Si-MOCs Posted January 25, 2012 Posted January 25, 2012 http://www.thestar.com/news/article/1120808--toronto-teens-send-lego-man-on-an-a-balloon-odyssey-24-kilometres-high?bn=1 *awe* Quote
TLOR FETT Posted January 25, 2012 Posted January 25, 2012 THIS IS EPIC!!!! This really shows how aspired young minds can create do something you would assume would take tons of money and time and professionals. This was a great read and story, this rivals the Giant Lego men washing up on shore for me. Quote
L@go Posted January 25, 2012 Posted January 25, 2012 That's a real achievement. Well done, boys :) Quote
Piratedave84 Posted January 25, 2012 Posted January 25, 2012 Quite inspiring!!! To think that they did that "for fun" reassures me that this generation is not "lost" as some might say. Plus imagine what they'll be abel to tell their kids: "When I was your age, I took these pictures .... OF SPACE!!!" LOL Congratulations to 2 ingenious youth, an inspiration to all! Quote
JackJonespaw Posted January 25, 2012 Posted January 25, 2012 Very cool! One (very) small step for minifigs, one giant step for minifig kind! Quote
dr_spock Posted January 25, 2012 Posted January 25, 2012 Cool. They were on the local evening TV news too. Quote
Legogal Posted January 26, 2012 Posted January 26, 2012 Very, very cool! And they did it with almost nothing expensive. Wow! ya gotta be very proud of these kids! Quote
Dakar A Posted January 26, 2012 Posted January 26, 2012 (edited) Great job, guys! They get extra respect points for atttaching a minifig to their rig. I have a good feeling that this will soon be on the brothers brick, and many other Lego blogs! I am getting ideas of epic proportions from this. Once again, congratulations, and I hope both of them are TFOLs! To infinity, and beyond! Dakar Edit: It has now been blogged on TBB. Edited January 26, 2012 by Dakar A Quote
Toadtorrent Posted January 26, 2012 Posted January 26, 2012 Amazing video...amazing story. The nice thing is they did this with the known risk of not being able to retrieve the cameras or anything. Very clever work. Quote
Niku Posted January 26, 2012 Posted January 26, 2012 Wow, that is incredible. Would have been superb if instead of a normal minifig an astronaut minifig been choosed for the photo. Quote
Si-MOCs Posted January 26, 2012 Author Posted January 26, 2012 I'm surprised there isn't more wide spread condemnation of this here on EB... these kids clearly did not have safty in mind. What they did was reckless and dangerous. How DARE they send up a Minifig without the proper Helmet and Air Tank? Quote
CorneliusMurdock Posted January 26, 2012 Posted January 26, 2012 How DARE they send up a Minifig without the proper Helmet and Air Tank? Poor little guy. Never had a chance. Quote
XimenaPaulina Posted January 26, 2012 Posted January 26, 2012 Ingenuity at its best! Awesome work by these two young lads! These two should get some kind of compensation from the Superglue and the camera manufacturer (Canon) for proving their respective products' worth. Quote
Brickthing Posted January 26, 2012 Posted January 26, 2012 I've read a lot about these weather balloon cameras before, but it's fantastic to see it done by people so young, and with LEGO. Being a space enthusiast, I've made a slight correction to the topic title - 24km altitude is very high, but nowhere near space, which is usually put at around 100km high. If weather balloons could get to space, we wouldn't need space shuttles. Quote
Rook Posted January 26, 2012 Posted January 26, 2012 Pretty cool they made national news last night and local news this morning. They also made front page news on MSN.ca today. Quote
fitzi Posted January 27, 2012 Posted January 27, 2012 My sister found this and immediately told me about it, 2 guys from Toronto managed to get a Lego Man up into stratosphere, here is the video: And here is the article: Article at Globalpost Quote
Paul Boratko Posted January 27, 2012 Posted January 27, 2012 It seemed a little silly at first, but those were some interesting pictures once he was in the stratosphere... Wonder if they glued him down... Quote
Siegfried Posted January 27, 2012 Posted January 27, 2012 Yeah it's cool, but it's already been posted. I'll merge this later. Quote
DLuders Posted January 27, 2012 Posted January 27, 2012 Uh-oh! Don't give any ideas -- imagine if this Giant Lego Man appeared via parachute in your back yard! Quote
Erynion Posted January 29, 2012 Posted January 29, 2012 Would have been superb if instead of a normal minifig an astronaut minifig been choosed for the photo. I thought of this too. How DARE they send up a Minifig without the proper Helmet and Air Tank? What's arguably even worse is that it doesn't appear that they gave him a name. Who does something with a minifig that garners national attention and doesn't even name the poor little guy? Quote
Piranha Posted February 1, 2012 Posted February 1, 2012 Wow this is a cool story. reminds me of biff. Quote
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