New Idea, just don't assemble minifigures, heck at that point just don't open the set bags so the minifigure parts are never exposed to the elements. Even better, don't buy Lego at all if you never have minifigures in the first place you don't have to worry about them!
I actually didn’t know LEGO was made from ABS plastic, I work in a plastics factory and that’s one of the main plastic materials we use, as well as ASA, Polypropylene and a bunch of others
That is actual optimal conditions. No Lego attachment so no long term stress, probably no sunlight or moisture/dust to wear the plastic. This is an issue if you want to display them and take them out and use conveniently a lot
Saying I have Legos from the 90s and 80s that don't have any cracks and I have the one Lego that was my literally favorite Lego from the 90s even though I was born in 2001 that I played with every day for probably at least 12 or 13 years and I'm not just talking about playing I'm talking about dropping him sometimes getting ran over one time he's still not broken and has not a single Legos were once made different
It's crazy to me that this is starting to become a legitimate problem, I have Lego from probably a decade ago and minifigs and bricks are still perfectly fine. The dropping quality over the past few years has been very surprising to me considering Lego built their brand off of being the highest quality, best building toy. Really hope that soon these issues become non-issues again because the amount of damage I've seen both in bricks and minifigs over the past few years compared to the years before and the years before those is insane
Everytime I think “man I’m gonna start a Lego collection” I see the cracks “nah I’m not going through that 😂” props to all the collectors with OCD that are able to walk into a room full of legos and don’t immediately look at the cracking figures 😂
First of all the word Legos doesn’t exist. Lego has no plural and second of all cracking don’t happen 99,99% of the time. Only when you play with the figures a lot it can happen.
Cracking barely happens unless you really mistreat your minifigs, I have 100+ star wars and they're almost all intact crack-wise Also it's just plastic toys (really cool looking plastic toys), so it's not meant to last forever in absolutely perfect conditions Just store your stuff away from direct sunlight and don't expose them to brutal changes of temperature (any room should do the job) and they'll age fine
From an engineering standpoint, the best way to avoid material stress and cracking is to maintain a constant humidity and warmth in the storage container- it avoids thermal expansion/contraction of the materials at uneven rates and avoids cracking and stresses. Though, that may be a bit expensive for legos.
A cigar humidor would actually make for a pretty decent solution in that case as they're specifically built for keeping the contents at a certain room temperature and humidity.
I mean it’s science. The figures holding themselves together is purely due to the stress pressure created when you connect each piece. If pieces didn’t push on each other then the fig would simply just fall apart.
The cracked torsos would always bother me as a kid. I would build sets, then tear them down for parts, and would swap out the mini figs to make custom characters. I made a whole sci fi universe where the bionicals were ancient space mech fighters piloted by humans in a galactic war. So I played with my Lego a lot is what I am saying. And before you think I was being destructive and tough with them as a kid, I always cherished my toys. I’d get those stress cracks in the sides of a minifig that was only a couple years old and never know why and it would stress me out. I did have a huge bin of old vintage legos (I’d have a lot more money now if I kept that bin) but since they were old when I received them and had gotten a lot of play out of them, many had a minor crack. So I just attributed it to them being older than me. But when like my new Obi Wan figure would randomly get a crack I would always get upset. I’d usually glue the crack shut on the inside so it doesn’t show, and be very careful not to put too much. Then cracks are the worst.
The issue woth that piece though is it puts stress on the hips. Best thing to do is buy some off brand silicone brick tape, cut it into 1x2 sections, and stick it wherever you store your figures
Yeah I’ve noticed that it does that, but the thing is that the hip piece isn’t going to snap because it’s much thicker plastic. The thinnest parts of the figures like the feet are more prone to cracking, whereas the upper legs are the strongest part arguably
If my torsos crack i put a dab of superglue in the crack and push them together and it works fine, can never tell it was cracked unless you really look for the crack itself
@@realitycheck908 So it happens randomly? Because i have figures that are older than i am, have been played with and been left in the sun and still are in good condition and without any cracks...
@@PMARC14 I agree, i played with most of my clones when i was a kid but i was careful and always placed them in small plastic containers after playing so no pressure would be on them (like lego sets laying on the figure) and all clones are in perfect condition with no cracked torso or legs only like 5-6 which had cracked arms which were easy to replace.
Personally I prefer to store my minifigures in a dark, argon filled, climate controlled, microgravity environment. This really helps to reduce strain on the bricks
You could easily solve the issue of them falling over if you turn the piece backwards that holds them, then put them in feet facing the rear of the piece. Or sideways.
Never once have i thought "oh no, i shouldnt do this because its known that from the factory these break easily" because lego will just send you a new one, ive got some brown pieces that broke and some missing ones that didnt come in the bag on the way right now
Why is it that in my Lego collection of 25+ years with tens of thousands of pieces have I never once had cracking Minifigures? I get the occasional snapped brown plate, but torso and leg cracks are something that I've never seen until these videos online.
If your figures are doing that , contact Lego They could replace them... I've had a few placed that were over eight years old... If you're going to stand your figures Use a little Play-Doh.. But I always store my fingers in plastic bags And I always have multiples of two ones for display one I never touch
Mine are all individually bagged like that until I cqn display them all, I've used hundreds of them already lol gonna bag some more new sets I got when I get home
I keep mine in a baggy in my giant old Ogel’s Deep Sea Base Set from Alpha Team. I got a few of Rock Raiders Sets to fit in that box as well. No stress marks. Lol.
The only thing you can do for the torso cracks in to sand the sides of the hip to torso connector so there isn’t as much force on the sides of the torso. Unfortunately this makes the torso not stay on very well.
You can fix cracks in torsos by hyper-extending the cracks a tad bit, then using a toothpick to put a little bit of superglue in the crack and letting it seal. Take a hobby knife or sandpaper to the affected area and it's like new!
i’ve had like a “lego box” almost like a tool box with pieces collected over years from my childhood and i had a lego light up mace windu literally just loose in there with small vehicle builds a bunch of mini figs and odd pieces and accessories and it’s in practically perfect condition apart from a small black dot on the torso which is probably from a long long time ago other than that no marks no scratches cape is perfect and the lightsaber even lights up still
Alternatively, you might be able to put specific bricks in front of the official pieces. This is all theoretical, but I'd imagine cheese slopes would work well.
I mean, if they're expensive rare minifigs i get it. If not i personally just don't care, if a piece breaks, bricklink always exists for me to buy new parts
For the legs I usually scratch some plastic off so it doesn’t crack then the arms I trim the hole and make it bigger so then there is no cracks the I use fake Lego studs to connect my figs to
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There is no such thing as stress marks or cracks, not even bite marks. These are all just wounds from battle.
Yeah, my speed champions drivers just got whiplash
@@lackinthebox I'm dying 🤣 😂😂😂
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@@Iron_Soil tf
Fax. My old bionicles are cracked and missing a ton of pieces but I still show them some love on the shelf
New Idea, just don't assemble minifigures, heck at that point just don't open the set bags so the minifigure parts are never exposed to the elements. Even better, don't buy Lego at all if you never have minifigures in the first place you don't have to worry about them!
fr, it's kinda dumb
If u can't even display them don't even buy them 😅
Mega construx or nothing baby!
@@doctorfives honestly the halo ones are my jam but don’t they also start to break apart ash the joints
@@Randomclone5464 that's the joke
You kind of just have to accept that it happens.
it took me weeks but… it is what it is 😔
Use Superglue
Except that you don’t have to accept it cause he literally just showed 2 ways to solve it. Like did you even watch the video?
I FOUND A WAY TO REPAIR THE CRACKS!
I can’t accept it. My 2013 read has a torso crack 😭
peggy for background music is so fire
I thought I was the only who noticed
Hell yeah first thing I noticed
i’ve found my people 🙏
saw him once this year and i’m seeing him again with danny brown🫢
did not expect ts in a lego video
BALD!
😮💨😮💨😮💨
Huh??
@@therevolveryt8995 The song playing in the background is Move Me by Kohta Takahashi sampled by JPEGMAFIA on his song BALD!
I LOOK LIKE RAY ALLEN 🗣🗣🗣
I LOOK LIKE RAY ALLEN 🗣🗣🗣
His drawer alone can execute order 66
I actually didn’t know LEGO was made from ABS plastic, I work in a plastics factory and that’s one of the main plastic materials we use, as well as ASA, Polypropylene and a bunch of others
All my pirates from the 80s/90s have been laying in a bin for 20+ years and none of them have any issues..
That is actual optimal conditions. No Lego attachment so no long term stress, probably no sunlight or moisture/dust to wear the plastic. This is an issue if you want to display them and take them out and use conveniently a lot
Saying I have Legos from the 90s and 80s that don't have any cracks and I have the one Lego that was my literally favorite Lego from the 90s even though I was born in 2001 that I played with every day for probably at least 12 or 13 years and I'm not just talking about playing I'm talking about dropping him sometimes getting ran over one time he's still not broken and has not a single Legos were once made different
legos were much higher quality back then. They have changed their ways now.
@@NoGood999i saw this guy comment that he only collects old school legos bc they’re way more durable and don’t crack
Why not just store them sideways so they don't fall over?
Because it would take twice the space
@@Dbunk0 r/woosh
That’s smart and it would also prevent goofy marks! Unlike megas figure legs witch can actually stand on studs!
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@@Dbunk0 no it wouldn't
didnt think id hear this song in a lego short
It's crazy to me that this is starting to become a legitimate problem, I have Lego from probably a decade ago and minifigs and bricks are still perfectly fine. The dropping quality over the past few years has been very surprising to me considering Lego built their brand off of being the highest quality, best building toy. Really hope that soon these issues become non-issues again because the amount of damage I've seen both in bricks and minifigs over the past few years compared to the years before and the years before those is insane
Everytime I think “man I’m gonna start a Lego collection” I see the cracks “nah I’m not going through that 😂” props to all the collectors with OCD that are able to walk into a room full of legos and don’t immediately look at the cracking figures 😂
First of all the word Legos doesn’t exist. Lego has no plural and second of all cracking don’t happen 99,99% of the time. Only when you play with the figures a lot it can happen.
Cracking barely happens unless you really mistreat your minifigs, I have 100+ star wars and they're almost all intact crack-wise
Also it's just plastic toys (really cool looking plastic toys), so it's not meant to last forever in absolutely perfect conditions
Just store your stuff away from direct sunlight and don't expose them to brutal changes of temperature (any room should do the job) and they'll age fine
Just don't store the figures in an Ikea drawer 😂
Everytime the torsos get cracked my soul gets cracked too
From an engineering standpoint, the best way to avoid material stress and cracking is to maintain a constant humidity and warmth in the storage container- it avoids thermal expansion/contraction of the materials at uneven rates and avoids cracking and stresses. Though, that may be a bit expensive for legos.
A cigar humidor would actually make for a pretty decent solution in that case as they're specifically built for keeping the contents at a certain room temperature and humidity.
Whoa! Whoa!
…
There’s a Kyle Katarn mini-fig???
Gimme!
*Time to go scour the Internet so I can hopefully add him to my collection!*
That explains why my brown/marroon Lego pieces are so fragile. I swear I thought I was just being too rough, but didn’t realize they were weaker
I feel like lego should try and update the torsos to not crack under the stress of just being attached to the legs
Agreed
I think Andy's mom put it best in Toy Story 2:
"Toys don't last forever"
I mean it’s science. The figures holding themselves together is purely due to the stress pressure created when you connect each piece. If pieces didn’t push on each other then the fig would simply just fall apart.
Lego plastic has definitely improved, I am interested to see Lego's stress tests since the early ones mentioned hear
Yeah, lego is too expensive to have this kind of quality issues
The cracked torsos would always bother me as a kid. I would build sets, then tear them down for parts, and would swap out the mini figs to make custom characters. I made a whole sci fi universe where the bionicals were ancient space mech fighters piloted by humans in a galactic war. So I played with my Lego a lot is what I am saying.
And before you think I was being destructive and tough with them as a kid, I always cherished my toys. I’d get those stress cracks in the sides of a minifig that was only a couple years old and never know why and it would stress me out. I did have a huge bin of old vintage legos (I’d have a lot more money now if I kept that bin) but since they were old when I received them and had gotten a lot of play out of them, many had a minor crack. So I just attributed it to them being older than me. But when like my new Obi Wan figure would randomly get a crack I would always get upset. I’d usually glue the crack shut on the inside so it doesn’t show, and be very careful not to put too much.
Then cracks are the worst.
The issue woth that piece though is it puts stress on the hips. Best thing to do is buy some off brand silicone brick tape, cut it into 1x2 sections, and stick it wherever you store your figures
Yeah I’ve noticed that it does that, but the thing is that the hip piece isn’t going to snap because it’s much thicker plastic. The thinnest parts of the figures like the feet are more prone to cracking, whereas the upper legs are the strongest part arguably
How does the rounded part prevent cracking the feet? Are the pegs on the part you suggested at the end a little bit smaller?
Idk but I want to know too
It’s the holes in the stud, not the brick itself
I think the idea is that because the studs on the top are hollow it places less stress on the inside of the legs
cause the plastic can be bent
You can just simply turn that black piece you showed to the opposite direction, so the figures won’t fall when you move the drawer.
Bro I love you😂
You just confirmed why all of my brown 1x1 studs are broken. I knew the brown color was weak!
If my torsos crack i put a dab of superglue in the crack and push them together and it works fine, can never tell it was cracked unless you really look for the crack itself
ooo not for me… kragle has no place in my collection 😮
Individual ziplock bags for individual mini figs and make sure there’s no dust in the bag
Little tiny drug baggies work best 😂
My man lol
@@williamnolan1943 that is indeed what i use😭
@@marruke6035 not to detrimental to me- I smoke! 🤣
The torso cracks can be fixed with superglue and a knife blade. It will still leave a faint black line but other than that it looks pretty normal.
The Isard figure back there looks FIRE and i wish it was official
unprecedented music taste for a lego channel
Lego charging twice the market rate for this quality and suing everzthey can, yet people still love them. Its truly the apple of toys lol.
Yooo, that Kyle Katarn lookin' clean af
LOVE THE BALD REPRESENTATION
Actually it isnt, it's a music from ridge racer type 4 called "move me", then JPEGmafia sampled it. This video has the original music
Never had a cracked torso. I always thought this was only a problem if you would constantly take of the torso and put it back on.
@@realitycheck908 So it happens randomly? Because i have figures that are older than i am, have been played with and been left in the sun and still are in good condition and without any cracks...
@@realitycheck908 LEGO scamming y’all
I had cracked torso on some Lego clones, sort of random. I think it depends on posing/play and place stress as I never removed torso from legs
@@PMARC14 I agree, i played with most of my clones when i was a kid but i was careful and always placed them in small plastic containers after playing so no pressure would be on them (like lego sets laying on the figure) and all clones are in perfect condition with no cracked torso or legs only like 5-6 which had cracked arms which were easy to replace.
Technically every lego set and figure is an illegal building technique because it puts stress of the peices
I just don't story my minifigs standing up. Just dump them in the drawer.
Guess megas figures are just better at not gaining stress marks
On their feet that is
Mf using the BALD! instrumental in the back😤😫
I use that special piece to store my Pre Vizsla and Darth Revan minifigs. My world would shatter if they get cracks because i bought them new.
Loving the Ridge Racer music in the background!
Personally I prefer to store my minifigures in a dark, argon filled, climate controlled, microgravity environment. This really helps to reduce strain on the bricks
Bro really soundtracked this with bald by JPEGMAFIA 😂
You could easily solve the issue of them falling over if you turn the piece backwards that holds them, then put them in feet facing the rear of the piece. Or sideways.
No maydayfigs, _I_ am your pullout IKEA drawer
Never once have i thought "oh no, i shouldnt do this because its known that from the factory these break easily" because lego will just send you a new one, ive got some brown pieces that broke and some missing ones that didnt come in the bag on the way right now
Love how lego cheaps out AND raises prices
Why is it that in my Lego collection of 25+ years with tens of thousands of pieces have I never once had cracking Minifigures? I get the occasional snapped brown plate, but torso and leg cracks are something that I've never seen until these videos online.
If your figures are doing that , contact Lego They could replace them... I've had a few placed that were over eight years old... If you're going to stand your figures Use a little Play-Doh.. But I always store my fingers in plastic bags And I always have multiples of two ones for display one I never touch
Then you get Play-Doh all over the figure's legs
I really appreciate the jpegmafia in the background
I use the anti studs on the back of the legs. Seems to work.
I've never seen stress cracks on a lego until these recent years.
I love your editing style 👌
All my lego characters are in peices lost in thr sea of other random lego peices
Can't wait to give my kids my old Lego bricks with all the bite marks, cracks, marks, And bruises I gave to them
Peggy and Lego perfect combo
I designed some 3d printed torso spacers to put in between the torso and the legs so it helps with the amount of tension on the torso
Or you could put another flat bracket piece in front of the one that causes no stress to stop them from flopping forward.
Awsome idea!!!
Glad that so many adults are on the case here
I've only ever experienced cracked heels with newer figures and brown pieces
My early 2000s figures don’t have any cracks but my 2010s do. Guess Lego decided to cut corners
I wonder if someone could 3d print color matching leg spacers so pieces won’t crack and it still looks good
I buy them tiny ziploc bags and put on in each bag
Mine are all individually bagged like that until I cqn display them all, I've used hundreds of them already lol gonna bag some more new sets I got when I get home
I keep them in tubs, I have them sorted by Trilogy, Standalone Film, Clones, Droids, Empire, Rebels, Jedi
“Hey your Lego is crack?”
Me: “Nooo he’s just stressing…”
Use the green foam that hobbyists use in some artificial flower decorations.
It's simple don't worry about them.
People be treating pieces of plastic better than they're fucking kids these days
w background music
jpegmafia as background music goes so hard
The jpegmafia in the background lmao
The Jawa torso reminds me of one of mine that has its entire front missing because I removed the legs a bit to hard
I keep mine in a baggy in my giant old Ogel’s Deep Sea Base Set from Alpha Team. I got a few of Rock Raiders Sets to fit in that box as well. No stress marks. Lol.
The only thing you can do for the torso cracks in to sand the sides of the hip to torso connector so there isn’t as much force on the sides of the torso. Unfortunately this makes the torso not stay on very well.
goat music in the background
Jpegmafia soundtrack was nuts
I was wondering why I don’t buy or collect Lego anymore until I saw this video and I was like oh that’s why 😂
You can fix cracks in torsos by hyper-extending the cracks a tad bit, then using a toothpick to put a little bit of superglue in the crack and letting it seal. Take a hobby knife or sandpaper to the affected area and it's like new!
Turn the black studless piece around, maybe the figures will push into the wall side instead of falling out of the walless side
It's always the brown brick man.
i’ve had like a “lego box” almost like a tool box with pieces collected over years from my childhood and i had a lego light up mace windu literally just loose in there with small vehicle builds a bunch of mini figs and odd pieces and accessories and it’s in practically perfect condition apart from a small black dot on the torso which is probably from a long long time ago other than that no marks no scratches cape is perfect and the lightsaber even lights up still
Alternatively, you might be able to put specific bricks in front of the official pieces. This is all theoretical, but I'd imagine cheese slopes would work well.
Fuck that piece he changed the plans, switched that brick like he switch hands.
I’ve been displaying all my mini figs with either 2 1x1s or a 2x1
I'll be honest I just use a simpler solution, all my minifigures are stored in plastic bags in my wardrobe
I have legos from 1990s to now and I've never came across this problem once
Believe it or not, this is the reason why I stopped buying lego, minifigure and brick cracking
i didn't think jpegmafia and lego had crossover
W song choice
Plastic gets weak over time when not used to prevent this just use the mini figs from time to time, move the joints and just play wit em
My figures from like 35 years ago don't have this problem. Somewhere in the past years they changed their plastic composition
Lmao the jpegmafia background music.
Awesome Jpeg beat
Have to tried … turning the stands round so they don’t fly foward
I’ve only seen this happen on Lego, Star Wars, mini figures
I’ve had my figs on regularly plates and never had any stress or cracks even after years, you just have bad figs dude😂
That explaind why my Chewbacca torso cracked
Just curious. How does this help
I mean, if they're expensive rare minifigs i get it. If not i personally just don't care, if a piece breaks, bricklink always exists for me to buy new parts
For the legs I usually scratch some plastic off so it doesn’t crack then the arms I trim the hole and make it bigger so then there is no cracks the I use fake Lego studs to connect my figs to
My Lego from the 80s still looks mint
Store them facing sideways. They won't topple over when you open the drawer.
I mean you can use the black leg holder piece if you just put a brick or a 1×2 cheese slope or something in front of it to hold the minifigure on😊