Hi Makers!
We have had a wonderful time working with the @CyberBrick kits and felt incredibly fortunate to be one of the early designers to receive the kit to provide input and feedback. This early feedback will help ensure that designers, makers, and players will have a great time using the kits from the moment they open the box and start building.
Most of our models on MakerWorld are designed for repeated play and enjoyment, whether it’s games, toys, lamps and more, which is why we like the CyberBrick kit so much. It’s fun to see the family grab the controller, flick on the switch and start playing with the RC toys that we’ve made so far. With the parts being easy to assemble and disassemble, it means that you won’t get bored as you can move the parts to a new 3D printed model and keep the fun going.
The Controller
The standard controller design from MakerWorld will be the “go to” solution for most designers as we like to think of it as a PlayStation controller. You have one controller design that can work across many models, just like a PS controller works for many games. However, you can get super creative like @Josh-3D’s industrial style controller for the Strandbeest model.
What’s really impressive is that you can switch between different receivers, meaning that you can be controlling one model and then at the flick of a switch start controlling something else. I’m sure the community will come up with some super fun use cases for model switching.
The Model Files
When the CyberBrick design files become available to the community, just like you can find STEP files for other MS parts, you’ll be able to easily design around them in your favorite CAD program. All of the design files are exceptionally accurate and make it easy to design around. I took some time to simplify some of the models to make CAD programs run faster but loved the detail and precision to get prints to work the first time.
The Designs
So far, we’ve created a few designs. As you know, we absolutely love board games and toys over at Ozarkexpeditions, so we have some exciting games on the roadmap. So far, we’ve created two models. One is a 3-wheel lunar rover with headlights and differential steering. We wanted a cute-sci-fi rover that would be easy for new makers to assemble. The top is held on with pegs and magnets, so it’s easy to pull out the components and put it in another model to keep the fun going. It’s funny to drive around the house and do donuts on the hardwood floor. The plug and play aspect instead of soldering makes it really easy to get all of the components installed after printing.
Another model that we design is a rubber band turret launcher. It’s similar to the Crunch Lab kit. We wanted it to have a classic industrial look with Bambu Lab Metal PLA. It can rotate 360 degrees on the base, can aim up and down and spin the turret around to fire up to 6 rubber bands. If you print the barrel multiple times, you can have the next round of 6 read to go at all times. 
We are working to refine this one a little more before it’s fully ready to play.
The Future
We have many ideas for games and have created several other prototypes that we can’t wait to have fully built out for people to play. We know that most makers will want to create RC cars which will be a blast, but we envision how this will be used in many types of games and other creative ways.
What games would you want to see created with this kit?
Don’t worry; I’ll post the answer in FAQ later as well and let’s hope people see them.
