Getting Red Bricks Quickly

NOTE: There's a new way to get red, blue and yellow bricks quickly. Read the LEGO Club Magazine Badge post.

Starting out on MyLEGO Network can be hard because of the need for so many red bricks. If you only have one LEGO Tree on your home page, there's only so much you can do in a day. And buying more LEGO Tree's is expensive (51 red bricks!) so adding trees takes a long time too.

The trick is use the Gallery Module Rank 2. It displays any Gallery photos you have uploaded, and grows 15 red bricks per day! This is different than the Gallery Module that you start with by default. That one doesn't grow red bricks, it just displays your Gallery photos.

Not only does the Gallery Module Rank 2 grow bricks faster than the LEGO Tree Module, it is also much cheaper at a cost of only 5 red bricks to build. Stuff your home page with as many Galleries as you can fit and you'll have an endless supply of red bricks!

So where do you get the blueprint you ask? You need to make friends with an obscure Networker called F.Stop Clikzgerald and send him an apple. He will reply with the Gallery Module Rank 2 blueprint.

Of course the key to making the Gallery work is to have photos uploaded to your Lego account. If you have never done this before, don't worry, be happy. It's quite easy to do. First you need photos of any LEGO contraptions you have made. The picture cannot include yourself or any people or any competing products to Lego, such as K'Nex, PlayMobile, whatever.

To upload, go to LEGO Club Cool Creations and click the upload link on the left. I'm not sure what the naming rules are, but for me it only worked if my creation name was all one word. It takes a couple hours for someone to check out your creation before you can display on your page. Once they're checked out, the Gallery Modules are ready to grow!

HINT: It takes a few hours (or a day) for someone at LEGO to check your photo. Don't wait to put the Gallery on your page. Even though it may appear blank, red bricks are accumulating. When your photos are finally ready, you will get a big pile of bricks to start!

The cost for the Gallery blueprint is 1 red brick (1 apple) plus 5 red bricks to make each Gallery. That's a lot better way to get started than paying 51 red bricks for a LEGO Tree Module!!