... and here's the Lego Digital Designer file, of which my final model is based upon.

uhhh, what the [****]??

Good job, Telcolou! Mine didn't turn out too great since the cord was so thick but this just gave me an idea - I will make it taller! How mine's built right now is too short and the cord sticks too far up.

Thanks ... the LDD software is terrible, so I fucked up with the dimensions for the base on the original design .. I also had to notch out the corner bricks that sit directly on the board, not by much, maybe 1/4" ... It sits in there perfectly now.

... just need to glue everything together to make it permanent

Holy crap.


This is turning into a competition. Who can make the biggest (and therefore bestest!) docking station.

Mark my words; someone's gonna shove the dev BOB in a filing cabinet for extra support

Nice job though, seriously. Any official pics? Take lots!

I'll upload some more pics tomorrow, to show more detail in the construction.

My Wife made this flyer for me ... 'aint she sweet?

err so when are you making the tutorial so everyone can do this?

Funny thing is, The Crucible is the name of the new play at the Theatre Dome Downtown.

How is that funny? It's not new, it's an old play by Authur Miller. It also refers to an area where metal collects

I don't understand why the normal GP2X PSU won't power the official cradle too.
Surely it's the same thing as the dev board, just in a fancy case?

I must say, I thought this was going to be a post about a prospective game regarding Arthur Miller's play lol. Looks cool, though, Telcolou. If I'd bought a devbob, I'd definitely be taking my lego down very shortly to make one. Possibly along your design or possibly something slightly different, but definitely lego would be the way to go .

Congratulations!

Good job good job! Impressive! looks really neat. Can you slot a HDD into that middle space above the board?

*puts the trout away*

I will spare you this time.

*gives signal to norm to cancel his attack with his trouts*

I didn't read this the first time I spotted the post since I didn't have any clue what the crucible signified... but I'm glad my curiosity perked up since Lego mods are most welcome
Well done. I also second the idea of inetgrating space for a HDD in the Lego assembly.

How cool would that be a mini rack mount for a GP2X lol!

this makes me wanna have a dev bob too, just so I can Lego this marvelous cradle. is there a howto thread about making a bob somewhere?

PS: @TS > tell your wife she did an excellent job. it looks very professional indeed

This is very impressive and creative.
But I'm too lazy and I suck at building stuff, so I would just buy the commercial BoB thing. *g*

Heres how mine turned out:

Click on it for full size.

Many thanks for the kind replies folks We had a fun time making it .. I'll post some basic pics of the assembly when I get the chance to glue it all together.

@Shifty; Nice job!

I'll need to re-upload the LDD file and reference pics again; and note: the base was re-designed to fit the board better.

Also: We had a test run with PicoDrive with everything connected up, running off the HDD .. well worth the effort I must say

*puts trouts away*

indeed he shall be spared

both of these look awsome i want one - i may have to crack the casing off my commercial bob when it arrives just i can do this lol

Here's an idea Telco.

Why not do this for people and charge for the price of lego + manhours, etc.

That's some dusty 2X

yeah what up with that - take care off your 2x

I think you'll find if you took a high res photo of your GP2x with flash on, that'd be how it'd turn out too.

my 2x would not, i would clean it until i didnt

$42 including shipping for legos, $45 plus shipping for bob plus manhours plus shipping to you. It'd end up being like $100+.

Then post the plans! This is FREAKIN' SWEET

I guess he already did a long time ago even before he recieved the parts, right TelcoLou?

Yep, he did http://www.gp32x.com/board/index.php?s=&am...st&p=521646 !

Hah, now im wishing I didn't hold out for a cased BOB!

Here's a few pictures of the final assembly:

The Base



The Base, with the BOB securely in place



Securing the BOB with notched corner bricks



Closeup on the notched corner brick set in place



BOB secured with 4 notched bricks





Base top




Base top, bottom view



Base, assembled




Docking section



Docking section, bottom view




Final assembly





Well, there ya go! I meandered a bit from my design, making the base fit the BOB better. Happy accidents and all It's nice and secure, and I can see the power and USB leds when they're on.

Also: GneoGeo works very nicely with a USB joystick; Metal Slug X was a treat to play

Thanks,Those pics will come in handy when I Re-do the thing.(Which I'm intending to do soon)

About Gngeo and usb joysticks... Did you use the one thats in the archive or the develpor's one or whatever?

Here's Pepone's stealth post

Its only 1-player ATM, and no way that I know of to re-configure the buttons, but Metal Slug X worked just fine 'out of the box'

And what joystick did you use? That Logitech Wingman one? If so then I'm gettin' it!

I used a very old, very crappy Logitech Wingman ... BUT:

We just ordered 2 of these

... free shipping for orders over $24 too, so just get a cheapo SD card reader or something along with it to get the free shipping ...


And aren't you like ... 13 or so? Where are you getting the $$ for all these geek toys, eh?

Cocaine? You can never know with urban youths....

No no, it's all about 'strawberry quick' these days ...

Very nice! I think I'll be ordering one of those soon!


Birthday money of course!

With the problems with the cradle, this looks like a better solution.

The only problem is the developer version of the BOB doesn't seem to be available any more

It's available from these guys; but... It costs more!

Wasn't the developer board £30? They are selling it for less, not more...

EDIT: Ah, I see what you mean. It's $5 more than the cradle.

I have the cradle and I'm not finding any problems with it.

could you write a full review?

Only just found this thread, really nice work on the crucible Lou, did i plant the seed back in July last year in my post in this thread : http://www.gp32x.com/board/index.php?showtopic=30444&hl= ?

Ok i admit it, i've been bollocked at work today and thought i'd at least try to bask in someone else's glory - apols for that.

Very nice work though still

Rename it to: "The gp2x BBQ" Why does this look like a BBQ to me?

Seriously though VERY nice job! This gives me an idea to build a similar structure around the comercial BOB, to include a HDD, External Battery Pack I'm testing and a "screen projection" item I saw once.... damn I need to find that product.

I'm still considering tearing my SNES apart and build a gp2x docking station out of that, the cartridge slot would just about work.

Could someone build the next one out of FLOAM or PlayDoh next?

I had hoped others would come up with their own designs/ideas as well ..

Have you finished with the updated spec/part list? I've just managed to purchase a DEV board so im feeling very lucky i wasnt stuck with the cruddy cradle that seem to be all thats around.

Needless to say i want to build myself one of these, so if/when you're done with the updated specs i'd be grateful if you could hit me up with a copy

Well, I'd have to re-upload the LDD file, but I strayed a bit from that design (thus the flood of close-up images in this thread).

The docking part is nearly the same (a few aesthetic adjustments), but the base (where the actual board is located) had to be made smaller (width & depth) and taller, to accommodate for the damn EXT cable ..

I'll upload it after I make some adjustments to the final design .. thanks for the interest

Thanks, i'll need to contact lego or some place to order all the parts anyways so take your time, theres no major rush

... cool thing is, you can order the parts right from the Lego Designer software ..

LOL thats even better, i'll have to go download the software and save myself a major hassle then

ok so whats the final price of getting this plus the BoB and everything you need... what are the points for doing this and spending what could be double the price of the proper dock (other than the psu issue)