Minifigures Building Blocks Set 369Pcs MOC Johnny 5 Robot Nano Micro Building Blocks Minifigures Toy Set Educational Toy Gift for Adults and Children Compatible with Lego 8 * 8 * 16cm

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Akiyuki. The complexities of his Great Ball Contraptions and the mechanisms he comes up with are amazing! What is your favourite building techniqueor part/sectionthat you’ve incorporated into your Product Idea?

Arms can be raised and lowered individually using the Powered Up App. The fingers can be adjusted manually as well as the elbows. It was probably the torso section of the build. This section holds the mechanism for both tilting and turning the head. The combination of these two movements made it challenging. I had to work with the motor at an angle while the head is vertical.Is there a LEGO designer (official LEGO designer or fan designer) who you are inspired by and look up to? Who and why?

What is yourfavouriteLEGO theme (current or past)? Why? And has any theme inspired your building style or preference in anyparticular way? Jason Alleman. I like how he makes MOCs that are both aesthetically pleasing as well as mechanically sound. Do you have plansto submit any otherProduct Ideasin the future?If yes, can you give us a hint of what that might be? The design is clever and interesting for the most part, though not quite up to Lego's standards. Some larger parts are held on by one stud, and there are several instances where Lego would have found a better/more secure way to accomplish the task where this model goes with "good enough." There are a few "illegal building techniques", too--several instances of studs mounted in technic holes. I’d say the time it took to reach 10,000 supporters was faster than I expected – less than 2.5 months! There are lot of AFOL Johnny 5 fans out there. I’d say that the time I spent promoting the Product Idea is roughly the same as creating the model. In that span of time I made several memes, promotional images and two videos of the Johnny 5 model. In one of the videos, I had Johnny 5 cleaning our house, much to my wife’s dismay when he broke the LEGO Tree House. I still have some more ideas for memes and videos that I ended up not making, since I actually planned to promote it for 2 years.

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I am very happy with how the head tilt and turn mechanism worked out. It was the most challenging part of the build. I like Technic builds. I’ve always been fascinated with making remote-controlled toys and LEGO Technic is perfect for this. The mechanisms, use of motors and building styles that that are structurally stable inspired my building style. What is it about the platform that attracts you? What tips would yougive to anyone who is thinking about uploading an idea? Most importantly though, it has to be worth your effort - you have to have fun while creating and promoting it since that’s the point of this hobby. I built the model both as a real model and as a digital one. I used Stud.io to build and render the digital model.

Have you created anyLEGO MOCs (my own creations) that you’re particularly proud of? What is it, why are you proud of it and do you have a photo of it? If you could talk to yourself before you started on this project, what would you tell him? What do you know now that you wish you knew then? This model is fully motorised using Powered Up motors and hub and controlled through a mobile device using the Powered UP App. It uses Technic parts to ensure stability of the structure, and System parts to capture the look and form of Johnny 5. I created memes, promotional images and videos and posted them on YouTube, Facebook and other social media. I tried to make them as fun, entertaining and aesthetically interesting as I can. I also made some of these memes remind people of the Short Circuit movie.What special challenges did you face creating the model? What was the most difficult part to recreate? The Liebherr 9800 Set 42100 is currently my favourite set both because of its mechanical complexity as well as the versatility of the set for making MOCs. I’ve made several alternative MOCs of this set which included a version of Johnny 5. I still have alternative MOC ideas for this set which I’m planning to build one of these days. As expected, there were minor issues with part tolerances--plates placed side-by-side had an angled gap between them, and some technic axel pins fit too loosely and would slip out. One of the arms was too loose and would fall out, but I was able to swap the loose part with another of the same part from somewhere else in the model where a tight fit was less essential, and it held together. You would -never- see an issue like this with genuine Lego, but then this is why Lego costs double what this set cost.