LEGO Great Ball Contraption at BrickCon 2022

Beyond the Brick's Joshua Hanlon visits the great ball contraption at BrickCon 2022 in Seattle.
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[@BleddynsStudio]

That ball counter at 3:38 is a GENIUS design. You can easily count how many balls have passed through without it actually containing many in itself at all. Love it!

[@dinodakker9644]

Agreed

[@bombarded15]

17:26 that Kraken display is amazing! Great work all around

[@user-le9cz9gs6f]

So there’s more balls going through the machine

[@lutherevans968]

I wonder what the odds are for a ball to make it all the way through the contraption from beginning to end. That would be a great test, to start with one specific ball and follow it's journey.

[@ivanangeli]

very good, actually, we've seen their cunter, it is 10.000 balls and more, and I don't think they have more then 1000 balls there. If one ball needs 12 minutes (so 4 circles per hour), and show goes for 8 hours, it is 32 complete circles per day - we don;t know at what moment Joshua approached them (start, middle, end) and how many days it was counting, but let's presume it is middle of the day, working for 6h, and math is one ball was counted 70 times - meaning they have 142 balls on the table, plus spilling. So, I guess they have 500-1000 balls on the table (maybe they will reply to us:)

[@StarlightSocialist]

There's a number of ways to determine the odds; the one used by Ivan is both accurate and reasonable. In the spirit of GBC, here are a few of the more outlandish/overcomplicated methods. 1) The probability of a successful full circuit is the product of all the modules individual success chance. If every module passes 99 balls out of 100 and there are 500 modules then the total odds are {99/100}^500. If you put 1000 balls into that theoretical machine 6.5 will come out the other side. The actual contraption is obviously does much better than this, yet it's equally obvious some modules drop more than 1 ball in a hundred. Other modules are better by an order of magnitude, losing one in a thousand. So to get an accurate answer with this method you have to know what every individual module's particular success rate is, then do a huge calculation. You could have each builder run tests at home then submit the data to a shared Google spreadsheet which would sum the odds. 2) You could follow a particular ball through a complete circuit and every time it falls out of the machine you put it back in. The final odds would be one divided by the number of times the ball entered the machine. The answer will be wildly inaccurate due to the small numbers problem. If the ball never falls out during it's journey the odds are 100% but if it falls out twice then the odds drop to 33% 3) You could start with the machine completely empty and run a single lot through it. Add, say, 1000 balls to it and collect them after they've finished their heroic journey. If 984 emerge from the other side then you know the odds are 98.4% and you pay your respects to the 16 that fell along the way.

[@paulc6471]

The creativity found in these is staggering

[@oliverdarvell]

Agreed

[@FRACTUREDFUNGI]

@@oliverdarvell litterally, staggering. like staggered staircases.

[@oliverdarvell]

@@FRACTUREDFUNGI lol

[@anonymous175]

Yadigg

[@user-tm6bg4xn5z]

🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩👍👍👍👍👍

[@tristynlinde]

Oh my gosh, the river ball stepper was just so cool to watch. What a great effect on the waves!!!!

[@johntoterhi6293]

These are some of the most visually appealing GBC modules I’ve seen!

[@radicallyred]

Can we all just appreciate the work put into making these awesome events

[@jamesrolfe1651]

I like that so many of these are color matched or themed. So cool to see! Looking forward to that “C-3PO” module!

[@rc-ingaroundamerica8792]

This makes me want to build a module for this

[@LKLM138]

Almost immediatly it struck me: This GBC has a ton of balls in it. Atleast right when they started filming. that's great! mesmerizing to watch

[@Artaimus]

So many of these could benefit from a shield of some kind to make sure balls don't bounce into areas they shouldn't be going to.

[@timehunter9467]

That was exactly my thought, such a simple fix on a couple of these.

[@Intrafacial86]

GBCs are always a wonder to behold.

[@Monkeycrazy448]

BTB, I have not seen your videos in a long time. One of the many memories i have is binging these videos as a kiddie. Thank you. So, So much.

[@BeyondtheBrick]

Welcome back. We are still going strong!

[@Monkeycrazy448]

@@BeyondtheBrick HE RESPONDED??!??!?!?!?!?!??!??!?!?!?!??!

[@legoferrari14]

One thing I'm surprised I haven't seen yet in these Lego GBC's is a module based on the Geonosis Droid Factory sequence from star wars.

[@stockicide]

These are almost as satisfying to watch as K'nex ball machines!

[@dinodakker9644]

I love this I don’t even understand how this entertained me for this long but it caught my attention and kept it for the entire video

[@rionno7294]

That's INCREDIBLE all of you!

[@spirit.canada]

3:15 I was looking for some instructions or guids for this model for years.

[@ivanangeli]

maybe they will see and send a link, it is interesting for me too

[@ben_nerf_lego]

7:25 is really cool!

[@gamorean4903]

Not the longest I’ve seen but one of the most unique

[@AcesOxs]

I got to talk to this dude he very nice and one of my friends really enjoyed this ball machine.

[@martinfoulner2570]

anyone know how much this cost in parts and the total build time of all the modules combined [man hours]

[@darthgbc363]

I used video to find where my Modules leak balls. Can't be watching all the time. It helped.

[@sashaball7488]

Yeah i love these contraptions

[@bdray8235]

Can you wait for next year? It's hard for me to wait!

[@gavins6419]

So satisfying

[@darylkanofski9327]

Amazing work

[@yoface2537]

6:24 now i just have "goodness gracious great ball contraption in my head"

[@18birko1]

Great video! Also, love your new intro!

[@TKDWN_YT]

I want then to put on just one brightly coloured ball so that you can follow it easier

[@kohenkalkbrenner8585]

I think they should put up a sign that says if you find any balls please put them back at the start so balls don’t get wasted

[@rpaleg]

That ball counter is actually gigabrain

[@james-m.gauthier-yr1sc]

Rollin’ in the pool not water 😂 13:01

[@james-m.gauthier-yr1sc]

They see me rollin’ 5:23

[@darthgbc363]

Always a great question - Where will you display GBC next?

[@ivanangeli]

yup, Kraken is the best part, for me, then Rabbit factory - wich shows GBC could have a theme, and it would be much more interesting to general public (it is already), for instance, Christmass workshop

[@jimiwills]

Really nice work ❤

[@ThePoolboy789]

be neat to have a second ball counter at the end

[@klockibymichael4825]

great video :)

[@LuppetCentral]

The thumbnail said GBC, and my brain immediately told me Game Boy Color.

[@vblaas246]

Ok, fine, after 25 years you are now better than k'nex (big ball factory). You win Lego. Great contraptions!

[@ToothlessThedragon9]

That ball factory was made by my friend Akiyuki

[@vblaas246]

@@ToothlessThedragon9 Awesome! :) It was my youth :)

[@rosaelenabarragan8104]

Lego balls are the best ones in the world for lego sports

[@glazyy_]

genius man ❤🎉💫🫠

[@music-hum1894]

Cool

[@maximehacquin2315]

wow theres such a Lego Club in Vancouver BC!!! gets me quite interesting in joining, where can I get in touch with you guys?

[@regularrandom6045]

Vancouver bc! Yay! where I'm from

[@sophiaybera2335]

My favorite game

[@MeansToMyDear]

Yeah

[@davidgriego549]

I love GBC

[@user-pc8tb7hg1lHandlesRDumb]

Woah… the pile of plastic dust under the first module after the bridge!

[@Chris-du7hi]

At 20:40

[@fyo_music]

when man introduces himself it would be great to have camera on him...

[@CarterArts]

One day I'll click on one of these thumbnails and it'll be a Lego Gameboy Colour xD

[@For891]

Any chance the New England area can get a decent lego convention? The closest decent show was Virginia. Ugh

[@joanaguayoplanell4912]

I kinda miss the train station and the catapult, not gonna lie.

[@teamruddy611]

when's 2023 and where is it going to be held (the GBC i mean)

[@PotMonke]

I was there!

[@kaiperdaens7670]

The one snowborder his rubber band was loose that sort of annoys me

[@matteotoce3635]

crap I live in Seattle I should have gone.

[@user-le9cz9gs6f]

Why can you never like fix the machines or like the balls that fall out like grab and put them back in?

[@roninnozlo9544]

ive yet to see a ball go through a door or perhaps a window

[@thegboat-6047]

I was high on something when I found this

[@-CookieDev-]

6:16 the ball nooooooooo

[@pastasugo9721]

did anyone count how many times he says: Module?

[@poggins4480]

7:45 baller 😳

[@Timothy__kawast]

3:46

[@tensaantares]

Wouldn't it be funny if consciousness/AI basically amounted to THIS?!

[@Cacheingcants]

First! I love a good GBC video!

[@jordan2301]

😊

[@danidjole7116]

Modjo!

[@Lowbattery3227]

F A R 3:24

[@ocean_pantherchristopherfi1127]

Feels like they get smaller each year tho...

[@sophiaybera2335]

There is orange and white balls

[@aperturemasa3727]

Blue baller

[@Kafj302]

I am like number 632

[@personwhodoesntpost]

Hi 3w IM. 47TH AND LOLL (im 47th and loll

[@user-ip3hr3lc1u]

Blueballs 🤭🤨

[@theopoldthegamer4284]

Up and down, up and down...

[@manicmatt7773]

Major adds at beginning....don't think I'll be back much.

[@yoface2537]

1:54 excellent use of one of the near useless pieces lego introduced with spike prime the worst lego robot system even, like plastic ball bearings? Seriously lego? They dont even roll because they make too much froction also whats with the disgusting display