LEGO is a harsh mistress indeed. The team of Will, Norm, Sean, and Trace start figuring out the pace of this massive Millennium Falcon build, and the math doesn’t work in their favor. Plus, a new rule about stacking bins changes the strategy for sourcing pieces. Order must be maintained! (Follow along the rest of the week by joining the Tested Premium member community!)
Show and Tell: Valve Software’s Steam Controller
Two years after it was announced, Valve’s Steam Controller is finally out! But before you think about spending $50 on this PC gamepad for your living room, here’s our early testing impressions. We tried the gamepad with first person shooters, third-person action games, and point-and-click adventure games. The haptic touchpads work as promised, but there’s definitely a learning curve.
Tested Builds: Laser-Cut Millennium Falcon Kit, Part 5
We’re going to finish this! There’s some dramatic tearing of MDF to fix for some mistakes, but the Falcon kits are really coming together. Radar dish and turrets are the final pieces! Follow along next week’s epic LEGO with Friends by joining the Tested Premium member community!
Tested Builds: Laser-Cut Millennium Falcon Kit, Part 4
Everything’s coming up Falcon! Our spirits are tested today as Will and Norm stretch their brains to piece together the ship’s cockpit section. Optimism must prevail! (Follow along the rest of the week by joining the Tested Premium member community!)
One Day Build: Adam Savage’s Ultimate Duck Army
Last month, Adam built his first duck bomb from his duck army. Now that he’s recruited more ducks (and some flamingos) to his army, it’s time to build the ultimate duck army bomb. Time for a One Day Build!
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Episode 322 – You Can’t Change Physics – 10/15/2015
Tested Builds: Laser-Cut Millennium Falcon Kit, Part 3
The main body of our space pirate ship is looking pretty good! But we hit a minor snag trying to figure out how to assemble the cockpit of this Millennium Falcon kit, and keep our building spirits up as we move into talking about favorite 90s films and TV shows. (Follow along the rest of the week by joining the Tested Premium member community!)
The Socratic Takedown – 10/13/2015
Tested Builds: Laser-Cut Millennium Falcon Kit, Part 2
Our fingers start aching in this second day of the laser-cut Millennium Falcon build! Will and Norm chat more about their memories of the 80s, and hit a speed bump in the instructions. Have to utilize those spatial skills! (Follow along the rest of the week by joining the Tested Premium member community!)
How To Build Star Wars Shadowtrooper Armor! (Part 2)
Earlier this year, we teamed up with effects artist Frank Ippolito to build a Shadow Stormtrooper costume using a new kit from Anovos. We showed you how to use air tools to cut and grind the armor pieces to fit your body. In the second part of our build, we start putting those pieces together to assemble the armor in time for Dragon*Con!
Shot and edited by Joey Fameli