LEGO Store Parts Shopping & City Discussion
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- Опубліковано 27 вер 2024
- In this VLOG I head to the LEGO store to check out the Pick-A-Brick wall! I ended up finding some pieces I desperately need for the LEGO city! In addition to checking out the LEGO store, I also discuss some changes that I could make to the city regarding the bridges connecting the ocean to the canal.
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I love the idea of a canal but I think it being the same hight of the city is holding it back. Raising the level of the whole city to give the canal depth is a major change but would go hard
Or cut the table out to drop the level of the canal.
@@oldman-zr2ru yeah! build it with some clear acrylic to make it all waterproof, small filter and even add some goldfish.
Dropping the water is what I already managed sad last video upload, I think cutting the wood and drop it down is the easy way and give alot of depth in the city.
@@oldman-zr2ru and @yuristinkens do you not understand physics?? that would take all the structural integrity out of the tables causing things to misalign and all kinds of problems
Think I'd personally make the boardwalk shorter and stop it at the canal, then there's one less bridge to worry about. More room for the nice looking rocks in the area the other side of the canal.
yeah, I agree.
I think the boardwalk is way to big, it should end before the rocky beach. And this way it will be one less bridge, and more off a view point for the boats do enter in the canal. Also would consider increasing a bit the rocky beach and a small walking access from the right side of the train line.
Great VLOGS, and great city is on the way, congrats on the work!
The board walk is uninteresting. This should be prime estate with a beach, huts, Venice beach boardwalk etc. Theres a tiny version so far that fit well with the basement but looks tiny in the new city. Though I appreciate you'd be working on one area for weeks in this case.
Arent we overthinking this? Just make the road a dead end with some parking spots on the side. No bridge no problem! Same goes for the boardwalk, make it shorter. No bridge no problem! Then you’re just left with enough space to make a nice bridge for the train
Yes we have street.s In Melbourne Australia. Where the beach is at. End of street s so you. Just have to tourn around. An thay. Just have a wooden log fence at the end of the road or little deciding. Stone wall an walk parth to the. Beach sand so he could do some thing simler to that. To the canal s but have little pier flooring for boat at the spot s.
@@countrabricksbuildcraze8916 exactly! Maybe make it a rocky private beach! This way you get the big tourist beach and the nice quiet secret beach that only the locals know. Maybe even place the lighthouse there
i would stop worrying about those bridges for now and come back to them if you do want to change it!
Just keep doing what you want with your city. It’s YOURS. Like you’ve said before, if it makes YOU happy, there’s no need to change it. Personally, I think your city looks amazing and it’s really inspirational ♥️
On the topic of the canal, I think you should revert your design to those low arches, and instead do 5x of them side by side with water going underneath. No need to make space for boats or anything to actually fit through. I think everyone is stuck on the idea of big wide arches & adding height, but multiple small ones will work just fine. Good luck and take some time to ponder it before reconstruction!
I agree I think the canal should be fed from the mountain and the area under the road, train track, and boardwalk is just for run off (theoretically controlled by dams or locks). Either the low arches or a series of pipes. Most of the arch or pipe would be below water level relieving the need for bridges. The canal would be for small tourism related boats. A river behind the campground could be made for fishing boats and jet skis with a public boat ramp.
Even just putting little wall two brick high around the canal s could work to make the canal look like thay lower than the city ground level. Kinda trickery of the eye. Buy just doing it that way. Well that's what I would do. 😊
Remember, this is your city. It might help to move onto another project and come back to the bridges later with a fresh set of eyes.
Personally, I would consider lowering the water. Yes, It's a lot of work but would be the best solution long term. I'd also reroute the train behind the first block of bulidings so the bridges aren't so close together. Although that might not be an issue if the water was lower.
The bridges don’t actually need to have clearance underneath them for boats. You could do them as swing bridges. I have a canal near me that has lots of swing bridges either ones that rotate to the side or ones that lift up. Doing so would mean you wouldn’t need to raise them up so high
Sorry I wrote this at the start of the video, before you ruled out a drawbridge
I think it could be really cool if the train track was a draw bridge, then there’s no grade, a really cool bridge, and it keeps the lore of boats being able to go under the bridge (when it’s raised), just a thought! :)
I completely agree, the arches aren’t needed, do them as raising bridges and it solves the problem. And maintains the illusion.
@@razorsitch9882 well said!
It could be, but how long do we all want to watch hi I'm rebuild the same thing over and over with a whole city to fill, it's always something he can go back to once everything is roughly in place.
@@evilqueen6402oh 100%, could always switch gears for awhile and build it later on. I just thought it could be a really cool project, I’d love to see him design an awesome custom train draw bridge. Would look awesome!
he confirmed in the video he will not be building a drawbridge
Finally managed to find some masonry on PAB wall the other day, in both 1x2 white and 1x4 nougat and packed a box. One of the Lego employees saw me and commented about how it's pretty much gone as soon as they put it on the wall. Haven't had the best luck with much green/landscaping lately though except they still have lots of the small branches in light green and larger ones in dark green.
An idea for the canal would be to flip the university and boutique hotel so that the hotel could have a waterfront view and the university could use the grass across the street for student studying. Especially if the train gets raised it could be interesting for a hillside study thing
Hi Bricksie! I really think the train grade starting near the rocks is a great idea. Also, when I saw you making the train bridge, I was a bit confused with your brick choice. I don't fully understand how Lego trains work, but it seems like you could make the train go up only 3 blocks instead of 4 using the same arches (please try this when you expand the bridge as you will have even less space of the left side). As a final thought, I'm sure the road bridge will look much better and won't stick out like a sore thumb when the rest of the city behind also has grade changes.
I think the arch size i good, especially the height. You do not want enormous ship in a urban canal. This size is good enough for a leisure boat.
Good thing is … your city is a moving beast. Like any city. Anything can be changed and updated. Worry about the bridges later. One day, it will come to you. It would be nicer if they were decorative and different. Or consider making a multi arch bridge on the first bridge, then taper down to one.
Starting the hill before the corner is a great idea, it will give the city a bit of hight.
I say leave the arch the way it is, it looks good without diverting attention from the city.
comments: Draw bridge!
Bricksie: Cool idea, NOT gonna do it!
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comments: the grade of the roads is not realistic!
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One suggestion would be to raise the canal and tunnel the road and train underneath. This would create elevation and landscaping possibilities. Aqueduct the water out of the canal.
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Thank you for showing us the view from under the bridges.
I love the city and I know it’s yours but I personally think the best option for the canal is to raise the city up a few studs like in real cities, but I know that would be really hard, or you could just move the canal over to the edge of the downtown and shift all the buildings over, but I do like the look of the canal through the city.
Like in Venice (Italy) you could add a Venetian Gondola under the low bridge with two people on and the "gongoliere" (the sailor) jumping on the bridge. I've seen videos and photos online about it. Could be a nice addition.
I keep saying it, you do great elevated trains and I’m sure you can do great elevated roadways. Where I live by the beach in New York City the trains are elevated to make it easy to get to the beach. To make it easy for the canals to reach the water. Alternatively you can make everything a drawbridge. Those are fun projects and we have plenty of those around here too
If you raise the train track in the corner, you could do some sort of billboard behind it, between it and the rock cove, slap a mini bricksie logo on it! Looking great! Good job!
I love your two boutique hotels together , its so clean , I just can't stop looking at it❤
I like the idea of raising the corners to decrease the grade. It would bring the track up out of the mils plates so it's not dug in
Raise the whole corner including the buildings or lower the table on the river section
I think a bridge looking like the Golden Gate Bridge would be sick
Raising the gradient of the road will allow you to move the university to another area and create a university precinct with a park in front of it (and maybe a couple of extra buildings).
What if… you started the rise for the train on the far side, before the curve begins? The train is then at height needed for the canal AND allows you to create an underpass access point for pedestrians to access the boardwalk at that far end. Enjoy watching your videos!
Hi Jordan,
Love your Lego City. Just a few ideas. You could put in a draw bridge to allow boats, barges in. For the train you could have a raised train track section that gradually decreases as it go to the countryside and to the train station. It would allow for more vegetation. The boardwalk could have a movable section to allow boats to pass similar to ones in the Netherlands. Hope this gives you some ideas.
Best Regards,
Seamus Howley, Ireland
On the S curve side you could raise the track a bit before the the s curve. Keep it level there, then the bridge would just start a little higer on that side, decreasing the dramatic incline.
The people complaining about the bridges being too steep or the arches not being wide enough have clearly never been to Venice or Amsterdam where there is a canal going through the city and there all types of small steep bridges or narrow arches. Leave them how it is, it'll look perfect once you start working on the canal and the water isn't just a baseplate wide
I like it. The only change I would make is making the road start and end one section wider. Everything else is great.
its wide enough as the canal will be comparable on the other side after building upgrades and elevation increase. awesome, enjoy!
My toddler is I think a little older than your kiddos. And a birthday gift I got for my little one was the Duplo animals of the world and wow it's definitely a hit! Expensive set, but so worth seeing the joy from playing with all the cool animals!
I’d suggest getting the canal landscaped first and then adjust the bridges to suit the configuration of the canal. I think the current width of three canal is influencing comments in relation to the bridge.
definitely raising the train track earlier and keeping the corner flat and integrating it into the rocks would look super cool
the bridge on the broadwalk definitely needs extending but i think the road looks fine personally , whatever you do will be super awesome dude love your videos and will continue watching everyday
Maybe a crazy idea, but you could build up the elevation for the front portion of the city area. It would help with the bridges and in making the canal board walks 🤷🏼♂️
2 comments about the train tracks. First, if you raise the rails between the city and beach, it would help separate the two areas. Second, I feel that you could make a minor change to the two rail lines that go through the train station. I think one line should turn and go towards the city and the other turn and go towards the amusement park. It would allow you to isolate two separate loops to have two trains running at the same time without their paths crossing.
Something that might be cool since I know you like connecting things is for the canal to connect to a lake be the campground.
I swear Jordan, you're living the dream. 🏆
Side note, I really need that life size cactus dude. 🌵
Just an Idea, you mentioned trying to incorporate a walkway from boardwalk to a canal sidewalk.....what about UNDER? Widen the archway on the road and train to accommodate the canal and a pathway underneath. And lower the boardwalk back to level to attach the canal sidewalk. It's a half baked idea but hope it help
If your goal is to gradually include an incline leading into a mountain range might I suggest starting that grade from the water on. If you have extra sheets of melamine left over why not just cut them to size and just lay another sheet over the top of the table. You just have to lay the sheets around to fit where you want to canal to go. That will give you some actual elevation to work off of cause that seems to be the main struggle. You can use some of those pool table discs things to add even more height, consider it like your raised platform in your old setup, just much lower and spread out.
Modify the bridges to be amulti span arched bridge, as suggested below. Boats don't need to fit underneath, except a kayak or canoe.
Simple fix for the bridge: raise the whole city, easy.
I think elevating the track there and at the beach would work.
What if you move the railroad tracks back a baseplate and so they run between fire station and the buildings on the back side of it and remove the street right on the ocean and then you could have an iconic skyline waterfront (keeping the boardwalk) that would be similar to several world cities. Then the first focus would be on your lovely city and not necessarily the infrastructure which (because of Lego’s strange mini figure proportions) can sometimes look clunkier than the more elegant buildings? Just an idea. Always love your great videos and the mural and city look spectacular!
speaking of bridges, I think you should have a ped bridge farther up the canal. Maybe you're already thinking of that in the future.
This is an amazing project you are undertaking and I enjoy watching it evolve. Having said that, I think that a city of this calibre should not have short cuts. With all due respect, these bridges feel rushed. Instead of building up more, have you considered lowering the canal? Modify the woodwork of the tables and sink the canal quite a bit lower?This is going to be the ultimate city and you are going to require endless hours of content, so the fact that it is a ton of work should not matter. Just my 2 cents. Keep up the good work!
I think you’ve got carried away with what is directly in front of you, if you intend to make the canal deeper and the buildings raised up to achieve this, maybe start there and work forward. I then think the bridge height dilemma will solve itself. 👍
The foot bridge looks better slightly flattened out but the road is ok. The rail looks good but when your batteries are running low the train might not make it which is a shame. The rocky area in the corner is looking really good.
You could have the Boats for the canal come from the other end so you don’t need a bridge at the end of table but I really think it’s your city and do what you want
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Bricksie, are you planning on doing an underwater section with a sunken ship and the reef. I think it would be a cool addition, as long as you had space for it.
Hey Jordan, just a thought but why not move the sidewalk to the other side of the bridge that way it’s facing the canal. Not sure what your plan is with the sidewalk between the road and railroad. You don’t even need to move the bike lane, just place the sidewalk next to the bike lane. Keep up the good work!
i like the train bridge i wouldn't change it at all if it was me. maybe add a couple tiles over the studs in the middle part but it looks great
It's a brand new wave of Harry Potter castle sets this year so you can start now and you're not behind! They are fun builds so far
Great video as always! Maybe for the bridges you could sorta fake some of the elevation change also, like make the actual train track and roadway not go up quite as far, but have the sides of the bridges go up higher (like side walls). This could create the illusion of a higher bridge but allow you to actually lower the travel surfaces a bit to lessen the grades. Just a thought. Keep up the great work!
Great shout and definitely worth a try!
Dude, you're taking these comments to literally. It's your lego and your studio/city.
It all looks great, I’d start working on the other side of the canal and if adjusting the bridges and arches is warranted at that point make the decision then!
What if the bike lane was along the outside of the city so it would be a long continuous path from the residential to the country? The when gets to the bridge the pedestrian bridge would be on the city side of the road?
I like the idea of two lines not intersecting going through the Studgate Station.
So awesome seeing the city back up
All these people complaining about the bridge have clearly never looked at a bridge that goes over water. They are fine. The train starting the incline could look cool expecially if you match the rock wall in the corner to support it. But the drop on the other side is fine and doesn't need to be raised
I'd still "lower" the track over the canal by 1 stud tall, as it appears you have the arch level height and one more row on top of that over the canal. If you lower the track down 1, the arch is still the same and that lowers the whole grade up and down by one...
elevate the train track across the front of the entire city of have it elevated 1 city block back form the the water. Then make that entire road/track area a water front park area wiht bike and walkng trails
Would you consider a live where you and some local members build the DnD set while playing the campaign? I think that could be fun & funny 😄
Triple daily bugle that would be sick
I think the height is good, but I think I agree on perhaps the width there is room for making it even better
looking forward to the medieval section
Some of that "realistic" stuff makes me believe people don't walk around enough or haven't left their area.
The arch needs to fit a boat through it, like a canal boat or smaller boats
Dont worry about everything that pther people say! Its your city, if you like it then keep it. If you wanna change it then change it. Totally your decision dont let peer pressure get to you.
I have 3lego stores and a discovery centre near me in Toronto and they never get good parts like this on their PAB walls. It would almost be worth the 30 hour drive to West Edmonton mall for this wall selection
Just do your own thing man.. your city, your plan, your pick. Don't let comment get in your head so much. 🎉 just be confident in what you do 😊
First I wanna say thank you for all your videos I have been enjoying them all! I had a thought after something you mentioned in the video basically saying you didnt have the time for this because you have so much to do, now while you have tons and tons you can do for the new city remember you dont need to rush through it there is no “end goal” with a city because when you do you have nothing else to do. Slow down take your time and every project shouldn’t be done til YOU love it and couldn’t do anything different to love it more don’t rush a project to start another if your excited about something pause things and work on that but don’t rush it. Also remember ppl talk and talk even me but at the end of the day YOU need to love it. I actually like how you have the bridge because I wouldn’t want the grade being in front of the building also the “it’s not realistic” comments forget about em you’re building your lego city not a scale model. If you truly love it and aren’t just settling to say you’ve finish a project then leave it be
I misread Parts as Paris and thought you’d been to the Lego store in Paris, which I really enjoy going to. I’d love to meet you if you are ever there!
I need lots of 1x2 white bricks for my new project! An Airport!
i think you should put some kind of railing on the sides of the raised bridge
could you leave the train bridge sides as they are so it looks right but lower the track by one or two bricks to help with the gradient? if you put a black brick across the side of the track you probably wouldn't notice it being lower than the arch.
I love the way you create your city and implement your own ideas, that’s why I watch because of you. No need to worry about the comments picking holes in your creations.
I think the problem is that you are looking at your city from what the size was. Your city space has quadrupled, yet you are still trying to keep everything in a small, confined space.
Why do you need the train track to go on an incline to match the other bridges? It doesn't look realistic. You should use the bridge from set 7900 and keep the track raised up by 2-3 plate.
Hair and beard game on point Bricksie!
What if you raise the hole down town 6 briks ? Al the way to the trein station. Just a idea. Keep on the good work.
Love how quickly you've incorporated the suggestions for the bridges! The height is perfect-great work. I completely agree with your ideas on widening the bridges and starting the slopes and elevations earlier. I think these changes will add even more character to the city and nicely break up the straight lines of the boardwalk. Keep up the great work and enjoy the process, mate!
Jordan your store has a far better pab wall than my store, im well jealous. Enjoyed shopping with you, i dont think your going to keep everyone happy with regards to your design so just make sure your happy. Have a good day 😊
Possibly rather than increase the height of all 3 bridge arches you instead make 2 narrower arches for each bridge - same height but overall wider canal? Might look cool!?
I think you need one of those walls in the city room. Think how easy it would be to build with all those parts easily accessible!
Game 7! I did not think the Oilers could come back.
You may have answered this in a different video, but could all of the mils plates have been, for instance, 2 bricks deep rather than the 1? I thought the whole point of mils, besides adding strength and the ability to move buildings easily, was so you can landscape and add depth to certain areas. If the mils plates were deeper then issues with the train line/bridge gradient would look a lot nicer perhaps as it would be sunk in more.
However, keep up the good work, the clouds look awesome when you have the camera low down into the city 👍
I say you should raise BOTH sides of the train hill up. Only fair to do both sides, not just one.
All the bridge suggestions are fine and all but then it makes the placement of the firehall with that truck in an awkward position. They wouldn't exit the building on an incline.
I wish my lego store had that big of a PAB wall!! Mine is maybe a 1/3 of that size.
Find a way to get. 2 Spider-Man bridges. Work them into the city.that would be awesome.
Raise your downtown core with wood. It will solve your bridge problems.
We bought the Snow White Cottage yesterday because it doesn’t have that huge warning sticker on it yet. Lego employee said the next shipment will probably have it on it
Only small boats should be on a canal anyway, stick 1 of your small boats there for comparison then see if it needs to be increased, if they fit leave as is, problem solved 😊 your city at the end of the day, we're just along for the ride
instead of adding a road plate to each side you could do half a plate on each side.
At the Lego store, did you ever ask the employees there, if you could buy one of there boxes that comes with the green plates or any other parts you need, so you would not have to repack and it would be faster for you, if they would sell a full box to you?
The track bridge slope, simple, last raise, being two plates, not a brick, that you could do on the middle slope track section, if needed.
And adding a plate to your track curves height, is quite possible, right?
BAP wall....black hot dogs! Our PAB wall always sux!
The beard looks great Jordan! You should definitely keep growing it out!