This is a video of the Great Ball Contraption (GBC) of Japan Brickfest 2025, constructed using 49 different ball-moving LEGO modules from eight master LEGO builders. The machine spans a very respectable 31 meters (102 feet). Damn, that is a lot of ball moving! Me? When I’m uncomfortable at the

Because who needs to mow when you have a big enough weed whacker, the creative problem solving Russians of Youtube channel Garage 54 went and constructed a 200HP whacker mounted to the hood of a car, spinning a blade with cables attached out in front. It looks good at what

Because some people really know how to spend their free time, this is a video from Youtuber Dr. Engine, who built seven different LEGO vehicles and pitted them against each other in four different extreme obstacle challenges. That’s fun, that’s a good way to spend a weekend. How I spend

Because there’s nothing you can’t build with LEGO besides a comfortable sleeping partner, this is a video of Youtuber Dr. Engine constructing and demonstrating a rolling mill made from LEGO. The mini-factory can flatten, stamp, and cut shapes out of modeling clay. How about that! Full disclosure: when I started

Because the biggest downfall of 3D printers is not being able to print a ladder long enough to reach the moon and finally escape earth, this is a video of Youtuber Ivan Miranda modding a treadmill into a 3D printer that allows for infinitely long prints. After running into and

This is a video of Rube Goldberg machinist Joseph of Joseph’s Machines building and testing a real life version of Wallace & Gromit’s breakfast machine from the 1993 movie The Wrong Trousers. Wrong Trousers? Not a problem for me, I haven’t worn anything but sweatpants and athletic shorts for years.

This is a video of the LEGO waffle factory built by Youtuber Brick Machines that can make waffles from start to finish, including mixing the batter, adding batter to a waffle iron, and plating the cooked waffles afterwards. That’s convenient, especially for someone like myself who loves everything about waffles

This is a video from Brick Technology (previously) of a quaint LEGO town being destroyed by various LEGO war machines. It begins with a battering ram, but as the town ramps up its defenses in the form of a ravine, a bridge-crossing machine is built, followed by a crossbow and