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I finally got my ring conveyor belt to work for Mission to Mars.

http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=1482132" target="_blank

What I found more amusing than the actual solution, though, was the fact that if you fail, the ring eventually picks up enough speed to break down completely. :lol: (Just keep watching the following link even after the red ball fails to reach the goal.)

http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=1482500" target="_blank
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DUDE!

You broke the game!
It's almost as if people are the problem.
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You built a Large Hadron Collider!
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Not mine, but awesome.
http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=1476357" target="_blank
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I can't believe that thing actually made it. I just kept watching expecting it to be thrown asunder.
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The Tube, by Drake and his Dad
"Where are you off to?"
"I don't know," Snufkin replied.
The door shut again and Snufkin entered his forest, with a hundred miles of silence ahead of him.

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I can't beat Down Under
It's almost as if people are the problem.
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"Where are you off to?"
"I don't know," Snufkin replied.
The door shut again and Snufkin entered his forest, with a hundred miles of silence ahead of him.

Sweet sweet meat come. -LordMortis
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Chaosraven wrote:downunder around
And it got me inspired...

Down Under Candy From a Baby

Look for the Baby Cart, Lollipop, and fishing Pole as the Baby Cart drops to its doom...
(glaring look from chaosfaerie)
What?

Oh come on, that's FUNNY
"Where are you off to?"
"I don't know," Snufkin replied.
The door shut again and Snufkin entered his forest, with a hundred miles of silence ahead of him.

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So has anyone sprung the $10 for the full version yet?
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So happy. Beat Down Under without looking at anyone elses design.

Man you guys get complicated.

Simplicity at work.
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wall - evil knieval
on a roll -unicycle
higher - slam dunk
around the bend - bank shot
big ball - surf
junkyard - dukes hazzard
up the stairs - chopper
four ball pinwheel

Last night, my son and I had a blast with this. We tried out bizarre contraptions and pulled them apart and rebuilt... thanks for posting this, we had an awesome time
Last edited by Chaosraven on Wed Sep 10, 2008 12:55 pm, edited 1 time in total.
"Where are you off to?"
"I don't know," Snufkin replied.
The door shut again and Snufkin entered his forest, with a hundred miles of silence ahead of him.

Sweet sweet meat come. -LordMortis
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Hiccup wrote:So happy. Beat Down Under without looking at anyone elses design.

Man you guys get complicated.

Simplicity at work.
Very nice! (check my son's "Bank Shot" for Around the Corner)
"Where are you off to?"
"I don't know," Snufkin replied.
The door shut again and Snufkin entered his forest, with a hundred miles of silence ahead of him.

Sweet sweet meat come. -LordMortis
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Chaosraven wrote:
Hiccup wrote:So happy. Beat Down Under without looking at anyone elses design.

Man you guys get complicated.

Simplicity at work.
Very nice! (check my son's "Bank Shot" for Around the Corner)
Yeah, that was a good one for simplicity: http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=1345231" target="_blank
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Finally got my Awash working well (lots of minor tweaks along the way
"Where are you off to?"
"I don't know," Snufkin replied.
The door shut again and Snufkin entered his forest, with a hundred miles of silence ahead of him.

Sweet sweet meat come. -LordMortis
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Chaosraven wrote:Finally got my Awash working well (lots of minor tweaks along the way
Wow, I don't check other people's until I take a stab at it, but that looks almost identical to mine! I had toyed with making my nose rigid, but it never seemed to work and the lose piece actually seemed to make mine go faster in testing.

Now I want to go back and look at other solutions and see if anyone didn't make some type of mole/plow system...

Edit: I'm not saying you copied mine...you've had the results up for a while...just saying they look similar :)
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Last level was easy. Unpossible has me stumped, but I have a few idea I am going to try today. Is it bad that I dreamt about solutions.
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stessier wrote:
Chaosraven wrote:Finally got my Awash working well (lots of minor tweaks along the way
Wow, I don't check other people's until I take a stab at it, but that looks almost identical to mine! I had toyed with making my nose rigid, but it never seemed to work and the lose piece actually seemed to make mine go faster in testing.

Now I want to go back and look at other solutions and see if anyone didn't make some type of mole/plow system...

Edit: I'm not saying you copied mine...you've had the results up for a while...just saying they look similar :)
Didn't you see my original? The Lil Engine that almost DIDN'T?

I was tweaking the cowcatcher over and over
"Where are you off to?"
"I don't know," Snufkin replied.
The door shut again and Snufkin entered his forest, with a hundred miles of silence ahead of him.

Sweet sweet meat come. -LordMortis
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"Where are you off to?"
"I don't know," Snufkin replied.
The door shut again and Snufkin entered his forest, with a hundred miles of silence ahead of him.

Sweet sweet meat come. -LordMortis
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Chaosraven wrote:Handling - rosebud
Very inspired!
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Mr Bubbles wrote:Last level was easy. Unpossible has me stumped, but I have a few idea I am going to try today. Is it bad that I dreamt about solutions.
Ramp. Ramp and crawler. After my handling sled, tying it off is next.

I keep thinking about the multiple machines from big ball and stairs etc
"Where are you off to?"
"I don't know," Snufkin replied.
The door shut again and Snufkin entered his forest, with a hundred miles of silence ahead of him.

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The Meal wrote:FUCK YEAH!!
Holy crap! You win the thread.
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Trent Steel wrote:
The Meal wrote:FUCK YEAH!!
Holy crap! You win the thread.
After unlocking other designs, I was sad to see that most folks came up with a much simpler system (along the lines of this which took all of about 5 minutes to tweak to work, as opposed to the shenanigans I had to go through to get my comet launcher to work).
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The Meal wrote:
Trent Steel wrote:
The Meal wrote:FUCK YEAH!!
Holy crap! You win the thread.
After unlocking other designs, I was sad to see that most folks came up with a much simpler system (along the lines of this which took all of about 5 minutes to tweak to work, as opposed to the shenanigans I had to go through to get my comet launcher to work).
better then me. I have a design I'm trying to tweek, but just can't seem to get it quite right.

edit: Ok finally did it. I can sleep now. was trying to keep it as simple as possible.
http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=1577991" target="_blank

My last level if anyone was curious
http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=1578145" target="_blank
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Holy carp luckily I didn't look at the spoiler you posted. Looks an awful lot like mine.
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Just got my U-turn to work. http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=1578749" target="_blank

A little tweaking would probably make it prettier.
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Mr Bubbles wrote:My last level if anyone was curious
http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=1578145" target="_blank
That's really nice!
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stessier wrote:Just got my U-turn to work. http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=1578749" target="_blank

A little tweaking would probably make it prettier.
Even more fun is watching it get stuck after you beat it. Hit 'Back' and you can watch it keep going.
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I'm special!
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I posted the link on another board I visit and someone came up with this:

Trebuchet anyone? http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=1503684" target="_blank
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Nothing can stop...The Tank
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This isn't a very good design, but I wanted to make a putting machine.

Edit:

And a Molebot

Edit again:

Wanted to see if I could actually push the Giant Ball out of the way.

Edit 3rd time:

Power Mole Version 3
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I finally got this one: http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=1602759" target="_blank

The Tube continues to defy me. I don't even want to think about Unpossible.
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Hiccup wrote:Nothing can stop...The Tank
Nice. But my Jawa Crawler would give it a good fight.

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Trent Steel wrote:I finally got this one: http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=1602759" target="_blank

The Tube continues to defy me. I don't even want to think about Unpossible.
I finally tweaked my bloody Unpossible into submission...

My son and I came up with a couple good ones for the Tube...
"Where are you off to?"
"I don't know," Snufkin replied.
The door shut again and Snufkin entered his forest, with a hundred miles of silence ahead of him.

Sweet sweet meat come. -LordMortis
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