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On Aliexpress I found out some alternative lego compatible brick sets that take advantage of the Tensegrity principle. Here's a picture of the house from Up and
by knaik94 3y ago
On Aliexpress I found out some alternative lego compatible brick sets that take advantage of the Tensegrity principle. Here's a picture of the house from Up and a mini millenium falcon. [1][2] They were not the easiest sets to build and keeping the balance in the correct position is hard, but it's fun.
The tolerance for the lengths to maintain the correct tension is a lot tighter than I expected. I imagine it would be a little more forgiving if everything is scaled up. I saw some space related sets and floating boats from the anime One Piece as well on there. What is in and out of stock is not very consistent, and I haven't seen some of the sets I own in a while. I did not have to use glue but I did have to get creative in terms of wrapping things in a certain way, or connecting the things to an alternate hole. The manual was optimisitc.
There are some really interesting user created designs you can buy instructions for, but not every set from aliexpress is there.
https://rebrickable.com/mocs/?q=tensegrity https://rebrickable.com/mocs/?q=tensegrity
[1]
https://twitter.com/Knaikk/status/1487889972816453635 https://twitter.com/Knaikk/status/1487889972816453635
[2]
https://twitter.com/Knaikk/status/1655580332341489673 https://twitter.com/Knaikk/status/1655580332341489673