Uploaded May 2022 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
I selected 7 tricks that I built on Domino Masters, recreated them at a smaller scale, added a little extra spice-up to each one, and combined them all into one machine!
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LINKS:
Behind the scenes breakdown video: youtu.be/L1yLVLxVSrg
When I saw the first episode of Domino Masters, I saw just how much detail was getting cut. Obviously, when condensing a 16-hour build into ~20 minutes, inevitably there's not enough time for everything. But with all the work I put into the tricks I built on the show, it would be a shame if the little details and clever solutions never saw the light of day.
So I decided I wanted to recreate some of the tricks I built, and highlight some of the mechanisms and details that the show glosses over. But how could I have stuff I could post during the season, as the episodes came out, AND have something for people to look forward to at the end? The answer seems obvious now, but it took a while to think of making the ideas into a full-length machine that gets built up as the breakdown videos come out. I'm really happy with the system, and VERY glad I posted the breakdown videos during the season. They did pretty well on social media, and they wouldn't have if I saved them all for after the show ended.
As for the machine itself, I'm very pleased with how it turned out! One thing I wanted to do was give each recreated trick some extra level of spice-up and take it one step further than the version on the show. Some ideas were easier to spice up than others; the self-driving car and the secret drawer, for instance, were really hard to make creative new ideas out of, but the construction crane and the roulette wheel ended up being really awesome tricks, in my opinion! Although the overall style of this machine is pretty simplistic and short, I think it's really satisfying to watch and looks really good aesthetically. It was also a ton of fun to build, there were barely any major difficulties with any of the tricks, so it came together really easily. And it was very reliable on top of that, so testing was also a breeze. Gotta love a nice, stress-free machine! The hardest part was building the entire thing in sequence, since I couldn't have anything from future episodes on the table while filming the breakdown videos. So I had to make sure I planned out exactly how all seven ideas would fit together on the table, and just hope I could make them all fit. Luckily, it all worked out!
MACHINE STATS:
Time taken to build: ~5 weeks
Number of fails: 16 for handheld, 18 for overhead
Time: 47s
Favorite trick: Roulette Wheel (0:37)
Most fails: Wagon (0:28)
Most unreliable: Wagon
Most frustrating: Roulette Wheel
#DominoMasters
MUSIC:
meganeko & RoccoW - Breathe
youtu.be/rQ00fv5i2rE
Follow meganeko: meganeko.bandcamp.com
Follow RoccoW: roccow.bandcamp.com
Want to hang out with other chain reaction artists and enthusiasts? Join the official Domino & Machine Community Discord server! discord.gg/9x8trKhS8K
I am also interested in commissioned work, such as live events, commercials, or product placements. Contact me via e-mail at jackofallspades98@gmail.com if you have any questions.
I selected 7 tricks that I built on Domino Masters, recreated them at a smaller scale, added a little extra spice-up to each one, and combined them all into one machine!
Support me on Patreon! patreon.com/jackofallspades98
LINKS:
Behind the scenes breakdown video: youtu.be/L1yLVLxVSrg
When I saw the first episode of Domino Masters, I saw just how much detail was getting cut. Obviously, when condensing a 16-hour build into ~20 minutes, inevitably there's not enough time for everything. But with all the work I put into the tricks I built on the show, it would be a shame if the little details and clever solutions never saw the light of day.
So I decided I wanted to recreate some of the tricks I built, and highlight some of the mechanisms and details that the show glosses over. But how could I have stuff I could post during the season, as the episodes came out, AND have something for people to look forward to at the end? The answer seems obvious now, but it took a while to think of making the ideas into a full-length machine that gets built up as the breakdown videos come out. I'm really happy with the system, and VERY glad I posted the breakdown videos during the season. They did pretty well on social media, and they wouldn't have if I saved them all for after the show ended.
As for the machine itself, I'm very pleased with how it turned out! One thing I wanted to do was give each recreated trick some extra level of spice-up and take it one step further than the version on the show. Some ideas were easier to spice up than others; the self-driving car and the secret drawer, for instance, were really hard to make creative new ideas out of, but the construction crane and the roulette wheel ended up being really awesome tricks, in my opinion! Although the overall style of this machine is pretty simplistic and short, I think it's really satisfying to watch and looks really good aesthetically. It was also a ton of fun to build, there were barely any major difficulties with any of the tricks, so it came together really easily. And it was very reliable on top of that, so testing was also a breeze. Gotta love a nice, stress-free machine! The hardest part was building the entire thing in sequence, since I couldn't have anything from future episodes on the table while filming the breakdown videos. So I had to make sure I planned out exactly how all seven ideas would fit together on the table, and just hope I could make them all fit. Luckily, it all worked out!
MACHINE STATS:
Time taken to build: ~5 weeks
Number of fails: 16 for handheld, 18 for overhead
Time: 47s
Favorite trick: Roulette Wheel (0:37)
Most fails: Wagon (0:28)
Most unreliable: Wagon
Most frustrating: Roulette Wheel
#DominoMasters
MUSIC:
meganeko & RoccoW - Breathe
youtu.be/rQ00fv5i2rE
Follow meganeko: meganeko.bandcamp.com
Follow RoccoW: roccow.bandcamp.com
Want to hang out with other chain reaction artists and enthusiasts? Join the official Domino & Machine Community Discord server! discord.gg/9x8trKhS8K
I am also interested in commissioned work, such as live events, commercials, or product placements. Contact me via e-mail at jackofallspades98@gmail.com if you have any questions.
