Pushing the limits of LEGO plates

[@ToadJimmy]

It's... beautiful. 👁👄👁

[@BrickBending]

Thank you 🙏🏻🥰

[@earlpettey]

My favorite part of every video is watching you build a section of something, then sliding 10 more identical sections that were already completed into view.

[@xenoswarrior6900]

"And once you've done that complex step-by-step thing once you can just reach into the shadow realm and make 16 more appear out of fucking thin air! Works every time!"

[@saberleaf3659]

Once he's built one he learns the crafting recipe.. and therefore auto crafts them...

[@foxyloxymoxy6376]

Dude found the Lego duplication glitch

[@MatthewConnellan-xc3oj]

@@saberleaf3659Maybe you could use it to auto craft the universe itself with Lego…

[@drainhead2778]

so i've done some off camera building-

[@michealthekaminoshinagami54]

It's always both incredibly fun, and soul crushingly terrifying hearing those poor brick groan in tortured agony. Like, I know this shall lead to amazing things, but damn if I don't empathize with tiny plastic bricks

[@BrickBending]

They could be cheering in LEGO speak. We'll never know. : )

[@lechatrelou6393]

@@BrickBending nah, only psychopath would think this.

[@Tyfu39944]

Pretty sure there’s some illegal techniques in use here

[@michealthekaminoshinagami54]

@@Tyfu39944 only pretty sure? I'm damn near absolutely sure every single connection in this build is illegal

[@Ghost11010]

Oh I definitely heard those cries of agony. A wonderous structure, but at what cost?

[@bobbiscub]

At so many points I thought the whole thing was going to pop under all that tension. Amazing job dude.

[@BrickBending]

Many thanks! Once that final connection is made all that stress starts to fully balance. It's energy in equilibrium.

[@bobbiscub]

@@BrickBending That is awesome! I'm so glad I found this channel! Keep up the great work!

[@asecrettoevery1248]

@@BrickBending have you ever had one bust under all that tension?

[@AlechiaTheWitch]

Yeahhh. My lego expirements have ended up with. Less favorable rezults

[@Therevengeforget]

@@BrickBending what if you start rolling it fast?

[@zanmolecules4105]

At the start, I wondered “how is he pushing these to their limits? And why is he making so many?” When I saw him connect the first part of the sphere, flip it over, and start to bow up, my jaw dropped

[@MrMikellsof88]

Had the same reactions. I was like "this isn't pushing any limits" and I was about to click to a new video when he flipped it and we saw the bend. Then I was like "Impressive. MOST Impressive."

[@SouthernersSax]

I kept telling myself "I feel like I'm witnessing some kind of forbidden LEGO building technique" after I saw the model start to take on a curvature. Once it was finished, I half-expected it to shudder, hover a foot off of the table, and start humming and rotating on all axes with ever-increasing speed while glowing ever-brighter and telepathically bestowing arcane knowledge in some long-forgotten language.

[@Stuffies2022]

Bro is a wordsmith!

[@scarygreenmonster4130]

Eminem?

[@kappnthecapytan]

😂😂😂

[@Akumatron]

The Augur of Dunlain comes to mind

[@kylos1999]

@@Akumatron I thought of the same exact thing

[@insertgenericusernamehere2402]

I don't know if you can sell kits because lego is already a licensed product but I'd love to build one of the sets you do. I just don't have any of the pieces nor the know how of where to get them.

[@S.G.Wallner]

Maybe you could purchase instructions and piece counts from him. Then you could get the pieces on your own and do the build. You could even choose your own colors.

[@mysteriumxarxes3990]

@@jellysquid8077 he teaches how to do it on every video for free. No need to sell them

[@animeguygaming4803]

@@mysteriumxarxes3990 he doesn’t show it very well I prefer if I had proper instructions

[@PRExJay]

It’d be cool to be a licensed set too. But “breaks the rules” of a real set

[@infernotitan1158]

There at least used to be a site you could make your own kits and sell them. Don't remember what it was called though

[@k0let078]

I like how you fulfill everyone's deep desire to see it spin every time you add layers to it

[@marshallchaney8845]

My favorite part of this video is how the first thing you do is take a bunch of hinges--pieces that are actually meant to bend--and lock them into a triangle so they can't move.

[@40Kfrog]

Putting the little LEGO caveman next to this thing gives me a very "BE NOT AFRAID" vibe

[@TimothyIsom]

Biblically accurate LEGO

[@Polymerata]

As long as your a master builder you can only comprehend it's design but not it's idea

[@geoschmo]

How is it that watching him put these together is so relaxing and totally stress inducing at the same time?

[@carlpeberdy9086]

Another great design - there's something very satisfying about the triangle and pentagonal shaped holes in the middle of the hinged pieces.

[@BrickBending]

I agree. What started as a design flaw quickly became a feature.

[@noyou1735]

100th like!

[@brandondriver99]

Technically they're hexagonal a decagonal

[@Gravvvyyy]

@@brandondriver99 technically you're decagonal.

[@vickypedias]

that's literally one of the most aesthetically pleasing things i've ever seen. art, geometry, engineering, architecture all come together for an unbelievable blast of creative beauty

[@Levi_The_One_The_Only]

This almost seems like one where you'd need to wear safety goggles while building haha

[@ARM0RP0WER]

im pretty sure thats a good idea in general if your trying to bend things that really dont want to bend

[@Jordanninja09]

The tension in that thing…

[@Calamibee]

Oh god what would happen if he dropped it. would it explode or just be regular?

[@quentonparsons41]

That'd b a good idea parts are gonna go flying eventually when you break physics and open a black hole

[@travisreid9530]

Safety squints for Lego, love to see it!

[@relentlesskev90]

The most cathartic yet torturous video I have ever seen.. first video of yours I've watched- popped up in my recommendations. Loved the end result and the little blooper with the glove.. freaking awesome.

[@dhruvgulati2695]

This is quite possibly the most intense Lego build I’ve witnessed. Fantastic job creator 🤙🏻

[@hikari_manekineko]

When you started multiplying the components needed for this build, it reminded me of Star Wars dreadnoughts appearing out of hyperspace... and they ended up building a Death Star. ;)

[@BrickBending]

I love that analogy!

[@SamEy3Am]

These videos are both the absolute best LEGO, and ASMR videos on all of KZbin.

[@BrickBending]

Very kind words. Thank you.

[@cgibbard]

As soon as I saw the twenty triangular figures, I knew roughly where this would be going (well, I expected it would have icosahedral symmetry), and was excited to see it come together. Love the rhombic triacontahedron! Really awesome build.

[@BrickBending]

Cheers!

[@NotMrTaco53]

Let me guess, you’re a geometry major

[@cgibbard]

@@NotMrTaco53 I did a BMath in pure mathematics, and have done a bunch of geometric sculptures built from magnets in the past, so I'm fairly familiar with the process of repetitively building faces or vertex figures and snapping them together afterward. :)

[@ElieVerbrugge]

At first i thought it would become a truncated icosahedron until he made those 5-stars. Nice build, how many prototypes failed before this one?

[@Samusin.]

glad i wasnt the only one who spotted where it was going early^^ gotta love icosahedral symmetry

[@mitchellclark4377]

This is simply stunning. I love how in the late stages, while a layer is in progress, the struts get all twisted, but once the layer is complete, all the forces balance out to form the perfect shape (including pulling the 5-way joints into perfect pentagons).

[@DanielRossellSolanes]

sorry to say but there are no pentagons here. only thirty rhombus with the diagonal sizes of each in a ratio of phi. in other words. the structure is a rhombic triacontahedron made with curved edges.

[@mitchellclark4377]

Where five struts meet at a 'vertex', the green hinged plates form pentagons. I know what I'm talking about.

[@DanielRossellSolanes]

@@mitchellclark4377 suit yourself. I'm not going to try to change your belief.

[@mitchellclark4377]

You are completely correct about the geometric properties of the whole object. But you're missing the trees for the forest, so to speak, when you ignore the fact that the 'edges' aren't one-dimensional lines. Where the edges meet, there are pentagonal holes. Go to 9:34 in the video and tell me there isn't a pentagonal hole there.

[@mitchellclark4377]

The thing is, none of our beliefs need changing, because we're both right - you about the macro geometric properties of the overall object; me about the presence of small pentagons (and equilateral triangles, it must also be said) emerging as a consequence of the building method. We were looking at different aspects of the object. I just don't think you realised I was looking at the negative space.

[@sebsplatter914]

Not generally into Lego, but this is video as a whole is an amazing piece of art. The progressive geometry, color scheme and ingenious technical design of the structure, but also the video editing, pacing and sound recording. Everything was fucking perfect, even the switch to a playful tone in the end! I was genuinely glued to the screen!

[@Skitad]

What is cool is that you actually found a way to curve the assembly thanks to the play between the bricks and not by bending them. The construction is incredibly nice and well designed. I really feel like looking at art.

[@sventhiede6505]

That thing kept getting bigger and bigger, I wouldn't be surprised if one day you'll figure out a way to make a built that you can actually stand inside fully. That would be awesome to see.

[@johngrasso6224]

nah, life sized caveman inside.

[@lomicwind]

One day there will be a Dyson sphere made of Lego, and we know who to thank already ^_^

[@BrickBending]

You have pegged my dream!

[@pauldeddens5349]

@@BrickBending Maybe if you used Duplo it would become a reality. But the thought of you torturing Duplo plates into an enormous human-sized hamster ball is very amusing.

[@jamesvertrees5857]

James May, a British TV host, did a build a full size LEGO house. It was eventually torn down but it did exist for a few years.

[@brianwood1832]

This man is a Lego god. That’s all there is to it. One of my favorite builds I’ve seen you do. Thank you

[@guystreamsstuff7841]

You mean, a Legod? :^)

[@brianwood1832]

@@guystreamsstuff7841 very upset that I didn’t think of that. But yes. I’d have to agree.

[@apat5354]

@@guystreamsstuff7841 do you say Le God 〰️👌

[@St0rmGuy]

@@brianwood1832 I guess you could also call him "Master of Brick Bending"

[@tommytoons2730]

I’m always devastated by these videos… but I think I’m starting to enjoy them…

[@YoloYester94]

This guy is not just breaking limits, he’s blowing minds.

[@Ar-T-Hur_-]

I bet you mean it!

[@ReallyDeadpool]

No wonder I got a b in math because how am I supposed to write my exam with a blown mind???

[@Ar-T-Hur_-]

@@ReallyDeadpool Precisely

[@BenjayTay]

Rather bending limits...? ;)

[@watchawk7374]

Breaking minds and blowing limits

[@doodles990]

A spherical rhombic triacontahedron! What a beautiful shape! And very clever engineering on those 5-way joins; the hinges are loose and flexible to make connections easier, but as the shape builds those hinges are pulled tight by the tension to form perfect pentagons at each intersection!

[@dell2013]

You lost me there

[@DGEddieDGEtm]

I thought this was a rhombic icosahedron but I yield to your higher understanding of mathematics :3

[@fluffypuffyboy586]

its called a ball not a RHOMBIC TRIACONDANADSFKSGJSDOGHAÜSD

[@WEENUS157]

Just say ball my guy, not that hard

[@LexLoTUStheGawd]

@@WEENUS157 I mean you could say I drive a ferrari, or you could say oh I drive a fast car. Which sounds better?

[@docbones213]

Holy shit. How does THAT rate on the tension scale? This may be my favorite one yet.

[@cooperanderson107]

The narration is on point in this video

[@jir3965]

The new Lego Death Star V3 is looking sick🙌🏻

[@DFX2KX]

I know it's well within mechanical tolerances, and that those tolerances are in fact what makes this possible (hence lots of small pieces) but man the sounds make me shutter. Also, this thing looks like it'd have a rapid unscedualed disassembly if you even looked at it sideways, but it's pretty!

[@ian-df6dc]

I can't believe that Lego can resist vertical tension. I think that's why this sphere is so big.

[@nerdiconium1365]

As a fan of this kind of stuff, I find your taste in geometry beautiful and well informed.

[@BrickBending]

Cheers!

[@Random_Nobody_Official]

Every time that thing moves, you can *_F E E L_* its urge to collapse.

[@dmanbloom2107]

bro wakes up in the morning like “i know what i’m gonna build today” and it’s always fire

[@staxlhax1849]

I love all your mad creations but your spheres, they hold an extra special place is my heart.

[@BrickBending]

For you and me both. : )

[@polychoron]

I love those green pieces, such a graceful joint!

[@ahchiu9]

Oh man. I love seeing an actual hinge piece on your channel because I know we're going to see some crazy shit. Was not disappointed!

[@peterkaplar1660]

Those 5-legged thingies genuinely reminded me of those parts they were building in Star Wars: Andor. :D The final result confirmed my feelings, it really looks like an arthouse Death Star. :D Fantastic!

[@Thompara]

This needs to be put into a museum or something honestly, you’ve earned yourself a sub mate.

[@S.G.Wallner]

The possibilities for different 3D geometries are endless. Amazing build, thanks for sharing.

[@BrickBending]

I'm looking forward to exploring as many of those possibilities as I can. It's my passion.

[@Turalcar]

Well, if you're just lookigng at Platonic, Archimedean, and Catalan solids there's at least 31

[@mareky1234]

If could use only one word to describe this, if would be EPIC. But it deserves more. It reminds me of a BORG sphere. Well done

[@orutakawatenga8820]

I can already see your storage space being essentially filled with filing cabinets with each drawer being crammed full of 1 type of piece.

[@larsgrass1899]

My father already has this, his Lego collection is massive.

[@DarioCastellarin]

I love how you create tension and compression layers to withstand the torsion, you basically replicated composite materials.

[@presidentedits193]

he isn't a air-bender or water-bender but a lego-bender

[@LimpBreadstick]

Dare I say... a brick bender :)

[@mdoerkse]

Literally

[@christiankirby8092]

@@LimpBreadstick i dare him to one day literally bend a brick. like a brick that is used in construction. this will be the peak of his channel.

[@jeffreysmith662]

As a lego maniac for over 55 years you do some pretty cool stuff.

[@itsfonk]

I’ve enjoyed watching you create shapes and ornaments, though this episode sealed the deal. You are creating the fundamental constituents for when our orbital civilization inhabits printed modular structures in the void.

[@BrickBending]

I agree. We need to get Elon on this. 😂

[@jerrodcastillo8330]

The Perfect shape for the Death Star

[@ItzLarry_nintendo]

your a literal genius! this is so cool, I love the fact that it looks like if you take one brick off the whole thing will explode XD and not to mention how satisfying it is watching you build it! it is giving me ASMR hearing the bricks being put together!

[@pvdaele]

I love that cracking sound as you bring the joints together. It's exiting and beautiful like walking on fresh snow.

[@Digyman789]

Very interesting lego design. Thought the legos would snap, because there was a lot of that stretching noise. Must have taken a lot of planning and time. Thank you for sharing your creation!

[@BodeZerbeGolf8]

Amazing 🤩. I love how you used 4 different Lego pieces and make it.

[@shingoblin4218]

You can tell those are new bricks, because when you lock them together, they made almost no sound

[@Adamgamer42069]

Every second i feel like its gonna break im frickin panicing expecting it to break

[@cactusguy4363]

Every time you cut from an army of built pieces to a handful of legos , I get anxious. I think, "Oh, God, what's next? What fresh horrors am I about to behold?" Love the content :D

[@weevilinabox]

The outtake: I watch every video wondering how you assemble without this happening. Now the truth comes out. 😄

[@BrickBending]

I get caught on occasion, but this one was next level. Had to share it. 🤣

[@liambohl]

That's a rhombic triacontahedron! Nice!

[@SolMasterzzz]

Yup! Also known as a D30.

[@matthewbertrand4139]

@@SolMasterzzz bro i need to get the larger dice that are available. i know that you can get d24, d30, d60, d100, and d120. if you know of any others tell me dude

[@lisascenic]

I am in awe of your work. And I want to see the out-takes, to truly appreciate the difficulty of the endeavor.

[@ambrosianapier7545]

I love how you build it up with increasingly complex repetitive sub units, like a 3 dimensional fractal unfolding before us.

[@businessrat0302]

This man's breaking the laws of lego with his amazing builds

[@TheLostArchangel666]

Literally lol. This /is/ an "illegal" build

[@rocky_theprotogen]

Hi

[@businessrat0302]

@@rocky_theprotogen Wassup

[@Kram1032]

It's probably like impossible to source, but it'd be cool if, perhaps, someday you get your hands on a ton of transparent legos, do some of your builds with them, and then visualize the tension in the pieces with polarizers. Would presumably give neat rainbowy patterns all over a sculpture like this one

[@TheDonutMan3000]

There’s a ton of companies that make bricks that are compatible with Lego. Some with even higher brick quality. Maybe one day we’ll see a cooperation with one of them.

[@RolandTFlakfizer]

With 3-point and 5-point vertices I was expecting a 'bucky ball' but this is _so_ much better.

[@DawnDavidson]

Exactly where my mind went: “is he building a Bucky Ball??” This was very cool.

[@lightthroughdark]

This man has a degree in Quantum Legology.

[@joshuabrown6850]

I love the “look at this cool contraption I made” plays around with it for a couple seconds “here are 36 more”

[@Slavador2393]

Most impressive Jeff, this is brick bending at its finest 👏. I'd dare to say a masterpiece, building spheres out of inherently pieces that are straight and not meant to be used like this is a feat of brilliance that I aspire to create. You are an inspiration and I'm glad I found your channel. Thanks man.

[@BrickBending]

You are so welcome. I'm glad you share in my love for this. I build these because they need to exist!

[@hondaguy9153]

This is insane. I'd be scared it would just burst apart if someone touched it wrong. 😅

[@IceBrys]

These are always so impressive to me, fantastic work. However I must ask, where did you buy your lego copy-paster? I've been wanting to get into these builds but it takes me upwards of 10+ hours for what appears to be 3 seconds of ctrl+c -> ctrl+v. An Amazon link would be much appreciated 🙏

[@ndej126]

Doing this with 2x1s with handles and horizontal clips would be awesome. Making plates to cover the holes and make a "perfect" sphere 👀

[@TheJanstyler]

Everything in this video is amazing, but to me personally the coolest part is the design of the all black connector parts. The way they are designed to be able to bend in every direction is so damn clever.

[@s888r]

I was afraid one of those pieces would give up when that small plate fell off (don't know if it got ejected)😨. So traumatic if one of them did, exploding into the whole room.

[@BrickBending]

Those little pieces are insanely tough. They can handle much more than this.

[@aegrisomnia]

Non-euclidian lego build.

[@JohnDoe-bt9qp]

How to build a Hydrogen Bomb*

[@ImFrantic]

Bored me just went to the YT starting page, found this Video and went for the childhood flashback. So nostalgic ^^ feels like the good old days

[@kingkolunikus1962]

You, sir, are a complete madman, and I salute you for it.

[@TerrofexGaming]

Oh.... Oh that's heretical...

[@ChristinaLachowski]

There is an unfathomable amount of tension on those Lego pieces

[@templarunite]

THIS MAN IS GOING TO BREAK THE SPACE TIME CONTINUUM IF HE KEEPS THIS UP

[@husklordMusic]

WE'RE BREAKING PHYSICS WITH THIS ONE!!!!! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@noe2212]

When he finishes the ball and starts slowly turning it, I think it looks really cool how the light reflecting off the Legos tap in and out

[@FlavourlessLife]

I like the way there's no background music... just the sound of clicking and creaking.

[@mrtheunknownytquestion4592]

this guy broke so many legal rules bro hes at 5 stars already

[@yeetuszilla1663]

Seeing how much stress the pieces are enduring, I feel dropping this would be a glass grenade.

[@rjds1800]

Absolutely beautiful was relaxing just watching it go together.

[@lutherray7016]

Watching this was more stressful than highschool, I could feel the tension in the legos and I was waiting for something to snap

[@mariosilva5375]

the way you begin to add the same piece patterns as new small templates like in 2:07 always reminds me of fractals

[@Smol_Schan]

As I recall someone commenting on a Lego video from a different channel: "Straight to Lego jail."

[@LukeM410]

You are an absolutely, wonderfully insane brick builder and I love you for it! 😆

[@KeifersIsAwesome]

It sounds like it wants to die every time you touch it. I love it.

[@robertcarlsson1781]

The final achievement of humanity is a dyson-sphere made of Lego. This is a good start.

[@TehFoog]

As soon as I realized that the parts you were putting together were beginning to bend and contort into a spheroid shape, my brain cracked in half.

[@Gymratz20]

KZbin needs to stop giving me these banger videos at 12:18 AM, I need to sleep!

[@micky2be]

The stress on the Lego pieces must be borderline. I'm impressed it didn't explode.

[@cookies23z]

ah, now I know how to construct the frame of a dyson sphere, thanks brick bending :)

[@mochaman29]

This is simultaniously better looking and more creative than 99% of modern art pieces

[@adrienmorla3404]

Congratulation for building a Dyson Lego Sphere !

[@liquidog]

Each time I hear the sound of plastic bricks creaking I can physically feel my soul descending into another circle of hell

[@RatRhapsody]

By definition, an illegal building technique is anything that applies stress to the pieces. Therefor, this guy must be on legos hit list.

[@RileyMcQuillan2006]

I HAAATE THIS! EACH PIECE IS SCREAMING IN TOURTURED AGONY! FLEXING IN WAYS IT SHOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN FLEXED! THESE PIECES WILL BE PERTINENTLY DAMAGED, YOU FOOL!

[@Lamalas]

Wow! Even tough it weirldy hurts to see bricks being forced, I have to admit, this is truly a masterpiece!

[@Minecraftgnom]

The moment I saw the three- and five-ended segments, I knew you would build a football. I like how this perfectly represents the simple beauty of them.