Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

Lego Trebuchet

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the i-think-i'm-gonna-hurl dept.

An anonymous reader submitted linkage to a trebuchet made of legos. Using australian coins for counterweights, it is able to throw a marble 50 feet or more. I wish they had some photos of it in action, and maybe some schematics for do it yourselfers, but regardless, looks like a fun project if you have a pile of legos and a 4-day weekend ;)

6 of 114 comments (clear)

  1. If only they made lego cows to throw by Cow_With_Gun · · Score: 5, Funny

    If only they made lego cows to throw. This will change my castle wars now though.

    --
    "And your both 6 months pregnant by Billy Ray Sirus" "Then why is mom showing and i'm not?" - Married With Children
  2. Australian Coins? by Lev13than · · Score: 5, Funny

    Of course, a major design flaw is the use of Australian coins, which only go about 56% as far as American ones.

    http://au.finance.yahoo.com/m5?a=1&s=AUD&t=USD

    --
    When you have nothing left to burn you must set yourself on fire
  3. distrubing trend in lego creations by Darth_brooks · · Score: 5, Funny

    So we've made a trebuchet out of lego bricks, but at what cost? Don't these mad men realise what they're combining? Weapons design, unlimited creativity, and lego bricks!

    A few more rungs up the evolutionary design ladder coupled with another advance or two in mindstorms and we'll be recreating the first ten minutes of Teminator 2. Only this time, instead of a steel chromed skull, it'll be a smiling yellow face.

    We're doomed.

    --
    There are some people that if they don't know, you can't tell 'em.
  4. awesome! by herrd0kt0r · · Score: 5, Funny

    but you can only build the lego trebuchet after you upgrade the lego blacksmithy to make the lego siege workshop.

    and don't forget to defend your lego trebuchet with lego archers and lego knights.

    AND LOOKOUT FOR THE LEGO ZERG!

  5. Lego French Knights by AgTiger · · Score: 5, Funny

    All we need now is the castle and Lego French Knights to taunt the English King and his men below...

    And a Lego Cow.

    RUN AWAY!!

  6. Australian gun laws by Alien54 · · Score: 5, Funny
    Given the draconian gun laws that were passed in Australia a few years back, this is what the australian criminal element has had to resort to.

    kinda sad really.

    --
    "It is a greater offense to steal men's labor, than their clothes"