The LEGO Lexicon
The LEGO Lexicon is a encyclopedia of LEGO related words. If you can't find a word or if you want to suggest one, please mail me about it!

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BASIC See: Freestyle

Belville Product line aimed at girls, with bigger dolls than the well-known minifigs. Introduced in 1994. Since 1999 Belville is more 'fairytale' themed. Search the LUGNET set database for Belville sets

Billund Town in Denmark, circa 6.000 inhabitants. Mainly because of LEGO, Billund had Denmark's second largest airport. Home of the LEGO company. See also LEGOLAND parks.

Boats Since its introduction in the boat line has seen six generations (the boats dissapeared and reappeared several times). New boats were introduced in 1973, 1976, 1982, 1987, 1991 and in 1996.
Search the LUGNET set database for Boat sets

Brand Awarenes Eversince LEGO existed, there were companies copying the concept. See also Product imitation.
Brick The current brick appeared in 1958 and replaced the Automatic Binding Bricks. The new type of coupling (stud and tube) made constructions far more stable and allowed more combinations. The brick was also patented in 1958.
A 8 stud brick (2x4) measures 9,6 x 32 x 16 mm with a volume of 4,9152 cm³.

Brickshelf A website created and hosted bij Kevin Loch. The website holds a vast collection of building instructions and catalog scans. Furthermore Brickshelf is used by many LEGO fans to exhibit their own work - Brickshelf allows users to upload pictures to create the biggest gallery of LEGO creations online!
Click here to visit the Brickshelf.

Brikwars A popular wargame designed by Mike Rayhawk where players build their armies and terrain from bricks. There are more community created games, see the games entry in this lexicon.
Click here to visit the Brikwars homepage.

Building Instructions Without these some sets are nearly impossible to build. For an online resource of building instructions visit Kevin Loch's Brickshelf.