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Guy Creates A Working McFlurry Machine Out Of LEGO

Posted: 05 Nov 2015 08:38 AM PST

Sweets and robotics are two things inherently geeky that all of us love, and when the two of them combine, then magic truly happens. Check this story to see what this mad genius created!

A YouTuber going by the name of Astonishing Studios understood that the best you can do with badass LEGO skills is creating something people will enjoy. This guy used a bunch of blocks, bricks and pieces from several LEGO sets to create a working McDonald's McFlurry Machine, and that’s absolutely incredible. By adding the basic ingredients to it, it can not only dispense the freshest, most traditional vanilla icre cream but even has two separate compartments for toppings, namely M&M's and Oreos, which are an essential part of the McFlurry experience. It’s just like the real deal, except you don’t have to drive through or (god forbid it) have an actual human interaction just because you want something sweet.

Throughout his video, which you can see right below these lines, Astonishing Studios explain that in order to build a machine just like this one, you need an abundance of pieces (namely, a bunch of red and yellow blocks because keeping in with the original is awesome and you don’t want to mess with the color gamma) and ingredients for the frozen dessert itself but the end result of all that hard work is nothing but delicious. Now this sounds like a fun little thing you could add on to the office and become sort of a local hero, at least when it comes to your work-mates, right?. We are not sure about how to work out the temperature part, but the coolness and novelty factor greatly trumps the practicality of the whole thing and impress everyone. Maybe keeping those on the fridge, and only adding them once you’re ready for a serve?

We have seen many incredible LEGO sets before (LEGO Superheroes Batman, LEGO Disney Princesses’ Elsa Castle, and even LEGO Minecraft, among many, many others), but this is the first time we ever see someone experimenting with LEGO and edibles, and what better choice than the McFlurry at that. McFlurrys already have a long history ever since being introduced in 1995, some 20 years ago, and quickly becoming a staple of the McDonalds brand thanks to its soft texture and delicious toppings. Combined with the science of Lego, they truly spawned a creation that should become a real LEGO set that could bring in tons of money for both companies, so here’s our plea to both McDonalds and LEGO to work something out. Seriously, we would totally buy this… and the rest of the office can pool resources to get the toppings, because this isn’t a charity, bro.

Now, where would one go in order to buy the plastic cups with the brand name?

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Amazing Star Wars Posters Made Out Of Post-Its

Posted: 04 Nov 2015 02:05 PM PST

Who says that there is no room for creativity at modern offices? A company in the UK had a very special decoration based off of Star Wars that we are now sharing with you.

As if they were creating intricate and beautiful pixel art, a group of employees decided to decorate their office walls with a Star Wars theme in a very geeky fashion, using post-it notes. The company is Viking from the United Kingdom, who is in the office supplies business, and they decided to recreate some of the most well known characters from the series as giant posters made completely out of their supplies.

In the year of Star Wars we are seeing the franchise get stronger than ever, with many new releases in video game, comic book and movie format, with Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens being the main driving force behind the entire experience. Yet, this is the first time we see such a loving tribute based off of doing something fun at the workplace, in true geek spirit and do-it-yourself fashion.

All in all, it took these guys some 3.597 post-its to recreate some of the most iconic characters in the series, with Darth Vader, R2-D2, a Stormtrooper and Yoda among them. All of these pictures were worked on by the team at Viking in a joyful community effort, which must have been way more fun than any motivational speech or activity than any boss could plan. In between planning and executing, this piece of art took some 5 hours of work, what with removing post-its and getting a better feel of the over-all picture. After the process was done, the walls of the office were then photographed and now we get to share them with you.

Being that each post-it us a perfect square, this style lends itself to pixel art and minimalist aesthetics, so each and everyone of the characters looks a bit simplified but still perfectly recognizable – this is a great way to remain faithful to the original depictions but also showcase some style and originality. We are particularly fond of the Yoda and Darth Vader posters, for they have the cutest eyes and happen to look great in this style too.

The team behind these posters also created a fantastic timelapse video where you can see them hard at work, putting each note on the wall by hand. The posters were created simultaneously, with all of them moving from one piece to the next one, and, well, we say the end result was worth all the hard work they put in. You can check out the video right below these lines. Which ones are your favorites? Let us know about them in the comments section.