Crazy Fails
When I was filming my Rube Goldberg with Eli, we had a ton of crazy fails. A lot of times we would get to the end and then something unexpected would happen. We also had different steps do crazy tricks. Sometimes we would get so close and then fail. It was really frustrating.
The first crazy fail we had was our best round yet at the beginning of our first day of testing. We got to the step where the wheel was supposed to spin from the train going down the track. The wheel didn’t spin. We had no clue what happened. The wheel had been successful every time we tested it so we did not know what happened in this actual attempt. Then I noticed the string was lying on the ground. The string was supposed to be attached to the wheel and the popsicle stick. I knew Eli and I didn’t move the string. I thought it might have been the work of my cat, but she wasn’t downstairs. Then I realized my sister, Leila, came downstairs earlier and tripped over something. I didn’t know what it was at first, but then I knew she was the one who accidentally ripped the string off the wheel. That was so disappointing.
We had two crazy fails where we got to the last step and then the rose went into the vase and just came back out. We had no idea why because it was working when we tested it. We tried many ways to fix it. We added a rose with a shorter stem and we tried a rose with a longer stem. It didn’t make a difference. Then we realized that the vase was too small for the rose to consistently go in so we got a taller one. The taller vase was too narrow. We also tried a wide, short vase and that was too short. We finally got a vase that was shaped so that the rose could lay on the sides of the vase and stay in place. This made it easier for the train to push the rose in. The vase was pretty tall and wide. We thought we solved all our problems with the rose going into the vase until we tested the next round. When we got to the final step again, Thomas the Train was pushing the rose and it just wouldn’t go in for five seconds. Thomas the Train did not have a lot of power. We were just waiting there in shock. Finally Thomas the Train somehow pushed the rose into the vase and drove over the rose into the vase. It worked out for us, but unfortunately our successful try caused Thomas to die a sad drowning death.
This video shows what was supposed to happen with the wheel.
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