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05 January 2017

Peter Reid's 'bar with towball' idea

Posted by Admin
Our brief re-exploration of the LEGO® piece 3.2 Shaft W/5.9 Ball (Design ID 22484) seems to be turning into an unexpected parts festival! I was pleased to hear from Peter Reid with a new creation that uses this part. He calls it The Digital Ombudsman.



Peter has used the Transparent Bright Green version (Element ID 6139234). Only the shaft end is visible, creating the robot's eye, but the piece is critical to the build. Peter kindly sent a breakdown picture to explain things clearly.

The ball connects to the cup piece in the Light Stone Grey body, providing a joint that allows the head to be posed.

Threaded onto the shaft, an 'Apollo stud' (round 1x1 plate with open stud, Design IDs 85861 and 28626) is used to attach an interesting Dark Stone Grey piece I am unfamiliar with. Peter was none the wiser, really... "something from Star Wars, I think. I need to have more" was all he said. I'm sure one of you readers can help!

I love how a little bit of green light happens to catch the indentation on the 1x2 ingot tile (99563), making it look a bit like an illuminated panel.


READ MORE: Omnibots and Asteroids! See how Peter Reid used the transparent orange version for our Nexo-Classic Space parts challenge


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11 comments:

  1. Sastrei5 Jan 2017, 18:53:00

    Looks like it's from Age of Ultron: http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItemIn.asp?P=19305&in=S

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    1. Admin5 Jan 2017, 21:39:00

      That was quick! Thanks Sastrei

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    2. Anonymous5 Jan 2017, 22:42:00

      Ultron's neck armor, apparently...

      /Håkan

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  2. Unknown6 Jan 2017, 06:06:00

    Heh, that piece usage is right up my alley!

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  3. Glyphey14 Jan 2017, 15:39:00

    Can anyone get a parts list and instructions for this? It's a lovely little thing!

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    1. Admin15 Jan 2017, 16:32:00

      Pete doesn't often get instructions done, partly because his builds are so wacky/hard to show/weak connections! Maybe you can work it out from the pics.

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    2. The Aphid15 Apr 2017, 05:44:00

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    3. The Aphid17 Apr 2017, 17:04:00

      Turns out, I figured it out on my own. I didn't have the Ultron neck piece or pirate hooks, though, so I had to improvise...

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  4. plastic injection molding16 Jan 2017, 07:16:00

    nice sharing ,thanks.

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  5. joe b9 Mar 2017, 03:42:00

    Are there any more pics? Would love to see one or two more angles of this awesome build..

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    1. Admin9 Mar 2017, 11:09:00

      Very unlikely; Pete is always sparing with his images... generally he puts all the effort into that one 'hero' shot. I was lucky he agreed to the breakdown shot!

      In fact you may have noticed to get the close up shot, I cropped in and flipped the image :)

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