1 00:00:00,180 --> 00:00:06,233 The comedy4cast Network. Let's dog-ear that for now. 2 00:00:06,234 --> 00:00:13,740 This is comedy4cast, episode 871, Megabuild Lotsaparts. 3 00:00:13,741 --> 00:00:18,171 Comedy4cast is participating in the Dog Days of Podcasting, 4 00:00:18,172 --> 00:00:23,521 where podcasters try to put out a show every day in August. For more information 5 00:00:23,522 --> 00:00:28,642 and to hear all the shows, go to dogdaysofpodcasting.com. 6 00:00:28,643 --> 00:00:33,161 Comedy4cast is taking this time to provide you with some interesting, 7 00:00:33,162 --> 00:00:35,461 yet totally useless odd news. 8 00:00:35,462 --> 00:00:40,741 In fact, 2 Odd New stories that we think deserve each other. 9 00:00:40,742 --> 00:00:46,942 So, let's have some fun with Odd News Times Twos. 10 00:00:46,943 --> 00:00:53,291 LEGO Group recently released a Technic set of the Koenigsegg Shadair's Spear. 11 00:00:53,292 --> 00:00:59,136 If that sentence sounds like refrigerator magnet poetry gone mad, let me explain. 12 00:00:59,137 --> 00:01:02,081 Technic is a product line by LEGO. 13 00:01:02,082 --> 00:01:06,821 Instead of including just the usual pieces you don't want to step on in the dark, 14 00:01:06,822 --> 00:01:11,451 each set features additional interconnecting plastic rods and parts. 15 00:01:11,452 --> 00:01:17,033 This way, LEGO can create advanced models of working vehicles and machines. 16 00:01:17,034 --> 00:01:22,191 For example, some LEGO Technic sets include a working model that demonstrates 17 00:01:22,192 --> 00:01:26,280 how the moon orbits the Earth and how they both orbit the sun. 18 00:01:26,281 --> 00:01:29,978 They're still working on the Spiral Galaxy Expansion Pack. 19 00:01:29,979 --> 00:01:35,391 There's also a deep-sea research sub with working propeller and grabber arm. 20 00:01:35,392 --> 00:01:40,009 But the James Cameron action figure is sold separately. 21 00:01:40,010 --> 00:01:44,651 One popular Technic line is the Ultimate Car Concept series, 22 00:01:44,652 --> 00:01:49,521 and LEGO just added a Technic version of a concept car by Koenigsegg, 23 00:01:49,522 --> 00:01:53,359 a Swedish avant-garde megacar and technology company. 24 00:01:53,360 --> 00:01:57,515 The megacar in question is the Shadair's Spear. 25 00:01:57,516 --> 00:02:02,636 You'll build the car's functioning 9-speed transmission, the V8 engine, 26 00:02:02,637 --> 00:02:07,309 suspension, and on, and on, and on. 27 00:02:07,310 --> 00:02:10,060 [ CLICKING OF LEGO BRICS BUILDS TO A CRESCENDO ] 28 00:02:10,061 --> 00:02:15,495 Interested? What if I tell you the set costs $450? 29 00:02:15,496 --> 00:02:21,602 Okay, what if I said the set comes with 4,104 parts? 30 00:02:21,603 --> 00:02:25,821 Still not afraid? Did I mention the Builds Manual? 31 00:02:25,822 --> 00:02:33,634 Part 1 is 496 pages long, and Part 2 is 480 pages long. 32 00:02:33,635 --> 00:02:37,435 Whew, it doesn't get much more complicated than that. 33 00:02:37,436 --> 00:02:43,324 Well, until we get to our second story, Swiss luxury watch and clock manufacturer 34 00:02:43,325 --> 00:02:47,874 Vacheron Constantin directs your attention to The Berkley Grand, 35 00:02:47,875 --> 00:02:51,976 the world's most complicated pocket watch. Literally. 36 00:02:51,977 --> 00:02:57,096 In the world of timepieces, a complication is a function of the watch, 37 00:02:57,097 --> 00:03:01,304 like the basic function of telling the time, or a stopwatch feature, 38 00:03:01,305 --> 00:03:04,414 or having a revolving dial that tells the day of the week. 39 00:03:04,415 --> 00:03:10,001 But the Berkeley Grand takes the idea to an absurd level by featuring a record-breaking 40 00:03:10,002 --> 00:03:16,456 63 complications, including the world's first perpetual Chinese calendar. 41 00:03:16,457 --> 00:03:23,934 Accurate through the year 2200. That calendar alone includes 11 individual calendars. 42 00:03:23,935 --> 00:03:29,747 There's also a world time indicator, second time zone — northern or southern hemisphere, 43 00:03:29,748 --> 00:03:32,094 Gregorian perpetual calendar functions, 44 00:03:32,095 --> 00:03:36,714 a sky chart, split second chronograph, alarms, a Westminster carillon chime 45 00:03:36,715 --> 00:03:42,653 with a way to set nighttime silence hours, and probably an espresso machine. 46 00:03:42,654 --> 00:03:47,724 I'm not sure. It was really hard to get through all these specs. 47 00:03:47,724 --> 00:03:54,744 The watch has 31 hands and close to 2,900 parts. 48 00:03:54,746 --> 00:03:59,354 As you may have guessed, the Berkley Grand is not a very practical watch to 49 00:03:59,355 --> 00:04:01,276 carry around in your pocket. 50 00:04:01,277 --> 00:04:05,403 It weighs over two pounds and is two inches thick. 51 00:04:05,404 --> 00:04:10,053 The price? Actually, the watch was commissioned, so no price is listed. 52 00:04:10,054 --> 00:04:15,184 But we're thinking somewhere north of $50. So it seems the major thing that 53 00:04:15,185 --> 00:04:19,644 can distinguish the Vacheron Constantin Berkley Grand watch from the Technic. 54 00:04:19,645 --> 00:04:22,046 Koenigsegg Sidair's Spear LEGO set 55 00:04:22,047 --> 00:04:27,067 is the fact that the watch is a standard, full-sized functioning machine. 56 00:04:27,068 --> 00:04:32,716 Well, the LEGO team said, hold my brick separator and watch this. 57 00:04:32,717 --> 00:04:37,447 Using 327,906 LEGO elements, 58 00:04:37,448 --> 00:04:42,654 they built a full-size, drivable version of the Sedair's Spear. 59 00:04:42,655 --> 00:04:47,944 Then drove it up Goodwood Hillclimb, a motorsport course in England, 60 00:04:47,945 --> 00:04:52,904 achieving a top speed of over 68 miles an hour. 61 00:04:52,905 --> 00:04:54,803 [ RACE CAR SPEEDS BY ] 62 00:04:54,804 --> 00:05:00,214 So what did we learn today? Apparently, the LEGO Group can make anything full-size. 63 00:05:00,215 --> 00:05:04,894 So personally, I can't wait to hear the brick count when the full-size version 64 00:05:04,895 --> 00:05:07,990 of that Earth, Moon, and Sun set comes out. 65 00:05:07,991 --> 00:05:11,761 [ THOUSANDS OF LEGO BRICKS SPILL OUT OF PACKAGES ] 66 00:05:11,762 --> 00:05:15,309 We're going to need a pretty big dining table for that build. 67 00:05:15,310 --> 00:05:17,837 ♪ "END THEME" MUSIC IN AND UNDER. ♪ 68 00:05:17,838 --> 00:05:21,569 That about wraps it up for today's Odd News Times Twos. 69 00:05:21,570 --> 00:05:27,306 But first, a very special shout-out to my Patreon patrons, including producer-level 70 00:05:27,307 --> 00:05:33,246 patrons Paul Barrie from the A Window to the Magic podcast, Kirby Bartlett-Sloan, 71 00:05:33,247 --> 00:05:39,786 Chuck Tomasi from the Technorama podcast, Kyle Nishioka Brian Martsolf Amy Murphy, 72 00:05:39,787 --> 00:05:46,647 and Steve Ng from steveng5.com that's S-T-E-V-E-N-G, 73 00:05:46,648 --> 00:05:52,649 the number 5 dot com. 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