Building a Lego MP3 Player

Step 8 Finishing off

Because so much had been carved out, the original bumps didn't keep the cover in place. I thought of using magnets, but couldn't find any. In the end I glued little metal rods into it which made it (sort of) click into place when you close it. At least it holds.

So what next? I hoped to add a light to this - the original had a light on it, but it was made of two SMT LEDs so there wasn't a hope in moving them, and if I replaced the bump above it with a clear one it wouldn't look balanced at all. I would also like to desolder and resolder the USB port to be a bit more logical - at the moment you have to insert it upside down, because of the crappy design of the original player which needed to be inserted with the battery compartment on top.

But for now, I'm off to listen to my favorite tracks on my new Lego MP3 player. Hmm, needs a better name. Lego-MP3? MP3-Brick?

Comments

[walking tree]

 it should be LP3

[marffy]

pretty cool, to bad there is no screen

[dadoman]

mplego asd!