Comments on: Gary McIntire brings Legoland to Mythbusters

By: Repoort

Repoort — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 23:27:51 +0000

Did anybody see the Chinese flag, American flag, or big smiley face on the big bricks?

Those were made by myself, Brendan Mauro, and Bram Lambrecht!

By: MdrnMrvls

MdrnMrvls — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 20:37:17 +0000

That’s too bad it split down the middle. I was looking forward to a collision. ;)

By: Dr. X

Dr. X — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 19:17:55 +0000

I was jealous of the guy who got to sit in the giant pile of bricks the boulder left over after it crumbled.

By: Puddleglum

Puddleglum — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 16:15:45 +0000

Wow, that is crazy. I can’t help but wonder how different construction techniques would have affected the outcome. I guess they had to stick to the “we’re trying to do what they claimed to have done” thing, but still . . .

Also, 500,000 bricks is a pretty staggering number. Consider: The total number of used and new 2×4 bricks in red, white, blue, and black for sale on Bricklink is just about 150,000

By: Nolnet

Nolnet — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 06:26:30 +0000

Here’s a 4:25min video of the experiment. The actual show was probably a little bit longer, but for those who couldn’t watch it and don’t want to be left out of the fun…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoh6OxakbiA

Also: LOL!

By: Ochre Jelly

Ochre Jelly — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 04:54:15 +0000

I just caught the segment. Very silly! I love the way Nathan was being so flash and casual about loaning them the extra 500,000 bricks. He’s the Bill gates of Lego! The big question is… what happened to all those bricks? Perhaps there are Lego tumbleweeds blowing around that desert now.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 03:37:08 +0000

^ How about you not be a spoiler for those of us on the West Coast who haven’t seen it yet. :-)

By: jeffjcc

jeffjcc — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 02:01:03 +0000

WOW!!! Awesome show! Can’t believe that ball crumbled!!

By: Brian Kescenovitz

Brian Kescenovitz — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 23:56:16 +0000

Wow! Lego, Mythbusters and a stud muffin like Gary? Be still, my beating heart…

By: Pete

Pete — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 21:06:01 +0000

I hope they crash it into a car!

The boulder in the video was pretty obviously fake and nothing really happened when it hit the car. But I would think a real LEGO boulder could do some real damage.

By: aglet

aglet — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 18:41:05 +0000

http://gizmodo.com/391787/gigantic-million piece-lego-boulder-actually-has-styrofoam-core/

There’s the picture of the fake one at least.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 18:14:27 +0000

@Thanel: I’ll do the same and you can watch it the next time you’re up here (if it doesn’t show up on YouTube sooner).

By: Puddleglum

Puddleglum — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 17:32:20 +0000

@Thanel – Ditto. I asked my parents to DVR it in the hopes that it won’t be deleted before the next time we visit them. :)

By: Thanel

Thanel — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 16:37:57 +0000

For the first time in a long time, I wish I had cable.

By: Shmails

Shmails — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 16:35:57 +0000

I thought the Classic Spacemen found some giant balls on one of their journeys into the unknown! LEGO and Mythbusters, it is gonna be a good night!