This website is intended for those with the maturity to read the entire Bible. For younger children, please visit our sister site: The Brick Bible for Kids The Story of Christmas The Ministry of Jesus The Passion of Jesus (Additional content can be accessed on our older site The Brick Testament, and will be added here as it is formatted for this site.) The Brick Bible is one artist’s epic endeavor to illustrate the entire Bible using only LEGO bricks. It is motivated by a desire to increase people’s knowledge and consideration of the content of the Bible in a way that’s captivating and fun while always staying true to the text of the scriptures. Each story is told using quotes from the Bible illustrated with a slideshow of scenes constructed entirely out of LEGO building bricks. Each is crafted and photographed by the renowned artist and author Elbe Spurling (formerly Brendan Powell Smith). In addition to this sprawling website, The Brick Bible has spawned a hit book series with over half a million titles in print, and carried by major retailers including Costco, Barnes & Noble, Walmart, and Amazon.
Autographed copies of books can be ordered directly from the artist. Since the LEGO company has never produced any Bible-themed sets, every character and every bit of scenery in The Brick Bible is a result of creative recombinations of parts from LEGO sets that were released anywhere from the 1960s through today. For ease of understanding and avoidance of copyright issues, The Brick Bible uses its own wording of the Bible’s text. But chapter and verse numbers are always cited and also act as clickable links to the rendering of the same verses in the King James Version, the New International Version, the New Revised Standard Version, the New Living Translation, and the Easy-to-Read Version. Sign up or log in to customize your list. Here's how it works: Anybody can ask a question The best answers are voted up and rise to the top If one had a large tub of old LEGO brick, with some pieces going back to the 1950s, but all mixed together, are there any distinguishing features or appearance to the 1950s cellulose acetate bricks compared to the newer ABS plastic?
Do the plastics look different somehow? Or would you just have to look for other features like lack of studs, flat bottoms on 1x1 round pieces, etc? LEGO switched from cellulose acetate (CA) plastic to ABS plastic in 1963. They continued to distribute CA pieces in sets until their existing supply was exhausted, so during the transition beginning in 1963 both types of pieces were sold in sets. In North America, LEGO pieces were manufactured beginning in 1961 under license by Samsonite, which continued to distribute CA pieces mixed in sets until about 1970. Distinguishing CA from ABS pieces based on intrinsic criteria is something of an art. The first thing to look for is warping. CA plastic is much more prone to warp than ABS, which is perhaps the main reason the switch was made. If you find an old piece that is warped, odds are it is CA. You can check for warping by placing a piece on a flat surface and checking for any "wobble." Another good method is to build a simple brick wall with the pieces and look for gaps or poor connections.
Generally CA plastic is much shinier than ABS plastic when it is in good condition. CA pieces will lose the shine with wear, so this is not always possible to see. There are also some tell-tale clues in the colors. Red CA pieces have more orange than the ABS version. Yellow CA pieces are not as bright as ABS pieces. Blue CA pieces are a brighter shade than the ABS version. Black, white, gray and clear CA pieces are harder to differentiate. Transparent CA bricks can be somewhat brownish, while later transparent bricks, made from polycarbonate, can have a bluish cast. Green CA bricks are very scarce, but some green plates are CA. As 62Bricks has said, this can be an art. Based on my experience (in the UK): CA bricks tend to have less clutch (stickiness to other bricks) than ABS bricks. I'm not sure if this is because they are more prone to wear, because they tend to warp or just because they're old and worn out. Nevertheless, some of my CA bricks are so non-grippy that they're all but useless.
Due to their age, CA bricks have older logos and are made using older moulds. For this reason, they typically have an older LEGO font on the studs, for example. CA bricks are more translucent than old ABS bricks. (Although recent ABS bricks can be somewhat translucent, too). Many parts have only been produced in the post-CA era, so will only exist in ABS. Similarly, some older parts have never been produced in ABS, so will only exist in CA. Sign up or log in Sign up using Google Sign up using Email and Password Post as a guest By posting your answer, you agree to the privacy policy and terms of service. Not the answer you're looking for? Browse other questions tagged plastics cellulose-acetate or ask your own question.167 Car Transport Wagon 111 Starter Train Set 115 Starter Train Set with Motor 116 Starter Trainset with Motor 117 Locomotive Without Motor 120 Freight Train Set, Tipper Wagons 122 Locomotive and Tender
130 Wagon with Double TippersCriminal gangs around the world are targeting a new, lucrative and almost untraceable commodity – Lego. Sets of the brightly coloured plastic bricks can sell for thousands of pounds on online trading sites prompting thieves to target toy shops from America to Australia. The trend came to light this month when US police revealed back-to-back cases in New York state and Arizona worth almost $300,000 (£181,000). Caleb Raff, who runs the Brick Hutt Lego shop in Santa Rosa, California, said he knew of several similar thefts near his store. Mr Raff, who earlier this year sold a single piece for $15,000 (The Platinum Avohkii Mask of Light, custom made by Lego for a competition) said criminals seemed to be getting wind of the collectability of some sets. “If you look at other makes – Kenner, Hasbro, Fisher Price – those have always been collectable,” he said. “With Lego, it’s a new trend and if you know what to get then there’s value.”
Lego’s popularity is soaring after years of crisis saw the Danish family business turned over to new management. Tie-ins with movies, such as Star Wars and Harry Potter, have helped it connect with a new generation of young builders and quadruple its revenues in less than a decade. Expensive specialist kits include Tower Bridge or the Ewok village, from Return of the Jedi, which retail for $249. But that’s nothing compared with how prices can rise for unopened, discontinued lines, such as a 2,899-piece Statue of Liberty, released in 2000, which now sells for $10,000. With that has come a lucrative online trade – and black market. Police in Phoenix spent four months investigating thefts from toy shops, monitoring CCTV footage before identifying four suspects. When they made their move last week, they found 18 pallets of Lego sets stored in the garage of one the suspect’s homes, worth more than $200,000. That case was followed by a case in Long Island, New York. A 53-year-old woman was arrested after allegedly taking $60,000 of Lego sets from a storage facility and trying to sell them on eBay, the Nassau County Police Department said in a statement.