<story><title>LEGO built a life-size, drivable Bugatti from over a million Technic pieces</title><url>https://www.lego.com/en-us/aboutus/news-room/2018/august/technic-bugatti-chiron-build-for-real/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>tda</author><text>&amp;quot;...using 58 types of Technic custom-made elements&amp;quot;, anyone have a information on what those pieces are? They really spent an incedible amount of hours and effort on this. 13k+ man hours...</text></item><item><author>tda</author><text>more details here: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.lego.com&amp;#x2F;en-us&amp;#x2F;themes&amp;#x2F;technic&amp;#x2F;bugatti-chiron&amp;#x2F;media&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.lego.com&amp;#x2F;en-us&amp;#x2F;themes&amp;#x2F;technic&amp;#x2F;bugatti-chiron&amp;#x2F;med...&lt;/a&gt; (including a 714mb zip with images which I am still downloading)&lt;p&gt;Some facts:&lt;p&gt;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;    Over 1,000,000 LEGO Technic elements in total 
    339 types of LEGO Technic elements used 
    No glue used in the assembly 
    Total weight: 1,500 kg 
    Engine contains:
    2,304 LEGO Power Functions motors
    4,032 LEGO Technic gear wheels 
    2,016 LEGO Technic cross axles 
    Theoretical performance of 5.3 HP 
    Estimated torque of 92 Nm
    Functional rear spoiler (using both LEGO Power Functions and pneumatics) 
    Functional speedometer built entirely from LEGO Technic elements 
    13,438 man hours used on development and construction
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;
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images are meh, just press shots. Was hoping for more on how it was built</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>LukeShu</author><text>&lt;i&gt;&amp;gt; &amp;quot;...using 58 types of Technic custom-made elements&amp;quot;, anyone have a information on what those pieces are?&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;56 custom made Technic element types (existing shapes in new colors)&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;from &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.lego.com&amp;#x2F;r&amp;#x2F;www&amp;#x2F;r&amp;#x2F;portals&amp;#x2F;-&amp;#x2F;media&amp;#x2F;themes&amp;#x2F;technic&amp;#x2F;2hy2018&amp;#x2F;apollo&amp;#x2F;downloads&amp;#x2F;fact-sheet.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.lego.com&amp;#x2F;r&amp;#x2F;www&amp;#x2F;r&amp;#x2F;portals&amp;#x2F;-&amp;#x2F;media&amp;#x2F;themes&amp;#x2F;technic&amp;#x2F;...&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>LEGO built a life-size, drivable Bugatti from over a million Technic pieces</title><url>https://www.lego.com/en-us/aboutus/news-room/2018/august/technic-bugatti-chiron-build-for-real/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>tda</author><text>&amp;quot;...using 58 types of Technic custom-made elements&amp;quot;, anyone have a information on what those pieces are? They really spent an incedible amount of hours and effort on this. 13k+ man hours...</text></item><item><author>tda</author><text>more details here: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.lego.com&amp;#x2F;en-us&amp;#x2F;themes&amp;#x2F;technic&amp;#x2F;bugatti-chiron&amp;#x2F;media&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.lego.com&amp;#x2F;en-us&amp;#x2F;themes&amp;#x2F;technic&amp;#x2F;bugatti-chiron&amp;#x2F;med...&lt;/a&gt; (including a 714mb zip with images which I am still downloading)&lt;p&gt;Some facts:&lt;p&gt;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;    Over 1,000,000 LEGO Technic elements in total 
    339 types of LEGO Technic elements used 
    No glue used in the assembly 
    Total weight: 1,500 kg 
    Engine contains:
    2,304 LEGO Power Functions motors
    4,032 LEGO Technic gear wheels 
    2,016 LEGO Technic cross axles 
    Theoretical performance of 5.3 HP 
    Estimated torque of 92 Nm
    Functional rear spoiler (using both LEGO Power Functions and pneumatics) 
    Functional speedometer built entirely from LEGO Technic elements 
    13,438 man hours used on development and construction
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;
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images are meh, just press shots. Was hoping for more on how it was built</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>justaguyhere</author><text>The press they&amp;#x27;d get from this is worth the investment I guess.</text></comment>