How I made the ultimate toy | Michael Sng

Toy designer Michael Sng had a vision for a hyped-up mega war machine -- a super-tank that appealed to his inner child. So he set out to build it -- which means he taught himself how to use an Arduino, worked with a 3D printer, and tried and tried again to get his 3D-printed toy legs to work. The result was Codename Colossus, a wildly over-the-top fantasy war machine made of 435 3D-printed and laser-cut pieces. “Although I struggled,” he says, “I never once was bored.” TEDArchive presents previously unpublished talks from TED conferences. Enjoy this unedited talk by Michael Sng. Filmed at TED in 2016.