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Product: Toy: Construction
Heated Legos   (+3)  [vote for, against]
Halfbaked, indeed.

There are robot competitions which mandate use of onl Lego parts; no glue, tape or nonLego issue stuff is permitted. Sometimes a stressed Lego robot will shed bricks - especially problematic with long delicate claws and such.

I wonder if heating the Lego bricks before or after clipping them together would produce a stronger bond? This would not violate the rules against glue and exogenous materials but potentially would produce a very strong robot.
-- bungston, Feb 26 2010

FIRST robotics competition http://www.usfirst....ms/fll/rules1.aspx#
[bungston, Feb 26 2010]

Ultrasonic welding http://en.wikipedia.../Ultrasonic_welding
nifty! Better than my idea. Except you need an ultrasonic welder instead of a cig lighter. [bungston, Feb 27 2010]

I am thinking along the lines of heat-induced tack between peg and hole. Alternatively one could gently melt an entire little brick and use it as mortar, not technically violating the rules.
-- bungston, Feb 26 2010


Yup. I remember a red lego wall, got left in the back window of the car, turned into a fine tool for bashing my sister over the head.

I thing you're having a miscommunication with [21Q] - maybe if you made explicit that you'd allow the bricks to cool before applying stress...
-- lurch, Feb 26 2010


"...must be made of LEGO elements in original factory condition"
-- pocmloc, Feb 27 2010


Ultrasonic welding could work too.
-- Wrongfellow, Feb 27 2010


fit them together then microwave spotweld the interior ? (in other words pretty well what Wrongfellow just said)
-- FlyingToaster, Feb 27 2010


perhaps lego should manufacture lego screws and bolts.
-- po, Feb 28 2010



random, halfbakery