Blocks-made synthesizer with rotating knobs and pitch wheels
On LEGO Ideas, a user named eliot.obrien recreates the 1970 Minimoog analog synthesizer using blocks, complete with functional keys and knobs. The LEGO Minimoog analog synthesizer faithfully captures its real-life sibling. The creator even makes the rotating knobs, pitch wheels, pushable keys, and the rotating control panel playable.
When the user flips the musical instrument, they see that the rear of the control panel is removable as well. The material glistens as if it were made of steel. Tugging this means the user reveals the LEGO circuits and electronics inside, parts that bring the instrument to life. There are also ports just above the control panel. This part, where the rotating knobs and pitch wheels are located, can be stowed and flipped up, depending on the user’s taste.
all images courtesy of eliot.obrien and LEGO Ideas
LEGO minimoog analog synthesizer recreates 1970 instrument
The recreated LEGO Minimoog analog synthesizer pays homage to one of music history’s iconic instruments. It first hit the market back in the 1970s. Dubbed as the start of a musical revolution, it is then the first synthesizer sold in retail stores. It has sold 12,000 units over the course of 13 years. Producers and musicians use the musical instruments in a variety of genres, from progressive rock and jazz to funk, pop, disco, and more.User eliot.obrien wants to bring back this historic moment. He submits the project on LEGO Ideas in December 2024.
He says that he’s an avid electronic music listener and a (very amateur, as he describes himself) producer. ‘I wanted to make a product idea that follows with my passion and provides a great display piece for fellow music fans, that would fit right alongside other music-themed sets Lego has produced in the past,’ he writes. While the 1:1 faithful recreation of the instrument is still an idea, eliot.obrien has garnered around 4,822 supporters, so far. If it reaches around 10,000 supports, it can lead to LEGO turning the Minimoog analog synthesizer blocks into a real-life model.
a user named eliot.obrien recreates the 1970 Minimoog analog synthesizer, complete with functional keys and knobs
there are ports just above the control panel
when the user flips the musical instrument, they see the movable and removable control panel
tugging this means the user reveals the LEGO circuits and electronics inside
detailed view of the LEGO circuits and electronics
so far, the 1:1 recreated scale is still an idea
