Lego Safe is ultra secure |
You might think that a Lego safe would be easy to open. Maybe just remove a few bricks and you’re in. But that’s not the case with this thing, the cutting edge of Lego safe technology. The safe weighs 14 pounds and has a motion detecting alarm so it can’t be moved without creating a huge ruckus.
The lock takes five double digit codes to open it. That translates into over 305 billion different combinations. It even boasts an electronic status display showing the numbers as you turn the combination dials. When you enter the combination, the door electronically opens itself. It’s a great place to store all of your valuable geek stuff. Check out a video below.
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This amazes me, to say the least. I was always a bit sad that my son never showed interest in Legos. Someone else sure was paying attention, it seems. Wow!!
i imagine you could just hit it a few times with a large hammer/saw it in half. that’s why they make real safes out of something tougher than molded plastic.
Where do I get one? thats awesome!
As one Nazi officer says to another in the forthcoming movie ‘Valkryie’: “there is no problem in this world that can’t be solved with careful use of TNT”.
Butch Cassidy will be laughing from his grave at how pitiful this thing is.
Nothing a blow torch couldn’t handle in short order.
Wow. Amazing work but not very effective. Like TK says, a blunt object would go right through that or even fire would take it down.
Um, you don’t even need a saw, just use something hot, the plastic will melt
Since the screen shows you when you get a number corectly, its pretty simple to get the password
How about one swift kick by my foot
Haha, that’s great! Just don’t drop it
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Most of you guys are completely missing the point.
You may as well say about a Lego spaceship, “That thing would never be able to fly in space!”
I would have been amazed if this had a mechanical lock, as it stands, and I haven’t built a lego model for a couple of years, I could build that in an afternoon and program an LCD display or used NXT to accomplish the same.
As a piece of Lego building ingenuity, this really is unimpressive.
And as for the password, I could crack it in less than 500 attempts (I reckon an average 250), I’ll leave that as an exercise for the original builder to figure out….
“You may as well say about a Lego spaceship, “That thing would never be able to fly in space!”
it would not fly!
Pretty cool, but it seems like you could just lift off the top…
@ Ron
Nope, I thought that was the case at first, but he demonstrated that the “ding” sound and lock picture unlocked even when he entered an incorrect value. If anything it’s just to confirm that the safe received your last code digits.
Shady Aidy,
I thought the same, but I hope, that the counting locks are just to remember at which digit you are, and don’t show the succeeded digits.
If not, this fails miserable…
Really cool, it’s great!
A little xylene should do the trick.
i want to pick it up and drop it
Due to the way you input the code, you can have this cracked in 500 attempts (at most) anyway.
don’t mind these fools, and their jealousy
To all the s%#t talkers, build one yourself if you dont like theirs. They didn’t build it to impress you, and obviously they wont be keeping a million dollars in their lego safe. The fact remains it was built from legos and it is bad a$$. so f%#k off you a$$hats.
What a bunch of douche bags!!! Of course you can smash it with a hammer. Or melt it. Or kick it. It’s made of LEGOs. You are missing the point.
A very nice project. Very cool!
Since it shows you when a digit is right, that 305 billions number isnt really correct. The maximum amount of tries you would need to crack this safe is 99+99+99+99+99=495
I have the sudden, intense urge to kick it…….
Are those who simply state an obvious design flaw, that it’s built with legos, really asshats or douche bags? A safe is a “strongbox where valuables can be safely kept.” In reality, it’s a lego box with a door. It’s still pretty cool nonetheless.
“They didn’t build it to impress you, and obviously they wont be keeping a million dollars in their lego safe. The fact remains it was built from legos and it is bad a$$. so f%#k off you a$$hats.”
Uh.
Yes, they did.
Otherwise, they wouldn’t have put out a web video, and it wouldn’t be on Digg, and it wouldn’t e here, and there wouldn’t be all these comments. You wouldn’t have heard about it if they didn’t do it to try and impress.
Would make a good case for a lan party assuming it had some ports and vents cut in it. Nobody’s going to steal your parts or be able to move it without drawing attention
who actually thinks people will be putting their life savings or deed to a house in a lego safe? lighten up guys. this is really cool, just recognize that.
Reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaallllllllllllllllyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy good… as a toy.
Dont pretend like it wont fall apart when someone kicks it.
uhh matty i see how you came up with 495 but thats oh so wrong. think of each part of the code as two digits. the first set alone has 100 possibilities add the second and your at 1000 see where your logic fails.
Awesome!
“Shady Aidy Says:
I would have been amazed if this had a mechanical lock, as it stands, and I haven’t built a lego model for a couple of years, I could build that in an afternoon and program an LCD display or used NXT to accomplish the same.
As a piece of Lego building ingenuity, this really is unimpressive”
ASShat!
If I had some star dust and some god powers I could win the lotto! =]
Keep building and share it with us all! I love to see these creations!
“November 18th, 2008 at 3:51 pm
maty Says:
Since it shows you when a digit is right, that 305 billions number isnt really correct. The maximum amount of tries you would need to crack this safe is 99+99+99+99+99=495″
have you taken a math class? if there is 99 possibilities for each part of the combination then you don’t simply add them together, you multiply them
plus, this is awesome, id love to make one of these
but its totally for aesthetic use, perhaps for like my old games or something.
p.s. next, build one larger
People who criticize the ingenuity of others may think their ego was soothed, but in fact, only their ignorance got bigger and entrenched.
It is an ingenious toy designed to educate the minds of children. It is not meant to replace a safe. LOL
Obviously, some adults could have used more educational stimulation when they were children. LOL
Lego Rocks!
Either of you might be right. Maty is right if the safe actually does lock in the correct number when you stop on it (in which case for each digit you’d have to try at most 99 numbers in sequence, or 99×5). However, it’s not clear that that is the case. It may simply lock in the number if you pause on it long enough, which he may be doing in the video. If it is just when you pause then the number of attempts required would be at most 99x99x99x99x99.
And by “stop on it” I actually meant rolled over it, so to speak.
This safe would take only a few minutes to crack. It appears you just have to move a few digits then pause long enough. Even if it is 2 second pause, it only takes three minutes to find a code.
You just have to move the dial until you find the first number. Bing! unlocked. Repeat the process four more times. There is no 3 billion anything.
Also, how does the motion sensor work for someone trying to open the safe? Is it just a tilt sensor? All you probably have to do is twirl the dial and smash it open at the same time. Regardless, safe with buzzer noise is not safe.
don’t mind these fools, and their jealousy
now post one without that terrible music.
Booooooooooooooooooooooring!!!!!!!!!!!!
I would use it to KEEP MY LEGO IN.
That would suprise and disappoint most thieves.
All you need is an EMP and the whole thing is f$%@ed.
Watch more carefully.
The lock-icons just indicate a number is entered, not whether the number was correct.
At 1:35 in the video, all 5 “numbers” are entered, but the user is not allowed in.
Later in the video, 5 *correct* numbers are entered, and the user is let in.
So it’s not 5 x 100 (remember 00 is a valid number), but instead 100 ^ 5.
Still, not sure how 100^5 ~= 300 billion though. Then again, I R DUM.
No, it weighs 6.5kg not 14lbs.
Converting is not only a waste of time, it’s error prone. Leave it in metric, the language everyone understands.
What happens when the battery dies?
As a safe, it is not safe. There is a reason that safes are made of thick steel.
The motion sensor is only good if someone is there to do something about it.
And car alarms are almost universally ignored.
But…
As proof of concept, it is wonderful.
Someone could go from this to being hired by a safe making company.
That’s all great until you need a piece for something else you’re building…
Too cool for school! That’s some awesome creativity! Thank you for sharing.
Grow up guys, this is a lego (NOT lego’S) safe, its not being sold in a shop as a security device its somthing that has been made for some fun, i dont see anything creative done by the people posting comments on here so why dont you stop crying and go do somthing productive yourselves.
This is a great effort, im a safe engineer and i would love to have come up with the idea to do this as it looks great fun but i didnt, doesnt mean im now going to start posting rubbish comments because im jealous.
A great effort, well designed and fun to see, it really does show its the toy that really is only limited by its users creativity, somthing a few on here obviously lack.
From small acorns grow great oak trees, everyone starts somewhere, in the past ive made stuff from lego as a prototyping medium, the person or persons who made this project could build it in steel next and already have a better safe than most of you have under your stairs already.
@those who scoff at this safe:
I say you are basing your idea of a safe on what you would want to keep in a safe. Above, drivelocity states, “A safe is a “strongbox where valuables can be safely kept.” The naysayers are only thinking of what they themselves call “valuable”. What a child may call valuable can be very different…a shiny rock they found, a doll, shell from a beach vacation…not valuable to you, but valuable to the child. I think a safe like this one would be great to make for a child who is looking for somewhere to keep his or her “valuable” trinkets safe.
So funny! I actually think it might work.
holy crap! Where can i get one of those! Its AMZING! How much is it?
Brilliant model. Looks like a lot of fun. Fantastic and creative. A kid would go nuts with one.
Balls Says:
… not sure how 100^5 ~= 300 billion …
300 billion ~= 198^5. One more bit of information per double digit would do. This bit could be the clockwise / counterclockwise movement to enter the next double digit. If you continue in the same direction 0-99, else 100-199.
All of you guys are missing the point. Yes, It melts ard yes, it brakes but legos are PLASTIC!!!!! It is like if you buld a tower and crash it, it would go in to bits. If you dont want it to brake, glue on the peases. If you want it fire proof, put on fire-proof spray.
Well, stacked about a bunch of clutter it might just be bypassed by a bunch of burglars.
id litarly pay 1000$ for it. and ill poop all over it
this is easily one of the most coolest Lego creations i have ever seen. i am certain that some hard core Lego fan will probably try to steal it
@ haters:
STFU
Do you have instructions to this?
it’s the most amazing thing since mindstorms its self! I’d want instructions!
@AT MATY Says:
“have you taken a math class? if there is 99 possibilities for each part of the combination then you don’t simply add them together, you multiply them”
In this case, you add them, b/c of the flaw that you got informed that the digit as it was entered correctly, instead of having to enter the entire combination before you know that X digit was correct; you didn’t get that “positive feedback” until you selected the proper digit. To explain the procedure to crack:
First digit. Try each number, until the display indicates you got the first digit right.
Now you know the first digit. In the worst case, you have tried “100″ numbers.
Now proceed to the second digit.
There are 100 possibilities to try for the second digit.
In the worst case, you learn the second digit after 100 additional tries.
So in 200 tries or less, you now know what 2 digits
Proceed to the third digit, try every possible value, until the display indicates the 3rd digit is correct.
Now you have made 300 attempts (total) in the worst case, and know a total of 3 digits (over half the combination).
Proceed to the 4th digit… 100 more attempts required in the worst case.. (total = 400 tries)
Proceed to the 5th digit… total = 500 tries.
Actually, it appears as if this Lego safe has the same vulnerability as all Lego safes. Hold it in place, remove some panels, and you are in. No blow torch, hack saw, or combination cracking necessary.
However, on the Lego side of things, it is pretty cool. I never got that advanced in my playing with Legos. My Legos interacted with Lego people, not real people.
Neederland!!!!!
smash it
…um, im pretty sure that since theres no gravity in space, a lego spaceship would still float. and, it would be pretty damn hard to keep it from moving. MOVING whilst floating =…FLYING! ^.^
nice this ya got there. i was looking for the mechanical things though >.< 4/10
If You Enter the icorrect Number First it Still Says You Got It Right So For Everyone Who Says That They can Just Try 100 Numbers as the first code Yuo are wrong because it will say every number is correct and then just not open the door
SO
its not called legos its called lego