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LEGO SET 75976 - Alternate build | Wrecking Ball

June 30, 2025

Beyond the Ball: 16 Creative Alternate Builds for the LEGO Wrecking Ball (75976-1)

Imagine the hulking spherical mech of Overwatch’s Wrecking Ball transformed into an entirely new creation—one that tells its own story, serves a fresh function, or simply delights with unexpected shapes and colors. The official 75976-1 Wrecking Ball set provides a rich palette of Technic and System elements—tread links, ball joints, and printed panels—that lend themselves beautifully to reimagining. Whether you’re craving a sea-faring submarine, a scuttling crab, or a whimsical unicycling character, these MOCs demonstrate how a handful of clever connections can unlock worlds beyond the arena.

The original mech’s rotating ball, sturdy supports, and chunky armor pieces become the foundation for characters both fearsome and fun. Picture the ball housing a tiny turtle submarine, its winding tracks forming a sleek hull; or reconfigure the flippers and levers into articulated crab claws, snapping playfully at passersby. Swap the ball for a compact cockpit and you have a retro pod-racer hurtling through sand-blasted canyons. Each designer featured here has taken the same 350+ pieces and applied their own narrative, reshaping Overwatch’s Hammond into transformers, mollusks, monsters, and more.

Beyond pure aesthetics, these MOCs illustrate advanced building techniques—leveraging Technic linkages for movement, using System parts for decorative accents, and balancing weight to ensure stability. They serve as both inspiration and challenge: What if you combined the crab’s pincers with the mech’s legs? Could you graft the unicycling character’s unique frame onto the transformer’s limbs? Open your mind to modular mash-ups and cross-genre creativity.

Below, you’ll find the full gallery of 16 alternate builds—from giant mechs and graceful marine creatures to unexpected pop-culture homages—each built exclusively from the parts of 75976-1 Wrecking Ball .

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