Toltomeja Posted November 3, 2014 Another crazy idea. Castle MOCs have always been immobile, and so... defenseless. What if a castle was suddenly attacked by some angry Technic creation? It can't jus give up! See it in action here: It is driven by 3 NXT motors, two for the wheels and one for catapults. And you never know what it will do next... :) Full set Enjoy and... Beware! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
deraven Posted November 3, 2014 That's great! Might not be the best on rough terrain, though, so how 'bout making the towers detach and extend out like legs so it can walk over larger obstacles? Maybe for a version 2? The collision-avoidance and auto-firing action is great. Nice work! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Alfadas Posted November 3, 2014 Very nice! Love the catapults, how far does it shoot? It can hit targets a meter away, but how far does it come? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Adolfo Posted November 3, 2014 (edited) It's really a crazy idea, but a cool one. I shared the link with my colegues here at LUG Brasil and everyone enjoyed so much. Congrats! Edited November 3, 2014 by Adolfo Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LegoFanfromPR Posted November 3, 2014 Awesome!!!!!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
plastic_ati Posted November 3, 2014 Hahaha, you made my day, that's a crazy and effective idea. :) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zerobricks Posted November 3, 2014 What a great hybrid of technic and castle! Those cataupluts rock... do you have pictures of the naked chassis? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bjorkan Posted November 4, 2014 it makes my day, bravo! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vitreolum Posted November 4, 2014 This is hilarious, love the self loading catapults. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kalais Posted November 4, 2014 Haha, crazy! I viewed your older projects and I like them a lot. Lot of great stuff you got there! P.S. I recently got from my looong Lego Dark Age so got lot of to catch up. Is Technic now got collision-avoidance system? Or you used some self made system? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheLegoDr Posted November 4, 2014 Nice! I really like the catapult loading mechanism. I know nothing of technic or motors, so this really impresses me. I don't particular care for the actual movement of the castle, but I like seeing the movement of the catapults, so kudos. Keep up the great work! That'd be fun at a show! (outside of hitting a kid's eye) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toltomeja Posted November 10, 2014 (edited) Very nice! Love the catapults, how far does it shoot? It can hit targets a meter away, but how far does it come? It's about a metre usually. Quite well as for a brick construction :) P.S. I recently got from my looong Lego Dark Age so got lot of to catch up. Is Technic now got collision-avoidance system? Or you used some self made system? It's simply an ultrasonic sensor, from the 8527 Mindstorms NXT set if that's helpful :) No system of my own so far. Thanks a lot for the comments! And in case you were interested, I've added 3 photos of the mechanisms inside to the Flickr set (ones at the bottom): Edited November 10, 2014 by Toltomeja Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Captain Braunsfeld Posted November 13, 2014 Great. And it works. Who needs tanks when we've got this kind of castle... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fletcher Floyd Posted November 14, 2014 This is cool! Good Idea and nice Castle design. I would never send my soldiers to attack this fortress, that's for sure;-) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
