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  • #23007
    Josh
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      I heard him say that it cost him 1800 pounds, which is over $2300, but its still not big enough to ride!

      he said 80 to 100 pounds.

      #23008
      Greg Schubert
      Participant

        he said 80 to 100 pounds

        damn British people can’t speak their own language!

        #23009
        Matt Redfield
        Participant

          tl;dw. But good on him for confusing Greg and building a thing that’s #embiggened.

          #23011
          Greg Schubert
          Participant

            Ok then, what would it cost to 3D print the letters of a gigantic word in blue that LOOKS like it is made out of individual LEGO bricks and to which real yellow bricks could be glued?

            #23012
            Matt Redfield
            Participant

              THREADJACKIN… well, actually, more like Threadmerging, or crossing the streams…

              But actually, I like your thinking, Greg. May or may not work, but it’s worth considering for Project Panther… lemme cross-reference your idea so it shows up in that thread.

              #25063
              Josh
              Keymaster
                #26692
                Josh
                Keymaster

                  Railway System: Debut layout

                  wow. and to make all the instructions available too.

                  #26693
                  Greg Schubert
                  Participant

                    It reminds me of a toy my kids had a long time ago 🙂

                    Its very impressive. from watching the video I cannot even ascertain the fundamental motor / battery combination he is using. However, the motors in each of the vehicles seem to be running the devices while the vehicles are stationary.

                    #26694
                    Matt Redfield
                    Participant

                      wow. and to make all the instructions available too.

                      @bengood921 wishes his GBC ran that well…

                      And we should totally build one of these, for the learning experience. @zaximillian loves that sort of thing.

                      #26934
                      Josh
                      Keymaster

                        worth watching to the end…there’s more.

                        #27213
                        Benjamin C Good
                        Participant

                          << worth watching to the end…there’s more.

                          This one had been on my list of things to watch for awhile and I finally got around to it. Josh is right, initially it looks like they’ve mostly got it covered in the first four minutes of its 22-minute run-time, but you definitely wanna stick around to the end (fortunately Hanlon keeps things moving by asking the questions we were all wondering about). I don’t wanna give any direct spoilers, but it reminded me of the documentary on Henry Darger (go look it up), even before I got to the later part, I was thinking to myself, if this guy had never shared his Lego builds with anybody before he died, he would totally be the Henry Darger of Lego.

                          #27234
                          Greg Schubert
                          Participant

                            Henry Darger

                            What an obscure, albeit interesting, person. How do you even know about this?

                            #27235
                            Tim
                            Moderator

                              The statue which can be seen at 19:30 is really cool. But holy crap, what a collection of light gray brick! To have all that tied up in an “old build”. Whew!

                              #38145
                              Josh
                              Keymaster

                                akiyuki is just down right amazing. these are so awesome. so many applications!

                                #38146
                                Greg Schubert
                                Participant

                                  akiyuki is just down right amazing

                                  So he clearly has an amazing grasp of this technology, which I certainly do not. At first I was perplexed by these little autonomous machine running with a motor and a sensor but no intelligent brick / brain. Honestly, I still don’t completely get it but it appears that the programming for each automaton is remotely controlled by an ipad. Reading the comments, I came to understand that right now the software can only control one motor (“Powered up”, not “Power Functions”) at a time. So he needed three ipads to control three carts.

                                  If you find watching this video somewhat mesmerizing there is a toy my boys had, the Big Loader Construction Set, that is fun to watch. The original design was from the 70’s, as can be seen in this video: https://youtu.be/Pfo_yIQgpnM?t=165

                                  #38149
                                  Tim
                                  Moderator

                                    Big Loader Construction Set

                                    Had the Big Loader toy as a child. I think it’s still at my parent’s house. 🙂

                                    #38150
                                    Greg Schubert
                                    Participant

                                      Holy smokes, I posted almost the same video three years ago in this same thread! I thought you had to be a lot older to tell the same stories repeatedly.

                                      #41005
                                      Josh
                                      Keymaster

                                        he’s at it again. i watched the whole thing and still so amazed.

                                        #41009
                                        Rich Millich
                                        Participant

                                          Mmmmmmm, I looooove me some LEGO math. This is how you get more and more interesting off-stud and off-angle builds going.

                                          BREAK THE CUBE.

                                          #63818
                                          Josh
                                          Keymaster

                                            Rise, thread, RISE!

                                            #63819
                                            Tim
                                            Moderator

                                              3 and a half years silent, then BAM. Josh pulls it back to the top. 😀

                                              #63820
                                              Greg Schubert
                                              Participant

                                                re: LEGO treadmill – it would have been a lot easier to accomplish the same result with stop motion photography. 😀

                                                #63855
                                                Ken Soriano-Clark
                                                Participant

                                                  This is an cool way to build snot walls – jump to 9:30 for the thin SNOT wall design.

                                                  #63857
                                                  Greg Schubert
                                                  Participant

                                                    the thin SNOT wall design

                                                    a great technique to save for a rainy day

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