{"id":1556,"date":"2019-04-29T17:55:28","date_gmt":"2019-04-29T15:55:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brix.nilso.eu\/?p=1556"},"modified":"2019-04-30T10:35:41","modified_gmt":"2019-04-30T08:35:41","slug":"mini-luxo-jr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/brix.nilso.eu\/?p=1556","title":{"rendered":"Mini Luxo Jr."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/brix.nilso.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/file-1b4fd941-c04b-4ada-8bf0-71975d360b59-1698-0000018ba77a35c8.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1547\" src=\"http:\/\/brix.nilso.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/file-1b4fd941-c04b-4ada-8bf0-71975d360b59-1698-0000018ba77a35c8.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2048\" height=\"2048\" srcset=\"http:\/\/brix.nilso.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/file-1b4fd941-c04b-4ada-8bf0-71975d360b59-1698-0000018ba77a35c8.jpg 2048w, http:\/\/brix.nilso.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/file-1b4fd941-c04b-4ada-8bf0-71975d360b59-1698-0000018ba77a35c8-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/brix.nilso.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/file-1b4fd941-c04b-4ada-8bf0-71975d360b59-1698-0000018ba77a35c8-400x400.jpg 400w, http:\/\/brix.nilso.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/file-1b4fd941-c04b-4ada-8bf0-71975d360b59-1698-0000018ba77a35c8-800x800.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>A miniature Lego version of Pixar&#8217;s &#8220;Luxo Jr.&#8221; desk lamp.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m a big fan of Luxo Jr., also known as &#8220;The Pixar Lamp&#8221;. The short film &#8220;Luxo Jr.&#8221; was Pixar&#8217;s first CGI film and since then the lamp has become kind of a trade mark for Pixar.<\/p>\n<p>There have been a few cool Lego models of Luxo Jr. and I wanted to give it a try myself. My goal was to build a mini model which should be able to &#8220;move&#8221; almost like the original desk lamp.<\/p>\n<p>To get a feeling for the kinematics I started with a simple, bigger Technic frame built with Technic beams and liftarms:<a href=\"http:\/\/brix.nilso.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/l025_Luxo_jr.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1557\" src=\"http:\/\/brix.nilso.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/l025_Luxo_jr.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"http:\/\/brix.nilso.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/l025_Luxo_jr.png 1024w, http:\/\/brix.nilso.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/l025_Luxo_jr-400x300.png 400w, http:\/\/brix.nilso.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/l025_Luxo_jr-800x600.png 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>But I wanted to have a smaller version, so I replaced the beams with shorter half beams and the Technic pins with 3L bars. The result was my first small &#8220;working&#8221; Lego version of Luxo Jr. (the lamp on the right). For a better look I replaced some of the half beams with combinations of bars and bar holders with clips (the lamp on the left).<a href=\"http:\/\/brix.nilso.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/file-a1343354-dd8f-457b-9e76-3625ddbc4ea6-1698-0000018b5590d727.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1545\" src=\"http:\/\/brix.nilso.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/file-a1343354-dd8f-457b-9e76-3625ddbc4ea6-1698-0000018b5590d727.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1536\" srcset=\"http:\/\/brix.nilso.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/file-a1343354-dd8f-457b-9e76-3625ddbc4ea6-1698-0000018b5590d727.jpg 2048w, http:\/\/brix.nilso.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/file-a1343354-dd8f-457b-9e76-3625ddbc4ea6-1698-0000018b5590d727-400x300.jpg 400w, http:\/\/brix.nilso.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/file-a1343354-dd8f-457b-9e76-3625ddbc4ea6-1698-0000018b5590d727-800x600.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Both lamps have two sets of liftarms in parallelogram shape (diamond shape to be exact), connected with an L-shaped liftarm. So they can &#8220;move&#8221; almost like the original Luxo Jr. lamp.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/brix.nilso.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/file-febea6c1-2f92-4213-911e-aef762112322-1698-0000018b7452a492.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1543\" src=\"http:\/\/brix.nilso.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/file-febea6c1-2f92-4213-911e-aef762112322-1698-0000018b7452a492.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1536\" srcset=\"http:\/\/brix.nilso.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/file-febea6c1-2f92-4213-911e-aef762112322-1698-0000018b7452a492.jpg 2048w, http:\/\/brix.nilso.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/file-febea6c1-2f92-4213-911e-aef762112322-1698-0000018b7452a492-400x300.jpg 400w, http:\/\/brix.nilso.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/file-febea6c1-2f92-4213-911e-aef762112322-1698-0000018b7452a492-800x600.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/brix.nilso.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/file-65d649fc-a8ea-4ac2-9c24-739a5faa3ab9-1698-0000018b88bb0f07.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1542\" src=\"http:\/\/brix.nilso.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/file-65d649fc-a8ea-4ac2-9c24-739a5faa3ab9-1698-0000018b88bb0f07.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1536\" srcset=\"http:\/\/brix.nilso.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/file-65d649fc-a8ea-4ac2-9c24-739a5faa3ab9-1698-0000018b88bb0f07.jpg 2048w, http:\/\/brix.nilso.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/file-65d649fc-a8ea-4ac2-9c24-739a5faa3ab9-1698-0000018b88bb0f07-400x300.jpg 400w, http:\/\/brix.nilso.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/file-65d649fc-a8ea-4ac2-9c24-739a5faa3ab9-1698-0000018b88bb0f07-800x600.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><\/a>That&#8217;s it: My &#8220;working&#8221; miniature Lego version of Pixar&#8217;s Luxo Jr. desk lamp. I hope you like it! :-))<\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1556611916680_78151\" class=\"editable meta-field photo-desc\">I&#8217;d love to add an LED light. I&#8217;m still looking for the best solution to do that&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Bonus photo: My son wanted to have his own &#8220;Pixar Lamp&#8221;, so I built a third one for him with parts that I found in my boxes.<a href=\"http:\/\/brix.nilso.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/file-2cc5300a-be05-4a0c-a3eb-780c481be581-1698-0000018b54969e69.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1546\" src=\"http:\/\/brix.nilso.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/file-2cc5300a-be05-4a0c-a3eb-780c481be581-1698-0000018b54969e69.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1536\" srcset=\"http:\/\/brix.nilso.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/file-2cc5300a-be05-4a0c-a3eb-780c481be581-1698-0000018b54969e69.jpg 2048w, http:\/\/brix.nilso.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/file-2cc5300a-be05-4a0c-a3eb-780c481be581-1698-0000018b54969e69-400x300.jpg 400w, http:\/\/brix.nilso.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/file-2cc5300a-be05-4a0c-a3eb-780c481be581-1698-0000018b54969e69-800x600.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A miniature Lego version of Pixar&#8217;s &#8220;Luxo Jr.&#8221; desk lamp. I&#8217;m a big fan of Luxo Jr., also known as &#8220;The Pixar Lamp&#8221;. The short film &#8220;Luxo Jr.&#8221; was Pixar&#8217;s first CGI film and since then the lamp has become kind of a trade mark for Pixar. There have been a few cool Lego models &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/brix.nilso.eu\/?p=1556\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Mini Luxo Jr.<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[2,4,14],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p54WOz-p6","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/brix.nilso.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1556"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/brix.nilso.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/brix.nilso.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/brix.nilso.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/brix.nilso.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1556"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/brix.nilso.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1556\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1562,"href":"http:\/\/brix.nilso.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1556\/revisions\/1562"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/brix.nilso.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1556"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/brix.nilso.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1556"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/brix.nilso.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1556"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}