GBC-ing with style by Pierroguitar

Pierroguitar ( PierroLego 16 )has such a nice Lego creations but we are going to focus on its latests GBC modules.

Both has a perfect mix of design and function, including interesting mechanisms and excellent look.

The first one The rocking Escalator "controlled by a pirate captain of the space Is a very cool idea mixing the rocking "stairs" an a tilting bed, this combined mechanism is  fed by a pump system driven by an independent motor. Nice example of high grade of innovation in the mechanisms and not forgetting decoration and aesthetics in GBC development.

The second has TLOTR theme and will be very popular among the lovers of this theme, in this case the level of detail in the scenery is very high like the best vignettes had, representing moments of the book ( or the films)it has lots of TLOTR minifigs, PF lights and also includes spiral lift and "stairs" mechanisms perfectly integrates in the diorama that the module is itself.

It is truly a masterpiece

Need a GBC ball counter?

If you want a GBC ball counter and you don't have an NXT set or enough pieces to emulate the mechanical counter from NICO but you have a smartphone, you can do an invention like this:

LegoGBC has developed and presents this excellent module, it is basically a belt module with a device to count balls that is basically An arm that blocks the proximity sensor of the phone:

See al the information in the video description:

http://youtu.be/lX09aeAAgHw

More mechanisms

Philip Verbeek is doing a great job at great ball contraption and reaching high level on this kind of creations.

check out his Website for interim updates, work in progress and more LEGO stuff
Pv-productions

One motor one great contraption

Youtube user 05yattaran has this fantastic example of great ball contraption among othe good videos

Never stops amazing us with his LEGO GBC modules

We may think that a machine made with Lego that moves balls from one side of it to other one can be smart, can be tricky and can be beauty or great looking, but one more time Akiyuky raises the level of engineering and good looking with this mesmerizing machine. I'm still not really sure if it is an optical illusion  a wizard or simply it's a smooth mechanism made by the best GBC builder in the world that made the most beautiful machines with Lego...

Self explanatory Lego GBC module

The latest video from makoroll Presents a GBC module including comments and explanations, so nothing left to say than the video:

LEGOWorld CPH 2013. Another GBC record

The biggest Great Ball Contraption ever! Enjoy

That module in 1:08 seems a replica of the prototype from Daniracer featured Here

LEGO Biological GBC

Every new creation of Akiyuky is featured in this blog, why?

Because they are just awesome! They mix technic building, mechanism masterful, aesthetic look and superb presentation. As this new GBC module do.

As you will see in the video it has six "dragon" heads with their necks that bite the gbc balls, bend backwards and leave the ball from their mouths with the tongue, all driven with only one PFm motor.

Cause the limited speed of the mechanism the solution of multiply the number of moving heads is nice alternative, makes the module more visual and accomplish the standard speed of ball moving in LEGO gbc standards

One motor GBC elevator

Makoroll has presented this GBC module on Eurobricks.

How does it work?

"The principle is very simple. Between the power source and the 9v motor there's a switch it is connected to the two levers - the top and bottom. The additional rubber band causes the light moving lever moves it to the other side very quickly, so do not feel the moment when the switch is in the zero position. The platform in the down position opens another "goal" by pressing the lever and allows the balls get inside."

The Big Belt ^^

One of the several GBC creations of buzlamouche featured in his youtube channel is this "triple" belt module, with Pin Zig Zag descending ramp, simple, elegant and effective.

Great load capacity, curious motorisation method, and funny exit gate with that ramp. This kind of modules always where good to control the ball flux on the GBC circuits.

GBC HispaLUG EXPO 2012

Lego Technic Great Ball Contraption display at HispaLUG Expo 2012, Granollers,Spain.

Modules built by Blastem, Legomikos, Morente Team and Parda, also versions of designs from Akiyuky.

GBC NEW World Record

NEW World Record: 115 GBC modules in one circuit, 25 minutes of video....

BrickFair 2012 Great Ball Contraption

Nice number of modules, some of them already appeared on this blog, like the amazing MULTIPLEX module and some other new and very interesting..

The Ball eater

Fantastic example of innovation in gbc building by pg5200

Yiharua's GBC Rotating module

Maybe you have viewed this kind of module several times but this one built by Yiharua and its Lego Digital Designer model, it uses common parts and works very well, as you can see in the video.

Another 2 Skaerbaek GBC videos

This time by the cameras of Maico Arts and Lasse Deleuran, two fantastic GBC builders.

Chinese GBC

Chinese non oficial balls and lots of NXT
Lots of nice ideas for adapt to the standard

Chinese LEGO fans made GBC at 2012,July 29th.
Organizer is CMNXT.com ( http://www.cmnxt.com/ )

First Video of Skærbæk LEGO Fan Weekend GBC

Cassiebsg has uploaded the firs video I've found of this big GBC, enjoy!

As other videos appear It also willl be featured ;-)

Turntable LEGO GBC belt

while we await the publication of  the GBC display videos from Skærbæk 2012 event  here is a nice belt module by Rui Almeida that will be featured in Skærbæk.

the peculiarity of this module is that uses liftarms and a piece of the new turntable assembly instead of technic links, in addition the belt is loaded from a inverted chain wheel to accomplish a nice module.

New LEGO GBC ball lifting mechanism

As Landon Garrett sais on his video:

"lego gbc, I've never seen one like this on youtube, I would like someone that's an expert lego builder to build a module like mine using the same lift design"

This idea of using a kind of "unidirectional valves" is similar to others such as the Akiyuky's Step module V2  but in this device the balls where fully vertically lifted, in fact it's a vertical jigsaw with stops, and it has possibilities of being improved on more visual way and become a great gbc module. Nice work!

The mentioned Step module: