Such an epic piece count and undertaking. The raised train has become that random city build I never thought I would enjoy so much. Going to be interesting when you add raised stations at the university etc. great work man and will look super clean when finished. Easily the coolest thing you’ve added to the city so far IMO.
Really interesting to see just how much work goes into these orders and price checking. I’ll stick to ordering mini figs I think. Save my city building for when I have more free time. Have to admire you’re dedication Bricksie and Mrs Bricksie.
It can be so much worse: is it worth paying more for a part to get it from a seller that has other parts you want? Or should you get the cheapest option even if it means paying a second shipping fee? The 6 cheapest sellers to get enough quantity, or sellers 7-8 who have enough just by themselves, but a bit more expensive? When is it worth paying international shipping for cheaper prices? If you don’t need some of the parts _right now_ and you see the average over the last 6 months is significantly cheaper than is available now, do you hold out for prices to come back down, or are you seeing tightening supply on an out-of-production part and you’d better pounce because prices will only go up? And when do you say “close enough” and decide that it’s down to a price you’re comfortable with, so it’s ok if it’s not the absolute cheapest price you could manage? Some of those are pretty easy to answer most of the time, they just take some math. But some of them are hard to answer and some are just judgment calls and the only way to know if you made the right call is in hindsight. So, yeah, a large or complex order pretty much always means a spreadsheet or two, in addition to using all of Bricklink’s help with locating the best current options.
Very interesting insight to how Bricklink works as never understood it myself. Cool, but complex stuff :-) Had a thought, where the raised track meets the retaining wall you could use some 1 x 3 inverted arches to blend it into the wall better? (assuming the train can still pass freely). As opposed to 1 x 3 flat tiles or exposed studs. Would flow better with the supporting arches underneath. Pumped to see the end result regardless. Thanks as always for keeping your content fresh and engaging man.
I will watch this a couple of times. Super good info to use BrinkLink. And you have been doing a lot of planning to figure this out. I really like your videos, very nice builds and also informative.
For the 3 studs coming out from the arches, I suggest a curvecoming I suggest a 3 stud inverted to create a nice bit of detail to from the masonry wall to the track
Quick thought, if you are going to be purchasing all new bricks for your elevated rail you might want to consider alternate colors/design for your down town vs the amusement park. The change would help better define the different areas of your layout. Perhaps the light gray tiles for the city (simulating cement) and brown (wood) for the amusement park or dark gray (metal).
Trix Brix makes ballast plate for Lego’s stand train curves. It’s not tiled off but it would eliminate the holes. It also still has studs to attach tiles. They have great products!
Save some money by using the tiles with the road lines on them down the middle instead of plain light grey . I’m wondering if the light grey tiles might make the line stand out more , where as now the track blends in . Omg yes a brick room … what a dream .
Also suggest in the future you revise your elevated line track route to actual go thru a building. This building could be a moc, maybe a multistory mall with the floor at the track level as a train station. Lot of interested ways to go this design, would be fun project.
Great video idea! I’ve never ordered from Bricklink but have been hearing about it in all these RUclips videos for years. Thanks for showing us the basics 👍🙏
I've honestly gotten paralysis by analysis looking at bricklink just so many parts, prices and options. Really appreciate you doing a breakdown on your process. Happy building. Hope you and the family are doing great!
Sounds like the ideal dream scenario one day in Bricksie future would be to have a huge inventory of all Lego parts.. you’d have to employ an Elf or two (aka the twins) to manage the shipping side but you could be the go to brick supplier for North America. That along with the Bricksie museum and the Bricksie gift shop.. man I’m envious of the position you’re in and the potential for future growth would be so exciting.
The curved tracks, look at the rocket cones, besides the round bricks, that might help you. Also, combine both fillers and add two wedge parts, below each other. Make more MOC's using several of the same set, like say the Destiny Bounty from back then. In fact, your Jurassic Park gate and your flipped (and crunched) care scene, get another and give that gate some dept to it, plus that T-rex just having escaped.
Hey Jordan, Trix Brix may have a solution to tiling your raised curved tracks. Check out the item called Pavement for Quarter Circle R40 on their website. Looks like they're 3d printed. Not sure about the outer pieces, but inside the rails looks pretty good. I haven't ordered from them, but they say they ship to the US and Canada. AFOL TV did a video talking about them. Hope this helps!
Yes on the piller beam s yeep I seed that at the start unless you youse two and had on on each side. With just one it not look as good. As pilla bean s 😊👍. Nice one on moveing the track out few studs. U dont need to fill in that gap between the wall s it how real tracks are 👍
With the pillers that support the arch you could use those one by two by 1/2 slopes at the top. The ones that make a smooth curve from a Birds Eye view.
like how U added that extra edge part s in the spot on the outter edge of the train tracks 😊👌 Cool as program 😊👍 I just not computer savey on yousing programs but that sounded Eazy if I know what to click on every time. Then I'm okay or other wise I be just looking at the screen doing my head in. But my house mates good with that stuff so I get him to help me. 😊
How did you figure out what the shipping costs would be for international orders in order to justify lower per brick costs? I'm finding Bricklink doesn't always give this information up front.
You know I think we would all love to have access to unlimited parts. There are days when I dream of just going through and ordering a few hundred of every single part. Just so I have them when I want to build something. Then reality hits me and I realize there are something like 50,000 elements, and I will likely never have everything. But we can still dream.
Hi bricksie the curves you can fill the gaps in with the triangel plate but then with the long side on the left and on the right of the plate the one stud I am going to look if that works and I will come back to you
I use studio to rough out a build . Then I don’t have to put all the parts away . You just have to make sure the parts are actually available in the colors you add to them
With the platform section, why don’t you bring out the rocky part of the mountain so the track lies directly on it? Save of parts and might look nicer than having a load of arches?
You could use the lego digital designer but the issue is when you create your design time consuming also you may not get the your creation to line up in ldd (lego digital designer) and then there the up dates in the LDD take some time to up date and after the update some of your design are missing parts in them. Hope this information helps you in your decision Bricksie BIG FAN OF YOUR VIDEOS 👍
Do you check all your orders piece by piece when they come in? I just made my first 2 PAB orders from Lego and they were both wrong (missing pieces and extra things I didn’t order). Took me forever to to! Newbie here live your videos!
I think your -- build as you go -- is faster than it would be using Lego CAD software . You have good ideas and come up with many ways and it is right there , you can see it -- touch it , make faster changes as you go . I messed around with some design software in the past and have never really had much luck with it . Personal preference !! Later 😃 D.
You have to watch the prices, because Bricklink just suggests stores with the parts you want, regardless of the price. Often the larger sellers with a lot of inventory charge a lot more, because they know you may want to buy from one shop for convenience / to save shipping, etc. I will set a max price on each piece and that will eliminate sellers with what I feel are high prices. But it also limits your choices.
Hey Bricksie and everyone, I've always been wondering, where BrickLink sellers get their parts from? I mean if they have like 5000 bricks in inventory, if can't be from parting sets out. Do they get them from Lego?
This may be too much of a hassle, but it would be neat to have a switchtrack on the raised rails and create a second route that meets up again across the city
I don't think you need tons of Lego like on Lego Masters to be a good moc builder if you have the skills, creativity, parts knowledge and eye for details. There's many skilled moc builders out there that I'm pretty sure don't have nearly as much lego and can develop great designs with what they have on hand. That's like saying you can't be a great chef without a professional kitchen. You seem to have lots of variety of parts, probably not in every color but you can still experiment with them with what you have and just order the right colors after you finish a design. No excuse for amateur looking designs if you call yourself a lego city builder.
Why don't you change your retaining walls with the rocks on the outside of the track, then the track, and then the retaining wall on the inside of the track... If that makes any sense.. ;-) In that solution you can see the rock wall even better, and you don't need to make the thin colums, that would (in real life) never be able to carry the train.. The rails is then on the rocks..
Bricksie hey Edmontonian ' my father said he knows your dad because of the business he owns and guess what my step father and I are huge lego collectors and gold and silver . The market is you shake to invest in . I am opening a store cause I have a lot of toys and other things in stock . I think in the future I will get store more for shipping and selling and buying . I am sure the shipping will sell more ' however you need space somewhere.
I learnt sooooo much from you , I just got the Loop Rollercoaster 🎢 I should have bought the firt big rail coaster like you have I am not Opening that one , another one I was going to buy was Ghostbusters whixh goes forb$2800
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with the 2x1 pillars, you could add ladders on some of them, for maintenance and rescue workers if needed. a bit of detail to break up the verticals.
Thats a great idea man hope he sees that
Such an epic piece count and undertaking. The raised train has become that random city build I never thought I would enjoy so much. Going to be interesting when you add raised stations at the university etc. great work man and will look super clean when finished. Easily the coolest thing you’ve added to the city so far IMO.
Really interesting to see just how much work goes into these orders and price checking. I’ll stick to ordering mini figs I think. Save my city building for when I have more free time. Have to admire you’re dedication Bricksie and Mrs Bricksie.
It can be so much worse: is it worth paying more for a part to get it from a seller that has other parts you want? Or should you get the cheapest option even if it means paying a second shipping fee? The 6 cheapest sellers to get enough quantity, or sellers 7-8 who have enough just by themselves, but a bit more expensive? When is it worth paying international shipping for cheaper prices? If you don’t need some of the parts _right now_ and you see the average over the last 6 months is significantly cheaper than is available now, do you hold out for prices to come back down, or are you seeing tightening supply on an out-of-production part and you’d better pounce because prices will only go up? And when do you say “close enough” and decide that it’s down to a price you’re comfortable with, so it’s ok if it’s not the absolute cheapest price you could manage?
Some of those are pretty easy to answer most of the time, they just take some math. But some of them are hard to answer and some are just judgment calls and the only way to know if you made the right call is in hindsight. So, yeah, a large or complex order pretty much always means a spreadsheet or two, in addition to using all of Bricklink’s help with locating the best current options.
Very interesting insight to how Bricklink works as never understood it myself. Cool, but complex stuff :-)
Had a thought, where the raised track meets the retaining wall you could use some 1 x 3 inverted arches to blend it into the wall better? (assuming the train can still pass freely). As opposed to 1 x 3 flat tiles or exposed studs. Would flow better with the supporting arches underneath.
Pumped to see the end result regardless. Thanks as always for keeping your content fresh and engaging man.
I will watch this a couple of times. Super good info to use BrinkLink. And you have been doing a lot of planning to figure this out. I really like your videos, very nice builds and also informative.
For the 3 studs coming out from the arches, I suggest a curvecoming I suggest a 3 stud inverted to create a nice bit of detail to from the masonry wall to the track
that train curve has my head spinning also - great progress and glad to hear that you are sounding better
Quick thought, if you are going to be purchasing all new bricks for your elevated rail you might want to consider alternate colors/design for your down town vs the amusement park. The change would help better define the different areas of your layout. Perhaps the light gray tiles for the city (simulating cement) and brown (wood) for the amusement park or dark gray (metal).
HIS VOICE IS BACK! I HOPE YOU AND YOUR FAMILY ARE FEELING BETTER!
Trix Brix makes ballast plate for Lego’s stand train curves. It’s not tiled off but it would eliminate the holes. It also still has studs to attach tiles. They have great products!
Save some money by using the tiles with the road lines on them down the middle instead of plain light grey . I’m wondering if the light grey tiles might make the line stand out more , where as now the track blends in . Omg yes a brick room … what a dream .
Im glad your voice is back
Also suggest in the future you revise your elevated line track route to actual go thru a building. This building could be a moc, maybe a multistory mall with the floor at the track level as a train station. Lot of interested ways to go this design, would be fun project.
Great video idea! I’ve never ordered from Bricklink but have been hearing about it in all these RUclips videos for years. Thanks for showing us the basics 👍🙏
I've honestly gotten paralysis by analysis looking at bricklink just so many parts, prices and options. Really appreciate you doing a breakdown on your process. Happy building. Hope you and the family are doing great!
The tutorial starts at 7:30
I stumbled upon this channel and I am really enjoying your content! The lego city is impressive
Sounds like the ideal dream scenario one day in Bricksie future would be to have a huge inventory of all Lego parts.. you’d have to employ an Elf or two (aka the twins) to manage the shipping side but you could be the go to brick supplier for North America. That along with the Bricksie museum and the Bricksie gift shop.. man I’m envious of the position you’re in and the potential for future growth would be so exciting.
I'm glad your voice is back
Thanks Jordan, this video was very helpful and educational!
The curved tracks, look at the rocket cones, besides the round bricks, that might help you.
Also, combine both fillers and add two wedge parts, below each other.
Make more MOC's using several of the same set, like say the Destiny Bounty from back then.
In fact, your Jurassic Park gate and your flipped (and crunched) care scene, get another and give that gate some dept to it, plus that T-rex just having escaped.
Hey Jordan, Trix Brix may have a solution to tiling your raised curved tracks. Check out the item called Pavement for Quarter Circle R40 on their website. Looks like they're 3d printed. Not sure about the outer pieces, but inside the rails looks pretty good. I haven't ordered from them, but they say they ship to the US and Canada. AFOL TV did a video talking about them. Hope this helps!
Yeah they look great to be fair. That’s a great shout
This video is super helpful. Thank you
Yes on the piller beam s yeep I seed that at the start unless you youse two and had on on each side. With just one it not look as good. As pilla bean s 😊👍. Nice one on moveing the track out few studs. U dont need to fill in that gap between the wall s it how real tracks are 👍
With the pillers that support the arch you could use those one by two by 1/2 slopes at the top. The ones that make a smooth curve from a Birds Eye view.
That's an awesome raised track, it's going to look really good when you finish the entire run
Thankyou for showing the way to bulk Lego. Really helpful.also love the track.☺️☺️
like how U added that extra edge part s in the spot on the outter edge of the train tracks 😊👌 Cool as program 😊👍 I just not computer savey on yousing programs but that sounded Eazy if I know what to click on every time. Then I'm okay or other wise I be just looking at the screen doing my head in. But my house mates good with that stuff so I get him to help me. 😊
awesome video jordan you ate amazing at building mocs great job
Amazing work as always
GWP is more syllables than gift with purchase so is it really an abbreviation
How did you figure out what the shipping costs would be for international orders in order to justify lower per brick costs? I'm finding Bricklink doesn't always give this information up front.
Didn't realize tile was so much cheaper on Lego website. You saved me about 200 bucks! Thank you!
Try to replace the 2x4 light grey tiles with some bushes or hedges, it will add some green to the build.
I was looking to start a city so this is the perfect timing. Just spent all my money on xmas stuff though
You know I think we would all love to have access to unlimited parts. There are days when I dream of just going through and ordering a few hundred of every single part. Just so I have them when I want to build something. Then reality hits me and I realize there are something like 50,000 elements, and I will likely never have everything. But we can still dream.
I learned a lot about bricklink ordering thanks. I didn't know how to search for everything like that
Hi bricksie the curves you can fill the gaps in with the triangel plate but then with the long side on the left and on the right of the plate the one stud
I am going to look if that works and I will come back to you
Looking really good 👍.
Nice I am looking forward to seeing how it will turn out.
Impressive structural work
You need to add an elevated train station platform or two.
I use studio to rough out a build . Then I don’t have to put all the parts away . You just have to make sure the parts are actually available in the colors you add to them
Like your design. Along the cliff under the train are you going to put a hiking/bike trail?
Hope you're feeling better
With the platform section, why don’t you bring out the rocky part of the mountain so the track lies directly on it? Save of parts and might look nicer than having a load of arches?
I would love to see you on LEGO Masters! ❤ I watched season 1 a few years back
throw another inverted arch on that 3 stud gap on the Wall side of the raised section my guy.
Dude you should apply to be in the next season of Lego masters applications are now open I seen at the end of the last episode
To order a lot of parts like you are doing, it's like having a full time job to do it to keep costs down.
This look awesome
Hi love your vids
How did you figure out to handle the weight of the train with the pillars? I am trying to build a second level for my city
FYI: the Mandalorian Helmet Set 75328 has just enough grey parts to build/cover 1 32x32 MILS plate! I had an extra one and discovered this. 😁
I'd search all the prices on Lego, set those as "max" and set Bricklink to ignore offers above.
I think those small gaps on the curves are OK, I wouldn't worry too much about those itll look fine 🙂
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Cool video
since lego owns bricklink I would think they should publish official tutorial videos on how to use the bricklink site efficiently.
Are the curved tracks to tight to have two wedge plates facing opposite angles facing each other?
There's a company in America that make custom curve tiles for curved train track 👍
Add second tracks with 4x1 u pieces
why not move the "mountain" x number of studs out så the track was on the rocks? would look better i think. otherwise nice work
Can you add a parking garage
You could use the lego digital designer but the issue is when you create your design time consuming also you may not get the your creation to line up in ldd (lego digital designer) and then there the up dates in the LDD take some time to up date and after the update some of your design are missing parts in them. Hope this information helps you in your decision Bricksie BIG FAN OF YOUR VIDEOS 👍
Do you check all your orders piece by piece when they come in? I just made my first 2 PAB orders from Lego and they were both wrong (missing pieces and extra things I didn’t order). Took me forever to to! Newbie here live your videos!
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I think your -- build as you go -- is faster than it would be using Lego CAD software . You have good ideas and come up with many ways and it is right there , you can see it -- touch it , make faster changes as you go . I messed around with some design software in the past and have never really had much luck with it . Personal preference !! Later 😃 D.
Is it possible to use the same wedge piece but mirrored on the other side?
Is there any way to find out the cost of shipping before you've bought/chosen the bricks?
Yeah bricklink while useful, can be so frustrating, always feels like a rip off, especially when in Australia
The beauty about buying Lego pieces is that they’re appreciating assets so technically you can’t lose.. especially when you have millions of them 🤑
I wish Josee and yourself would show me your room ?
Hey bricksie just wondering when buying off bricklink do you try look for new condition or used condition more to try save money or better quality
Sometimes I'll buy used if it's significantly cheaper, but it depends on the part type and color.
Buying bricks international prices and does it take a while to get stuff?
I have an idea for your city, how about a car musium maby a ferrari or a porsche would be good
Thanks for link looking awesome rised trains diong brilliant
Question, if I pice is much cheaper overseas, does it offset for shipping and how long it takes to arrive over buying it locally?
is there a downside to using the Auto-Select feature rather than going store by store?
You have to watch the prices, because Bricklink just suggests stores with the parts you want, regardless of the price. Often the larger sellers with a lot of inventory charge a lot more, because they know you may want to buy from one shop for convenience / to save shipping, etc. I will set a max price on each piece and that will eliminate sellers with what I feel are high prices. But it also limits your choices.
why not pull the rock wall forward below the track, and make it appear as though the train track is carved out of the mountain.
QQ: when you checking prices of sellers on bricklink the cheaper ones were often "used" - do you buy used?
Sometimes I'll buy used if it's significantly cheaper, but it depends on the part type and color.
If you ever finish the Lego city will you just break it and start a new one or leave it.
Hey Bricksie and everyone, I've always been wondering, where BrickLink sellers get their parts from? I mean if they have like 5000 bricks in inventory, if can't be from parting sets out. Do they get them from Lego?
Im planning on spending $1,500 on various lego peices thanks for the video
If you're interested in building it cause I only have one arm , even if you get it to a point where I can take over.
This may be too much of a hassle, but it would be neat to have a switchtrack on the raised rails and create a second route that meets up again across the city
Good morning.
You can set your max price to lego pick-a-bricks price so you know you’re getting the best price possible off of bricklink.
imagine ordering all the tiles only to realize they‘re white when you open up the package💀
I don't think you need tons of Lego like on Lego Masters to be a good moc builder if you have the skills, creativity, parts knowledge and eye for details. There's many skilled moc builders out there that I'm pretty sure don't have nearly as much lego and can develop great designs with what they have on hand. That's like saying you can't be a great chef without a professional kitchen. You seem to have lots of variety of parts, probably not in every color but you can still experiment with them with what you have and just order the right colors after you finish a design. No excuse for amateur looking designs if you call yourself a lego city builder.
What is your opinion about buying used pieces on bricklink? I got burned on bricklink with some very yellowed white pieces and now I am skittish.
Sometimes I'll buy used if it's significantly cheaper, but it depends on the part type and color. I specifically avoid used white parts.
You should audition for Lego Masters season 4
Ngl kinda disappointed this wasn’t the 2023 modular reveal
Why don't you change your retaining walls with the rocks on the outside of the track, then the track, and then the retaining wall on the inside of the track... If that makes any sense.. ;-)
In that solution you can see the rock wall even better, and you don't need to make the thin colums, that would (in real life) never be able to carry the train.. The rails is then on the rocks..
hi
You buy used pieces??
They all end up used eventually.
Ordering parts off bricklink is time consuming
Can I buy on of you cars
Bricksie hey Edmontonian ' my father said he knows your dad because of the business he owns and guess what my step father and I are huge lego collectors and gold and silver . The market is you shake to invest in . I am opening a store cause I have a lot of toys and other things in stock . I think in the future I will get store more for shipping and selling and buying . I am sure the shipping will sell more ' however you need space somewhere.
I learnt sooooo much from you , I just got the Loop Rollercoaster 🎢 I should have bought the firt big rail coaster like you have I am not Opening that one , another one I was going to buy was Ghostbusters whixh goes forb$2800