Archimedes Screw Type 1 is an awesome LEGO Great Ball Contraption designed by the Japanese GBC master builder Akiyuki. This very cool LEGO ball machine is featuring two long ramps […]
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Container Transporter
Like in the three cards trick game, Akiyuki’s Container Transporter module swaps colorful buckets of balls to bring them to their final destination. Controlled by a mindstorms NXT brick, this […]
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Railway System Reverse module V-type
With the module Railway System: Reverse module V-type, Akiyuki revisits one of his very first classics. Featuring a new ingenious forward/reverse system, the wagon from this GBC module will automatically […]
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ZigZag Stairs
This tiny module from Akiyuki is so cute! Made with a limited number of bricks, this GBC module is one of the first Akiyuki videos published on his channel and […]
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Fast Ball Sorting Robot
Soccer balls on the left, basket balls on the right. “Fast ball sorting robot” is an Akiyuki GBC module controlled with Mindstorms EV3 device. It sorts your favorite balls at […]
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Strain Wave Gearing
Strain Wave Gearing is another masterpiece from Akiyuki. With this GBC module, Akiyuki is at the height of his art, delivering a module inspired from one of his previous building […]
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Pinball
Akiyuki’s Pinball is a funny GBC module made of a standard conveyor and a big white wall with windows and pins. Your favorite balls, once they have reached the top […]
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Archimedes Screw type 2
In this evolved version of Akiyuki’s Archimedes Screw, there are no more glasses, just a long yellow tube that rotates around a central axis in a DNA strand-style. This GBC […]
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Elevator
The noise of balls rolling will be your background music in the lift cage from Akiyuki’s “Elevator module”. The yellow cage on the left or the white one of the […]
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Planets
Are you ready for a space odyssey? The very elegant Planets module from Akiyuki takes you to the far reaches of space, moving your favorite soccer and basket balls through […]
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Automatic Crane Loader for GBC Train
“Automatic Crane Loader for GBC Train” is a massive GBC module from Akiyuki working with simply a battery set and motor placed on a train wagon. The wagon triggers some […]
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Archimedes Screw type 3
This is the last evolved version of Akiyuki’s Archimedes Screw module. The path of the balls is surprising at first sight but reveals quiclkly to be really well thought. This […]
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Spiral Lift Type 2
Akiyuki’s “Spiral Lift Type 2” can be seen as the stretched version of his spiral lift module. Your preferred soccer and basket balls will reach progressively the top of the […]
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Cycloidal Drive
A cycloidal drive is a mechanism for reducing the speed of an input shaft by a certain ratio. Akiyuki’s Cycloidal Drive module is an impressive representation in Lego of such […]
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Tilted Rotors
Wouh. Crazy rotations in the place! The Tilted Rotors GBC module is another Akiyuki’s masterpiece. The spinning arms of this module are crossing each other’s to pass the balls from […]
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Fork To Fork and Snake Slide
From one fork to another in a smooth way. This module is another great contraption from Akiyuki, and more than the forks mechanism, you’ll probably love the snake slide that […]
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Fork
Two forks, some rotations and revolutions. The Fork module from Akiyuki carries balls four by four to their sliding destination. The motion of the rotating arm is really awesome to […]
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Spiral Staircase
When Akiyuki wants to make your favorite soccer and basket balls climb the stairs, he always imagine the most fancy and amazing way to do it. The “Spiral Staircase” module […]
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Step module v2
Second version of one of Akiyuki’s first modules, “Step module v2” is adorned with an extra exit ramp on which your favorite balls cross but never collide. A rather simple […]
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Pneumatic Module
Pump it up! You may not need any motor to action this very clever Akiyuki GBC module. Using a single pressurized input, you can action the two compressors of this […]
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Zig Zag Lift
Left, right, left, right, left, right. Zig Zag Lift module from Akiyuki brings your favorite soccer et basket balls to the top. This module is perfect to start with GBC […]
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Lifter triggered by a Stuck Ball
In most of the GBC modules, when a ball gets stuck, it can simply break or jam your module. In this module from Akiyuki, it simply triggers a lift arm […]
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Invisible Lift
Another Akiyuki masterpiece! If you concentrate on the center of the module, you’ll see the balls reaching the top of the module as if they were flying in the air. […]
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Six Heads
Beware the dragons! Six Heads module is another super smart masterpiece from Akiyuki. The colorful dragons catch the balls in their mouth and carry them on the platform in their […]
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Bucket Wheel Tower
Reach the top of the tower! Bucket Wheel Tower relies on a very smart mechanism from Akiyuki that transports your balls from a rotating arm to another on a vertical […]
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Basket Shooter
Time for some Free-Throw Shots! The amazing Basket Shooter module designed by Akiyuki allows you to “shoot” your favorites soccer and basket balls in the air in a pretty accurate […]
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Catch and Release
“Catch and Release” is a must-have GBC! You will for sure see this module designed by Akiyuki (or a module derived from it) in all GBC exhibitions. Its 4 rotating […]
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Marble Run
Fasten the seat belt! Marble Run module will throw your favorite soccer and basket balls full speed on the ramp of this impressive rollercoaster. The maestria of Akiyuki is to […]
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Ball Factory V2
Released in 2011, engineered by AKIYUKI, “Ball Factory V2” is, in my humble opinion, one of the most impressive GBC module ever. The complete module is powered by a single […]
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Cup to Cup
Hop, hop, hop, hop, you will love the way Akiyuki Cup to cup module is carrying the balls to their final destination. Planet GBC proposes you here the v2 of […]
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Akiyuki
Considered to be the greatest GBC module builder of all time, Akiyuki is behind a lot of the world’s most sophisticated GBC mechanisms. This Japanese manufacturer is the designer of […]
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