MASSIVE 3D Printed LEGO & Star Wars BB-8 with Matt Denton!

While at Formnext 2021 in Frankfurt, Germany - I got to chat with ‪@MattDenton‬ at the ‪@Polymaker‬ booth. We talked HUGE LEGO, we talked BB-8, and did I ride the LEGO GO-KART? Maybe...
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[@fixumdude]

There's just something so fun about taking something tiny and making it gigantic! Look who I'm telling this to...nevermind. LOL

[@ottersdangerden]

There is a place on the internet for that XD

[@agepbiz]

There is something fascinating about giant LEGO builds!

[@Mitch3D]

A D-O Droid would be fun. You can tell Matt has to engineer this stuff to work practically since things break at scale (square-cube law)

[@stianjohnsen8622]

So basically what he did with the go-kart is he made a big model of a small model of a big model of a (propably) small drawing. Absolutely love it (all of it)

[@bernechad]

Thank you for introducing me to Matt's channel! That is some amazing work, thank you for the video !

[@LincolnWorld]

Joel! Please do a video about you making this remote bot. That would be awesome. Or really any videos of total projects would be great. I really enjoyed the ones in the past about the speakers, the turntable, etc. Thanks for another fun video. High-5!

[@3DMusketeers]

Giant Lego means GIANT FUN!

[@Eucep]

So many suits in the background who have that look on their face of 'they have so much more fun then us'.

[@rcmaniac25]

As someone who just printed a large Lego Christmas Wreath, I can attest to "print big is fun... print big lego is more fun". Also, I love how "let's do it" the video is. I feel like sometimes at trade shows they go "oh yes, this is completely functional... but we can't demo it. No, we removed the electronics... and glued/bolted it to the stand... please don't touch" and while I can understand the bulldozer "don't touch" because of friction and whatnot, the fact that Matt was just "yea, let me sit on the go kart right now" was just perfect.

[@f.d.6667]

Awesome model ... old LEGO Technic has a specific aesthetic that works at any scale (apparently). I used to work in the marketing department of the "Big L." brand mentioned in the video. Typically, the HQ in DK was pretty ignorant of what was going on in the various regions, while totally over-estimating the relevance of "genius" ideas they came up with in Denmark (generally a rather typical Denmark-problem). While this has definitely improved with regional brand ambassadors etc., it's still far from optimal and there is a constant risk of losing touch with the fans and consumers. However, the regions are typically smarter about such things and will occasionally sponsor local talent if they know about you.

[@springplus300]

They seem to be doing fine though...

[@f.d.6667]

@@springplus300 ... yeah, except for those times when they have to fire hundreds of employees, when they lose loyal retailers in core markets, when their competitors are more innovative than they are, when they don't have an adequate response for knock-offs (example: when a Chinese knock-off gets a RedDot (TM) design award in 2017 for a component developed by Lego in 2005) or when they are totally missing the boat (like when they are unable to benefit from the current boom in STEM, classic trains and marble tracks b/c the have neglected those areas for years). Have a look at their profit-per-employee in DK and operations in Western countries - no improvement there for over a decade... also, take on the consumer perspective: How many grams of molded ABS do I get for a dollar spent? That trend is negative and an indicator for a non-sustainable way of generating a profit.

[@SaHaRaSquad]

Oh wow, the nostalgia. I had a forklift Lego kit in the exact same style (all yellow bricks, same steering wheels etc.), I'd say I played with it ~1998 but it was my uncle's, so definitely from the same period the one in the video was designed. And over 40km/h in such a vehicle, that's awesome. You know this dude trusts his 3D prints when he voluntarily drives on it.

[@craigmushens4789]

Love it. The lego digger was my second technic kit as a kid

[@coaltowking]

One of my first 3d prints was a giant Lego brick for my brother-in-law. He wanted it as accurate as possible, so I spent ages trying to print one in ABS on a terrible 3d printer (Formbot T-rex 2) without an enclosure.

[@Chad.The.Flornadian]

"Lego" on STEROIDS. Man, that just hits something deep down inside. It's just so oddly satisfying to see what would happen if someone went all "Honey I Blew Up The Kid" on a "Lego" set.

[@bwselectronic]

The new mode of transportation for convention halls! The self balancing devices always have me intrigued. Love to see you build one Joel

[@santiagoblandon3022]

Yes!! build one!! This is amazing!

[@buildersmark]

Great video! I like BIG prints and I can not lie!

[@nathantanti8283]

Love this guy. Deserves more recogition.

[@SirLANsalot]

Polymaker is what I use for my Filament, and I love it. They are middle of the road on prices, but the main thing is their spools are clear, so its easy to see how much you have left. I used to use Hatchbox but you can't tell what you have left on the spool, not easily anyways. On topic, LEGO doesn't hold a patent to the brick itself, meaning you CAN freely print and make your own bricks, parts ect.

[@ch3vr0l3t]

A D-0 droid at 200% would be amazing!!

[@aronseptianto8142]

i do really hope the lego group leverage this kind of project and sponsor him instead of doing a DMCA

[@Denist1978]

BB-8 build would be also cool

[@jamescerven4400]

Build that star wars robot thing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@AVSdesign]

Giant “building blocks", robots, and a spool "fruit" 😉 bearing tree!? What’s not to like 👍

[@ReelAquatics]

Gives a whole new meaning to “collecting yourself” after a crash 🤣 it would suck to lose parts and be stranded

[@Brandon_Makes_Stuff]

This was one of my favorite videos. Inspiring and just fun!

[@mrtiff99]

Fantastic model

[@C-M-E]

How to torture test your next idea (and yourself): 3D printed, animatronic ALF with TPU hair. 😁

[@TheRealStructurer]

This is the LEGO Duplo++ 😁 Imagine what it would cost if LEGO would sell it! Hope they will not mess around with this kind of inspiration. I think it makes the LEGO community stronger and at the end will sell more LEGO

[@Bot.number.69420]

This title might get you in trouble. They have been pretty brutal to get yt channels in trouble for using copyrighted words and designs.

[@padel24x7]

First read "with Matt Damon " lol

[@Craftlngo]

seeing the upscaled Lego Models I was directly thinking: _"How big would my Lego Land 928 Space Ship be in scale 5 to 1?"_

[@Bianchi77]

Nice video clip, keep it up , thank you for sharing :)

[@bruno3]

Having seen Neil Patrick Harris on this channel, I kinda read "Matt Damon".

[@ivovass195]

Awesome builds, made me want to make a D-O, thank you for the inspiration

[@jacobmiller9468]

please make a DEO that's incredible

[@robrs210]

I must get mine finished. Matts build inspired me to start 3D printing. 80% of mine is done and 3 years in lol

[@rahsaankcole]

Build it !!

[@roblear6322]

Build D-O? Yes Please!

[@timothyrico4079]

Yes we would love to see you make one

[@dynodude2002]

I now want to print/build a full 2 or 3x scale Millennium Falcon...

[@matsv201]

I have a guess what he is going to build next... but im not sure I would say it, becuase i kind of sort of dicussed it with him. But well... can probobly say that he did have one more lego kit as a kid that he have not made to scale yet

[@Waltkat]

I definitely want to make one of those D-O droids!

[@DCT_Aaron_Engineering]

G’day Joel. Absolutely love it mate. A Lego model from my childhood. You can’t beat the old school Lego Techic. Thanks for sharing mate and merry Christmas 🎄 to you and the family. Cheers from Downunder 👍🍻

[@lynxshd]

Yes please build it

[@cdk8472]

I like "Mantis" and his giant sized builds, nice one. Thanks to a "little" company from Denmark (or lawyers hired by them) he pulled his designs from certain sites, if I remember correctly.

[@reprinted3D]

Do it, Joel. Remember: If you build it, they will come!

[@yorgle]

I've really been loving the Polymaker Matte PLA i've been using recently. It prints so well, and I just get excellent products from it with my MakerBot 5thG. :D

[@SaltGrains_Fready]

It's great U definitely have to build that little blower in your shop dude.

[@WiKiTWoNKa]

That is so cool I hope he can figure out how to make the perfect BB-8

[@richards7909]

Rumour has it that Matt is upscaling 75192… ;)

[@_gamma.]

This guy! I’ve seen some of his channel, he’s amazing

[@leomakessomething]

Thats crazy

[@peterhr5226]

Yes, you should definitely print one.

[@Loqcust]

Build it Joel! Join our pain! Soon you'll be onto an R2 and BB8!

[@donaldburkhard7932]

Done anything with the larger car car?

[@brucedubois9200]

I do say D.O. YesO. But a blue ver. In your style

[@the_desastrous828]

Der Praktikant grüßt @Held der Steine inh. Thomas Panke

[@crckdns]

just before Lego sues him (due to design patents) XD it looks really great! I want also to print that big :(

[@tmmy-td5gc]

please build one. It gonna be super super cool.

[@MDigitalProductions]

I sooo wanna see Joel! mank a Droid!

[@TuncayAyhan]

2:01 Nobody talking about this? No? Okay. Don't watch it then. 7:07 And Again

[@ElPresidenteBuzzard]

@@TuncayAyhan I came to the comments for this! Lmao!

[@TuncayAyhan]

@@ElPresidenteBuzzard😂

[@8fer27]

cant wait for him to make the lego death star =p

[@chrisholmstrom8652]

Yes build the robot. Then Upscale the robot so you can drive the neighbors nuts

[@platin2148]

Would be nice to see a DLP Printer that would be able to print this way more precisely. I do wonder why lego doesn’t embrace this more i know it cuts into there market but also not really.

[@mirandajacobs41]

If they marketed it as a hobby kit, wouldn't them having pre-set print files pull people back to "L"? They could have difficulty levels and that would push people to really look at the way things work. I remember my brother had one of the "L" robot kits that followed coloured lines on a path and I always thought that was so cool! As the stores near me close I see this as a way to keep people engaged. To me this would only revive the brand to a audience that has always loved it, but might not be able to afford the premium sets. The cost of "L" these days has ment the kids in my family haven't had the same play with them that my brothers and I had.

[@AmaroqStarwind]

I misread the title as saying Matt Damon

[@MakingStuff]

Build it!

[@g.s.3389]

yes build one !!! :)

[@donaldburkhard7932]

Put blow dryer in top to dry dogs.

[@PuddlePro]

Anyone else thought it said Matt Damon?

[@darrenp9454]

Matt Damon

[@JumboShr1mp]

Ho yaaaa build it….

[@calboycreates]

What size of motors are in that go kart?

[@paddymooney42]

Is there somewhere to get these designs??

[@xargon1234]

5x ucs millennium falcon or ucs at-at

[@badwolf5245]

Anyone know what the infill on parts like that are?

[@cologeo2169]

Ummm… STL?

[@MidKnightriderR6]

Video title says BB-8 but only saw a D.O. 🤔

[@jezgregg2172]

Joel needs to interview Michael baddeley he's designed and printed some amazing star wars droid and RC stuff and really helps his community with his mrbaddeley printed droid Facebook group

[@normcaissie5598]

Hell yes make the robot.

[@MrTuhascvbouwq]

do the robot joel, do IT!

[@RahLoh]

thats not the droid your looking for

[@maxmilianfalatek6019]

build dio!

[@darkh0st]

Wow, would be so cool to print this. Any chance these files are available?

[@nobodyimportant8811]

Build it now

[@amdreallyfast]

Video title says "BB-8", but video shows "D-O". Still cool though.

[@mahdimuhib]

Kono Dio Da

[@WillofNewZealand]

Hi Joel from Will and Mr Data :):] The Great news is Mr Pierre of Cults3d just emailed me. States quote. Its not automaticly the date from thingiverse we have to manually change it. End quote. Thats the biggest news in for 3d print comunity in a year. Please dont flood them with date match requests. Please request just one thing match a day perhaps. Or one a week might be better. Just to keep there work load down and not annoy them. Id like to Thank you Mr Joel for your contribution to supporting me. And your support of the business side of the 3d print comunity and all the 3d comunity in general. You have interitty and didnt just hide away i really appreciate that. We wish you nice success. Be well from Will and Mr Data :):]

[@jorgedanielfariasrodriguez1449]

Please make the robot

[@shakesfirst2443]

I am new to 3D making, like weeks, but I want to make my own 3D printed bricks to build my own Lego Millenium Falcon (they cost a fortune for a broke middle aged student in a pandemic, so using filament as I can buy it is a good hack). A larger scaled, not this big, version is now my ultimate goal. It will take me a long time, my place is not big enough for the 1:1 version, but it won't stop me.

[@EDDIE_389]

Do it =)

[@fw_uke_ha]

Lego sued a lot of youtubers copying there patented stones in any way. I highly recommend to take this video down. Maybe get in contact with the German youtuber HELDDERSTEINE. He f.ex. was sued, cause he used an image of a Legostone in his Logo. Patents are also for the US.

[@3DPrintingNerd]

Matt has a ton of videos up on these and Lego knows of them and all is still okay.

[@fw_uke_ha]

@@3DPrintingNerd Just saying... HELD DER STEINE was a big Lego youtuber and seller of Lego and in cooperation for many years with Lego and they sued him. Lego is pretty strict the last couple of month, cause they are angry that their brandname gets deleted cause it developed into a worldwide generic term for clamping blocks. Same story as Jeep lost the right using their brandname exclusively. Lego is fighting very hard not to lose the naming right and this is the reason why they start suing many people on social media, instagram and youtube.

[@fw_uke_ha]

@@3DPrintingNerd Here is a video from a german lawyer (maybe you can turn on english subtitles) who describes the legal action of lego pretty well. kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZnbLoqefiZJ8i6M I read now that at least five other big youtubers from germany got sued this year.

[@makewithmegma]

🔥💕😍👌👍

[@DanFrederiksen]

Bruton could make a robot that looks like the large lego technic figures. It would be a crowd pleaser at full size walking around. Not an easy build though. My sister knows the lego family a bit. I wont try but it would be nice to have official approval to do these things. I imagine that as long as it's not commercial production you are good. But douche paramount did strike down great startrek tng fanart unfortunately. And created the abomination that is Discovery.

[@darkmatter7442]

LEGO is a p4in in the ass, to matters related to copyright/trademark. I know one guy in Germany which had a heap of lawsuits because his KZbin channel logo used something which resembles remotely a Lego brick.

[@Martial-Mat]

So not "Lego inspired" - Lego stolen. :-(

[@harmless6813]

As long as he doesn't sell Lego designs as a kit, he should be good. The bricks are no longer protected; the patents expired years ago.

[@3DPrintingNerd]

As long as these aren’t called Lego, but rather Lego compatible, it’s clear

[@Martial-Mat]

@@3DPrintingNerd Absolutely not! Do you SERIOUSLY think that patent is no more sophisticated tahn calling something "compatible?"

[@Martial-Mat]

@@harmless6813 The bricks may well have expired, but these are relatively recent iterations. You can be certain that every separate component has been separately patented..

[@3DPrintingNerd]

@@Martial-Mat I'm going by what happened with Barnacles. Lego reached out to him back in the day and I believe made mention that you have to use the term "Lego-compatible". I'll look it up and see what's what now-a-days.