@kaip3517 Thank you for your respect. Have you considered that without God, there is no objective reason to respect (value) one another, or what we do? If our existence were no more intentional than that of a rock, or a puddle of dirty water, then on what basis could we tell other creatures, "don't tread on me"? Can a rock claim to have value? What right would a clump of water-borne chemicals have to enforce that others give it dignity and respect? The very reason that it is wrong to kill, abuse, or disrespect others comes from the principle of property ownership. It is because every piece of art belongs to the artist that created it. The artist owns the artwork. We are God's artwork, and that is what gives each of us our value. This means we are God's property. He has the right to do with us whatever he wishes, even if we don't like it. I find that most people who claim to not believe in God actually do believe in him, but are wrestling with his ownership claim over them. But the alternative (rebellion against God) is not the utopia it might seem. Since God is our owner and our master, he has commanded us to love each other, and will hold us accountable for that command. That is the only basis for why we can expect others to treat us with respect. If our existence were merely accidental instead of God-created, then our annihilation would be no objective loss. Our deaths would be inconsequential. If our value were up to a democratic vote of society, then that value could be easily taken away, as has been demonstrated through multiple instances of genocide carried out by godless regimes over the 20th century. There are even many instances of godless religious people abusing others. It matters not if someone claims to believe in God as a point of mental assent; it only matters if a person has a belief that they demonstrate through their actions. So I think that your practice of respect might possibly be some small evidence that within you is a measure of knowledge-based belief after all?
@@MaskedMarble While I respect the god belief, this is not quite the argument you think it is. I am an atheist, but that is not the extent of my worldview. I am a secular humanist, the belief that all humans should be treated with respect regardless of whether or not a god exists. While, yes, a person can fall into the pit of nihilism when talking about our "accidental" formation and the "inconsequential" nature of our existence, I instead see it as a glory to bask in. We are in the 1% of the 1% of the universe, life where it is unlikely to happen is a more glorious thought (in my opinion) than life where it is destined to happen. The Earth and any other planet we find with life on it in the future are the people who can say, "We may be small, but we are incredible beings formed under harsh conditions". Any and all beings on this planet were formed on this planet, one of, if not the planet in the known universe that can produce and sustain lifeforms. Is this not an incredible thought? Thinking that we need a god is your prerogative, and I won't judge you for it, but saying God or nihilism are the only options is a false dichotomy. There is wonder in how rare we are, so let's come together and say we are beautiful creatures. While some moral values are strictly religious, many are shared across nations because we, as a species, are social. There are advantages to being kind, agreeable, and peaceful, mostly concerning how we interact with others. Beyond that, however, I am moral and kind because the human race is precious and fleeting in the eyes of the universe. I want to see the human race thrive and grow because that is my prerogative. It's not everyone's, but it is mine. tl;dr. I respect your opinion, but your argument is based on lies I've seen told about atheists several times online. God is not necessary in many people's lives, but those people aren't inherently nihilistic. I hope you don't take this the wrong way, just trying to have an honest discussion. Hope you have a great day.
Thanks for your reply. I appreciate you taking the time to discuss. I enjoy dialectic. Let me clear up a misconception so my position is clear. My argument is not based on any lies or presuppositions about atheists, but is merely a logic-based argument derived by taking the atheistic position to its logical conclusion. What you stated above is certainly a valid subjective value statement, but it provides no objective basis for why someone else shouldn't take another's life, for example. It has been said that if there is no absolute morality with which to govern society, then society itself becomes absolute. This might work when society generally agrees to be in wonder that our 1% of 1% chance existence "appears" to be special, but it fails when Nazis rise to power and German and Polish society give in to their latent antisemitism, for example. That society generally agreed that the Jews should not be granted the right to live, and the dissenters were very few. Social-based morality fails every single day to motivate the behavior of those we consider to be immoral. It is not just mutual benefits that create morals and peaceableness, for every lawbreaker and murderer and slanderer and unfaithful husband sees benefits in what they do. Everyone does what is right in their own eyes. And so if a man comes up to me and holds a gun to my head and asks me why he shouldn't kill me, am I going to appeal to some imagined mutual benefit he will gain by staying the trigger? No. I am going to appeal to the fact that none of us are self-existent, and therefore we belong to our creator more than we belong to ourselves. And I am going to remind him that if he destroys God's property (which is me), then he will have to answer to the one who owns both me and him on the day when we must all give an account to our creator. This is the only basis for why murder is wrong. It boils down to property ownership. This also explains why suicide is wrong, and is the one rationale that has kept me alive through many a time of depression or despair. I'm saying that if our existence is accidental, our annihilation would be inconsequential, regardless of what value and importance an atheist projects upon himself and his loved ones. After all, if the atheist is right, all our thoughts are merely imagined perceptions due to chemical and electrical signals that just happened to be arranged so that they give us this perception of a conceptual reality. The man who holds a gun to my head has subjective reasons for killing me, and if all I am is an accidentally glorified glob of molecules, there is no inherent objective value to my life that should give him pause. Why pause to rearrange the molecules in my head with a bullet? After all, their arrangement that gives me coherent thought would have been a mere happenstance anyway, if there is no creator. Why should one arrangement of brain matter (the one where I am a coherent person) be privileged over another state of that same matter (where I am in a vegetative state or dead)? We have no logical basis to assign ourselves a privileged position in the universe such that it should be preserved, if our existence is just an irrational happenstance. We have no right to halt the billions of years of evolutionary change to preserve what we are now in this moment in life, if what produced our existence in the first place is merely an unbroken line of endless change. Again, our subjective feelings may not want to die, but if all we are is material stuff, then we cannot treat the conceptual stuff like love, respect, life, and loyalty to have any value over hate, disrespect, murder, and broken trust. Former atheist C.S. Lewis put it this way: if our minds proceed from an irrational cause, then we cannot trust our minds to be rational, and we must question our ability to do science. Yet we know from our universal experience that our minds are rational, and that we can do repeatable empirical science that produces working technology. This is a great pointer to God's existence, even if we don't personally like the implications. You are corect when you point out that atheists do place value and wonder on life. In fact I have never met an atheist who does not value his own life. But that value and wonder would be unjustified, both personally and socially, if there is no God. The atheist says that our existence is unintended and a mere happenstance of materialistic processes, but then he also claims that he has the right to assign value to that same existence, which is a self-defeating argument. A person who is a random collection of atoms has no basis for exalting himself over any other nonliving random collection of atoms like a rock or moondust. This is not just a nihilistic philosophy; it is objective reality if there is no creator. We can only logically assrt that we have value and rights because we are God's artwork. Even subjective self-assigned value ceases to exist once self dies, if there is no God or no afterlife. So to presume that we can assign ourselves value while we live is a non-sequitur. Where do we derive the authority to wonder at ourselves as if we were remarkable, if remarkableness itself is only some random chain of sparks and hormones tickling our brains in such a way that we perceive the sensation as valuable? But in reality that chain of electricity and chemicals is inherently no different than any other. This is what I base my arguments on...I start with the atheistic premise that either says "there is no god" or "I don't believe there is a god", and I look at its logical implications if that premise were true.
The fact that the cathedral itself can be copied and translated into other building styles and materials and still look stunning shows what a masterpiece of architecture and art it truly is.
Even when the Cathedral caught fire, it was still sensational. The cross inside of Notre Dame gleamed above the rubble like a phoenix, the fire tried to kill it but the fire inside saved it.
Where do I start!! The start with the window, the clock striking midnight, the tower spinning, the lights at the end. Each part of this took my breath away like when I stepped into the real Notre Dame over 7 years ago. Well done!!
I am 36 year old mechanic and Lego lover and I never thought any kind of creation with system toy would ever made me so amazed. This is just something new and sooo ambitious. Such incredible footage too. Im in shock
I am speechless, this is an incredible production and I would never believe I would spend time watching marbles running through Notre Dam. Great work! And it certainly sells how cool Gravitrax is.
when i was 8, like 31 years ago, i made my own "marble run" with pvc pipes and and other random pipes and tubes that started at the top of a tree. even added a water hose at the top so it was a water/marble run. its so cool to see that this has become its own little toy with such neat contraptions so ppl can experience the simple joy it brings.
The only take away was that the music overlapped the beautiful sound of the marbles. There were times it got louder. But this was a thing of beauty, a sheer masterpiece.
Yeah, behind the beautiful sound of the marbles was often a loud kid that needed to be muted in many clips, and the noisy fans of GVR video lights that are noticeable without the soundtrack. So choreography and professional sound mixing was the next best thing. But if you enjoy marble sounds, check out the separate Masked Marble ASMR channel, where I record marble runs with smaller fanless lights and when no kids are around. Thanks for watching! 🤠
Crazy to think that nowadays you can take something you enjoyed playing with as a kid all the way into your adulthood and build it into a revenue stream. Love it.
Wow, that's some great way of showcasing the possibilities of these product. Ravensburger must have been very happy with the endresult. I've seen Gravi Trax in stores, but never thought one would create such marvel creation.
Great, now put a marble run entirely within the real Norte dame cathedral, and then sculpt an even bigger Norte dame out of the moon and then put a marble run in that
I've liked Marbel runs but never could get myself to build one, mostly because I would love it if Marbel runs once started kept running for hours or I guess until they failed, so the Marbel that reaches the end somehow gets back to the start and it goes again. Anyway, your builds all looked very cool. Thanks for sharing.
I have never seen your channel before now, this has absolutely blown me away, the design, construction, the detail and then for it to function is incredible. Congratulations for the ability to bring this to the world.
Wow this build looks EPIC Try doing Saint Basil's next, although this might be very hard due to its unique shapes and architecture. Also this deserves a lot more attention, the amount of effort it took.
I’m just imagining some added automatic reset systems update to this just to have it as some major client/customer facing location cycling every few hours
Man what an amazing video was this! Incredible build, that turning spine was really amazing to watch! 😱😱 Keep doing more of this things 'cause I really love to see GraviTrax used like that!🤩
the catch at the end was so good :p loved how the bells rang, and the tower up top that spun :D didnt miss the little mans hiding in there either :D nice work
There was no modeling, just spreadsheet math for scaling dimensions off of 2D plans. Yes, I got to keep the parts which Ravensburger sent as part of the sponsorship.
@MaskedMarble wow, from Scratch, this is amazing!! Even as an experienced builder! 😎👏🙏🍾 Can't wait for more projects with a whole garage of parts. Big sponsorship for skilled hands! Loved it! 🙏🇩🇪
Imagine if the marbles were hollow and more than big enough for a person or even a couple to enter in with movable, comfy seats for safety, along with lots of additional safety mechanisms, how big would the Notre Dame Marble run be
The small foam model is the National Geographic Cubicfun Notre Dame kit that can be found with a Google Search. The card I found on Ebay, so you'd have to search for that as well. The larger puzzle model was a Puzz-3D brand Notre Dame which may be discontinued, but if you search for Notre Dame foam puzzle, you will find newer brand puzzles that are similar. Check out my community tab...I'll post a screenshot for you of my Notre Dame model planning sheet that includes all the models I used, along with many other models in this size range that I didn't use, with their dimensions and scales.
@aureliusprimus If LE means light effects, I added model railroad lampposts and spotlights mounted to GraviTrax spacer tiles, with small gauge wires run under the baseboards to 2 lighting controller boards. You can see a glimpse of the wiring in this post: ua-cam.com/users/postUgkxUwR6zpxz8nIvRMglFnWViS9EUGN_d1nk Inside the cathedral were strings of very small LED Christmas lights run through the walls and taped to the ceiling. You can briefly see those taped to the ceiling up above at 8:22 and 9:14.
@MaskedMarble The great marble race was a set of videos where a dude commentates on a set of marble races down a track, and it's set up like a Nascar arena Edit: Jelles marble run is the name of the channel
It may appear that way, but in this life, things don't satisfy. The human soul reverberates with echoes of its birth. It's not fulfilled until it finds the essence of its worth.
Wow....i am a 60 year old kid! lol and i really enjoy my rather mediocre gravitrax sets (currently 2 only!). This hads definitely inspired me...all the best
What I wanna know...where did he get those shiny marbles? I ain't ever seen marbles that shiny. I'm on a bit of a nostalgia kick and have been trying to get a few different types of marbles because my maternal grandmother liked playing them with me as a kid and as I've gotten older I've started looking into stuff like jacks and marbles more...and I ain't seen shiny marbles like that before. Also thanks to that nostalgia I'm more than a tiny bit obsessed with the idea of Harry Potter Gobstones and those shiny marbles are pretty much dead ringers for the house colors of Hogwarts.
Yes, it's really hard to estimate the cost, because a lot of parts were provided by Ravensburger in sets and in bulk pieces. But I've estimated that it would have cost $40,000 to obtain all the pieces in this build by purchasing sets, mainly because some of these pieces only come 1x or 2x per set.
I can say this has satisfied me in the most perfect way my good man you have done good from ages down to down this is beautiful in anyway a human can think the detail the combinations the building skill is amazing you’ve impressed me for ages down and down you’ve made grand mans happy from people like this and me very happy this is truely a master piece I pay my respects with this comment
Wow ! What a great work ! So respectful for our cathedral, Notre Dame de Paris. Indeed, the end is very moving with this very well chosen music. I watched domino competitions and UA-cam suggested your channel to me. I just subscribed. 😘❤️🇫🇷🇨🇦🏳️🌈
I see a like button, but where's the love button? it must be really hard working on the tracks inside! I'm having trouble with my fat fingers just with basic vertical builds! Camera work inside the structure is surreal too!
It was tough. There were not a lot of opportunities to make the build so that I could have access to the tracks inside. Small cameras from Insta360 and sometimes removing a rose window were necessary to film everything.
@@MaskedMarble aha, the hard work that goes into making this that we don't see in the video! Since there aren't many chances to reach inside to tweak the tracks, I suppose you had to make a section's course perfect (and reliable) before closing it up and moving on. Truth be told, I was a little worried watching the long spiral path as it shakes violently, thinking, 'don't break, don't break'! Really great stuff. Can't stress that enough.
The indie video game hextraction was first, being developed a decade ago, then came GraviTrax in 2018, then the hextraction 3D tile system by Zack Freedman - his video was released less than 2 years ago. Although he may have had it in development earlier.
Hey Chris! I love your videos and strive to be like you, and I have a few questions. I noticed that you are one of the biggest gravitrax UA-camrs, so I wonder: How much cash do you earn only from UA-cam? And also another question… How do you get a Ravensbuger Sponsorship?
Adsense RPM (Revenue per mille) in this genre is really low compared to tech/tutorial/gaming niches whose RPM is $15 to $45 or more. My channel's RPM ranges from $2.69 to $3.11. Which is a bit disappointing since for example a video with RPM of $3.11 has a CPM of $8.28, and UA-cam is supposed to only take 45% and give the creator 55%, but they make it impossible to trace and verify the calculations yourself. Ravenbsurger's sponsorship was their initiative. I did this as a hobby then they reached out to me. But I do recommend UA-camrs reach out and pitch to the companies they would like sponsorships from.
Yes, definitely. If you follow my Amazon affiliate link in the description, search for the GraviTrax PRO Expansion which is less expensive than the PRO Vertical Stsrter Set for adding more pillars and walls. But there are some PRO pieces it doesn't have. I have a comparison video comparing the PRO starter and the PRO extension if you want to see the differences.
Well, I'm only commenting on this great video now, even though I've already watched it at least 20 times. Your lanes are by far the best you can find on UA-cam worldwide. You would deserve the honor for the World Rector awarded at the Builder Event. With your impressive constructions, you will reach many, many thousands of people around the world. never give up and keep on doing such fantastic content. Your channel deserves to be even more successful, but you are already the most famous and popular GraviTraxer ever. Thank you so much for this incredible masterpiece. May Almighty God in heaven bless you and hold His hands over you. God is love.
Which ones are you interested in? Most of the 3D parts generated for this build were not general-use, but specifically printed for this build. However, there were a few general use pieces like the zig zag rails which can be purchased on Etsy or 3D printed on your own using designs freely available on Thingiverse or Makerwold or Printables.
Yes, I didn't know the official Lego model was being released. That would have been fun to include. Unfortunately, filming for this video wrapped in early March.
That whole final scene with the music and motion just gave me all the chills; never thought a marble run could do that.
Thanks! I've really liked that music ever since I was a kid. 🤠
@@MaskedMarble honestly, I don't really believe in god myself, but I do respect both your building skills with gravitrax, AND your opinion on god.
@kaip3517 Thank you for your respect. Have you considered that without God, there is no objective reason to respect (value) one another, or what we do? If our existence were no more intentional than that of a rock, or a puddle of dirty water, then on what basis could we tell other creatures, "don't tread on me"? Can a rock claim to have value? What right would a clump of water-borne chemicals have to enforce that others give it dignity and respect?
The very reason that it is wrong to kill, abuse, or disrespect others comes from the principle of property ownership. It is because every piece of art belongs to the artist that created it. The artist owns the artwork. We are God's artwork, and that is what gives each of us our value. This means we are God's property. He has the right to do with us whatever he wishes, even if we don't like it. I find that most people who claim to not believe in God actually do believe in him, but are wrestling with his ownership claim over them.
But the alternative (rebellion against God) is not the utopia it might seem. Since God is our owner and our master, he has commanded us to love each other, and will hold us accountable for that command. That is the only basis for why we can expect others to treat us with respect. If our existence were merely accidental instead of God-created, then our annihilation would be no objective loss. Our deaths would be inconsequential. If our value were up to a democratic vote of society, then that value could be easily taken away, as has been demonstrated through multiple instances of genocide carried out by godless regimes over the 20th century. There are even many instances of godless religious people abusing others. It matters not if someone claims to believe in God as a point of mental assent; it only matters if a person has a belief that they demonstrate through their actions.
So I think that your practice of respect might possibly be some small evidence that within you is a measure of knowledge-based belief after all?
@@MaskedMarble While I respect the god belief, this is not quite the argument you think it is.
I am an atheist, but that is not the extent of my worldview. I am a secular humanist, the belief that all humans should be treated with respect regardless of whether or not a god exists. While, yes, a person can fall into the pit of nihilism when talking about our "accidental" formation and the "inconsequential" nature of our existence, I instead see it as a glory to bask in. We are in the 1% of the 1% of the universe, life where it is unlikely to happen is a more glorious thought (in my opinion) than life where it is destined to happen.
The Earth and any other planet we find with life on it in the future are the people who can say, "We may be small, but we are incredible beings formed under harsh conditions". Any and all beings on this planet were formed on this planet, one of, if not the planet in the known universe that can produce and sustain lifeforms. Is this not an incredible thought? Thinking that we need a god is your prerogative, and I won't judge you for it, but saying God or nihilism are the only options is a false dichotomy. There is wonder in how rare we are, so let's come together and say we are beautiful creatures.
While some moral values are strictly religious, many are shared across nations because we, as a species, are social. There are advantages to being kind, agreeable, and peaceful, mostly concerning how we interact with others. Beyond that, however, I am moral and kind because the human race is precious and fleeting in the eyes of the universe. I want to see the human race thrive and grow because that is my prerogative. It's not everyone's, but it is mine.
tl;dr. I respect your opinion, but your argument is based on lies I've seen told about atheists several times online. God is not necessary in many people's lives, but those people aren't inherently nihilistic.
I hope you don't take this the wrong way, just trying to have an honest discussion. Hope you have a great day.
Thanks for your reply. I appreciate you taking the time to discuss. I enjoy dialectic.
Let me clear up a misconception so my position is clear. My argument is not based on any lies or presuppositions about atheists, but is merely a logic-based argument derived by taking the atheistic position to its logical conclusion. What you stated above is certainly a valid subjective value statement, but it provides no objective basis for why someone else shouldn't take another's life, for example. It has been said that if there is no absolute morality with which to govern society, then society itself becomes absolute. This might work when society generally agrees to be in wonder that our 1% of 1% chance existence "appears" to be special, but it fails when Nazis rise to power and German and Polish society give in to their latent antisemitism, for example. That society generally agreed that the Jews should not be granted the right to live, and the dissenters were very few. Social-based morality fails every single day to motivate the behavior of those we consider to be immoral.
It is not just mutual benefits that create morals and peaceableness, for every lawbreaker and murderer and slanderer and unfaithful husband sees benefits in what they do. Everyone does what is right in their own eyes. And so if a man comes up to me and holds a gun to my head and asks me why he shouldn't kill me, am I going to appeal to some imagined mutual benefit he will gain by staying the trigger? No. I am going to appeal to the fact that none of us are self-existent, and therefore we belong to our creator more than we belong to ourselves. And I am going to remind him that if he destroys God's property (which is me), then he will have to answer to the one who owns both me and him on the day when we must all give an account to our creator. This is the only basis for why murder is wrong. It boils down to property ownership. This also explains why suicide is wrong, and is the one rationale that has kept me alive through many a time of depression or despair.
I'm saying that if our existence is accidental, our annihilation would be inconsequential, regardless of what value and importance an atheist projects upon himself and his loved ones. After all, if the atheist is right, all our thoughts are merely imagined perceptions due to chemical and electrical signals that just happened to be arranged so that they give us this perception of a conceptual reality.
The man who holds a gun to my head has subjective reasons for killing me, and if all I am is an accidentally glorified glob of molecules, there is no inherent objective value to my life that should give him pause. Why pause to rearrange the molecules in my head with a bullet? After all, their arrangement that gives me coherent thought would have been a mere happenstance anyway, if there is no creator. Why should one arrangement of brain matter (the one where I am a coherent person) be privileged over another state of that same matter (where I am in a vegetative state or dead)? We have no logical basis to assign ourselves a privileged position in the universe such that it should be preserved, if our existence is just an irrational happenstance. We have no right to halt the billions of years of evolutionary change to preserve what we are now in this moment in life, if what produced our existence in the first place is merely an unbroken line of endless change.
Again, our subjective feelings may not want to die, but if all we are is material stuff, then we cannot treat the conceptual stuff like love, respect, life, and loyalty to have any value over hate, disrespect, murder, and broken trust.
Former atheist C.S. Lewis put it this way: if our minds proceed from an irrational cause, then we cannot trust our minds to be rational, and we must question our ability to do science. Yet we know from our universal experience that our minds are rational, and that we can do repeatable empirical science that produces working technology. This is a great pointer to God's existence, even if we don't personally like the implications.
You are corect when you point out that atheists do place value and wonder on life. In fact I have never met an atheist who does not value his own life. But that value and wonder would be unjustified, both personally and socially, if there is no God. The atheist says that our existence is unintended and a mere happenstance of materialistic processes, but then he also claims that he has the right to assign value to that same existence, which is a self-defeating argument. A person who is a random collection of atoms has no basis for exalting himself over any other nonliving random collection of atoms like a rock or moondust. This is not just a nihilistic philosophy; it is objective reality if there is no creator.
We can only logically assrt that we have value and rights because we are God's artwork. Even subjective self-assigned value ceases to exist once self dies, if there is no God or no afterlife. So to presume that we can assign ourselves value while we live is a non-sequitur. Where do we derive the authority to wonder at ourselves as if we were remarkable, if remarkableness itself is only some random chain of sparks and hormones tickling our brains in such a way that we perceive the sensation as valuable? But in reality that chain of electricity and chemicals is inherently no different than any other.
This is what I base my arguments on...I start with the atheistic premise that either says "there is no god" or "I don't believe there is a god", and I look at its logical implications if that premise were true.
The fact that the cathedral itself can be copied and translated into other building styles and materials and still look stunning shows what a masterpiece of architecture and art it truly is.
Even when the Cathedral caught fire, it was still sensational. The cross inside of Notre Dame gleamed above the rubble like a phoenix, the fire tried to kill it but the fire inside saved it.
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2:15 "Do not do this at the real cathedral"
Man, there go my weekend plans...
Pretty sure you would be worshipped like a god if you could do that
love the aesthetics of a neon green and black Notre Dame. Very Matrixy
Necron cathedral...
@@EvanCimmersaye, immediately remind me to wh40k
This masterpiece must be in a museum this is an incredible ingenuity, amazingly detailed and an amazing tribute to Notre Dame
1:47 Bandito
6:42 Hero
9:00 Quasimodo
Just so people have better access to find them.
I will use it to know the time where the figure appeared
After I saw Quasimodo I got excited that I was about to find all 3. Guess I didn't.
TYSM❤
I was able to catch all three.
That first one slipped past me
Absolutely, gloriously gorgeous!
Thank you so much!
Unlike at my cousins house "oh my diddly goozeiliing gracious"
Took the words right out of my mouth.
Where do I start!! The start with the window, the clock striking midnight, the tower spinning, the lights at the end. Each part of this took my breath away like when I stepped into the real Notre Dame over 7 years ago. Well done!!
I am 36 year old mechanic and Lego lover and I never thought any kind of creation with system toy would ever made me so amazed.
This is just something new and sooo ambitious. Such incredible footage too.
Im in shock
Glad you enjoyed it!
I am speechless, this is an incredible production and I would never believe I would spend time watching marbles running through Notre Dam. Great work! And it certainly sells how cool Gravitrax is.
when i was 8, like 31 years ago, i made my own "marble run" with pvc pipes and and other random pipes and tubes that started at the top of a tree. even added a water hose at the top so it was a water/marble run. its so cool to see that this has become its own little toy with such neat contraptions so ppl can experience the simple joy it brings.
I've re-uploaded this video with improved sound mix and color correction. Enjoy!
This is a first time I watched a video about marbles...and boy I'm so glad it was. This is amazing!
he needs more atention for that masterpice
The only take away was that the music overlapped the beautiful sound of the marbles.
There were times it got louder.
But this was a thing of beauty, a sheer masterpiece.
Yeah, behind the beautiful sound of the marbles was often a loud kid that needed to be muted in many clips, and the noisy fans of GVR video lights that are noticeable without the soundtrack. So choreography and professional sound mixing was the next best thing. But if you enjoy marble sounds, check out the separate Masked Marble ASMR channel, where I record marble runs with smaller fanless lights and when no kids are around. Thanks for watching! 🤠
@MaskedMarble blasted kids and their kid shenanigans. Always kiddifying amazing creations behind the scenes.
Thanks for the clarification.
Crazy to think that nowadays you can take something you enjoyed playing with as a kid all the way into your adulthood and build it into a revenue stream. Love it.
It's like making a hobby into your job!
Wow, what a nice way to celebrate the almost-finished real cathedral. You're a genius...!
Wow, that's some great way of showcasing the possibilities of these product. Ravensburger must have been very happy with the endresult. I've seen Gravi Trax in stores, but never thought one would create such marvel creation.
Great, now put a marble run entirely within the real Norte dame cathedral, and then sculpt an even bigger Norte dame out of the moon and then put a marble run in that
Mind-blowing! What a wonderfully wacky way to spend your day! So fun to see it in action. Tyvm for posting!
I love how he puts so much time and effort in his builds.
As someone currently visiting a city with a Notre Dame cathedral, these things are absolutely beautiful and an amazing place to visit.
Ok, it’s a basilica, but still stunning nonetheless.
I've liked Marbel runs but never could get myself to build one, mostly because I would love it if Marbel runs once started kept running for hours or I guess until they failed, so the Marbel that reaches the end somehow gets back to the start and it goes again. Anyway, your builds all looked very cool. Thanks for sharing.
I have never seen your channel before now, this has absolutely blown me away, the design, construction, the detail and then for it to function is incredible.
Congratulations for the ability to bring this to the world.
Wow this build looks EPIC
Try doing Saint Basil's next, although this might be very hard due to its unique shapes and architecture.
Also this deserves a lot more attention, the amount of effort it took.
Why isn't this more viral? Most Epic!
I really know this game it's like this like you can make whatever marble run you want to make
The end was sooooooooo cool
I’m just imagining some added automatic reset systems update to this just to have it as some major client/customer facing location cycling every few hours
That would be great!
What tf did I just watch !? That is impressive man
This man has and infnite amount of sanity. I have no words.
Best marble run ever! Simply divine! 😉
I appreciate your kind words, pardner! 🤠
Give this man an Oscar for camera work
Thanks, that's very kind of you to say. 🤠 Trying to improve a little bit with every video.
Thats amazing. If you were to double the scale again, what materials would you build with?
I think Lego would be cool but I shudder at the cost.
Man what an amazing video was this! Incredible build, that turning spine was really amazing to watch! 😱😱 Keep doing more of this things 'cause I really love to see GraviTrax used like that!🤩
the catch at the end was so good :p loved how the bells rang, and the tower up top that spun :D didnt miss the little mans hiding in there either :D nice work
1:05 i found them! HERO, BANDITO, and QUASIMODO! They're right there! At this time stamp of this video!
Funny!
If that marble has 360 camera in it, that would be sick!!!!
I would love that.
Wow!! 😱😎🇩🇪
Did you pay for all the extra parts or could you even keep them?
Did you model the cathedral before in a software?
There was no modeling, just spreadsheet math for scaling dimensions off of 2D plans. Yes, I got to keep the parts which Ravensburger sent as part of the sponsorship.
@MaskedMarble wow, from Scratch, this is amazing!! Even as an experienced builder! 😎👏🙏🍾
Can't wait for more projects with a whole garage of parts. Big sponsorship for skilled hands! Loved it! 🙏🇩🇪
Imagine if the marbles were hollow and more than big enough for a person or even a couple to enter in with movable, comfy seats for safety, along with lots of additional safety mechanisms, how big would the Notre Dame Marble run be
Sounds like the beginnings of a new theme park ride! 🤠
Just notre dame
Links to the foam, card and puzzle models? I’m a gothic architecture fanatic and honestly these tiny models are the perfect decor for my room
The small foam model is the National Geographic Cubicfun Notre Dame kit that can be found with a Google Search. The card I found on Ebay, so you'd have to search for that as well. The larger puzzle model was a Puzz-3D brand Notre Dame which may be discontinued, but if you search for Notre Dame foam puzzle, you will find newer brand puzzles that are similar.
Check out my community tab...I'll post a screenshot for you of my Notre Dame model planning sheet that includes all the models I used, along with many other models in this size range that I didn't use, with their dimensions and scales.
The fact that there indeed is a Lego Notre Dame
Beautiful and so impressive !! Lights at the end also ? Greetings from France 😀
Merci! 🇫🇷
@@MaskedMarble WXhat sort of LE s did you use at the end of the video ? 😀 Greetings from France
@aureliusprimus If LE means light effects, I added model railroad lampposts and spotlights mounted to GraviTrax spacer tiles, with small gauge wires run under the baseboards to 2 lighting controller boards. You can see a glimpse of the wiring in this post: ua-cam.com/users/postUgkxUwR6zpxz8nIvRMglFnWViS9EUGN_d1nk Inside the cathedral were strings of very small LED Christmas lights run through the walls and taped to the ceiling. You can briefly see those taped to the ceiling up above at 8:22 and 9:14.
@@MaskedMarble Oh that's very fine and very impressive my friend !! Greetings !! 😀
Closest thing to visiting Notre Dame is by playing Assassins Creed Unity💀
Yes, I referred to some UA-cam videos of the game in designing this build.
I'm 23, and this brought back countless memories and hours watching the Great Marble Race back in high school
I'm not sure what the Great Marble Race is. Was it a UA-cam channel, or a tv show, or a computer game?
@MaskedMarble The great marble race was a set of videos where a dude commentates on a set of marble races down a track, and it's set up like a Nascar arena
Edit: Jelles marble run is the name of the channel
You used probably my favorite track from the Hooked on Classics album.
Looking at your room, you seem like you have a satisfied life or are finding things to keep yourself to stay satisfied. Bravo.
It may appear that way, but in this life, things don't satisfy. The human soul reverberates with echoes of its birth. It's not fulfilled until it finds the essence of its worth.
This was so cool! Thanks or sharing those interesting tidbits about the fire rooster. I didn't know that and it was so cool. ☺️
this is a true masterpiece. wow. I am so impressed.
What a masterpiece and a beautiful build too. Thanks for posting this as well. Have a nice day.
This track is absolutely amazing. I love it! The nicest track I‘ve ever seen in my life!
Thanks!
Found Quasi, and holy crap!! That was amazing. You are definitely a very talented and creative builder. Awesome job!!
This man gets it. i really enjoyed this video
I found them
Bandito 1:46
Hero 6:42
Quasimodo 9:00
Or you can do this
Hero, Bandito, and Quasimodo 1:01
I stumbled across this. I am not part of the community.
BUT
This might be the most unbelievable thing ive ever seen in my life
Wow....i am a 60 year old kid! lol and i really enjoy my rather mediocre gravitrax sets (currently 2 only!). This hads definitely inspired me...all the best
What I wanna know...where did he get those shiny marbles? I ain't ever seen marbles that shiny. I'm on a bit of a nostalgia kick and have been trying to get a few different types of marbles because my maternal grandmother liked playing them with me as a kid and as I've gotten older I've started looking into stuff like jacks and marbles more...and I ain't seen shiny marbles like that before. Also thanks to that nostalgia I'm more than a tiny bit obsessed with the idea of Harry Potter Gobstones and those shiny marbles are pretty much dead ringers for the house colors of Hogwarts.
GraviTrax uses stainless steel marbles. You can get 12 marbles for about as many dollars in the GraviTrax ball box add-on: amzn.to/4gJMRWF
That ending was such a boss move🤣 I just became a fan.
Thanks for watching! 🤠
Really nifty project- I shudder at how much something like this must cost to build though!
Yes, it's really hard to estimate the cost, because a lot of parts were provided by Ravensburger in sets and in bulk pieces. But I've estimated that it would have cost $40,000 to obtain all the pieces in this build by purchasing sets, mainly because some of these pieces only come 1x or 2x per set.
There's insane, and then there's this...
Also, insanity and brilliance share a fine line.
Agreed. And I'll admit, sometimes there is no difference. Thanks for watching! 🤠
When the gravitrax are more valuable than the house it is in 😂
So true...
10 mins masterclass on how to keep an audience engaged
What a build! Masterful video
I can say this has satisfied me in the most perfect way my good man you have done good from ages down to down this is beautiful in anyway a human can think the detail the combinations the building skill is amazing you’ve impressed me for ages down and down you’ve made grand mans happy from people like this and me very happy this is truely a master piece I pay my respects with this comment
Wow ! What a great work !
So respectful for our cathedral, Notre Dame de Paris.
Indeed, the end is very moving with this very well chosen music.
I watched domino competitions and UA-cam suggested your channel to me.
I just subscribed.
😘❤️🇫🇷🇨🇦🏳️🌈
absolute madman
Amazing and brilliant! Congratulations on your great success!
They should display that model in the real Notre Dame Paris - when it is reopened to the Public !!
The idea of the actual Notre Dame Cathedral spire suddenly starting to rotate at great speed got a good laugh out of me
Yes, that occurred to me too. And now we actually have towers with rotating restaurants, albeit a much slower rotation rate.
I got here randomly, but totally worth watching nice work
This is stunning
I see a like button, but where's the love button?
it must be really hard working on the tracks inside! I'm having trouble with my fat fingers just with basic vertical builds! Camera work inside the structure is surreal too!
It was tough. There were not a lot of opportunities to make the build so that I could have access to the tracks inside. Small cameras from Insta360 and sometimes removing a rose window were necessary to film everything.
@@MaskedMarble aha, the hard work that goes into making this that we don't see in the video!
Since there aren't many chances to reach inside to tweak the tracks, I suppose you had to make a section's course perfect (and reliable) before closing it up and moving on. Truth be told, I was a little worried watching the long spiral path as it shakes violently, thinking, 'don't break, don't break'!
Really great stuff. Can't stress that enough.
Allons enfants de la patrie le jour de gloire est arrivé. BOI YOU’RE GOOD AT recreating french monuments thank you for nor stereotyping France
c'est tellement stylé. Je sais pas quoi dire.
Was hextraction first, or gravitracks?
The indie video game hextraction was first, being developed a decade ago, then came GraviTrax in 2018, then the hextraction 3D tile system by Zack Freedman - his video was released less than 2 years ago. Although he may have had it in development earlier.
Wow this is absolutely amazing!!!
most underrated youtuber ever
Thx! 🤠
Where are the Necrons?
And now for the fun part: taking it all apart!
Wonderful! Chloe (7yo) and I found all three characters. Well done! 🎉
Thanks! Glad you were able to find them. Check out my pixel art marble machine video for another marble character hunt. 🤠
Ah yes, Notre Dame's spinning spire. Magnificent.
Hey Chris! I love your videos and strive to be like you, and I have a few questions. I noticed that you are one of the biggest gravitrax UA-camrs, so I wonder: How much cash do you earn only from UA-cam? And also another question… How do you get a Ravensbuger Sponsorship?
Adsense RPM (Revenue per mille) in this genre is really low compared to tech/tutorial/gaming niches whose RPM is $15 to $45 or more. My channel's RPM ranges from $2.69 to $3.11. Which is a bit disappointing since for example a video with RPM of $3.11 has a CPM of $8.28, and UA-cam is supposed to only take 45% and give the creator 55%, but they make it impossible to trace and verify the calculations yourself.
Ravenbsurger's sponsorship was their initiative. I did this as a hobby then they reached out to me. But I do recommend UA-camrs reach out and pitch to the companies they would like sponsorships from.
Fantastic!
How did you make this even happen? I am just amazed🙏
I bought my kid a pro set for Christmas without knowing anything.. here I am. that was amazing!!! great work!! I think I need more than 1 set lol
Yes, definitely. If you follow my Amazon affiliate link in the description, search for the GraviTrax PRO Expansion which is less expensive than the PRO Vertical Stsrter Set for adding more pillars and walls. But there are some PRO pieces it doesn't have. I have a comparison video comparing the PRO starter and the PRO extension if you want to see the differences.
dude this is an amazing feat of marble engineering well done
Very, very impressive work. 👍 you have put so much into this and it is genuinely jaw dropping.
wow! I love this build! Keep it up!
Well, I'm only commenting on this great video now, even though I've already watched it at least 20 times. Your lanes are by far the best you can find on UA-cam worldwide. You would deserve the honor for the World Rector awarded at the Builder Event. With your impressive constructions, you will reach many, many thousands of people around the world. never give up and keep on doing such fantastic content. Your channel deserves to be even more successful, but you are already the most famous and popular GraviTraxer ever. Thank you so much for this incredible masterpiece.
May Almighty God in heaven bless you and hold His hands over you. God is love.
Thanks, that's one of the nicest comments I've ever gotten. 🤠🤠🤠
Absolutely fantastic
Where can i find the 3d files for the gravitrax pieces
Which ones are you interested in? Most of the 3D parts generated for this build were not general-use, but specifically printed for this build. However, there were a few general use pieces like the zig zag rails which can be purchased on Etsy or 3D printed on your own using designs freely available on Thingiverse or Makerwold or Printables.
Wow this is awesome! You are so underrated
I know nothing but also that was amazing you're so good at what you do keep it up
Très impressionnant! Mais ce vert fluo dégueulasse était-il vraiment nécessaire?...
In what other color is GraviTrax produced? Context.
1:47 - Bandito 6:42 - Hero Marble 9:02 - Quasimodo
Unbelievable! Bravo
I have to admit that was pretty cool
Thats so craaaazy! 🎉
Wow, all I can say is wow, that is awesome, thanks for building and sharing!!!
If he had waited a week the Lego one would be possible
Yes, I didn't know the official Lego model was being released. That would have been fun to include. Unfortunately, filming for this video wrapped in early March.
That was beautiful 😍❤️