--- title: LEGO Machine Dispenses McDonald's Chicken McNuggets description: Some very impressive engineering went into this canonical: https://time.com/4145105/chicken-mcnugget-lego-dispenser/ author: Samantha Grossman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-12-10T22:18:41.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:47:52.551Z og:title: This Vending Machine Made of LEGOs Dispense Chicken McNuggets og:description: Some very impressive engineering went into this og:url: https://time.com/4145105/chicken-mcnugget-lego-dispenser/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: This Vending Machine Made of LEGOs Dispense Chicken McNuggets twitter:description: Some very impressive engineering went into this twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # This Vending Machine Made of LEGOs Dispense Chicken McNuggets ## Video: 5 Elements of A Viral Video [Watch (HLS stream): 5 Elements of A Viral Video](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/vgQtqA8c.m3u8) (1:31)  _Published 2015-06-22. 5 Elements of A Viral Video_ by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Dec 10, 2015 10:18 PM UTC by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Dec 10, 2015 10:18 PM UTC Warning: as soon as you see this, you’ll be sad you don’t have one. It’s a vending machine, made entirely out of LEGOs, that dispenses boxes of McDonald’s chicken McNuggets. And dipping sauces. Behind this contraption is[ Astonishing Studios](https://www.youtube.com/user/AstonishingStudios/about), a YouTuber who makes candy machines, arcade games and more, all using LEGOs. For this particular machine, he used a Lego Mindstorms set, which is a custom software and hardware kit for creating robotics, _the Verge_[ reports](http://www.theverge.com/2015/12/10/9886432/lego-mcdonalds-chicken-mcnugget-dispenser-amazing). To get your nuggets, you must drop in a €2 coin. (Any other coin won’t work in the machine’s internal system and will be rejected.) There are a few downsides: it doesn’t have a heating system, so your nuggets may not stay hot. Also, it has a two-box limit, but that’s probably more of an advantage, as far as your health is concerned. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4145105/chicken-mcnugget-lego-dispenser/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4145105/chicken-mcnugget-lego-dispenser/"},"headline":"This Vending Machine Made of LEGOs Dispense Chicken McNuggets","datePublished":"2015-12-10T22:18:41.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-04T07:47:52.551Z","description":"Some very impressive engineering went into this","url":"https://time.com/4145105/chicken-mcnugget-lego-dispenser/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Technology"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Grossman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4145105/chicken-mcnugget-lego-dispenser/","name":"This Vending Machine Made of LEGOs Dispense Chicken McNuggets"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"5 Elements of A Viral Video","description":"5 Elements of A Viral Video","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/vgQtqA8c/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-06-22T13:42:30.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/vgQtqA8c.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4145105/chicken-mcnugget-lego-dispenser/","duration":"PT1M31S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4145105/chicken-mcnugget-lego-dispenser/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```