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World's Tallest Lego Tower Reaches 100-Foot Mark

nintendude — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 16:57:00 EDT

This would be a really cool sundial back in ancient times.

nintendude

World's Tallest Lego Tower Reaches 100-Foot Mark

Sculptor_Dan — Thu, 08 May 2008 06:35:58 EDT

@designguybrown: Can someone do the maths on this? There's a shitload of brick out there.

Sculptor_Dan

World's Tallest Lego Tower Reaches 100-Foot Mark

SigmundTheSeaMonster — Wed, 07 May 2008 15:59:17 EDT

I see where all our petroleum resources have gone...

SigmundTheSeaMonster

World's Tallest Lego Tower Reaches 100-Foot Mark

vote Obama — Wed, 07 May 2008 15:27:13 EDT

@LindsayJoy: also the compressive stress those little bricks are taking at the bottom

AWESOME

vote Obama

World's Tallest Lego Tower Reaches 100-Foot Mark

designguybrown — Wed, 07 May 2008 13:29:34 EDT

haahaa-Nonsense ---> it can be done... no wires, poles or other 'safety' features....
-simply splay the base (y'know like a pyramid - fat at the bottom and narrower going up) so that you've got stability and lateral support.
-pour some type of mortar-goop (with high compressive strength) into each block to fill the air-holes so that the bottom blocks don't crush (but still won't glue them together - because that would be cheating)-- and there you go - we could build way-higher than 100-feet ---

though of course it would take more lego blocks than had ever been produced (because of the pyramid-type shape) - but hey - its a damn good cause.

designguybrown

World's Tallest Lego Tower Reaches 100-Foot Mark

BigDanInTX — Wed, 07 May 2008 12:07:53 EDT

It's all about being safe. The guy wires are there to keep it from toppling over and the pole is for stability in the wind, I'm sure. I don't think you could even do something like this without SOME sort of safety measure in place.

BigDanInTX

World's Tallest Lego Tower Reaches 100-Foot Mark

Hunty — Wed, 07 May 2008 11:10:11 EDT

I like how in numerous places people obviously started getting creative, but then thought "aw, fuck it" halfway through and just went back to random blocks.

Hunty

World's Tallest Lego Tower Reaches 100-Foot Mark

atomx — Wed, 07 May 2008 10:14:44 EDT

atomx

World's Tallest Lego Tower Reaches 100-Foot Mark

bms — Wed, 07 May 2008 09:06:01 EDT

Using cables is cheating.

bms

World's Tallest Lego Tower Reaches 100-Foot Mark

designguybrown — Wed, 07 May 2008 08:59:49 EDT

interesting.. the possibilities... the dreams...
a competition for highest unsupported tower...
then.. just maybe.. there could be a competition for lego bridge span - y'know like engineer school where you get judged on far you can span without central support, how much load it can carry, and how light the bridge structure is that did it..
then there could be a competition for biggest self-supporting dome by inside diameter..
then there could be a competition for making lego bob-sleds and then racing them...
then there could be a competition for lego dodgeball - no wait...
- - this sounds like the brazen call for Lego Olympics - to be held in Copenhagen on the anniversary of the date of the first lego set...
Gizmodo - sponsor it and make it so...

designguybrown

World's Tallest Lego Tower Reaches 100-Foot Mark

Step666 — Wed, 07 May 2008 02:48:34 EDT

@LindsayJoy: er, wow, someone's excited.

But what if they did it by killing pandas?

Step666

World's Tallest Lego Tower Reaches 100-Foot Mark

bosskev — Wed, 07 May 2008 02:34:32 EDT

@maven2k: Yeah, but when they finally do make a tower without a hidden support column, keep this clown away from it.

bosskev

World's Tallest Lego Tower Reaches 100-Foot Mark

Gary_7vn — Wed, 07 May 2008 01:53:00 EDT

At some point, the weight of the legos above would crush the legos below. It will be interesting to see what that limit is.

Gary_7vn

World's Tallest Lego Tower Reaches 100-Foot Mark

SpeedyGonzalas — Wed, 07 May 2008 01:52:30 EDT

Boss.

SpeedyGonzalas

World's Tallest Lego Tower Reaches 100-Foot Mark

abates25 — Wed, 07 May 2008 01:24:12 EDT

huh. i used to live in windsor and went to legoland when my brother was a little kid - must have been about twenty years ago now. cool to see it's still around and kicking.

abates25

World's Tallest Lego Tower Reaches 100-Foot Mark

maven2k — Wed, 07 May 2008 00:02:52 EDT

They need to do a totally unsupported lego tower and see how high they can do it.

maven2k

World's Tallest Lego Tower Reaches 100-Foot Mark

Git Em SteveDave is a poor substitute for LindsayJoy — Tue, 06 May 2008 23:41:43 EDT

@strider_mt2k: He's here all week folks! Try the veal!

Git Em SteveDave is a poor substitute for LindsayJoy

World's Tallest Lego Tower Reaches 100-Foot Mark

bosskev — Tue, 06 May 2008 23:01:09 EDT

@strider_mt2k: * simultaneous groan and chuckle *
And how long have you been holding that one in, just aching for a Lego story, waiting patiently for the right moment? Lego Lam indeed. I guess we're just lucky one of the Giz folks isn't named after a frozen waffle.

bosskev

World's Tallest Lego Tower Reaches 100-Foot Mark

BigDogues — Tue, 06 May 2008 23:00:48 EDT

Get ready for the next extreme sport, Lego tower base jumping.

BigDogues

World's Tallest Lego Tower Reaches 100-Foot Mark

rimplestultskin — Tue, 06 May 2008 22:46:19 EDT

@tidybowl: only because people who actually have something better to do, well, they'd give up and do something useful after a few minutes of plastic-quilting around a pole.

was the toronto lego tower free-standing, or did they guy-wire it too?

rimplestultskin

World's Tallest Lego Tower Reaches 100-Foot Mark

Bokusatsu_Tenshi — Tue, 06 May 2008 22:07:44 EDT

Reminds me of Kino no Tabi prequel:
[www.veoh.com]

Bokusatsu_Tenshi

World's Tallest Lego Tower Reaches 100-Foot Mark

LindsayJoy's MBP is into S+M — Tue, 06 May 2008 22:06:19 EDT

I don't care how they did it. That much LEGO is orgasmic!

LindsayJoy's MBP is into S+M

World's Tallest Lego Tower Reaches 100-Foot Mark

scarbrtj — Tue, 06 May 2008 21:50:59 EDT

Now I see a noble NASA goal: in zero g, a LEGO tower could very tall indeed.

We put a man on the moon, dammit!

scarbrtj

World's Tallest Lego Tower Reaches 100-Foot Mark

daversW — Tue, 06 May 2008 20:57:54 EDT

that shouldnt even count... whats the highest tower without metal in it?

daversW

World's Tallest Lego Tower Reaches 100-Foot Mark

strider_mt2k — Tue, 06 May 2008 20:45:13 EDT

Or or surround Gizmodo's editor for a Lego Lam!

I said, a Lego....is this thing on? Check twoo!

strider_mt2k

World's Tallest Lego Tower Reaches 100-Foot Mark

Git Em SteveDave is a poor substitute for LindsayJoy — Tue, 06 May 2008 20:30:55 EDT

@male roof blower (CFB): Why not surround a blimp in legos and say you built a lego blimp. Why not glue legos to your car and say you built a lego lambo. This is the most blatant case of false advertising I have heard since "The Never-Ending Story". Someone call Lionel Hutz, or if he's not available, Miguel Sanchez, and possibly Dr. Nguyen Van Falk as an expert witness.

Git Em SteveDave is a poor substitute for LindsayJoy

World's Tallest Lego Tower Reaches 100-Foot Mark

james-42 — Tue, 06 May 2008 20:04:56 EDT

Plastic = Lego
Steel = Not Lego

james-42

World's Tallest Lego Tower Reaches 100-Foot Mark

tidybowl — Tue, 06 May 2008 19:53:49 EDT

well, if you can use a pole, and guy wires - pretty much the sky's the limit isn't it?

I mean, really, how hard is it to build a tower with a pole in the middle, and support wires holding it up?

Could you see a record for the worlds tallest building with guy wires on it?

tidybowl

World's Tallest Lego Tower Reaches 100-Foot Mark

Torley — Tue, 06 May 2008 19:32:00 EDT

That has gotta confuse a ground-dwelling creature's vanishing point!

I like the quilt-like patches on the side. Makes me think of what I could build with some neon LEGOs, hmmmm!

Torley

World's Tallest Lego Tower Reaches 100-Foot Mark

j4sk868 — Tue, 06 May 2008 19:31:58 EDT

The 6 year old in me is freaking out!!!!!

j4sk868

World's Tallest Lego Tower Reaches 100-Foot Mark

strider_mt2k — Tue, 06 May 2008 19:30:44 EDT

Aw man I was into it until I found out about the pole.

Guy wires I'd expect, but THAT!
I don't think so.

strider_mt2k

World's Tallest Lego Tower Reaches 100-Foot Mark

ceilingFANBOY — Tue, 06 May 2008 19:20:05 EDT

Using wires in lego tower building is like using steroids in baseball.

ceilingFANBOY

World's Tallest Lego Tower Reaches 100-Foot Mark

jarque — Tue, 06 May 2008 19:07:22 EDT

@GiltProto:
@GIZisGOD:
They totally cheated. This should be called "World's tallest guywire supported pole clad in Legos"

jarque

World's Tallest Lego Tower Reaches 100-Foot Mark

tehronin — Tue, 06 May 2008 19:01:13 EDT

Did someone yell Jenga?

tehronin

World's Tallest Lego Tower Reaches 100-Foot Mark

GIZisGOD — Tue, 06 May 2008 18:54:08 EDT

Not only cables but I think there is a pole inside too.

GIZisGOD

World's Tallest Lego Tower Reaches 100-Foot Mark

GiltProto — Tue, 06 May 2008 18:52:26 EDT

Cables? Are you using cables? There's no using cables in Lego tower building!

GiltProto

World's Tallest Lego Tower Reaches 100-Foot Mark

GIZisGOD — Tue, 06 May 2008 18:52:25 EDT

LEGO, Leg Godt, Play Well...

Well Played?

GIZisGOD

World's Tallest Lego Tower Reaches 100-Foot Mark

Rabid Penguin — Tue, 06 May 2008 18:50:34 EDT

Why???? Isn't this why God confused our languages? Crap like this shouldn't be built.

Rabid Penguin