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The DOF (Depth of Field) - focal blur - animation was manual too I would like to challenge dan1el to make that first assembly shot with blender without external plugins. I'm not saying it can't be done, i'm just challenging you. A friendly challenge.

It's all max. Really. A nighmare job, we know... It's a "made by me" rig that has various controlers such as steer, slide, bump, and also the wheels are linked in a way that i don't have to spin them. As the body moves backward or forward they spin accordingly. And of course that the legos don't have those dynamics but it just looks so cool like this that we couldn't leave it stiff And i don't think any1 could do this in 2 weeks... honestly. I don't really know how much time it took because i made both on spare time. At least 1 1/2 months straight. Btw, the 8860's pieces animation was all made by hand. No plugins, no particles, no secret recipes

The softwares i used are: 3dsmax, render engine Vray, after effects for post production, ableton for the sound track (original by me) and sony vegas for final editing. It was not "that easy" to achieve the final product. I'm not any "3d genius" but i'm around 3d for 15 years as a professional since 3dsMax 3 and as an enthusiast for +20 years (back in the days of Commodore Amiga) . There are some tricky bits like the assemble and disassemble of the models. Some are particle effects (3dsmax native PFlow) and some are also native MassFX that's a tool that uses dynamics to simulate breakable objects. The best for me, and what takes more time, is the cinematography of the promo, like thinking of how the animation can evolve thinking of sound and dinamic movement at the same time. The 8860 animation, i did on my spare time when i felt like it. It did start just as a trainning session for some material technique tests. It is not modeled very accurately as i started modeling some pieces by memory. I had this lego set and it always was my favorite toy. The last pieces i went hunting for some fotos on the web, but nothing is modeled with real measures. From that model I did 2 renders that actually are in the ChaosGroup (Vray render makers) gallery

Hi there "Lego people" I'm very pleased to read your comments about the video(s)! Thank you very very very much! Mattia Zamboni did the models and I did the rest on that Buildit Book promo! I liked when i read that these where better then official legos videos!! Hope you are right and i would be very glad if they feel the same way! Maybe we can make some for them too! That would be sooooooooo cool!!!! Once more, thank you all for the nice comments!