on one end are great for separating small plates and tiles. Work the floss in between the plates and twist/pull. It really works.
0:22 you can take that apart, but It would just take some errort. You would have to loosen up all the connections, then take one of the technic pins out of the main blue axel. After that further loosen up both red beams on the side you removed grey beam from. Then remove the grey beam on the bottom (this time it shoukd be easier than the first). Once both grey beams are removed on a side it will be easy to take appart the rest. Lego bricks aren't rigged they have some flexibility. Especially techinc beams. Most likely you will warp a technic pin by taking this apart, but they're also easy to warp back.
The example in the thumbnail has an answer, actually! But you need a long, cross-shaped pole piece, which you use to push out the 4 black cross-shaped pole pieces in the picture.
As a mechatronic I can tell you, you can take everything apart, watch how it is build and then reverse the steps form the last to the first, you may need some force or special tools, but there is nothing you can't take apart. 😅
Drill and ream a 5mm diameter, 20mm deep hole in aluminum block. Heat the block to 300 C. Take a 7mm diameter, 10mm long aluminum pin, cool it to -50 C, and press it in to the bottom of the hole. Good luck getting it out in one piece. Not everything can be reserved, just like you can't unstir the cream from a cup of coffee.
:40 Step 62 demonstrates how this is not a dead end. The gray technic pin can be removed if installed correctly. The red pins have a spot in them, that allows extra flex, a measurement and a disassembly tool pry point. You would place the wedge between the L beam and the red element to force the pieces apart, then get the wedge tool into the groove. Pushing the L beam back would then expose the opposite groove
I've never had much of an issue with 2x2 plates, and I did take 2 older ones from the 1980s, as well as 2 newer ones from recent sets (since I've heard that older Lego tends to be stiffer) and got both apart in less than a minute each. Slight twisting and then fingernail. Also, while messing around I just put 10 2x2 plates together in a Star Pattern!
Leg joints parts from tallneck set are incredible hard to separate from each other. This joint pice incorporates a ball and its socket and when you connect them together, they are practically fused near permanent.
Amazing video and somehow hard to watch, like it made me a bit uneasy to know of these impossible to disassemble situations, after having played with Lego for so long lol. Shout out to the antenna pieces.
What I'm seeing here is, for someone enterprising and clever, there's a niche there that's extremely small, but might generate sales for a "trouble spot disassembly" tool kit. That creates a way to take apart some of those technic pin combinations without damaging the pieces. I have to admit, my inclination would be to warm the pieces in hot water, and then spray compressed air into the holes where the pins are, in the hope I'd get enough difference of temperature to reduce the friction by using natural part expansion and contraction as a result of temperature, then using a tool to grip the pin and pull it out.
The cube structure at the end seems quite simple in construction and deconstruction. During construction, the builder build panels on the side, then connect them by pushing technic axles through the corners of the frames. To disassemble it, you just need to push the axles out using another axle.
Okay for the real OG Bionicle example you showed, it is not impossible without damaging the bricks. You need a very small flathead screwdriver and from memory, you use it at the top, close to the eyebrows.
@@Nnobles170 It's technically possible with the design as shown, with the use of a needle to push on the axles through the side slits of the pieces they slide through, but it's probably impossible without damaging the pieces. And could be entirely impossible to safely disassemble if some other design of pieces is used that doesn't give such emergency access to the sides of the axles.
I retract this comment. It's stupidly simple to just stick in all 8 axles as the last step to put this together. Ok I'm aborting the idea this was physically impossible. Back to the anxiety of getting so many pieces stuck together over a few sloted-in axles!
I know, I had the same initial thought that "if it's impossible to take apart, how did they even put it together?" The answer is almost always a short axle that is left flush on the outside, with nothing to grip (precision pliers notwithstanding) to disassemble it by.
I find it funny calling the Bionicle heads the most un-separatable because I'd never try to take apart the first assembly shown, but I've taken those heads apart without much issue.
4:02 the Bohrok head peice one *is* doable but it sucks. I made this mistake years ago, and you can remove the peice but it requires putting a lot of preasure to kinda bend the Axel to the side and force it out. the Technic axle connector peice is probably the worst one to have in there as well as it has the least flex. For gods sake dont do this by accident, use 3-long axles please.
The first one after you remove the grey technic pin you can rotate that entire assembly and remove the L beam that had the grey technic pin in it. Then it all come apart easily
I distinctly remember using a butterknife to separate the transparent bionicle head parts from the faces I think the butterknife got messed up worse than the bionicles...
If I can't take it apart that's kinda nice actually. I've glued Legos with no regrets because I was tired of a structurally unsound part constantly coming off.
for the 2 by 2 flat bricks stuck together, my way of doing it is to take a verry verry verry sharp knife and manage to snipe the 0.001mm gap at the corner and slip the knife edge into it to get more separation
Some Lego pieces never need to be taken apart. The 6 stud shooter is one of them. You can't do anything else with these 2 pieces except put them back together.
8:29 Here's my thought: put a thin tool through the strain relief slots in the red and/or gray pieces, apply careful yet firm pressure to the axle piece inside, and slide it towards the opening. Theoretically, that should move the axle out of position, if only slightly. Once enough of the axle is exposed from the end, it can be grabbed with either fingers or a gripping device, and pulled free.
You can pull out the axles with a thick sewing needle, by stabbing the axle at about 45° and levering it out. Sure, there is a little damage, but a lot less than with wire cutters. The cube can easily be opened by pushing out the axles with other larger axles. It is the same as 4:22, just a lot more of it.
You can use a small axle on the inside to push the bottom pieces out, use a flat piece to push it if you need more force. But really you just need to push the click part past the inside. Sure it’s tricky but you don’t need to bend the pieces.
4:26 A Gunpla part separator would work perfect for this. I’ve put in the wrong pieces before and some parts fit extremely tight, but the tool still separates them. 7:37 This is most likely a $4 model nipper, maybe some good info if anyone needs a similar tool to take things apart, but be very careful as the tool is designed to cut plastic.
There are alot of methods you can try with physics to take apart impossible builds. If you can see the small pin you can probably use small pliers as in the video. But hammer removing pins can probably also be done with the same method as you remove bearing races from it's press down seating. Cannot confirm it but it should be possible. Compressed air is also a viable option to explore
The first one is easy, pull out the grey pin, rotate the whole group of pieces on the other angle, giving you clearance to wiggle out one of the l-pieces, and from there you can easily dismantle the rest
1:38 there's a small gap underneath the Technic L-piece's axle connector where you can access the notches present on all 2-long Technic axles to pull it out with a bobby pin or needle. 6:17 As it's a round gap, the same logic applies, just use a needle or bobby pin. 6:54 Those 3-long crossover axle Technic connectors have a slit in the axle connector specifically so that you can use a knife or other sharp implement to pull on the side of the Technic axle stuck inside.
In theory there is a limit to how many stud shooters you can connect, they each take some amount of force to turn, and at some point the force will be enough to either stall the motor or make the gear slip or shear.
I had to take apart the at-at. Ended up using a power drill with the smallest drill bit i could find and drilled the post slowly until i had grip to pull it out. It worked perfectly.
Just got my hands on the insect collection today. The sheer amount of creative parts usage is incredible! I know you've covered it here once before, but I don't remember everything off the top of my head you had mentioned. The Chinese Mantis alone though is filled with neat stuff! From golden crowbars for antanea and revolvers for feet, to the helicopter blade that's covering the abdomen. Not to mention the sheer number of bucket handles used in the Blue Morpho and Hercules Beetle. Also, there two croissants beneath the beetle's log. I'm guessing they're meant to be some sort of larvae? One other note, the egg piece and minifigure fairy wings used in the honeybee are pretty cool too. Easily the most satisfying set of builds I've ever put together. Just thought I'd mention that.
fun fact, bluebrixx has a set with 21500 pieces (south manhattan), dwarfing the world map by nearly double the brick part especially when counting in that they use more than 1x1 round plates
When I was a kid, I had a Lego technic car that had multiple instances of stickers going over multiple pieces. That used to annoy the hell out of me, constantly having to peal and replace the stickers.
You can remove the pin in the exoforce set with a tiny pair of forceps. You might mar up the end of the pin a little bit if you’re not careful. It would have been better if Lego used a red 1x2 hose piece so you could push the pin all the way in and pull the hose out.
I have messed around with Bionicle heads to remove the eyestalk piece for changing the head and eyestalk combination, say from light gray to dark gray. It is possible by using a nailfile, slipping the tip underneath from the back right by the axle connection point and slowly wiggling it back and forth until the stalk gets loose enough to push it out.
Wild that Lego heard people complain about how hard it is to take apart the AT-AT and they pretty much just said "L + Skill Issue"
Why would you even want to take a set apart anyway?
@@rodimussupreme2329 This is probably Lego's initial reaction.
@Mobtrapper-hq8is But then why would you buy a €500 set for a few pieces? It's cheaper to order individual pieces that you need
@@rodimussupreme2329to have the opportunity to reassemble? 😊
Storage, modification, reuse bricks, may want to build it again, etc.
The Bionicle head was so infamous that when someone posted on the Bionicle subreddit that the poster was able to take it apart no one believed them and demanded video proof. When the proof was provided the entire sub was shaken to it's core.
Hold on you guys had problems taking apart the bionicle heads?
@@Quario right, i remember doing it as a kid. though i will not denie that it was a pain to do so.
Used to do it by using a butter knife. It wasn't that hard just needed a little wiggling and out it popped. Didn't have internet back then.
I took mine apart with my teeth a couple times when I was 3. I stopped after I realized I was damaging the piece. I still used my teeth to take apart the rest of it though because it took much less force. Still more force than my little fingers could handle though.
Honestly, I've done it before only using a brick separator, and I don't believe it caused any damage. I think it's only considered difficult because there were less tools and proven means of separating the two back when the topic was popular
I recently got myself a set that is kind of the opposite of this video's theme. Set 60385, Construction Digger, instructs you to build a small, warn down, and semi unstable bench and then the next step basically instructs you to demolish it before constructing a new, eco-friendly bench. I found it both intriguing and genious that Lego, a company all about building, purposefully created this set just so part of it could be deconstructed. It makes me wonder if there are other sets out there with a similar theme of deconstruction.
I remember Fabuland sets did that too, as a way to show alternate builds within the storybook narrative their instructions had.
There is a car set that has you build up a couple of steps to help align part of the mechanism, and then remove those parts later and break down the sub assembly
@@pobvic i've seen that in quite a few sets actually
I bought this one for my young cousin. I remember the confusion when I was building it
5:19 and then there's the guy that managed to separate 2×2 with hands covered in oil and without using nails
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7:43 "Incredibly fine-tipped pliers" No, those are not pliers, they are flush-cut wire cutters. The only way to get a grip with them is for then to cut into the material slightly, with the resulting friction from the cut pressing against the sides of the blade providing the grip for removal. With all the talk of "illegal building techniques," this is a perfect example of an "illegal disassembly technique," as it is damaging the part to remove it.
They're often referred to as sprue cutters, since they're not just used for trimming wires: they're in most model makers' tool boxes for cutting parts cleanly off plastic sprues. I imagine that's just where the guy in the video got his. Heck, the most popular result for sprue cutters on Amazon looks exactly like them.
They're specifically Bandai Model Builder Entry-Grade nippers.
Using any tool but your hands, finger nails, and teeth, should be illegal.
@@MegaLokopousing teeth should be illegal
@@kentlab3850 Why? if you do it right no parts are damaged.
I have dented brick separators trying to get 2 2x2 plates apart💀💀💀
That’s why you use the stud part lol.
I feel so validated right now
I have also done that
Bruh, how?
Use your fingernails
It's 01:13AM, I am a grown man, I have work in the morning.
Lol
Its 1:45 for me now and at 6:45 i have to get up for work 🙃
What are the chances that I am reading this at 01:13AM...
Real,
@@kevinderoo3880 1 in 1440 or 0,0694%
''That you can't'' and ''That you can't easily'' is totaly different
In the LEGO world, those are pretty similar. Anything that could damage the bricks is considered illegal and not what you should do
Little Cousins: Do you really want to challenge Me?
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@@DerEchteGoofy LOL. Congratulations, buddy! And here's your 98th.
Honnest trick that works for me: Get a set of entomology tweezers, about 15-20$, these are usually used to move insect legs and body parts to mount them in displays. These have needle-thin tips that can fit in the space between a cross-shaped axle and the part it's in around the base or in the dips of the cross if it's in a round hole. They are bad at prying things since they are so thin as to be fragile but you can still get enough force through them to dig into lego plastic if you are not delicate enough with them.
On a similar vain I have a pair of blunt round fine surgical forceps/ tweezers that are like $5 that work wonders since they’re flat and blunt so I won’t scratch the bricks, but they’re great at prying and can fit in those cross sections
the bionicle heads are actually effortless to take apart if you just use two axles and push the brain stalk out through the mouth axle
Yep and if you're planning to use a surface, either a bed or carpet/rug
Both comments are exactly what I used to do with the 2015 models
The only time I tried to do it o broke an axel inside a turaga headpiece :'(
@@holkan9898 Don’t use an axel piece only for the brainstalk
Used to do it by using a butter knife. It wasn't that hard just needed a little wiggling and out it popped. Didn't have internet back then.
Wiggle it in between the two parts and out it popped with no damage.
8:43 Aren't those just 7L axles connecting things? Then it's just a matter of taking another axle and push the 7L axles out. Seems easy...
My exact thought. It looks extremely easy to take apart. Even just using a brick separator would work for that.
Even easier. The only thing holding the faces of the cube together is the ends of those axle pieces, in round holes. That cube should just fall apart if you spin it.
@@Pystro Everything is cross-locked with those 7L axles so it won't fall apart, but it will be easy to disassmble
@@rc-fannl7364 You're right. Didn't see that the frames keep those ends of the axles in place.
I don't think it's meant to be an impossible build. It just looks like a d6 playing dice to me.
Those arent fine tipped pliers, they're plastic cutters. That man is walking the razor thin line between not holding it hard enough to actually grip the piece and holding it too hard resulting in a broken piece.
8:36 EXTREMELY SIMPLE just push out the gray pins
I was thinking the same thing, ironically the box seems to be the easiest just by using another axel or the axel on the brick separator to push out each of the 7 long gray axels. Unless I’m missing something that can’t be seen in the picture
I was about to comment the same thing.
It's pretty simple actually, yet very clever
Its a dice actually..
Do you REALLY think you’re the only person whose thought of this?
I regularly would remove the Bionicle eyes from the head. Just need a small flat head screwdriver. Slide it in between the two parts and twist.
You can do this with a brick separator as well. I work at a Bionicle Bricklink store and I've removed thousands of them haha.
I think the hypothetical tool that could work on many of these would be a specialized version on pliers to extract axle pieces, don’t know how to explain the shape but something that slides in the extra space and grabs onto the axle.
1:10 you pull the gray pin out then rotate the L beam then pull it out. Not hard
Fr lmaoo
If you watched for another 30 secs he literally says that in the vid
@federaider3847 he said it's hard and you could bend a piece but it ain't that hard
@Greenlord_MC how was it tricky though?
@Greenlord_MC his method you couldn’t bend a piece
1:17 you can take out the pin and then rotate it
How is rotating gonna help you? It won't prevent the red connectors from bending...
@@maartnnn0507 not the technic piece
The red pins and red connector is a ridig form, I though the same thing until I realized they would still be stuck, you could force it and it would probably be fine, but it could damage some of the pieces
Came to comment on this similar idea.
What you want to do is remove the gray pin on the left side. Once that is out, you can use the brick separator to push the black pin out on the right. Then the whole thing will come out.
@vpustote you can't push the black pin out, it's got a lip between both pieces
3:40 Meet the Heavy
It costs 400,000 dollars to fire this gun… for twelve seconds.
**skiping a line** HA HA HAHAHAHAHA OH OH-
I think there is a way to take that first one apart, the one with the L pieces and red cross pins. By taking out the grey 3 long pin, that leaves just the black pin holding it into place. You should be able to rotate the assembly on that pin's axis, allowing space to easily remove the parts
that what i was stuck about. if both pins were black itd be impossible
7:11 I'm pretty sure the brown pins are easier to slide in as both pins can be rotated in a way that they make room for each other (just like gears gripping each other). That should be enough to let the second one slide in with some friction.
I'm pretty sure I made that by accident once and was able to take it apart by bending them past each other
1:15 I don't understand.....what's stopping you from pulling the gray parts and then separating black ones🤷
Yeah like you just need to remove the two L-shaped pieces from the rectangular frame and then it’s easy. Seems like a skill issue to be honest.
Because there's only one grey pin in that, the other side is a black pin
just push out the black pin with a toothpick
@@tomasagostinho7443 No you can’t because the black pin can’t be pushed all the way
Here's how you take them apart.
*Chucks them in the plastic recycling machine.*
The fine "pliers" at 7:45 is actually a flush cutter and yes that means you're putting a blade into those pins. Those pins are numerous though and probably cheap to replace in quantity.
8:28 i figured it out! So, if you place the structure on its side, like with the red parts facing down, and then stick a knife or something thin between the yellow pieces, you can get some good levergae. Next, grab a hammer.....
some of these are nightmare fuel
Stressing me out looking at them
There are a few techniques to get the eyes out of the original bionicle heads, some of which are only slightly damaging or dangerous
All you need is a extra long pin to push out the others. Works every time.
7:40 those are flush cutters. A common tool in 3d printing - while it doesn't generate any flush, you do need to manhandle the support columns to separate them from the model.
Best grip strength training routine is separating 2x1 lego plates by hand, no nails.
I absolutely disassembled the bionicle bit when I was a kid. I'll have to buy one and test what I believe I did and get back to you.
7:43 thats a pair of Flush cutters, not pliers. The cube is pretty easy to take apart, just get a ~12 long axel pin and push out the flush pins.
5:41 best part😊
Nobody cares
By far
@Mobtrapper-hq8isreplied to the wrong comment
1:14 as an owner of that set, I do know one way if you don't mind possibly sacrificing that black pin.
8:43 that cube isn't as bad as it looks. push the 7m axles out slightly with another axle, then pull it out. the red bushings will fall out, so I'd suggest disassembling it over your lego bins.
8:31
Petition to call this "The Gordian Brick"
Yay new video
The cube at 8:30 is actually very straight forward in its disassembly.
7:28
Stress relief 😌
How can Lego discourage illegal building techniques and then design impossible builds? If you don’t want your pieces being bent or potentially broken, then don’t tell us to put them together in such a way that we can’t.
I don't know if you've mentioned it yet, but i believe it's in set 7770, from the Aqua Raiders line, the mainsail attatches to a ship wheel via a piece that looks like a technic pin but without the compression slit.
So it cannot be removed without damaging either piece.
8:23 from what I remember working with Mindstorms with kids at my tutoring facility, those black pins in the grey pieces up top fit through only two layers of holes, meaning the bottom grey pieces are not fixed into the part, and can be slid off of the black axels, thus opening up the rest of the part for removal
They make black 3 long pegs that could be it, you would need to scratch the bricks to remove them
Lego exoforce is such an absurdly niche throwback for me dang.
The base for the wheels of the lego technic sets of 3000 or more pices is almost impossible to separate
I have managed once to pull out one of axels by using a strong glue that can get washed with water. Althought it is a bit risky as you can glue it to the thing its attached to.
Those plastic toothpicks with the floss on one end are great for separating small plates and tiles. Work the floss in between the plates and twist/pull. It really works.
this man never misses
0:22 you can take that apart, but It would just take some errort. You would have to loosen up all the connections, then take one of the technic pins out of the main blue axel. After that further loosen up both red beams on the side you removed grey beam from. Then remove the grey beam on the bottom (this time it shoukd be easier than the first). Once both grey beams are removed on a side it will be easy to take appart the rest.
Lego bricks aren't rigged they have some flexibility. Especially techinc beams. Most likely you will warp a technic pin by taking this apart, but they're also easy to warp back.
0:51 oh hey! I remember disassembling this, i used a knife.
4:21 this was my nightmare as kid💀, glad that i have brick separator now😁
The example in the thumbnail has an answer, actually! But you need a long, cross-shaped pole piece, which you use to push out the 4 black cross-shaped pole pieces in the picture.
1:12 just remove the grey one rotate its L and pull
Can rotate it man the axle is locked in the pieces
@@nicolangelomuscat6065 it will still be bendable
@@Phil451 tbh you are absolutely correct
Its hammer time!
As a mechatronic I can tell you, you can take everything apart, watch how it is build and then reverse the steps form the last to the first, you may need some force or special tools, but there is nothing you can't take apart. 😅
Drill and ream a 5mm diameter, 20mm deep hole in aluminum block. Heat the block to 300 C. Take a 7mm diameter, 10mm long aluminum pin, cool it to -50 C, and press it in to the bottom of the hole.
Good luck getting it out in one piece.
Not everything can be reserved, just like you can't unstir the cream from a cup of coffee.
@@denisl2760 Entropy FTW
Who would win?
An impossible to separate lego brick contraption
Vs
Dropping it on the floor
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Step 62 demonstrates how this is not a dead end.
The gray technic pin can be removed if installed correctly. The red pins have a spot in them, that allows extra flex, a measurement and a disassembly tool pry point. You would place the wedge between the L beam and the red element to force the pieces apart, then get the wedge tool into the groove. Pushing the L beam back would then expose the opposite groove
I've never had much of an issue with 2x2 plates, and I did take 2 older ones from the 1980s, as well as 2 newer ones from recent sets (since I've heard that older Lego tends to be stiffer) and got both apart in less than a minute each. Slight twisting and then fingernail.
Also, while messing around I just put 10 2x2 plates together in a Star Pattern!
Leg joints parts from tallneck set are incredible hard to separate from each other. This joint pice incorporates a ball and its socket and when you connect them together, they are practically fused near permanent.
Amazing video and somehow hard to watch, like it made me a bit uneasy to know of these impossible to disassemble situations, after having played with Lego for so long lol.
Shout out to the antenna pieces.
What I'm seeing here is, for someone enterprising and clever, there's a niche there that's extremely small, but might generate sales for a "trouble spot disassembly" tool kit. That creates a way to take apart some of those technic pin combinations without damaging the pieces. I have to admit, my inclination would be to warm the pieces in hot water, and then spray compressed air into the holes where the pins are, in the hope I'd get enough difference of temperature to reduce the friction by using natural part expansion and contraction as a result of temperature, then using a tool to grip the pin and pull it out.
THATS WHAT THE “BRICK SEPARATOR” IS FOR, I HAVE ALWAYS THOUGHT IT WAS A SURF BOARD, FOR 8 YEARS, AND NOW I KNOW
The cube structure at the end seems quite simple in construction and deconstruction. During construction, the builder build panels on the side, then connect them by pushing technic axles through the corners of the frames. To disassemble it, you just need to push the axles out using another axle.
The 1x1 square piece on a 1x1 round is my nightmare
How many pieces have I lost this way
Okay for the real OG Bionicle example you showed, it is not impossible without damaging the bricks. You need a very small flathead screwdriver and from memory, you use it at the top, close to the eyebrows.
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I just look at the thumbnail and think, "That build is impossible to PUT TOGETHER let alone take it apart."
It took me a minute to see it but it is possible to put together, adding the axles on one side last but it definitely is impossible to take apart
@@Nnobles170 It's technically possible with the design as shown, with the use of a needle to push on the axles through the side slits of the pieces they slide through, but it's probably impossible without damaging the pieces. And could be entirely impossible to safely disassemble if some other design of pieces is used that doesn't give such emergency access to the sides of the axles.
I retract this comment. It's stupidly simple to just stick in all 8 axles as the last step to put this together.
Ok I'm aborting the idea this was physically impossible. Back to the anxiety of getting so many pieces stuck together over a few sloted-in axles!
I know, I had the same initial thought that "if it's impossible to take apart, how did they even put it together?" The answer is almost always a short axle that is left flush on the outside, with nothing to grip (precision pliers notwithstanding) to disassemble it by.
why would you even want to take the six shooter apart? both of those parts look like they have no other function
I find it funny calling the Bionicle heads the most un-separatable because I'd never try to take apart the first assembly shown, but I've taken those heads apart without much issue.
4:02 the Bohrok head peice one *is* doable but it sucks. I made this mistake years ago, and you can remove the peice but it requires putting a lot of preasure to kinda bend the Axel to the side and force it out. the Technic axle connector peice is probably the worst one to have in there as well as it has the least flex. For gods sake dont do this by accident, use 3-long axles please.
For the first example, the red part should have the cross shape all the way through so you can push the axle from the other end.
The first one after you remove the grey technic pin you can rotate that entire assembly and remove the L beam that had the grey technic pin in it. Then it all come apart easily
for two 2x2 or 2x4 plates, just use two brick separators - one at the top and one at the bottom, and squeeze.
I distinctly remember using a butterknife to separate the transparent bionicle head parts from the faces
I think the butterknife got messed up worse than the bionicles...
0:18 you see those slits on the sides of the red pieces? I would try to fit something in there to try and inch out the cross bars
That is the only possible way of disassembly!
A very pointy knife or needle, and a lot of patience are needed.
You can use the brick separator for that that's why it has that thing on the end.
@@Cyber_MooseOP is talking about the tiny slits on the side of the piece. The - shaped ones
@@BryanLu0 Yes that's what I'm talking about. Using the separator to push the axle out of that slot.
I might suggest for some of those "impossible to disassemble" assemblies a pair of snap-ring pliers and some finesse.
If I can't take it apart that's kinda nice actually. I've glued Legos with no regrets because I was tired of a structurally unsound part constantly coming off.
for the 2 by 2 flat bricks stuck together, my way of doing it is to take a verry verry verry sharp knife and manage to snipe the 0.001mm gap at the corner and slip the knife edge into it to get more separation
Some Lego pieces never need to be taken apart. The 6 stud shooter is one of them. You can't do anything else with these 2 pieces except put them back together.
8:29 Here's my thought: put a thin tool through the strain relief slots in the red and/or gray pieces, apply careful yet firm pressure to the axle piece inside, and slide it towards the opening. Theoretically, that should move the axle out of position, if only slightly. Once enough of the axle is exposed from the end, it can be grabbed with either fingers or a gripping device, and pulled free.
You can pull out the axles with a thick sewing needle, by stabbing the axle at about 45° and levering it out. Sure, there is a little damage, but a lot less than with wire cutters. The cube can easily be opened by pushing out the axles with other larger axles. It is the same as 4:22, just a lot more of it.
You can use a small axle on the inside to push the bottom pieces out, use a flat piece to push it if you need more force. But really you just need to push the click part past the inside. Sure it’s tricky but you don’t need to bend the pieces.
Use a guitar pick or a parts separator for plastic models to get the 2x2 flat pieces to separate easily
I feel like "patience and dedication" are substitute words for teeth. If it won't come apart. Teeth
4:26 A Gunpla part separator would work perfect for this. I’ve put in the wrong pieces before and some parts fit extremely tight, but the tool still separates them.
7:37 This is most likely a $4 model nipper, maybe some good info if anyone needs a similar tool to take things apart, but be very careful as the tool is designed to cut plastic.
That cube is actually incredibly easy to take apart
There are alot of methods you can try with physics to take apart impossible builds. If you can see the small pin you can probably use small pliers as in the video. But hammer removing pins can probably also be done with the same method as you remove bearing races from it's press down seating. Cannot confirm it but it should be possible. Compressed air is also a viable option to explore
The first one is easy, pull out the grey pin, rotate the whole group of pieces on the other angle, giving you clearance to wiggle out one of the l-pieces, and from there you can easily dismantle the rest
1:38 there's a small gap underneath the Technic L-piece's axle connector where you can access the notches present on all 2-long Technic axles to pull it out with a bobby pin or needle.
6:17 As it's a round gap, the same logic applies, just use a needle or bobby pin.
6:54 Those 3-long crossover axle Technic connectors have a slit in the axle connector specifically so that you can use a knife or other sharp implement to pull on the side of the Technic axle stuck inside.
the bionicle brain stalks can actually be taken apart from the head with a brick separator without getting either piece damaged! its pretty easy too
In theory there is a limit to how many stud shooters you can connect, they each take some amount of force to turn, and at some point the force will be enough to either stall the motor or make the gear slip or shear.
its so weird that deadend builds arent one of the things lego cares about as much as piece stress
8:33 I think that might not be a dead end. The axles look like they go all the way through.
I had to take apart the at-at. Ended up using a power drill with the smallest drill bit i could find and drilled the post slowly until i had grip to pull it out. It worked perfectly.
Yes I love these type of videos ❤❤
Just got my hands on the insect collection today. The sheer amount of creative parts usage is incredible! I know you've covered it here once before, but I don't remember everything off the top of my head you had mentioned. The Chinese Mantis alone though is filled with neat stuff! From golden crowbars for antanea and revolvers for feet, to the helicopter blade that's covering the abdomen. Not to mention the sheer number of bucket handles used in the Blue Morpho and Hercules Beetle. Also, there two croissants beneath the beetle's log. I'm guessing they're meant to be some sort of larvae? One other note, the egg piece and minifigure fairy wings used in the honeybee are pretty cool too. Easily the most satisfying set of builds I've ever put together. Just thought I'd mention that.
The base for the Lego Minecraft Modern Tree House was impossible for me to take apart. This could use a part 2 for sure.
4:38 I've seen a dude wet his fingers and take a 2×2 apart, also without nails might I add
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fun fact, bluebrixx has a set with 21500 pieces (south manhattan), dwarfing the world map by nearly double the brick part especially when counting in that they use more than 1x1 round plates
When I was a kid, I had a Lego technic car that had multiple instances of stickers going over multiple pieces. That used to annoy the hell out of me, constantly having to peal and replace the stickers.
I just treat such things as printed pieces and slice them stickers
You can remove the pin in the exoforce set with a tiny pair of forceps. You might mar up the end of the pin a little bit if you’re not careful. It would have been better if Lego used a red 1x2 hose piece so you could push the pin all the way in and pull the hose out.
I have messed around with Bionicle heads to remove the eyestalk piece for changing the head and eyestalk combination, say from light gray to dark gray.
It is possible by using a nailfile, slipping the tip underneath from the back right by the axle connection point and slowly wiggling it back and forth until the stalk gets loose enough to push it out.