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roadandtrack.com- Legos have been a classic favorite that is still going strong. I have always enjoyed watching my boy’s play and build very intricate buildings and cars. But this trend is taking Lego building to a whole new level. I’m sure you remember when the little boy knocked over the $15,000 Lego statue! Well, these automotive-themed builds are just as detailed and took hours to build.
This recent trend involves Lego builders on YouTube building complex engines and hooking them up to electric motors with the sole purpose of spinning them to destruction. Yes, you read that right. Who would not love spending hours building the best thing you have ever built, only to destroy it. -I’m raising my hand by the way. Road and Track first discovered this happening with a video shared by Digg, and you know how that goes… far down the rabbit hole. YouTuber sayaman made another video with an engine using grapeseed oil as a lubricant. The pistons gave out. A couple of other YouTubers posted videos of these creations being destroyed.
YouTuber, Brick Salad, builds various Lego motors with the goal of making realistic engine sounds, again often destroying his work in the process. One video shows a Lego V6 spinning up to a claimed 12,000 RPM, exploding at the end.
YouTuber nugru didn't exactly have a full-on explosion with this V6, but when spinning it up to 14,000 rpm, the flywheel launched clean off, and the engine started smoking.
It is for sure the coolest trend I have seen, and I can not get enough of these videos. I do not mind getting sucked into watching Lego engines being put to their limits at 4 a.m. You should check them out.

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