building the tiniest LEGO city: mini-modulars + triangles!
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- Опубліковано 9 лип 2024
- LEGO City Update! We pull everything off of the top level of our city, and rebuild it from scratch! 🏗 And discuss techniques for how to fit a lot of LEGO into a small brick city, by minifying everything. We start by laying out the pathways, then talk about the motivation behind our mini-modular grid layout with three sizes (16 x 8n stud [large], 8 x 8n stud [small], and inverted corner [special]).
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We cover:
1. Laying out the pathways (our usual start to a city),
2. A new mini-modular grid layout so that we can have a cohesive system for buildings, with three sizes (16 x 8n stud [large], 8 x 8n stud [small], and inverted corner [special]),
3. Slightly-modified mini-modular buildings from 80036 Monkie Kid City of Lanterns and 80012 Monkey King Warrior Mech,
4. How these look together in the city!
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Do you have any plans to connect these 3 levels? Some staircases or a path for minifigs to travel between levels.
@@sinan_collects Great question! We want to add either stairs or an escalator (w/ one of those Metro Entrance structures so the minifigs don't fall in) from the 3rd level into the 2nd level train station.
Not sure yet about access between the 1st and 2nd levels. We might leave it up to imagination that there's some access on the other side of the tunnel, past the city. Or we might be able to add some stairs in front of the tunnel. (Your shelf city sounds very cool btw!)
I really love the way you’re hiding behind the table and turning the builds around by hand. I hope you never stop doing that! Way more charming than a motorized turn table. 😄
Haha, thanks so much! Good to know our low-budget production is tolerable :D
It wad hilarious
And because their camera work/graphics/audio is so beautifully done, that the lofi display of the sets makes it funnier.
I love this channel. such high production quality, but it still feels like a "small" channel, and it's all from a fan perspective. most lego channels want to avoid any problems that real life imposes, but you guys embrace them, and it makes your city feel so much closer to my experience as a builder. love it
I really like this idea! I also think its great how it gives a forced perspective to the city, making it look like those smaller buildings are farther back in space than he huge ones up front, and think it'd be cool to do a third layer even further back that's micro-scaled that could add even more depth to it!
I love that you're going small with the modulars! It's a great way to pack more into your city, plus I love the smaller scale
I love the “invisible” hands that rotate the set!
I love your pointing shark
You two have one of the most creative lego cites
Loving the videos so far. Very cool to see a new channel crop up and instantly start rolling out great engaging content!
The smaller modified buildings on the top city platform are genius. Great use of the small builds from various sets. I can’t wait to see how the rest of the city develops. 👍
I saw two Asians with a Lego city and immediately hit subscribe. So pleased to see that your content is also high quality.
I love the idea of 16s and 8s for modded modular systems, and I’m especially impressed with the transition block and your wonderfully detailed visual explanation using precise angles and pythagorean triangles.
The effort you put in doesn’t go unnoticed! Looking forward to seeing your city and channel grow.
Your channel is incredible, I really enjoy how high quality it is and how down to earth normal people yall seem to be, if I were to make a lego city Id probably do one like yours. Please keep uploading. Idk if this is possible but maybe try and add more motorized or moving things in your city because that usually makes it stand out more.
22.48pm here I’m Spain, and I’ve found a treasure of channel! I love your tiny spaces concept for our Lego cities 🙏🙏 New subscriber for your channel here 👍🏻🤩
For a while I’ve been debating coming up with my own smaller modular system - glad to hear it’s not just me!’
I just found your channel tonight. I wish I found Monkie Kid and Ninjago a few years ago before I started collecting city sets. The mini modulars look fantastic. And they make me love the Ninjago and Monkie Kid themes even more now. I am sad City of Lanterns is retiring the year I discover I love the theme. I have too many city and Star Wars on my retiring wish list this year.
Great advices! I like the inverted corner techniques you explained here, very useful!
4:20 that's a very handful advice!
Great content. I particularly enjoyed the analysis of the angles with the existing flat angled tiles at 4'18'', and the subsequent inference about which right triangles can be built based on that selection of angles at 4'30''.
This is the first time I come across such a deep and principled approach to lego design. You illustrated it with excellent visuals and clarity; and casually put it as a "side note" on your video. These illustrations of 'Fundamental shapes in Lego Building' and 'how they feed into Lego design' could make for a great and unique video.
I really enjoy your content and, most importantly, the genuine enthusiasm that permeates through your videos. Keep nurturing this enthusiasm, this is what makes your videos unique, and genuine quality will always prevail over quantity in the long run.
Greetings from your fan in Paris.
PS: Note that by combining flat angled tiles of different sizes, you could reach more variety of angles, albeit at the price that the lengths won't match perfectly.
E.g. (taking the colours in your illustrations) using 1 of the indigo 2 stud long angled tile coupled with 1 of the grey 3 or 4 stud long angled tiles)
As small as your layout is, it's got a really cool looking design. 😁
Firstly thank you for showing how Monkie kid sets can be incorporated in a Lego City. Being an avid fan of City theme you actually opened a whole new level to add into my next City layout. Great job guys, much love and appreciation from Pakistan!
This was a great update and love the ideas for the smaller buildings! Thanks!
This is exactly the kind of thing I've been looking for ideas on! A tiered city build with trains and using mini-modulars for the buildings! I have plenty of vertical space, but not a lot of floor area/depth. So, I've been jotting ideas down for a mountain-side theme for the city my daughter and I are going to build together!
Can't wait to see more of your vids! (Just discovered the channel!)
I’m obsessed
Love the constraints on your city and the diagonal build on the frontage. Constraints are great for creativity and I am glad you are putting that front and center.
Leaving in Paris I don't have room for a big city. I'm impressed with your minimodular !
I have to build my city of lanterns and try them in a classic city layout too.
the shark pointer!!!
Are you going to incorporate the monorail in your City? And what are your thoughts about older Legos.
I did something similar in my city, all buildings are multiples of 8. I usually stuck to 8x8 or 8x16 and a 6 stud front walk. It makes it easy to interchange and match a city. Good luck!
Very interesting design plans. I love the hands rotating the buildings! Subscribed!
Thank you!
~I'm curious about that modified Titanic on the bookshelf in the background~ NVM haha after I paused the video I realized it was the front section
Love your videos and your positivity and the content. I was really thinking of the same , building mini-modulars for the save space quality and this video is inspiring! Have a great day !
Looking really good! This makes me want to go back to my shelf city and try to add another layer to it.
I just was watching firat three videos of your playlist after I joined today. You have a very nice, tidy and creative city. Your videos are very calming and enjoyfull to watch. Please keep going :)
Thanks so much!
Great video! I just started a LEGO City of my own and I have very limited space so it's interesting to se different solutions to the space problem. I'd love to see how you guys build out buildings without a back :)
I waited all week for this video! Keep up the good work
Nice concept. Been looking at these too. My daughter and I build those small sets together and they have a high playability for her. Been looking on how to integrate them like you but also keep the playability there. Those hinges do not work in a city. I am think about making the back walls come off with technic pins like you do these mils plates in your videos. Gives me more uniform buildings and her a better way to play which lacks in the big modulars.
Omg, thank you so much! I want to build a Lego city but I don’t have the space. However, you both just gave me some ideas. Although I can’t really start on a Lego city until I figure out if I’m moving to Japan or not.
seeing vids like this to help build a small lego city is helpful. I have been trying to figure out how to use my small space for my lego town. do like that you were still able to stick a train in your small lego city layout.
great idea!
Amazing 😍
Great concept, good explanations. Looking forward to more videos.
This is awesome!
I've been looking forward to this upate!
Mezzanine style cities make so much sense.
I love this, can you do more of these smaller buildings from city, monkey kid, creator 3-in-1 and show us how you would fit them together?
Thanks so much! Great point. We've built a few more buildings (some custom, and some modified from MK, Ninjago like in ua-cam.com/video/C2CTyLuIiJk/v-deo.html, and yes Creator 3-in-1 and Friends), and it's been a fun challenge to figure out how to make them look cohesive together. Videos coming soon, hopefully!
Okay, love this! Subscribed and back to watch from the beginning. 😅 I’m particularly interested to see how those corners builds come out!
I really love the smaller scale cities :) not only because its cheaper xD .. i started building a citie populated with creator 3-1 houses which cost around 40bucks each.. so i can have 3-5 houses instead of one modular xD
That’s actually so good! Smaller buildings reminds me of my home. Please showcase more in the future… also… the math 🥲can’t be me lol
I'm new at this (as an AFOL), haven't played legos with intention since the 90's at least. I got a crap load of old pieces in a bin, a few sets and one modular (Boutique hotel). Apparently only takes one modular to turn your life into a sick obsession... But all these fancy modified pieces are new to me (and not in my mostly early 2000's collection). So many of the SNOT pieces now with studs on multiple sides, many kinds of jumpers besides the old 1x2, new tiles, so many new colors. My builds aren't even that bad for a relative noob, but I just run out of relevant pieces half way through everything. I ordered a lot but it's hard to even know what to get. Would you do something to cover something like that roughly? i.e. for people who are like new AFOL (and into say modular buildings with interior details, vs. maybe cars/castles/space) what are important pieces to get to get started playing around with modulars like these? For architectural details, for furniture and accessories details? How do you typically use certain common types of pieces and when? I love your city plan (I'm also in an apt; Chicago) I'm going to do similar and make some minis like this, they're so cute and a great size to start with. The channel "small brick city" seems to have the most detailed actual tutorials with building tips. If you have time to do some like he used to do that would be awesome. Great channel, beautiful MOCS, really appreciate the content!
Also I'd love to hear about some structural things that feel really obvious but no one actually seems to talk about. Like it seems like the lego modular rule is like baseplate, then right into bricks for 7-8 layers then tiles, then two layers of plates for a sturdy floor then bricks, then tiles again, etc. Do you try and keep a certain min-max height for things to work best? How do you feel about the mils baseplate system thing that the hotshots on youtube all seem to use? Is it worth doing? Also your production value is awesome, looks great. thanks again!
Keep up the great work! I’m getting lots of inspiration from your small city! Even if the math goes completely over my head! 😂
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This is pretty awesome. I think you guys have no choice but to build "up", if you ever want to expand even more. I love the smaller footprint buildings. Genius
yay!
Great video. Informative and detailed too. Thank you for posting it. I have subscribed too. Keep up the good work.
Thanks!!
Lovely city! Nice use of space. Do you think of adding lights any time?
Thanks!! We've been thinking about adding lights for a while, but haven't come up with a solution that seems like it'll be clean and not-too-finicky. We're probably going to start simple with the PoweredUp lights and go from there.
Fantastic lil builds! and excellent strategy for getting the most out of the space. Love the house plants in the background. The body-less arms for rotating the models cracked me up 😂 Definitely liked the angles overview! I've been curious for a while if there's a simple mathematical relationship that describes why the 1:2 and 1:3 angles combine so effortlessly to make 45, 90 and the 3:4:5 angles. I haven't dug into it much but if you know of one already, I'd be super stoked if you point me in the right direction! If not, no worries! 😃
Thanks for the kind words! Yeah we don't have one of those spinning platforms so we have to make do 😆
Not sure if this is super simple but:
- the first half of this video shows a geometric construction of why a 1:2 angle plus a 1:3 angle adds up to 45°: ua-cam.com/video/LyBM3vnJSAo/v-deo.html
- here's that in written form plus how doubling them and adding a unit square gets to the 3-4-5 triangle blog.mathoffthegrid.com/2016/10/12-triangles-and-their-link-to.html
@@eggybricks Awesome! Much appreciated! Both of those links helped!
How did you buy the pieces sepersly from the Warrior Mech set to build the side build?
We got the building instructions from lego.com to see what we needed for just the side-build, then purchased the pieces from BrickLink
what program did you use to design your city?
BrickLink Studio