Educational and Dacta Serious Play

LEGO® Serious Play / BuildToExpress Mini Kit

The Serious Play / BuildToExpress Mini Kit belongs to the educational range from LEGO® and was released in 2011. It holds 57 pieces intended for workshops and facilitation.

Set number
9338
Year
2011
Pieces
57
Minifigures
0
Different parts
46
What can I build with it?

View the official building instructions at LEGO® ↗

Parts list 46

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Description

Bricks as a thinking tool

Serious Play is a method in which participants express their thoughts with bricks instead of just talking about them. The Mini Kit supplies a small selection of parts from which each participant builds a model of their own. With 57 pieces the amount is kept deliberately small so that the task can be done quickly. The idea behind it is that anyone who builds something automatically tells a story about it, and that makes conversations in teams or training sessions livelier than a slide.

Many shapes, few pieces

The variety stands out: 34 different shapes are hidden among the 57 pieces. That is unusual for a small set and comes from the fact that the selection is meant to offer ways of expressing ideas, not to produce one particular model. Red, yellow, white and black are the main colours and give clear contrasts that make ideas easy to show. There are no minifigures, but there are elements that can serve as symbols. You will find all parts with colours and quantities in the list on this page.

Made for working, not for following steps

A classic building guide is not part of the concept, because participants build freely in response to a question. That is why the set interests facilitators, teachers and teams who want to try new ways of working together. Collectors also pick it up, since educational sets rarely show up in ordinary shops. If you use the pieces privately, you can treat them as a colourful mixture for freestyle experiments, with no rules and no goal.

Parts in your own stock

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FAQ

How many pieces does the Mini Kit have?
The set has 57 pieces in 34 different shapes. No minifigures are included.
What is it used for?
It is meant for workshops using the Serious Play method, where participants express ideas as models.
Which colours are included?
Mostly red, yellow, white and black. The exact split is shown in the parts list.

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