Mythbusters and the Lego ball

[draggar]

Great video!

http://dsc.discovery.com/videos/myth...lego-ball.html

[lordlundar]

you know, They were cheering, but that had to be painful to watch that happen. A half million bricks that took days to assemble falling apart that easily just HAS to suck.

[Dreamstalker]

The reaction from this household at the moment of Lego destruction had to rival the loudest most disappointed sports fans that were ever in the building.

[JLRodgers]

And here the entire time I thought "why didn't they glue it together?"

[dendawg]

And here the entire time I thought "why didn't they glue it together?"

IIRC, most of the bricks were on loan from collectors. No, seriously.

[lordlundar]

Try all of them.

As many as they could scrounge.

in North America.

Besides, the myth dealt with the blocks simply being assembled, not glued.

[JLRodgers]

IIRC, most of the bricks were on loan from collectors. No, seriously.

I thought that.... but then they'd never get back the same ones they loaned -- you you just know anything the mythbusters get their hands on will be damaged beyond all repair

[lordlundar]

Well, most of them were borrowed from legoland, and I'm pretty sure any collectors who donated have watched the show so they knew what was coming.

[Dreamstalker]

Generally viewers who donate stuff to the show don't expect to get it back.

[Kiwi]

From reading a little it seems that the youtube video one used glue of some kind and the ball was also hollow. The youtube one actually has a little "bounce" to it as it rolls down the street.

That might be why it held together so much better.

[Dreamstalker]

Yeah, IIRC that's what was determined on the show.