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Re: Tallest Lego building with 4 pieces?

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Post by anotheryou »

fiftyacorn wrote: post #4
542458 wrote: post #3

I think you can do ever so slightly better by moving the pink dot to the highest pip on the 2x2 green cylinder - it extends a little beyond the pip, so you'd gain about a millimeter that way. If it's not cheating to have parts not completely attached, you could maybe even balance the pink dot on top of the green cylinder for an extra 3-4mm.

if you dont have to be attached then place it under the blue brick

easier to balance on top, but I think it's not a "building" any more than.

Re: Tallest Lego building with 4 pieces?

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Post by btbuildem »

You can do a bit better if you put the round piece at the base, and make the blue piece diagonal just like the big flat piece.

You'd need to balance everything on the round piece, but the little pink dot should assist in that.

Kind of like those balanced rocks thing :)

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Post by presidentender »

runarberg wrote: post #15
trevyn wrote: post #8

>The only rule is “The structure needs to stand on its own.” Melt it down and recast it, duh. :)

I think that is cheating, because after the recasting is done you are left with a single piece. The instructions clearly say 4 pieces ;)

Recast the individual pieces, then.

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Post by jacquesm »

lorenzosnap wrote: post #18
jacquesm wrote: post #17

Ah, jacquesm bait, ok here is my solution (left), right one is an alternative to yours. http://imgur.com/a/h7HnB just the tops: http://imgur.com/a/wsqCw

LOL. Can't wait to show those pictures to my daughter. thanks

You're welcome :) That's a nasty trick though but it is actually designed to be used that way, Lego has all kinds of interesting tricks.

Come to think of it this is an interesting game in the making, much better than most (or even all) games that lego makes:

Given x pieces from some set you get to take turns trying to make the highest combination, or, alternatively, all kids at a party are handed the same lego pieces and the winner gets some prize.

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