Tag: Shooter

  • Lego GBC WIP Catapult

    Lego GBC WIP Catapult

    Lego GBC WIP Catapult was originally designed by Tom Atkinson, that has gained notoriety as a perpetual Work-In-Progress, so I decided to reverse engineer it from YouTube videos.

    Night Lighting

    The module is has my custom Lego UV/Led lights, with the UV shining on the balls and the Lego light passing through a trans-blue brick to color the module.

    Videos of the Original

    This module has featured in a lot of videos over the years.

    BrickWorld Chicago 2014, the module can be seen at 6:58

    BrickFair Virginia 2014, the module can be seen at 11:16.

    BrickWorld Fort Wayne 2016, the module can be seen at 11:09.

    These are the videos I used to reverse engineer the original.

    BrickFair Alabama 2016, the module can be seen at 9:40.

    BrickFair Virginia 2017, the module can be seen at 16:26.

    BrickWorld Indy 2017, the module can be seen at 8:04.

    Videos

    Videos of this module in operation.

    Modules

    Builds and revisions to this module.

    Original

    Pieces Cost Time
    600+ $$ N/A

    Around 2016 Tom said he would re-build the module, this is when it gained notoriety and started to feature more in videos.

    Revision 1

    Pieces Cost Time
    600+ each $$ 1 Month
    • Reverse engineered from YouTube videos.
    • Ended up being 90% similar as a few areas I needed to guess.

    Revision 2

    Pieces Cost Time
    600+ each $$ 1 Week

    Tweaks to improve the original.

    • Redesign gearbox to reduce complexity.
    • changed shooter arm design to stop a jam between the chute and the arm.

  • Lego GBC Super Tower Battle

    Lego GBC Super Tower Battle

    For Lego GBC Super Tower Battle I wanted to challenge myself to build a tall accurate shooter.

    The initial idea always had two shooters to reduce the fire rate down to 1 ball every 2 seconds.

    The Superhero aspect came later after my kids started to place mini-figs on the building, from here it evolved to show specific powers for each hero.

    Night Lighting

    This module is set up for night running and uses a range of lights for different effects.

    The initial loader uses one of my custom Lego UV/Led lights, with the UV shining on the balls and the lego light lighting up the gearing.

    There are also lights shining through various transparent colors to light up the shooter barrels and superheroes.

    I also use another UV light to make Green Lanterns construct glow.

    Heroes in Action

    Photos for different aspects of the module.

    Videos

    Videos of this module in operation

    Boxes

    Lego GBC Super Tower Battle packs into two 24x18x10″/60x46x25cm  bespoke cardboard boxes.

    In order to fit, it breaks into several key pieces.

    Box 1

    • Tower.
    • Feed Train.

    Box 2

    • Red and Yellow Shooters.
    • Tower-Top and Net
    • It is also packed with Lego GBC Cardan Lift V2 as I run these modules together.

    You can read about other boxes here Boxes for Lego GBC Modules.

    Modules

    Builds and revisions to this module

    Version 1

    Pieces Cost Time
    3000+ $$$$ 2 Months
    • Dual shooters to reduce fire rate.
    • Net created from smaller nets.

    My Variation

    Pieces Cost Time
    3000+ $$$$ 1 Month

    Completely rebuilt.

    • Shooters are now more accurate, needing only a single net.
    • Tiled all building floors to stop balls from getting trapped.
    • New feeder train car that divides the balls better between shooters.