The connected world trophy

When designing the new First Lego League trophy I wanted three things.  I wanted it to represent the global nature of the competition.  I wanted it to be made of materials similar to what you would find in an FLL robot.  Lastly, I wanted it to *move*.

My design is a globe that rotates on its axis.  As it rotates, gears representing each continent are also rotating.  The FLL robots are a kind of kinetic sculpture and so I wanted the same thing to honor the winner.

I will have to apologize as this is not a fully realized concept.  I have digital models of how I would begin to attach this globe to a base.  I also have a physical model of most of the globe, only.  The gearing proved to be rather tricky, however, I am confident that it can be done with a bit more design time.