hey guys for this video I’m going to
show you how to make one of my easiest
desktop weapons yet the mini RPG the
materials for this product are so simple
you may already have them lying around
the house you’re just going to need some
drinking straws a hot glue gun a pair of
scissors and some of these pop snaps now
the length of your drinking straw could
be measured very easily by using some
Lego blocks I put them together in this
pattern so we’re six studs deep if you
line your straw up and hold it with one
finger you can very easily cut off the
end and we’re going to be building some
fins as well we’re going to need to make
four cuts along the lines of the straw
two studs deep now these don’t have to
be super precise all you need are
basically four flaps that will fold
upward and form a cross like this but
they have a natural tendency to fold
back and take the shape of the straw in
so we need to heat treat them with
something like a barbecue nyter all you
need to do is slowly lower from the top
until you see the fins start to move
downward then push your thumb up there
and hold it for about three seconds the
heat helps reform the plastic and makes
the fins very very springy now you
probably know that these puppets come
encased in sawdust that’s because these
little things are impact sensitive when
they hit the ground they explode and
that’s because all they are are little
bits of gravel covered with fulminated
mercury which is a contact explosive
spread your top snaps on the table and
give the sawdust a little blow the
inside of our straw is hollow and the
pop snaps have these little streams that
pop off the top so I like to put them
down inside and then just use a couple
dabs of hot glue to secure them in place
now they’re fun to use like this you
could just throw them like darts and
they will explode but just to power
things up a little bit I went to the gas
station and picked up a whole handful of
straws now these straws come in all
different sizes shapes and varieties I
found the bigger ones that are used for
soda or pretty well and here’s how they
work
take your fins of your RPG and tuck them
back into a straw shape and then slowly
push them into the end of the one of the
straws so it tucks in nicely like that
these micro RPGs are only intended to be
shot at little paper targets and in my
house there’s nothing
scarier than a Minecraft zombie or a
creeper so let’s put them to the test
[Music]
the coolest thing about these cartridges
is they’re reusable so after you snap
one off go ahead and pull out the hot
glue grab a new snap it add a little
more hot glue to that reload it the
exact same way and while a straw is
functional it’s not very cool so let’s
power up once again to make a bonafide
RPG launcher like this start at one edge
and gently roll the straw until it
touches the entire strip of duct tape
roll it slowly and evenly just like that
we’ve got a digital camo rocket launch
or tube and if we snip the ends we can
clean it up and make it look super
professional next I’m going to use a
little bit of electrical tape for
aesthetics we’re going to put a strip of
electrical tape on both ends and then a
couple more in the middle just for
decoration and this one is going to be
quite a bit thicker that’s just going to
give us a little bit more of a 3d effect
so when I was at the gas station I also
found these very small clear tubes and
if we take a strip of duct tape and wrap
it around the clear tube we can
instantly turn it black and then with a
bit of an angled cut we can make the
optical scope look pretty cool while
that’s cooling we can move on to making
our handles and for that I’m just using
a popsicle stick and a sharpie marker
then we’re going to cut off the tip I’d
say about half an inch cut it up the
middle we color the center of it with
the Sharpie that will complete the
handle for us once you press that in
flip it over make sure everything’s
lined up symmetrically so that when it’s
upside-down it should look like a little
shark fin with the scope hanging
directly below it so these things work
exactly like they did before because
it’s literally the same straw just pinch
the fins push it down into the rocket
launcher tube until the warhead rests
against the tip now just grab the
handles place it in your mouth and give
it a quick burst of air
now these things are pretty fun but if
you want to go to the extreme you can
get some of these these are the adult
version of snappers and they contain ten
times as much fulminated mercury which
means a much bigger explosion these
things load exactly the same way a
little hot glue the straw goes on and
the cool thing is they are the exact
width that you need to fit into one of
these straws you can rest that flush and
they shoot out exactly the same way with
a lot bigger bang Wow that’s pretty cute
so there you have it guys the mini RPG
an awesome project done with very simple
material someone that you can try it
thanks for joining me for this project
I’ll be looking for you the next one
talk to you then nailed it that was
unexpected
[Music]
show you how to make one of my easiest
desktop weapons yet the mini RPG the
materials for this product are so simple
you may already have them lying around
the house you’re just going to need some
drinking straws a hot glue gun a pair of
scissors and some of these pop snaps now
the length of your drinking straw could
be measured very easily by using some
Lego blocks I put them together in this
pattern so we’re six studs deep if you
line your straw up and hold it with one
finger you can very easily cut off the
end and we’re going to be building some
fins as well we’re going to need to make
four cuts along the lines of the straw
two studs deep now these don’t have to
be super precise all you need are
basically four flaps that will fold
upward and form a cross like this but
they have a natural tendency to fold
back and take the shape of the straw in
so we need to heat treat them with
something like a barbecue nyter all you
need to do is slowly lower from the top
until you see the fins start to move
downward then push your thumb up there
and hold it for about three seconds the
heat helps reform the plastic and makes
the fins very very springy now you
probably know that these puppets come
encased in sawdust that’s because these
little things are impact sensitive when
they hit the ground they explode and
that’s because all they are are little
bits of gravel covered with fulminated
mercury which is a contact explosive
spread your top snaps on the table and
give the sawdust a little blow the
inside of our straw is hollow and the
pop snaps have these little streams that
pop off the top so I like to put them
down inside and then just use a couple
dabs of hot glue to secure them in place
now they’re fun to use like this you
could just throw them like darts and
they will explode but just to power
things up a little bit I went to the gas
station and picked up a whole handful of
straws now these straws come in all
different sizes shapes and varieties I
found the bigger ones that are used for
soda or pretty well and here’s how they
work
take your fins of your RPG and tuck them
back into a straw shape and then slowly
push them into the end of the one of the
straws so it tucks in nicely like that
these micro RPGs are only intended to be
shot at little paper targets and in my
house there’s nothing
scarier than a Minecraft zombie or a
creeper so let’s put them to the test
[Music]
the coolest thing about these cartridges
is they’re reusable so after you snap
one off go ahead and pull out the hot
glue grab a new snap it add a little
more hot glue to that reload it the
exact same way and while a straw is
functional it’s not very cool so let’s
power up once again to make a bonafide
RPG launcher like this start at one edge
and gently roll the straw until it
touches the entire strip of duct tape
roll it slowly and evenly just like that
we’ve got a digital camo rocket launch
or tube and if we snip the ends we can
clean it up and make it look super
professional next I’m going to use a
little bit of electrical tape for
aesthetics we’re going to put a strip of
electrical tape on both ends and then a
couple more in the middle just for
decoration and this one is going to be
quite a bit thicker that’s just going to
give us a little bit more of a 3d effect
so when I was at the gas station I also
found these very small clear tubes and
if we take a strip of duct tape and wrap
it around the clear tube we can
instantly turn it black and then with a
bit of an angled cut we can make the
optical scope look pretty cool while
that’s cooling we can move on to making
our handles and for that I’m just using
a popsicle stick and a sharpie marker
then we’re going to cut off the tip I’d
say about half an inch cut it up the
middle we color the center of it with
the Sharpie that will complete the
handle for us once you press that in
flip it over make sure everything’s
lined up symmetrically so that when it’s
upside-down it should look like a little
shark fin with the scope hanging
directly below it so these things work
exactly like they did before because
it’s literally the same straw just pinch
the fins push it down into the rocket
launcher tube until the warhead rests
against the tip now just grab the
handles place it in your mouth and give
it a quick burst of air
now these things are pretty fun but if
you want to go to the extreme you can
get some of these these are the adult
version of snappers and they contain ten
times as much fulminated mercury which
means a much bigger explosion these
things load exactly the same way a
little hot glue the straw goes on and
the cool thing is they are the exact
width that you need to fit into one of
these straws you can rest that flush and
they shoot out exactly the same way with
a lot bigger bang Wow that’s pretty cute
so there you have it guys the mini RPG
an awesome project done with very simple
material someone that you can try it
thanks for joining me for this project
I’ll be looking for you the next one
talk to you then nailed it that was
unexpected
[Music]
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