Latest LEGO Ideas model cracks the 10K formula
An incredibly complex and working version of an algorithmic machine is the latest LEGO Ideas fan design to make its way in to the third review of 2024.
One of the great things about the LEGO Ideas review process is the sheer diversity of fan-designed builds that are submitted each year. While many models are based on familiar licensed properties, others can be more basic or even wildly abstract in nature.
A case in point is the latest LEGO Ideas creation to make it into the third review of 2024, in the shape of Turing Machine – Working LEGO Computer. The complicated design is the brainchild of The Bananaman and was inspired by a real algorithmic computer invented by Alan Turing in 1936.
The original device was intended to be a mathematical model of computation describing an abstract machine that manipulated symbols on a strip of tape according to a table of rules. The LEGO Ideas model attempts to do the same, with 2,900 pieces (many of which are Technic elements) combined to allow the brick-built gadget to actually function.
According to the fan designer, Turing Machine – Working LEGO Computer is a complex set that operates without an electric motor. Thanks to some clever engineering, the device can be played with, programmed and used to create theoretical models that are displayed as simple symbols.
Turing Machine – Working LEGO Computer joins 17 other fan creations battling it out to become physical sets at some point. We’ll have to wait and see if the latest submission performs well in the third review of 2024 as the months progress.
LEGO Ideas projects in the third review of 2024
| Number | LEGO Ideas project | LEGO Ideas user | Date qualified |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cliffside House | red-panda58892 | September 4, 2024 |
| 2 | Gravity Falls – The Mystery Shack | mad.bricks | September 7, 2024 |
| 3 | Round House Ski Lodge | ThomasTheCross | September 7, 2024 |
| 4 | Italian Villa | BrickHammer | September 8, 2024 |
| 5 | Summit Station | Baron von Barron | September 11, 2024 |
| 6 | Betta Splendens | Farmfarm | September 12, 2024 |
| 7 | The Moon: Lunar Landscape | SharkyBricks | September 15, 2024 |
| 8 | Overpass Park | terauma | September 19, 2024 |
| 9 | Motorised Howl’s Moving Castle | ericlego321 | September 21, 2024 |
| 10 | The Discworld Unseen University Library | BrickMorpork | September 27, 2024 |
| 11 | Clue – The Playable Mystery Game (AKA Cluedo) | RobZic | September 28, 2024 |
| 12 | Mr. Brick Coffee Pot | RainbowToTT | October 4, 2024 |
| 13 | Bob Ross: Studio and Paintings | Bricknificent | October 4, 2024 |
| 14 | Woodland Wildlife | Brickicist | October 8, 2024 |
| 15 | Sawmill | Bob_Brickman | October 8, 2024 |
| 16 | Gravity Falls Mystery Shack | BrickLumberjack618 | October 8, 2024 |
| 17 | LEGO Godzilla | MattE720 | October 23, 2024 |
| 18 | Turing Machine – Working LEGO Computer | The Bananaman | October 25, 2024 |
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I hope they sell the Turin machine. great idea. fantastic model. Id buy that set