LEGO Great Ball Contraption Akiyuki Modules at Brickvention 2019

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[@dafunnyman2803]

I love how they move PRECARIOUSLY

[@jeffsienkiewicz7119]

Simplistic Ronald you keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.

[@banezh1611]

Jeff Sienkiewicz I see you are a *person* of culture

[@dream1..]

@@jeffsienkiewicz7119 m

[@alisilcox6036]

I dont, but I have to accept it.

[@andyrichter2714]

Very RELIABLE as well.

[@William.Johnston]

9:06-9:10 It’s like all the balls are boarding and it’s that one ball that misses the train

[@hypertykkel2445]

Ball*

[@nolimitsluke]

one ball

[@stuffystudios.]

It be like: Let me in... Let me INNNNNNNN

[@simonmultiverse6349]

Aeroplane? Catapult? One thing I've never seen is a river or a canal. Surely those plastic balls float? That can't be hard to arrange. Then they can be dropped in a river, go down a whirlpool, etc. We could have a Niagara Falls and a fountain with balls popping out of it. Second suggestion: air jets. A row of air jets would pick up a ball and transport it in mid air somewhere.

[@tde1964]

The cameraman went to great lengths to film everywhere balls weren’t.

[@reupsvideos]

@Ephraim Braxton Why reply to your own comment

[@joops110]

These things just keep getting better. Only a few years and we'll see teleport or warp modules.

[@coreyskuse9387]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/fGasaIZqj5VofKs You mean this?

[@sheilaolfieway1885]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/fGasaIZqj5VofKs like this?

[@bubzd2636]

I already know if I click on one of those links I’m going to be rick rolled

[@cardiepie9157]

2020:i don’t thing so

[@cardiepie9157]

Just some Dude dont worry you wont get rick rolled I checked

[@pixelprizm]

You guys should put more balls in the contraptions in order to have a steady stream for the whole video

[@nintySW]

Yes

[@jamesayars591]

With some of the slower moving machines it wouldn’t make much of a difference they would still be backed up

[@cpu_im_a_bot6604]

More BALLS u say

[@TheZeroPoint1218]

@@cpu_im_a_bot6604 ok buddy

[@jimstanley_49]

I think the intention is that every module passes one ball per second, but you can see that some modules don't pick up a ball every try. It would probably be as tedious as the antennae lifter times the number of modules to get them all in sync with each other to keep a steady stream moving.

[@sed6]

7:15 for the awesome one in static image! This whole thing is impressive!

[@rc-fannl7364]

Agreed, that was particularly amazing.

[@Jroobelucios]

Thumbnail*

[@eb2k445]

Petition to make official Lego GBC sets? I would like to build the ferris wheel one.

[@SmashingBricksAU]

It may take a few Lego Ideas projects to get their attention...that gives me some ideas

[@jisaacray]

Dylan Hanff Which is exactly why Lego will never do it 😂

[@mateuszodrzywoek8658]

@@SmashingBricksAU pun

[@matrixcuber804]

Ethan Burnes same

[@redhotwaffles5961]

Yesssssssssssss

[@skar6001]

No one: KZbin recommendations: LEGO Great Ball Contraption Akiyuki Modules at Brickvention 2019 Me: Wow! This is pretty epic!

[@samschellhase8831]

The filling cam module, that raises up the train car bucket, I'm hugely impressed by the timing. It raises the bucket on the cam first, then it translates over using the top portion, and then when the top portion is stopped, the bucket follows the cam again. Same in reverse, follow cam first, then top track, then cam to fall down again. It's incredible that they were able to get that to work, and from the looks of it, pretty reliably too

[@commodoreNZ]

7:45 Mind blown! One day Legos will experiment with us like this in ways we cannot imagine

[@ashtonsmith1905]

bro what

[@mattgsm]

2:23 rip for the dead soldier

[@alphaprot2518]

I actually can't decide on what I liked the most: 7:10 or the mechanically timed transport lorries in the end. What a masterpiece of engineering! Huge thank you for sharing this :)

[@Literally_Ghost]

9:06 when u are late to the school bus

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[@mechanicalmacbook]

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[@ZeroTempz]

3:29 the cycloidal drive acts like a rotary engine in a way.

[@someidot3699]

more a radial engine

[@happynub1463]

They weren’t kidding when they said you could build anything with lego

[@massimookissed1023]

Just so long as your creation doesn't need a 32 tooth gear.

[@RonWylie-gk5lc]

This is wonderful, what a great example to our kids, if anything will get them into engineering or design this will.

[@carolyohn3640]

2:47 r.i.p. orange ball 2019-2019

[@Ripen3]

What a brilliant way to learn automated processing. I wish we had this in school when I was at that age!

[@nyx211]

Wow, this robot has some impressive ball-handling skills.

[@skylorsucheski7235]

That wavy rainbow module is so awesome

[@dannyjepp985]

That train driven cam mechanism is amazing!

[@joshatkinson1945]

This is insane stuff man, like this kid is SMART

[@banezh1611]

Wow this video is precariously awesome! I might precariously hit the like button!

[@II-jp2fl]

This is by far the best ball contraption ive seen yet.

[@FrostMonolith]

Bless Akiyuki for the design of these modules

[@gravel86]

Amazing modules, very impressive. Thanks for sharing the video.

[@kamakingu]

普通に凄くて参考になりました！！ありがとうございます！！

[@luftwolf7405]

Every time amazing to see these mechanics!

[@nline2blast722]

AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Best GBC ever!!!!

[@R_eagan]

Great function.

[@TechnicBlakbird]

Glad to see so many of my instructions being useful.

[@aronslegogbcs1057]

thanks for creating the akiyuki project so that we can get the chance to build these amazing machines

[@TechnicBlakbird]

You're welcome. This kind of large layout is exactly the sort of thing I was hoping someone would have the ambition to do when I made the instructions. I'm particularly pleased to see the train/crane module which takes a lot of patience to get running correctly.

[@cameronhamilton5313]

Ok KZbin.... You win. I'll watch it.

[@BeyondtheBrick]

Good choice.

[@Mattatiah95]

Now this is what i call LEGO TECHNIC

[@traingamer5986]

Awesome 👏

[@bojunchoi6354]

mesmerizing

[@mrmcquackthehippo7802]

Nice one Marty love the cause

[@WarrenLeeds]

That’s amazing 🤯

[@ronaldreaganhateaccount2839]

I've acutally had the honour to see this one irl.

[@mike_AD]

i remember building one of these as a kid... memories...

[@TommyLikeTom]

That train is amazing. I want one

[@c_rusoe]

Its about time!

[@Jeagles]

‘It’s kind of useless, but it’s very fun to watch’ That’s why I binge watch these videos

[@cpufreak101]

I wish I could build stuff this epic

[@AethernaLuxen]

*_Its a very interesting module_*

[@justyoshis]

holy cow ive seen my share of lego GBCs but this one is on another level

[@Lovestarlucky143]

I'm Hate Because of KZbin Recommendations but I'm Worth To Watch this Video😉👍

[@kidsimaginefun2793]

Absolutely incredible!!! Very mesmerizing GBC. Thank you for sharing.

[@FinleysWorld]

I love these. Very creative!

[@chezy3659]

This is by far the most engineered, and complicated creation ever made on this channel!

[@CannibalLecter]

"That's not a ball contraption, THIS IS A BALL CONTRAPTION."

[@AimLikeAstra]

Nice factorio tutorial.

[@PlanetAFOL]

Great video, nice closeup view and interview

[@aronslegogbcs1057]

thanks i really enjoyed doing this interview

[@SuperSnail-tp9gf]

It’s so beautiful. How are people so smart?

[@alwaysfallingshort]

Right? At some point I found myself getting emotional? It's just so beautiful and powerful, a testament of human marvel.

[@theflyingcoconut4058]

1:29: “Very reliable” Ball: Are you sure ‘bout dat Edit: until I started scrolling down I didn’t notice someone already wrote this comment

[@danielsteger8456]

listen idiot by reliable he means that it keeps feeding balls while its on. That one ball didnt jam anything or stop other balls from moving. You just think that that counts as a jam because of your pathetic brain.

[@couchpugato2179]

@@danielsteger8456 you must be fun at parties and family reunions.

[@danielsteger8456]

@@couchpugato2179 my family and friends are not as dumb as him

[@steamywalnut6300]

couchpugato 217 he has no friends

[@Joinemm]

damn this makes me want to start building gbcs myself, havent touched legos in a while but this looks super interesting

[@poopmangavin286]

I didn't understand a thing but that is incredibly beautiful

[@mehfff]

Matthias Wandel needs to see this

[@MicrowaveHateMachine]

Good job it's a very reliable module.

[@rileymasters1683]

Reliable, if not precarious.

[@Toasty25000]

P R E C A R I O U S L Y In all seriousness though, this is all incredible

[@Flop_Studios]

Ok, this is epic!

[@aronslegogbcs1057]

thanks for the interview, beyond the brick

[@BeyondtheBrick]

Keep up the great work!

[@g11operator]

Satisfying

[@NickY-lx7rr]

Ahhh yes this PRECARIOUS mechanism

[@CsmcVspr]

When I saw the thumbnail I was like “what? A lego game boy color?”

[@bandee5871]

POG!

[@CombraStudios]

Bucket wheel elevator could be right after a sorter so that basketballs climb on one side and soccer balls on the other

[@M3rf03]

Its a very reliable module I can say that much

[@Laquilina21]

Nice contraption!!!

[@SmashingBricksAU]

Aaron sure has put a lot of work into his Akiyuki projects.

[@ohyeahyeah4442]

The orange ball fitting in the white balls

[@TheTranq]

That is amazing

[@phatlaggyrat5916]

This is like watching How it's made

[@Spidergeek13]

Whoever disliked this video doesn’t like LEGO

[@casablancahunter1606]

They must think that the great ball contraption is boring and Lego sets that don't move are fun, but after you build one of those, it becomes very useless because it doesn't move. Lol

[@BoogieBrando]

Damn that's a really deep and high IQ comment

[@tde1964]

I love lego but the filming sucks and I was frustrated by the all the movements without balls

[@weckar]

Akiyuki just does not even sound like a name/word anymore after hearing it so much.

[@massimookissed1023]

It is a state of being. Somewhere after transcendence and Nirvana.

[@sand123]

2:36 That one basketball annoyed me slightly.....

[@BricktownFilms]

Another Ball Contraption? Sweet!

[@mikeledger2614]

Soooooooooo cool....drool.........

[@mirandabesselman2809]

luv it

[@killerinstinctbaits]

This is and amazing mock kinda trippy

[@altus3278]

I would put this in my CV

[@fartyperson]

I wish I had the parts ant the know-how to do this type of thing.

[@MintBiscuit]

love lego cbt

[@masonrichmond2252]

Commentator: very reliable contraption Commentator 2 seconds later: sorry, its playing up

[@ToothlessThedragon9]

Thanks to my friend Akiyuki he is good at building

[@nicolascarcella46]

*VERY RELIABLE*

[@thewholesomewoofle3466]

2:30 it does make a couple of errors OCD people:WTF THATS NOT IN RIGHT SIDE

[@pyalot]

Omfg cannot unsee, my anxiety is immesurable and my day is ruined now ;)

[@rileymasters1683]

Eh, it's all in perspective.

[@robinenbernhard]

Looks super but need more bals. Gr from the netherlands

[@justfine3265]

This is the best marble machine

[@bertvdlast]

What an amazing construction!👏👏 Any idea how much $ of Lego is on that table?

[@LeRatVisseur]

10000 i think

[@joedoe1096]

2:25 so even robots have that thing when you're doing your job and the boss comes over to show them what you do and you start screwing up. Good to know.

[@cheeseymann]

These ball contraptions are cool and all, but I'd like to see someone make a mini lego factory that separates 2x2 bricks and builds a simple object then breaks the object down again for sorting. That would be awesome

[@geckogames2106]

Now they just have to make this a theme park ride

[@eliasalencheril6094]

The second module 'this is a really reliable one' the ball doesn't move

[@etherealemily4901]

Look at all those orbs

[@djroyzaofficial5303]

I was at this brickvention

[@djaydeved]

4:06 an excentrics shaft with a gear in the middle of it make a pillowed triangle and make a casing and you get a wankle roatery engine

[@DigitalJedi]

Exactly what I was thinking the entire time I was watching it.

[@praisedsalt3225]

I actually saw something similar to this or it is the same model I saw at the San Francisco maker faire

[@pauljs75]

I think the same designs are often used in different GBC setups. Pretty much any large city with a Lego store seems to do this.

[@yeaster5664]

I can imagine if the balls had minds of their own, this would be an amusement park.

[@timbersofwrath]

Can you make a tutorial on how to build this please. Thanks