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For ages known as Zebra (a code name before release, similar to banana for Hidden Side), TLG officially announced today (July 1st) the new LEGO Art theme, starting with four sets: 31197 Andy Warhol’s Marilyn Monroe 31198 The Beatles 31199 Marvel Studios Iron Man 31200 Star Wars Sith Each set makes one of 3-4 mosaics, with the Iron Man and Sith sets being combinable to form a mega picture from 3 sets. With one set you can make 1 Beatle, 1 Marilyn Monroe, etc. The prices for each set are US$120/€120/£115. These will be available from August 1st everywhere excluding US and Canada for The Beatles, Marilyn Monroe and the Sith. Iron Man is available universally on August 1st. For those thinking this has been mentioned before, it has, but not in its own deserved thread, and basically only names of sets + theme. There was never the deserved own thread, and no pictures, which is why I’m creating it now! I don’t know about everyone else but I’m hyped for these - though disappointed at the price... Discuss here.
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History For years now I have been following all content related to Lego clocks online. My love for real life clocks, with all their mechanical complexity and beauty, pairs perfectly with the art of Lego. I have even built a few Lego clocks by others over the years, (notably, some from @nico71, @KEvron , and Dillon Sharlet's recent wall clock on YouTube) but most of them did not end up working very reliably aside from KEvron's. It's insane the amount of hours I spent tinkering with their clocks years ago, for good reasons, though. These clocks were great and were a great accomplishment in of themselves, but they were not the most practical. Some you had to balance on the edge of a table and some you had to design your own wooden bracing so they could be held to the wall. Then came along Darrel Aldrich on YouTube with his wall clock designs. His clocks are designed to simply hand on one screw on the wall (using the Lego Art mosaic set hanger piece) and are designed around a few main "frame" pieces which allow you to place various axles to your heart's content. Not only do these frame pieces make it easy to design a relatively strong structure (still not as strong as Lego Technic bricks I don't think, as KEvron commonly used, but enough nonetheless), but they make it easy to place the axles and gears all on one plate, similar to a real clock. It uses a grasshopper escapement, which does not (theoretically) have friction when the pallets work with the escapement, which is good for Lego parts and just a great/interesting mechanism all around. After a few more years of not making any Lego clocks, this spring I finally built Aldrich's most recent automatic wall clock. Now, once again I spent a long time tinkering with the grasshopper escapement he used and ultimately, it was too finicky for me. Plus, at that point I also wanted the clock to be fully manual so that I could sleep knowing there was no electricity in it whatsoever. So two months or so after the first version, I re-designed the clock to his manual version of the wall clock and put in a grasshopper escapement from @Davidz90. David is the ultimate Lego clock wizard. He's made countless clocks and knows every bit about the physics involved in them. In fact, he even wrote a book, "Guide to Lego clocks: Science of measuring time with bricks," which can be found on Amazon. I read his book and asked him (way too many) questions about his various grasshoppers and clock physics. It even got me to start reading more articles and papers on clock physics/history, which I love. Again, a couple months later and (many) more versions tested and re-tested later, I arrived at the current version the clock is in. Intro The clock is meant to be fairly accurate, easy to mount, easy to adjust, and decently-good-looking. It can be within a minute accurate per week (definitely more if you really fine-tune the pendulum length) and runs for around 48 hours on a weight and chain system designed by Aldrich. I eventually want to design a proper box/face for it in the future and add more complications, but for now this is sufficient. Below is the video I recently made of the clock. It is not meant to be an elaborate video, just more of a quick review of Aldrich's and Ziemkiewicz's combined into my own clock. In the video description is a list of great Lego clock topics and YouTube channels worth looking into. I only posted one image to here because it won't let me upload more file sizes Specifications: 100% manual (no electronics), 100% Lego, 100% non-modified parts, only hung by one screw. Pendulum is two seconds and has been a few seconds accurate a day in my week of testing this version (under a minute each week). It runs for around 48 hours on an H-loop chain system (by Aldrich), where the chain is simply pulled up by a chain when needed. Escapement is a grasshopper from Ziemkiewicz. Pendulum is around 240 grams. Weight is around 860 grams. Gear ratio from 24 tooth chain gear to the 40 tooth escapement is 1:75. Honorable Mentions The following people have either helped me build Lego clocks or greatly inspired me to get into the craft (YouTube handles): @darrellaldrich8334 @davidziemkiewicz1350 @KEvronista @DillonSharlet Videos Mainly Used to Make this Clock
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Despite the opinion that the Lego mosaic theme is boring , a recent huge example together with the announcement of the new Batman and Elvis sets have triggered my interest in building one A quick search shows that there are a few software options to help with the initial shaping link 1, link 2 & many others, but people with experience points out that manual adjustments will be required So, basically you have a clear path ahead to draft it; but then, how do you source the pieces? Which set could be the most cost-effective for your project? All official mosaics bring the base bricks, a frame in black or white and up to 16 colors of 1x1 round tiles or plates in good amounts ,but they are not easy to compare. So I have put together the following table that can be used beforehand, so you limit your palette to what's available in a set (some tools already includes this), or afterwards, choosing if any would solve your needs better than a BricksNPieces / Brincklink order Notes: - I have excluded the World Map 31203 because if you are considering that size, clearly you are not into cost optimisation - The submission of the upcoming Ideas set Starry Night is not flat and looks great, this would require different parts sourcing. @Themiddlebrick uses a noteworthy layered technique in Boba Fett mosaic artwork - Art Project 21226 is listed based on the Lego instructions' last page, and Batman 31205 and Elvis 31204 are listed based on info from Brothers-Brick review ; the rest comes from bricklink - A few DOTS sets might be good parts packs as well, I have included them Set Number 21226 31197 31198 31199 31200 31201 31202 31204 31205 41935 41950 41951 41952 Set (nick)Name Art Project Marilyn The Beatles Iron Man The Sith Hogwarth Mickey Elvis Batman Lots of Dots Lettering Dots Message Board Large board Num. Pieces 4138 3341 2933 3167 3406 4249 2658 3441 4167 1040 722 531 943 Frame colour White Black Black Black Black Black Black Black Dark Black no no White, thin Med. Az.?, thin TILES or plates TILES TILES TILES plates plates plates plates TILES rough plates TILES, shapes TILES, shapes TILES, shapes TILES, shapes Other parts 201 187 187 193 193 202 197 200 200 + part 27925 + part 27925 Bricklink name Color Number 3937 3154 2746 2974 3213 4047 2461 3241 3967 1040 White 1 474 149 61 187 369 835 71 257 60 46+16 167 Light Bluish Gray 86 51 31 110 236 59 26 277 Dark Bluish Gray 85 131 141 91 151 79 52 216 Black 11 254 629 698 476 877 593 662 596 566 60 Dark Red 59 214 328 503 96 339 Red 5 190 308 286 15 213 80 112 40 124+16 46+16 Coral 220 120 167 Dark Brown 120 554 196 200 206 Reddish Brown 88 307 250 191 76 233 165 Dark Tan 69 137 97 Tan 2 241 283 155 32 106 380 Light Nougat 90 360 Nougat 28 200 Medium Nougat 150 281 29 208 182 153 Dark Orange 68 85 162 125 179 55 Orange 4 121 74 40 42 46+16 Bright Light Orange 110 175 65 4+16 127 Yellow 3 299 587 120 124+16 Bright Light Yellow 103 119 92 20 Neon Yellow 236 Yellowish Green 158 20 42 46+16 Lime 34 166 4 Olive Green 155 Dark Green 80 20 Green 6 499 127 Bright Green 36 148 210 20 4+16 Sand Green 48 20 Dark Turquoise 39 120 Light Aqua 152 317 194 40 42+16 46+16 Dark Blue 63 660 121 529 447 409 206 423 40 Blue 7 431 293 120 Dark Azure 153 127 Medium Azure 156 587 10 139 40 74+16 46+16 106? Medium Blue 42 230 Bright Light Blue 105 57 Sand Blue 55 52 23 139 175 Dark Purple 89 60 Medium Lavender 157 95 42 Lavender 154 40 4+16 167? Magenta 71 46 40 Dark Pink 47 587 Bright Pink 104 58 587 46+16 Flat Silver 95 630 Pearl Dark Gray 77 271 153 432 Pearl Gold 115 232 604 Trans-blue? 30? Trans-blue? 30? Trans-blue? 40? The Lego Art discussion thread could be a good place to talk about this, but being in doubt I have started a separate thread because I do not want to launch a discussion on which one is "best". Do not hesitate in merging with that thread
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Lego Art - Maggie Cheung Mosaic Free Building Instructions: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=max.moc.mosaic.instructions Lego Art MOC - Maggie Cheung Mosaic (Free Building Instructions) Lego Art MOC - Maggie Cheung Mosaic (Free Building Instructions) -
Lego Art MOC - Juhi Chawla Mosaic Building Instructions: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=max.moc.mosaic.instructions Lego Art MOC - Juhi Chawla Mosaic (Building Instructions) Lego Art MOC - Juhi Chawla Mosaic (Building Instructions)
