Category: Fan Builds

GBC Funnels in your own designs!

Henno Gous from Sweden built a GBC designed by Pawel (Poland) and added in our GBC Funnel Turbo Spin. Yet another great example of incorporating a GBC Funnel in your own designs. Very well excecuted Henno and thanks for sharing with us!

See which GBC Funnel would fit in your own Great Ball Contraption.

 

 

 

 


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Fan Build GBC 56 Mine Quarry

Steve & Thomas Hunt from the UK finally finished our latest GBC 56 Mine Quarry and got it fully working.  This is what they had to say about it:
All in all, one of the most satisfying builds yet, and probably our favourite of all the 42055 builds. And here it is! It took us a bit longer than planned, mainly due to hunting down stray parts. Disaster struck when we could only find seven buckets! Ebay to the rescue and we soon had some spare buckets on the way – only to find the missing one the day they arrived! It took us several tries to get the two cardan arms synchronised. But once set up perfectly it works reliably and is elegant and fascinating to watch.
Every part of the GBC is now working well. There are a few dropped balls and a couple of spots where a ball can get stranded, so we will try some more tweaks to eliminate those.
Thanks for creating your amazing GBC designs! They really provide us with a lot of entertainment. My son is getting the Liebherr crawler crane for Christmas, but he is much more excited about building the GBC 53 Marble Music Machine!
Wishing a Merry Christmas & Happy New Year to everyone at PV Productions!
— Steve & Thomas Hunt
Thanks Steve and Thomas for sharing this with us. It true makes our day to see our machines everywhere and builders enjoying the journey to create something new from the LEGO that they already have!

 

 

 

 


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Fan Build GBC 58 Dump ‘n’ Drop

Jorian Doornenbal from the Netherlands build one of our latest GBCs, GBC 58 Dump ‘n’ Drop. This machine features a very cool mechanism to load and drop the GBC Balls just in time. It is created from the very affordable LEGO 42167 Mack LR Electric Garbage Truck set so it is easy to get your hands on. And the very best part? The building instructions are completely free!

 

 


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LEGO World 2024 Full Layout

Grab some popcorn, sit back and relax. Because Maico Arts has released the “Follow the Blue Ball” video from LEGO World Utrecht 2024 in which we participated as well. You can see our modules from minute 31:39. Can you see which of our GBC modules we brought to the table?
Thanks for sharing the video with us Maico!

 


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GBC 45 Stunt Circus in action!

The GBC 45 Stunt Circus has been around for already 3 years. Wow time flies! Even though the LEGO set is older, builders still have them at home and can reuse the parts again to build our Great Ball Contraptions from it. Repurposing the materials is a great way to save costs and still have many many fun building hours ahead of you. So did Jorian Doornenbal form the Netherlands when he created our GBC 45 Stunt Circus. Created completely from the LEGO 42100 set. He send us this video with the machine in actions. Check also the glow in the dark section at the end of the video. So Cool!
What will you build next?

 

 

 


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