Lego Transformers from the Lab

This is the largest transformer that I've built out of Lego so far.

Here it is in vehicle form.

transforming...

into a standing robot.  On the bottom, you'll notice the wheel feet, and the exhaust pipes at the back of the vehicle form turn into cannons at the top.

This is his mini-con, which is a smaller transformer that belongs to a larger transformer.  Here it is in tank form.

This is him transformed to robot form.  He has tracks for legs which allow him to roll around in an upright position.  When the arms and legs are on the ground, the cannon points outward.

This is the mini-con holding a cannon.  The cannon is actually his mini-con; the mini-con of a mini-con!

Here is the cannon mini-con.  All you have to do is turn the cannon upside down and it turns into a mini-con.

These are my transformers.  Mwa ha ha ha ha.

Mechanical Lego Arm

I worked on building a mechanical arm with Lego today. 

This is the arm in it's open form.

This is it closing up.

If I disconnect the bottom, it becomes a shorter tool.

It takes a while to fix if it breaks.  It has to be adjusted exactly the same on both sides until it's working properly.  In this photo, I'm adjusting it so that it will become curved, as you can see in the next photo:

This can be useful reaching something high up on a shelf, or on the top of the fridge, like today when I reached my mom's camera.  (She's just finding this out now.  She seems a little surprised and unimpressed.)

The mechanical arm can also be useful in reaching for random objects, as long as they're not too heavy;

in touching food that you don't really like;

and in reaching small snacks that you do like to eat.

I might make a few adjustments to the arm, and make it look better.