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How to Make a LEGO Bakugan

A Bakugan is a marble toy that begins in a ball shape but springs open when it rolls on top of a metal Gate Card, revealing a fearsome monster inside. There are hundreds of kinds of Bakugan monsters, including gear and traps that fit on them. Although you can't play an official Bakugan game with a Lego Bakugan, you can still have fun making one and play with it as an homage to Bakugan. Expect the project to take under fifteen minutes for a simple Bakugan and more time to make it more sophisticated.

Things You'll Need

1 plate, 2 by 2
4 upward sloped bricks, 2 by 1
4 plates, 2 by 1
4 smooth tiles, 2 by 1
4 hinged bricks, 2 by 1
4 right holder plates, 1 by 1
2 translucent round plates, 1 by 1
1 round brick, 1 by 1
1 round plate, 1 by 1
4 downward sloped bricks, 2 by 1
1 smooth tile, 2 by 2

Instructions

- 1
  Connect four 1-by-2 upward sloped bricks to the studs of a 2-by-2 plate. The upward sloped bricks have one depression on the bottom and three studs on top. When you look straight down at the top studs of the connected upward sloped bricks the shape looks like an octagon.
- 2
  Connect a 2-by-1 plate to two of the upward sloped bricks, using one stud from each upward sloped brick. Snap smooth tiles on top of all of the other visible studs.
- 3
  Attach a hinged 2-by-1 brick to the 2-by-1 plate you just attached. The hinged brick is so called because the two studs on top can hinge forward. Face the hinged brick so that the studs can hinge inward toward the center of the octagon.
- 4
  Connect two depressions on the bottom of a 10-studded octagon plate to the two studs of the hinged brick. Looking at what you've made so far from the side, you see one plate with two upward sloped bricks attached, a hinged plate attached to them, and another plate attached to the hinged plate. Looking straight down at what you've made, you see the top octagon-shaped plate. Pull the octagon-shaped plate upward so that you can easily reach the depressions underneath it.
- 5
  Attach more 2-by-1 plates to the bottom of the octagon plate on the outer depressions.
- 6
  Attach three more hinged plates to the bottom of the three 2-by-1 plates that are on the bottom of the octagon plate. When the hinged are not drawn, you cannot fully close the octagon plate against the upward sloped bricks below it. When the hinges are drawn, you can fully close the octagon plate. Leave the octagon plate up for now.
- 7
  Connect 1-by-1 holder plates to the bottoms of two of the hinged bricks. The holder plates each look like pincher fingers connected to a square stud. These act like the limbs and hands of your simple Bakugon.
- 8
  Connect two translucent 1-by-1 round plates to the top hinged brick. This acts as the eyes of the bakugon.
- 9
  Attach a 1-by-1 round brick with a 1-by-1 round plate connected to it between the four central depressions of the bottom of the octagon plate. This acts as the gun of your Bakugon. Close the octagon plate.
- 10
  Snap three 2-by-1 downward sloped bricks to the top of the octagon. These bricks have three depressions on the bottom and one stud on top. Snap a 2-by-2 smooth tile to the four visible studs on top your Bakugon. Now, when the plate is closed, the Bakugon looks like a ball and you can roll it. When the plate is open and the hinges are undrawn, the Bakugon is a monster with a cannon at its center.

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