Above: A female minifigure enjoys a new brick swing.
SWING EXPERIMENT #1
Recently we had a request from an Ebay customer asking if we had a custom building kit for a park swing. While we've built hundreds of things, it seems a swing has not yet been one of them. Considerations for a swing include issues regarding balance, so the figure will swing without falling backward. It was a tougher engineering challenge than we anticipated. While the solution in the image above is very simple, it also allows for some movement of the swing itself without falling over. We used dark pink 1x1 bricks to build the swing poles and topped it with a white 1x8 smooth tile for a cross bar. The swing itself is made of a dark purple 2x4 plate and two light bluish-gray "chains". The swing set is placed on a green 4x12 plate and we added some dark pink flowers as an accent. More experiments and ideas to follow in separate postings.
Enjoy!
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