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firiebob
firiebob
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14 Aug 2008 6:24pm
GreenPat said...

I'm not sure, but I did read an article on these uniforms not long ago, apparently they are engineered to keep the athletes cool in warm playing conditions. The story is in the photo captions:

www.perthnow.com.au/


Sorry guys, this is as far asI got,

Brazil's Ana Paula Connelly, right, and team mate Sandra Pires hug after losing the quarter-final at the Athens Olympics



GreenPat
GreenPat
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15 Aug 2008 12:42pm
Well that was fun. I finished Four Balls at midnight last night. Downunder looks like a challenge. Of course the login and save features were broken all yesterday so I can't show any of my designs, but I might rebuild some later to share. Four Balls was cool.
knot board
knot board
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15 Aug 2008 1:20pm
GreenPat said...

Four Balls was cool.


Sure was !

FantasticContraption.com/?designId=420913
GreenPat
GreenPat
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15 Aug 2008 1:35pm
knot board said...


Sure was !

FantasticContraption.com/?designId=420913


Love it. Will rebuild mine later.
junior freestyle
junior freestyle
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546 posts
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15 Aug 2008 2:26pm
fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=420913
thats um the one b4 handling.

my four balls was preety cool i'll rebuild later
knot board
knot board
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15 Aug 2008 5:45pm
My solution for 'handling', don't look if you haven't got it yet.
FantasticContraption.com/?designId=426332

'Tube' looks impossible....at first
FantasticContraption.com/?designId=426605

Didn't think I'd ever get 'Back and forth'
FantasticContraption.com/?designId=427835
nebbian
nebbian
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15 Aug 2008 8:15pm
My version of 4 balls wasn't nearly as refined as knot boards... lots of flailing but they got there in the end


Here are two screenshots of my 'Back and forth':



GreenPat
GreenPat
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15 Aug 2008 10:47pm
Righto, fun for Friday nights, rebuild contraptions. This was my 4 balls:

FantasticContraption.com/?designId=429977
theDoctor
theDoctor
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15 Aug 2008 11:03pm
nebbian said...

My version of 4 balls wasn't nearly as refined as knot boards... lots of flailing but they got there in the end





flailings are the best, they show engineering personality, too refined or economical and you have either german or japanese genes, and not to be racial or anything, but they're no fun at all....
Squid Lips
Squid Lips
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15 Aug 2008 9:33pm
It's fun to see all the different ways the puzzles are solved. This my 4 balls FantasticContraption.com/?designId=395700

This is my favourite contraption so far

FantasticContraption.com/?designId=395479
GreenPat
GreenPat
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16 Aug 2008 12:03am
Damn downunder, that took about an hour. [}:)]

FantasticContraption.com/?designId=431217

Handling was only about 3 minutes, so I pimped it up a bit.

FantasticContraption.com/?designId=432065

Tube

FantasticContraption.com/?designId=432894

Back and Forth

FantasticContraption.com/?designId=433705
nebbian
nebbian
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15 Aug 2008 10:23pm
Downunder was easy...

Unpossible is... well... descriptive!
dustin
dustin
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16 Aug 2008 1:11am
Dawn Patrol
Dawn Patrol
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1991 posts
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15 Aug 2008 11:28pm
Dustin did you make that!!! That was awesome. Nice work.
I'm trying to crack "Tube".
nebbian
nebbian
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16 Aug 2008 1:17am
OMG that un-possible is tricky...

Mine's not nearly as elegant as Dustin's. More Rube goldberg than anything else...

FantasticContraption.com/?designId=436254
manicskier
manicskier
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16 Aug 2008 2:43pm
Yep this is fun. Thanks
dustin
dustin
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16 Aug 2008 4:36pm
For those wanting something a bit more challenging you should try out Armadillo Run:

www.armadillorun.com/

(edit)
thats the demo but you can get a full version here (need limewire):

http://btjunkie.org/torrent/Armadillo-Run-1-0-3-full-version-cracked/37848d0bbd3b83ba289a6078f6f73c1c7a255592e164

We got my physics teacher in high school addicted to this haha


Squid Lips
Squid Lips
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16 Aug 2008 4:51pm
finally did "unpossible" FantasticContraption.com/?designId=463232

knot board, you're solution for "back and forth" was awesome, so mich simpler than mine!

kitecrazzzy
kitecrazzzy
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16 Aug 2008 7:58pm
down under is simple
FantasticContraption.com/?designId=466567

handling ain't to hard either
FantasticContraption.com/?designId=466726
shear tip
shear tip
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16 Aug 2008 11:44pm
Here's my Handling:
fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=468117
Dawn Patrol
Dawn Patrol
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1991 posts
WA, 1991 posts
17 Aug 2008 9:18am
FantasticContraption.com/?designId=493456
Finally did "Tube".
decrepit
decrepit
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17 Aug 2008 6:11pm
Dawn Patrol said...

FantasticContraption.com/?designId=493456
Finally did "Tube".


Well it certainly works, but I'm not quite sure how?

I'm stuck on back and forth, had one design that came close, had the wheel hooked and driving in, a bridge over the chasm, but can't get enough oomph to get up the ramp, and no more room in the build area to add any more wheels.
So I'm starting again, but not getting very far.
GreenPat
GreenPat
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17 Aug 2008 11:46pm
Dawn Patrol said...

Finally did "Tube".


My tube from above worked when I made it, but now when I've gone back it doesn't anymore. Seems like the laws of physics got changed. [}:)]
decrepit
decrepit
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17 Aug 2008 10:30pm
At last got back and forth.
FantasticContraption.com/?designId=513852
In the end it was easy, as soon as I concentrated on changing direction, instead of capturing the ball and making bridges.
The Grinch
The Grinch
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17 Aug 2008 11:08pm
FantasticContraption.com/?designId=514797

I'm behind but i like this catapult idea
nebbian
nebbian
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17 Aug 2008 11:32pm
The Grinch said...

FantasticContraption.com/?designId=514797

I'm behind but i like this catapult idea


That is fantastic, I love it
manicskier
manicskier
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18 Aug 2008 1:45pm
kitecrazzzy said...

omg, type in random numbers to designs and you get to see some real effort people have put in, funny when it takes you 1 minute to make something sly to do the same thing

fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=347986


That one is great
Richiefish
Richiefish
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18 Aug 2008 8:33pm
love it but I cant stop .........up to four balls now. No, one ball.
Leech
Leech
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18 Aug 2008 7:58pm
i'm all for simplicity of design:

Back and Forth FantasticContraption.com/?designId=557036

Tube FantasticContraption.com/?designId=557337
Sailhack
Sailhack
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5000 posts
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18 Aug 2008 11:11pm
Simple's good......me simple!
FantasticContraption.com/?designId=558381

(sorry, late starter)

FantasticContraption.com/?designId=558491
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