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@@richfromtang I think such a build with a similar technique would need to be larger but would perhaps also impose somewhat less stress on the pieces? (Just guessing.)
Does it have an illegal building technic? Looks like it's just build to have a lot of movement. Might be more of an illegal structure then the classic illegal building technic.
@@andyjmorley Don't worry :D its not "illegal" as in you'll be arrested or sued or anything for building models in this way. But there are a series of guidelines that creators of official lego kits have to follow in order to get their design approved and published. Theres a few odd rules, but one of the main ones is you can't use bricks being "bent" as part of the design, or having bricks join at an unusual angle. This model uses a lot of small bends to get the unique shape. As it breaks the lego "laws", people call builds like this "illegal". I'm not sure if thats the official terminology, but you'll hear it a lot in places where people talk about lego. (additionally, I heard a rumour that some official kits from LEGO have building instructions that are technically illegal!)
@@andyjmorley Basically, any building technique that puts a lot of stress on the pieces is called "illegal" because it may cause the pieces themselves to break in some cases.
I love the 'oh' moments in these videos, usually when there's a sudden step-up in the size of the build (eg 2:45), but here also when I worked out what you were building (bc I happen to know three solid pentagons joined can't remain flat, so I figured was going to turn into a dodecahedron around the 4 minute mark). Wild as always, and I love me some platonic solids so a lego one is just 😍 (Now do a 24-cell 😉😂)
@@Delibro I said it because the cold is particularly hard on the joints, although I much prefer it above all. But I'm only 34, and my knees and hips have been playing symphonies since I was 15 so... I don't think age has anything to do with that 😹
My god, when you started wobbling it, I was sitting here sweating and begging you to please stop haha. Great build, even if it did give me an anxiety attack!
I have a feeling from the very start when he made the three way intersection, but was skeptical. Then he made the pentagon and was still skeptical... The moment he lifted one section up, I can't doubt anymore, the madlad actually made a big dodecahedron...
Here I was thinking he was building plant cells or some sort of bioweapon, but no, it's even more destructive. He's getting ready to Katamari up the whole city with that thing!
@@hiddenscorpiusXI The classical four (or five) elements are much older than the film Avatar... 😉 Ancient cultures in Greece, Angola, Tibet, India and Mali all have similar lists, so I mean much older. The order varies...
@@lenarsa66 Yes. However, it seems @dpatts was trying to make reference to "Avatar, the Last Airbender", an _animated series_ unrelated to the _film,_ where people that control the elements are called "Benders" (waterbender, earthbender, etc.), and the ability itself is called "Bending." The name of this channel is "Brick Bending," so dpatts intent is undeniable. Thanks for your attempt at schooling me. You can sit down now.
whenever you build a piece and then pull in identical copies, is it the first piece that you record being built or is it the last one? where the other pieces have all been built already by the time you record one or do you record one first before you start building more
I noticed that with intitial build at about 0:20, it creates three connected sections that can't interact with each other except through that point, which got me thinking about what if someone used that in a build to represent alternate dimensions.
2_Questions: 1__based on the stress level of the bricks, do you feel comfortable saying that this is the minimum possible size for this structure? 2__by using 5-sided corners, do you believe that an icosahedron could be made with shorter lengths between corners? PS: I just followed your link to the icosahedron video, & I'd forgotten that detail ... that you inverted the bricks! I usually take it for granted that the studs will always face OUTWARD ... what led you to change their orientation? PPS: Have you considered making it possible to shorten the "arms" by using an additional pair of hinge pieces between each pair of corners? The reduced level of brick stress might justify using fewer layers as well...?
2:55 is that the natural curve it ends up with these pieces in this config, or because you've been bending them so much they've become ever so slightly malformed ?
Out of curiosity.. How many of these green 1x2-sies are there in this build? Just a rough estimate would say... 7 layers, times 26 length per beam, times 30 beams... 5460... Not as much as I expected. Still a lot, though 🙂
Watching this just makes me think of organic chemistry. So many make me think of like crystals or simple molecules, but here I feel like we're starting with three molecules and working with compounds...
For all the details regarding this build, piece counts, etc: www.patreon.com/posts/lego-all-things-107845660
If you finish this journey and find yourself wanting more, you might be one of us : )
Consider joining us on Patreon for access to new, behind-the-scenes creation videos where I walk through this build process, some show and tell with predecessor of this design, and bonus footage that I didn't put in the final cut. Support levels start at $3 per month. Link in the description.
@@richfromtang I suspect it's just a matter of time
@@richfromtang I think such a build with a similar technique would need to be larger but would perhaps also impose somewhat less stress on the pieces? (Just guessing.)
Why so thick...
@@BrickBendingmake an icosahedron next
this is the first one I've seen where the bricks are actually fighting back and flinging themselves at the aggressor
I wonder how many times those gloves get caught between pieces
They're cloth and tight enough so probably not a lot, latex gloves would get caught a lot though
On a rare occasion, but I've become quite adept at working with them.
@BrickBending I also prefer to build with gloves on. Helps alot with the dusting...
What is the brand of the gloves? I would like to buy a pair.
Now you can roll for barbarian hit points!
I laughed out loud at that : )
@@BrickBending :)
It's like my life, trembling, falling to pieces and about to snap.
bro... you alright?
Are you green and made of pentagons too?
Dude you okay you need help?
So dramatic. You will be okay.
@@ChaosPootato😂
Me: I thought pentagons didn’t tesselate
BrickBending: they do,
*in 3D space*
i’m high as hell thinkin about how if lego decided to make their pegs squares instead of circles, none of this would be possible
@@sabrinaault well this one specifically would actually be possible.
No, no it wouldnt
@@rshtg2019wouldn't*
This one gave me a lot more anxiety than usual... 😬
me too
I was about to say exactly this. But this is the first one that makes me anxious. His other works are actually very relaxing to watch.
Especially because of lime lego. It has a reputation
I've watched enough of these videos that I can usually tell where they're going, but I had no idea for about the first four minutes of this video
May be illegal but it's very nice
Bit of a noob here, not understanding, but what makes it illegal?
Does it have an illegal building technic? Looks like it's just build to have a lot of movement.
Might be more of an illegal structure then the classic illegal building technic.
@@andyjmorley Don't worry :D its not "illegal" as in you'll be arrested or sued or anything for building models in this way. But there are a series of guidelines that creators of official lego kits have to follow in order to get their design approved and published. Theres a few odd rules, but one of the main ones is you can't use bricks being "bent" as part of the design, or having bricks join at an unusual angle.
This model uses a lot of small bends to get the unique shape. As it breaks the lego "laws", people call builds like this "illegal". I'm not sure if thats the official terminology, but you'll hear it a lot in places where people talk about lego.
(additionally, I heard a rumour that some official kits from LEGO have building instructions that are technically illegal!)
@@andyjmorley Basically, any building technique that puts a lot of stress on the pieces is called "illegal" because it may cause the pieces themselves to break in some cases.
@@andyjmorleyif it requires normally rigid pieces to bend or be under stress
Me who has been collecting lego for almost half a decade and I still can’t find any hinge pieces: 👁️👄👁️
that's like 4 years...
nah same
That's cause this guy bought them all
how do you not have any hinge pieces in find them in almost every set i have 😭
bricklink.com, but that is a rabbit hole that you might not emerge from
I like how you can already see the connections start to flex before the build has even started being fully assembled
I love the 'oh' moments in these videos, usually when there's a sudden step-up in the size of the build (eg 2:45), but here also when I worked out what you were building (bc I happen to know three solid pentagons joined can't remain flat, so I figured was going to turn into a dodecahedron around the 4 minute mark).
Wild as always, and I love me some platonic solids so a lego one is just 😍
(Now do a 24-cell 😉😂)
When I hear these creations squeak louder than my knees in winter I need to imagine this kind sir in white gloves wearing protective glasses 🤓👷
Your knees squeak in winter?
@Delibro They squeak in all seasons, I'm not so young anymore 😹
@@De-sonrosados-dedos Hehe I thought so, either in all seasons or not at all. I might approach that age in a few years too.
@@Delibro I said it because the cold is particularly hard on the joints, although I much prefer it above all. But I'm only 34, and my knees and hips have been playing symphonies since I was 15 so... I don't think age has anything to do with that 😹
Wound as tight as my nerves have been, awesome build!
Seeing lego jiggle is unsettling.
Isn't it?
It must be LEGO cuz jam don't shake like that...
Watch out, you might get a cease and desist letter from LEGO… 😂
They send someone by to rough me up on a regular basis.
Skipping C&D and going straight to the Pinkertons? Is this Lego or WotC?
This video is the epitome of "hol up, let him cook"
Edit: I feel like I just watched a clinical torture video
"The Dodecalicious!" -Fry, Futurama
My god, when you started wobbling it, I was sitting here sweating and begging you to please stop haha.
Great build, even if it did give me an anxiety attack!
The amount of jiggle that thing has is just CRAZY
Wow, great job filming this! To get the angles right for such a large and cumbersome build shows skill not just in building but filming as well
that moment when I realized you're building a mf dodecahedron was really hype
I have a feeling from the very start when he made the three way intersection, but was skeptical. Then he made the pentagon and was still skeptical... The moment he lifted one section up, I can't doubt anymore, the madlad actually made a big dodecahedron...
a large lego hollow green pentagon soccer ball isnt real, it cant hurt you.
*large lego hollow green pentagon soccer ball:*
😆
he was not lying, those bricks do be bending
3:18 i was thinking "yeah! one more wall and it'll be a perfect hexagon!" ...haha, nope. I sympathize with the stress those bricks are under.
At the moment I thought it was going to be a football. Even tighter, though. 🙂
Matt Parker/ Stand-up Maths needs to see this shape!
Oh finally someone who is interested in the same things I am
Here I was thinking he was building plant cells or some sort of bioweapon, but no, it's even more destructive. He's getting ready to Katamari up the whole city with that thing!
I can't believe how much I loved watching this! Outstanding job.
Earth, Air, Fire, Water, BRICK
...and not too much wind 'cause... 😲
Truth!
If you are gonna make an "Avatar" reference, at least get the order of the elements right.
@@hiddenscorpiusXI The classical four (or five) elements are much older than the film Avatar... 😉
Ancient cultures in Greece, Angola, Tibet, India and Mali all have similar lists, so I mean much older. The order varies...
@@lenarsa66 Yes. However, it seems @dpatts was trying to make reference to "Avatar, the Last Airbender", an _animated series_ unrelated to the _film,_ where people that control the elements are called "Benders" (waterbender, earthbender, etc.), and the ability itself is called "Bending." The name of this channel is "Brick Bending," so dpatts intent is undeniable.
Thanks for your attempt at schooling me. You can sit down now.
Bloody brilliant! Always exciting to watch.
I’m so happy you’re back
Man those Lego pieces were fightin’.
3d art made of Legos ❤❤❤ geometric shapes 😊😊😊. So cool
Welcome to the dark worlds of LEGO kusudama. Willing to try a Truncated Icosahedron? :)
You just sent me down a rabbit hole. Definitely intrigued.
I really got scared when it went black before you rolled it
Potential energy visualized
Early on i thought we were getting the traditional 12 pentagon 20 hexagon football.
Such a lot of work and a very impressive result!!
Geometrical shapes are so... fullfilling and satisfactory... can't explain... just is! 😊
We are kindred spirits.
It go boing
Actual insanity, so good
True on both counts
yes man! I was waitin this
whenever you build a piece and then pull in identical copies, is it the first piece that you record being built or is it the last one? where the other pieces have all been built already by the time you record one or do you record one first before you start building more
Living up to the channel name with this one.
Profoundly cursed build
Was not expecting that at 5:30
Never realized I could get anxiety from watching a Lego build
Damn impressive.
5:47 Fly Detected
i can imagine the Lego cave telling all of it Lego buddies on what it sees when he makes these vids😂
Give this enough time and it will grow out to atoms made of lego and eventually life made entirely out of lego
Now make it bounce, I wanna see it explode
I noticed that with intitial build at about 0:20, it creates three connected sections that can't interact with each other except through that point, which got me thinking about what if someone used that in a build to represent alternate dimensions.
loved it
8:32 that's mike wazowski
I loved the part where they said "it's bending time" and bent those bricks all over the place
next make a buckyball
Lego watching these videos must be like that "square hole" girl. Breaking... "bending" all the rules of Lego building. 🤣
Eventually this channel is going to level up enough in pushing LEGO to the limits they'll make a Metatron Cube.
2_Questions:
1__based on the stress level of the bricks, do you feel comfortable saying that this is the minimum possible size for this structure?
2__by using 5-sided corners, do you believe that an icosahedron could be made with shorter lengths between corners?
PS:
I just followed your link to the icosahedron video, & I'd forgotten that detail ... that you inverted the bricks!
I usually take it for granted that the studs will always face OUTWARD ... what led you to change their orientation?
PPS:
Have you considered making it possible to shorten the "arms" by using an additional pair of hinge pieces between each pair of corners? The reduced level of brick stress might justify using fewer layers as well...?
amazing
I'm always afraid these will break before they can be completed
My favorite? lego torture asmr
lovely
I enjoyed that!
2:55 is that the natural curve it ends up with these pieces in this config, or because you've been bending them so much they've become ever so slightly malformed ?
Beautiful when it becomes a 3D Lotus for a while 🌸
Genius
*Finishes video*
*sighs*
*proceeds to take apart all the pieces*
Probably he works for/in Lego... and there is a section dedicated as museum for his creations... never disassembled
Matt Parker would be proud!
Watching this video feels like something between AMSR, yoga, and torture.
Why can I feel their PAIN ? This is INHUMAN
They are living their best lives, I promise.
This is probably the strangest d12 I’ve ever seen..
Me to my friend while looking at his brother that built this: double dog dare you to kick it
At first I was confused, then all the pieces started to click into place for me.
Cool. Let's go make Earth.
"IT BELONGS IN A MUSEUM!"
I love your works. I want to assemble various geometric shapes like you. Where can I buy the gloves?
Thank you. And they are gloves for guitarists. Lots of options on Amazon.
Make it properly with hexagons and pentagons, it will be better
Lego: Build that down, build that down!
**jiggles bricks**
Out of curiosity.. How many of these green 1x2-sies are there in this build? Just a rough estimate would say... 7 layers, times 26 length per beam, times 30 beams... 5460... Not as much as I expected. Still a lot, though 🙂
Watching this just makes me think of organic chemistry. So many make me think of like crystals or simple molecules, but here I feel like we're starting with three molecules and working with compounds...
Barbarians about to roll for hp.
What Lego gives me when I was young?
Imagination, Creativity, Concentration, and bad fingernails
How much money do you spend on LEGOs? I'm curious
Roll for initiative and…
Boy do you take it - Randall munroe
Biggest d12 I ever seen
3:13: Oh, they're making a hexagon so it can tile! That's cool!
3:28: oh
He just wants to flex how many identical pieces he has
Brick god
Cool
I'd be more concerned over the stressing of the parts, but they're lime green, so it makes it a bit more bearable 😂 Not a color I particularly like.
Oh cool.. They're making a hexago.. That's a pentagon... Oh no.. That's.. Two pentagons, don't tell me they're gonna make a dodekahedron..
I want to build this but i dont have the pieces nor the patience
Terrence Howard is losing his mind.
1 x 1 = 2....
Is a 1x1 LEGO brick actually a 2?
@@BrickBending awesome!!
HOW DO U HAVE THAT MANY PIECES
This is the lego equivalent of man made horrors beyond our comprehension
Hou much time did you spend on this?
How much money did he spend on all those plates? :)
I get into the zone and lose track. But probably not that long.
Make a d20 next
Bravo🎉