MythBusters - Lego Ball

[@samulai]

Thanks, Discovery. A really nice way to treat your viewers :P

[@GeckoEidechse]

For those wanting to know what happens when the ball rolls down the hill: It only manages a few meters before disintegrating.

[@chrisparker8539]

Are you kidding me?

[@Rightwardsky]

It breaks immediately.

[@mxjosie]

Seriously, I found it entertaining to see the ball bust in half and collapse in itself, with a sweet high-speed shot trained right on it. It was beautiful.

[@kcanded]

Discovery, PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE RELEASE ALL THE MYTHBUSTERS VIDEOS. There are so many that are missing: Ultimate Mythbuster, Boarding a Plane, Mythbuster vs Jaws, hitting the fruit stand, and ON and ON. You could make a lot of money off us fans, for pity sake!

[@feverkane]

that was a dirty f##king trick!

[@ShorkyBite]

I agree with all of those points. Since it's a ball it also has rolling friction instead of the traditional sliding friction. That makes it easy to move especially when you factor in that friction is only acting on a tiny part of the boulder.

[@BossDrSample]

You can tell it's CGI. C'mon Discovery.

[@flouro4782]

call captain dissolution!

[@psivewri]

I will tell you what happens, the Lego ball breaks apart half way....

[@brizabonskee]

lol i love the part where they stand in the room and discuss cause its so clearly rehearsed xD

[@rubiksisaseasyaspi]

Wow. The ad in the beginning doesn't freeze at all, yet the actual video freezes in two seconds.

[@grath420]

@SuperWingfoot At a museum where I worked we used a solvent between pieces to dissolve a thin layer of plastic on each to fuse them together. Acetone nail polish remover works but evaporates quickly and makes relatively weak bonds. We used methyl ethyl ketone (aka butanone) for increased strength and permanency. A small amount is all thats needed between pieces, applied with a brush or by dipping the bottom edge of pieces 1mm in the solvent. Too much and it will run and damage visible surfaces

[@EmilyBaileyQuest]

Don't know if anyone noticed but just as the lego ball in the viewer video takes off down the hill it bounces. Which means it can't be lego, because something that big wouldn't bounce.

[@ZeldavsMusic]

Thats what i thought too but it turns out that almost half the bricks they got was from that lego artist and he was only letting them BORROW the bricks, so they needed to give them back, and they cant if they are all glued together.

[@Ejody123]

3 of my favourite things Lego,Indiana Jones boulder scene and Mythbusters. It is AWESOME

[@BinkieMcFartnuggets]

I made a giant sphere of melted Danish plastic, but I was told that didn't count as an official Lego ball even though the plastic was stolen directly from the Lego factory. When does plastic cease to be a Lego?!

[@griffinmackenzie]

Ball could have been hollow and made of smaller pieces in the video

[@samscot7780]

Griffin Mackenzie look at it when it crumbles.

[@jussts]

Grant is totally underappreciated in his time.

[@philmstud2k]

Only time I've heard someone describe something as "only" a million.

[@Subaca]

sometimes if legos are really old they stick together stronger

[@Raccaroo]

It's produced in Australia anyway, so yes. Check out the show "Beyond Tomorrow"

[@dondonini]

They should of tried to glue the pieces together before they rolled down the hill.

[@jackiechanrpm]

The original makers of the lego ball specified how many and what kind of lego pieces they used. If they indeed used 5 million pieces, they would have had a much bigger ball if it was hollow.

[@logicdonkey]

This ep is going to be AWESOME

[@bobbywotsit]

Size and weight aren't linked with Lego pieces the same size object made of smaller pieces would weigh more. Due to the fact that a larger piece has more hollow space and the plastic is the same thickness with less percentage of surface area

[@LostHisMarbles]

Not necessarily a bunch of interlaced lego blocks should be enough to support the giant ball. Depends on how thick the legos go into the ball. Anyway if was faked they could have put anything on the inside of the ball for support. Or simply use a lot of glue maybe.

[@Cnrd15]

The ball was hollow in the vid, that's why it was so easy to move around.

[@Tehpwnzmean1]

I saw this episode before, the legoball immediately breaks after a single second of rolling.

[@TaiiLuder]

@MrFreaky90210 I say maybe, the 2*4 bricks just have 4 "thick walls" and if you have 1*2 bricks you will end up with 24 "thick walls" on the same area as a 2*4. So I say: Yes is would be heavier but not as strong!

[@zoidus6429]

They've talked about how they don't have the means to test that just yet.

[@number117man]

I think that it was the disign that was used, they might have also not had layered it in the 'brick format'

[@michaeleisele9562]

Watching this in 2016

[@nerdybrothers]

true. true. as far as I know, fans actually write in to the show and ask them what videos they want "busted" since so much of KZbin viral videos are discussed on the basis of being real or fake. the original video was also featured on G4 way back then. It was for Lego Indiana Jones video game or something.

[@axiomprime]

1. glue it for durability since, if the 1st was real, they probably did. 2. hollow center for less weight. (it's weight. it's under 3,000!) but would mean less legos too. so maybe not. 3. the 1st vid says "like a million of these, like a million" 10 sec in, then the end has in flashing text "5 million"... maybe MB would want to clarify that if they do a followup. 4. making a more spherical build should displace the weight more evenly but it would be further deviation from the original myth.

[@1283zelda]

I saw the show and the video and I have to say, the guys in the video didn't say anything about using 5 million legos, but the word million as used. Also, a lego boulder would have to be glued together for none of the pieces to come off like in the video. I'm thinking the video's ball was hollow and super glued together.

[@Spacemonkeymojo]

Where's the rest? :(

[@Hennersthedeafmute]

I'm sure in the video the guy says "like a million pieces of lego". Also the way it bounced and the sound it made made me think it was hollow

[@ReijiGazpacho]

@GamersPath The original vid may have been a lie. Maybe they didn't use that many bricks, and maybe there was a large, light ball in the center, and glued the bricks together and to the center ball. But I still wonder, where would you get a million, let alone 5 million Lego bricks in the first place?

[@Muscleduck]

I wonder what would have happened if that ball was glued together brick by brick... I think it would have done some serious damage.

[@HaywardCorp]

Blast! What a tease! Can't wait to watch the episode.

[@rubenstaps]

the ball doesnt make it to the car. it falls apart several meters before it.

[@10INTM]

This weighed 4,000 pounds! In the original video they move it like it's nothing, and the car the ball hit didn't get damaged.

[@AplaTaSpaw]

muthbusters rock ! ! ! they're just crazy... they reproduce WHATEVER they find and do it soooo nicely

[@crazyinsane500]

plus they probably glued the bricks together, like how they do it with lego statues at lego-land

[@Kiokken]

while he was running away, the lego-ball was rolling down & could wound him, so this is a dangerous job

[@HickoryChip0]

because they have to follow a strict script now, they used to be able to ad lib lines more but now with more sponsors they have to make sure they say exactly what they're told to.

[@ehcmier]

They'd have to use a lot more of the flat pieces that require three to equal the standard brick, and the "single-dot" pieces that are only a sixth of a standard brick. To really get the numbers up, they would have to use more flat, single-dot pieces, eighteen of them to equal one standard brick, but it would take so much longer.

[@borimirtheboring]

That ball will break itself to bits before going a couple yards down the hill. That's my prediction.

[@selitham]

Unless they could've hot-glued the lego ball, course that didn't stop some pieces falling.

[@PaulSaysThings]

they said it only took 1 million instead of 5 but it looks like the original was bigger.

[@gwkeller]

if they used 5 million legos, then it couldn't have been hollow (it only took 1 million to make the solid version). if it was hollow, you can assume that you'd remove only the inner 1/2 of the diameter and you'd only reduce the weight to 67% of it's original weight (making it ~2000 lbs). if it was hollow, the rigid support necessary for an object made out of rectangles formed into a 'sphere' would not be there making it nearly impossible to move b/c it would crumble upon it's first 1/2 turn.

[@pivotboy63]

ya i would never do it but some people that build stuff like full size cars from legos glue it together. i mean if you built something that big and awesome, would you ever take it apart?

[@GoshMan777]

Pause video, unpause it, press 7 after each "Skits magic", or "Skits smashing"

[@911isfun]

Think about it a 3K lbs ball moving at 15 MPH hits a stopped car it should either A. Break the ball B. Destroy the Car C. Fall apart because the angles on the ball are to sharp for the weigh thresh hold and it's not properly distributed.

[@Phosphatide]

you know, people have been known to use glue in their models like those dudes at legoland

[@Berniebud]

They didn't try doing the same thing the guys in the original video probably did. Melt the lego bricks a bit so it will connect better, thats what they did in legoland!

[@rhenz0404]

the difference of trolling around and science is writing it down

[@tjy148]

@Guitarrocks23 its just a preview of the show

[@chabnock]

I with most of you!!!! Show the whole clip or do not show it at all. Makes me feel like never watching another mythe buster video or show.

[@Gundark3]

I bet they didn't use very good techniquesor pieces, such as technics, build it piece by piece from the base up, make it hollow, and they probably used a bunch of 2x4 bricks.

[@DukeDonkey]

1st part of the myth was that a lego ball this size needs 5 million blocks, we used only a million lego blocks..... WTF?? Only A MILLION!! Anyways Mythbusters is a sweet show and we're only 1 season behind of the US on Finland's Discovery (I guess it's the same for all Europe) Finnish Channel MTV3 is only at the lead ballon myth... Cable kicks ass

[@weckar]

Tori is definitely the most natural in front of the camera.

[@peeweemen1]

not if u use super glue. its like wat crabheart said. at legoland the stuff doesnt break cuz its all glued together

[@borimirtheboring]

Even if they glued each piece the shear weight of it would break it up as it started rolling. There are too many weak points in the structure.

[@RedStormC]

they said it wasnt easily movable, but maybe it was hollow and glued together? idk i didnt see the original lego ball video

[@pianoman8765]

The ball in the original was obviously not 4 million lego pieces larger then the one in this video so it doesn't matter. And by bounce off they mean it hit the car and came off just fine, as in, the ball could easily be moved away from the car.

[@36nick4truth]

Problem, no Krazy glue. Another myth "busted"

[@ryashock]

Isn't it possible they glued the pieces or used a lighter to make the pieces stay together?

[@hellohalotime]

I bet this episode on mythbusters at the 29th will have more views than any other :D

[@dreed100]

car has wheels. the ball is flat on the bottom. that might give a problem of moving it. they busted the editor's comment then. your point? they didn't say whether it bounces or not. so what do you mean by unbusted.

[@Telamon8]

they screwed up big time with this because for one the people in the lego boulder vid glued it.an the people also used peices ranging from 1x1 flat to 6x4 prisom

[@123pspower]

actually if you see the video they linked youll see when the car alarm goes of there is text saying "5 million"

[@link2125]

Not to mention almost half an hour exposure on the discovery channel.

[@nightmarex1]

man wish i had cable or satellite again, i miss this show.

[@magnetmanca]

I think it will break apart a little when it starts to roll and then crash into the car, breaking apart. Thats what I think.

[@dozzer]

WOuld be nice if you played the whole video, considering not all of us have cable access....

[@rotsnot]

did you know grant won a competition to get on the show the competition was an american robot wars and his was unbeatable thats why he builds the rigs and robots

[@GhostInTheShell29]

@MrCrazytater in science you usually try to factor out bias's. So even if you think you know what results a test will yield, you still do the test. That and it makes for good tv.

[@BryanDil]

what happens in the video is that the lego ball get half way down the slop then it breaks. doesnt ever reach the car :/

[@kbtwinkietwins]

the thing is, objects tend to stay in motion with no friction, no gravity, or other obstacles like oxygen. If you put the ball in a vacuum and push it, it well go on forever, but the ball is NOT in a vacuum, there IS friction, there IS air, and your little newton's laws theory just got torn to shreds in a different concept

[@blhc11]

OK shellshot actualy has a point but it also proves he only watched the begginig the truth is that the guy in the video was holding a 2*4 brick and said:"you see this?... like a million of these

[@shellshot]

No I just watched it. Actual quote from the original video "like a Million of these, like a million"

[@Microshocky]

Well, the shows premiering on the 29th, theyre just advertising a clip here.

[@xXxM4A1xXx08]

ever think they might of glued the legos together, i want a retest

[@aub_del]

1.-copy and paste 2.-paste it in 2 different videos 3.. hold breath for 10 secs 4.- look at your hands

[@BryanDil]

it breaks half way down the hill, doesnt even reach the car

[@bicostp]

We all know what happens, assuming the ball rolls. 3000 pound ball + car = mangled pile of car parts.

[@johnnytastetest]

I knew that original video was fake as soon as I first saw it. The thing was obviously hollow with a wood frame and some sort of thin, painted exterior. Even if they had bothered to superglue all the blocks together on the original, they still would have been shattering as it rolled. If there is no glue on the Mythbusters' one, expect that ball to crumble quite a bit.

[@gilded_lady]

That was a fun myth, but any LEGO hobbyist could have told you it was busted before it began. Just way too cost prohibitive (even assuming you had access to 1 mil. bricks)

[@dushikorsou1]

shouldnt you like superglue it together cause i dont think lego cant take that much force, it even breaks from falling 40 cm >>

[@snager80]

i predict it will fall apart.. and then get donated.

[@oogiesmuncher]

ya itll just start to break apart the instant it hits any uneven surface

[@d1mple381]

I could already tell that it was gonna be a big mess

[@tmech455]

OK, afterv watching the video, the guys says, "It took a million of these, like a million", the flashing 5 million at the end, I have no idea where that came from, as for easy to move around, they hauled it in on a 2 ton flat bed, then set it at the start of the incline. Are these guys watching the same video I am?

[@pmcginn497]

lol i did some research a and zoomed in on the picture on the origonal one and found it was some sort of plastic because it was flat and didnt have bump like lego

[@shockgrenade]

@LICKETYSPLITALNG its not possible to show the entier episode unless u are a youtube partner if you are not then u must stay within the 11min limit

[@alajet]

i spotted that too, it's missing the roof antenna, might be a beater of a rocco, it would be a shame if its actually a good example of one as a scirocco owner im kind of curious what kind of abuse the old girl can take!

[@Paxtilhoko]

How can they know about the number of pieces? The other guys could have used smaller pieces in the center..

[@hazzwright]

i watched the conclusion on the discovery website and it smashes to peices it awsome