Category: Results Posted
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86.5: Beneath the Surface – Judging
1st Place: “WHERE ARE THE TURTLES.” by Daniel Notary Daniel took first place with his turtle peaking out of the water. A fairly simple design, though he said “The head was somewhat simple to make, but after dropping it once I realized it was a little harder to recreate.” All the plants and rocks drive…
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85.5: Homunculus III – Judging
1st Place: “Santa” by Krazy Kat Krazy Kat secured 1st place with her super adorable Santa Claus. Perhaps this entry was more popular due to the season, but most likely it’s the perfect use of colored magnets and Kat’s Christmas Spirit. Certainly a jolly ol elf. 1st prize earns Krazy Kat $100. 2nd Place: “The…
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84.5: Zen Stringed Instruments – Winners Announced
1st Place – “Magnetic Stradivarius” by Krazy Kat In first place is an impressive instrument. Krazy Kat’s Magnetic Stradivarius was modeled after a real violin in her home. The single strand magnet strings on the violin and the bow are impressive. An excellent job of including lots of details. First place awards Krazy Kat with…
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83.5 Truncated 12-Triangle Subunit – Winners Announced
1st Place: “Prespective” by Kimball Kimball took 1st with this great shot. Comprised of a full Mandala set with interlocking subunits, the intersections of the build spell the word ZEN. Creative, well executed, nice job. 1st place awards Kimball $85 2nd Place: “Snowflake” by Zach Zach came in second with the Snowflake build. Nice symmetry,…
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82.5 Magnets in Motion – Winners Announced
1st Place – “I ❤️ Magnets and Tops” by Ssoltero SSoltero took first place with a classic pentagon top, colored to achieve a rainbow effect when spun. Plenty of motion blur here. 1st place awards SSoltero $85. 2nd Place – “Zen Bowling” by tend2it In second place we have tend2it’s “Zen Bowling.” The motion blur…
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81.5: Hazardously Suited to Scenery – Winners Announced
1st Place: “Bridge” by johnny5 A decent attempt at blending a magnet sculpture into a landscape. The foreground trees mimic the background foliage colors enough to be convincing. Wishing that background was a little more in focus, but johnny5 said his aperture was completely maxed out. Bottom line, it looks like a bridge, and it…
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80.5: Two Tone, One Set – Judging
1st Place: “Who is the real cactus?” by Luisin Luisin took first place with his two toned cactus. The inspiration for this build is lined up on his windowsill. He achieved the spiral effect by alternating magnet colors in a long single strand. All that work paid off, because first place awards Luisin with $90.…
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79.5: Unlimited Zen Aircraft – Winners Announced
1st Place – “Ready to takeoff” by Ra Tascon Ra Tascon took 1st place with his old school biplane complete with magnet runway. Most of the building blocks are quite simple, but together are very effective in completing this plane. The composition is very nice also. The runway leads your eye to the airplane, and…
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78.5: Artsy Tree No. Three – Winners Announced
1st Place: “Lothlórien Apple Tree” by YoyoBandalore A construction hybrid, YoyoBandalore’s tree features a molded trunk while the leaves and fruit are composed of hexagons. Nice, vibrant photograph with sharp focus and a hint of Tolkien. 1st place awards YoyoBandalore with $70. 2nd Place: “Triple Ball Shaped Topiary Tree” by tend2it Some meticulous trimming went…
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77.5: Silhouette – Winners Announced
1st place: Electron Orbital by YoyoBandalore YoyoBandalore took first place with his bridged cuboctahedron. In order to achieve this photograph, “Figure was placed on a translucent cutting board with white wrapping tissue on top. The cutting board was supported by two champagne flutes with a LED light shining from below.” Precision framing and the tease…
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76.5: 864 Piece Monochrome – Winners Announced
1st Place: “A Rose by Any Other Name” by YoyoBandalore With the allowance of a 2nd submission for contest 76, we ended up with 16 total entries, and the voting was all over the place. Yet, YoyoBandalore grabbed first place with the Zen Magnets rose. A very clean looking photo with that pop of red…
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75.5: Forced Perspective – Winners Announced
All the votes are in and we have our placings. The top 4 were all very close in votes, but this is how it shook out. 1st Place: YoyoBandalore YoyoBandalore revved into first place with the Zen Magnets motorcycle wheel. An Excellent job getting both the magnets and motorcycle in focus, not to mention covering…
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74.5 Cybertruck Build Video – Winners Announced
We finally have the Cybertruck contest all wrapped up. Winners announced in the recap video below. Winners: 1st Place: Glen – prize: $225 2nd Place: Ra Tascon – prize: $140 3rd Place: magnet king – prize: $85 4th Place (tie): Purple Ixora – prize: $50 4th Place (tie): liner – prize: $50 6th Place: Dufko…
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73.5: Zen by Candlelight – Winners Announced
1st Place: metal king metal king was the crowd favorite with his construction back lit by candlelight. The shape is nicely silhouetted with an eye-drawing flare from the candle flame in the center of frame. First place earns metal king $100. 2nd Place: Daniel Notary Daniel took second place with a large decahedron basked in…
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72.5 Jack-o-Lantern Winners Announced
1st Place: Purple Ixora Purple Ixora constructed a classic jack-o-lantern with triangle eyes and interlocking teeth. Good job making that golden layer underneath pop. 1st place is awarded $100. 2nd Place: DBOI DBOI carved up two pumpkins and made a pie of one. Both are well constructed, and that dollop of whipped cream is definitely…
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71.5 Separate Triple 72s: Winners Announced
1st Place: DBOI DBOI took 1st place using the three 72pc builds to illustrate the life of a butterfly, complete with spring props. Well done, DBOI, 1st place awards you with $100. 2nd Place: Daniel Notary Daniel snagged 2nd place with his 3 takes on a triangle and super reflective surfaces. He had this to…
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70.5: Perspective Framing – Winners Announced
1st Place: Purple Ixora Purple Ixora takes 1st place recreating the iconic 007 opener. I’d wager most of our judges cut their teeth playing countless hours of Goldeneye, so this was a no-brainer. Purple Ixora said James Bond was not part of the original plan, but the tube was so reminiscent of 007 they had…
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69.5: Apollo 11 Lander – Winners Announced
1st Place: Glen Landing in first place is Glen with this impressive interpretation of the Apollo 11 lander. If you’re curious as to how he nailed this, the answer is research: “I built my Apollo 11 Lander by first finding a 3D model of the lander to give myself a better understanding of the lander…
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68.5: Utilitarian Pen Holder – Winners Announced
1st Place: Cody The winner of the Pen Holder contest is Cody, with his build modeled after a flower with very handy petals. The catch-all basket on top is a nice touch, and our judges thought so as well. Good job, Cody, you get $100 for 1st place. 2nd Place: DBOI Coming in 2nd place,…
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67.5: Levitation Feature Winners Announced
After much deliberation, tallying, recounting, traveling to Pittsburgh and back, we finally have the results for the Levitation contest. This was good one, and we had lots of participants and chose 9 winners! Without further adieu, the winners are: 1st Place: Mathnetism “Double Helix Attraction” Mathnetism takes the gold with a stunning symmetrical piece. He…
