Tested Mailbag: Human-Scale 3D-Printed LEGO!

This week's mailbag is filled with wonderful 3D prints from maker Stian Ervik Wahlvåg, who is experimenting with prints by making human-scale LEGO pieces. We check out two of his designs, which have functioning electronics, as well as elegant print-in-place miniature toys. So delightful!
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[@mikemills54]

Megaphone?!?! Thats been a ray-gun to me for the last 30 years.

[@endomobo359]

Its only a ray gun when theres a little red stud on the end

[@m0rtez713]

No, no its a reciever of M2 browning machinegun.

[@playwme3]

Pretty sure it was in Police and Fire sets a lot too.

[@nathanc777]

The parrot was always one of my favorite pieces as a kid. That and the monkey were highlights of the pirate sets for me. This is amazing.

[@Lunareon]

Same here. So nostalgic! The adventures of Captain Parrothead! xD

[@ikmnification5737]

(Everyone in the comments) *removes sunglasses* Mother of God, that's no Bulldozer

[@tested]

yes, you're correct! brain fart!

[@xeric42]

Sure. Cops and robbers? or Tag?

[@ethanhair1460]

Lol nope not a bulldozer

[@ReeceConrad]

Look, it's a bulldozer (holds up an excavator). That's like showing a dog and saying "look at this beautiful turtle"!

[@afonsolucas2219]

I cannot stress how funny this is. Mind if I use it?

[@ReeceConrad]

have at it. I mean, my son is fascinated by construction equipment, so I probably know more than the average joe, but still... I mean for god's sake I know what a bulldozer is and isn't

[@MichaelOnines]

Maybe it's closer to confusing a daschund and a greyhound. He at least picked something in the same subset of "construction equipment that is manufactured by a company that REALLY likes yellow".

[@potatopriorites5652]

He did admit in a responce he had a 'brain fart' in one of the comments

[@EpicMuttonChops]

is this a pigeon?

[@GreenAppelPie]

That’s not a megaphone, it’s a maneuvering thruster.

[@darthblade2016]

Its also an E-11 stormtrooper blaster

[@ThumpertTheFascistCottontail]

actually, i'm quite certain it's bong.

[@richardlincoln886]

Space lego blaster/gun

[@ShaddyWoohooMan]

So that's where fighter jets and construction equipment come from. Eggs apparently.

[@Lunareon]

What's more, the eggs were laid by the Easter Bunny.

[@GeektoStudios]

Human scale Lego??? Oh no. I need a 3d printer even more

[@ulrichkalber9039]

human scale lego makes much more sense when you build rideable Kids toys from it.

[@dmytrob.g.8001]

@@ulrichkalber9039 Who is thinking about kids when a speach is about lego. It should have been "rideable men toys"))

[@vemundkremund3221]

Get an Ender 3. $200. Really good value

[@agepbiz]

Thank you for the shout out! 🙂

[@robins6523]

Herlig lego figurer, Stian!

[@agepbiz]

Tusen takk! :)

[@kurtownsj00]

I'd seen your egg designs before on Thingiverse and thought they were neato....but the Lego stuff is even better. I've never actually searched but I love the idea of printing LARGE lego pieces that still fit together great, and building stuff with them.

[@LogansLocos]

my only question is why you didn't send any of your Thomas and Friends stuff!? The models that you've made were so good!

[@ForeverDegenerate]

Lego Kinder Eggs? SO on board with that!

[@silvershamrock5489]

The hell kinda bulldozer is that? Here in australia thats an a excavator

[@ulrichkalber9039]

i thought down under that would be spelled "rotavacxe"

[@JobroskiSwaqqman]

I think he just made a mistake

[@TheFuryGlitch]

@@ulrichkalber9039 he's using a translator

[@schirmoau]

Yeah that simply a young guy that doesn't know his earthmoving equipment!

[@washinthewind]

This obviously needs to be combined with Frank's Creepyfig at some point...

[@nandoma3226]

I’m so happy this channel alive.

[@cracklasco]

Human scale lego lightsabers

[@beefknuckles]

Damn this is so freakin cool. I love that parrot!

[@seasong7655]

This brings back childhood

[@Mother_Lover]

Box full of awesome

[@thoughtfix]

What? No human-scale Norm?

[@TheN8ism]

My thanks for fighting the urge to sing “Everything is Awesome”. Not sure I’d have the strength.

[@redenginner]

He should have also included a red and light blue stud to match the back end of the megaphone so it can also be a blaster.

[@darthblade2016]

So cool!!

[@FlyingAce1016]

Thats no mega phone thats the old school star wars lego blasters! /s

[@redenginner]

It was used as a megaphone originally before lego star wars got custom made blaster pieces.

[@swrodgon]

Delightfully awesome, I’ve printed some of those eggs before, but never realized this was the same dude! Very happy coincidence.

[@MotorideTube]

what an amazing job.

[@jerryjohnsonii4181]

Very Cool. I want one !!!!!!!!!

[@cockatoode705]

The parrot is like 1/2 scale lol

[@wesswingley7441]

Yeah, I wondered why he did 1:7 on that? A real scarlet macaw is much bigger than that. He probably could have done 1:12 like the megaphone.

[@julianfreeman]

That's f@@@ing amazing.

[@CursoTallerdeDibujo]

Saludos Desde Monterrey, Mexico. I love 3D printing and modeling.

[@SimplyDudeFace]

Wow... a first... something cool that I knew about before the tested crew. :-)

[@ThatShyGuyMatt]

The parrot lego piece was always my most prized possession. Not sure why. Just looked amazing. Then the monkey of course.

[@xenonram]

I have tons of monkeys. I brought out my Legos for my little niece, and found a bunch of them. I have a parrot or two, I just haven't come across them yet.

[@zanderteale8683]

Cool things

[@nothsim]

It's not a bulldozer it's an excavator. Looks like one or two of us get out of the office and work for a living. Lol. Still love the video.

[@Turnbull50]

brilliant

[@chruw]

That "megaphone" is definitely a Star Wars blaster

[@Jaenns]

Its first use as a Star Wars blaster was in 1999, but as megaphone it's used since 1982 (very quick research, but it was definitely a megaphone first).

[@MysticJhn]

Now I can't help but wonder how big a human-scale Lego brick would be. Just your standard 2x4 basic block. What size is it if you made it the same scale it is compared to a mini-fig, now to an adult human.

[@catercoz2491]

Please add the channel link to the video description, Tested. Thanks!

[@alpacaslayer290]

This would go great with your realistic Lego minifigure costume.

[@timr86868]

When I saw the eggs I thought "hey, he stole those from the guy on thingiverse!" nope, he IS the guy on thingiverse.

[@agepbiz]

Haha, thank you for looking out for me :)

[@entiretwix1480]

@@agepbiz your 3d printing is great

[@Shrimpy08]

Cool

[@spaltomato3700]

I NEED A 3D Printer

[@chrismofer]

if you're willing to mess around with kits, an anet a8 will acheive a tined print quality close to that of more expensive machines while being under $200. an ender 3 is a less tedious option as well.

[@kurtownsj00]

Yup I have an Anet A8, and eam very happy with it, but know you WILL eventually be replacing some parts. You have to assemble every single component as well, so you gotta be ready for that. As a career mechanic I thought "Ah I'll put it together perfectly and make sure all connectors are perfect." That being said once it's together you can print some things that upgrade print quality right away, like a better fan nozzle design.

[@jgp6703]

*Noice!*

[@borimirtheboring]

Now you can do a Lego "Dead Parrot Sketch."

[@dylandreisbach1986]

Oh hey its the "things inside of eggs" guy I see on thingiverse.

[@brandondyck20]

Those eggs remind me so much of kinder surprise eggs as a kid with the prize in the middle.

[@whiskeygordon2452]

I need that

[@kingjames4886]

"hey guys! I already opened the box cuz I have to touch everything!"

[@stevenaudet]

This be perfect for talk like a pirate day!

[@Jarcca]

"i dont want to break it..." Say that to the super star destroyer you broke!

[@JohnDlugosz]

I remember Lego as having blocks, period. This would have been in the early 1970's, along with the first season of "The Six Million Dollar Man".

[@agepbiz]

Both the Megaphone and Parrot piece goes back to the eighties, so they are not modern parts. If you go a couple of decades further back into Lego history they actually included diecast cars with their sets :)

[@redenginner]

+agepbiz the early 70s you had all sorts of weird stuff too. You had the RC car, the proto minifigs, and the first 2 trains.

[@potatopriorites5652]

I like how more people are fixed on mistakenly naming a construction tool over the idea of a dudes awesome 3D prints. I'm not being sarcastic, this is entertaining

[@cindyespindola4946]

And that's how baby Jet was born 😊

[@bhabenbaro2767]

I 💖 it

[@redgreen09]

neat stuff like it see as go

[@Raythe]

Adam, since I've seen a lot of NERF projects, I think it would be really nifty to build a NERF cannon: make a super nerf gun that shoots chunks of pool noodles!. i don't have the resources or tools to do such a thing, but if adam or someone does I would sure love to see it!

[@Lethality112]

Notifications squad! YEAH!

[@capranger099]

Time to warm up the printer bed...

[@jordanwiley4582]

The parrot gave birth to a fighter jet and an excavator. I want a Chevelle SS, Mr. Parrot.

[@Feiora]

Makes you wonder whats fertilizing the eggs...

[@gijosh93]

but do they snap together?

[@Autobotsunited]

That’s not a bulldozer.

[@juschu85]

Why would a 1:1 (1:1 compared to an actual parrot) parrot be human scale and not parrot scale?

[@Spagghetimonster]

Come on Norm, pose that parrot!

[@leifvejby8023]

I believed that eggs with toys in them were forbidden in USA.

[@agepbiz]

Food with non edible things inside are forbidden (chocolate with toy inside). These are not food

[@Paganomation]

That's not a megaphone! Oh wait, yes it is.

[@tokuchaan4693]

That eggs remembers me of "choco egg" from Japan.

[@aryanyeoh2606]

I lost that leggo piece ughghhh

[@radpas1213]

Why not use LDraw? (:

[@RiffsOfHorror]

Does it have to be a mailbag or can i send a letter?

[@keetrandling4530]

Not a bulldozer; that's an excavator.

[@bilza247]

Lego should sell these!

[@Nayoh-yp4rh]

thats a star wars blaster my guy

[@MovieMike1969]

What is "print in place"?

[@therealyones]

That's a blaster, not a megaphone

[@PenguinJockey13]

It can be both

[@theinfernaltoast1810]

The megaphone piece was reused back in the early days of lego starwars sets as a blaster

[@djaydeved]

its either or

[@PtrOBrn]

ah... lego Space predates lego star wars by a decade or two.

[@xenonram]

"Blaster" lol

[@caj8968]

What does print in place mean?

[@agepbiz]

it means that the object incorporate various types of joints, moving parts, and hinges, no assembling needed

[@Mrmudbone_gaming]

Did LEGO agree with y’all making their pieces into larger 3D printed?

[@Gomez78Familia]

Not a megaphone for me, with other attachments was a gun our thruster.

[@dylandreisbach1986]

lego needs to hire this guy.

[@djmips]

Did the megaphone even amplify his voice ;)

[@apocalypticsurvivor1881]

Me wantie jet

[@DanielGibby]

Everyone knows, that's not a megaphone, it's one part of a rocket launcher!

[@jimmityjam9319]

ok but i need the megaphone to make blasters by putting trans red studs on the end

[@agepbiz]

I do want to make a blasterversion of it in the future, I just need to find some cheap and simple electronics kit that is suitable. Kit with some blinking LEDs or something

[@0623kaboom]

nice f14 tomcat .. and back hoe ... no not a bulldozer ... lol

[@LasVegar]

3:00 that's an excuvator

[@daniel29263]

Excavator, not a bulldozer. Still cool, though.

[@nicklockk]

Isn't it illegal to just copy the molds LEGO developed?

[@sashrikbhattacharyya7446]

Yo

[@oblivionwolf6528]

you know what a fighter jet is but not a excavator

[@darthdrenden2731]

can you make skyrim dadric armor

[@TheN8ism]

Did anyone else besides me catch themselves thinking that Human Scale, the office furniture manufacture, had 3D printed LEGO’s?

[@jmalmsten]

Hehe... IKEA Ladda batteries :D

[@MrDgwphotos]

Too bad you can't attach the parrot to the end of the megaphone like you can with actual lego pieces.

[@tutopi3423]

Space ships are really not the shuttle and the space containers

[@Lethality112]

And now play Minecraft with it

[@crimsonvampyre602]

He said “print in place” about 50 times, but never explained what that meant.

[@curiousentertainment3008]

Life size LEGO rifles? Maybe either real or airsoft

[@SuperCannibas420]

megaphone made him quieter :P

[@vexorian]

"they are not all in the same scale" then what ia even the point?

[@XanderEwald]

That’s not a parrot though. It’s obviously an attack helicopter.

[@BigFarles]

Megaphone. I always used those as guns.

[@Aku77777]

More than 2 weeks and still no new episode of Projections.

[@tested]

we'll be back closer to OC5!

[@Redigitized]

#notificationSquad AWESOME VID

[@lvrdlpz]

Those are not eggs! Those are kinder surprise in disguise!