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Coin-Op Lego Soda Machine

Coin pushes a lever that unlocks the dispenser.

  • Lego Engineering
  • Mechanisms
ScrappedBUILD LOG #01

// What I'm building

A Lego soda machine: you drop in a coin, it pushes a lever, and the lever unlocks the dispenser.

I scrapped it so I could move on to the 4WD Crawler.

  • Coin-triggered lever
  • Lever unlocks the dispenser
LESSON LEARNEDIt's OK to stop a build when a bigger idea shows up. The coin-lever trick is saved in my brain for later.
COIN →LEVER →DISPENSE

// Build Log

  1. Try #1 — coin + lever

    WHAT I TRIED
    Built the coin-and-lever unlock idea.
    WHAT BROKE
    Not broken — I picked a bigger project instead.
    THE FIX
    Scrapped it to move to the crawler.
NEXT STEP

Scrapped — parts went to the crawler. Maybe it comes back someday!