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Two-Foot-Tall Motorised Lego Windmill Set
Posted by Adam Frucci at 7:20 AM on July 16, 2008
If you're a fan of both Lego and renewable energy, you're gonna love the new Vestas Windmill set from Lego. It stands at over two feet tall, has a motor that rotates the windmill around on its own, and is pretty awesome looking. Unfortunately, there's no way to rig a bunch of these together in your yard to help power your house, and they'll actually suck up energy rather than create it like real windmills, but what are you complaining about? It's a two-foot-tall Lego windmill! It's awesome! [Brothers Brick]
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KirePDX
Posted 8:11 AM 16/7/08
@costanza007: Beat me to the punch.
KirePDX
Log1c
Posted 8:07 AM 16/7/08
@Gann: You should see the Lego Fusion Reactor...
Log1c
Log1c
Posted 8:07 AM 16/7/08
OMG! The best part is I would take my fan and aim it at the wind turbine, so I could generate Lego Electricity from real electricity!
Log1c
peerpul
Posted 7:59 AM 16/7/08
2 Words Wick - Ed.
I love lego
peerpul
Gann
Posted 7:55 AM 16/7/08
This is much more interesting than the lego solar panel set.
Gann
strider_mt2k
Posted 7:39 AM 16/7/08
Now now, let's not go tilting at these...
strider_mt2k
costanza007
Posted 7:34 AM 16/7/08
Morbo: "Windmills Do Not Work That Way!"
costanza007
iCarmen 2.0-Yellow Free Edition!
Posted 7:31 AM 16/7/08
dance...dance not music..i dance TO THE music
iCarmen 2.0-Yellow Free Edition!
iCarmen 2.0-Yellow Free Edition!
Posted 7:31 AM 16/7/08
::twitches::
...have all my dreams come true in this one magical day!????????????????
:starts doing choreographed music:
iCarmen 2.0-Yellow Free Edition!
waveman216
Posted 7:31 AM 16/7/08
I think I need a whole yard full of these.
waveman216
MINI Driver
Posted 7:27 AM 16/7/08
@mac_tanaguchi:
The motors power the blades which move the air which cause wind which feeds the wind turbines... Simple!
MINI Driver
kspray--dad
Posted 7:25 AM 16/7/08
Hard to recycle plastic toys with batteries. Environment FTW!
kspray--dad
mac_tanaguchi
Posted 7:25 AM 16/7/08
so were teaching kids there are motors in these things to spin them for what exactly?
mac_tanaguchi
Kaiser-Machead's Chips Ahoy!
Posted 7:23 AM 16/7/08
Why do I want this so badly? I know that the subject matter is not that stupendous, yet I still want it!
Also, it needs a few Lego birds belly up on the ground.
Kaiser-Machead's Chips Ahoy!
EBone
Posted 8:37 AM 16/7/08
Wow. Just Wow.
/I think I have a hard-on
//Yes, I just checked, I do.
///Just wow.
EBone
nocar
Posted 9:26 AM 16/7/08
I thought only Jesus was allowed to post Lego news.
nocar
LindsayJoy's MBP is into S+M
Posted 9:25 AM 16/7/08
Sorry people its a Vestas only set made for the company and will not be available for public release.
See here:[www.eurobricks.com]
Yes. I'm *crying*. I say we sign a petition and get this set built! Or at least publish instructions! Very nice that LEGO made this set and may consider making something similar for the public! Otherwise, how do I bribe a Vestas employee? Otherwise I will be dreaming of my *official* LEGO Taj Mahal that is going to be released oh and the new Death Star!
LindsayJoy's MBP is into S+M
wingbatwu
Posted 9:24 AM 16/7/08
@mac_tanaguchi: to keep the Earth spinning!
wingbatwu
Git Em SteveDave is a poor substitute for LindsayJoy
Posted 10:46 AM 16/7/08
@LindsayJoy's MBP is into S+M: Well, if you fail at "bribing" a Vestas employee, I might take a crack at it. Perhaps he prefers my AC to your DC.
Git Em SteveDave is a poor substitute for LindsayJoy
bobdobbs
Posted 10:40 AM 16/7/08
@nocar: Yeah, and nobody fucks with the Jesus.
bobdobbs
rtwod2
Posted 11:24 AM 16/7/08
A Haiku (with edit form wife)
Lego Windmill built
I live too close to the Cape
Ted Kennedy cries
rtwod2
rtwod2
Posted 11:22 AM 16/7/08
A Haiku
Lego Windmill built
I live to close to the Cape
Ted Kennedy cries
rtwod2
oo0cyst0oo
Posted 12:08 PM 16/7/08
@rtwod2: let me grab the reins, for a sec.
(help FROM your wife.)
not nitpicking or going grammar crazy. just saying.
oo0cyst0oo
oo0cyst0oo
Posted 12:06 PM 16/7/08
@rtwod2: Your wife is a smart lady.
oo0cyst0oo
fastm3driver
Posted 12:55 PM 16/7/08
Can you plug it into a Prius?
fastm3driver
wilkart
Posted 12:41 PM 16/7/08
well kids now your toys are going green!! just be sure to use rechargeable batteries..
wilkart
kmkl
Posted 1:06 PM 16/7/08
what's the environmental hardiness in this? does it run on renewable energy?
if it doesn't...
kmkl
EBone
Posted 1:37 PM 16/7/08
Guess I need to talk to my contacts at Vestas. It may help that I ordered and used about $135 million of their turbines two years ago...
EBone
Purple Dave
Posted 5:51 PM 16/7/08
@D_Zarster:
Only if you get the S@H-exclusive 9v-to-Power Functions converter cable. Otherwise, you won't be able to connect the solar panel to the motor.
Purple Dave
D_Zarster
Posted 5:45 PM 16/7/08
@kmkl: and on the matter of renewable energy for Lego.. heres a set you could get to upgrade the windmill to spin on free energy [www.bricklink.com]
D_Zarster
D_Zarster
Posted 5:43 PM 16/7/08
woot! I work for Vestas in Denmark.. and I love lego (also Danish) what a great combe.. wish I knew where to get a set!
D_Zarster
Mr.Wilson
Posted 6:01 PM 16/7/08
Wow, a Member-Only set? Just irks me it's motorized, I know it'd be hard to make it move by itself, but it's ironic for a windmill. It's like a flux capacitor relica that actually either pushes electricity away or drains it- I don't know which seems more polar-opposite!
Mr.Wilson
superbryant
Posted 12:32 AM 17/7/08
@Cisco-Kid: I was actually thinking about this, with my amateur electrical engineering skills I could prolly rig this to work like a real "windmill" and power the lights and motors in a Lego town. I actually just opened up LDD to see if I could build something similar to the picture, It's coming along pretty well actually.....anyone know where I can find better pictures of it?
superbryant
Cisco-Kid
Posted 12:24 AM 17/7/08
The electric motor can be used as a generator. I'm sure it won't be long until someone tweaks the blades, bearings and electronics to make this a functional (albeit tiny) generator.
Cisco-Kid
macserv
Posted 12:46 AM 17/7/08
@costanza007: You beat me, you magnificent bastard.
But actually, in this case, windmills do work that way! GOODNIGHT!
macserv
spec24
Posted 12:23 AM 19/7/08
this reminds me of the scene in Big where they pull out the robot that transforms into a building.
spec24