Comments on: Lego Marble Machine

By: David

David — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 14:08:26 +0000

I like the machine and the video. It is hypnotic; I’m not sure why. It would be a nice addition to the video to have a slow motion look at the ladder.

By: Kris

Kris — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 00:57:23 +0000

I’d say the appeal is pretty much universally male. I’d go so far as to say that the cave paintings in aix-la-chappelle France were by women (perhaps shopping lists for men). Why? Because if men had done them they’d probably have gears, flames or trucks in them. Not invented? Look at what my son draws.

It does sound like you’re on your way to a larger work like http://www.georgerhoads.com/ has done…e.g. the one in the MoS, Logan, or the montshire.org in vermont (where my son just spent 45 minutes worshipping at the alter of the clanging balls.

By: John Snyders

John Snyders — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 05:08:08 +0000

Good point about the slow motion, David. I’ll keep it in mind for next time.

Kris, Thanks for pointing me at georgerhoads. Looks like there could be some money made with crazy things like this.

I should have included the direct YouTube URL to my video.

And here is a Lego marble thing that is really cool. Notice that it has the same kind of mechanism as my machine as well as many other cool lifts.