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Re:How tall can a Lego tower get? by bediger4000 on Tuesday December 04, 2012 @10:05PM (#4874643)
SO the rules of Lego-tower-building have to have the slope of the sides of the tower steeper than the angle of repose of a mass of bricks, eh? Otherwise, it's just a pile, not a tower.
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Re:How tall can a Lego tower get? by wiredfool on Tuesday December 04, 2012 @10:37PM (#4874728)
Yep. But that's with no constraints. I'd think that a good combination would be a limited floor space and a set quantity of bricks. No other supports, no guy wires.

And for extra credit, the tower should survive a run on the shake table.

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