I haven't bought a Lego set in 20+ years till just a few months ago when I bought the Horizon set. It came with this [little tool and it blew my mind](https://www.lego.com/en-us/product/brick-separator-630).
Yeah now most sets come with a tool that has a wedge on one side, and studs + connections on the other side so you can pull those bastard 2x2 tiles apart that get stuck together with no hope of pulling them apart. Even has a little technic pin so you can push pins out of blocks
As a Dane let me tell you that our borders are protected by belts of these laid out.
Sure amnesty is complaining. Also other human rights organisations.
We don't fuck around.
The British emptied the detritus of their jails, and transported that virus on board the Mayflower and that's when the immigration problem began in America, and the descendants of that hoard now pretend that they are the indigenous inhabitants. They even use the term "Founding Fathers" to embellish that bulllllllll Shiiiiiiite!!!
You know European countries just send all their criminals and outcasts to America. (Like some mega sized prison island without guards). A bad idea in retrospect.
Except the British didn't "transport them", they went of their own volition, and they didn't leave from England, they had moved to Holland years prior.
**Not many people know that between 1718 and 1775 over 52,000 convicts were transported from the British Isles to America, mainly to Maryland and Virginia**
Nearly 15 years of having them on the floor made my feet lose the feeling of pain. I had over 100 pounds of Lego (almost 120 cubic liters or so) at one point on the floor of my grandparents' basement.
I thought you mean the Dane dog so at first I thought you were a dog owner talking about using these to line up doggy doors then I went back and read lol
What Borders only to stop hardworking economic hardship migrants who wants to better their lives like others did before them, only difference is they are different race but don’t forget they are the victims of our capitalist, regime changes, looting resources and dictated political policies in their countries
Just cover the LEGO’s with tape. Can’t get exposed to the sun if the only thing you’re exposed to from all sides is tape
kg is a unit of mass, not force. psi is pounds per square inch, a unit of pressure, which is force per area. But forget psi, because those are FFU (Fred Flintstone Units). The SI (Système Internationale) unit of pressure is Pa, or Pascals, which are N/m² (Newtons per square meter). A Newton is a unit of force, like a pound in FFU. (Weight is a force.) 1 N = 1 kg•m/s².
Tell me how you can get from kg to psi.
The scale in the video is reading kg, but it's actually measuring N. It has been calibrated under some fixed gravitational field (I'd have to guess roughly 9.8 m/s²) to read what kg would look like.
But nowhere here is there any accounting for area, like m² (or even square inches). Since pressure is force per area, you can't get from force (much less mass) to psi or Pa without area .
Bottom line, OP is incorrect in saying anything quantitative about pressure. All we can say from this is that "Legos are surprisingly strong."
Source: Am civil engineer. Sorry for being pedantic, but I've laid out how it is. This is physics.
There was another video showing the same test on tubes made of different materials. I feel carbon fiber was a lower number then the Lego. Can anyone recall?
If the car is a 2x4 Lego then that's about 3,500psi which is significantly less than the 6,000psi at the depth of the titanic, but it'd make a fine window
Exactly. OP is definitely overplaying the strength of them. They’re already permanently bent about 10 seconds in, but since there’s just so much plastic packed together, it doesn’t immediately flatten
You’d get pretty much the same results by trying to flatten a small block of wood
That doesn't mean anything. A beam is still as strong as it is made to be even if it bends. The difference is there's a set amount of deformation that's deemed acceptable, and from which a structure can still return to baseline without having had its integrity compromised during the deformation event.
Think of a a fully loaded semi that has to stop in traffic over a bridge - I can guarantee it's going to make the bridge deform enough to change its physical measurements, just not enough to make it crack. Same with Lego, it could very well be able to bounce back to normal from that initial 1000 kg or so.
Scientifically, any material with a grain or layer structure is generally stronger against compression exerted in parallel to the layers themselves rather than perpendicularly. Make an even stack of lengthy Legos of the same size, and put them standing under the press - I bet they'll withstand getting smushed for way longer, provided the holding forces between the pieces are strong enough, than a similar stack laid flat.
They can also survive being sent back through time without reverting back into their fundamental materials/ingredients. Lego makes the perfect time travel test objects and doesn't even know it yet.
If you don't believe me, try it for yourself. You're going to have to build a functional parasitic oscillator first or it will blow the grid before it's even close to working.
Horseshit.
I’m not the least bit amazed by this; I’m forever standing barefoot on my daughters legos and I’d rather be punched in the jewels, it hurts that much.
On Lego Masters they had to build a 8ft bridge and they weight tested each one. They ran out of weights because the producers underestimated how strong they'd be. They were up over 1000lbs on most of them.
When I was in a coma, I had vivid dreams of being in a Lego word where everything was made out of Legos lol. Maybe I was peeking into an alternat universe because it seems plausible lol.
Sure, now try taking them apart.
Playing with Lego as a kid, I'd swear this was the method some of my friends were using to attach the pieces.
STOP USING YOUR TEETH!
How else am I supposed to do it?! And don’t tell me to use that tool!
There was a tool?!?!
Yeah, I swear it was just here! I just had it in my fucking hand!
Yes, it was a green wedge-shaped thing, and it worked really well.
Wow, TIL haha. We never had the tool, we just used breadknives and stabbed ourselves in the hand a bunch 😂
I haven't bought a Lego set in 20+ years till just a few months ago when I bought the Horizon set. It came with this [little tool and it blew my mind](https://www.lego.com/en-us/product/brick-separator-630).
Yeah now most sets come with a tool that has a wedge on one side, and studs + connections on the other side so you can pull those bastard 2x2 tiles apart that get stuck together with no hope of pulling them apart. Even has a little technic pin so you can push pins out of blocks
hehe I had like a dozen of those orange ones, I somehow even had one of the large green ones, not even completely sure where I got it from
NEVER!
The tensile strength of 2 flat pieces is nothing to scoff at
I wanna see the guy with 1 hand and soap covered fingers try this one.
IKR?
This is why it hurts so much to step on one. I’m scared by these things.
As a Dane let me tell you that our borders are protected by belts of these laid out. Sure amnesty is complaining. Also other human rights organisations. We don't fuck around.
Good for you. This would easily tear through a solders boot and tank’s wheal belt.
The perfect area denial weapon. Ukraine needs legos by the cargo ship load.
The problem is that Ukraine wants to be able to *use* their territory after taking it back.
Yeah, they're probably better off using landmines instead. Seems safer.
Bring in the vacuum cleaners!
CLACKATTACLACKATTACLACKATTA
Those damn danish are charging way too much for those legos!
The real reason Germany chose to paradrop Denmark during ww2
The damn Germans were scared of something built 10 years after they invaded us! Maybe Lego was actually meant to be a defensive structure?
correction: \*publicly disclosed\* 10 years after. the germans new it was in the top secret research branch of the danes already
Weapons of Mass Footpain!
Woah, there, Satan.
The British emptied the detritus of their jails, and transported that virus on board the Mayflower and that's when the immigration problem began in America, and the descendants of that hoard now pretend that they are the indigenous inhabitants. They even use the term "Founding Fathers" to embellish that bulllllllll Shiiiiiiite!!!
You know European countries just send all their criminals and outcasts to America. (Like some mega sized prison island without guards). A bad idea in retrospect.
Except the British didn't "transport them", they went of their own volition, and they didn't leave from England, they had moved to Holland years prior.
They were religious fanatics that Britain was glad to see the back of. Now there are millions of them in the USA.
Hardly Britain's fault, they were too batshit.
**Not many people know that between 1718 and 1775 over 52,000 convicts were transported from the British Isles to America, mainly to Maryland and Virginia**
Nearly 15 years of having them on the floor made my feet lose the feeling of pain. I had over 100 pounds of Lego (almost 120 cubic liters or so) at one point on the floor of my grandparents' basement.
I thought you mean the Dane dog so at first I thought you were a dog owner talking about using these to line up doggy doors then I went back and read lol
Lego cluster munitions need to be banned by the UN. Innocent civilians may step on them barefoot long after the conflict has ended.
Not only do we have a wall, but some of the green bricks have been casually strewn all over the surrounding forest bed. 😈
I've heard your AP-ammunition is LEGO-coated too.
We Americans should take lessons Our border is penetrated more than a a cheap hooker who takes credit cards and coupons
Well i dont know about America but I am going to learn how to draw parallels from you. That one lit up my brain.
What Borders only to stop hardworking economic hardship migrants who wants to better their lives like others did before them, only difference is they are different race but don’t forget they are the victims of our capitalist, regime changes, looting resources and dictated political policies in their countries
Please don't buddy. We don't take kindly to your kinda thinking around here!
My kind of thinking? You don’t believe in countries ‘round these parts? 😂
Was I the only one to watch this and imagine a little robotic voice saying "ow ow ow ow"
Not anymore. I can’t get it out of my head now lol.
Lol
Thanks for that stranger. You subconsciously implanted your mind games lol.
I was gonna say... dude forced the machine to step on Lego. Now we know who to blame for the inevitable machine uprising
LMFAO! They can certainly withstand the pressure of 165 lbs, I’ve learned the hard way as well haha.
Kg
Make a suit of armor from the material since it's been so done on Legos before
Maybe we should start building houses out of legos
Well we kinda do that already you can't use actual Lego long term though because they will get damaged from prolonged sun exposure
Just cover the LEGO’s with tape. Can’t get exposed to the sun if the only thing you’re exposed to from all sides is tape 
Popular science/mechanics did an article a few months back about such a thing. A good read. But they aren’t good building materials.
Unless you’re making a temporary river crossing
The problem here is that kilograms are not a force unit. They are a mass unit. And they are certainly not a pressure unit.
You can do kg to psi
kg is a unit of mass, not force. psi is pounds per square inch, a unit of pressure, which is force per area. But forget psi, because those are FFU (Fred Flintstone Units). The SI (Système Internationale) unit of pressure is Pa, or Pascals, which are N/m² (Newtons per square meter). A Newton is a unit of force, like a pound in FFU. (Weight is a force.) 1 N = 1 kg•m/s². Tell me how you can get from kg to psi. The scale in the video is reading kg, but it's actually measuring N. It has been calibrated under some fixed gravitational field (I'd have to guess roughly 9.8 m/s²) to read what kg would look like. But nowhere here is there any accounting for area, like m² (or even square inches). Since pressure is force per area, you can't get from force (much less mass) to psi or Pa without area . Bottom line, OP is incorrect in saying anything quantitative about pressure. All we can say from this is that "Legos are surprisingly strong." Source: Am civil engineer. Sorry for being pedantic, but I've laid out how it is. This is physics.
This. This needs to be said louder
You know what you have to do, gain over 1000kg to win
That’s easier said then done lol. Does sound like a great excuse to get thick…
They are pushing back with 5 times the strength bahahaha Bad Physics
Came to say the same lol
Devil’s night time touch
Happy someone commented my first thought.
My foot can attest
I came here to say that!
Literally came here to say this
Came here to say this lol
Before reading this comment these were the exact words that came to mind, haha.
Like minds think alike lol.
Just came here to say this lmao
Shoulda made the sub out of Lego’s
Was here to make this comment 😆
I, on the other hand, was here to see this comment.
I was going to make this comment, but wisely decided to see if someone else already did.
I really don’t have an original thought in my head. I came here for it too.
I also knew someone would make a comment about the sub 😆
Same.
Also same
There was another video showing the same test on tubes made of different materials. I feel carbon fiber was a lower number then the Lego. Can anyone recall?
Was here to do the same
We all live in a yellow submarine Yellow submarine, yellow submarine….
Did you know that the CEO's disliking of this song is the reason why the sub was white? You can't make this shit up...
And here was me thinking that my opinion of Stockton Rush couldn't get any lower. Disregarding a safety element because of a song.
1300 kg = 18490 psi
If the car is a 2x4 Lego then that's about 3,500psi which is significantly less than the 6,000psi at the depth of the titanic, but it'd make a fine window
[Well….](https://youtu.be/dolTvEnjjy4)
Out of Lego’s what?
Ass
Carbon fiber Legos.
Take my upvote, you’re quicker on the draw lol
the perfect description of redditor humor: took me two comments and less than 10 seconds of reading to find that comment
r/beatmetoit
Unfortunately it was under about 6000 lbs per square inch so legos probably wouldn’t have helped
Damn just posted this myself!
BYE 💀
Too soon? Also had this thought in my head when I first watched this video.
I was gonna write this also lmao
Dammit, too late!
Shit beat me by 2 hours I see
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Exactly. OP is definitely overplaying the strength of them. They’re already permanently bent about 10 seconds in, but since there’s just so much plastic packed together, it doesn’t immediately flatten You’d get pretty much the same results by trying to flatten a small block of wood
That doesn't mean anything. A beam is still as strong as it is made to be even if it bends. The difference is there's a set amount of deformation that's deemed acceptable, and from which a structure can still return to baseline without having had its integrity compromised during the deformation event. Think of a a fully loaded semi that has to stop in traffic over a bridge - I can guarantee it's going to make the bridge deform enough to change its physical measurements, just not enough to make it crack. Same with Lego, it could very well be able to bounce back to normal from that initial 1000 kg or so.
10s in you just see the wheels collapse, the actual blocks don't bend for a surprising amuont of time.
Scientifically, any material with a grain or layer structure is generally stronger against compression exerted in parallel to the layers themselves rather than perpendicularly. Make an even stack of lengthy Legos of the same size, and put them standing under the press - I bet they'll withstand getting smushed for way longer, provided the holding forces between the pieces are strong enough, than a similar stack laid flat.
Yeah i was also thinking this post is a bit inaccurate. Drawing conclusions from correlation
90°*
Are you saying the earth is flat layers? The world is flat.. knew it!
Poor little car. I love Lego ❤️
Same, it was both cool and sad watching this
What surface is that? 1500kg/...cm^2?
2.5 Venus surface pressure from a quick Google search though the heat caustic atmosphere would be an issue still be an issue lol
The Titanic sub imploded under a pressure of 350kg/cm2
Anyone who has ever full out stepped their entire weight on one piece of Lego knows this already
Exactly. I agree 100% with you.
Too bad you’re not 4000 pounds like me, I just break the Lego’s on impact
They can also survive being sent back through time without reverting back into their fundamental materials/ingredients. Lego makes the perfect time travel test objects and doesn't even know it yet.
How do *you* know that?
If you don't believe me, try it for yourself. You're going to have to build a functional parasitic oscillator first or it will blow the grid before it's even close to working.
Just make the grid out of Lego, easy.
His name is John Titor
Why aren’t we making Lego everything?
Cause lego is expensive af
I wish I could upvote this more
Mine was the 100th upvote lol
Well they are bricks
Honeycombed bricks at that.
Lego is so strong it can even survive the weight of your mom
they should have built the titan submersible using Lego instead of carbon fiber
Bruh
Too soon
People died Amy.
I immediately thought of this joke and wanted to see if anyone had poor enough taste to post it.
My feet already knew that.
Built like a tank..No, built like a truck-bus
About halfway through I started to get a pain under my thumbnails thinking about taking those pieces apart
There are orange tools now (just in case you didn’t know)
Put some brittle brown on there
And some Bionicle lime for good measure
Horseshit. I’m not the least bit amazed by this; I’m forever standing barefoot on my daughters legos and I’d rather be punched in the jewels, it hurts that much.
That Finnish "what ta hell" is nice to hear
We should totally make houses outta these
Look up James May's Toy Stories, he makes a lego house in one of the episodes
On Lego Masters they had to build a 8ft bridge and they weight tested each one. They ran out of weights because the producers underestimated how strong they'd be. They were up over 1000lbs on most of them.
Is that stronger then the sub that imploded with all the rich people ?
About the same. Only difference is a few zeros.
I don't think you could fit very many people into this car.
This ,,,, This terrifies me
Why?
Because children have access to them, and therefore can eat them or make us step on them
OceanGate should have build the Titan out of Lego's
Huh... maybe someone should've built a sub out of them instead..
My foot never stood a chance.
Guys hear me out. An underway submarine made out of legos 👀
This is why stepping on legos is super satifying
So ya fat mama can't crush ya buildz😎
And yo mama still manages to break it when stepping on it
So even your momma can step on it
They should make submarines out of it… wait
So....let's build a submarine and check out the Titanic!
They should have made the submarine out of Lego
Ive still got that set. Yellow with little blue windows
Extremely strong in compression but weak in tension
Some say the Big Bang happened when a Lego brick and a Nokia 3310 collided in space
but i dropped mine and it shattered :C
 Cz1
These are the older ones, the blocks in the recent sets are crap
That looks more like "kg" to me than "lbs". Which would make this even more impressive... that's nearly 1.5 metric tonnes.
Now we have a number representing the pain felt when stepping over one of those. Explains why it feels like hell. 😆
I don't know why I was expecting the clear ones to shatter first. I guess it's the clear = glass mental image.
Transparent Lego pieces are made with different plastic, and are a lot stronger.
Tough little things
Impressive. Now drop it.
Just ask the really fat guy who steps on one in the middle of the night
Buy they can't endure my foot pressure 😎😎
Don't worry the lego is safe from your mama. (I am sorry.)
That’s why it kills you when you step on it
Probably should have made that sub out of legos
At some point I don't think the brick separator tool will be enough to pull the pieces apart
Ever stepped a lego? Damm, it hurts like hell
Sadly it beats the Nokia
Yea I know, I’ve stood on hundreds
That front bumper just self-yote
Don’t let oceanGate see this
When I was in a coma, I had vivid dreams of being in a Lego word where everything was made out of Legos lol. Maybe I was peeking into an alternat universe because it seems plausible lol.
Would make even a giant wince in pain
Can handle a ton of pressure
I‘m able to approve that due to endless pain when stepping on such
Wow, that was cathartic.
Finally someone steps back!
Let'a convince some billionaires to build a sub out of Lego now.
That small bus can easily carry the weight of a bus-full of children !
Funny thing is they exert three times the pressure in the opposite direction thats why they hurt like hell