Maybe some LEGO parts are not as tough as we thought they were. For example, when I was messing around with tribot, trying to make it go as fast as possible, this part simply split in half!
Sqiddster Here
July 11th, 2008 by sqiddsterhi, I’m sqiddster, and I am a new contributor to NXTCentral.
Instead of boring you with a description of myself, I will show you a video of my biggest and best creation, The Great Big Useless Contraption 2. It moves around steel balls for no purpose whatsoever except provide good entertainment! 
They are here! 2008 Technic sets:
July 4th, 2008 by AirkraftThe long awaited Technic sets (see below) have finally arrived on LEGO S@H
The guys over at TechnicBRICKs.blogspot also compared the prices of all these new sets for every country
| 8293 | 8294 | 8295 | 8297 | ||
| Austria | EUR | 34,99 | 49,99 | 89,99 | 109,99 |
| Belgium | EUR | 34,99 | 51,99 | 82,99 | 109,99 |
| Finland | EUR | 33,95 | 69,95 | 99,95 | 121,95 |
| France Metropolitan | EUR | 34,99 | 59,99 | 79,99 | 109,99 |
| Germany | EUR | 34,99 | 49,99 | 89,99 | 109,99 |
| Ireland | EUR | 34,99 | 59,99 | 89,99 | 139,99 |
| Italy | EUR | 32,99 | 49,99 | 79,99 | 109,99 |
| Luxembourg | EUR | 34,99 | 51,99 | 82,99 | 121,95 |
| Netherlands | EUR | 34,99 | 51,99 | 82,99 | 109,99 |
| Portugal | EUR | 34,95 | 49,95 | 79,95 | 109,95 |
| Spain | EUR | 34,95 | 49,95 | 79,95 | 109,95 |
| Denmark | DKK | 249,75 | 499,00 | 799,00 | 899,00 |
| Sweden | SEK | 299,50 | 629,00 | 999,00 | 1.099,00 |
| Switzerland | CHF | 59,00 | 89,00 | 145,00 | 179,00 |
| United Kingdom | GBP | 24,99 | 39,99 | 59,99 | 89,99 |
| Australia | AUD | 49,99 | 79,99 | 129,99 | 179,99 |
| New Zealand | NZD | 49,99 | 99,99 | 149,99 | 199,99 |
| Canada | CAD | 39,99 | 74,99 | 109,99 | 149,99 |
| United States | USA | 29,99 | 59,99 | 89,99 | 119,99 |
I also noticed that Lego UK have lowered their prices for the snowmobile by £6 and the tractor by £12. looks like im going to be spending my birthday money after all!
Read more HERE
StringThing
June 17th, 2008 by NXTMongerThe StringThing uses one motor to spin a string. That’s it. Oh right: it spins it in a sine wave. Cool, huh?
NXTCentral Challenge #1 Results
June 3rd, 2008 by snowblader13Challenge #1 Pull That Weight
NXTCentral’s first challenge is now over!!! We sadly only had 3 entries for the challenge. Here are the rules for challenge #1:
I am challenging all builders to pull as much weight as you possibly can. This will test your creativity to build a robot that not only can pull a bunch of weight, but that looks like something that can actually pull it. Will it be like a tug boat, or a Locomotive? There is no limit on the amount of weight that you can pull. You must pull the weight 10 feet in the lowest amount of time.
The following are the people and their Robots who entered
- mini_man176 – The Tractor
- NXTMonger – TugBot II
- Snowblader13 – Loco the Puller
And the winner of NXTCentral Challenge #1 is:
NXTMonger With his TugBot II, He was able to pull 10.3 Pounds in 1 Minute 21 Seconds!!! Here is a pictures and video of his Bot:
Snowblader13 came in 2nd with 8 pounds pulled in 4 Minutes 15 Seconds. Here is a pictures and video of his Bot:
Mini_Man 176 came in 3rd pulling 3.3 pounds in 5 Minutes 36 Seconds. Here is a pictures of his Bot:
Please let me know if you have any more questions or want o see more photos about the robots.
Time is up
May 31st, 2008 by AirkraftJust a quickie to tell you that the time is up for submitting your entries to the first ever NXTCentral challenge!
Im sure Snowblader13 will expand on this in great detail soon
oh, and i thought i will tell you,
Its my birthday
Looking forward to the new lego!
-Airkraft
Challenge #1 Deadline is coming up.
May 22nd, 2008 by snowblader13Well it has been nearly 2 months since we first unveiled challenge #1. There may still be time for thoes of you that have yet to start on it. Go to the forum to see all of the rule for the competition. Be sure to read the Questions and Answers, as some of the rules have been changed or Cleared up!
Click here to go to the forum!
The deadline for challenge #1 is on May 31st, That means that all entries must be sent in following all of the rules by that date! So far no entries have been submitted! Time is running out so get those bots done and sent in!
Have fun and get those entries in!!!
Back from Maker Faire!
May 10th, 2008 by NXTMongerI’m back from the Maker Faire! It was really fun, and I hope I can make it next year.
Anyways, I took some photos and movie clips there, and iMovie’d together a slideshow/video. It’s mostly about the LEGO exhibit, but there is a bit of other stuff too.
Note: This does not cover the whole Maker Faire! There is way, way more than this. But most of the time I was looking at stuff and forgetting to take pictures, so this is what I have.
Worlds Tallest Lego Tower!!
May 8th, 2008 by snowblader13
Now this is not directly related to Mindstorms, but way too cool to share with all.
Once again, the record for the world’s largest Lego tower has fallen. Last year, the Lego bricks towered 96 feet over Toronto. A new LEGO tower in the UK has taken over the title of “world’s tallest”. Constructed using over 500,000 bricks, it towers 100-feet above LEGOLAND Windsor. Hitting the 100 foot mark is definitely a fitting way to celebrate the 50th anniversary.
LEGO.com MINDSTORMS NXTLOG MINDSTORMS NXT NXT Building Challenge
May 2nd, 2008 by snowblader13NXT NXT…? Are you seeing double? Yes! We are presenting a doubly fun building challenge where you create a robot that uses 2 NXT bricks! We are also giving you double the amount of time to enter this challenge (projects must be entered by June 30, 2008).
The 2 NXT’s can be onboard the robot or the 2 NXT’s can be separate (for example if 1 NXT is used as a remote controller for the 2nd NXT). The NXT’s must communicate with each other.
Don’t have 2 NXT’s? Why not enter the challenge with a friend!
