The Most Underrated LEGO Brick 

Don't diss tenhic lol xd

As far as I know there has always been a tiny gap like that, on some pieces just a bit more noticeable than on others. It was one thing that always intrigued me as a kid back in the '80s. I guess it wasn't really intentional, but just a result of the plastic there being extremely thin just to accommodate the stud from underneath. I guess with the new design they made an intentional gap to make the pieces look more consistent.

@@WizardOfOss I noticed too, and even when there's no gap, its often thin enough that it lets light through at that spot and always seemed weird to me given how Lego never makes pieces that thin. The new version with an actual gap makes sense, although whether it looks better or not is hard to say.

that's the slot, just like the other one, only the new mold makes the slot an actual part of the design, instead of being on the parting line.

I'm Moc?!!!

Nope. In most cases I would have to say it’s actually better than the newer one

Hey man! Currently enjoying ur 23ville series! Are u going to do 24ville?

Same. I never knew the headlight brick (and yes, that IS the right name) was that versatile. You convinced me. Another well done video!

Yeah same

yeah when I discovered the 1x1 snot bricks, I also thought it was better and easier to use,but the sets I had in the 90s mostly used headlight bricks to attach lights on car and rarely if ever used more advanced building tricks. Now you build something like a modular building and it's immediately more obvious how useful headlight bricks can be.

Yes agree

Don't forget lime green, the scourge of bionicle.

TEACH ME YOUR WAYS

I see I'm not the only one who discovered this. What's wild is that you can flip the same assembly of 6 pieces around a different way and you get the same 48-piece "block" but with a different handedness. One neat thing about this "block" is that the interior is a smooth-walled 2x2x2 stud cavity which you could hide something in if desired. Also, if you connect 8 of the "blocks" together in a larger block (2x2x2) then the center of the larger block would be structured as a block of the opposite handedness. Sometime last year I actually bought 400 of the clear headlight bricks, made 8 blocks, and then put them all together as one large block. Putting it up to a light reveals a slight yellowish tint to the base brick, but it still looks pretty cool.

@@Intrafacial86 I also bought a bunch of clear headlight bricks (3 large Pick-a-Brick cups) recently and I assembled 58 blocks so far. I noticed the clear ones have much higher clutch power than the green ones LEGO® had in stock a decade ago. At one point I thought I'd never be able to separate them again after I made a 3x3x3 cube (without a block in the center). It took me about ten minutes to loosen them up enough to pull them apart.

Especially #$&@* brown!

So recognizable this! I had lots of them and it was an eye-opener for me after my dark age that they had a whole need life. Same for brackets b.t.w.

@@Erikve same

Brackets next!

@@TiagoCatarino brackets also have a very long history already. Would be great to see how they have evolved since the eighties.

Right?!

Lol, I didn’t expect you to respond 😮

@@RedsVWAdventures XD

More to come!

Gotta clickbait with the titles! Hopefully the video delivered though

@@TiagoCatarino Was indeed a great video, anyone who praises that brick gets massive respect. Also surprised to see you reply since the video isn't that new, a nice surprise though. Keep up the great content dude!

I have literally no headlight bricks in my collection except for in sets on display 😂