Jordan, I think you’re putting yourself into a pigeon hole by worry about the “logic” of the Lego city. It’s Lego - anything can make sense - it’s your city. ❤
Lots a real places have viaducts, reservoirs, ponds and lakes above cities. And as other's have said, there is no wrong answers and the Ninjago area looks really good up there on the platform.
An idea, maybe put the Ninjago stuff under the table for now. Wait til you get your bigger space to utilize where they can fit in to the city. And use that top shelf to build a "kinda" mountainous area like you said and use it as the observatory and a couple other things that'd fit in that area.
I agree! Ninjago is cool and that water is absoutely mesmerizing,but doesn’t seem to fit the vibe. If you built up a mountain area in that space it could be filled with amazing scenes. Maybe one huge part of the mountain and some smaller trail type spots. Could have the campground at the base of the mountain
The observatory is a great idea. It should be up high and not near the light house because I would not like that light hitting my lens as I look into the night sky.
agree the elevation in the back is nice. my suggestions: -keep the raised area. remove the ninjago sets and they could go with medieval stuff, using forests to transition between them and then you could utilize your stonework there as well. -better utilize the face of the raised area by having hilly streets like in san fransisco for example. It would be a place for you to line up and modularize the samller 3-in-1s, and give a lot to look at from a distance (since they are raised).
Why not make mountains instead of the raised platforms and then put the ninjago city on top of those mountains? I feel like it would blend much better and actually make sense!
This is the perfect opportunity to slide the modulars next to the open space back so the venetian houses can take that space. This way you can connect a canal to the sea. Also move the Ninjago houses under the table until they can get a dedicated space in the future... Once you upgrade your space.
No wrong choice Jordan, just work where you can with what you have like you do. You got this fam, you are growing and improving non-stop. All progress is progress, we’ll be here watching!
Agree with everyone else there is no wrong choice -- but that choice can be daunting!! Part of me says take some time and map it out, even if that means having to radically change things -- it's lego after all. I feel like you've had this tension for a while with wanting re-organize the city and dealing with existing features (and trying to find a middle ground between scrapping it all and making the most of the things you have). Couple of ideas: 1. While I know you just finished it... what about moving the campground/aframe up to the raised platform and changing some of the concrete platform covers into mountainous ridges/bluffs which could be climbed/hiked. You could then have an entrance at the other end of the amusement park/ make sense of that space a bit more as a leisure zone.. It would also provide some lovely landscaping with tons of trees and greenery in the background (and would fit the observatory plans). 2. Move Ninjago (back) to where the campground is. I think this would be an interesting flow from the temples and fishing huts, and the and the lantern garden would provide a nice transition to skate park, and you have some of that transition built in.. 3. I'm not sure so sure about the diner in that position, it's a lot of real estate for a duplicate set. I think it could go at the end of the boardwalk by the pillar or maybe even close to the residential area. Perhaps a dissenting voice, but never a fan of parking lots. Happy Building!
I think the Ninjago should stay where it is: Maybe the raised platform is a city reservoir? You original idea with mountain and observatory sounds awesome.
During the video you seemed most excited by the idea of having more forest area on top of the raised platform. I’m not sure how much work it would be, probably a lot, but why not move the campground and forest area from where it is to on top of the raised platform. Then Ninjago City could be moved down into the area where the forest/campground currently is, putting it closer the the rest of the water and at the bottom of the mountain with the Ninjago temple. Having the forest on the raised platform makes sense I think, and if you’re still planing to put the observatory up there it would be back in the forest as you had initial intended.
You could move all the amusement park sets up to the raised platform as a backdrop? Then move the ninja go sets into an Island in the city? It would free up a lot of baseplates at the end of the city??? Also, make that skatepark bigger!!! 🤟🏻
Most important thing to do when building a Lego city: Have fun. It's ever growing and changing. Idea: The raised platform becomes a forested / mountainous area. The farm goes up there (clean fresh air with a view.) The other end of the raised platform becomes viable for mountain cabins/ Air b&b/ housing MOCs. The open space below is ideal for the Venetian properties, condos, hotel and a mall. Great destination stop for the trains/ tram surrounded by some water features. The occasional food truck festival based on what season of the year it is. Your minifigs would also appreciate hospital and fire services available to them. Either way, you'll think of something awesome! Ninjago under the table and have a Minecraft vs Ninjago vs Castle world!
I think that you should make a Japanese/Asian night market or alley way thing and that should make it easier to include the Ninjago buildings. this would also add a nice night time aspect to the city. (I am talking about the empty base plate)
17:23 “It’s more than just a parking lot, it’s a place where people can park their car and they can, you know, go enjoy the activities at the beach” 😂😂😂 what
Here is an idea. Take the facades and Venetian house off the raised platform and build your mountainous area (including the observatory. Have a source of water originating from there and flowing down onto the Ninjago area on the raised platform. You could rough out the edges of the Ninjago water area to make it look a little more natural. The Ninjago looks really good on the raised platform. Another outlet for the water from the Ninjago area could flow down into the canal area by the Venetian house if you put it back where it was after moving the farm. (Another idea: the lighthouse might look good raised up onto the hill by the beach that you made for the observatory.) You do a great job, so whatever you come up with will look good. Remember, it's Lego. Anything goes.
Bro move the campground in the ride platform and the nijago next to the beach and then the campground you can build mountains and then u can also have a nice back drop on the woods and the hills above the city it would look so good. Move campground
Noooooooo....the barn is my favorite. I will beat the drum again to make it a high end organic co op farm store for the city. You can have the carrot guy with farm stand out side working the door Ps - the gas station could be a car hop restaurant and I yesterday I saw someone who connected all their Harry Potter module buildings together and it looked amazing. You could do that and put them on the raised platform
what if you somehow moved the zoo across a bit and put the ninjago stuff in the space between the mountain in the corner and the zoo? then you can make the raised platform a bit smaller. and (potentially) incorporate a train station on the raised line into the zoo. heaps of movement sure but it (to me at least) makes the most sense as 1. the ninjago stuff is with the rest of the ninjago sets. and 2. theres a natural waterway already heading that way! I like the idea of building up the (new) mountain in that empty space heading up to the observatory on top, and the raised platform can naturally flow on from there.
Maybe you should keep Ninjago City up there, but turn the raised platform into a mountain scape, but keep the train tunnel where it is because every train needs a tunnel to go through, but just get rid of the side panels and turn it into a rock face and didn't you say one time that you wanted to make a raised train station for the raised train track.
Might be a bit of work, but moving the zoo close to the theme park makes sense, then move the Ninjago sets beside the mountain in the corner at table level so the water makes sense. Make the raise platform into a mountain and run the train through it at another level above the already raised train. Also raise the road up in front of the raise platform at the current height of the raised train. This way you gain some table space for smaller sets that could be under the road. Its also creates a space for a ghetto area. Later on when you have more physical space the farm could be on the other side of the mountain.
Hey Jordan, I live in Seattle and in our downtown we have the International District. It is located at the edge of our downtown to the north, residential to the east and our industrial area to the south. It's awesome to see because it's so colorfull. So where ever you put your things it's your fantasy realm. You do say that it's not the real world. Your city has evolved so much and we love everything you do. Look at pop culture street, where in life does that happen. So if grass has to be pink and the trees are blue, then is how it's going to be. We all love and appreciate all you do. So go forth and be bold!!!
I think you keep Ninjago in the platform. Make space for the new Market set coming and use the other side of the platform to be the residential area with some sort of access road. Residential in the higher ground outside of the city makes the most sense as a suburb. Then expand the modulars around the city and bring back the venetian area with a pond, etc.
I think the Ninjago looks best when its all together, if you moved it where the camp ground is and move the camp grounds and trees around Ninjago like its hidden in the forest from the rst of the city.
No matter what you do your city rocks! I’ve never commented on any and I’ve watched many Lego cities! Yours is my favorite… I just wanted to offer some thoughts if it helps! 1) get rid of the farm and keep everything else… 2) get rid of “najargo” sorry I don’t know what that is… as it doesn’t quite fit and put the farm and landscaping up there as I don’t see where else the farm really fits in the space… 3) I don’t think the “city” would spend millions for the retaining wall for a farm… I would think some nice facade townhomes or modular builds on the second level would look good and accurate to city spending… but that gets rid of both… One extra thought is to build your hill in that empty space and move the “up house” there and make the retaining wall “under construction” as if he held up finishing it… the hill and his house and construction site in all 3 would complete the site and have a cool story. Either way, this place rocks!!
It’s one thing if YOU want to change things up, and something entirely different if the comment section thinks you should change things. Realism is overrated. Make the city something you like. After all, it’s your time, your money, and your enjoyment. You’ve got a great city and I really like watching what you do with it. Thank you! (And I like the farm because it is your creation- just my opinion)
I think you have the right idea making the top mountainous, so maybe consider swapping ninjago and the forest since you already have ninjago mountain down there.
That part where the houses are it's very hidden. Would be nice to take the ninjago stuff down near the temple mountain. Getting rid of the false tunnel should allow to slide the zoo more to the right and work the ninjago where it blends nicely, opening space for the smaller houses to be seen and the canal near the venesian ones.
We were thinking you should move the ninjago sets at the base of the mountain to make it like a botanical garden ,where the Zoo is às It will fit better next to the other ninjago sets and move the Zoo to the area of the canal as its has a good transition and merges city to forest .
Not only the ramp but I think it has a skate shop too that might have some good accessories for the surf/skate moc Cheers EDIT; ( typing as watching video lol) No no no I absolutely loved your idea in last video about the farm, mountain and a farmers market bridging to the city. Thought it was brilliant! What you do it's gonna be great but however I think you could just update the farm in that space 🤷♂️ Also ps that joker ride would be sweet in your amusement park It's gonna be great whatever you do.
Turn your tables into islands 1. Beach becomes island front 2. Separates downtown and helps contrast scale 3. Dedicate a table to water Then get a bigger house
Don't worry about Ninjago on the raised platform. Think of the water as being a man made body of water. Make the Ninjago sets a shopping/tourist district. Add a walk way over the water for tourist/shoppers to get to the sets, maybe add some row boats with people boating on the water. Make it feel like a themed part of the city and not some place that should be in a land far away.
No right or wrong here Bricksie, but if you’re looking for advice, here’s mine. The raised platform is about the “city skyline” and adding some contrast. For that reason, I’d keep the Ninjago stuff up there as it looks AMAZING. Might not make sense, but it certainly adds to the skyline. For the big gaping hole in the city, I’d personally think about that area as metropolitan city space and maybe just push that whole line of modulars back toward the wall so you have more room to tell stories toward the front (by the beach). I can see the gas station and some shorter buildings consuming the front area.
Make your mansion linear and once finished place on the raised platform overlooking the city. Move all Ninjago to where the mansion is now. Move Zoo so that it's Beach, Skate Park, Diner, Parking Lot, Zoo, and campground wrapping around the corner, Mountain at the edge of the camp ground going up the raise platform with the observatory on top . Then some landscape, Mansion, and landscape all on raise platform with a cliff edge.
Maybe if you want to keep the farm you could move it to the medieval section and modify it a tiny bit. You could keep the idea of the farm but it still gives you space up top
I'm on vacation so I didn't watch all the latest videos but it's great seeing you both, it feels like forever since she was down building stuff like that cool gazebo. I had a thought, even though the ninja go sets are more made for water, what about instead have a cobble stone road or something, the building edges can act as the sidewalk. Then where the bridge is, have a creek come under it to the water fall down the side of the platform wall. If you want to keep the sets there
I was thinking the samething. The ninjago thing actually looks great where it is, Just integrate it a bit more. Fore the farm doesnt work basically anywhere in the city. Maybe when you get a bigger space.
Hey! Two ideas for you (although you probably won’t see this)! Why not move the Eiffel Tower into the space you have now, create an open park area around there which will blend the city into the zoo and parks. You then have much more room for the amusement park which I can’t wait for you to start! You could even move the farm and maybe the burrow to the back of the amusement park as they are always in rural areas. Another idea would be to move the residential housing upto the platform, abit like Hollywood hills looking down on the city. Would love to hear your thoughts! Keep up the good work from the UK!
honestly if you leave ninjago up top and build mountains around it then water being there dose make sense, after all thats how rivers work. they start at the top of mlountains and flow to the sea and since your city is beachfront its bound to have rivers nearby or through it/ under it.
I'd move the temple over to the raised platform, put the mountaintop observatory in the corner (with a hiking path up there from the A-Frame area). Then landscape the raised platform to be more of a mountaintop. you could have a mountain spring that would be the source of the water around the Ninjago buildings. maybe have a winding staircase leading up to the Ninjago neighborhood, could use some of the Lunar New Year sets for decor. then it's its own area of town, but still connected to the city
The raised area is like a man made reservoir so the water makes sense to me. Though you could reduce the amount of water on the front and like another comment said build them into a mountain with the idea the water is behind and trailing down to the city in waterfalls. To throw another idea out there, integrate the mega mansion into the city, might have to remove the beach/dock element to do so and have a ninjago water city on the separate table. Then you could bring down some of the ships and create some moc ninjago buildings. I love ninjago and working on my own city at the moment, so im slightly biased :)
Maybe a redesign of the Ninjago City sets to remove the water elements of them and replace the water with landscaping? Could see it as a smaller sub-city in the larger city with some unique pathways and architecture. I'm not opposed to the water on the raised platform, but if it bothers you that much, you could theoretically make the raised platform into a sub-section of the Lego City for more unique architectural buildings.
My idea was a cobble stone road, and the building edges can be the sidewalk then the bridge there can have a creek going to the water fall down the wall
@ryleyw3684 that's a good concept, kinda like the winter village he did last December. Think just redesigning the Ninjago City sets to be land based rather than water (maybe with a small pond for the gardens) would solve the raised platform issue
Why not lose the water but keep the ninjago buildings and integrate them into the mountains on the raised platform. This would add more tiers to the city. Yo could achieve this by allowing the mountain area to take part of the free space in front of the platform. This would also make the raised platform more three dimensional. This is just an idea. Thank you for your inspirational videos.
I think you could change the first few cement walls of the raised platform and change them to rock panels and make it look like a mountain like you mentioned in the last video, it would also make the Ninjago area look like it is in a lake on a mountain which would make sense, it doesn't have to be at the same level as the ocean.
The water on the platform can make sense if you make it a mountain lake or maybe try an elevated reservoir. Maybe add another raised platform half as tall in front, could be a road or path up and blend it down to the city so it’s not such an extreme elevation change.
My vote is ditch the farm (mostly) and Ninjago and just leave space down at normal elevation for future buildings that integrate better with the rest of the city. The farm just doesn't fit with anything. Ninjago and the Venetian houses are tough because so much of your city is road based. Adding in water for these takes up space which you have some of, but maybe not enough for a smooth transition. Here's another idea. Since I know you don't want just blank spots in your city, maybe make some transitionary/temporary MILS plates that are super versatile and have sidewalk all the way around. They can then be matched up with any other plate and just fill in the gaps until you get more buildings you like. Maybe one is more like a community garden like they have in some cities instead of a full on rural type farm. Maybe one is some kind of market with tents and vendors. It should be stuff that's quick to build, looks decent, but you don't care about too much and would be fine swapping out for a new building. Last, don't worry too much about parking. City planners hate parking lots. They take up space and are ugly. Use this space for more aesthetically pleasing builds.
I love the city! I personally would put the farm back so its on the more nature side of the city. Make the free space where the canal was... a dinner, cars, scooters, multiplex styled section. Leave Ninjargo up there, maybe frame it with cliff edges and raised mountain parks, make the water look like its a natural well in rock work. I think them on the raise platform give a lot of depth to the city. Good luck!!
Leave the dinner as is. Creat a gravel parking lot and blend into woods and put food trucks in gravel parking lot. This will eliminate need for all gray 1by blocks.
That corner garage MOC uses 2 sets and is designed by Dagupa. I got the instructions and the 2nd garage, just haven't gotten around to building it yet!
I think you shouldn’t bring ninjago sets into your city cause they are big and very unique compared to other building sets. Also there will probably be another big ninjago set so it will be problem for the placing etc.
Bricksie you are the man in my opinion clear the plat make the sacrfice order the parts and take a massive landscaping project i wanna see it you go this woods and mountains are dope and you need to countine the modulars so buy more modular or rough a couple of parks together to fill up that space in the meant time
Okay so here’s what I think you should do. First of all I don’t think you should move the ninjago buildings down since they really do look good on the raised platform and even though you think the water up there doesn’t make any sense lots of cities do have things like reservoirs. Second I think you should take the Venetian houses and put them back where they originally were. Then I think you should get rid of the facades on the raised platform and replace it with a hilly/mountainous area where you could put stuff like the Mountain View observatory. And last I think the parking lot that you wanna build next to the diner should actually be a parking lot where food trucks and food vendors sell things.
If you have a mountain on the raised platform with a stream flowing down that could build up near ninjago and then flow on down past yeh zoo/camp ground to the beach. Then on the other side it could be landscaped. Just an idea but could then interstate both ninjago and landscaping on the raised platform.
i think a hill road that goes up to the platform will look awesome that goes together with the city with roads but also it’s so close to the zoo; really over the zoo so it might look good to remove the platform and integrate it in the city
You could also move the corner garage and all those buildings in the space where the farm was, then put Ninjago in the spot where the corner garage was. It will be near the beach and campground
I really enjoy watching your city evolve. Where I live water comes from the mountains around me so I don't see anything wrong with water above down town. Besides this is Lego and you can do it just as you want! Keep up the good work!
To be honest, I actually wanted to see what the city would look like with that Lego Ninjago set next to the modular buildings. Could look like it's own "future Tokyo district", like San Franokyo (Big Hero 6).
Bricksie, what if you switch ninjago & the farm? Keep that italian house on the platform, so it becomes the source of the water. That a idea? Gives you a China-town setup. I did say back then, when you was working on the Zoo, that you should have made a mountain river in the back of it, connecting the new temple mountain with the platform. But you need to picture that your standing hole, is filled up and that river continues there, so where is it going too? Connect that river with the one before the A-Frame house. Let them come together. If you do lower the Ninjago City, by a extra Ninjago City Gardens and one or two Monkie Kid City Of Lantaarn sets. You will want to increase the hight(?) of the Ninjago City Gardens you already have and the monkie kid one can act as as extra filler, as well as the basis for a L-line station. Mmmm, what if you modify your L-line raised platform covers a bit, so you can do a Chinese Metro true a high-rise building, setup? Wait, no Ninjago Harbor option, then. Drat. Well, that's why I suggested back then, to make your own Ninjago city part, using the above two sets, to connect both levels. Well, if you table Ninjago for later, revisit it when your mansion is done, that way you can work on it some more. Mmm, do you not have a row of plates free before your Christmas table setup? And you are going to place a Mansion setup behind it, as well, so that row gets bigger. Use it, for now, then.
Idea; put in the mountain idea out had but ad in a waterfall leading to ninja go as that would put a reason for the water being there and it would add a nice backdrop to your city.
I think you should build the space stuff and add to the raised platform. That would look cool in the back ground and maybe the space shuttle on clear blocks so it looks like it's taking off. City is looking awesome.
Just an idea, but what about placing the farm in the back corner of the amusement park...almost every amusement park/zoo has a petting farm area for the kids. It would bring in Greenery on that side?
Jordan, why you don’t move the small houses for the raised plataform to be like a suburban area with a nice view of the city. Will make much more sense, and will look grate and bring visibility for those grate hoses that now are so hidden behind the Modular buildings
The dinner could be a drive-in dinner. Have the menu boards with each parking space. Food trays on the cars. Carhops with roller skates delivering orders to the cars. Fit with the cars also. Very 1950’s. Babies on the move. 😊
I wouldn't be so concerned about the water so much I think they look amazing up there - but an option is to move all the Ninjago over to the amusement park and make it a fun area of the park? Can even keep them raised and it makes sense bc it's man made for tourism.
Hi, there is very quickly to solve the Ninjago and my idea will give you 2 good solutions. Add the Ninjago to the amusement park. Add it against a wall and add the Coaster in front of the Ninjago. The poles of the coaster can be placed in the water area of the Ninjago. Also the Coaster has a lot of spaces between the poles that need there to build the construction. So the Ninjago could be seen through the poles as a background when you look through the poles. Also the amusement park is full of buildings that has a creative design like the Disney Castle, and the Ninjago houses are also fancy creative buidings. So it would very good like an amusement park location or background. You often see this in amusement parks like Disney World. I hope you understand my idea.
What About puting a castle on the raised platform? A lot of european cities have castle on the hill/mountain and you could put a lot of greenery and nice rockwork around it, nice tourist spot in the city, possibly with "medieval" markets or tournaments.
Maybe create a waterfall coming off of the raised platform that goes to a stream that flows through the campground and empties into the ocean at the beach. On the other hand, It's LEGO. Who cares if water resides at the lowest part of the physical world, you can do whatever you want in your LEGO city. I think it looks great having such colorful sets raised above the others. I doubt anyone would walk into your LEGO room and say, This looks fantastic but the water just doesn't make sense. If they did just kick em out cause they don't understand the fantasy world of LEGO.
Why not just put the campground up on the raised platform? Then move the ninja go stuff on the wall feeding into the beach etc. raised platform will be the campground that’s accessible via a uphill road or something
What if you moved the campground and farm to the raised platform? You could move Ninjago by the mountain, and the water would flow into the ocean, kind of like a bay area.
add a floating shelf to left wall ( above the temple ) make it look like a cloud and the put Ninjago city on it. Then it looks like the magical city it is up in the clouds. water dripping over the clouds can act like rain.
Raised platform should be mountains with the observatory at the very peak looking over the Lego city you could keep ninjaco and have a waterfall flowing down into where you moved the farm from where the water would flow into the vinisan houses
My recomendation is to keep the raised platform, and then build a mountain next to it with a waterfall that runs down to Ninjago buildings and then flows down into the rest of the city
Hey Bricksie, whatever you do with that space I’d recommend not continuing the Modular’s down the street. The audience and you seem to have so much fun with the themes and creative MOC’s. Play into your strengths, make it awesome. Don’t just have another 4 baseplates of random modular buildings. The best part of NYC is Central Park ;)
You could move the modulars that are across from the new diner into the free space where there farm was. And then put the gas station and diner where the modulars were!!!!!!! 🎉🎉🎉
Bricksie what if you make the lego ninjago sets were the farm is and then making the farm we’re the ninjago stuff is so you can have the barn and the mountain observatory next to each other and the ninjago sets were the barn is now great update keep up the great work
Jordan, I think you’re putting yourself into a pigeon hole by worry about the “logic” of the Lego city. It’s Lego - anything can make sense - it’s your city. ❤
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He has a pop culture street in his Lego city
Lots a real places have viaducts, reservoirs, ponds and lakes above cities. And as other's have said, there is no wrong answers and the Ninjago area looks really good up there on the platform.
An idea, maybe put the Ninjago stuff under the table for now. Wait til you get your bigger space to utilize where they can fit in to the city. And use that top shelf to build a "kinda" mountainous area like you said and use it as the observatory and a couple other things that'd fit in that area.
I agree! Ninjago is cool and that water is absoutely mesmerizing,but doesn’t seem to fit the vibe. If you built up a mountain area in that space it could be filled with amazing scenes. Maybe one huge part of the mountain and some smaller trail type spots. Could have the campground at the base of the mountain
The observatory is a great idea. It should be up high and not near the light house because I would not like that light hitting my lens as I look into the night sky.
Ninjago to the bottom make it into its own scene
No, ninjago should be put in that space and use spring lantern festival to help fit it into downtown
I think the exact same thing
agree the elevation in the back is nice. my suggestions:
-keep the raised area. remove the ninjago sets and they could go with medieval stuff, using forests to transition between them and then you could utilize your stonework there as well.
-better utilize the face of the raised area by having hilly streets like in san fransisco for example. It would be a place for you to line up and modularize the samller 3-in-1s, and give a lot to look at from a distance (since they are raised).
Why not make mountains instead of the raised platforms and then put the ninjago city on top of those mountains? I feel like it would blend much better and actually make sense!
And the train can go thru a tunnel in the mountain. Also, would it be more fitting to have Ninjago near the amusement park area?
This is a great idea! I support this one
This is the perfect opportunity to slide the modulars next to the open space back so the venetian houses can take that space. This way you can connect a canal to the sea. Also move the Ninjago houses under the table until they can get a dedicated space in the future... Once you upgrade your space.
No wrong choice Jordan, just work where you can with what you have like you do. You got this fam, you are growing and improving non-stop.
All progress is progress, we’ll be here watching!
Agree with everyone else there is no wrong choice -- but that choice can be daunting!! Part of me says take some time and map it out, even if that means having to radically change things -- it's lego after all. I feel like you've had this tension for a while with wanting re-organize the city and dealing with existing features (and trying to find a middle ground between scrapping it all and making the most of the things you have).
Couple of ideas:
1. While I know you just finished it... what about moving the campground/aframe up to the raised platform and changing some of the concrete platform covers into mountainous ridges/bluffs which could be climbed/hiked. You could then have an entrance at the other end of the amusement park/ make sense of that space a bit more as a leisure zone.. It would also provide some lovely landscaping with tons of trees and greenery in the background (and would fit the observatory plans).
2. Move Ninjago (back) to where the campground is. I think this would be an interesting flow from the temples and fishing huts, and the and the lantern garden would provide a nice transition to skate park, and you have some of that transition built in..
3. I'm not sure so sure about the diner in that position, it's a lot of real estate for a duplicate set. I think it could go at the end of the boardwalk by the pillar or maybe even close to the residential area. Perhaps a dissenting voice, but never a fan of parking lots.
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I think the Ninjago should stay where it is: Maybe the raised platform is a city reservoir? You original idea with mountain and observatory sounds awesome.
During the video you seemed most excited by the idea of having more forest area on top of the raised platform. I’m not sure how much work it would be, probably a lot, but why not move the campground and forest area from where it is to on top of the raised platform. Then Ninjago City could be moved down into the area where the forest/campground currently is, putting it closer the the rest of the water and at the bottom of the mountain with the Ninjago temple.
Having the forest on the raised platform makes sense I think, and if you’re still planing to put the observatory up there it would be back in the forest as you had initial intended.
You could move all the amusement park sets up to the raised platform as a backdrop? Then move the ninja go sets into an Island in the city? It would free up a lot of baseplates at the end of the city???
Also, make that skatepark bigger!!! 🤟🏻
Most important thing to do when building a Lego city: Have fun. It's ever growing and changing. Idea: The raised platform becomes a forested / mountainous area. The farm goes up there (clean fresh air with a view.) The other end of the raised platform becomes viable for mountain cabins/ Air b&b/ housing MOCs. The open space below is ideal for the Venetian properties, condos, hotel and a mall. Great destination stop for the trains/ tram surrounded by some water features. The occasional food truck festival based on what season of the year it is. Your minifigs would also appreciate hospital and fire services available to them. Either way, you'll think of something awesome! Ninjago under the table and have a Minecraft vs Ninjago vs Castle world!
“Coffee is a science” litterally just different flavors of coffee
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The Lego shopping videos are so fun! Thanks for the daily content dude!
I think that you should make a Japanese/Asian night market or alley way thing and that should make it easier to include the Ninjago buildings. this would also add a nice night time aspect to the city. (I am talking about the empty base plate)
17:23 “It’s more than just a parking lot, it’s a place where people can park their car and they can, you know, go enjoy the activities at the beach” 😂😂😂 what
Here is an idea. Take the facades and Venetian house off the raised platform and build your mountainous area (including the observatory. Have a source of water originating from there and flowing down onto the Ninjago area on the raised platform. You could rough out the edges of the Ninjago water area to make it look a little more natural. The Ninjago looks really good on the raised platform. Another outlet for the water from the Ninjago area could flow down into the canal area by the Venetian house if you put it back where it was after moving the farm. (Another idea: the lighthouse might look good raised up onto the hill by the beach that you made for the observatory.) You do a great job, so whatever you come up with will look good. Remember, it's Lego. Anything goes.
Bro move the campground in the ride platform and the nijago next to the beach and then the campground you can build mountains and then u can also have a nice back drop on the woods and the hills above the city it would look so good. Move campground
Noooooooo....the barn is my favorite. I will beat the drum again to make it a high end organic co op farm store for the city. You can have the carrot guy with farm stand out side working the door
Ps - the gas station could be a car hop restaurant and I yesterday I saw someone who connected all their Harry Potter module buildings together and it looked amazing. You could do that and put them on the raised platform
what if you somehow moved the zoo across a bit and put the ninjago stuff in the space between the mountain in the corner and the zoo? then you can make the raised platform a bit smaller. and (potentially) incorporate a train station on the raised line into the zoo. heaps of movement sure but it (to me at least) makes the most sense as 1. the ninjago stuff is with the rest of the ninjago sets. and 2. theres a natural waterway already heading that way! I like the idea of building up the (new) mountain in that empty space heading up to the observatory on top, and the raised platform can naturally flow on from there.
Maybe you should keep Ninjago City up there, but turn the raised platform into a mountain scape, but keep the train tunnel where it is because every train needs a tunnel to go through, but just get rid of the side panels and turn it into a rock face and didn't you say one time that you wanted to make a raised train station for the raised train track.
Might be a bit of work, but moving the zoo close to the theme park makes sense, then move the Ninjago sets beside the mountain in the corner at table level so the water makes sense. Make the raise platform into a mountain and run the train through it at another level above the already raised train. Also raise the road up in front of the raise platform at the current height of the raised train. This way you gain some table space for smaller sets that could be under the road. Its also creates a space for a ghetto area. Later on when you have more physical space the farm could be on the other side of the mountain.
Hey Jordan, I live in Seattle and in our downtown we have the International District. It is located at the edge of our downtown to the north, residential to the east and our industrial area to the south. It's awesome to see because it's so colorfull. So where ever you put your things it's your fantasy realm. You do say that it's not the real world. Your city has evolved so much and we love everything you do. Look at pop culture street, where in life does that happen. So if grass has to be pink and the trees are blue, then is how it's going to be. We all love and appreciate all you do. So go forth and be bold!!!
I think you keep Ninjago in the platform. Make space for the new Market set coming and use the other side of the platform to be the residential area with some sort of access road. Residential in the higher ground outside of the city makes the most sense as a suburb.
Then expand the modulars around the city and bring back the venetian area with a pond, etc.
Put the Joker manor in your amusement park!
I really love Ninjago city with the water on the raised platform! I never thought the water was strange up there. Don’t stress Bricksie!!
I think the Ninjago looks best when its all together, if you moved it where the camp ground is and move the camp grounds and trees around Ninjago like its hidden in the forest from the rst of the city.
No matter what you do your city rocks! I’ve never commented on any and I’ve watched many Lego cities! Yours is my favorite…
I just wanted to offer some thoughts if it helps!
1) get rid of the farm and keep everything else…
2) get rid of “najargo” sorry I don’t know what that is… as it doesn’t quite fit and put the farm and landscaping up there as I don’t see where else the farm really fits in the space…
3) I don’t think the “city” would spend millions for the retaining wall for a farm… I would think some nice facade townhomes or modular builds on the second level would look good and accurate to city spending… but that gets rid of both…
One extra thought is to build your hill in that empty space and move the “up house” there and make the retaining wall “under construction” as if he held up finishing it… the hill and his house and construction site in all 3 would complete the site and have a cool story.
Either way, this place rocks!!
It’s one thing if YOU want to change things up, and something entirely different if the comment section thinks you should change things. Realism is overrated. Make the city something you like. After all, it’s your time, your money, and your enjoyment. You’ve got a great city and I really like watching what you do with it. Thank you! (And I like the farm because it is your creation- just my opinion)
I think you have the right idea making the top mountainous, so maybe consider swapping ninjago and the forest since you already have ninjago mountain down there.
would you ever move the greenery, forest to the raised platform? almost like that area is the side of a mountain?
That part where the houses are it's very hidden. Would be nice to take the ninjago stuff down near the temple mountain. Getting rid of the false tunnel should allow to slide the zoo more to the right and work the ninjago where it blends nicely, opening space for the smaller houses to be seen and the canal near the venesian ones.
We were thinking you should move the ninjago sets at the base of the mountain to make it like a botanical garden ,where the Zoo is às It will fit better next to the other ninjago sets and move the Zoo to the area of the canal as its has a good transition and merges city to forest .
you should put a golf car outside the mansion
what a pity! I've liked the farm.
Not only the ramp but I think it has a skate shop too that might have some good accessories for the surf/skate moc
Cheers
EDIT; ( typing as watching video lol)
No no no I absolutely loved your idea in last video about the farm, mountain and a farmers market bridging to the city. Thought it was brilliant! What you do it's gonna be great but however I think you could just update the farm in that space 🤷♂️
Also ps that joker ride would be sweet in your amusement park
It's gonna be great whatever you do.
I think placing the gas station next to the diner looks perfect and I thi k you should do it
I love the ideas you came up with in yesterday's video and think you should do them
Turn your tables into islands
1. Beach becomes island front
2. Separates downtown and helps contrast scale
3. Dedicate a table to water
Then get a bigger house
Don't worry about Ninjago on the raised platform. Think of the water as being a man made body of water. Make the Ninjago sets a shopping/tourist district. Add a walk way over the water for tourist/shoppers to get to the sets, maybe add some row boats with people boating on the water. Make it feel like a themed part of the city and not some place that should be in a land far away.
No right or wrong here Bricksie, but if you’re looking for advice, here’s mine. The raised platform is about the “city skyline” and adding some contrast. For that reason, I’d keep the Ninjago stuff up there as it looks AMAZING. Might not make sense, but it certainly adds to the skyline. For the big gaping hole in the city, I’d personally think about that area as metropolitan city space and maybe just push that whole line of modulars back toward the wall so you have more room to tell stories toward the front (by the beach). I can see the gas station and some shorter buildings consuming the front area.
I like the look of the octan gas station next to the 50s diner, even if it is temporary
Whatever you decide will be awesome!
Hey Bricksie, maybe you could integrate a park in the Lego city somewhere, near the police station perhaps. Love the content, keep it up!
My opinion is to follow the rule of cool. Do what looks good to you.
Make your mansion linear and once finished place on the raised platform overlooking the city. Move all Ninjago to where the mansion is now. Move Zoo so that it's Beach, Skate Park, Diner, Parking Lot, Zoo, and campground wrapping around the corner, Mountain at the edge of the camp ground going up the raise platform with the observatory on top
. Then some landscape, Mansion, and landscape all on raise platform with a cliff edge.
Maybe if you want to keep the farm you could move it to the medieval section and modify it a tiny bit. You could keep the idea of the farm but it still gives you space up top
I'm on vacation so I didn't watch all the latest videos but it's great seeing you both, it feels like forever since she was down building stuff like that cool gazebo.
I had a thought, even though the ninja go sets are more made for water, what about instead have a cobble stone road or something, the building edges can act as the sidewalk. Then where the bridge is, have a creek come under it to the water fall down the side of the platform wall.
If you want to keep the sets there
I was thinking the samething. The ninjago thing actually looks great where it is, Just integrate it a bit more. Fore the farm doesnt work basically anywhere in the city. Maybe when you get a bigger space.
Hey! Two ideas for you (although you probably won’t see this)!
Why not move the Eiffel Tower into the space you have now, create an open park area around there which will blend the city into the zoo and parks.
You then have much more room for the amusement park which I can’t wait for you to start! You could even move the farm and maybe the burrow to the back of the amusement park as they are always in rural areas.
Another idea would be to move the residential housing upto the platform, abit like Hollywood hills looking down on the city.
Would love to hear your thoughts!
Keep up the good work from the UK!
honestly if you leave ninjago up top and build mountains around it then water being there dose make sense, after all thats how rivers work. they start at the top of mlountains and flow to the sea and since your city is beachfront its bound to have rivers nearby or through it/ under it.
I'd move the temple over to the raised platform, put the mountaintop observatory in the corner (with a hiking path up there from the A-Frame area). Then landscape the raised platform to be more of a mountaintop. you could have a mountain spring that would be the source of the water around the Ninjago buildings. maybe have a winding staircase leading up to the Ninjago neighborhood, could use some of the Lunar New Year sets for decor. then it's its own area of town, but still connected to the city
The raised area is like a man made reservoir so the water makes sense to me. Though you could reduce the amount of water on the front and like another comment said build them into a mountain with the idea the water is behind and trailing down to the city in waterfalls.
To throw another idea out there, integrate the mega mansion into the city, might have to remove the beach/dock element to do so and have a ninjago water city on the separate table. Then you could bring down some of the ships and create some moc ninjago buildings.
I love ninjago and working on my own city at the moment, so im slightly biased :)
Maybe a redesign of the Ninjago City sets to remove the water elements of them and replace the water with landscaping? Could see it as a smaller sub-city in the larger city with some unique pathways and architecture. I'm not opposed to the water on the raised platform, but if it bothers you that much, you could theoretically make the raised platform into a sub-section of the Lego City for more unique architectural buildings.
My idea was a cobble stone road, and the building edges can be the sidewalk then the bridge there can have a creek going to the water fall down the wall
@ryleyw3684 that's a good concept, kinda like the winter village he did last December. Think just redesigning the Ninjago City sets to be land based rather than water (maybe with a small pond for the gardens) would solve the raised platform issue
Why not lose the water but keep the ninjago buildings and integrate them into the mountains on the raised platform. This would add more tiers to the city. Yo could achieve this by allowing the mountain area to take part of the free space in front of the platform. This would also make the raised platform more three dimensional. This is just an idea. Thank you for your inspirational videos.
I think you could change the first few cement walls of the raised platform and change them to rock panels and make it look like a mountain like you mentioned in the last video, it would also make the Ninjago area look like it is in a lake on a mountain which would make sense, it doesn't have to be at the same level as the ocean.
The water on the platform can make sense if you make it a mountain lake or maybe try an elevated reservoir. Maybe add another raised platform half as tall in front, could be a road or path up and blend it down to the city so it’s not such an extreme elevation change.
#18:55 ~ LOL
Elvis decided to photo bomb your shot from behind the lighthouse, while you were pouring your heart out, about what to do in the city !
My vote is ditch the farm (mostly) and Ninjago and just leave space down at normal elevation for future buildings that integrate better with the rest of the city. The farm just doesn't fit with anything. Ninjago and the Venetian houses are tough because so much of your city is road based. Adding in water for these takes up space which you have some of, but maybe not enough for a smooth transition.
Here's another idea. Since I know you don't want just blank spots in your city, maybe make some transitionary/temporary MILS plates that are super versatile and have sidewalk all the way around. They can then be matched up with any other plate and just fill in the gaps until you get more buildings you like. Maybe one is more like a community garden like they have in some cities instead of a full on rural type farm. Maybe one is some kind of market with tents and vendors. It should be stuff that's quick to build, looks decent, but you don't care about too much and would be fine swapping out for a new building.
Last, don't worry too much about parking. City planners hate parking lots. They take up space and are ugly. Use this space for more aesthetically pleasing builds.
14:56 I like the idea of the road goin up to the platform!
I love the city! I personally would put the farm back so its on the more nature side of the city. Make the free space where the canal was... a dinner, cars, scooters, multiplex styled section. Leave Ninjargo up there, maybe frame it with cliff edges and raised mountain parks, make the water look like its a natural well in rock work. I think them on the raise platform give a lot of depth to the city. Good luck!!
Leave the dinner as is. Creat a gravel parking lot and blend into woods and put food trucks in gravel parking lot. This will eliminate need for all gray 1by blocks.
18:51 that Elvis art in the back left totally freaked me out!!!!! Lol!
That corner garage MOC uses 2 sets and is designed by Dagupa. I got the instructions and the 2nd garage, just haven't gotten around to building it yet!
I think you shouldn’t bring ninjago sets into your city cause they are big and very unique compared to other building sets. Also there will probably be another big ninjago set so it will be problem for the placing etc.
Bricksie you are the man in my opinion clear the plat make the sacrfice order the parts and take a massive landscaping project i wanna see it you go this woods and mountains are dope and you need to countine the modulars so buy more modular or rough a couple of parks together to fill up that space in the meant time
Okay so here’s what I think you should do. First of all I don’t think you should move the ninjago buildings down since they really do look good on the raised platform and even though you think the water up there doesn’t make any sense lots of cities do have things like reservoirs. Second I think you should take the Venetian houses and put them back where they originally were. Then I think you should get rid of the facades on the raised platform and replace it with a hilly/mountainous area where you could put stuff like the Mountain View observatory. And last I think the parking lot that you wanna build next to the diner should actually be a parking lot where food trucks and food vendors sell things.
Water can be up high, it just needs a waterfall, a natural rock wall cliff and somewhere for the waterfall to pool at ground level.
If you have a mountain on the raised platform with a stream flowing down that could build up near ninjago and then flow on down past yeh zoo/camp ground to the beach. Then on the other side it could be landscaped. Just an idea but could then interstate both ninjago and landscaping on the raised platform.
i think a hill road that goes up to the platform will look awesome that goes together with the city with roads but also it’s so close to the zoo; really over the zoo so it might look good to remove the platform and integrate it in the city
You could also move the corner garage and all those buildings in the space where the farm was, then put Ninjago in the spot where the corner garage was. It will be near the beach and campground
I really enjoy watching your city evolve. Where I live water comes from the mountains around me so I don't see anything wrong with water above down town. Besides this is Lego and you can do it just as you want! Keep up the good work!
To be honest, I actually wanted to see what the city would look like with that Lego Ninjago set next to the modular buildings.
Could look like it's own "future Tokyo district", like San Franokyo (Big Hero 6).
Ideas for the city
-fire department
-police department
-out door gym
-go kart track
Farm with the burrow, add a lil mountain to above the train tunnel to extend the rocks above the zoo
Bricksie, what if you switch ninjago & the farm?
Keep that italian house on the platform, so it becomes the source of the water.
That a idea?
Gives you a China-town setup.
I did say back then, when you was working on the Zoo, that you should have made a mountain river in the back of it, connecting the new temple mountain with the platform.
But you need to picture that your standing hole, is filled up and that river continues there, so where is it going too?
Connect that river with the one before the A-Frame house.
Let them come together.
If you do lower the Ninjago City, by a extra Ninjago City Gardens and one or two Monkie Kid City Of Lantaarn sets.
You will want to increase the hight(?) of the Ninjago City Gardens you already have and the monkie kid one can act as as extra filler, as well as the basis for a L-line station.
Mmmm, what if you modify your L-line raised platform covers a bit, so you can do a Chinese Metro true a high-rise building, setup?
Wait, no Ninjago Harbor option, then.
Drat.
Well, that's why I suggested back then, to make your own Ninjago city part, using the above two sets, to connect both levels.
Well, if you table Ninjago for later, revisit it when your mansion is done, that way you can work on it some more.
Mmm, do you not have a row of plates free before your Christmas table setup?
And you are going to place a Mansion setup behind it, as well, so that row gets bigger.
Use it, for now, then.
Idea; put in the mountain idea out had but ad in a waterfall leading to ninja go as that would put a reason for the water being there and it would add a nice backdrop to your city.
I think you should build the space stuff and add to the raised platform. That would look cool in the back ground and maybe the space shuttle on clear blocks so it looks like it's taking off. City is looking awesome.
Ninjago and Venetian houses would look ok in my opinion
if you remove the ninjago city you should add mountains and a lego city sign, kinda like how the hollywood sign is
Elvis peeking around the corner at 18:35 gave me a bit of a jump scare. 🤣
The raised traintrack should be underneath the raised platform and you can open up the walls behind the arches so the train is visible.
Just an idea, but what about placing the farm in the back corner of the amusement park...almost every amusement park/zoo has a petting farm area for the kids. It would bring in Greenery on that side?
Jordan, why you don’t move the small houses for the raised plataform to be like a suburban area with a nice view of the city. Will make much more sense, and will look grate and bring visibility for those grate hoses that now are so hidden behind the Modular buildings
The dinner could be a drive-in dinner. Have the menu boards with each parking space. Food trays on the cars. Carhops with roller skates delivering orders to the cars. Fit with the cars also. Very 1950’s.
Babies on the move. 😊
I wouldn't be so concerned about the water so much I think they look amazing up there - but an option is to move all the Ninjago over to the amusement park and make it a fun area of the park? Can even keep them raised and it makes sense bc it's man made for tourism.
Hi, there is very quickly to solve the Ninjago and my idea will give you 2 good solutions. Add the Ninjago to the amusement park. Add it against a wall and add the Coaster in front of the Ninjago. The poles of the coaster can be placed in the water area of the Ninjago. Also the Coaster has a lot of spaces between the poles that need there to build the construction. So the Ninjago could be seen through the poles as a background when you look through the poles. Also the amusement park is full of buildings that has a creative design like the Disney Castle, and the Ninjago houses are also fancy creative buidings. So it would very good like an amusement park location or background. You often see this in amusement parks like Disney World. I hope you understand my idea.
You need to do a large lego backdrop at the back of your city. A whole skyscape out of tiles/studs would be awesome.
What About puting a castle on the raised platform? A lot of european cities have castle on the hill/mountain and you could put a lot of greenery and nice rockwork around it, nice tourist spot in the city, possibly with "medieval" markets or tournaments.
"Drink overpriced coffee."
"That'll be 37 dollars."
"Awesome!"
Use spring lantern festival to transition ninjago into the modulars
Maybe create a waterfall coming off of the raised platform that goes to a stream that flows through the campground and empties into the ocean at the beach. On the other hand, It's LEGO. Who cares if water resides at the lowest part of the physical world, you can do whatever you want in your LEGO city. I think it looks great having such colorful sets raised above the others. I doubt anyone would walk into your LEGO room and say, This looks fantastic but the water just doesn't make sense. If they did just kick em out cause they don't understand the fantasy world of LEGO.
Why not just put the campground up on the raised platform? Then move the ninja go stuff on the wall feeding into the beach etc. raised platform will be the campground that’s accessible via a uphill road or something
What if you moved the campground and farm to the raised platform? You could move Ninjago by the mountain, and the water would flow into the ocean, kind of like a bay area.
add a floating shelf to left wall ( above the temple ) make it look like a cloud and the put Ninjago city on it. Then it looks like the magical city it is up in the clouds. water dripping over the clouds can act like rain.
Continue modular builds, replace the ninjago sets with the farm on the raised platform then integrate farm with a forest/moutain area
Raised platform should be mountains with the observatory at the very peak looking over the Lego city you could keep ninjaco and have a waterfall flowing down into where you moved the farm from where the water would flow into the vinisan houses
My recomendation is to keep the raised platform, and then build a mountain next to it with a waterfall that runs down to Ninjago buildings and then flows down into the rest of the city
The farm with Wesley's home sounds really cool how you described it
Hey Bricksie, whatever you do with that space I’d recommend not continuing the Modular’s down the street. The audience and you seem to have so much fun with the themes and creative MOC’s. Play into your strengths, make it awesome. Don’t just have another 4 baseplates of random modular buildings.
The best part of NYC is Central Park ;)
You could move the modulars that are across from the new diner into the free space where there farm was. And then put the gas station and diner where the modulars were!!!!!!! 🎉🎉🎉
Bricksie what if you make the lego ninjago sets were the farm is and then making the farm we’re the ninjago stuff is so you can have the barn and the mountain observatory next to each other and the ninjago sets were the barn is now great update keep up the great work