Rubik's Famous Magic Cube in Lego Form

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Rubik's Famous Magic Cube in Lego Form

Posted by Zonk on Saturday October 23, 2004 @05:30AM from the clicky-connecty-cubage dept.

addaon writes "I just came across a successful attempt to construct a Rubik's cube entirely out of Lego. It's an interesting companion to the Lego Rubik's solver featured some time ago."

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Thanks a lot by Pan+T.+Hose · 2004-10-23 05:32 · Score: 4, Funny

Now when I have almost finished with my old (simplified) Rubik's cube after years of frustration, now I will have a new thing to "play" with. Thanks a lot!

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Massive by themoodykid · 2004-10-23 05:40 · Score: 5, Informative

The thing weighs 3kg! Maybe you could build up your wrist muscles while solving this thing.
1. Re:Massive by drinkypoo · 2004-10-23 05:42 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  Methinks there are some other problems slashdotters are more likely to solve which also build up your wrist muscles.
  
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2. Re:Massive by Rosco+P.+Coltrane · 2004-10-23 05:56 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  Not to worry, if the thing doesn't work as a Rubik's cube, the builder can always stick this Lego creation next to it and reenact Picard vs the Borg.
  
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Cool by nounderscores · 2004-10-23 05:40 · Score: 4, Funny

Next, we need to create The Cube out of lego and abduct people to put into it.
All that work for nothing by Rosco+P.+Coltrane · 2004-10-23 05:48 · Score: 4, Funny

They didn't need to go to such lengths just to have a Rubik's cube that can be dismantled and rearranged when nobody is looking, the original thing had stickers that were easily peeled off and reglued to solve the cube.

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Re:Scramble it... by satanicat · 2004-10-23 05:53 · Score: 4, Funny

by picking the the colored plates off it and placing them on in order?? =)

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Successful? by Anonymous Coward · 2004-10-23 05:55 · Score: 5, Informative

He hasn't created a working Rubix cube. The gigantic monstrosity which requires belts on every movement layer to prevent it falling apart is not a working Rubix cube. At best, and the site openly admits this, it is a model or a prototype.
Adult (fan of) LEGO by Anonymous Coward · 2004-10-23 06:32 · Score: 5, Funny

The author of the article calls himself an "adult fan of LEGO". Well, I'm a fan of adult LEGO!
Ye gods. by Fortran+IV · 2004-10-23 06:40 · Score: 4, Funny

Just when I think the nerd community cannot surprise me any more, along comes something like this article. Not only is there a CAD system for building with LEGO, there are enough of them to justify a common graphic interface for them. Jeez Louise.
Perhaps the universe has a reason for giving us such lousy social skills. If we ever really worked together, turned all that creativity and ingenuity to a single purpose, we'd have already built the Earth Mark II by now (probably from LEGO), and uncovered the Ultimate Question: How many licks does it take to get to the Tootsie Roll center of a Tootsie Pop?

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Slightly less enormous lego cube by jerkface · 2004-10-23 06:44 · Score: 5, Interesting

I know a guy who did a slightly smaller cube based on a different design. His page includes a short video showing the cube in operation.
More uniquely, the same guy also has what is probably the world's only complete page on lego logic circuits.

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