DroidFreak Enterprises HQ - August 2012

There's a lot of big news this month. The biggest, and part of the reason why this is a week late, is that I'm now at college. Not to worry - I brought my most useful Legos with me, but I'm really busy with classes and homework during the week. The next big bit of news is that I started a new Nerf blog, NerfingTech, at nerfingtech.blogspot.com. It doesn't have much yet, but as soon as I get my new camera (Hint-read the video description) I plan to add some more. The rest - well, the rest is Lego creations. Watch the video to see a crossbow, a tank, and a Nerf mine/shotgun all made out of Legos.

DroidFreak Enterprises HQ - August 2012

DroidFreak Enterprises HQ - June 2012

This is a test of a new video style (a freehand update video) as well as a chance to show off two of my new projects. One is a shotgun attachment for my Tech Target Eliminator (Nerf pistol) that allows it to fire 5 darts at once. The other is a full-fledged Lego Nerf gun, a Lego contraption that shoots Nerf streamline darts out of Nerf clips. It is a semi-automatic flywheel blaster like many recent Nerf guns, but it's made out of Lego and I'd like to think it's better in some ways. If you like/dislike this video style or you want to see more about one (or both) of the projects, feel free to leave a comment on this post.

DroidFreak Enterprises HQ - June 2012

Semi-Automatic Shell-Ejecting Lego Shotgun

In other words: Epically awesome Lego gun. The only problem it has is that it has fairly low range and power, but it is great for close range use. It fires 6 shots of 3 bullets (3-unit Lego beams) each. It shoots every time you pull the trigger and it ejects a "shell" with each shot as well.

Epic Lego Shotgun Sneak Peek

I recently had an idea for an awesome Lego gun, so I constructed a magazine for it. The magazine has 6 barrels that you load with 3 3-unit beams each, and each is held in the cocked position by a pin that stick trough the side of the magazine. The gun will be semi-automatic, each time you pull the trigger you pull out one of the pins, releasing one of the barrels and ejecting the pin from the side of the gun. This makes it shoot (because the barrel shoots the 3 bullets) and eject a "shell" at the same time, which will be pretty cool.

Semi-Automatic Lego Shotgun Sneak Peek

Update: I now have it in full operation, semi-auto. It's pretty sweet.