GBC Observer 👁 Week 8, 2019

Welcome to week 8 of the GBC Observer here at the Great Ball Pit.

First up is a nice large conveyor and square tower by Sung Joon Yoon. It is a pretty tall module, and I appreciate the simplicity.

 

Next, Lawrie gives us a closer look at the GBC Catapult module he built using images and video from Beyond the Brick videos.  The original module is by Tom Atkinson.



The last video this week shows us the GBC layout from Lego World Copenhagen 2019.  There are quite a few modules running in this layout.  They must be quite reliable as there is not  many GBC techs hanging around.  A few copies of my Solaire and Whirligig modules also make an appearance.



Have a great week everyone! 

New Lego GBC Module - Winter River

I've recently created the 4th and final module in my Minecraft theme series.  It's a tipping ramp module called "Winter River".  It uses my WM01 module as the lift mechanism, and the balls gently roll around in the river before falling out to the right.

I've always enjoyed seeing these table style modules where a large quantity of balls can roll around before exiting.  So I figured with WM01 as the conveyor this would be a great close to a series of four modules that use different lift mechanisms.

My Lego Minecraft GBC Series

• Morgan's Mine: Tipping Ramp
• Matt's Mine: Triple Stepper
• Chicken Pump: Ball Pump
• Winter River: Conveyor

The tipping ramp simply "Bolts on" to the WM01 module and is powered by the meshing of the 40T gears.  It took me a little while to get the right speed and amount of tilt correct for the table.  I used a bunch of pieces from the Minecraft Polar Igloo 21142 set for the decoration.

While this is not a complex module, I enjoy watching it operate with it's slow motion.

GBC Observer 👁 Week 7, 2019

Hey everyone, I haven't been able to build much over the last month for a variety of reasons. Luckily for us, there is a ton of great new modules that appeared on YouTube recently.

Akiyuki is back with a great new lift mechanism that is similar in function to his stuck ball machine.  A pair of robots grasp at the air until they catch a ball which they spin around and toss into the output.



Berthil has done an updated and improved version of my Separation Anxiety module.  It runs very smooth and has a GBC standard compliant input bin, nice work!



While we are looking at brick separators, let's look at Sawyers latest which also features them as part of the lift mechanism.



Have a great week everyone!