KaplaBen has an awful lot of wooden Kapla blocks. His ultimate goal is to build a 50-meter (164 feet) tower of Kapla blocks. Meanwhile, this is his third prototype to test out his design. He estimates that he used about 18,000 blocks to build this tower over the last six months. It is clear that he has no children or cats, or he wouldn't have ever gotten this far. I was impressed when he pulled out the scissor lift to reach the top and still didn't knock it down. He doesn't say, but the finished tower looks to be around 25 to 30 feet tall.
But all things must come to an end. KaplaBen built a staircase around the outside, and I wondered what that was for, but the plan becomes apparent when he lines up blocks like dominoes to begin the controlled demolition. He had cameras ready everywhere, including the floor inside. It was only a miracle that camera wasn't covered up with blocks as soon as the first blocks came down, and the resulting fall is quite satisfying. -via Geeks Are Sexy
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