Building a Working LEGO Typewriter

Lori Dorn
January 27, 2026

Koenkun Bricks shared how he built a fully working typewriter out of LEGO bricks after finding that the original LEGO old school typewriter did not actually type out words. After numerous attempts and pieces borrowed from the original, his version of the LEGO typewriter was remarkably able to type words onto the sheet of LEGO “paper”.

Lego once released a typewriter set but it only mimicked the functions of a typewriter, since then I have always wondered if you could build a working typewriter only using LEGO bricks so today I’m trying to do just that.

The Original LEGO Typewriter

An Old School LEGO Typewriter

via The Awesomer

Lori Dorn

Lori is a Laughing Squid Contributing Editor based in New York City who has been writing blog posts for over a decade. She also enjoys making jewelry, playing guitar, taking photos and mixing craft cocktails.