Comments on: Fully automatic Lego Gears of War rubberband assault rifle http://boingboing.net/2011/10/01/fully-automatic-lego-gears-of-war-rubberband-assault-rifle.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sun, 19 May 2013 00:56:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Cleveland Moore http://boingboing.net/2011/10/01/fully-automatic-lego-gears-of-war-rubberband-assault-rifle.html#comment-1232488 Cleveland Moore Mon, 03 Oct 2011 00:26:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=121302#comment-1232488 wonder how bad the cops would beat you if they saw it lying in the floor board of your car until they found out what it really was? wonder how bad the cops would beat you if they saw it lying in the floor board of your car until they found out what it really was?

]]> By: Mister44 http://boingboing.net/2011/10/01/fully-automatic-lego-gears-of-war-rubberband-assault-rifle.html#comment-1231984 Mister44 Sun, 02 Oct 2011 03:26:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=121302#comment-1231984 Lego madness? This! Is! Awesome! Lego madness? This! Is! Awesome!

]]> By: anderalert http://boingboing.net/2011/10/01/fully-automatic-lego-gears-of-war-rubberband-assault-rifle.html#comment-1231918 anderalert Sat, 01 Oct 2011 23:47:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=121302#comment-1231918 Awesome! Finally an explanation for why the Lancer is so damn big. Yes, it is all Lego. And the no-talking demo is also a cool Lego thing, like the games. Sure beats most of the youtoob long winded b.s. Win. Awesome! Finally an explanation for why the Lancer is so damn big. Yes, it is all Lego. And the no-talking demo is also a cool Lego thing, like the games. Sure beats most of the youtoob long winded b.s. Win.

]]> By: gijoel http://boingboing.net/2011/10/01/fully-automatic-lego-gears-of-war-rubberband-assault-rifle.html#comment-1231908 gijoel Sat, 01 Oct 2011 23:29:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=121302#comment-1231908 Mars: Bringer of Lego. Mars: Bringer of Lego.

]]> By: Petzl http://boingboing.net/2011/10/01/fully-automatic-lego-gears-of-war-rubberband-assault-rifle.html#comment-1231789 Petzl Sat, 01 Oct 2011 20:48:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=121302#comment-1231789 <i>This is not your father's fully automatic Lego rubberband assault rifle!</i> This is not your father’s fully automatic Lego rubberband assault rifle!

]]> By: newe1344 http://boingboing.net/2011/10/01/fully-automatic-lego-gears-of-war-rubberband-assault-rifle.html#comment-1231732 newe1344 Sat, 01 Oct 2011 19:39:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=121302#comment-1231732 haha this dude is pretty smart haha this dude is pretty smart

]]> By: petsounds http://boingboing.net/2011/10/01/fully-automatic-lego-gears-of-war-rubberband-assault-rifle.html#comment-1231726 petsounds Sat, 01 Oct 2011 19:35:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=121302#comment-1231726 I read the Youtube title as Lego Cancer Assault Rifle. I guess I've heard too much dying from cancer recently. If only we could invent a gun for that. I read the Youtube title as Lego Cancer Assault Rifle. I guess I’ve heard too much dying from cancer recently. If only we could invent a gun for that.

]]> By: Machinebot http://boingboing.net/2011/10/01/fully-automatic-lego-gears-of-war-rubberband-assault-rifle.html#comment-1231690 Machinebot Sat, 01 Oct 2011 18:42:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=121302#comment-1231690 This kid(?) needs to pursue a career in Engineering. Interchangeable, multi-shot magazines? That's pretty impressive. This kid(?) needs to pursue a career in Engineering. Interchangeable, multi-shot magazines? That’s pretty impressive.

]]> By: Brian Easton http://boingboing.net/2011/10/01/fully-automatic-lego-gears-of-war-rubberband-assault-rifle.html#comment-1231665 Brian Easton Sat, 01 Oct 2011 17:56:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=121302#comment-1231665 Moving the selector all the way down makes it fire all the bands at once. As far as Technic goes there was hardly any non-standard pieces used and Lego Technic is still Lego. Moving the selector all the way down makes it fire all the bands at once.

As far as Technic goes there was hardly any non-standard pieces used and Lego Technic is still Lego.

]]> By: PrettyBoyTim http://boingboing.net/2011/10/01/fully-automatic-lego-gears-of-war-rubberband-assault-rifle.html#comment-1231652 PrettyBoyTim Sat, 01 Oct 2011 17:32:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=121302#comment-1231652 How can you call it 'not Lego'? The only non-Lego parts I could see were the rubber bands. If you'd skipped ahead in the video, you'd have seen a section where he shows it disassembled. It's all Lego. How can you call it ‘not Lego’? The only non-Lego parts I could see were the rubber bands. If you’d skipped ahead in the video, you’d have seen a section where he shows it disassembled.

It’s all Lego.

]]> By: jeligula http://boingboing.net/2011/10/01/fully-automatic-lego-gears-of-war-rubberband-assault-rifle.html#comment-1231649 jeligula Sat, 01 Oct 2011 17:17:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=121302#comment-1231649 This is a gorgeous piece of plastic engineering, but it appeared to me that very few standard Lego blocks were utilized in its construction.  I would therefore hesitate to call it a Lego gun.  Also, it appears to be semi-automatic, not fully automatic.  I didn't watch the whole video as it was slow, dry and uninteresting after the initial reveal, but the demonstration of the "action" showed no fully automatic capabilities.  Am I wrong?  I couldn't see spending eight minutes watching the entire thing. This is a gorgeous piece of plastic engineering, but it appeared to me that very few standard Lego blocks were utilized in its construction.  I would therefore hesitate to call it a Lego gun.  Also, it appears to be semi-automatic, not fully automatic.  I didn’t watch the whole video as it was slow, dry and uninteresting after the initial reveal, but the demonstration of the “action” showed no fully automatic capabilities.  Am I wrong?  I couldn’t see spending eight minutes watching the entire thing.

]]> By: bnewbold http://boingboing.net/2011/10/01/fully-automatic-lego-gears-of-war-rubberband-assault-rifle.html#comment-1231644 bnewbold Sat, 01 Oct 2011 17:08:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=121302#comment-1231644 See also this amazing presentation by Eric from Instructables at the Open Hardware Summit this year on K'nex guns:  http://www.openhardwaresummit.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/2011-09-15-Open-Hardware-Summit-small.pdfawesome punchline: http://www.instructables.com/id/X985-VIVISECTOR/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AY5027bPGhk See also this amazing presentation by Eric from Instructables at the Open Hardware Summit this year on K’nex guns: 
http://www.openhardwaresummit.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/2011-09-15-Open-Hardware-Summit-small.pdfawesome

punchline: http://www.instructables.com/id/X985-VIVISECTOR/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AY5027bPGhk

]]> By: bcsizemo http://boingboing.net/2011/10/01/fully-automatic-lego-gears-of-war-rubberband-assault-rifle.html#comment-1231636 bcsizemo Sat, 01 Oct 2011 16:51:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=121302#comment-1231636 Only 4 or so shots per cartridge...? I think the previous Lego gun warfare was much more impressive: http://boingboing.net/2011/01/26/happy-100th-birthday.html Only 4 or so shots per cartridge…?

I think the previous Lego gun warfare was much more impressive:
http://boingboing.net/2011/01/26/happy-100th-birthday.html

]]> By: Caspian Roach http://boingboing.net/2011/10/01/fully-automatic-lego-gears-of-war-rubberband-assault-rifle.html#comment-1231621 Caspian Roach Sat, 01 Oct 2011 16:24:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=121302#comment-1231621 Now he'll need a lot of LEGO bricks to build a ton of chest-high walls. Now he’ll need a lot of LEGO bricks to build a ton of chest-high walls.

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