Bending LEGO plates to my will

This build is the third in a series.
The first is a dodecahedron: • An unbelievable LEGO b...
The second is a rhombicuboctahedron: • Building a LEGO sphere
This build is a curved approximation of an icosahedron: en.wikipedia.o...
You may also recognize it as the the shape of the classic d20 in D&D. An icosahedaron has 12 vertices & 30 edges.
This video has a number of issues that I’m not particularly happy with-but I decided to release it anyway. Those issues partially stem from the filming process, but mostly it's the fact that the design isn't optimal, i.e. it needs to be improved and reincarnated. But I’m trying hard to not let perfection get in the way of showing you really interesting builds.
A couple of notes:
1. This build is 'studs in' because its curvature is fairly high, and this building technique bends more in that direction. It makes for an interesting look, although I'd love to see how big I have to make it in order to have the build be 'studs out'.
2. There was no hiding the fact that these plates have been part of a high stress build for many years. This meant that they have warped slightly in the direction of that stress (although you can't really tell by looking at them individually) and the plates have also lost some ‘clutch power’ (i.e. how snugly the studs fit inside other pieces). However neither of these facts are an issue once the build is fully assembled.
For builders who reuse their bricks over and over again, this degradation of the bricks is a non-starter, and I can appreciate that-it would make their normal building life difficult/unpleasant. For me, I am creating an icosahedron, and it will always be an icosahedron-so the warping of the bricks ultimately doesn’t matter. And as this build has survived many years, and yet still handled being torn apart, reassembled, spun, and rolled around--it just shows how tough and resilient these little bricks truly are. 😁
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Total pieces: 3240
- 1x2 plates (2940)
- hinge plate 1x4 swivel (120)
- 2x2 corner plates (180)
#LEGO #brickbending #legoart #geometricart #geometry #platonicsolid #icosahedron #d20

[@LotherLotheris]

I don't know what is the most impressive: - The creativity and quality of these builds; - The amount of work and patience to put those togheter; -Or just the fucktons of bricks he has in his possession in the very first place.

[@vinnykitty1983]

Last one

[@am_rzq6819]

@@vinnykitty1983 Defo the last one lmao

[@atlys258]

Yes 😂😂😂

[@trixter21992251]

no it's the lego figure that appears in every build

[@MARKYMARKSSPIDERSNBUGS]

Just thinking exactly that!

[@carteradams43]

"Bending LEGO plates to my will" he is a lego god and the title implies that he knows it

[@ob3vious]

A legod if you will

[@goofycker]

Can you also bend plate modified to your will?

[@yeetdope]

he has far surpassed god

[@joanmiguelromero5039]

Legomnipotent

[@somedude7633]

You know that something is horribly wrong with your child when they need gloves to play with their toys. Or for that matter, if they play with their toys so much that their hands have begun to bleed. The man is a psychopath.

[@theblackbabygoat6876]

This man can built a tesseract by himself and no one can stop him.

[@garrett3698]

Tesseracts are 4 dimensional. That is 3 dimensional.

[@JOOSTsAcc]

@@garrett3698no way Sherlock

[@berellevy2]

Using only 1x2 plates

[@fluttershy1529]

@@garrett3698 omg I never knew lmao I did also r/wooosh if you did hear it it’s the joke going past hence the woosh

[@robt.v.8688]

It won't be long before we have four dimensional Legos

[@ShiftingGrin]

5:04 is when this goes from 'funny bendy lego pieces' to 'oh I'm witnessing a sin'

[@derpyderp6719]

Above all else, what has impressed me is the fact those gloves stay on the whole time. It doesn't take much thickness to dampen the fingertip's sense of touch. And I would get annoyed trying to manipulate such small parts.

[@WackyrDrago]

You would be a fool to commit such heinous sins without some protection from the fires of hell

[@hiken_mmb1035]

That guy's everyday shopping trip be like: Potatoes Apples, Orange juice, 2.000.000.000x black 1 by 1 by 2 LEGO bricks, tea

[@theonly6blake911]

The LEGO store employee: “The usual sir?”

[@sprinkleman8103]

So just 2 black 1 by 1 by 2 LEGO bricks then? Since no matter how many decimal points you add at the end the number will not increase

[@hiken_mmb1035]

@@sprinkleman8103 Ever heard of different cultures? The comma is used as a decimalmark in germany, and the dot to make it easier readable. -_-

[@sprinkleman8103]

@@hiken_mmb1035 Well from my culture and others we use decimal marks to signify decimals. I didn’t know you were from a culture that uses decimal marks differently, if I knew i wouldn’t have said that -_-

[@nathoghazi5026]

inaccurate what about the other legoes

[@pinix98]

This Lego icosahedron might be the coolest Lego build I've ever seen

[@twicethegalo]

Ball.

[@benjaminwilliams1075]

Agreed!!!

[@panose6542]

More like an icosahedron based sphere, like how a soccer ball is based on a truncated icosohedron but Is still a sphere

[@raskzak3313]

Fun fact: you'll say it again

[@BrickBending]

Wait until I upgrade it in size. It's going to be epic. : )

[@matthewstralka5655]

Making a sphere out of legos that’s enough to get you on a watch list.

[@TerminianLinkVT]

If I'm not mistaken it is also one o0f the tests they require to be an official master builder at Lego itself. Though most examples are still blocky in some way. I'm just saying this guy may want to be on the look out for a job offer at Lego

[@5bars3g36]

@@TerminianLinkVT this particular example is ineligible because it uses "illegal" building techniques that put undue stresses on the components of the build that will cause accelerated wear of the pieces.

[@TerminianLinkVT]

@@5bars3g36 Ahh, the more you know

[@liambohl]

I would have never guessed one could build an icosahedron from LEGO. You are bringing my dreams to life.

[@illucidate3749]

When he put the last star piece on top, i was half expecting the entire assembly to pulse with power and start humming as it slowly began to levitate and spin

[@MishiMIshaniz]

These videos don't normally give me anxiety, but hearing all the stress in the pieces shifting is giving me a lot too

[@sventhiede6505]

That's a very interesting built, it got much larger than I anticipated from the beginning. Having the studs on the inside was a unique twist, also something I wasn't expecting. I also like how you kept in the small things when the bricks wouldn't cooperate properly and you had to fix things instead of editing it out and doing another take. Nobody is perfect, that's good to see.

[@BrickBending]

Thank you. I definitely have a perfectionist streak, but I think it's important to leave in flaws and wrinkles--particularly if they don't ruin the flow of the build. It keeps it real.

[@WifiThing]

@@BrickBending that's what I like about this KZbin channel. Even lego gods make mistakes.

[@elziemilum5880]

@@BrickBending Although no one is perfect, You are Really good at this. I Never knew how to do this with LEGO. And it is still Really cool. You should deserve more Subscribers at this point.

[@thetruthwithin1]

That final piece being snapped on was probably the most satisfying thing I'll see all week.

[@ghostchill2722]

This man be like: "You build with Bricks" "I bend Bricks too my will" "We are not the same"

[@DefenderTerrarian]

I saw the strait parts curving on their own and screamed, "NO!" I love your work, even if the creaking hurts inside.

[@ahchiu9]

If you were using hinges in a build, I knew it was going to be WILD. Was not disappointed. Haha. Great "fake out" with the more "standard" build at the beginning

[@BarioIDL]

now imagine a dyson sphere like this and every pieces is a detachable megastructure

[@vbgvbg1133]

This is the inbetween a dyson sphere and dyson swarm

[@bigmike-]

@@vbgvbg1133Where do Dyson Vacuums fit in though?

[@JohnUnsub]

@@bigmike- Well obviously they suck.

[@_EmperorWaluigi]

@@JohnUnsub lol

[@IcespherePlaysGames]

@@bigmike- Pretty much anywhere you could fit a normal vacuum. They have a small form factor and fit in most closets

[@pairofwhiskers4471]

In the end, I knew what was happening, I knew it shouldn’t be happening, yet I let it happen. It’s beautiful.

[@BlackSalamander439]

All those Lego bricks squeaking in pain will give me nightmares

[@AbuMaia01]

I never thought I'd see you use something as legal as hinge plates.

[@BrickBending]

Cleanest way to get 72 degree angles 👍🏻

[@fiarubold]

@@BrickBending you can't just bend a brick to whatever you want?

[@etonTEC]

@@fiarubold soon…

[@scottwhitman9868]

@@fiarubold he can he just devotes his transcendent energies to other things

[@darthvendar6841]

@@BrickBending the real magic of geometry is that you turned a 72° angle into a 90° angle.

[@sage5296]

LEGO d20 is sick, can't wait for the d100! (building the other common dice like d8, d10, d12 and d4 might be kinda interesting tho)

[@thatisjustgreat]

Imagine stepping on a Lego d4

[@mandelbot5318]

@@thatisjustgreat 1-4 HP dmg 😖

[@metroplexprime9901]

@@mandelbot5318 bro if you're stepping on a *_LEGO_* d4, you're going to be rolling a couple of d4s for necrotic damage. No armor is resistant to that.

[@yuki97kira]

"Roll me a performance check" *crashing of legos was heard"

[@upseguest]

its not a dice, its a spherical icosahedron.

[@mandelbot5318]

For all the amazing artistry, clever engineering and sheer audacity at work in these projects, the videos would be a lesser experience without the eventual appearance of the lil Lego caveman. I hope he gets the star treatment he so deserves. We love you, lil hairy spear-wielding dude.

[@BrickBending]

He constantly reminds me never to take anything too seriously. My partner in crime. : )

[@anshsgh6092]

i like the fact that he does it slowly, like a tutorial, even though no one has the amounte of bricks of the same type required.

[@CheckeeAintAmused]

That creaking and groaning as the plastic flexes sends shivers through me

[@ApocalypticAnarchy01]

This man is like the universe showing us how to make fractals with math, but in lego format. You cannot tell me this guy isn’t a lego fractal genius!!

[@ruohonleikkaaja]

That…isn’t a fractal?

[@ericraululyeetusdelyeetus5028]

Not quite a fractal but I appreciate the energy!!!!!!!

[@isetta4083]

I'm not too sure you know what a fractal is

[@VelaiciaCreator]

He's a math guy, and a geometric lego artist.

[@imaginerus]

This guy isn't a lego fractal genius.

[@penguin.f1]

Lets be honest here: our minds were thinking, *oh no, what is he gonna do next* while watching this video lol

[@begula_real]

Usually i only watch then do nothing, this time I'll give a like. Nice one!

[@missingtexturez]

anyone who thinks it's a normal build only sees the thumbnail and it's their first video

[@peachykeen53]

Literally me lol. This is my first exposure to the channel so I was unprepared

[@FezTheSpaceBiker]

The bricks have gained sentience. THEY'RE BENDING THEMSELVES. I REPEAT, THEY'RE BENDING THEMSELVES. LOCK YOUR DOORS, FORTIFY YOUR BASEMENTS. PROTECT YOUR CHILDREN.

[@BrickBending]

🤫they also tell me things...

[@BlackoutGootraxian]

@@BrickBending what things💀???

[@wettsokks9136]

This entire video fills me with potential energy

[@diogeek]

You can actually hear the cries of the Lego pieces barely bearing the tension they’re put under

[@Ezekielchar]

What evil magic is there for making the 2x1 bend on their own???

[@FlexDark]

I need to know this too!

[@sage5296]

it's the joints between the 2x1s, by using lots and lots and lots of 2x1s, each connection only bends a small amount, yet the structure as a whole bends very noticably

[@BrianPrendergast]

I read through comments just to find this out lol.

[@hesspet]

No magic. The same when you have a baseplate or a plate of eg. 32x32 and you put may small tiles or plates on one side. The baseplate comes up. If your base is weak, like his beams, it's a normal effect.

[@BrianPrendergast]

@@hesspet and to a magician magic is just slight of hand or misdirection but to the rest of us it's magical lol. Thanks for the info this was cool. Never thought I'd learn so much by watching Lego's being built.

[@craigelbagel0012]

It's so beautiful yet so illegal. I could stare at this for hours.

[@BrickBending]

The spinning is my favorite thing 🥰

[@h-Films]

I'm pretty sure this one only uses legal bending

[@UTJK.]

I've noticed that current lego pieces tend to bend inward... something I didn't remember was happening back in the day of my childhood.

[@missingtexturez]

@@h-Films so a curved line of rigid Lego pieces is legal?

[@h-Films]

@@missingtexturez I mean they were all attached legally right

[@BrickMachinesChannel]

I could watch these all day! You're amazing!

[@pakkiufung883]

YO BRICK MACHINES

[@_SM1L3S_]

The creak of the legos with the slightest touch truly shows how much agony these bricks are in.

[@deansullivan4179]

You put these bricks under a lot of stress. I have to ask, what is the most spectacular failure you’ve had occur during a build?

[@BrickBending]

In the very earlier iterations of spheres I used far less stable building techniques. I had one sphere that literally exploded 40 or 50 times (plates flying everywhere) until I finally found a way to successfully construct it. But since then I have become very adept at managing that stress (and using more stable building techniques) so explosions are pretty rare fortunately/unfortunately 😄

[@Attrixine]

@@BrickBending This makes me wonder if there could technically be a lego fragmentation grenade using those less stable building techniques (and maybe a removable stabilizer?)

[@ericrichardson3332]

@@Attrixine that is a very interesting question I'd like to see some one come up with a concept and prototype Lego garnade with a stabilizing pin that once removed the only thing stopping it from fragmenting is their hand so once you toss it legos fly everywhere ....

[@mathjesticgaming1188]

@@ericrichardson3332 the only thing about a pin, is if the legos are under enough stress, as soon as you pull it, they would most likely explode instantly. Maybe there is a way to delay it from happening though.

[@johnroetzer4445]

@@mathjesticgaming1188 pin releases a gear on a shaft with a rubberband wrapped around it, once the tension of the band is relieved it ca slip out further, releasing the ACUTAL stabilizing piece.

[@NosAegis]

Ah yes, this is actually the ASMR of me getting out of bed in the morning.

[@Buurardo]

Lego Every time Brick Bending makes a video: HE CAN'T KEEP GETTING AWAY WITH IT

[@SupersuMC]

They actually promoted his channel on their Twitter feed. They love his style. ;-)

[@nottoofast]

*HE CAN'T KEEP GETTING AWAY WITH IT!*

[@pauldeddens5349]

It would be really cool to see this fully plated, and to have your own, Lego-torturing, knockoff globe, thats 100% more spherical than the official one.

[@Arctheicecube]

water, fire, earth, air, bricks. The 5 forces of nature. Only one brickbender remains. That is this man.

[@ryuuguu01]

Cool as always. I really like the part with green hinges. It made me realize you can make almost tiling with lego, i.e. hexagon, semi-regular tessellations and maybe even period tilings like Penrose tilings. Although not sure about Penrose tiling as the side have an irrational ratio between them. Glad to see you used green hinges, if you had used black I would have been worried you had gone to the Darkside and were using your power to bend LEGO plates to build a Deathstar.

[@DMAN99]

I feel like we’re all on some Lego based hit list after this one.

[@timmyjoseph9938]

These videos are great to sleep to. I love the sound of the legos clicking together. So soothing.

[@zygarde.r6461]

This needs to be a lego set, i would pay so much money for something like this

[@BuzzedNinja12]

A channel specifically about making legos bend? Immediate subscription

[@Christian-rf7ox]

the moment the stars are put next to the bow shaped thingis oo he's making a ball !!! why am Iso hyped about this, its crazy satisfying

[@ryuno2097]

Awesome Lego art. I hope you will do more like this in the future.

[@BrickBending]

I most definitely will 🙏🏻

[@Galaxy-wh1um]

The thing that satisfies me the most is the fact that the room is completely white with no dirt.

[@Michael-dj6pd]

Thanks for rolling it. I was afraid it wasn't going to happen.

[@Greycreaturee]

Alt title: Scaring veteran LEGO builders

[@rick.schrrnburg]

random guy: 'how many black 2 by 1 do u want?' him: "yes"

[@vinnykitty1983]

Plot twist, he's manufacturing them himself

[@brrrrrr]

@@vinnykitty1983 *Lego wants to know your location*

[@dixonstroi]

This is an absolute triumph! If you did a geodesic sphere or dome i think I'd collapse from nerd euphoria.

[@legoghostyoda]

if Lego ever continues with the Disney sets we need spaceship earth just so we can have a geodesic sphere

[@SharafuddinMagommedov]

Круто палучилось _

[@tombackhouse9121]

That might be possible with the same technique, problem is you need 3 different edge lengths for a geodesic dome and I'm pretty sure they're not related by rational factors so I think however big you made it it'd be a little bit out of round in places. Still would be cool.

[@magzPVE]

Lego build rules: exist This man: and I took that personally

[@BlahBlahAnim]

This looks like it'll be used in a Lego museum

[@28ernst]

Imagine reversing this with all those small parts. My fingers are bleeding from thinking about it.

[@MorgenPeschke]

I'd be really curious what the total build time is for these

[@UltimatePerfection]

9 minutes.

[@zippyllama177]

@@UltimatePerfection you're not allowed to open your mouth ever again

[@UltimatePerfection]

@@zippyllama177 You don't need to open your mouth to type in text.

[@BrickBending]

It's tough to say because I typically just 'get into the zone' with music or a podcast so I lose track. But a safe bet is 4-5 seconds per piece which equates to roughly 4-5 hours. But if I was really trying I think I could do it in 2-3.

[@zippyllama177]

@@UltimatePerfection im going to shake up all of your sodas and half open your milk

[@themilkyfx]

This man single handedly defied the one key aspect of legos

[@spacecatfromjupiter]

Every time he spins it, i'm anticipating it to just spontaneously fall apart.

[@rodrigoappendino]

3:27 I just don't get how he was able to make this bending structure with straight pieces.

[@mangopie7602]

The structure simply just obeyed his will and bended

[@kraftues4998]

As the pieces connect together more on the top it means more of the force is on the top of the structure so it naturally wants to bend that way

[@malakai.2025]

the top bits are pulling it inward

[@saramarzoli9647]

Yeah, but the top pieces aren't shorter. They're all the same length, how are the pulling it inward? Instead of just fitting all snuggly together

[@georgeweller1]

3:27 when he lets go does it take that shape because of some building technique I don’t understand, or because he already built it before and those 2x1 plates have warped under tension?

[@ingeborgmikkelsen9078]

I believe I have seen some reference to him having bricks that are used to bend a certain way, so my bet is on the latter. It could be a combination of both though!

[@souptime3070]

Imagine if they released a new deathstar kit that was built like this

[@supernekitbros]

Oh, this would be hard i guess

[@bob420ert]

My eyes genuinely went wide when I first saw the abomination you made that bends on its own, and it just kept getting worse, you could've left it and it would be so cool, but you took it a step further than any man, woman, or ape like creature ever had, i salute you

[@clonefighter1996]

As soon as you built the first "triangle", I IMMEDIATELY went "Ohh you're building an icosasphere!"

[@zero_gravity5861]

is this behaviour due to draft angles, tolerances or just pure, unabated magic?

[@eclipseizcool]

Dad: Okay son what have we learned today? Son: Brick Bender is the creator Dad: Such an imagination Son: Look I can bend my neck like he can bend bricks! The moral of the story is that Brick Bending guy is playing god

[@awesomeness360SP]

That is the most terrifying LEGO object I’ve ever seen

[@carrotswordgaming3483]

This is so fascinating that it should be illegal.

[@IrfanDaniel312]

8:15 cave man on the down right.

[@marcanjeloalmilla4881]

This man really went BALL

[@Human-lx2hs]

This is the kind of thing you’ll see in compilations of cursed images

[@Basilikum42069]

I still can't comprehend how it bends that well

[@andrewoakes8494]

Closest thing to Lego ASMR I’ve ever seen

[@excelsior7345]

The KZbin recommendations work on mysterious ways. I do not yet understand their power, but I respect their judgment

[@oliviafairchild4092]

im not sure what scares me more, the fact that you made a structurally sound sphere, or the fact that your redesigned the lego death star but improved it 10 fold.

[@itsmehere1]

This video gives me so much anxiety because we all know if you drop that thing it's gonna explode like a bomb.

[@jameson8682]

If I put 3 Legos together in any configuration and look at them the wrong way, they disintegrate into atoms. Meanwhile this guy builds a freaking Dyson sphere and tosses it around like a beach ball.

[@sjenkins91812]

I really hope this guy has a gallery/museum somewhere just collecting all of his crazy brick bending creations!

[@gesucristo9191]

this man just created a new mind blowing lego set just for fun

[@stewartglencrose9023]

Lego bending. The one ability we didn’t know the legend of Avatar needed.

[@samperley5719]

I've always wondered if the original creates of Lego ever imagined that their toy would become such an icon of structural engineering and physics?

[@BlueBananaGuy]

Oh wow, this one of the best things that popped up in feed today!!

[@adriandotexe]

“Round LEGOs aren't real. They can't hurt you.” Round LEGOs:

[@dev.931]

The tension between him and those legos

[@bluejaysphinx1304]

Every moment I expected the ball to just explode into pieces

[@dorbacal]

This is crazy. Better lego project than the death star

[@goodtoastly]

And that kids, is how you build a umbrella structure

[@StormTheSquid]

This person really out here building a Lego dyson sphere.

[@zp7767]

This guy simply made first Dyson Sphere with lego of human kind.

[@genericsidecharacter8915]

Is it just me or did anyone else feel strangely threatened and tense every single time he dropped the lego pieces.

[@theemmjay5130]

Aside from being cool to watch, this video was pleasant to listen to. Lego makes such a nice sound.

[@bron-yr-aur7990]

He knows too much. He’s too powerful.

[@ElysiumCreator]

Why aren’t things like this displayed in galleries, this is art of the highest level

[@tallakbertin]

I agree, there should be stuff like this is galleries. But I believe the reason they aren't is that the availability of bricks and thousands of tutorials make this very easy for almost anyone to do, reducing what I assume most gallerie's view as "authenticity and originality" which is kinda dumb tbh

[@Fasfosyyy]

"your not just bending lego, you are bending the laws of physics"

[@dirkstrider8783]

To quote the Star Wars prequels, "He's Too Dangerous To Be Left Alive!"

[@RatKing1143]

I can feel the tension through my screen

[@ljubgucci]

I never thought a LEGO build could give me anxiety until I watched this..

[@slavicknight6071]

This guy is going to be the one to make the first perpetual motion mechanism and it will be made of god damn legos

[@cjrm15macpherson20]

ah yes, the icosahedron ball. a good sequel to the classic square and triangle ball

[@krywhal]

its cool that it’s technically an icosahedron

[@acegilliam7696]

This guy definitely has the death sentence on 12 systems

[@lpmo3793]

Imagine a DEATH STAR with this technique

[@GarlicGoat]

This is just art at this point