Hello Robin. Is there something in your closet? Why not take out the whole door by unscrewing the hinges. Then you can extend Brick Nottingham into that room, maybe add another train loop or just more themes. OK, a problem could be going into that room then. You would need a standing hole.
Awesome video Robin! I really like all of the amendments you've done. I really love the new pump wagon! It really does look like they are trying to catch up to the train. You can hardly see the string. You better get those two boys a pint for all the hard work they've done today! lol Excellent build. I will have to make one of these also. Thank you for sharing how you made it. It really is a pretty simple build and you get loads of entertainment from it. I laughed when you had the train cam going cause their littles bodies just going up and down like crazy was quite hilarious. Great video as always, keep up the awesome work! Oh i got an email from Lego Ideas about the 35 product ideas that made it to the 2nd round and I see Fast Food Corner is number 9. How exciting for you! Great job!!
Thanks for that. I've been checking out all the 35 videos. No one gives me much of a chance but I never even did it as an Ideas set so I'm really happy either way. Thanks, the pump wagon is very cool. I'm happy!
I do have them, I purchased the set they came in a while back so they are brand new. I know you have alot of fans of your channel. I'm Brad one of your patreons, you helped me get my LDD fixed, if you remember back. I have some of my list built in bricklink like minifigures and interior parts, stickers etc.. for fast food corner. I'm going to try to break it up into sections to get the parts. I'm finding out it's quite expensive to just get the minifigures new so some of it I'll get as used but I think as for the building itpself I'll try to get new parts. I'm not a fan of scratched up pieces. Do you use plastic polish ever on bricks besides the clear pieces? If you do, do they look new again?
That pump wagon has some genius design elements. The guys jumping off of it reminds me of the Polar Express. You always say you're not the best with technic, and sure you may not be a master builder when it comes to that category, but you come up with some brilliant ideas and make them work much better than I could.
Fantastic video and a fantastic build. The whole idea of the hand pump cart is amazing. The added spring legs with the springs removed really adds to the realism of the movement of the men. Very well done my friend and thanks for sharing.
That pump car looks incredible! The motion is just on point. It could be even funnier to have them try to get away from the oncoming train though. Perhaps connecting a transparent or black rod to the front magnet of the Beast and via a turntable or something equally easy to turn onto the underside of the pump car... Might need some testing though. 🤔
I tried that first and it was not good. The bar needs to be very loose at both ends and the cart is pushed off the track very easily causing a big mess!
Robin, that hand cart/pump wagon looks fantastic! Really nice job on that. And you really have to look to see the cord pulling it, which makes it even better. Top notch job on that.
I want to get the diagon alley set I like harry potter but it is a bit expensive. Every time I see a train caboose I think of back to the future part 3 when doc and marty steal I mean borrow the train. I like the pump wagon it's a great design you can't see that cord at all you only see a few times but not much
You are correct, it is simply AMAZING. I really enjoyed the bit of footage from the train cam... the leg movement being ever so slight really makes a visual effect on adding life to the pumpmen. fantastic work adding all the suggestions and as always, thank you for sharing your ideas and videos. Brick Nottingham is coming to life in so many exciting ways.
Hi, there is a product you can get called Liquid Gravity that can add extra weight to your pump car to help with adhesion to the track, it is a product used by model rail modellers for this purpose
OH WOW!! Robin, you’ve somehow outdone yourself with such a tiny addition to the cargo train. I love it. It’s so dynamic yet simple. You’re a genius, sir. Also, i absolutely love that final train cam shot at the station, with a view of fast food corner and the hospital in the background, and the train passing in front. Just excellence all around
I thought it was great too, and fun to film. Pity about the exposure on the little TrainCam. I forgot it actually works better without the filming lights. I have added a sticker to it to remind me in the future!
If you are able to take up the challenge, what if you got the string piece and hooked that up to the same gear, then maybe, as it pulls it along it would be tightening the string (drawing it closer) and loosening the string (bringing the pump car away from the train) I just thought that could make it seem a lot more realistic and actually, I have done something similar to that before so it can be done.
Great trick with connecting the magnets! Number of times that happens in the worst spot to reach! And loving the pulp wagon. I built a modern version of the classic a while back and was going to get that moving. Need to revisit it now you’ve reminded me! Great video sir
Robin, that pump car is just fantastic! Love the use of the spring-less legs to give them some dynamic movement. Well done! I might have to copy this...
Your pump wagon is a good start but it needs a revision. I built it and I noticed it derails often because it doesn't have enough clearance above the track. It will catch on railroad crossings (e.g. 4539) and cross track (32087) and second since it's way too light, it will derail on switch track that is not switched in the direction it's going because it doesn't have enough weight to push through the switch mechanism. Those two things can be overcome it appears. I redesigned it so the big gear sits up higher so that it's pinned to a technic brick on top of the technic brick where the wheels are are placed (you can just use a regular 1x8 technic brick there now instead of an offset technic brick combination from before). Since it sits up higher, it places it slightly farther away from the small gear so the side effect is you have to change the small gear to a slightly larger bevel gear (32270). That's going to make it a little bit faster but not too bad. In addition, I removed the plates that were below the technic bricks where the wheels attach because those were catching too. This is the typical clearance that's needed and you'll notice other sets like the Emerald night don't place plates below those technic bricks where the wheels attach for the leading or trailing wheels. I also bulked up the sides of the pump car adding more pieces to help cover up the big gear that now sits higher and to give it a more triangular shape on each side more typical of a sheffield handcar.
It's always good to make something your own although mine (with no cross track and my crossings are a plate lower due to my ballast system) has never derailed and has proved very reliable indeed!
The wagon idea is incredible! I got my first train set last week and I want to add the wagon to my train. The train cam was hilarious lol. And the badoiing button keeps the community interactive...a very smart idea!
Greetings, Robin Hood Bricks, or should I say Robin of "Blocksley!" I am ever so impressed with your imagination and the execution thereof. The spilled tea is outstanding as well as your baggage car. As you well know, I am a Lego train man myself. Thus, your rail lines are extraordinary. I plan to make some "sister city" tiles over the next few months and would like to send you one for your amusement and, so when the time comes I can say I contributed. Lol. Keep up the good work!
@@RobinHoodBricks Also, the "pump wagon," or as I have known it the "hand car" is excellent. I really admire your simplicity in its functional design. Especially how the small rope you use seamlessly vanishes when it runs. My brother and I have built some cabooses, Ill send you some pics of them.
@@RobinHoodBricks Cab bus? What a delightful exchange. Did I hear you say "break van" some where there? By the way, watching for latest brick haul now.
You can get small Neodymium magnet disks and put them between the buffered magnets, I've found that stops them disconnecting as much when the engines take off with more force
The way you have fun while building it up is inspiring! You're taking full out of this Fantastic toy! That makes your videos almost one of the kind in the channel. The famous British sense of humour is definitily appropriate 😆
You could make the pump car less drab by making it more red to match the sticker piece. Part 32530 comes in red, while the tiles are easy. It also comes in blue and green if you want to swap the stickers. Either way it'd make the logo brick blend in more.
Amazing video! I’m so glad that you put couplers on both ends of the caboose! Mainly because that caboose will be needed on other trains and they don’t wanna turn it around if they can just put on the back of another train. I would recommend putting end lights on both ends of the Caboose though. Also maybe put it police on the pump wagon and not railroad employees because the employees can just radio the guy on the caboose!
I've been working through your entire township playlist the past few weeks. I thought Fast Food corner was your best build yet, but this tops even that! Fantastic fun.
You can manage to pull more or less the cord with some cam or just hang the cord on the pin of the leave arm .. I think you are amazing .. I’m looking for a yellow locomotive
What a funny idea! I never would have thought of a pump wagon on a lego train but that really is amusing - especially because of the small details of the legs and how the figs are moving! Well done Robin :)
You should make a flatbed wagon for heavy machinery Some of the large John deere factories in America are connected to the main line and there are mile long trains with hundreds of tractors on them You could also ad a man in black with a guitar in the caboose to represent a certain famous country singer
Ahh Johnny, the legend himself. I had a JCB/Backhoe on a car but my tunnels are too tight. They add a lot of drama being so small but it hit for height and width!
Very nice! Love the build and effect. One small thing: if possible with your turns, I think a longer cord for a slightly bigger distance between Cargo train and pumpwagon would amplify the effect.
As the space tower is up against the wall try putting the sound brick on the prison floor the other way round and swap a regular brick for a technic brick so you can put a cross axle through it so when you push it the alarm goes off
Stunning idea of the pump-wagon, as well the technic you use for the legs! Three small thoughts from estitical point of view: - You could put two tiles on left/right side as a plateau for the passengers to stand/jump on (I think the 2x2 corner-tiles would work very well, you could use same red used for the logo-bricks which gives directly a bit extra color to the cart) - I find the room left/right next to the wheels a bit empty, maybe it should have some kind-of structure which could be used to: carry the pump-car somewhere else or carry other (small) carts - The empty hole in the middle of the wheels is a little bit ugly. If I followed it correctly they are also not used on both sides. You could replace the 1x4 technic brick by two 1x2 bricks (one technic, one normal), and on the other side replace the 1x8 technic by two 1x2 technic + one 1x4 normal bricks. The plates on top/bottom will give support to the structure. But again small things, looks awesome :)
@@RobinHoodBricks don't worry, without any improvement it looks already awesome. But with some minor changes it will even looks better. I would buy it if it was a "set" :-)
The pump wagon ist looks very nice. The minifigure on the caboose the head fits well . He laugh a little and think: Oh god thank you i stay at the caboose :-)
Lots of great suggestions and updates there, the space building looks perfect as a facade. The pump wagon is really good fun, I don't know how you have had time to build half of diagon alley too!
Pump wagons or hand cars as they're called in America also have a brake switch looking thing on the side and all you have to do is pull it towards you if you want to go backwards and push it away from you when you want to go forwards
You should add a bit of an interior to the mail car for the white train with stacks of mail, packages, crates, etc... for when you have the side doors open. Also have a railway worker or two inside the mail car sorting mail en-route. I'd also suggest you make another car for the white passenger train based on a real life example used on the Deutsche Bahn, a car dedicated to storing bicycles that belong to the passengers.
@@RobinHoodBricks Alright. And I am honored that you used several ideas of mine in the past (the favorite one being the brick made crowns on the train station.
Hey Robin, just wanted to let you know I gave your channel a shout out on my LEGO Ideas 10k club interview! I'm not sure if I can post a link here, but you can find it on the LEGO Ideas Blog :-) Nice job on the pump wagon as well! Those minfigures look hilarious pumping away along the tracks haha!
Found it. Wow, thanks so much for that. What an honour to be alongside Beyond the Brick and Jangbricks. You are very kind, and good luck in the current round. You must be excited. Results soon. It is a bit underwhelming to start, as nothing has happened to me yet. Also I'm in a round of 35!
@@RobinHoodBricks You're welcome! I appreciate the good luck, it's definitely very exciting waiting for the results! I think the LEGO Ideas team is extra busy at the moment with so many entries for the next review, so that's probably why you haven't heard anything from them yet. Just make sure to keep an eye on your emails (and check the spam folder), and I'm sure you'll hear more from them soon!
I've been wanting to make a handcart for a bit. I've motorized the hidden side monster train and I want to put some characters on a cart being chased by the train.
Hi Robin, Thanks for the video again. Good placement on Alien-tower, hope the elbowing stops now 😉 Love the amendments on the posttrain, looks better now. Haha, that movement on the pumpwagon looks awesome! Those minifigs will be exhausted after every future train upload 😂😂👍🏼 Wouldn’t it be a even more nice scene when someone was hanging on the ladder, reaching out for them? That train gets longer and longer haha.
Diagon alley reminds me of your pawn shop on fast food corner i think that they would look good together, but you would have the train tracks seperating the alley fron the fast food area...
Robin Hood Bricks not if you use a combination of fairy lights and a combo of lego lights hidden in a crystal or something (or blinking LED) and a dark photo lens type material... now that I think of it, if you go with that plan, you can simulate any environment you can think of depending on if you can print on lens filters
Very nice idea and very well put together :-D Great idea with the legs and really cool to see some movement in the city. Maybe you can add more stuff like this around the city!? Thanks a lot for sharing this! :-)
Very nice pumpwagon. Looks great with those moving mini figures. Maybe it was a werking slotion for the arms when you drilled the holes for yhe arms just a little bagger. That would losen the arms so they could move free up and down.
Absolutely loved this! Would also be funny if you could somehow use reverse polarity to have them trying to outrun the train. The polarity would essentially push them... in theory. Nice build!
The handcar design is brilliant. It would make a wonderful, small-size IDEAS set, something lacking in many of these kinds of sets. PS. Love the caboose re-design too.
Yeah but it's like Fast Food Corner Lego already does train sets so why do a train Lego Ideas set when they make their own. It's just that all your viewers and subscribers want your mocs for themselves.
You should try a steam locomotive like the a1 peppercorn “tornado” or a hall class (basically the 2018 Hogwarts express) Also pump cars aren’t geared they work with a crankshaft connected straight to the wheels, still a good idea
If you add another gear to the pump wagon, and attach the cord tote gear, it will accelerate and decelerate as the railway men get more and more tired.
A comment two years late on this, but your video helped provide a bit of inspiration to my own caboose MOC, and how I centered the cupola on mine could potentially help you center your cupola over the panel and logo on yours: As my caboose's roof is also 16 studs long but I wanted a centered cupola like is on the HO scale model I based the rest of the design off of, I omitted one of the black 4x6 double slopes and exchanged it for two builds made up of two 2x2 slopes, a 2x2 full brick, and a 2x4 tile on the bottom to hold it together. Hence, I was in effect able to put my cupola 'in the middle of' a 4x6 double slope, centering it on the caboose body. If you want to move your cupola one stud rearwards (towards the end with the lamps) and line it back up with the panel, you could replace one of the 4x6 double slopes with an identical assembly to what I did and a pair of 1x2 slopes and a 1x2 brick with a 1x4 plate to hold them, or you could use a pair of 2x3 45 degree slopes (piece 3038) and a 2x3 brick, with a 2x4 and a 1x4 plate to hold the assembly together for a more seamless look. Ahead of the cupola you could use a pair of 1x2 slopes and a 1x2 brick with a 1x4 plate to hold them, thus filling that gap created by moving it. You may have to get a 3L bar to replace the one currently on the rearward side of the roof walk, and could end up with a gap on the other end, not sure how to fill that.
Nice pump wagon indeed. Maybe a Nice idea to build behind my Disney train, with Chip and Dale on it hmmmmmm..... And I really like diagon alley, but I cant affort it tho 😔. The orange and lavender building is my favourite, there are some nice building techniques used.... cant wait for the placement in youre city.
Chip and Dale would look great on this, haha. Diagon is expensive. It's weird because I'm not a fan of the lavender. It's a bit bright for my city perhaps!
Not sure if anyone's mentioned this but don't have time to go through all comments before posting this one. Doing some type of transparent clear bar setup or otherwise may look a bit better than the string with studs between the car plus it would maintain its distance when the train stops and not slam into it Elizabeth weird with the train when it does stop
I love love your trains, i don’t have trains in y LEGO city, i don’t have the room, but maybe someday i will. Thanks for your creativity. Always a pleasure watching
absolutely amazing pump wagon!! so smart what you did with the legs! it really looks like the minifigures are alive. im not joking!
It's subtle but really effective. I agree!
The minifigures look like the elves on the hand car in the movie The Polar Express
wa ha ha ha ha
I don't have a train yet but I've made this. This is hilarious. Thank you !
Enjoy!
Hello Robin. Is there something in your closet? Why not take out the whole door by unscrewing the hinges. Then you can extend Brick Nottingham into that room, maybe add another train loop or just more themes. OK, a problem could be going into that room then. You would need a standing hole.
It is full of the old contents of Mrs Hood's spare room. We have been granted all the space we are getting and we are grateful, haha!
when you get the pieces, you should add a bunch of letters inside the mail cart
I think it is destined to become a secret goodie mobile base!
Awesome video Robin! I really like all of the amendments you've done. I really love the new pump wagon! It really does look like they are trying to catch up to the train. You can hardly see the string. You better get those two boys a pint for all the hard work they've done today! lol Excellent build. I will have to make one of these also. Thank you for sharing how you made it. It really is a pretty simple build and you get loads of entertainment from it. I laughed when you had the train cam going cause their littles bodies just going up and down like crazy was quite hilarious. Great video as always, keep up the awesome work! Oh i got an email from Lego Ideas about the 35 product ideas that made it to the 2nd round and I see Fast Food Corner is number 9. How exciting for you! Great job!!
Thanks for that. I've been checking out all the 35 videos. No one gives me much of a chance but I never even did it as an Ideas set so I'm really happy either way.
Thanks, the pump wagon is very cool. I'm happy!
Well I still plan on building it my friend!
Fast Food Corner? You'd better buy a pair of Fast Food panels while any are still left in the world!
I do have them, I purchased the set they came in a while back so they are brand new. I know you have alot of fans of your channel. I'm Brad one of your patreons, you helped me get my LDD fixed, if you remember back. I have some of my list built in bricklink like minifigures and interior parts, stickers etc.. for fast food corner. I'm going to try to break it up into sections to get the parts. I'm finding out it's quite expensive to just get the minifigures new so some of it I'll get as used but I think as for the building itpself I'll try to get new parts. I'm not a fan of scratched up pieces. Do you use plastic polish ever on bricks besides the clear pieces? If you do, do they look new again?
This is so awesome, really creative use of the lego sports legs!
Much appreciated!
That pump wagon has some genius design elements. The guys jumping off of it reminds me of the Polar Express.
You always say you're not the best with technic, and sure you may not be a master builder when it comes to that category, but you come up with some brilliant ideas and make them work much better than I could.
Very kind but you're right, this works amazingly well and is a firm favourite!
Fantastic video and a fantastic build. The whole idea of the hand pump cart is amazing. The added spring legs with the springs removed really adds to the realism of the movement of the men. Very well done my friend and thanks for sharing.
Yeah, in proud of that one. Anything that raises a smile each time is a hit!
The pump wagon is a great idea and adds some extra comedy to the city.
It really does. Thanks!
Correction it is called a pumper
You could put the roof of the caboose on the other way around to have the roof window align with one half of the double window below.
Yup, I could do that!
Omg the little pump wagon is amazing. Such a clever little build and their legs are a fantastic use of those springless legs. Another top build!!
The legs were a flash of genius!
I don’t why but I weirdly love the hand sanitizer in the hospital and also the shattered glass from the rocket is amazing
Simple things often have the biggest impact as it's the imagination rather than a fancy build technique!
Robin Hood Bricks exactly and also the fact that it’s so topical just makes me laugh. Great work once again
That pump car looks incredible! The motion is just on point. It could be even funnier to have them try to get away from the oncoming train though. Perhaps connecting a transparent or black rod to the front magnet of the Beast and via a turntable or something equally easy to turn onto the underside of the pump car... Might need some testing though. 🤔
I tried that first and it was not good. The bar needs to be very loose at both ends and the cart is pushed off the track very easily causing a big mess!
Yeah, that's what I feared... I'm glad you tried it though.
Robin, that hand cart/pump wagon looks fantastic! Really nice job on that. And you really have to look to see the cord pulling it, which makes it even better. Top notch job on that.
Yes I'm surprised how difficult the cord is to see. It adds a great deal of intrigue!
Awesome! Brilliant idea. The thing that pushed it into genius territory is the dangly legs. Well done!
Thank you so much. Dangly legs do make it!
I THINK ITS AMAZING!!! The floppy legs seal the deal 👍🏻
I agree. Floppy legs make it the genius idea it is, haha!
I want to get the diagon alley set I like harry potter but it is a bit expensive. Every time I see a train caboose I think of back to the future part 3 when doc and marty steal I mean borrow the train. I like the pump wagon it's a great design you can't see that cord at all you only see a few times but not much
Yes, that makes it really effective as it makes you wonder how it works!
Use a clear nylon strings, it's almost invisible to
You are correct, it is simply AMAZING. I really enjoyed the bit of footage from the train cam... the leg movement being ever so slight really makes a visual effect on adding life to the pumpmen. fantastic work adding all the suggestions and as always, thank you for sharing your ideas and videos. Brick Nottingham is coming to life in so many exciting ways.
They really look like they are jumping on the spot. Awesome. Thanks, Trent!
Love it. Your pump wagon is both imaginatively constructed but also altogether hilarious :) :) Thanks for sharing,
Yes, it raises a smile with me too, which makes it irreplaceable!
Hi, there is a product you can get called Liquid Gravity that can add extra weight to your pump car to help with adhesion to the track, it is a product used by model rail modellers for this purpose
Thanks for that. Not needed in this case as it's bedded in nicely and is super reliable!
I think the pump wagon is a funny and cool addition! Poor guys getting an arm workout.
Yeah, they'll be exhausted afterwards!
OH WOW!! Robin, you’ve somehow outdone yourself with such a tiny addition to the cargo train. I love it. It’s so dynamic yet simple. You’re a genius, sir. Also, i absolutely love that final train cam shot at the station, with a view of fast food corner and the hospital in the background, and the train passing in front. Just excellence all around
I thought it was great too, and fun to film. Pity about the exposure on the little TrainCam. I forgot it actually works better without the filming lights. I have added a sticker to it to remind me in the future!
I'd like to see that pump wagon with a longer piece of string behind the caboose. But that's probably going to be a problem in the corners
Yes. The next shortest string is ten studs longer and it can cause it to be pulled over!
The pump wagon is hilarious! I might have to get a train for my city JUST so I can build one of these lol
Haha, I recommend it for bringing a smile!
If you are able to take up the challenge, what if you got the string piece and hooked that up to the same gear, then maybe, as it pulls it along it would be tightening the string (drawing it closer) and loosening the string (bringing the pump car away from the train) I just thought that could make it seem a lot more realistic and actually, I have done something similar to that before so it can be done.
There isn't enough grip in the wheels so it gets to the full extension and is then just dragged. Oh well!
They are also called velocapides
That's a new name for me!
Great trick with connecting the magnets! Number of times that happens in the worst spot to reach! And loving the pulp wagon. I built a modern version of the classic a while back and was going to get that moving. Need to revisit it now you’ve reminded me! Great video sir
Thanks very much. Hope yours is going well. You've got a LOT of purchases to integrate!
Ha! That MOC put a big smile on my face this morning.
Yay. That's the plan!
Robin, that pump car is just fantastic! Love the use of the spring-less legs to give them some dynamic movement. Well done! I might have to copy this...
Please do. Copy away. LEGO is for sharing!
That pump wagon is so simple, but so delightfully genius! I love it!
Thanks for sharing, Bert!
Your pump wagon is a good start but it needs a revision. I built it and I noticed it derails often because it doesn't have enough clearance above the track. It will catch on railroad crossings (e.g. 4539) and cross track (32087) and second since it's way too light, it will derail on switch track that is not switched in the direction it's going because it doesn't have enough weight to push through the switch mechanism. Those two things can be overcome it appears. I redesigned it so the big gear sits up higher so that it's pinned to a technic brick on top of the technic brick where the wheels are are placed (you can just use a regular 1x8 technic brick there now instead of an offset technic brick combination from before). Since it sits up higher, it places it slightly farther away from the small gear so the side effect is you have to change the small gear to a slightly larger bevel gear (32270). That's going to make it a little bit faster but not too bad. In addition, I removed the plates that were below the technic bricks where the wheels attach because those were catching too. This is the typical clearance that's needed and you'll notice other sets like the Emerald night don't place plates below those technic bricks where the wheels attach for the leading or trailing wheels. I also bulked up the sides of the pump car adding more pieces to help cover up the big gear that now sits higher and to give it a more triangular shape on each side more typical of a sheffield handcar.
It's always good to make something your own although mine (with no cross track and my crossings are a plate lower due to my ballast system) has never derailed and has proved very reliable indeed!
The wagon idea is incredible! I got my first train set last week and I want to add the wagon to my train. The train cam was hilarious lol. And the badoiing button keeps the community interactive...a very smart idea!
Really glad to hear you might be making this. Cheers, Kim!
Greetings, Robin Hood Bricks, or should I say Robin of "Blocksley!" I am ever so impressed with your imagination and the execution thereof. The spilled tea is outstanding as well as your baggage car. As you well know, I am a Lego train man myself. Thus, your rail lines are extraordinary. I plan to make some "sister city" tiles over the next few months and would like to send you one for your amusement and, so when the time comes I can say I contributed. Lol. Keep up the good work!
That's a really nice comment to receive. Thanks, Jose!
@@RobinHoodBricks Also, the "pump wagon," or as I have known it the "hand car" is excellent. I really admire your simplicity in its functional design. Especially how the small rope you use seamlessly vanishes when it runs. My brother and I have built some cabooses, Ill send you some pics of them.
Or is it Cabeese? Haha!
@@RobinHoodBricks Cab bus? What a delightful exchange. Did I hear you say "break van" some where there? By the way, watching for latest brick haul now.
You can get small Neodymium magnet disks and put them between the buffered magnets, I've found that stops them disconnecting as much when the engines take off with more force
I can believe that. Those things are crazy strong. As always, I use the low tech method, haha!
The way you have fun while building it up is inspiring! You're taking full out of this Fantastic toy! That makes your videos almost one of the kind in the channel. The famous British sense of humour is definitily appropriate 😆
You could make the pump car less drab by making it more red to match the sticker piece. Part 32530 comes in red, while the tiles are easy. It also comes in blue and green if you want to swap the stickers. Either way it'd make the logo brick blend in more.
True. I just used what I had which wasn't much!
Hi Robin - congratulations on the Fast Food corner moc making it to the review stage on Ideas
Thanks very much. Very proud!
Amazing video! I’m so glad that you put couplers on both ends of the caboose! Mainly because that caboose will be needed on other trains and they don’t wanna turn it around if they can just put on the back of another train. I would recommend putting end lights on both ends of the Caboose though. Also maybe put it police on the pump wagon and not railroad employees because the employees can just radio the guy on the caboose!
I thought that when I did it. Why don't they just call the guy?!
I've been working through your entire township playlist the past few weeks. I thought Fast Food corner was your best build yet, but this tops even that! Fantastic fun.
Yes, this is top drawer stuff. It worked much better than I could've hoped!
23:31 you don’t need that extra 1x2 plate there because the modified brick is holding it together.
You can manage to pull more or less the cord with some cam or just hang the cord on the pin of the leave arm .. I think you are amazing .. I’m looking for a yellow locomotive
Thanks so much!
Can't wait until Diagon Alley's finally in Brick Nottingham!
Yes, it should look sweet!
Oh yes, that's going to look great!
That wagon is brilliant! Love the legs!
Thank you. Much appreciated!
What a funny idea! I never would have thought of a pump wagon on a lego train but that really is amusing - especially because of the small details of the legs and how the figs are moving! Well done Robin :)
The movement is so funny!
You should make a flatbed wagon for heavy machinery
Some of the large John deere factories in America are connected to the main line and there are mile long trains with hundreds of tractors on them
You could also ad a man in black with a guitar in the caboose to represent a certain famous country singer
Ahh Johnny, the legend himself.
I had a JCB/Backhoe on a car but my tunnels are too tight. They add a lot of drama being so small but it hit for height and width!
Loved this video, so much juicy Lego content.
I also really love the pump wagon, it’s fantastic!
Yes, this was like a little news show with lots of smaller things!
Very nice! Love the build and effect. One small thing: if possible with your turns, I think a longer cord for a slightly bigger distance between Cargo train and pumpwagon would amplify the effect.
The next longest cord is 10 studs more. That might be ok but might tip it on the corners. Also I don't have one, haha!
As the space tower is up against the wall try putting the sound brick on the prison floor the other way round and swap a regular brick for a technic brick so you can put a cross axle through it so when you push it the alarm goes off
Oooh good point, I forgot about that. Maybe if I push the whole building against the wall it will go off with a little modification!
Stunning idea of the pump-wagon, as well the technic you use for the legs! Three small thoughts from estitical point of view:
- You could put two tiles on left/right side as a plateau for the passengers to stand/jump on (I think the 2x2 corner-tiles would work very well, you could use same red used for the logo-bricks which gives directly a bit extra color to the cart)
- I find the room left/right next to the wheels a bit empty, maybe it should have some kind-of structure which could be used to: carry the pump-car somewhere else or carry other (small) carts
- The empty hole in the middle of the wheels is a little bit ugly. If I followed it correctly they are also not used on both sides. You could replace the 1x4 technic brick by two 1x2 bricks (one technic, one normal), and on the other side replace the 1x8 technic by two 1x2 technic + one 1x4 normal bricks. The plates on top/bottom will give support to the structure.
But again small things, looks awesome :)
Good thoughts. I suppose it could be tidied up a bit more. This is where it ended up after lots of iterations!
@@RobinHoodBricks don't worry, without any improvement it looks already awesome. But with some minor changes it will even looks better. I would buy it if it was a "set" :-)
that pumpwagon is fan...tas...tic ! hilariois indeed! love it !
Indeed it is. I love it!
Lol that pump wagon is so funny to watch! Great job man!
Yay. Glad to raise a smile!
Love the pump truck, it brings more life to your city. I can't wait to see more yp dates.
I'll keep them coming!
Nice pump wagon, never could have thought of this idea, also like how you made it match the train
It's all in the details!
Absolutely love the pump wagon, aweosme creation and I love your city 🎉🎉🎉
Yes, this could be my finest creation. It's perfect!
With that one guy looking at them all mockingly with the coffee mug on his hand, it feels like the two are late for work or something.
Yeah, he's not helping much is he!
Absolutely brilliant 👍🏻
Very kind!
The pump wagon ist looks very nice. The minifigure on the caboose the head fits well . He laugh a little and think: Oh god thank you i stay at the caboose :-)
Maybe he should be helping but he's got his tea so he's happy!
In America we call those pump wagons hand cars, also, you should do a steam locomotive.
I may do but likely next season now as I've so much on!
Very great action with the pump wagon and good idea with the cord
It works very well. I'm happy!
Lots of great suggestions and updates there, the space building looks perfect as a facade. The pump wagon is really good fun, I don't know how you have had time to build half of diagon alley too!
Evenings in front of the TV. No really watching the TV either, haha!
Omg I love the pump wagon. Im going to have to “borrow” this for my Christmas train set.
Please take it and enjoy. That's why I made sure it was easy to follow!
@@RobinHoodBricks thanks for allowing it - I have done the same :)
Pump wagons or hand cars as they're called in America also have a brake switch looking thing on the side and all you have to do is pull it towards you if you want to go backwards and push it away from you when you want to go forwards
Ahhh, kinda like a gear lever. I could add that quite easily!
@@RobinHoodBricks that's exactly what it is my friend
That hand cart is hilarious...it's simple yet so effective. R.I.P. tea.
(P.S. Happy Labour Day people who live in Ontario (Canada))
Thanks. I agree!
That pump wagon is amazing, never seen that before! Great work👍
Yay, great to hear!
Very nice pump car. But I'm sure we all want to see it full speed with a smaller gear hahaha... Be fun if Lego had a mind the gap sign!
If I didn't have to engineer a different spacing I would love to show you that!
Hey nice pump wagon at my home town railroad station there is a model pump wagon
Cool, does it look like this? Pity I couldn't make it any smaller!
Well it’s yellow and black since it was refurbished but I think it look like this in the 1930s
You could probably attach the cord to the mechanism somehow so the speed varies slightly as it chases the train
Brilliant city up date, fun little additions, 😹💕🎉😸🐈👏
You should add a bit of an interior to the mail car for the white train with stacks of mail, packages, crates, etc... for when you have the side doors open. Also have a railway worker or two inside the mail car sorting mail en-route. I'd also suggest you make another car for the white passenger train based on a real life example used on the Deutsche Bahn, a car dedicated to storing bicycles that belong to the passengers.
My long term plan is to have a goodie base hidden inside the dummy mail car. That's why it's still empty!
@@RobinHoodBricks Alright. And I am honored that you used several ideas of mine in the past (the favorite one being the brick made crowns on the train station.
Kudos!
Hey Robin, just wanted to let you know I gave your channel a shout out on my LEGO Ideas 10k club interview! I'm not sure if I can post a link here, but you can find it on the LEGO Ideas Blog :-)
Nice job on the pump wagon as well! Those minfigures look hilarious pumping away along the tracks haha!
Found it. Wow, thanks so much for that. What an honour to be alongside Beyond the Brick and Jangbricks. You are very kind, and good luck in the current round. You must be excited. Results soon.
It is a bit underwhelming to start, as nothing has happened to me yet. Also I'm in a round of 35!
@@RobinHoodBricks You're welcome! I appreciate the good luck, it's definitely very exciting waiting for the results!
I think the LEGO Ideas team is extra busy at the moment with so many entries for the next review, so that's probably why you haven't heard anything from them yet. Just make sure to keep an eye on your emails (and check the spam folder), and I'm sure you'll hear more from them soon!
I've been on the edge of my seat since the last teaser you told me. I NEED TO KNOW. I just want a badge or something, haha!
Another amazing build! I love the legs idea.
Simple but very effective!
I've been wanting to make a handcart for a bit. I've motorized the hidden side monster train and I want to put some characters on a cart being chased by the train.
You may find it being ahead of the train is harder than dragging it behind. I couldn't get it to work well enough that I could rely on it at speed!
use a clear lego chain to connect the pump car to the caboose
Don't forget to add benny to the sidewalk infront of the tower. Hes really late for work. Pump wagon is so cool !!
I thought he was doing a coffee run!
@@RobinHoodBricks oh yes he cant forget the coffee
Hi Robin,
Thanks for the video again. Good placement on Alien-tower, hope the elbowing stops now 😉
Love the amendments on the posttrain, looks better now.
Haha, that movement on the pumpwagon looks awesome! Those minifigs will be exhausted after every future train upload 😂😂👍🏼
Wouldn’t it be a even more nice scene when someone was hanging on the ladder, reaching out for them?
That train gets longer and longer haha.
I considered having him reaching out. That train is getting even longer soon!
@Robin Hood Bricks will, in the end, the train even have a gap between the last and first wagons? 😂
Haha, I've joked about that before. It'll see its own tail!
Diagon alley reminds me of your pawn shop on fast food corner i think that they would look good together, but you would have the train tracks seperating the alley fron the fast food area...
They are not gonna be that close but in the UK there are lots of old buildings spread out so it still works!
Everything is looking great! Love the space tower!
Thanks, DrMcB!
If you do decide to use the backdrop idea, make it into a simulator type room adding lights to act as stars so it won’t be to dark from the backdrop
Good plan but I think it'll be too dark!
Robin Hood Bricks not if you use a combination of fairy lights and a combo of lego lights hidden in a crystal or something (or blinking LED) and a dark photo lens type material... now that I think of it, if you go with that plan, you can simulate any environment you can think of depending on if you can print on lens filters
The pump cart is unreal.
Very nice idea and very well put together :-D Great idea with the legs and really cool to see some movement in the city. Maybe you can add more stuff like this around the city!? Thanks a lot for sharing this! :-)
Sometimes you just have a brainwave and you think, yes, bendy legs!
@@RobinHoodBricks We should all think bendy legs sometimes :-D
@@BrickBakery I have bendy legs every Friday night!
@@RobinHoodBricks Ohhhh snap! Sounds great ;-)
The mechanism is amazing! Adds another actionable feature on the train!
Exactly my thoughts. More motion is cool!
Very nice pumpwagon. Looks great with those moving mini figures. Maybe it was a werking slotion for the arms when you drilled the holes for yhe arms just a little bagger. That would losen the arms so they could move free up and down.
I tried it and it doesn't work. The width between the hands changes as they move position but the grip is too tight to allow it!
@@RobinHoodBricks ok I now understand you indeed explained something like that i the video
Absolutely loved this! Would also be funny if you could somehow use reverse polarity to have them trying to outrun the train. The polarity would essentially push them... in theory. Nice build!
I tried that but it's really hard and derails a lot. It would've been funny but this works consistently!
The handcar design is brilliant. It would make a wonderful, small-size IDEAS set, something lacking in many of these kinds of sets. PS. Love the caboose re-design too.
I'm glad I got the caboose fixed. It was annoying me. A bit TOO small for an Ideas submission maybe?!
I dont think its to small the Women of Nasa Lego Ideas set is only 231 pieces.
Cool. Someone said I should add the cement carriage as well.
A tiny one would be funny. One video would sell it!
Yeah but it's like Fast Food Corner Lego already does train sets so why do a train Lego Ideas set when they make their own. It's just that all your viewers and subscribers want your mocs for themselves.
I love it, and give me a little giggle rolling down the track
Yes, I'm really surprised with how excited I've been about that and the Cement Mixer carriage. I guess I'm easily pleased!
@@RobinHoodBricks I have a mind of a squirrel lol
Hi. Ok, I had a doubt about the way you upgrade blue loco with lights, but pump wagon is amazing. Great idea. I will build it for sure! ;)
Go for it. It's great!
Ok, I build it! I've made just one small upgrade. Instead of 1/3 flat panels on a side I used 1/4 fence bricks. Looks great. Take care. ;)
You should try a steam locomotive like the a1 peppercorn “tornado” or a hall class (basically the 2018 Hogwarts express)
Also pump cars aren’t geared they work with a crankshaft connected straight to the wheels, still a good idea
Oh I realise that but I needed the gearing otherwise their arms would be going like crazy!
very smart what you've done!
My favourite!
Great additions. It's getting very, very crowded in that room. :)
Oh there's lots of space left!
@@RobinHoodBricks I think my wife would disagree lol
Mrs Hood gets stressed in there and I'm thinking it's only 60% full.
And then there's the floor!
If you add another gear to the pump wagon, and attach the cord tote gear, it will accelerate and decelerate as the railway men get more and more tired.
Hey Robin, I recently starter to work on a MOC which has many carriages but with wagons, small like roller coaster wagons.
loving the pump wagon think i feel a project coming on.
A comment two years late on this, but your video helped provide a bit of inspiration to my own caboose MOC, and how I centered the cupola on mine could potentially help you center your cupola over the panel and logo on yours:
As my caboose's roof is also 16 studs long but I wanted a centered cupola like is on the HO scale model I based the rest of the design off of, I omitted one of the black 4x6 double slopes and exchanged it for two builds made up of two 2x2 slopes, a 2x2 full brick, and a 2x4 tile on the bottom to hold it together.
Hence, I was in effect able to put my cupola 'in the middle of' a 4x6 double slope, centering it on the caboose body.
If you want to move your cupola one stud rearwards (towards the end with the lamps) and line it back up with the panel, you could replace one of the 4x6 double slopes with an identical assembly to what I did and a pair of 1x2 slopes and a 1x2 brick with a 1x4 plate to hold them, or you could use a pair of 2x3 45 degree slopes (piece 3038) and a 2x3 brick, with a 2x4 and a 1x4 plate to hold the assembly together for a more seamless look.
Ahead of the cupola you could use a pair of 1x2 slopes and a 1x2 brick with a 1x4 plate to hold them, thus filling that gap created by moving it.
You may have to get a 3L bar to replace the one currently on the rearward side of the roof walk, and could end up with a gap on the other end, not sure how to fill that.
Nice pump wagon indeed. Maybe a Nice idea to build behind my Disney train, with Chip and Dale on it hmmmmmm.....
And I really like diagon alley, but I cant affort it tho 😔. The orange and lavender building is my favourite, there are some nice building techniques used.... cant wait for the placement in youre city.
Chip and Dale would look great on this, haha.
Diagon is expensive. It's weird because I'm not a fan of the lavender. It's a bit bright for my city perhaps!
Not sure if anyone's mentioned this but don't have time to go through all comments before posting this one.
Doing some type of transparent clear bar setup or otherwise may look a bit better than the string with studs between the car plus it would maintain its distance when the train stops and not slam into it Elizabeth weird with the train when it does stop
Can't wait to c every thing in the city robin
Yeah, it's gonna be cool!
I love love your trains, i don’t have trains in y LEGO city, i don’t have the room, but maybe someday i will. Thanks for your creativity. Always a pleasure watching
I used to be the same before I was donated the room by Mrs Hood. One day!
Robin Hood Bricks thanks Mrs. Hood 👍
Well done lego train s are awesome.
Very true!
Looks great and you can't really tell it's being pulled by the string great idea! Great video!
Hey thanks. I'm glad it's popular!
Topnotch engineering my friend.
I think I nailed it!