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!

@dddmmi

Жыл бұрын

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.

@stevendurrant1724

Жыл бұрын

Magenta always seems cheap for some reason, not large pieces so much tho.

@slycoopervaultmaster1256

Жыл бұрын

@@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.

@mariamendez9682

Жыл бұрын

I do it to 🎉

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

@jarlfenrir

3 ай бұрын

Not "around". It's exact same size.

I'm starting to buy more and more parts for bigger projects, and it _really_ adds up quickly, so this was super helpful!

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.

@firebirdbricks

Жыл бұрын

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.

@danielmcbride6413

Жыл бұрын

@@firebirdbricks firebird in the wild! Love your page, man!

@firebirdbricks

Жыл бұрын

@@danielmcbride6413 🙏🏼 thanks!

@DonnaxNL

Жыл бұрын

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).

@KO20412

Жыл бұрын

To be fair he’s just going off of his own experience… which is large Mocs

Good advice but you are forgetting using Duplo bricks. I used them quite a lot for my mocs.

@shqip_sumejja

Жыл бұрын

Duplo is so expensive though 😅

@rowlandlegg3061

Жыл бұрын

STRONG disagree. That's impure. You might as well use Lepin at that point.

@oneovertwo1186

Жыл бұрын

@@rowlandlegg3061 Only as impure as using Technic, Lego even officially says Lego bricks & Duplo bricks are compatible on their website.

@youshallnotpass3937

Жыл бұрын

​@@rowlandlegg3061 i mix fake lego with real lego, much more affordable.

@leonradics618

10 ай бұрын

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

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.

Love the idea for this series. Look forward to watching all 4 episodes.

I have wanted videos like this for so long!

Waiting for the botanical bricks vid, I love those nature related bricks

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 !

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.

One of the best videos made for the Lego fans. Well done! Cheers~

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!

This is gonna be a great series I can already tell

David, this is a very necessary video. Thanks for the parts deep dive/analysis. More of this.

This is such a helpful series. Can’t wait for more!

Love this. Cant wait for the detailed pieces video

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.

Very useful video! I think people sometimes forget how much possibilties there are with just LEGO.

I have some also the 3x6 but your the best🎉🎉.

Really cool

Love this idea as a series super helpful thank you!

Great video!

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.

Love you videos man never stop!!

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

Awesome video it's very informative for people who want to build mocs.The Lego world needs more of this type of content

Most excellent video! Can't wait for the next ones, nice work!

Brilliant. Thanks.

Great video, useful tips!

Very helpful, thanks !!!

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.

Great video, this information is so useful! 👷🏻‍♂️

Thats a great idea!

great video thanks for the tips

Now this is a very informative video, haven't worked on my City in years.

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.

Nice Haircut brother ö

i have a 8x16 baseplate as well as 8x16 plates (i use the 8x16 baseplate for shelve filler mocs )

@helmutdergroe9457

Жыл бұрын

I dont care

@RodrigoGaming392

Жыл бұрын

@@helmutdergroe9457 calm down

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.

Wow, the exact video I've been looking for

Thanks for your point of view. Different and interesting

just started a medieval MOC and this video came out, talking about timing!

I liked this type of video ! Maybe you can do a series about building tips of some techniques in the future 😊?

I took notes for the test!

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

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!

Waiting for SBS to create his own “MOC starter kit” on BrickLink so we can get everything we need in one go!

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.

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.

Thanks for the $10 on whatnot I’ll be sure to use it on your next stream

Very great video

Thank you, finally

2x4 dark grey clone bases baby!!!!

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).

@michaelnurse9089

Жыл бұрын

There was once one about 11 high if memory serves.

@coasterblocks3420

Жыл бұрын

@@michaelnurse9089 ah yes, but that has merely a hole, neither a Technic pin nor axle hole so no hold ability.

Would you be able to also do a shorter video on getting all the minifigs as this would really help

Good video David

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

Nice!)

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

2x6 is what I use for MILS plates, it’s great

Cool

The video came out as I was building my Clone Wars moc.

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?

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.

When will you release the second episode?

I just use grey 1x4’s for a lot of mocs

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 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?

Hi I know not many people like it but I have to glue some Lego together. What kind of glue should I use? wh Steffen

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. 😅

8x16 any color or should i get specific color??

Part 4?

El modo de hablar que tiene el, en inglés, para mi suena más fácil, le entiendo mejor 🤘🏼👾

I have at least 2000 of those pieces

Where can I find these plates

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

AWESOME "The BEST LEGO Pieces for MOC's | Part 1: Structural", DAVID HALL from SOLID BRIX STUDIOS!!! ;) :)

Do you got any classic space?!?

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

Just starting the video, but I wouldn't be surprised if this is aimed at location/scene builds like so many other moc tutorials

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

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

JUST IN TIME!!!! I just got a pick a brick order yesterday, cant wait to spend another £500! 😅

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.

Hey solidbricks I love your videos great lego starwars fan I’d love to collab someday and maybe do some live streams sometime with starwars content and I’m actually doing a starwars moc for Brickfair 2023

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!

MOCs*

As a Lego collector why would you leave your lego exposed to the sun through the window? Won’t it damage them??

@helmutdergroe9457

Жыл бұрын

He has enough money to buy more... have you even seen his vids??? He has literally millions of legos

can you please livestream lego set number 42143

the best pieces are the ones you need

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.

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!