How to Make a BuckyBall Sphere?

First make 24 triangles of 9 BuckyBalls each. Connect Each by their bases. Then perform a "zig zag" shape by connecting the sides of the connected triangles as seen in the video. Pick up the creation carefully and let the buckyballs do the work with a little help from you to make sure all the bucky balls fit right into their spaces. There, you got your sphere/hockey puck creation. Enjoy! come back soon for more creations.

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[gavin479]

bucky balls is a shortened name for Buckminsterfullerenes, which is the third allotrope of Carbon. its got nothing to do with magnets...

[Ragman1895]

@gavin479 Yes, but the name of the product is Buckyballs by Zoomdoggle. It is a toy.

[vladimir0B]

haha nice "sphere"

[joebharner1]

For those who only have the basic 5*5*5 (125) cube of buckyballs, you can make this same sphere with 6-ball triangles. Its more difficult as the pieces want to deform when building with the 6 piece triangles, but its otherwise done the same way.

[CwisyLiu]

If you remove the last 4 triangles, it will make a more "spherical" shape.

[mrfizzyalex]

looks more like a pancake

[ImABeast459]

@THEPOTATOFREAK1 then you only have 189 bucky balls

[i2chip]

@gavin479 i have google too bro..

[tjp1451]

@gavin479 Thank you Dr. Science!

[frights1]

@shithawk12345 Either side is a base they are all equil

[THEPOTATOFREAK1]

my set only makes 21 triangles

[Ukrazianation]

how? every time I try to make a triangle it turns into a line or a circle

[NoUsernameNeeded100]

Keep 4 triangles to make a sphere.