COMPETITION! Design and build a household item from LEGO!

[Siegfried]

Doctor Sinister has given me permission to start the poll for his competition. As a recap, the rules were;

1) The item must be something you find around the house. And I don't just mean around YOUR house - so no weird torture devices please - it must be something that you would find in any typical house.

2) The item can be as small or as large as you like.

3) The item MUST be constructed of 100% LEGO - however ANY type of LEGO can be used - Technic, Duplo, System, whatever you like. The use of string or elastic bands is permitted, but they must be of the type you would find in a LEGO set. Decals should not be necessary. No gluing or other illegal method of holding your creation together is permitted!

4) The item in question must be practical and capable of doing the job it is supposed to do. EG: a LEGO tape dispenser must be actually useful for dispensing tape. A LEGO mug tree must be capable of supporting the number of mugs it purports to be designed to hold. This is all-important!

Below is a montage lovingly created by me using paint :-$ ... please do though only use this as a guide. A few of the entries cannot be appreciated fully with just one photo. You can find details on all the entries here. Let the best household item win!

Remember, the winner receives one of the fabled Doctor Sinister badges.

[Doctor Sinister]

Thank you for putting this together Sinner!

Now I must give some serious thought as to which item to vote for...

Dr. S.

[Siegfried]

Thank you for putting this together Sinner!

Now I must give some serious thought as to which item to vote for...

Dr. S.

My pleasure! You noticed this very fast! 8-

[LuxorV]

I voted for Iamded and his nice keychain rack *y*

And since I currently lack one, I could get the hint and build one myself :-$

Oh, and please leave free poor Batbrick ;-)

LuxorV

[Doctor Sinister]

It was a close call (that mousetrap is so cool) but I went for Sinner. All the creations are practical, fun and well built but his was the coolest, for me.

Thanks everyone for entering my little compo'.

Dr. S.

[SlyOwl]

Gylman's mousetrap all the way - when I considered entering but couldn't think of anything to build, it was the sort of thing I wanted - functional, small and effective. However, can it do the job it's intended for - can it catch real mice? :-D

[trooperdavinfelth]

Sorry if this seems to be a bit stupid, but where can I see other views of the contestants? (if any) I'd much like to make an informed decision here. ;-)

[ExoBuilder]

I voted for Batbricks. I love the Eb sign on all sides. X-D

[Doctor Sinister]

Sorry if this seems to be a bit stupid, but where can I see other views of the contestants? (if any) I'd much like to make an informed decision here. ;-)

The entry thread is here.

Dr. S.

[Scouty]

I think I'll take the cheese and vote for gylman's entry. All the others were cool too :-) .

[Siegfried]

It was a close call (that mousetrap is so cool) but I went for Sinner. All the creations are practical, fun and well built but his was the coolest, for me.

Thank you, and thanks also to the others who voted for me! *sweet*

Gylman's mousetrap all the way - when I considered entering but couldn't think of anything to build, it was the sort of thing I wanted - functional, small and effective. However, can it do the job it's intended for - can it catch real mice? :-D

King

:-D gylman still hasn't told us that; he did say though that he tested it on his kids and was planning on trying it out on his wife! :-P

Sorry if this seems to be a bit stupid, but where can I see other views of the contestants? (if any) I'd much like to make an informed decision here. ;-)

You can find details on all the entries here.

;-)

[Hinckley]

Sorry if this seems to be a bit stupid, but where can I see other views of the contestants? (if any) I'd much like to make an informed decision here. ;-)

In the first post of this thread, there's a collage of all of the entries and a link to the entry thread. So, maybe a better question would be: where can't you see other views of the contestants?

:-P

[Jipay]

Gylman mouse trap of course. That's just an awesome item that would have been usefull to me 2 years ago :-D

[simonwillems]

I voted for the mousetrap as well, great functionality, and colorscheme too!

*y*

[zouave]

As I said I would, I voted for Batbrick.

[Batbrick]

Oh, and please leave free poor Batbrick ;-)

LuxorV

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Actually, thats Batman, iamded got us confused and took it out on the Dark Knight instead of me! :-D

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I voted for Batbricks. I love the Eb sign on all sides. X-D

___________

Ahh, Excellent! The brainwashing works! >:-)

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As I said I would, I voted for Batbrick.

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More Brainwashing! *skull*

I voted for Megs though, its so beautiful! :'-)

To the Brickmobile! -Courtesy of Exo-Builder who made it! >:-)

[trooperdavinfelth]

The entry thread is here.

Dr. S.

Thank you, and thanks also to the others who voted for me! *sweet*

:-D gylman still hasn't told us that; he did say though that he tested it on his kids and was planning on trying it out on his wife! :-P

;-)

In the first post of this thread, there's a collage of all of the entries and a link to the entry thread. So, maybe a better question would be: where can't you see other views of the contestants?

:-P

Thank you, thank you, and thank you! My bad! :-| Lol, Hinckley! :-D

EDIT: I voted for Sinner's money box; it's just too cool, so to speak. It really, IMHO, does its job the best. It's got a simple mechanism which holds the loot and a simple removal system!

Edited December 4, 2007 by trooperdavinfelth

[Stauder]

I aswell went for the cheese, Glyman got my vote... Unfortunatly I didint get the Instructions I asked him for! |-/ :-P

Stauder

[AC_]

I love the money box, so that gets my vote.

[gylman]

I aswell went for the cheese, Glyman got my vote... Unfortunatly I didint get the Instructions I asked him for! |-/ :-P

Stauder

OK OK, you guilted me, Stauder. I've not been able to connect from home to EB for nearly 2 weeks because my stupid ISP gives me an IP address that many Web sites reject (starting with 99). So finally I set up a proxy server, and here is a link to the more detailed pics that should make it clear how it works. I guess you have to wait for it to be moderated.

A few things:

-the rubber hands have to pass through the holes in the 1x1 technic bricks, seen in pic3 and 4. You can get a third band in there for extra smashing force

-If you really want to build it, the key parts are the 8 x 16 baseplate, three 8 long and one 12 long axles, 2 2 long axles, 5 or 7 rubber bands (depending on how much you want to smash things), 7 2 x 1 technic bricks, 2 1x1 technic bricks, 4 2x2 corner plates, 2 16 x 1 and 2 12 x 1 technic bricks, and I think the rest is fairly clear from the pics.

Best picture

http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/gylman/m...etails/pic7.jpg

When moderated

http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=2855237

I have to say I am quite surprised people are voting for the mouse-smasher. Thanks!

[Pate-keetongu]

I voted sinner's wind myll. very good!! *y* best!

[iamded]

I voted for Iamded and his nice keychain rack *y*

LuxorV

Thanks LuxorV! Very much! :-D :-D

I voted for Batbrick. After all, it hold pens, CD's, money, handbag stuff and mice! :-D But it can't hang keys... X-D

Awesome creations to the other contestants too. *sweet* *y* *y*

~Peace

[LuxorV]

Thanks LuxorV! Very much! :-D :-D

I voted for Batbrick. After all, it hold pens, CD's, money, handbag stuff and mice! :-D But it can't hang keys... X-D

Awesome creations to the other contestants too. *sweet* *y* *y*

~Peace

You're welcome :-) .

I first came on it on BrickShelf, and only later I did find out it was your entry for this contest. I like it because it's simple, but very nice and useful, imo. And it is quite a change from the classic house-hold items you can see in LEGo inspiration books *y*

LuxorV

[Batbrick]

Thanks LuxorV! Very much! :-D :-D

I voted for Batbrick. After all, it hold pens, CD's, money, handbag stuff and mice! :-D But it can't hang keys... X-D

Awesome creations to the other contestants too. *sweet* *y* *y*

~Peace

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I take back all my archenemy stuff, I LOVE YOU! :'-)

That was a bit loud wasn't it? :-$

But thanks iamded, and don't forget, mine can also hold lego X-D

Yours is great too bud, yours CAN hold keys!

Well done to all contestants, great entries!

Clearly Batbrick's mind has turned to mush! *wacko*

[Siegfried]

EDIT: I voted for Sinner's money box; it's just too cool, so to speak. It really, IMHO, does its job the best. It's got a simple mechanism which holds the loot and a simple removal system!

I love the money box, so that gets my vote.

I voted sinner's wind myll. very good!! *y* best!

Thanks everyone! *sweet* When does the voting end Dr. S ?