18 Pounds Of Lego

October 17, 2009

Motorized Wheelchair

Filed under: Land, Lego, Machine — Paul @ 4:16 pm

For a gentleman requiring the use of a wheelchair, this latest model affords him the utmost in mobility. By harnessing the ultimate power source – steam – this wheelchair provides all the self-sufficiency such a gentleman should need. All that is required of a hired helper is the initial input of coal or wood, and then the gentleman is free to go as he chooses. Recent technological breakthroughs have allowed this wheelchair to be equipped with the smallest steam engine ever built, and has reduced the overall weight to merely a  few tons.

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Ye Olde Falling-Water

Filed under: Architecture, Lego — Paul @ 4:00 pm

After a long, long bout of the Lego equivalent of “writer’s block”, I came up with this: My answer to Phillip’s request that I build something “in the style of Frank Lloyd Wright”. Even after I started building it, there were long periods of time when I’d set it aside. I just wasn’t inspired to build. Then, I had a burst of energy and finally finished it. It isn’t exactly in the style of Wright, and it predates him by several generations, but I like how it turned out – very much.

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The nagging question is: How does that cow get in and out of there? This house makes clever use of its limited space and free-flowing layout through the use of sliding panels, hidden doorways, and recessed stairs. After a string of cow thefts in the area, one such hidden doorway was incorporated into the barn. Where that doorway is located is, of course, a secret.

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