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I’ve been “getting back into” Lego recently. I have always been a huge Lego fan since I was a kid. I still have a giant tub of Lego from when I was younger and I’ve been recently buying new sets and having a great time with it. I tend to gravitate towards building more interactive [...]

I came across an amazing Lego gear tutorial earlier today. While a lot of the information is familiar to me, it’s written in a very concise way that I think a lot of people will benefit from.
Sariel’s Gear Tutorial
This information has a lot of fundamental overlap with pulleys, drive trains in cars and other gear-related [...]

Today I received an order of Power Functions components from Lego and the order was a bit messed up. I had ordered two of the following:

Power Functions XL-Motor
Power Functions M-Motor
Power Functions IR Receiver
Power Functions IR Remote Control
Power Functions Extension Wire 20”

Instead, I received the following:

0x Power Functions XL-Motor
3x Power Functions M-Motor
1x Power Functions IR Receiver
2x [...]

Something very exciting is happening in 2010. While that’s a very open-ended claim, I’m just going to jump to the chase — Lego is reintroducing pneumatics in their Technics line.
After many years of requests from consumers and fans, the Lego Technic Log Loader 8049 will include pneumatic components in a mainline Lego set-

2 pneumatic cylinders
2 [...]

I’ve been quite obsessed with Lego in the recent past. Frankly, I’ve been obsessed with Lego for more than 20 years, but the recent past has seen a resurgence in that obsession.
Not that long ago, I shot a time-lapse of a Lego 8294 Excavator build. It was a fun learning experience (the shoot), but [...]

Since winter won’t release its icy grip on New England, there’s no fun bugs and critters to take photos of. I was able to snap a bunch of frames at the random spider that apparently lives in the apartment, but I haven’t seen him since.
I figure I gotta make some opportunities (and need to [...]

When not working, I’ve been spending a lot of time building lego sets and tooling around with a tank concept.
The inspiration comes from this awesome tank bot created by Brian Davis:

I’ve been able to build the basic shooting mechanism and have prototyped a track as well. I need some additional parts before I can build [...]

I built the Lego 8294 Excavator set and took a series of photos to make a time lapse.
While the video isn’t the greatest thing ever (I haven’t really done this before today!), I wanted to share it. I figure this is the only way I’ll learn.
Enjoy!