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Thank you! Glad you think so.

Thanks a lot 👍

The windmill, yes.

Thanks a lot!

Thanks a lot! May I ask? What do you think of the AI voice reading the explanation comments? Does it help following the video or is it rather distracting/annoying?

@@MarbelHeroes I think, it can definitely help

Thank you 🤗

Hahaha! Good idea for Christmas time! :-)

Btw, I wanted to post a comment on your latest video (great one again!) and could not. Could it be that you selected the option "yes, special for children"?. In this case, comments get deactivated. I was particularly happy to see your comments on "The Clash" album, brought me some old years back. I saw them in concert in Paris in the early eighties, was a great moment :-)!

@@MarbelHeroes We can't quite figure out how some videos allow commenting and others don't! We make the proper selections to allow commenting... but most videos with Devon do block commenting... even his music videos on my main channel. You'll notice that most Gravitrax videos - except the first few - all have Devon spinning an LP! We love our Rock'N'Roll!

@@GravitraxMarbleRunsbyDnD Sure, I noticed. I also still have my LPs but rarely listen to them. Maybe I should change that ;-).

Thanks for your question. We have no printer (no space for it, unfortunately ), thus we buy them. We'll probably issue a "construction details" part for this track too soon, where you can see where we bought them, in case you are interested.

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Interesting! Did not know this. Thanks!

Thank you!

Thanks for your compliment! Yes, that was definitely a special one :-)!

Yes, "that's the way I like it" :-)

Thanks! The track is still in the showcase, by the way. But we'll have to dismantle it because someone threw a stone at the Bank window and it will have to be changed, which cannot happen with the track next to it :-(.

@@MarbelHeroes oh😬

Thank you!

Thanks a lot!

Thank you!

Merci!

Thanks a lot!

Thank you! If I had your sorcerer powers, I could try to build even bigger ones :-)

Thanks!

Hahaha! Once in a while... :-)

It definitely is! And the noise made by these hundreds of marbles running at the same time: Mesmerizing! Thanks for the nice comment! The next tracks of the same type are on their way ;-)

Thank a lot for your very nice comment and constructive critic. I will try to take this into consideration in my next "explanation" video. Thanks again!

Thank you!

Happy to read that you like our videos :-).

Yes, it was an unexpected effect. We did not try with marbles arriving with a smaller speed, though. Then, it might be that the 'flipback effect' does not take place and that you have a switch of direction after each marble. Have a nice sunday!

Thank you for your comment. You can find the CM3D product here: cm3dshop.de/. Enjoy!

thank you so mucht@@MarbelHeroes I'm already in contact but strange it cannot be found wit a search it is good stuff they make!

Thank you for your comment! That's absolutely accurate. One of the remarkable aspects of Gravitrax is its versatility, offering numerous avenues for enjoyment. Some enthusiasts delight in constructing expansive tracks that span entire rooms, while others relish the challenge of devising intricate tricks, even if they succeed only occasionally. There are also those who craft meticulously symmetrical Mandala-like tracks, among other creative endeavors. Personally, I find joy in occasionally designing what you refer to as "marble machines" - setups where hundreds of marbles continuously cascade in various directions. I then enjoy capturing detailed footage of these mesmerizing motions, trying to compile them into captivating videos, and concluding with explanations of the machine's mechanics.

Sure, here it is: cm3dshop.de/

@@MarbelHeroes Thank you!

@MarbelHeroes oh! Would you happen to know if they do international shipping?

You're welcome! Enjoy your big funnels then!

I don't know that but you can certainly ask (info@cm3dshop.de). I just saw on their website that they wrote "Andere Länder auf Anfrage", meaning "Other countries on request". They are very customer friendly and always eager to help.

Yes, it is always when you start filming that things start going wrong :-). I use Filmora from Wondershare. It is very good but it is not for free. I had no idea what to take when I started editing and found this one particularly intuitive. Now I am kind of stuck with it, first because I am too lazy to learn a new software and second because I am sometimes want to reuse/modify already created sequences, and this is only possible if I keep working with filmora. But it's ok, I am having as much fun editing the videos as creating the tracks, hence it is a good investment, I guess ;-). Which software do you use?

Hello @@MarbelHeroes I have tried a whole range of software. Also Filmora. Found that I couldn't do enough with the free version, like cropping, cutting out and improving the appearance (color and brightness). Filmora/Wondershare I found very good but really way too expensive. Movavi was a lot cheaper. And I like it just fine, in the end. I can do with it anything I need. And it is really easy to use.

Ja, diese riesigen Trichter machen richtig Spaß. Am Ende von Teil III wird man kurz sehen, wie mein 6-jähriger Sohn und seine Freundin sich ein Spiel ausgedacht haben: bestimmte Kugeln (die Schwarze, die Bunte...) mithilfe eines langen Magnetstabes herauszufischen, während sie zusammen mit 20 weiteren Kugeln auf dem Trichter herumwirbeln. Sie haben das eine Stunde lang gespielt :-).

@@MarbelHeroes das macht bestimmt Spaß 😅

Thanks a lot! Coming from you, means a lot!

@@MarbelHeroes Fun fact: In this family we're classically trained pianists/organists, so this Toccata really has endless layers and memories for us - to which you've just added a completely unexpected and new one now 😉🤗

Oh really!? Then you probably knew that the Rollerball movie from 1975 started with this Toccata. I was looking for a version that I could use for my CZcams video without any Copyright issues and was happy to find this one in the CZcams Audio-Mediathek. Hope that the combination of this masterpiece with my humble track will stay among your positive memories about the Toccata :-).

Auf jeden Fall! Danke für das freundliche Kommentar!

Thanks a lot!

Haha, this happens when French people try to write in English :-). Thanks for the comment!

Hahaha, thanks for the compliment and your honesty! Not sure neither with the video effects :-). But it was worth a try! As we wrote, "something different, for a change"!

@@MarbelHeroes And as I can imagine the fun you had to try all this out, I definitely still have to add: It was brilliantly executed 👍💚 (Your tracks and videos just don't seem to really need it, for me)

Yes, it was a huge fun to try it all. I had the impression that the music was calling for some of the effects :-). Btw, I also like the tiptubes a lot. They are just a little bit tricky to use with infinite tracks, our "hobby". In this track, we had to put them on angled tiles because else, some of them would get stuck, once in a while. Thanks for your nice comments!

Definitely!

Thanks for your comment. Yes, I remember a fb posting of yours where you complained, for good reasons, about this lack of tightness between the tiles. It's funny, no later than yesterday evening, I wrote the scenario for my next video (Part II: Bridges - please do not tell the others :-) and, mentioned exactly this problem. I admire a lot the genius and efforts you put in solving the difficulties with genuine GraviTrax elements (e.g. the mentioned wall putty), like in your Pachinko wall. In my case, I must admit that I do not really mind not using only genuine GraviTrax pieces. Probably partly out of laziness, but also because of a certain lack of space, time and GraviTrax pieces, I usually prefer to involve some of the pragmatic solutions offered by our GraviTrax 3D-part printing friends all over the world in order to get quicker to the wished result.

Thanks a lot for your regular encouraging comments!

Thanks!

Thanks a lot for your compliment!

Thanks a lot! Happy New Year!

Thanks! I must be quite bad in marketing :-)

Thanks for your nice comment and suggestion. I can show more of the track as a whole in the video of our next creation. However, my experience is that on video you get only a fraction of the impression you feel when watching in real life. That's why I usually prefer to show short detail videos. Wish you a nice Christmas time!

True @@MarbelHeroes but... You can show things you normaly cannot. For instance a real topdown view. And the closeups you are making, of course! 😁

Dir auch, lieber Steffen. Hoffentlich hast du nicht zu viel Arbeit mit der Auswertung des Challenges. Danke, dass du es organisiert hast, übrigens!

Thanks a lot! Merry Christmas!