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Non-Wargaming Discussion => Fun Stuff => Topic started by: Ferb on 08 February 2013, 03:18:32 PM

Title: And I thought wargamers had too much time on their hands!
Post by: Ferb on 08 February 2013, 03:18:32 PM
God knows how long it took to build this or how much it must have cost.



Ferb


EDIT: Vid embedded.
Title: Re: And I thought wargamers had too much time on their hands!
Post by: GordonY on 08 February 2013, 04:00:19 PM
That has to be the insanist thing I've ever seen, it has to be made by the guy who owns Lego.
Title: Re: And I thought wargamers had too much time on their hands!
Post by: Duke Speedy of Leighton on 08 February 2013, 05:10:53 PM
My bet would be a degree level robotics project.  :D
Title: Re: And I thought wargamers had too much time on their hands!
Post by: Leon on 08 February 2013, 05:40:15 PM
That's insane!  I can't stop watching it now...  :D
Title: Re: And I thought wargamers had too much time on their hands!
Post by: Steve J on 08 February 2013, 07:17:26 PM
Brilliant and horribly addictive!
Title: Re: And I thought wargamers had too much time on their hands!
Post by: petercooman on 08 February 2013, 07:29:49 PM
Not impressed. Why make a machine to haul balls around? Wouldn't it be time better spent if he made a machine for us that paints miniatures  :D :D :D :D :D
Title: Re: And I thought wargamers had too much time on their hands!
Post by: Lord Kermit of Birkenhead on 09 February 2013, 08:11:10 AM
What is it FOR.......


IanS  :-\ :-\ :-\
Title: Re: And I thought wargamers had too much time on their hands!
Post by: FierceKitty on 09 February 2013, 08:36:04 AM
Quote from: petercooman on 08 February 2013, 07:29:49 PM
Not impressed. Why make a machine to haul balls around?

It took evolution a long time to come up with just that!
  - One of them.
Title: Re: And I thought wargamers had too much time on their hands!
Post by: Luddite on 09 February 2013, 10:34:25 AM
As a Luddite i can't approve.  How many ball mover's jobs will this thing destroy?    >:(
Title: Re: And I thought wargamers had too much time on their hands!
Post by: Techno on 09 February 2013, 11:13:58 AM
I'm afraid to say that I'm in "What on Earth was the point of that", section of this discussion.
Very clever, But........
Cheers - Perplexed of Wales.
Title: Re: And I thought wargamers had too much time on their hands!
Post by: OldenBUA on 09 February 2013, 11:34:00 AM
Quote from: Techno on 09 February 2013, 11:13:58 AM
"What on Earth was the point of that"

"The Great Ball Contraption (GBC) is a concept invented by Team Hassenplug: set up some kind of standardized interface for LEGO® based modules to enable them to interact, in this case to pass a ball. Based on this standard, LEGO® builders distributed all over the world are able to build their particular modules to take part in this special kind of LEGO Oriented Architecture (LOA). There exists a set of these modules already, mainly in the United States."

The wargamer equivalent would be if we came up with a system where any unit painted by anybody would fit seamlessly into the armies of all other wargamers. Not likely to happen!

http://www.teamhassenplug.org/GBC/
Title: Re: And I thought wargamers had too much time on their hands!
Post by: Hertsblue on 09 February 2013, 12:45:57 PM
Well, I guess it keeps them off street corners.  :D
Title: Re: And I thought wargamers had too much time on their hands!
Post by: Techno on 09 February 2013, 01:42:15 PM
Absolutely Ray....

I'd have used one of my old Subbuteo players to move the same number of balls, the same distance, in a fraction of the time.
Cheers - Phil (Bend it like Techno) Lewis...(Ooooer !) ;)
Title: Re: And I thought wargamers had too much time on their hands!
Post by: Last Hussar on 10 February 2013, 10:16:00 PM
 >:( "What's it for?"  >:(

It's for being it. 

Its a hobby. A challenge.  Can we do it?  The same reason I write computer programmes for fun.  It's like wargaming. We don't need (heresy) figures, we don't need to paint them, we don't need to research the correct colours - we could use flat counters.

It's the reason we are not sitting in caves think it would be nice if we didn't die so young, and the food was nicer.