Using a series of simple machines, we wanted to pop a balloon. A motorized engine pulls a car up an inclined plane using a series of pulleys. At the top, a wedge releases the car causing it to fall. The car crashes into a tower causing a marble to pass through a series of inclined planes, funnel and screw. The marble triggers a domino effect where at the top of the stairs a weight is released. The weight falls onto a lever which has a nail wedge on the other end. The action of the lever forces the nail wedge into the balloon which causes it to pop.