Best city, best Lego building content, best ideas! Love your channel!

@RobinHoodBricks

3 жыл бұрын

Yay. Woop woop!

Looks nice! I think a panel 1x4x1 part 30413 and a 1x2x1 on each side where the seats are would make them more safe ;)

@TheChoppip

3 жыл бұрын

(since only half a stud is left on each side theyre the only parts that can go there)

@EdwinvdKaaij

3 жыл бұрын

I agree

@RobinHoodBricks

3 жыл бұрын

Pah. Health & Safety nonsense. Haha!

@awes0men0b0dy9

3 жыл бұрын

Ikr safety last priority

I've never used tecnic lego, but I always though pirate ship rides were powered by moving wheels in the base with the boat moving freely but attached by the pivot at the top. I've no idea if that would work in lego, but it would stop the need for that big arm up the side. Hope that makes sense. I'm just happy I was able to start and finishes the video on the same day, lol. See you on Monday

@EdwinvdKaaij

3 жыл бұрын

Indeed a major challenge. Definitely worth it, Robin will have lots of space beneath the schip because of the double hidden ground level.

@Ledmanafb

3 жыл бұрын

He'll need to switch directions of the wheels on every outswing but that's manageable i think

@RobinHoodBricks

3 жыл бұрын

It might work well for a technic genius. That sounds really difficult to me. Maybe on the second pass!

@awes0men0b0dy9

3 жыл бұрын

I got into LEGO when I was about 4-5 or so and now I’ve gotten into technic mainly because of the power functions stuff, as a kid I wanted one of the RC trains and then I got 1 and then grey after that

@mariovelez578

3 жыл бұрын

@@RobinHoodBricks It may be easy if you put piece 42918 on the underside of the ship or a piece like that, and then have the wheels on the bottom push them

I love these pirate ships the first time I rode one was in lego land I haven't been on one for a few years. You should add a person with a puking face.

@RobinHoodBricks

3 жыл бұрын

I have a few to use and a couple of tiles of chunder!

Great video! I recently watched the train shed video so heres my view: I would prefer realism so I would close the wall, but for cool views keep it open!

@RobinHoodBricks

3 жыл бұрын

Cool, thanks!

the entrance stairs up could lead up to a platform with wooden pillars like the ship is docked in a harbor

@RobinHoodBricks

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, palisade bricks or a plank!

@ChrisGalgano

3 жыл бұрын

@@RobinHoodBricks then when they exit the ride it could be likely they are being made to “walk the plank” !

I think the mechanism partly showing isn't a bad thing at all and adds to the "fairground" aesthetic where things are attached to beams and electronics and whatnot. However, I personally would love to see the ship rock a little slower to give it some more weight. Looking great!

@RobinHoodBricks

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, I think a lot of them might work better at a lower speed!

Love your vids

@davidwright-sp3zx

3 жыл бұрын

Me too

@RobinHoodBricks

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@Greenfleet2

3 жыл бұрын

Cause I trying to make my own channel

I was kinda hoping you would do a ride like this, Robin! This kind of ride actually was one of my favorites when I was younger, as I'm more adverse to rollercoasters (height and loops lol) -- I think you caught the spirit of this almost perfectly. Using the Dutchman ship -- perfect! I think if the motor section is hidden out of view, this will look pretty darn cool in the setup!

@RobinHoodBricks

3 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

I have a fun idea, maybe you can add water under it (Lego water, so probably just blue plates) so it looks like the flying Dutchman is floating oversea, cause that is what it does in the legend. And maybe to get onto the ship, there would be a plank, but instead of from the ship, it comes from the ground

@RobinHoodBricks

3 жыл бұрын

Yes they will all need an appropriate setting when placed!

The ride mechanism actually looks very prototypical, I have seen rides with exposed mechanisms before and the pillars look right at home giving it that raw theme-park ride look. A modification I would recommend would be to perhaps make the deck a green plate as the shit itself would be an ancient mouldy floating wreck and it would make it seem more like a ghost ship. If was to name this ride I would call it "PIRATE PETE'S PUTRID SWING"

@RobinHoodBricks

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I'll see what I've got. Sadly I usually use odd coloured plates supporting stuff out of view, haha!

“It gets into the swing of things”. Smooth joke there, Robin.

@RobinHoodBricks

3 жыл бұрын

Pun not intended, haha!

@awes0men0b0dy9

3 жыл бұрын

Nice joke but I kinda like mine more

The technique pieces holding the large mast now look like cannons. Nicely done!

I can’t think of a simpler more effective mechanism. It’s elegantly brilliant. The jerkiness is due to your rubber “damper” causing a slight delay in the pivot motion but it’s just temporary as you notice. Well done.

Love the ride Robin. I do have a suggestion about your ghostly captain, when you place the ride have the Captain's face turned out towards the fairgrounds so the waiting riders will see his scary face as they are waiting. O can't wait to see the completed fairgrounds, and look forward to your next ride build. Have you thought about doing a kiddie sized carousel? You could put maybe 4 different animals and have it spin. That would look cute.

Fun fact: There's this quite popular Dutch amusement park called De Efteling which features a ride like the one you built which is called "De Halve Maan" literally meaning "The Half Moon" or I guess the proper term would be "The Crescent". My stomach didn't like that ride either. The park also includes a ride called "De Vliegende Hollander" which would be translated into English as "the Flying Dutchman" although technically Holland is just 2 out of 12 provinces, but since it houses the capital, the government, the biggest port, etc. it is the most important bit of the Netherlands hence why my country is known as Holland in many languages around the world unfortunately. As you can probably guess, I'm not from those two provinces. :P Anyhow, to get back to the "De Vliegende Hollander" ride in De Efteling, it's a rollercoaster that partially goes through some water to put it simply. Great video btw! =D

@RobinHoodBricks

3 жыл бұрын

Like the LEGO Pirate rollercoaster then!

This ride looks great! I am by far no technic expert, but I will say those people are far too happy for getting their stomachs churned! :)

Looks awesome! Needs a parrot and a statue of a mermaid on the front, maybe a treasure chest and skeletons somewhere too, either on or off the ship. The jerky start up in my opinion is probably something similar to the archers paradox, all the long pieces are flexing and it takes a bit to sort itself out. I could be wrong though.

@RobinHoodBricks

3 жыл бұрын

Parrots I can easily do!

Nice design with the whimsical pirate ship! I think the jerkiness at the start of the ride is a function of the direct connection between the motor mechanism and the long moment of the ship's movement away from the rotation axis. I think you'd be better served by disconnecting the two. You want the motor to provide a "push" for the ship, but then let the ship swing by itself. Once it swings backward, it will again be pushed. Perhaps keep the rubber bushing, but have it rotate on an axle. Have a technic liftarm attached to the ship that it can contact only when the ship is in the backward half of the swing.

@RobinHoodBricks

3 жыл бұрын

Hmmm, food for thought. Very interesting. I will think on it!

Wow. This is so clever! Well done!

@RobinHoodBricks

3 жыл бұрын

Glad you like it!

Super secret pirate police lol. Very cool ride

Hello 4

A galley is a type of ship as well but much older. You might know them from movies or comic books about Roman times. They are primarily powered by rowing but already have sails for added propulsion. Today only the name remains as the marine term for "kitchen".

@RobinHoodBricks

3 жыл бұрын

Yessss, I was right!

This fairground is going to be delightful when finished!

Please keep doing these similar and I loved the LDD use as really educational

@RobinHoodBricks

3 жыл бұрын

Cool!

A few ideas for rides,the MIXER,the Carousel,and a big swing,and a loopty loop

Great vid and well done with all you fun fair rids can’t wait for more 👍👍

@RobinHoodBricks

3 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

Now that’s a rather creative use of that Spongebob set. All it needs now is a small ticket booth, a few parrots and skeletal remains (or any other pirate decorations) and the base for it to fit into your city. And could a seat fit under where the ship’s wheel is? It looks like it could work with someone going “Well this isn’t a very comfortable seating area” sitting there. And the motorized mechanism you made for this is pretty neat for someone who isn’t much of a Technic except. I’m excited to see how it will look in your fair ground.

You could use a string instead of a long axle that goes to the top, and have the gears push the string down. I think it would also make it more smooth since the string can have some slack, and you can put the string inside the pillar to hide it

@RobinHoodBricks

3 жыл бұрын

An interesting and simple idea. It's certainly worth a try!

I love it. Such a simple mechanism and it work great

@RobinHoodBricks

2 жыл бұрын

It's a little jerky, this one, at the beginning. But I love the galleon style build!

It's been such a while since I've watched your content!It's good to be back watching your vids and its amazing how the city's evolved!

@RobinHoodBricks

3 жыл бұрын

Welcome back!

This once again looks amazing. Good job man! Plus, I have the flying Dutchman set and somehow lost the ghost!

@RobinHoodBricks

3 жыл бұрын

Oh no!

I always like your build, and as a fan of theme park and fair of course I love this series! but what I like is discovering the build little by little throught the video and I'm a bit disapointed that the miniature spoil the look of the final build. But appart from that keep on the good work it's always a pleasure (special thought for the skeleton safety bar, so clever ^^)

@RobinHoodBricks

3 жыл бұрын

Cool, thanks. Yes, I like to take people on the create journey!

Hi Robin, congrats on another great build! Have you thought of using the ghost captain as the ship's figurehead (or rather minifigurehead)? It would require some modifications to the bowsprit assembly but I think it could help balance the build which is currently a bit stern-heavy, and make the minifigure more visible. Plus, it's fitting for a ghost ship to be unmanned, don't you think? Cheers!

@RobinHoodBricks

3 жыл бұрын

Cool idea. I'll take a look!

#ILOVEFAIRGROUNDFRIDAYS. great job yet again. I really like the idea

Oh wow! Really awesome Robin! Can you put another ghost pirate minifigure in the crow's nest?

@RobinHoodBricks

3 жыл бұрын

Technically the ship is supposed to be unmanned. That's the myth!

Brilliant, pirate ships need a parrot and a monkey

@RobinHoodBricks

3 жыл бұрын

Yup!

Awesome use of that set! The mods looks fantastic. I have no solution for the hiding of the motion arm, but I have a suggestion regarding the movement. Lengthen the arm so that the stroke gets longer. Pushing and dragging the boat a little higher at each end stroke. I think that would be more realistic as well as slowing down the motion a bit too.

@RobinHoodBricks

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the tip!

@katankya

3 жыл бұрын

@@RobinHoodBricks I agree with @Michael Gleffe. In fact, this ride act like a pendulum and the duration of the swing depends on the length of the pendulum and not on the mass. If with the motor you force it to swing to another frequency than its own frequency (given by the length) then you will add stress to the structure.

Thanks for making a pirate ship i love pirate ships and i love pirate ship rides :)

Robin you should do Super Secret Police Mondays! Can't wait to see how that goes!

@RobinHoodBricks

3 жыл бұрын

It' is coming but not this Monday as work is a bit busy at the moment. I'll do a train wagon instead!

@spence6874

3 жыл бұрын

@@RobinHoodBricks Ok great! Thanks for the heads up!

Well done! I think the initial change of state from “at rest” to “in motion” causes that jerk when you start the ride. Maybe putting 3D waves on the sides would help hide the mechanism and make it ride look better.”The flying dutchman at rough seas”

I think you should make a harbour dock for the people to 'board' the ship, that doubles as a housing for the huge gear. Also on that platform can be the ticket seller for the ride. Maybe you can also replace the black 'iron barred' posts that hold the ship with wooden beams made of 2x2 round bricks filled with technick axles. I think the ride looks great, and the boat certainly looks better then the original. Maybe a pirate in the crow nest, but I've got no idea on how to attach it...

@RobinHoodBricks

3 жыл бұрын

Good idea on the wooden posts. No crew on the ghost ship!

The ship looks amazing. I'd consider having the ride on a water base like it would spray the riders each time it goes back and forth. Alternatively maybe its base is just painted to look like water. There is probably some kind of trick that could be done with gears or spokes rotating against something at the base. Maybe with two gears turning in opposite directions with a peg? An underride option would be to run a post to one end of the ship down into the ground and then have it hooked up to the offset driving peg you are currently using mounted underground near the center of the ride. Some kind of old dock kind of look and decor would probably work well for an operator booth. or maybe one of those old prison pieces they had in the old pirates sets. I'd check to see how the ride looks at a slower pendulum speed to simulate the old ponderous galley feel.

@RobinHoodBricks

3 жыл бұрын

All good suggestions!

Really enjoying your content, so nice to see well thought out and planned videos. Love the ship as well, and it's giving me a bit to think about as I build my fairground.

@RobinHoodBricks

3 жыл бұрын

Awesome, thank you so much!

Nice work! One way to help disguise the piston, is to replace it with black gear wheels at the top and technic link chain... It has it's own issues, far from perfect! But works well asthetically.

Maybe add a ticket booth to hide some of the machinery as well as steps and a plank for people to get on and off.

“Arghhh... my ship rocks!” Nice size you’ve made there. With the mechanism, I’d been wanting to make something like this and was wondering if a wheel would work like the real ones. Issue as usual with LEGO is how to shrink the mechanism. Closest I can think for size and linkage is the rollercoaster wheels at the top. But you need to then translate that to back and forth and also hope it’s not putting too much strain on the gears. Oh the joys (and fun) of technic! Great moc sir as always. Look forward to seeing it finished with all the trimmings

Such a cool ride! I like the rocking motion.

As usual, absolutely brilliant!

@RobinHoodBricks

3 жыл бұрын

Wow, thank you!

Love it robin ! Keep up the great work!

Looks awesome man! Always loving your sticker usage as well!

Very well done, I like it a lot!! Another one of your ideas that I will have to steal.....😉

@RobinHoodBricks

3 жыл бұрын

Please do!

looks great I really love the amusement park rides so far

You can use that red duplo bridge piece as another part of a static fair ride (maybe one under Maintenance?) and use it as a support for a bungee ride (the the sling shot type that uses tension to shoot passengers in the air and spin them around while being tethered to the ride via a cockpit or something)

@RobinHoodBricks

3 жыл бұрын

That would be hard to mechanise but a very cool plan!

@lieffian

3 жыл бұрын

@@RobinHoodBricks that’s why I said a static ride and put it under Maintenance. but if you wanna try, use some fishing line (like the stuff you used to hang your planes) and use the chain (like that’s used on technic sets to create a chain drive on motorcycles) along with a holed 2X4, tie the rope to the track , thread the other line through the holed brick then to the bottom of the cockpit allowing for the “bungee” action

That is a very awesome looking ride.

Its even better that it works!

Yarrr! It be a mighty fine pirate ride! 😁

i think this ride looks very good and works very well

At the very front a the ship you should use a 3176 instead of your 2x2 green plate that holds the front mat. (That will close the gap at top front of the dark brown piece)... The minifigs need to have their arms in the air 😉... Skeleton needed at the front of the ship 💀and the entrance could be a cave/tunnel/rock wall with trunks of gold 😉

@RobinHoodBricks

3 жыл бұрын

Cool idea for the skeleton and treasure!

Ironically, this was going to be my guess for the pieces you got in the last brick hall. This looks great, when you get it into the lego city, you should recess the ground beneath it and have a water feature, as I always remember this ride being over water at the amusement parks.

Wow!

Great job with ride, my only thought was seeing as you felt very sick when you went on a ride like this, maybe adding a sick rider would be funny, or even the men from spring lantern set with mouthful of food, looking instead like hes going to bring his lunch back up

This is such a smart idea

Robin, Fantastic job on the ride!!! In the course of making my latest video I was thinking about a ride like this. Someone submitted a ride in ideas a few yeas ago and I figured for Lego's next major ride it might be something like this.

@RobinHoodBricks

3 жыл бұрын

Hopefully it's better than the drop ride that's hidden inside a big building!

Another excellent build Robin. This ride is pretty sweet! It would go great with the creator 3n1 pirate rollercoaster. I'm not much of a technic person either so I wouldn't know how to suggest an improvement on that. I know you don't have your base made to hide the motor but a set of stairs for yhe minifigures to get on and off the ride would be a amendment. I've recently noticed I've expanded my vocabulary since watching your videos, I use the word gubbins at my work now, haha. It would be funny also when you say super secret police you use the sound from one of the minions movies, the beedo, beedo siren that one of the minions makes in the movie. 🤣🤣 Fantastic job, keep up the great work my friend.

@RobinHoodBricks

3 жыл бұрын

Haha, gubbins is a great word!

I’m actually surprised you didn’t set up the mechanism underneath this time. A lot of these rides run by motorized wheels rolling the bottom back and forth, then you wouldn’t see any of the mechanics

@RobinHoodBricks

3 жыл бұрын

I will do. I was just concentrating on the ride this time around!

Robin maybe try and Get that mixer platform and motorise that

I was hoping this was coming, I thought some of the brick haul pieces might be for one of these on Wednesday so I was nearly right! I too had a similar experience at Thorpe Park as a child where I thought I was going to be sick on everyone! Great work as always Robin, if the mechanism is towards the wall I don’t think you’ll see it, you normally see the workings on rides anyway, they just make them a design feature

Love this build! Very creative from start to finish. One suggestion, slow down the ride? If it was actual size/speed ratio I think everyone would get sick!! Keep up the excellent creativity

keep up the great content I love the pirate ship

Looks super cool, I would say best ride so far! Naively I would say: it works fine, turn the technic part to back and problem solved; though I am 100% sure there is a cleaner technique to motorize it, as an engineer i would keep puzzling :-).

@RobinHoodBricks

3 жыл бұрын

Totally agree!

Awesome looking

@RobinHoodBricks

3 жыл бұрын

Sure is. Thanks!

i remember when I was a kid and went on a rollercoaster for the first time. didnt care it. afraid. but I was a kid. hehe. neat ride choice for your lego city. looks good as a ride and a PG rated cartoon pirate theme show or movie. the flying dutchman myth works good for the lore too for the inspiration for the ride.

Ahhhhhhh my least favorite ride, here’s a joke, Well Robin you and I are in the same boat

@RobinHoodBricks

3 жыл бұрын

Boooom. Pun intended? Haha!

@awes0men0b0dy9

3 жыл бұрын

lol

Cool

Nice build Robin

Love this series🔝🔝🔝💻

Awesome! I have a K'NEX Pirate Ship Park! I got for Christmas Day 2005.

@RobinHoodBricks

2 жыл бұрын

Sounds great!

Looking good Robin. Great choice of ship and efficient amendments to lift the quality. I suggest adding a monkey to the lookout and a more ruffians. Will you do a ticket stall and other paraphernalia?

@RobinHoodBricks

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, a lot to add when installing it!

A great, fun looking build indeed. Very entertaining video too!😃👍

@RobinHoodBricks

3 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

I like the design but I think it would look better if the ship was longer with more 4 more seats behind the mast.

@RobinHoodBricks

3 жыл бұрын

It's a bit back heavy. Maybe 6 seats up front might work!

Unfortunately, I can't say whether it works, but some have a drive with tires under the ship. The question is whether it can be implemented in Lego. So maybe you wouldn't see so much of the linkage. I hope you don't get scared but it's the right flying Dutchman. These days, pirate trips are not worthwhile for him. So he teaches the creeps in his ride. And there is also money :-)

@RobinHoodBricks

3 жыл бұрын

Haha. Yes the wheel mechanism sounds very tricky to me!

Those rides usually have a tire underneath the ship that pushes the ride to get it swinging. Can you construct the motion mechanism to attach to the side or the bottom of the ship? You would barely notice it.

@RobinHoodBricks

3 жыл бұрын

Wow that sounds complicated!

Another fantastic creation. The drive rod from the large gear to the top look like its at an angle. Maybe move the drive mechanism back one stud.

you could hide all the mechanism under the ground under the boat , just have a lift arm stand out under the boat pushing the the boat front to back

Looks great, mabye you could change the color of the big technic wheel, which powers the movement of the pirate ship to a green one, I think these part exist...

@RobinHoodBricks

3 жыл бұрын

I had one but used it on the Venus Fly Drop ride!

So the mystery ride is a pirate ship! Cool! Your story about the pirate ship was like my dad on a Harry Potter ride! He was so pale! I love the swinging affect! For a few suggestions you could maybe raise it up on a blue baseplate. Then you could add in a little island and you could also add in a barrel on the same island with a monkey, some palm trees and of course a treasure chest! This is my favorite ride besides the western shooting game! I feel like your fairground is going to be exactly like Legoland!

@RobinHoodBricks

3 жыл бұрын

Oooh, I have a monkey with no use so far. Awesome idea!

@spence6874

3 жыл бұрын

@@RobinHoodBricks Thanks!

I'm not sure if anyone else mentioned this yet... Maybe make an "A" frame to hold up the ride, by using 4 1x2 hinges and 2x2 hinge plates at the bottom. And then 4 more hinge bricks and 1 x 2 hinge plates at the top... And just have the ride load and unload from the one side...

A more discrete quiet and pole missing way would be to mount an axle with two wheels and tyres underneath the boat. The motor turns the axles and the wheels push the boat back and forth. Thats how the actual rides work, watch a youtube video of mechanics of thorpe parks monkey banana ride. The spinning tyre just rocks it back and forth underneath

@RobinHoodBricks

Жыл бұрын

That would be a lot harder for my technic abilities!

@samwalker8893

Жыл бұрын

@@RobinHoodBricks (im not at all complaining or judging whatsoever, this setup is fantastic) surely sticking a wheel on an axle is far easier then these gears, linkage and ratios etc? We spoke briefly last week about “ Lego stealing your ideas” Got the pacman- they stole that from your dodgems without a shadow of a doubt. The mechanism, design and parts are all exactly the same. The designer watched you make that and decided to put pacman ghosts and not magnets on it. You want to really call them out on that

Great job! The post sticking out the front is called a bowsprit.

@RobinHoodBricks

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the info!

I like seeing the big connecting rod, reminds me of a stationary steam engine or a beam engine (used in mines for pumping the water and operating the shaft lift)

@RobinHoodBricks

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, that was my thinking!

Great build by the way RHB.

@RobinHoodBricks

3 жыл бұрын

Right on!

I really loved your video and have got the same motor as you

I don't if this is a good sugestion but you could add some tiny platforms (1 by 2 stuts maybe) on this black connection part and put some pirates on them as a sort of extra dancing attraction or something, I don't know😂...

Looks great, Robin! Could you add another green flag to the tops of the pylons? Would give a little more decoration...

@EdwinvdKaaij

3 жыл бұрын

Good idea

@RobinHoodBricks

3 жыл бұрын

Great idea!

hi again wow that is one cool pirate ship ride that would look great in your funfair i have been busy not wth lego i had just built a cardboard gravitron ride that actualy spins i have not got much lego and the pieces i got are not enogh to build any good rides with may i might try and build a small simple ride or two when i get more lego i will build some big rides that can pack away on their trailer

I had a very similar experience as a kid. Hadn't realised the pirate ship I'd seen was gearing down at the end of its swing... So wasn't aware of how high it actually went. Deeply regretted it, still makes me feel sick. Good use of the spongebob ship, I've got one, must have been super cheap at some point as I have no interest in sbsp.

I think it looks really Nice even if you said those that hold up the ship lookt ugly I think it often looks like that in real fairgrounds so it could go up and down fast

Really cool build, brings back some memories of sitting in the back and thinking i was going to fly out. Really fantastic work. Quick question, do you yourself hitting the ba-doing button throughout the day as you work, haha.

@RobinHoodBricks

3 жыл бұрын

I do occasionally press it for my own enjoyment, haha!

A galley is a ship's kitchen so technically calling them galley windows could be correct, although that part of the ship would probably be the captains quarters not the galley.