Photo credit: Geoff Vlcek Photography
This may not be the first working LEGO pinball machine, but it’s definitely one of the most feature-packed ones we’ve come across. Trying to build a functional pinball machine from scratch using standard electronics is tricky enough, just imagine the work that went into this incredible LEGO creation.
Created by Bre Burns, this piece took between 200-300 hours to complete, and is powered by LEGO Mindstorm NXT parts, while the rubber bands were sourced from LEGO Technic, and the steel pinball was pulled from a LEGO Mindstorm kit, all without gluing, screwing, or fabrication of any kind.
- BUILD IT, THEN ACTUALLY PLAY IT: Most STEM kits get built once and shelved. This one becomes a real working arcade machine with spring launcher...
- LEARN REAL ENGINEERING BY DOING: Assemble levers, springs and ramps and see momentum, energy transfer and mechanical advantage work in your hands.
- FOR KIDS, TEENS AND ADULTS ALIKE: A satisfying mechanical model kit for ages 8 to 99. Kids build it with a parent, teens build it solo, and adults get...
The mosaic parts were created by overlaying a digital LEGO grid, created by a computer program that Bre’s fiancee uses at work, onto images. The program was then used to place digital bricks into the images to get the right looks and part-counts. Printouts were used as blueprints,” according to Brothers-Brick.
