3 large and VERY illegal LEGO builds
These builds are the mega-sized, and somehow much more fragile sibling builds of a simple design in a previous video: • A small but VERY illeg...
Illegal building techniques come in many varieties, and some of them can actually make your builds much stronger (due to the stress they contain). These incomplete connections do the opposite. There’s very little stress on the builds at all-too little in fact-so fragility is the name of the game. The 1x3 plate version of this design is actually quite sturdy. It’s the weight of these larger builds pulling on those incomplete connections that make these designs so challenging.
Beyond just the fragility, this video turned out to be surprisingly difficult. Between being out of practice, filming with a new camera, and a couple of airplane flyovers I didn’t notice during filming, it made for an unusually frustrating experience. I thought it only fitting to share many of those failures with you--the culminating fail being the building of the interlocking rings, which turned out to be impossible with the light and camera rigging in the way. So I had to work a little off screen magic off. But the final result cracked me up, so I think it was worth it. : )
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--Designs in the video--
1x12 Wheel
- 2:31
- Diameter: 37.5cm / 14.4in
- piece count: 1x12 plates (519)
Interlocking Rings
- 4:15
- piece count: 1x12 plates (1041)
Infinity Curve
- 5:21
- 63.5 X 37.5 cm / 25 X 14.4 in
- piece count: 1x12 plates (919)
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Thanks!
@BrickBending
9 ай бұрын
@user-eo6wh1ky3o thank you! That is very kind 🙌
@HiThereZoomy
26 күн бұрын
You must live off the grid @BrickBending😉
I love the whole ''Observe the cool creation I have made for you .... here's twenty more I made earlier''. XD
@zacgura4135
9 ай бұрын
Ikr it’s just like “you saw that now do it fifteen more times”
@jhapethlloydciron3185
9 ай бұрын
"Double it and connect it
@Drakence
9 ай бұрын
There also the "oops" moments like when he tries to stand them up and it just falls apart
@matesafranka6110
8 ай бұрын
It's like the real life version of copy-pasting
I really appreciate you sharing some of the 'failures' while filming. Life isn't always about getting the rings to interlock perfectly the first time. I genuinely laughed when it first broke (in a spectacular fashion!), because it seems so out of character.
@BrickBending
9 ай бұрын
There's a delight in the clean completion of success, but there's also a different kind of joy in the failures. I'm definitely learning to embrace both. 🙂
@Sphendrana
9 ай бұрын
@@BrickBendingI love both. On one hand, very satisfying. On the other, can't stop laughing as I roll my eyes and sigh 😂
fairly certain this guy is where the missing legos from billions of lego sets owned by children around the world end up
@isaiahkepner8078
9 ай бұрын
Fancy seeing you here SirPogsalot. :)
@SirPogsalotCreates
9 ай бұрын
@@isaiahkepner8078 greetings fellow Dovi enjoyer
Every time my brain wanted to see something, it happened. This structure was incredibly satisfying.
@wesleymoore8552
9 ай бұрын
This is truly a neutron activation moment
I literally cheered when you brought in the other semi circle. I thought "There's no way they'd blue ball us like that right?".
My man has been reinventing the wheel every day for years I swear to god.
@BrickBending
9 ай бұрын
My favorite thing to do.
@Zant582
9 ай бұрын
Literally reinventing the wheel
@LON009
Ай бұрын
@@BrickBendingMakes sense your fave minifig is that caveman
This man playing with Lego is like he's playing with clays, full on creativity.
@Secretlyanothername
9 ай бұрын
Lego has no gender.
@Chunkium
9 ай бұрын
@@Secretlyanothernamewhat
@Chris-vl1df
9 ай бұрын
@@Secretlyanothernamew h a t
@JasonAizatoZemeckis
9 ай бұрын
@@Secretlyanothername w h a t
@MrDomSlayer
9 ай бұрын
@@Secretlyanothername w h a t
Painful and satisfying at the same time. I’m going to go take a walk outside.
@BrickBending
9 ай бұрын
Fair.
This video really gives out the “ Would you like these 32 triangles or double it and give it to the next person “
Thank you for making these videos the way you do. We've collected a few hundred pounds of Legos between myself, my wife and our kids over the last twenty years and have recently started to do more serious, custom scenes and builds. Your videos have been inspirational, insightful and wonderful all around. So truly, thank you! From our whole entire family!
@BrickBending
9 ай бұрын
Thank you for sharing that. That truly makes me happy. 🥰
I never really understood why he built these. Till I started looking “official” master builders from LEGO Land. It’s very interesting what they deem “illegal”
@Nate-bd8fg
9 ай бұрын
Maybe I don't get your comment fully, but "illegal" building techniques are just methods that bend the pieces to breaking, or damage the pieces if they stay stressed with how they're placed
@pvtglarson1
9 ай бұрын
this story is so real i think its paid for by lego... to provide some balance to this story heh
@berrim26
9 ай бұрын
'Illegal' just means it puts potentially destructive stress on the components.
@cellulanus
9 ай бұрын
Illegal builds are ones that place stress on the blocks. In the short term with new pieces there's probably no problem but if pieces are kept together in an illegal build for an extended time as can happen with Lego then there's a risk of breakage. A fully legal build will never break short of faulty plastic.
@Monkeyface678
9 ай бұрын
What does this comment mean?
5:18 Ah yes, my favourite Lego build: the Google Colab logo
5:15 I'd say this configuration was infinitely better than the wheel. It had so many curves, and used all the Legos available. Bravo.
If ever I'm having too much trouble putting my lego creation together I just perform ancient rituals so ~magic happens~
The comedy hidden within this is sublime
The whole concept of "illegal building techniques" is so strange. Who decided that one way of using legos, a toy, is "illegal"? If you're able to build something with it and it works why should it be "illegal"? It just limits the usefulness of legos.
It hurts my brain to think about the absurd amout of time these must take
@Secretlyanothername
9 ай бұрын
Just put brick on brick
@johnmudd6453
9 ай бұрын
No social Life !
@tracypanavia4634
9 ай бұрын
@@johnmudd6453stupid comment of the week award
@markwright3161
6 ай бұрын
@@johnmudd6453 In this world that's not a negative.
Good to have you back! I was worried you might have been locked up in Lego prison for all these illegal Lego builds 😁
I didn't know that there were "ILLEGAL" Lego builds. Do you worry that Lego cops are going to show up and slap little Lego handcuffs on you?
This probably my favourite brick ever. It reminds me of childhood. Thank you for building with it.
@BrickBending
9 ай бұрын
Having this many 1x12 plates made me ridiculously happy. 🥰
The mad lad is back
I suddenly got hungry for some mac n cheese
Absolutely worth sharing! Seeing the struggle even makes I appreciate your work even more!!! It's fantastic!!!
This man sure loves creating wheels
@BrickBending
9 ай бұрын
Truth
you can hear the legos crying for help
@chrismanuel9768
4 ай бұрын
You mean cheering for happiness
@mshadowsa2847
4 ай бұрын
He keeps the legos’ so clean! and the use of gloves is like top tier. The building surface is crisp white.😂 like what more could i want! 👍🏽👍🏽
As a Lego builder this is giving me extreme anxiety but I’m also amazed
Not even infinity lasts forever.
Me: wait, magic is illegal Me: Oooooooooh, I see
This guy's bricklink orders must seem very strange to the supplier receiving them
@sybrenkruijf8570
Ай бұрын
"you want how many pieces of yellow?"
*this dude:* "I need _every_ 12x1 plate you have. In yellow." *the Lego employee, knowing he's an unstoppable lunatic:*
This would looks amazing as a color wheel, using an entire spectrum of brick colors
So satisfying and hilarious
it felt like you were reading my mind as i watched
the rocking/rolling sounds are some of the most satisfying sounds I've ever heard on KZread.
Please release videos more often! 😢❤
Dude broke the laws of physics💀💀
Hey kids! You wanna hear legos screaming in pain?
Super trippy build
5:37 live footage of the caveman's attempted vehicular manslaughter
I wonder how pricy a hobby like this is. Because I believe you have to custom order so many of the same type of bricks, and LEGO ain't cheap
@Andy-fd5fg
9 ай бұрын
if his piece count in the description is correct...... 1x12 plates in GBP is 0.20 each.... so GBP 103.80 per wheel.
@BrickBending
9 ай бұрын
It is not cheap. But revenue from these videos pays for the bricks, which has really unlocked so many possibilities.
@GregorShapiro
9 ай бұрын
@@BrickBending Do you get a discount or subsidy when you buy a kilogram of the same piece?
@definitelynotanAIchatbot
9 ай бұрын
@GregorShapiro No. In fact, Lego is trying to shut him down for making illegal builds and there is a warrant for his arrest in Denmark.
@williamhager855
9 ай бұрын
@@definitelynotanAIchatbotwhy is this illegal?
This channel is like the opposite of asmr...I love it
Hi! Brick Bending. I'm DDadan, a Korean Lego youtuber. The way you build with Lego is really amazing and interesting. Would it be okay if I made a video introducing your Lego build to Korean Lego fans? Of course, I'll leave the source!
the creaking sounds of the legos is so stressful. for the legos especially because of all the stress being put on them
This is the kind of ASMR that’s actually calming
You are one of the most impressive and creative brick-moc on the world! Love it 😍🤘🤙👍
I love how its held together by hopes and dreams
it's craft macoroni and cheese until another comes in
You can hear the levels of frustration with combining the 2 wheels
the circles just feel like big cookies
He reinvented the Wheel
I know the cave man is in basically all of your videos, but what is the meaning behind him?
@rustythecrown9317
9 ай бұрын
Mans inhumanity to man.
@BrickBending
9 ай бұрын
Apologies, but he doesn't want me to say.
Fair warning, if you do this in front of anyone who works at LEGO, they are contractually obligated to assault you.
You can literally feel his annoyance whenever it falls apart.
@markwright3161
6 ай бұрын
They might be used to it, but I certainly feel that way while watching. Maybe not annoyance, but it's definitely a 'Noo...' moment :)
The ASMR of your frustrated breathing was golden!
Imagine an alternate universe where LEGO was meant for stuff like this and what we see as "legal building" is actually illegal
@markwright3161
6 ай бұрын
LEGO would be the world's richest company from the stress failures of pieces with entire art museum exhibits needing rebuilt every few years, and every few months for the dynamic examples :) It would be a beautiful place though, and I think I'd enjoy a place in the underground city-scape gang rings, possibly built from the reassembly of all the broken pieces from regular society :)
Mans made a continuously free hamster wheel.
4:18 these rings are perfect for a Lego themed wedding ❤❤❤😂🎉😊
"illegal lego build" my brain: ah yes, circle
This guy graduated in physics for all the wrong reasons.
Brick Bending? Uh yeah they sure are.
This could've used a touch of "In the hall of the mountain king" for the increasing insanity
Cool! Could the “legs” be spread even wider to create a convex wheel?
My heart says yes, but my brain says no.
Would be a really cool CD holder if the gaps are big enough
Every video makes me think of Star Trek's replicators.
Most satisfying videos on KZread
Good for him on wearing gloves... You don't want to leave any fingerprints on something this illegal in case the lego police finds out...
It hurts but I cant stop watching ;_;
I love your work..❤ You just built a coliseum! It's important to see what the designs can do and also their limitations. I'm glad you kept the footage of the pieces breaking bc it shows that yes, it's made of many small pieces that somehow work together!!🤩🎶
The question is: was it a LEGO Infinity or Infinity LEGO? ♾️
I like your white gloves and white shirt. A little bit of mystique going there.
I've just come across a question that will probably keep me up all night. Can you calculate the number of elements per circle? In principle, you can measure an element quite accurately. If you think about it further, you could then calculate exactly the circumference and the number of parts necessary to complete a full circle for "Lego" circles that are based on plates, and establish a formula. Problems the world doesn't need -> part n+1.😋
Bro is single handedly building monstrosities, the backrooms of lego
this thing to the lego man: "be not afraid"
Space squid with a french accent: "But my lord... is that... legal?" Brick Bending: "i will make it legal!"
It's so illegal not even the build wanted to hold itself together
This is like those elements way down the periodic table, that have to be made in labs and exist for like .0000001 second, because they just do not want to be.
if i was the officcial LEGO youtube account, i would comment something like "Hey Brick Bending! awesome work! as a tip; if you are struggling with your creactions falling apart by themselves, i would suggest studying legal building techniques, LEGO® pieces work much better when they are used as intended!"
@BrickBending
9 ай бұрын
That is awesome.
Third, also perfect circle ⭕
Told him not to reinvent the wheel. Didn't listen.
From forbidden cheese wedge to forbidden cheese wheel.
very ilLEGAl LEGO builds
Thanks to this video I now don't have to find the giant rings in Sonic 3 & Knuckles or Mania, I can just build them on my own!
I guess this guy has bent all the possible ways lego could bend
this is very unsatisfying to watch. the whole fragility of this thing
How triangles make a Circle
This was absolutely amazing!! ❤❤❤❤
This is the only time that it's OK to super glue Legos together.
@markwright3161
6 ай бұрын
That's the only think more painful to hear than the creaking :)
All these lines make a circle.
Instructions unclear got arrested for robbing a bank with a Lego gun
At least they're easy to dissemble.
@BrickBending
9 ай бұрын
💯🤣
This is delicious. I want a lampshade like this
You must be independently wealthy, there’s gotta be a fortune in legos
All these squares make a circle
All these squares make a circle...all these squares make a circle...all ..
It’s like a delicious flaky pastry
I feel like.. someone needs to define the word illegal for this creator...
Bro: *does things with LEGO that our minds can't comprehend* The FBI: "HE'S TOO DANGEROUS TO BE KEPT ALIVE!!!"
I expected him to bend the long brick on top of the other brick but what he did instead was way worse...