If you were really into your Legos, you might have experimented with their Technic products that made the leap from static building blocks to creating working, moving machines.
Turns out even the folks at Lego and BMW like tinkering with Technic. When the two collaborated to build a model of a BMW R 1200 GS Adventure motorbike, they didn't realize what they'd made at first. But, after some playing, they figured out that the motorbike could be re-formed as a sweet-looking hover bike.
A group of designers at the BMW Junior Company were so impressed with this cool concept that they decided to make a full-size replica.
The project proved to be a great learning opportunity for the young trainees. "It was incredibly inspiring to see colleagues from different disciplines working with our trainees. Everyone involved in this project learned an awful lot," said BMW's trainer for technical model-making, Markus Kollmannsperger.
You can't argue with the results. Obviously it's not a working hover bike – that would be too awesome to believe – but it's not hard to imagine soaring through a futuristic city-scape on this sleek ride.
"It was a great idea and a superb creative challenge to develop a fictitious model from the parts of the LEGO Technic BMW R 1200 GS Adventure set. Our concept not only incorporates the BMW Motorrad design DNA with typical elements such as the boxer engine and the characteristic GS silhouette, it also draws on the LEGO Technic stylistic idiom," BMW's Head of Motorrad Vehicle Design, Alexander Buckan, said.
BMW displayed the replica at Lego World in Copenhagen and plans to show it off at a few of their facilities around Europe, like the BMW Welt in Munich.
Here's hoping the real thing isn't that far off, either, because man does it look amazing.
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