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'''''Build a Duck''''' was a web game developed by [[SPU-Darwin]] and published to [[LEGO.com]] in December 1996.<ref name="rec.toys.lego duck"/> It was [[LEGO A/S|the LEGO Group]]'s third web game.
'''''Build a Duck''''' was a web game developed by [[SPU-Darwin]] and published to [[LEGO.com]] in January 1997. It was launched with a raffle players could enter to win a LEGO set. It was [[LEGO A/S|the LEGO Group]]'s third web game and second online contest.


== Gameplay ==
The game was not archived on the [[Wikipedia:Wayback Machine|Wayback Machine]] and is currently [[List of lost LEGO media|lost media]].
The game featured an isometric view and encouraged players to assemble a small assortment of LEGO bricks into a [[Wikipedia:Duck|duck]].<ref name="Tschachtli CV"/>


Players could submit their ducks, along with their name and email, for a weekly chance to win "LEGO Technic submarine with CD-ROM" (8299).<ref name="duck index"/>
== Gameplay and contest ==
[[File:Build a Duck Java creation.png|thumb|left|A duck created by Paul Flavin<ref name="Imaging Flavin">{{cite web |url=http://www.frontiernet.net/~imaging/java_intro.html |title=Interactive Imaging; An Introduction to Raytracing & CGI with Java |website=Imaging the Imagined: Raytracing tips from da Vinci & me |first=Paul |last=Flavin |date=22 March 1997 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19981202011900/http://www.frontiernet.net/~imaging/java_intro.html |archive-date=1998-12-02 }}</ref>]]


<gallery>
The ''Build a Duck'' game featured an isometric view and encouraged players to assemble a small assortment of LEGO bricks into a [[Wikipedia:Duck|duck]] placed on a [[baseplate]].<ref name="Tschachtli CV"/><ref name="rec.toys.lego model"/> The bricks available to build with were one yellow 2×4 brick, one yellow 1×2 brick, two yellow 2×2 bricks—one of which had eyes on it—and two red 2×3 plates. The game was a [[Wikipedia:Java applet|Java applet]] and required a [[Wikipedia:Web browser|web browser]] that supported [[Wikipedia:Java (software platform)|Java]] to play.<ref name="Imaging Flavin"/><ref name="duck index"/>
Build a Duck creation.gif|A duck created by Paul Flavin<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.frontiernet.net/~imaging/java_intro.html |title=Interactive Imaging; An Introduction to Raytracing & CGI with Java |website=Imaging the Imagined: Raytracing tips from da Vinci & me |author=Paul Flavin |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19981202011900/http://www.frontiernet.net/~imaging/java_intro.html |archive-date=1998-12-02 }}</ref>
</gallery>


== Reception ==
The contest asked players to build five different ducks, each using all available bricks. Players could submit their ducks, along with their name and email address, to enter a weekly lottery for a chance to win the [[LEGO Technic]] [[Submarine with CD-ROM]] set (8299).<ref name="Bigham"/><ref name="duck index"/>
''Build a Duck'' was featured on [[Wikipedia:Yahoo! Kids|Yahooligans!]] on 15 August 1997.<ref name="Galapagos 02"/><ref name="Yahooligans"/>


== Notes ==
== Release ==
* The LEGO Group and the [[LEGO Foundation]] frequently suggest duck building as an activity, typically using the same six bricks featured in this game.<ref>{{ cite web |url=https://www.lego.com/en-us/family/activities/build-a-lego-duck |title=Build a LEGO Duck |website=LEGO.com |access-date=2024-07-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240712194819/https://www.lego.com/en-us/family/activities/build-a-lego-duck |archive-date=2024-07-12 }}</ref> In 2012, the LEGO Group released a set with these pieces under their Serious Play theme.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://brickset.com/sets/2000416-1/Duck |title=LEGO 2000416 Duck |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150309084641/https://brickset.com/sets/2000416-1/Duck |archive-date=2015-03-09 |website=Brickset }}</ref>
[[File:Build a Duck DuckAnim.gif|thumb|Animated icon]]
* The LEGO Group later published ''Duck Building'', a web game with similar mechanics.<ref>{{cite web |title=Duck Building |website=LEGO Foundation |url=https://theduck.legofoundation.com/DuckBuild/index.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210129170424/https://theduck.legofoundation.com/DuckBuild/index.html |archive-date=2021-01-29 |url-status=live }}</ref>


heres a book ref. idk what's going on in this article why is there a notes section.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/prenticehalldire0000bigh/page/258/mode/2up?view=theater |title=The Prentice Hall Directory of Online Education Resources |first1=Vicki Smith |last1=Bigham |first2=George |last2=Bigham |publisher=[[Wikipedia:Prentice Hall|Prentice Hall]] |location=[[Wikipedia:Paramus, New Jersey|Paramus, New Jersey]] |date=1998 |isbn=0-13-618588-6 |chapter=Mostly for Kids |page=258}}</ref>
The contest was revealed on LEGO.com on 27 December 1996.<ref name="rec.toys.lego duck"/> The ''Build a Duck'' game went live on 2 January 1997.<ref name="duck index"/> It was taken offline in March 1998.<ref name="rec.toys.lego java"/>
<ref>{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/officialnetscape0000ohar/page/128/mode/2up?view=theater |title=Official Netscape Beginner's Guide to the Internet |edition=2nd |first=Shelly |last=O'Hara |year=1998 |publisher=The Coriolis Group |location=[[Wikipedia:Scottsdale, Arizona|Scottsdale, Arizona]] |isbn=1-56604-859-1 |page=128}}</ref>
 
''Build a Duck'' was featured on [[Wikipedia:Yahoo! Kids|Yahooligans!]] as one of its "Cool Links" on 15 August 1997. By then there had been nearly {{formatnum:11000}} entries in the contest.<ref name="Galapagos 02"/><ref name="Yahooligans"/>
 
== Inspiration and successors ==
The earliest known instance of the "build a duck" model is a small [[polybag]] numbered 1551, containing the same six bricks as Darwin's game would use. It was first released in 1985 and was re-released in 1988 and 1991; the 1988 release was labelled "How many chicks can you build with these bricks?".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://brickset.com/sets/1551-1/Duck |title=1551-1: Duck |website=[[Brickset]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250520204452/https://brickset.com/sets/1551-1/Duck |archive-date=20 May 2025 |url-status=live |access-date=20 May 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?S=1551-1 |title=Chick polybag – Set 1551-1 |website=[[BrickLink]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250520191736/https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?S=1551-1 |archive-date=20 May 2025 |url-status=live |access-date=20 May 2025}}</ref> Another polybag with the same six pieces, numbered 2000416, was released in 2008 under the [[Serious Play]] label. It was distributed as a promotional item, including as a gift to judges at the [[FIRST LEGO League|''FIRST'' LEGO League]] tournament held 10–11 November 2012 in Norway.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://brickset.com/sets/2000416-1/Duck |title=2000416-1: Duck|website=[[Brickset]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250520093059/https://brickset.com/sets/2000416-1/Duck |archive-date=20 May 2025 |url-status=live |access-date=20 May 2025}}</ref> Another duck polybag was sold exclusively at the [[LEGO Store]] in [[Wikipedia:Hong Kong|Hong Kong]] in 2007.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://brickset.com/sets/DUCK-1/Duck |title=DUCK-1: Duck |website=[[Brickset]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250520095816/https://brickset.com/sets/DUCK-1/Duck |archive-date=20 May 2025 |url-status=live |access-date=20 May 2025}}</ref> A new duck polybag released in 2018, numbered 30541, included two additional yellow 1×2 bricks and two yellow 2×2 yellow 45° slopes.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://brickset.com/sets/30541-1/Animal-Free-Builds-Make-It-Yours |title=30541-1: Animal Free Builds - Make It Yours |website=[[Brickset]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250520185912/https://brickset.com/sets/30541-1/Animal-Free-Builds-Make-It-Yours |archive-date=20 May 2025 |url-status=live |access-date=20 May 2025}}</ref>
 
In 2021{{citation needed}} the [[LEGO Foundation]] website released ''Duck Building'', a small web game with similar mechanics to ''Build a Duck''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Duck Building |website=LEGO Foundation |url=https://theduck.legofoundation.com/DuckBuild/index.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210129170424/https://theduck.legofoundation.com/DuckBuild/index.html |archive-date=2021-01-29 |url-status=live}}</ref> The LEGO website suggest duck building as an activity under its family section.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.lego.com/en-us/family/activities/build-a-lego-duck |title=Build a LEGO Duck |website=LEGO.com |access-date=2024-07-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240712194819/https://www.lego.com/en-us/family/activities/build-a-lego-duck |archive-date=2024-07-12 }}</ref>  


== References ==
== References ==
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{{reflist|refs=
<ref name="Bigham">{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/prenticehalldire0000bigh/page/258/mode/2up?view=theater |title=The Prentice Hall Directory of Online Education Resources |first1=Vicki Smith |last1=Bigham |first2=George |last2=Bigham |publisher=[[Wikipedia:Prentice Hall|Prentice Hall]] |location=[[Wikipedia:Paramus, New Jersey|Paramus, New Jersey]] |date=1998 |isbn=0-13-618588-6 |chapter=Mostly for Kids |page=258}}</ref>
<ref name="duck index">{{cite web |url=http://www.lego.com/play/duck/index.html |title=Introduction to Build a duck |website=LEGO.com |date=2 January 1997 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/19970110035220/http://www.lego.com/play/duck/index.html |archive-date=1997-01-10 }}</ref>
<ref name="duck index">{{cite web |url=http://www.lego.com/play/duck/index.html |title=Introduction to Build a duck |website=LEGO.com |date=2 January 1997 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/19970110035220/http://www.lego.com/play/duck/index.html |archive-date=1997-01-10 }}</ref>


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<ref name="rec.toys.lego duck">{{cite newsgroup |title=Can you build a duck? |author=Geoff Cole |date=1996-12-27 |url=https://groups.google.com/g/rec.toys.lego/c/qFaYzkvKfy4/m/r9_JmAUSvVoJ |newsgroup=rec.toys.lego |[email protected] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250520062425/https://groups.google.com/g/rec.toys.lego/c/qFaYzkvKfy4/m/r9_JmAUSvVoJ |archive-date=2025-05-20 |access-date=2024-07-12}}</ref>
<ref name="rec.toys.lego duck">{{cite newsgroup |title=Can you build a duck? |author=Geoff Cole |date=1996-12-27 |url=https://groups.google.com/g/rec.toys.lego/c/qFaYzkvKfy4/m/r9_JmAUSvVoJ |newsgroup=rec.toys.lego |[email protected] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250520062425/https://groups.google.com/g/rec.toys.lego/c/qFaYzkvKfy4/m/r9_JmAUSvVoJ |archive-date=2025-05-20 |access-date=2024-07-12}}</ref>
<ref name="rec.toys.lego java">{{cite newsgroup |title=Lego's "Build A Duck" web page Java Applet... flew the coup... |first=Paul |last=Flavin |date=17 March 1998 |url=https://groups.google.com/g/rec.toys.lego/c/7CI_SUjPaWU/m/lheNR_KYXzQJ |newsgroup=rec.toys.lego |message-id=01bd51cc$89f428e0$f58582d1@imaging |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250520070227/https://groups.google.com/g/rec.toys.lego/c/7CI_SUjPaWU/m/lheNR_KYXzQJ |archive-date=2025-05-20 |access-date=2025-05-20}}</ref>
<ref name="rec.toys.lego model">{{cite newsgroup |title=3D Lego Modeling programs? |author=Gerald Chu |date=12 February 1997 |url=https://groups.google.com/g/rec.toys.lego/c/brdeZ0jAukI/m/wVHtdzAjPK4J |newsgroup=rec.toys.lego |[email protected] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250520071706/https://groups.google.com/g/rec.toys.lego/c/brdeZ0jAukI/m/wVHtdzAjPK4J |archive-date=2025-05-20 |access-date=2025-05-20}}</ref>


<ref name="Tschachtli CV">{{cite web |url=https://tschachtli.net/assets/cv_simon_tschachtli.pdf |title=CV Simon Tschachtli |first=Simon |last=Tschachtli |date=26 January 2018 |website=Atelier Tschachtli |access-date=2024-07-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240712052046/https://tschachtli.net/assets/cv_simon_tschachtli.pdf |archive-date=2024-07-12}}</ref>
<ref name="Tschachtli CV">{{cite web |url=https://tschachtli.net/assets/cv_simon_tschachtli.pdf |title=CV Simon Tschachtli |first=Simon |last=Tschachtli |date=26 January 2018 |website=Atelier Tschachtli |access-date=2024-07-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240712052046/https://tschachtli.net/assets/cv_simon_tschachtli.pdf |archive-date=2024-07-12}}</ref>
<ref name="Tschachtli portfolio 64">{{cite web |url=http://tschachtli.net:80/portfolio_0064.html |title=Portfolio |first=Simon |last=Tschachtli |website=Atelier Tschachtli |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040719021549/http://tschachtli.net:80/portfolio_0064.html |archive-date=2004-07-19}}</ref>


<ref name="Yahooligans">{{cite web |url=http://www.yahooligans.com/docs/cool/19970815.html |title=Cool Page |website=[[Wikipedia:Yahoo! Kids|Yahooligans!]] |date=15 August 1997 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19991111180949/http://www.yahooligans.com/docs/cool/19970815.html |archive-date=11 November 1999}}</ref>
<ref name="Yahooligans">{{cite web |url=http://www.yahooligans.com/docs/cool/19970815.html |title=Cool Page |website=[[Wikipedia:Yahoo! Kids|Yahooligans!]] |date=15 August 1997 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19991111180949/http://www.yahooligans.com/docs/cool/19970815.html |archive-date=11 November 1999}}</ref>

Latest revision as of 00:27, 21 May 2025

LEGO Build a Duck
The game's logo, showing the LEGO logo, the text "build a duck", and an animation of bricks assembling into a duck
Developer(s)SPU-Darwin
Publisher(s)The LEGO Group
Designer(s)Simon Tschachtli[1]
Programmer(s)Paul Krough[2]
EngineJava
Platform(s)Web browser
Release2 January 1997
Genre(s)Sandbox
Mode(s)Single-player

Build a Duck was a web game developed by SPU-Darwin and published to LEGO.com in January 1997. It was launched with a raffle players could enter to win a LEGO set. It was the LEGO Group's third web game and second online contest.

The game was not archived on the Wayback Machine and is currently lost media.

Gameplay and contest

A duck created by Paul Flavin[3]

The Build a Duck game featured an isometric view and encouraged players to assemble a small assortment of LEGO bricks into a duck placed on a baseplate.[1][4] The bricks available to build with were one yellow 2×4 brick, one yellow 1×2 brick, two yellow 2×2 bricks—one of which had eyes on it—and two red 2×3 plates. The game was a Java applet and required a web browser that supported Java to play.[3][5]

The contest asked players to build five different ducks, each using all available bricks. Players could submit their ducks, along with their name and email address, to enter a weekly lottery for a chance to win the LEGO Technic Submarine with CD-ROM set (8299).[6][5]

Release

Animated icon

The contest was revealed on LEGO.com on 27 December 1996.[7] The Build a Duck game went live on 2 January 1997.[5] It was taken offline in March 1998.[8]

Build a Duck was featured on Yahooligans! as one of its "Cool Links" on 15 August 1997. By then there had been nearly 11,000 entries in the contest.[9][10]

Inspiration and successors

The earliest known instance of the "build a duck" model is a small polybag numbered 1551, containing the same six bricks as Darwin's game would use. It was first released in 1985 and was re-released in 1988 and 1991; the 1988 release was labelled "How many chicks can you build with these bricks?".[11][12] Another polybag with the same six pieces, numbered 2000416, was released in 2008 under the Serious Play label. It was distributed as a promotional item, including as a gift to judges at the FIRST LEGO League tournament held 10–11 November 2012 in Norway.[13] Another duck polybag was sold exclusively at the LEGO Store in Hong Kong in 2007.[14] A new duck polybag released in 2018, numbered 30541, included two additional yellow 1×2 bricks and two yellow 2×2 yellow 45° slopes.[15]

In 2021[citation needed] the LEGO Foundation website released Duck Building, a small web game with similar mechanics to Build a Duck.[16] The LEGO website suggest duck building as an activity under its family section.[17]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Tschachtli, Simon (26 January 2018). "CV Simon Tschachtli" (PDF). Atelier Tschachtli. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2024-07-12. Retrieved 2024-07-12.
  2. ↑ Tschachtli, Simon. "Portfolio". Atelier Tschachtli. Archived from the original on 2004-07-19.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Flavin, Paul (22 March 1997). "Interactive Imaging; An Introduction to Raytracing & CGI with Java". Imaging the Imagined: Raytracing tips from da Vinci & me. Archived from the original on 1998-12-02.
  4. ↑ Gerald Chu (12 February 1997). "3D Lego Modeling programs?". Newsgroup: rec.toys.lego. Usenet: [email protected]. Archived from the original on 2025-05-20. Retrieved 2025-05-20.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 "Introduction to Build a duck". LEGO.com. 2 January 1997. Archived from the original on 1997-01-10.
  6. ↑ Bigham, Vicki Smith; Bigham, George (1998). "Mostly for Kids". The Prentice Hall Directory of Online Education Resources. Paramus, New Jersey: Prentice Hall. p. 258. ISBN 0-13-618588-6.
  7. ↑ Geoff Cole (1996-12-27). "Can you build a duck?". Newsgroup: rec.toys.lego. Usenet: [email protected]. Archived from the original on 2025-05-20. Retrieved 2024-07-12.
  8. ↑ Flavin, Paul (17 March 1998). "Lego's "Build A Duck" web page Java Applet... flew the coup..." Newsgroup: rec.toys.lego. Usenet: 01bd51cc$89f428e0$f58582d1@imaging. Archived from the original on 2025-05-20. Retrieved 2025-05-20.
  9. ↑ Kusumoto, Laura (27 August 1997). "Pin the award on the Duck". Galapagos Times. Vol. 1, no. 2. Billund, Denmark: SPU-Darwin. Archived from the original on 12 July 2024. Retrieved 2024-07-12.
  10. ↑ "Cool Page". Yahooligans!. 15 August 1997. Archived from the original on 11 November 1999.
  11. ↑ "1551-1: Duck". Brickset. Archived from the original on 20 May 2025. Retrieved 20 May 2025.
  12. ↑ "Chick polybag – Set 1551-1". BrickLink. Archived from the original on 20 May 2025. Retrieved 20 May 2025.
  13. ↑ "2000416-1: Duck". Brickset. Archived from the original on 20 May 2025. Retrieved 20 May 2025.
  14. ↑ "DUCK-1: Duck". Brickset. Archived from the original on 20 May 2025. Retrieved 20 May 2025.
  15. ↑ "30541-1: Animal Free Builds - Make It Yours". Brickset. Archived from the original on 20 May 2025. Retrieved 20 May 2025.
  16. ↑ "Duck Building". LEGO Foundation. Archived from the original on 2021-01-29.
  17. ↑ "Build a LEGO Duck". LEGO.com. Archived from the original on 2024-07-12. Retrieved 2024-07-12.

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