This is the type of video that the community needs. Actual content and not random FAQs or constant speculations, rants... I'll be looking forward to be the next episodes!
Another tip when buying parts is that if they’re just for the structure of the moc and they won’t be seen try to compare prices for different colors. A lot of bricks and plates are much cheaper in certain colors than others and if they’re never going to be seen the color doesn’t matter.
All great pieces but they still might not be for everyone. All these bricks are for building on this huge scale which, even with the absolutely cheapest pieces, is prohibitably expensive. You can build really cool mocs in just a 16x16 footprint, so don't run out shopping for these bricks unless you're planning something really big.
I agree. These suggestions are definitely more geared towards large MOC builds rather than those who are getting into MOC building or build on smaller scales. Most of these parts will be too large to be useful in smaller builds.
Maybe not the best chapter to begin with, since not a lot of people are building big mocs, but still nice to see what comes in handy for bigger mocs that need a good basic structure (as this part is called).
A really good part for building structures is the Duplo Bricks. They take up a ton of room so if your building something like a mountain, than a single 2x2 Duplo Brick is around the size of 4 2x4 Lego Bricks
this community and your channel, since it was legoboy(?) were a big part of my childhood, and now im a college grad looking to get back into MOCs. Happy to see youre still around! This looks like a super cool series!
This video came at the perfect time! I don’t think I’ll be making MOCs in the scale you do, but I’m excited to see the next videos in the series. Hopefully they have tips to help with single-baseplate MOCs too!
I recently ordered a ton of those 16x16 4/3 Technic Bricks from Pick a Brick and I love them. Saves on so much filler brick when building up to get height in a MOC. First saw them in your Daro MOC and that's been my go-to part for landscaping structure ever since. Also noticed you were using 2x6 bricks and made the switch after doing the math on filler brick space savings and cost vs 2x4 bricks. Great tips!
Bought a lot of 1x1 and 2x1 for my kid so he could train building a simple wall. But seeing how long it takes to build a house, just ordered a few of those wall pieces. Hope they will work out fine.
One of your best videos. Hope the series continues. Providing part numbers next time may help others. Optional though. Most of us know what to search to find these.
hey, great video ! just a small think that would be insanely useful would be that you give us the ID code of the pieces you talk about ! Can't wait for the rest of this serie !
In my experiences, the old-style door/window frames are very nice pieces for structure on a smaller scale build. These and just some basic bricks should be good if you don’t build huge MOCs.
My god all those bricks and plates takes me back to the childhood. =) But as a kid I had bigger those brick plates, like 16x32 or something like that. I always liked to build a bus or fire truck on it.
I would suggest BrickLink or BrickOwl, but in the advanced filters, select sellers from your own region. EG: if based in the UK, choose UK sellers for parts and bricks to minimise shipping costs.
Love the advice and agree with everything you said. I too was super excited about the introduction of the 16x16 brick plate which I hope to start accumulating for building...... it pains me to think of how many pieces I've currently consumed trying to get rigid structures before these came out - LOVE it
Thanks David. A really useful and informative video! Do you think you could cover building up rock work to make it look good? Also please could you let us know the best brick saving technique for your structure under the geonosis moc to build the elevation up, which you then put the 16x16 plates you referenced on please?
An additional way to cheaply buy bricks (especially stuff that you specifically need or want) is to go to an actual brickstore that sells on bricklink and charges LEGO by the weight instead of a per piece price. This is a great way to get bulk LEGO parts to build up terrain and underlying features that have no specific color or shape, but provides structure for everything else that you build on it.
Tip: Take all your yellowed pieces or pieces with bite makrs or other pieces that you cant use because they look broken and put them in a bin and use them as filler
All interesting points. Your mileage will vary depending on the type of MOC your building of course. Another new part I’m finding very useful is the 1x5 plate and I’ll be very happy if they start producing 1x5 tiles. Speaking of which, I’d like to hear your thoughts on missing bricks - elements LEGO needs to make to fill a gap in the inventory. Mine would be a 2x2x3 round brick with axle hole to build tall rigid columns (for my purposes greater than 16 bricks high).
What are your thoughts on getting larger pieces (6 by) from PAB wall now that they've switched to paper boxes instead? They definitely can fit much better in there than the round cups.
I always use wheel 11208 (with tyre 11209) for six-stud vehicles, if that helps. The size seems to go really well with these vehicles. PS: That's a good tip, to order from Lego as opposed to bricklink, which adds expensive postage. Great vid, fam.
I pretty much have to use Bricklink when I order pieces, unless its a common technic piece I'm after. Bc my mocs are all primarily made using Bionicle parts
I feel like when you're starting out, it's best to just buy a couple of used Lego lots if you have the time. I bought several lots for €50 to €100 a piece, and most of them had about ten to fifteen times the amount of good nice bricks and pieces, and usually a good bunch of minifigs in there. The downside is that usually you have to sort it, and there will be non-lego stuff in there, perhaps some you'll need to clean or throw away, and sometimes you get a lot with knock off bricks. But when starting out, just to get a bit of inventory so you can try out different bricks in your MOCs, I feel like this is optimal. Best to buy your lots directly from parents selling LEGO after kids no longer want it, not from people who bought up those lots and then sell them to you for five times the price. 😅
I’m surprised you didn’t go over what you use to elevate your ships to make it look like they’re flying. I know they’re clear bricks or panels but I can’t tell what kind.
i have the shipping problem too from bricklink, most sellers i find have the pieces i am looking for are in the US, and shipping from there to europe is extremely expensive and not worth it most of the times
i use brickowl and have had no issues with them very much like bricklink and depending on the store there shipping is cheaper then bricklink from places like Germany and other European countries
Thank you for this video! This coincides with me a few weeks ago deciding to go for one of the 16x16 brick plates as the base for a small mini-scale MOC because I thought this would be perfect for sticking together potential future MOCs on the same scale. As well as having a solid base and not stacking plates or brick which may warp a bit, resulting in the model not standing flat on the table. I am looking forward to the other videos in this series!
Thanks for the info! Your timing is perfect because I'm starting my first landscape MOC build and definitely need the help when it comes to what to start buying. Definitely look forward to the other videos!
I started to make a Winter Village moc using 16x16 technic bricks with 16x16 plates on top of them but I ran into a "flexing" issue. When I do this the bottom of the base becomes warped making it "rock" back and forth so it's not a solid foundation. is there any way to prevent this? also, how do you feel about the MILS method vs the 16x16 technic brick to making a diorama base?
You forgot something else that MOC builders swear by but is unfortunately ignored a lot. Not a specific piece but a whole category of brick. Duplo bricks. No I'm not joking. It's useful for building large structures such as mountains while saving money. It's compatible with regular Lego bricks. It's usually only used underneath, for structural purposes, the visible layer is normal Lego bricks. So you can build a massive mountain without wasting pieces. Some people might think this is cheating but nope, it's official Lego brand. It's genuine Lego.
The best parts for structure are Duplo. They‘re technically lego and seriously cheap second hand on fleamarkets. And obviously they fit with regular size lego
What about Elgo Classic? You get a lot of useful bricks, but you'll not gonna utilize them all in one MOC. I think it's a good startig point to buy a few of those.
God I wish I had a million 2x12 plates. So useful, you’d think you would use 2 2x6 plates but those often lack reinforcement, and it’s a shitty spot to have to use 3 2x4 plates. Don’t sleep on the 2x12
This is the type of video that the community needs. Actual content and not random FAQs or constant speculations, rants... I'll be looking forward to be the next episodes!
And...for the love of god...no lEgO iNvEsToRs
Another tip when buying parts is that if they’re just for the structure of the moc and they won’t be seen try to compare prices for different colors. A lot of bricks and plates are much cheaper in certain colors than others and if they’re never going to be seen the color doesn’t matter.
Magenta always seems cheap for some reason, not large pieces so much tho.
@@stevendurrant1724 probably because of Lego Friends I'd guess
If you need bulk filler inside your landscapes, try using Duplo blocks.
Thin plates won't fit on top of them, but 2x2 & 2x4 Lego blocks will.
I do it to
I’ve also noticed that more rare and special parts are often cheaper on pick a brick than they are on bricklink.
All great pieces but they still might not be for everyone. All these bricks are for building on this huge scale which, even with the absolutely cheapest pieces, is prohibitably expensive. You can build really cool mocs in just a 16x16 footprint, so don't run out shopping for these bricks unless you're planning something really big.
I agree. These suggestions are definitely more geared towards large MOC builds rather than those who are getting into MOC building or build on smaller scales. Most of these parts will be too large to be useful in smaller builds.
@@firebirdbricks firebird in the wild! Love your page, man!
@@danielmcbride6413 🙏🏼 thanks!
Maybe not the best chapter to begin with, since not a lot of people are building big mocs, but still nice to see what comes in handy for bigger mocs that need a good basic structure (as this part is called).
To be fair he’s just going off of his own experience… which is large Mocs
A really good part for building structures is the Duplo Bricks. They take up a ton of room so if your building something like a mountain, than a single 2x2 Duplo Brick is around the size of 4 2x4 Lego Bricks
Not "around". It's exact same size.
this community and your channel, since it was legoboy(?) were a big part of my childhood, and now im a college grad looking to get back into MOCs. Happy to see youre still around! This looks like a super cool series!
I'm starting to buy more and more parts for bigger projects, and it _really_ adds up quickly, so this was super helpful!
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This video came at the perfect time! I don’t think I’ll be making MOCs in the scale you do, but I’m excited to see the next videos in the series. Hopefully they have tips to help with single-baseplate MOCs too!
I recently ordered a ton of those 16x16 4/3 Technic Bricks from Pick a Brick and I love them. Saves on so much filler brick when building up to get height in a MOC. First saw them in your Daro MOC and that's been my go-to part for landscaping structure ever since. Also noticed you were using 2x6 bricks and made the switch after doing the math on filler brick space savings and cost vs 2x4 bricks. Great tips!
Bought a lot of 1x1 and 2x1 for my kid so he could train building a simple wall. But seeing how long it takes to build a house, just ordered a few of those wall pieces. Hope they will work out fine.
One of the best videos made for the Lego fans. Well done! Cheers~
I have wanted videos like this for so long!
One of your best videos. Hope the series continues. Providing part numbers next time may help others. Optional though. Most of us know what to search to find these.
Good advice but you are forgetting using Duplo bricks. I used them quite a lot for my mocs.
Duplo is so expensive though 😅
STRONG disagree. That's impure. You might as well use Lepin at that point.
@@rowlandlegg3061 Only as impure as using Technic, Lego even officially says Lego bricks & Duplo bricks are compatible on their website.
@@rowlandlegg3061 i mix fake lego with real lego, much more affordable.
And btw: what is wrong with using fake lego??? So many do their job even better than lego -.- custom minifigures & big figs are god tier
hey, great video ! just a small think that would be insanely useful would be that you give us the ID code of the pieces you talk about ! Can't wait for the rest of this serie !
Waiting for the botanical bricks vid, I love those nature related bricks
this was super helpful. Ive been watching your channel since I was a kid and I've always wanted you to make a video like this
In my experiences, the old-style door/window frames are very nice pieces for structure on a smaller scale build. These and just some basic bricks should be good if you don’t build huge MOCs.
Great video, this information is so useful! 👷🏻♂️
Love this series idea. Thank you!!!
My god all those bricks and plates takes me back to the childhood. =) But as a kid I had bigger those brick plates, like 16x32 or something like that. I always liked to build a bus or fire truck on it.
The brick plates have been around for years, never got an art set/brick link purchase with them in it and I have about 8 of them.
just started a medieval MOC and this video came out, talking about timing!
David thank you for this series because I wanted to build MOCs but I didn't know how to start, what parts to use...thanks a lot.
I would suggest BrickLink or BrickOwl, but in the advanced filters, select sellers from your own region. EG: if based in the UK, choose UK sellers for parts and bricks to minimise shipping costs.
David, this is a very necessary video. Thanks for the parts deep dive/analysis. More of this.
i have a 8x16 baseplate as well as 8x16 plates (i use the 8x16 baseplate for shelve filler mocs )
I dont care
@@HerrmannAusHH calm down
Very useful video! I think people sometimes forget how much possibilties there are with just LEGO.
Awesome video it's very informative for people who want to build mocs.The Lego world needs more of this type of content
Love the advice and agree with everything you said. I too was super excited about the introduction of the 16x16 brick plate which I hope to start accumulating for building...... it pains me to think of how many pieces I've currently consumed trying to get rigid structures before these came out - LOVE it
Love the idea for this series. Look forward to watching all 4 episodes.
Great video!
Thanks David. A really useful and informative video!
Do you think you could cover building up rock work to make it look good?
Also please could you let us know the best brick saving technique for your structure under the geonosis moc to build the elevation up, which you then put the 16x16 plates you referenced on please?
Planning to continue this series? Its a couple moths old. Tried to search for part 2 but didn't see it. I found this really useful.
Love this. Cant wait for the detailed pieces video
Now this is a very informative video, haven't worked on my City in years.
Really cool
Thanks for your point of view. Different and interesting
Wow, the exact video I've been looking for
This is such a helpful series. Can’t wait for more!
Love you videos man never stop!!
An additional way to cheaply buy bricks (especially stuff that you specifically need or want) is to go to an actual brickstore that sells on bricklink and charges LEGO by the weight instead of a per piece price. This is a great way to get bulk LEGO parts to build up terrain and underlying features that have no specific color or shape, but provides structure for everything else that you build on it.
Love this idea as a series super helpful thank you!
The best pieces for moc building is in fact every piece included in Luke Landspeeder sets - hence why TLG makes so many of those sets
Great video, useful tips!
2x6 is what I use for MILS plates, it’s great
Tip: Take all your yellowed pieces or pieces with bite makrs or other pieces that you cant use because they look broken and put them in a bin and use them as filler
Thanks for the $10 on whatnot I’ll be sure to use it on your next stream
This is gonna be a great series I can already tell
All interesting points. Your mileage will vary depending on the type of MOC your building of course.
Another new part I’m finding very useful is the 1x5 plate and I’ll be very happy if they start producing 1x5 tiles.
Speaking of which, I’d like to hear your thoughts on missing bricks - elements LEGO needs to make to fill a gap in the inventory.
Mine would be a 2x2x3 round brick with axle hole to build tall rigid columns (for my purposes greater than 16 bricks high).
There was once one about 11 high if memory serves.
@@michaelnurse9089 ah yes, but that has merely a hole, neither a Technic pin nor axle hole so no hold ability.
What are your thoughts on getting larger pieces (6 by) from PAB wall now that they've switched to paper boxes instead? They definitely can fit much better in there than the round cups.
I always use wheel 11208 (with tyre 11209) for six-stud vehicles, if that helps. The size seems to go really well with these vehicles. PS: That's a good tip, to order from Lego as opposed to bricklink, which adds expensive postage. Great vid, fam.
Nice Haircut brother ö
Most excellent video! Can't wait for the next ones, nice work!
Waiting for SBS to create his own “MOC starter kit” on BrickLink so we can get everything we need in one go!
I liked this type of video !
Maybe you can do a series about building tips of some techniques in the future 😊?
Good video David
Thank you, finally
I pretty much have to use Bricklink when I order pieces, unless its a common technic piece I'm after. Bc my mocs are all primarily made using Bionicle parts
2x4 dark grey clone bases baby!!!!
El modo de hablar que tiene el, en inglés, para mi suena más fácil, le entiendo mejor 🤘🏼👾
Hi
I know not many people like it but I have to glue some Lego together. What kind of glue should I use?
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I just use grey 1x4’s for a lot of mocs
Very great video
Would you be able to also do a shorter video on getting all the minifigs as this would really help
When will you release the second episode?
I took notes for the test!
I have some also the 3x6 but your the best🎉🎉.
Thats a great idea!
I feel like when you're starting out, it's best to just buy a couple of used Lego lots if you have the time. I bought several lots for €50 to €100 a piece, and most of them had about ten to fifteen times the amount of good nice bricks and pieces, and usually a good bunch of minifigs in there. The downside is that usually you have to sort it, and there will be non-lego stuff in there, perhaps some you'll need to clean or throw away, and sometimes you get a lot with knock off bricks. But when starting out, just to get a bit of inventory so you can try out different bricks in your MOCs, I feel like this is optimal. Best to buy your lots directly from parents selling LEGO after kids no longer want it, not from people who bought up those lots and then sell them to you for five times the price. 😅
I’m surprised you didn’t go over what you use to elevate your ships to make it look like they’re flying. I know they’re clear bricks or panels but I can’t tell what kind.
I know you did this a year ago but why do you choose the 1x6x5 panel over the same size brick? Hallway, sure, but what about the build-up situation?
Very helpful, thanks !!!
JUST IN TIME!!!! I just got a pick a brick order yesterday, cant wait to spend another £500! 😅
The video came out as I was building my Clone Wars moc.
Can you get the giveaway in Canada
i have the shipping problem too from bricklink, most sellers i find have the pieces i am looking for are in the US, and shipping from there to europe is extremely expensive and not worth it most of the times
What is a good set for mechs though?
2:14 literally saved your life? Literally, really?
Brilliant. Thanks.
i use brickowl and have had no issues with them very much like bricklink and depending on the store there shipping is cheaper then bricklink from places like Germany and other European countries
AWESOME "The BEST LEGO Pieces for MOC's | Part 1: Structural", DAVID HALL from SOLID BRIX STUDIOS!!! ;) :)
Thank you for this video! This coincides with me a few weeks ago deciding to go for one of the 16x16 brick plates as the base for a small mini-scale MOC because I thought this would be perfect for sticking together potential future MOCs on the same scale. As well as having a solid base and not stacking plates or brick which may warp a bit, resulting in the model not standing flat on the table.
I am looking forward to the other videos in this series!
Do you got any classic space?!?
Just starting the video, but I wouldn't be surprised if this is aimed at location/scene builds like so many other moc tutorials
great video thanks for the tips
8x16 any color or should i get specific color??
Thanks for the info! Your timing is perfect because I'm starting my first landscape MOC build and definitely need the help when it comes to what to start buying. Definitely look forward to the other videos!
I started to make a Winter Village moc using 16x16 technic bricks with 16x16 plates on top of them but I ran into a "flexing" issue. When I do this the bottom of the base becomes warped making it "rock" back and forth so it's not a solid foundation. is there any way to prevent this?
also, how do you feel about the MILS method vs the 16x16 technic brick to making a diorama base?
You forgot something else that MOC builders swear by but is unfortunately ignored a lot.
Not a specific piece but a whole category of brick.
Duplo bricks.
No I'm not joking. It's useful for building large structures such as mountains while saving money. It's compatible with regular Lego bricks.
It's usually only used underneath, for structural purposes, the visible layer is normal Lego bricks.
So you can build a massive mountain without wasting pieces.
Some people might think this is cheating but nope, it's official Lego brand.
It's genuine Lego.
I like to build minifigure scale large mocs, but I'm ina completely section of the lego community, so I'm not sure if I can use most of those pieces
What happened to the 4th part
Part 4?
Where can I find these plates
The best parts for structure are Duplo. They‘re technically lego and seriously cheap second hand on fleamarkets. And obviously they fit with regular size lego
What about Elgo Classic? You get a lot of useful bricks, but you'll not gonna utilize them all in one MOC. I think it's a good startig point to buy a few of those.
As a Lego collector why would you leave your lego exposed to the sun through the window? Won’t it damage them??
He has enough money to buy more... have you even seen his vids??? He has literally millions of legos
Nice!)
God I wish I had a million 2x12 plates. So useful, you’d think you would use 2 2x6 plates but those often lack reinforcement, and it’s a shitty spot to have to use 3 2x4 plates. Don’t sleep on the 2x12