Flexible arms

[emilstorm]

So I sat there with a random minifig and some blue Pneumatic hose. And this is what came from it. I know his arms are really long, but it is just to show yhe general idea. Hope you like it

[Rinzler]

Anybody else think that this could be used on Mr Fantastic and Plastic Man if Lego get around to them?

[AmperZand]

So I sat there with a random minifig and some blue Pneumatic hose. And this is what came from it. I know his arms are really long, but it is just to show yhe general idea. Hope you like it

Interesting! How did you attach the arm at the shoulder? It looks like a regular shoulder-to-arm joint but it can't be if the arm is a length of hose.

[emilstorm]

I just stuck the hose in the arm-hole of the torso :)

[Wardancer]

Looks good!

Is the lenght of the tube necessary or do you think it could be shortened by a few mm?

[emilstorm]

Is the lenght of the tube necessary or do you think it could be shortened by a few mm?

For a fig to grab a sword this way the tubes have to be rather long, but a few mm can probably be taken off, I made this pretty quick. For longer utensils where you can leave some space between the hands they can be much shorter.

Unfortunately the colors available for the tube limits the use of this technique a bit. Blue is the only one that comes close to matching other Lego colors, at least of the ones I had. Maybe the old grey ones will do ok too.

[Wardancer]

Thanks for the Information.

Maybe one could use a piece of wire Inside the tube to give them elbows.

[emilstorm]

That's a great idea, they would need it too if you want to make them really long, like for a fantastic 4 guy.

[ianmrid]

It's a very cool idea - which hose is it? i.e. is it a Lego part? If so, does anyone know the Bricklink item number?

[Darkdragon]

I've use the grey ones for this as well. I didn't make them as long but they do need to be longer than the standard arms (which are honestly too short for anything). A wire would be good though I don't think you can count on being able to poke it all the way through the torso, so I'm not sure it would work easily or well in the end.

I've considered getting some heavy duty coated wire, but still need to find the right "guage". electrical wire would work if you have the right size, and I mean in place of the tubes not in addition to them.

Pneumatic tubes are the only element I've found that works this way. The stiff 3mm tubes are too thin and stiff to use.

Here's how I did mine, not gripping anything but it still took a decent length for the hands to come together.

[emilstorm]

It's a very cool idea - which hose is it? i.e. is it a Lego part? If so, does anyone know the Bricklink item number?

just regular pneumatic hose https://www.bricklink.com/catalogItem.asp?P=5102

Really nice work Darkdragon, I couldn't really find any practical use for the technique with out the arms being way to long, but you did a nice job there.

[Darkdragon]

Thanks, emilstorm.

I wonder if it would be cool for swordplay like your first pic but make one arm shorter so he would be holding it up at an angle. I haven't played around with it that much but perhaps it could work.

[emilstorm]

I think it would be great for that. My first thought for a picture to post was a fig holding a sword above his head, ready to chop, but the arms would have to be so long it was ridiculous! i think in general it would be reat for holding any kind of firearm, but like you say it takes some playing around with, and right now it is not a priority for me.

[ianmrid]

just regular pneumatic hose https://www.bricklin...Item.asp?P=5102

Thanks - will be trying this out!

[KCMatze]

Does anyone here have a custom Mr. Fantastic on hands?! I'd sure love to see how that would turn out!!

Example here:

Edited May 22, 2014 by KCMatze