The Gybio Blog
Practical guides on sorting, rebuilding, and organising your LEGO® collection — so you can get your bricks in order.
How to Identify a LEGO® Piece You Can't Place
How to identify a loose LEGO® piece and find which of your sets needs it. Sort the pile first, then let the camera handle the oddballs sorting can't place.
Brickit App vs Gybio: Two LEGO® Apps, Different Jobs
Brickit turns a pile of loose bricks into new builds. Gybio finds which of your own sets a loose brick belongs to. A fair look at what each LEGO® app is for, and when to use which.
How to Store LEGO® Sets: Give Each One a Bag Number
Sorting the bricks is one job; finding the right bag to put them in is another. How to give every set a permanent bag number, line the bags up in order, and store a collection you can actually navigate.
LEGO® Set Missing Pieces? Find What's Gone, Then Order
Most missing pieces are not missing, they are still in the pile. How to separate the sets, work out what has genuinely gone, and order the replacements in one batch.
How to Sort Loose LEGO® Bricks
How to sort loose LEGO® bricks colour by colour, and let your own sets tell you which pieces to pull, biggest first, so you end up with finished sets not tidy piles.
How to Check a Used LEGO® Set Is Complete Before You Buy
A practical checklist for whether a used set is complete — and the fastest way to see exactly which pieces are missing before money changes hands.
How to Rebuild a LEGO® Set When Pieces Are Mixed Up
The method for rebuilding LEGO® sets from one mixed pile: sort by colour, bag by set, let every set advance together, then finish the last few per cent by hand.
LEGO® Colours: Light Bluish Gray vs Dark Bluish Gray
Why LEGO greys confuse everyone, how to tell Light Bluish Gray from Dark Bluish Gray, the 2004 colour change behind the mess, and how to stop misfiling them when you sort.