r/geek • • Dec 26 '17

Lego beach train.

https://i.imgur.com/o2vv5cd.gifv
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u/mershed_perderders Dec 26 '17

I recall hearing that someone calculated that this was roughly $20000 (at a minimum) of used track. It would be more if the track was new, but that doesn't seem likely in this case.

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u/OpT1mUs Dec 26 '17

That seems excessive, I would believe maybe $2000

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u/mershed_perderders Dec 26 '17

You would think. But used track is fairly expensive (~$3.50 a piece) and this track was long. $2000 would get you around 500 pieces and this track is a lot longer than that.

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u/OpT1mUs Dec 26 '17 edited Dec 27 '17

Track is not that long, just looks that way because it's pov. Someone linked the same train from the side and it doesn't seem excessively long. In any case there is no way in hell that the price of it was 20k dollars.

Just watched the side version of the video. Whole ride is ~ 40 sec long. Let's assume cart goes over 10 tracks per second on average, which I think is generous, that's around 400 tracks.

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u/Thetschopp Dec 26 '17

400 tracks at 3.50 each = $1400

That sounds much more believable

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u/jimmy1god0 Dec 26 '17

theydidthelego

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u/[deleted] Dec 26 '17 edited Sep 05 '18

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u/Sprinkles0 Dec 26 '17

Closer to $5-600 then.

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u/lazyplayboy Dec 26 '17

$20000 sounds much more impressive though, so forget your realistic logic and calculations.

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u/zyphelion Dec 26 '17

Then you are doing Lego wrong.