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August 28, 2017 at 6:43 pm #23007
JoshKeymasterI 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.
August 28, 2017 at 9:14 pm #23008
Greg SchubertParticipanthe said 80 to 100 pounds
damn British people can’t speak their own language!
August 28, 2017 at 10:22 pm #23009
Matt RedfieldKeymastertl;dw. But good on him for confusing Greg and building a thing that’s #embiggened.
August 29, 2017 at 9:17 am #23011
Greg SchubertParticipantOk 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?
August 29, 2017 at 9:27 am #23012
Matt RedfieldKeymasterTHREADJACKIN… 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.
December 27, 2017 at 4:37 pm #25063
JoshKeymasterApril 9, 2018 at 8:31 pm #26692
JoshKeymasterwow. and to make all the instructions available too.
April 9, 2018 at 9:27 pm #26693
Greg SchubertParticipantIt 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.
April 9, 2018 at 10:15 pm #26694
Matt RedfieldKeymasterwow. 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.
April 29, 2018 at 11:24 pm #26934
JoshKeymasterworth watching to the end…there’s more.
May 16, 2018 at 8:35 pm #27213
Benjamin C GoodParticipant<< 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.
May 17, 2018 at 6:27 pm #27234
Greg SchubertParticipantHenry Darger
What an obscure, albeit interesting, person. How do you even know about this?
May 17, 2018 at 9:12 pm #27235
TimModeratorThe 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!
January 12, 2021 at 9:56 pm #38145
JoshKeymasterakiyuki is just down right amazing. these are so awesome. so many applications!
January 14, 2021 at 1:59 pm #38146
Greg SchubertParticipantakiyuki 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
January 14, 2021 at 6:32 pm #38149
TimModeratorBig Loader Construction Set
Had the Big Loader toy as a child. I think it’s still at my parent’s house. 🙂
January 14, 2021 at 7:32 pm #38150
Greg SchubertParticipantHoly 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.
September 20, 2021 at 3:59 pm #41005
JoshKeymasterhe’s at it again. i watched the whole thing and still so amazed.
September 21, 2021 at 8:34 am #41009
Rich MillichParticipantMmmmmmm, 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.
March 28, 2025 at 1:58 pm #63818
JoshKeymasterRise, thread, RISE!
March 28, 2025 at 4:54 pm #63819
TimModerator3 and a half years silent, then BAM. Josh pulls it back to the top. 😀
March 28, 2025 at 5:23 pm #63820
Greg SchubertParticipantre: LEGO treadmill – it would have been a lot easier to accomplish the same result with stop motion photography. 😀
April 1, 2025 at 8:06 am #63855
Ken Soriano-ClarkParticipantThis is an cool way to build snot walls – jump to 9:30 for the thin SNOT wall design.
April 1, 2025 at 8:48 am #63857
Greg SchubertParticipantthe thin SNOT wall design
a great technique to save for a rainy day
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