Another ingenious building technique is in 76919: 2023 McLaren Formula 1 Car. It uses black spoons as wing mirrors! And the same set uses a gaming controller for the steering wheel, as well as bucket handles for suspension detailing.
Ngl, you could probably do an entire video on Speed Champions alone, with how many interesting and ingenious techniques are done even for minor details in most sets
Yeah, they are all super interesting builds to go through, I sometimes don't even know if I'm working on the back or the front half of the car until a good number of steps in :)
The First Order Stormtrooper riot shield is probably one of the most useful pieces to create angles, especially for roofs, and you rarely see it used for its original purpose.
4:51you got the section wrong. What you are zooming in on are (also cleverly used) bionicle hands. But what the person was referring to where the unikitty tails on the right roof (blue building)
The botanical gardens set has SO many unusual pieces. for example, trumpets for pitcher plants,bird nests for a bonsai tree, crowns for lilies, and a ton more!
I remember having the AT-AT set as a kid! It was a big birthday present considering the $100 price. And all this time I couldn't think of where I got the axe and shovel pieces from. A segment from one of these videos hits different when it relates to a set you specifically know by heart.
7:00 - The Praying Mantis' arms use the Ninjago ghost blade piece in a bright green instead of the gradient of green to dark green see in 2015. This piece is also used for the Ninjago Legacy Possession sets in a green and purple instead of green and dark green
In the plants set with the Venus flytrap, I can’t remember the name. It uses a ton of smart techniques like detective hats, explorer hats, brushes, and more. I really recommend you do a video on that one if you haven’t already.
I just know for a fact that peeled bannana pice is going to get used as a flower It's just too perfect for Lego to miss😊 Liked the video ❤ Sorry for the bad spelling, I have dyslexia😅
The Building Bigger Thinking World Fun set from 2018 has several clever parts uses, from a hockey stick as a bendy straw and an apple as a cherry in a giant milkshake to an exclusive lime green treasure chest as a frog's mouth, to large katana pieces as helicopter blades.
speaking about whips being used as decoration more than weapons, they've even been used as decorations to help make a bunch of even larger weapons like how the Mr Freeze minifigure from the Classic Batman TV Series has a whip as a tube to connect his freeze ray to the equipment on his back.
I was looking in the latest Lego magazine and noticed something interesting. It was the way they made Minecraft baby turtles. It’s a green rollerblade and a smooth 1 by 1 with a shell pattern. It’s fun to see how much a different pattern can do. Maybe there’s other times like that.
One of the Agriculture sets combines a broom head and a minifigure helmet to create a pitcher plant, one of many. I just thought that was a very cool part usage even if I'm not interested in the theme personally. Oh and check out the venus flytrap while you're there.
I just got the new animal crossing sets and they’re FULL of fun things, including a chair made of arches and 2x1 curves, a letterbox as an oven and an upside down cone as a vase
If you notice on the Chevrolet Camaro car set #10304 they use popsicle pieces as mirrors! They also use fire axe pieces on the back which is really neat.
Also, in the LEGO Mercedes Benz arocs set (42043) from 2015, we see two flick missile pieces used to hold a 1x2 and a 1x3 gray tile. It really shows that flick missiles can not only be used for amo, but also, decoration.
Check the Maersk Triple-E model. Star Wars laser guns as lifeboat davits. Ice skates as radar scanners. And, most epic of all, a bow railing held in place by... transparent coffee cups! 😂😂😂
I got the Lego Botanicals Orchid set. It features two white head pieces with flower adornment to represent two smaller budding flowers on the plant. They're recolored heads from the Stranger Things Demogorgon. Instead of being tan with red detailing and a toothy motif, they're white with pink details. There are also smaller closed buds which I think are pink ice cream pieces.
I've seen the whip piece used before in a set I have, the Lego Icons Space Shuttle Discovery, in which there are other cool building techniques. First off, there is a black whip piece used as a cable on the back of the Hubble Space Telescope. The part of Discovery's landing gear mechanism that couples the mains to the nose gear is also amazing, as it is hidden as a section of the payload bay floor. Also, hidden in the wing strakes are red heart pieces, which I thought was cute.
In the 76919 2023 McLaren Formula 1 Race Car set, they use spoons for wing mirrors and they also use a singular orange ski to create a rear fin on the body of the car.
i love the lego ninjago city type sets because so many different pieces are used for different things like roofs plants and more not to mention the hat that was used as a rock also finally mario kart hazards
one piece I use for roof tiles when I have a shortage are lego brick separators. They work really well. Also is it just me or are brick separators becoming rarer recently?
Two of my favorites are in the succulent set as well as the insect set. Within the big red succulent they use guns to hold the leaves in place, and in the mantis part of the insect set they use golden crowbars as the mantis’ antennas
Though now that you point out the insect set I finally understand the croissants now! I was always so confused and never say them as grubs, or that the bee was made with an egg!
I haven't watched all your videos yet, so I don't know if you've covered this one, but the flux capacitor in the newest back to the future delorean is a grappling hook
I have the Yellow Delivery Truck #60440 and they use a red whip piece as a wire to connect the truck with the trailer. The Mercedes-AMG G 63 & Mercedes-AMG SL 63 #76924 also uses the levers or smth as the windshield wipers which is pretty interesting imo
Another ingenious building technique is in 76919: 2023 McLaren Formula 1 Car. It uses black spoons as wing mirrors!
And the same set uses a gaming controller for the steering wheel, as well as bucket handles for suspension detailing.
It uses a ski at the back cover of the power unit too
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The gaming controller was also used as a steering wheel in the McLaren Solus GT, McLaren F1 LM Speed Champions 2 pack
In Speed Champions, the Ferrari 812 uses two stud shooters for exhaust pipes
Ngl, you could probably do an entire video on Speed Champions alone, with how many interesting and ingenious techniques are done even for minor details in most sets
Yeah, they are all super interesting builds to go through, I sometimes don't even know if I'm working on the back or the front half of the car until a good number of steps in :)
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With the 10246 bit, you mention the Unikitty tails but focus on the Hero Factory fists, both of which are clever uses.
Where can u see the unikitty tails? I cant find them lmao
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i loved hero factory as a kid so much
@@timthephatman5712 They were on the other building's roof, it's visible in the full set image.
That Banana Peel piece is _definitely_ gonna be used in LEGO Mario Kart as, well, the Banana Peel power up!
I was just thinking the same thing!
I immediately searched for this comment after learning about it 😂
Those Nexo Night shield pieces have become one of the most recent detailing reuse. See them all over the place now it feels like.
The "Dried Flower Centerpiece" 10314 also has multiple whips in it, they are used as a flexible stem of a small flower.
The First Order Stormtrooper riot shield is probably one of the most useful pieces to create angles, especially for roofs, and you rarely see it used for its original purpose.
4:51you got the section wrong. What you are zooming in on are (also cleverly used) bionicle hands. But what the person was referring to where the unikitty tails on the right roof (blue building)
Good catch: I was confused there.
I was thinking the same thing.
The botanical gardens set has SO many unusual pieces. for example, trumpets for pitcher plants,bird nests for a bonsai tree, crowns for lilies, and a ton more!
You've probably already mentioned this, but the Palace Cinema uses minifigure speargun pieces to hold lights outside the building
Gotta love the pink frogs from the bonsai set
I love the use of the whip to make the fossil on display in the museum modular!
if you took a shot every time a lego set used a banana or a hotdog as not a banana or a hotdog, youd be dead within minutes
Or as drunk as the Lego set designers
The oldschool whips from the 90s, the one's with the hole on top, were frequently used as vines in a few jungle sets.
I think of that as vines being used as whips, since my first set to have that piece was the Forestmen's Hideout.
In the modular boutique hotel, a coiled whip is used as part of the handrail on the stairs on the first floor.
the Titanic set using black hot dogs for the anchors is one of my favs
7:58 the girl from Monkie Kid's hair piece is re-coloured for Wildfyre in the Dragons Rising Ninjago set; Heatwave Dragon.
I remember having the AT-AT set as a kid! It was a big birthday present considering the $100 price. And all this time I couldn't think of where I got the axe and shovel pieces from. A segment from one of these videos hits different when it relates to a set you specifically know by heart.
The black curled whip piece was also used as an end to the bannister in the first floor of the Boutique Hotel. Yet I’m surprised it was not mentioned.
That banana peel will definitely show up in different colors for botanical/garden sets
7:00 - The Praying Mantis' arms use the Ninjago ghost blade piece in a bright green instead of the gradient of green to dark green see in 2015. This piece is also used for the Ninjago Legacy Possession sets in a green and purple instead of green and dark green
Fun fact the retro hot dog truck uses the golden-brown version of wolverine’s claws as french fries
The banana peel can certainly be used to make a stylish design table
5:12 THERES MORE WOLVERINE CLAWS! In the background as the door handle!?
Those are feathers, or “plumes” not Wolverine claws…
These really are 600 IQ plays here!
If you like the whips I just built the droideka and all the wires on the arms are whips
in the LEGO City Command Rover and Crane Loader there is an interesting way they use the unicorn horn piece to build a little drill for the set
I always dig it when Lego uses paint rollers as greebling on space ship sets.
They were also used to hold the exterior lights in the Detective's Office.
In the plants set with the Venus flytrap, I can’t remember the name. It uses a ton of smart techniques like detective hats, explorer hats, brushes, and more. I really recommend you do a video on that one if you haven’t already.
Also, in the insect set, The beetle's legs and bee's antennae are bucket handles.
Don’t know if you’ve covered this one yet, but the Lego Colosseum uses minifigure roller skates to make the Roman pillars
I just know for a fact that peeled bannana pice is going to get used as a flower
It's just too perfect for Lego to miss😊
Liked the video ❤
Sorry for the bad spelling, I have dyslexia😅
The 2022 Hoth AT-ST set features both a paint roller handle and a fencing sword as greebling details on the walker.
The Building Bigger Thinking World Fun set from 2018 has several clever parts uses, from a hockey stick as a bendy straw and an apple as a cherry in a giant milkshake to an exclusive lime green treasure chest as a frog's mouth, to large katana pieces as helicopter blades.
The McLaren P1 Speed Champions set also uses a snowboard for the spoiler, still remember when I built it, it gave me a little chuckle .
In the lego set "fox lodge" or 🦊🏡 for short they use a whip as a fishing rod
I always thought that the ghostly blade pieces as the mantis’ forearms were a neat use of parts
Love lego
First like btw
Building the whole back end of that lotus is quite fun, with the way it all comes together :)
speaking about whips being used as decoration more than weapons, they've even been used as decorations to help make a bunch of even larger weapons like how the Mr Freeze minifigure from the Classic Batman TV Series has a whip as a tube to connect his freeze ray to the equipment on his back.
Happy Mario Day 2024 spitbrix!!
I was looking in the latest Lego magazine and noticed something interesting. It was the way they made Minecraft baby turtles. It’s a green rollerblade and a smooth 1 by 1 with a shell pattern. It’s fun to see how much a different pattern can do. Maybe there’s other times like that.
I like how the Classic Space remake uses a different set of bricks instead of the 1x2 triple speaker piece
Most of the Botanical sets have really smart uses of blocks
I have a feeling the banana peel piece is going to be used upside down as a flower more than an actual banana peel
The twirly whip is also in use in the new museum build as fossils on display on the museum floor 😊
*chef kiss* Good on you Lego, good creative team.
One of the Agriculture sets combines a broom head and a minifigure helmet to create a pitcher plant, one of many. I just thought that was a very cool part usage even if I'm not interested in the theme personally. Oh and check out the venus flytrap while you're there.
I have no clue what I did with my algorythm, but I am blessed to see these videos.
They changed the whips? Darn, I liked how easy it was to turn the old ones into hanging vines.
The peeled banana recolored to be used as legs on furnishing would be a clever part usage...
Speaking of claws as whiskers Rocket and Baby Groot set has them also it has barrel container pieces as part of his tail
Some revolver pieces were also used as exhaust outlets in set 71736, the Boulder Blaster.
The whip is also used in the family tree lego idea #54. I built it recently and loved it! A brown whip is used as the rope for the kite in the tree!
I just got the new animal crossing sets and they’re FULL of fun things, including a chair made of arches and 2x1 curves, a letterbox as an oven and an upside down cone as a vase
I juat built the Praying Mantis from the insect set and found it hilarious that his feet was made of tiny revolvers. I cannot unsee them.
If you notice on the Chevrolet Camaro car set #10304 they use popsicle pieces as mirrors! They also use fire axe pieces on the back which is really neat.
did you know that in the lego haunted house 10273 they use lego frog and fencing sword as decoration
You could make entire videos on both Speed Champions and the Botanical collection
If you look at the proton packs in any of the lego ghostbusters sets, you'll see that they're made of lightsaber handles and whips
Lego is an ADHD dream
So easy to just spend hours messing around with lego
the amount of puns in this video is great
Also, in the LEGO Mercedes Benz arocs set (42043) from 2015, we see two flick missile pieces used to hold a 1x2 and a 1x3 gray tile. It really shows that flick missiles can not only be used for amo, but also, decoration.
4:59 there’s also the hero factory hands in there
Check the Maersk Triple-E model.
Star Wars laser guns as lifeboat davits.
Ice skates as radar scanners.
And, most epic of all, a bow railing held in place by... transparent coffee cups!
😂😂😂
Great to hear I accidentally got a set with a bunch of rare pieces for Christmas
Whats it called?
I got the Lego Botanicals Orchid set. It features two white head pieces with flower adornment to represent two smaller budding flowers on the plant. They're recolored heads from the Stranger Things Demogorgon. Instead of being tan with red detailing and a toothy motif, they're white with pink details. There are also smaller closed buds which I think are pink ice cream pieces.
The car spoiler technique was also used in the McLaren P1 set
I've seen the whip piece used before in a set I have, the Lego Icons Space Shuttle Discovery, in which there are other cool building techniques. First off, there is a black whip piece used as a cable on the back of the Hubble Space Telescope. The part of Discovery's landing gear mechanism that couples the mains to the nose gear is also amazing, as it is hidden as a section of the payload bay floor. Also, hidden in the wing strakes are red heart pieces, which I thought was cute.
In the Jazz Quartet set, they use a gate piece in the piano and a game controller for the bass player's bowtie.
In the 76919 2023 McLaren Formula 1 Race Car set, they use spoons for wing mirrors and they also use a singular orange ski to create a rear fin on the body of the car.
I'm sure that we'll see that banana peel piece in some of the future Botanical sets.
5:11 Actually it’s 8 snow shoes, 2 per fan blade.
The peeled banana is also in the set with Spiderman car with Spider Gwen and Green goblin, I have it but I don't know how it's called.
i love the lego ninjago city type sets because so many different pieces are used for different things like roofs plants and more not to mention the hat that was used as a rock also finally mario kart hazards
I like the use of grey sausage pieces on the Lego Star Wars ghost and phantom set
set 10246 actually uses 8 of those snowshoes for the ceiling fan!
I got the insects set a few days ago and seeing a bunch of guns on the mantis build threw me off.
one piece I use for roof tiles when I have a shortage are lego brick separators. They work really well.
Also is it just me or are brick separators becoming rarer recently?
5:00 forget the uni kitty tails, what about the ccbs fists along the roof?
Don't forget on the moon cake set's bunny mech, there's a droid hand keeping it all together
We are 100% going to see that banana peel piece in the upcoming Mario Kart sets. Heck, they might even print tiny eyes on them
Finally a new lego steamie, we've been longing those for a loooooong time now
Nice😊😅
Two of my favorites are in the succulent set as well as the insect set. Within the big red succulent they use guns to hold the leaves in place, and in the mantis part of the insect set they use golden crowbars as the mantis’ antennas
Though now that you point out the insect set I finally understand the croissants now! I was always so confused and never say them as grubs, or that the bee was made with an egg!
The new Hogwarts Castle Boathouse uses a black sausage piece as part of the lantern design on the boats, which I think was pretty fun.
the coiled whip is also used in the history museum set as a fossil
Ducati Panigale V4R set from 2020 (42107) uses two katanas as the mounting solution for the set's vinyl windshield.
One of the recent display flower sets uses recolored Demogorgon heads as flowers
Lego Quinjet 76126 also uses shield pieces for it's engines, don't know if you've done that one.
9:29 you can also find it in the “Bowser’s muscle car”
Pretty awesome how much use each piece can get.
oh, on another set, the Ghostbusters Echo One Collectors set, the hoses used to connect the proton wands to the proton packs are whips too!
Also for venomized gruit they use a shield for one eye
I haven't watched all your videos yet, so I don't know if you've covered this one, but the flux capacitor in the newest back to the future delorean is a grappling hook
Didnt they use small rubber bands as the tail lights for the lego mini chiron?
On the Lego groot set whips are used to create the roots wrapping round his body
Fun fact, in ninjago city gardens, in the museum you can find a bush piece used as one of those counter rolling things, maybe put in a vid?
The Hokusai Wave set has white birds and leaves to create the foam
I have the Yellow Delivery Truck #60440 and they use a red whip piece as a wire to connect the truck with the trailer. The Mercedes-AMG G 63 & Mercedes-AMG SL 63 #76924 also uses the levers or smth as the windshield wipers which is pretty interesting imo