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Incredibly amusing device made of LEGOs

MicrocontrolledMicrocontrolled Posts: 2,461
edited 2011-07-29 12:37 in General Discussion
http://www.wimp.com/massivelego/

Watch the whole video, it's awesome. Just when you think it's going to stop, it keeps going. I have to say this is one of the coolest things I've seen constructed entirely out of legos.

Comments

  • Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi)Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi) Posts: 23,514
    edited 2011-04-21 15:53
    That one video is a veritable conveyor system textbook! I don't know that I've ever seen such a variety of conveyance, singulation, sorting, and collector/distributor mechanisms in one place before. (I'm especially fond of the shuffalos!) Thanks for posting, Micro!

    -Phil
  • ercoerco Posts: 20,259
    edited 2011-04-21 16:10
    Solid gold, uC!
  • Martin_HMartin_H Posts: 4,051
    edited 2011-04-21 17:33
    Thanks for posting. My son loved it and we're both in awe. Building with Lego is not easy and that was a lot of work.
  • TtailspinTtailspin Posts: 1,326
    edited 2011-04-21 17:35
    Solid Gold indeed. :thumb:

    Looks like You would need a whole bunch of friends to help put that Monster together.

    Very nice find Micro.

    Regards
    Tommy
  • kwinnkwinn Posts: 8,697
    edited 2011-04-21 22:44
    Rube Goldberg, eat your heart out....just amazing.
  • Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi)Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi) Posts: 23,514
    edited 2011-04-21 22:57
    kwinn wrote:
    Rube Goldberg, eat your heart out....just amazing.
    And for our friends in the UK who aren't familiar with Mr. Goldberg's work, substitute "Heath Robinson." :)

    -Phil
  • Peter KG6LSEPeter KG6LSE Posts: 1,383
    edited 2011-04-22 18:58
    jawdrop.jpg

    That's all I got to say ..

    Peter
  • HollyMinkowskiHollyMinkowski Posts: 1,398
    edited 2011-04-23 10:04
    10rog7s.gif
  • icepuckicepuck Posts: 466
    edited 2011-04-23 16:12
    With that level of complexity it makes me believe that Lego's could one day make Legos;)
    -dan
  • WhitWhit Posts: 4,191
    edited 2011-04-23 16:39
    My son and I loved this. Thanks for posting!
  • ScribblerKartScribblerKart Posts: 45
    edited 2011-04-23 16:41
    Doh.JPG


    That's I what I have to say!!!!! :lol:
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  • Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi)Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi) Posts: 23,514
    edited 2011-04-23 16:42
    Except for the extruder itself, you could probably make a Rep Rap with Legos. Then stand back, and watch out! (It would probably be more suited for making Duplo blocks, though.)

    -Phil
  • ercoerco Posts: 20,259
    edited 2011-04-23 18:00
    Notice the blinking PING logo in the middle of Holly's animated GIF? It blinks once each time a PING is sold. As Matt G affably quipped about his 10-PING base, "PING futures are UP" !
  • Mike GMike G Posts: 2,702
    edited 2011-04-23 18:15
    That is really cool... thanks for sharing.
  • RavenkallenRavenkallen Posts: 1,057
    edited 2011-04-23 20:33
    That was probably the coolest thing i have ever seen!!!!!!:). Right on up there with the huge indoor model train yard that somebody posted up a while back. The level of detail is just amazing!
  • w4fejw4fej Posts: 264
    edited 2011-04-24 08:36
    Ok, I'm not easily impressed, but damn!!!! :cool:

    Mike B.
  • Matt GillilandMatt Gilliland Posts: 1,406
    edited 2011-04-24 16:30
    Way cool Microcontrolled! But now I got a problem (it's your fault)...

    My 10 and 14 yr old boys want to build it. Yes they have a lot of lego's. No they don't have enough to duplicate that. And No, I don't make enough $ to buy all that's required.

    Looks like - if they really want to do it - there'll be a lot of lawns to mow this summer!

    And Yes, Ping futures are way, way up thanks to subliminal messages like Holly's post!

    -Matt
  • skylightskylight Posts: 1,915
    edited 2011-04-25 18:23
    Amazing! ok first prize to the person that can name how many bricks were used :lol:
  • Heater.Heater. Posts: 21,230
    edited 2011-04-26 03:01
    Very good.

    But then there is this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7VxCl6w3HS0
  • jaegjaeg Posts: 156
    edited 2011-04-26 07:56
    So that's how they make those little balls.
  • davidsaundersdavidsaunders Posts: 1,559
    edited 2011-04-27 09:18
    Well Legos have a long way since I was a kid. WOW, WOAH, HUH. That is truely mind-blowing. I think I will stick to the easy stuff (like making the Propeller do things way beyond what it was ever designed for), that type of Lego project is just way to complex.
  • Dr_AculaDr_Acula Posts: 5,484
    edited 2011-04-28 07:41
    Very impressive. And a toy like this could lead to a job. I know someone who builds these sorts of things for a living. Along come Kraft and say - "build us a machine to wrap this block of cheese" and if you can do that, you can pocket a million dollars.
  • graffixgraffix Posts: 389
    edited 2011-07-29 10:17
    yes kraft has machines for that already.love the build its genius
  • schillschill Posts: 741
    edited 2011-07-29 11:22
    LEGO ball machines are pretty popular a LEGO conventions/meetings. Individuals build modules that are then linked when they get together.
  • piguy101piguy101 Posts: 248
    edited 2011-07-29 12:37
    That is pretty amazing. Now only if the cameraman zoomed out for a minute so you could see the whole thing...
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