Virtual Background Build Challenge

Minifig Mechanical Habitat

Step 0: Meet Steve

Steve Bio from his site

I’m Steve Guinness, my passion is creativity and I’m self employed making bespoke models with LEGO bricks, as well as running workshops and activities to educate and inspire with hands on learning.

I have been a secondary school Design and Technology Teacher for 18 years, but in 2017 I entered and won the Channel 4 TV competition called “Lego Masters”. This was a fantastic experience, and ultimately it has helped give me the confidence I needed to give up teaching and set up my own business.

I love LEGO and believe it is a really versatile product that has endless possibilities. It has a universal appeal to young and old, and with a little imagination, patience and time, you can make literally anything out of the simple plastic bricks.

In my spare time I have designed and made a model Typewriter out of LEGO! It operates using a simple hand crank mechanism, and my dream is for the design to become a real retail LEGO set. It has had 10,000 supporters on a platform called LEGO Ideas, and is currently in review with the LEGO Ideas review board, so fingers crossed!

Step 1: The Challenge

Your challenge is to learn the basics of making Mechanical Minifigure Habitats based on the ideas of Steve. He has assembled 7 guides on his website for you to check out. Use these to learn, but in the end we want you to create your own creative habitats and mechanical builds. You can create one or link several up together as he has done.

Step 2: Gather Materials

Here is an image of all the elements needs to get you through the first three mechanical builds that we cover in the video and instructions.

Remember, if you don’t have a piece or two, then use your brain power to come up with a different solution. It does not have to be exactly like you see!