A bit of a different video this week. We take a look at some tips and tricks for starting a LEGO city on a budget. Let me know if you like these tips, and if there are other topics you want me to make videos on!
00:00 Intro
1:22 Tip #1: Start Small
2:49 Tip #2: Use What You Have
3:53 Tip #3: Fill in the gaps of LEGO City sets
4:56 Tip #4: Be creative when shopping for parts
5:53 Tip #5: Consider alternative brands
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its cool tanks you
This is very great advice. But I have no space in my room to fit a city anywhere
Thus helps me with mine I was trying to bild a city UT didn't know we're to start especially the creative one I don't have very many nomerl I have 2 normal house but I do have thosends of mines and I bild kid areas with them
Great vid! Thank you mate ! – Chris
I think it's not fair for the lego group to buy fake sets even if the real ones are more expensive. Lego patented this system and it's illegal to copy their work.
Brilliant advice. Thanks 👍
Eat like a king who's on a buget
I love lego
I was watching this video whyl building a Lego city
I have been building my city for like 1-2 years but have never been to serious about it since all the good Lego buildings are super expensive and I agree with off brand Lego websites. I started looking at off brand website a month ago and it made me start to get serious about my city like I got a very nice coffee shop that was 2 story’s tall and a full plate size big for about $80 and it had super good interior. Idky lego doesn’t sell their stuff for cheaper with how cheap other people sell their stuff.
Sadly, Lego is really expensive here in South Africa. We don't have stuff like Brick Link and building an entire city will cost more than what my car is worth
I dont even have roads or lego houses,💀
Oops, I started my Lego city 20 years before this video…..shot I guess I failed that. But yeah, I started with a small house my parents bought me as a kid in the 90s. Then again, when I started Brickfield Corner, YouTube didn't exist and I didn't make any content in the early years of YouTube.
Very interessting video. First time I see the page rebrickable. Very useful
I know that this is nearly a year out of date, but in the UK there's a few different Lego magazines, they always come with small builds. Things like fire planes, police jetskis, 4×4, I even have a batman motorbike!! They're pretty cheap but good for details and extra pieces
I started a Lego City park with the RV Camper, Horse Trailer, and few other smaller City sets. Then got the noodle shop last year, added some other smaller sets, like fire engines, police cars, small vehicle sets. Then put each of those on the large gray plates. I've aldo built a Space "city" that I call Lego Gate -1. I took parts left over from a Dimensions started set, some Mars sets, City Space sets. Plus a spaceship made from the Space Station and pre-owned Mars Shuttle that I got for $15USD. I have used a few off-brand plates, just because I could get them for $1.25 each. Though I do keep my Mego-Blok in a different storage. The small plates are a good way to display sets that might be small, like I was given a couple of Freinds sets. I put those on their own plate to display. I was asked last year to create a Christmas themed centerpiece of a luncheon, so I used a couple of Space crater plates (the 1978-79 versions) and built a pretty large display on those with trees, presents, a couple of trains, and lots of people. It's even lighted. For displaying, I used a bookshelf in my bedroom for the Park and City dioramas. The large gray plates fit perfectly with room left over to park some vehicles. With Lego, the sky's NOT the limit.
Great reviews thanks for the tips!
Fantastic video!👍 You don't even need road plates…I have a pretty large city but it's all inside bookcases and I only have posterboard for roads. It works. Or you can think outside the box and have more bike/pedestrian pathways. There's no limit to imagination! That's why we love lego.
Your LEGO CITY is just perfection and extravagant
Great vid definitely going to use this
Very good job
Does the "off brand lego" intergrate well with "lego?"
Ooh. Such a good idea to use non-LEGO bricks! I can MILS plate for cheaper AND make a bunch of alt builds for creator 3in1 sets from Rebrickable. (The lion kit, white rabbit kit, and dino kit specifically). More money fo LEGO star wars and modulars. Keep up the great vids!
Hi I’m just a kid I wanna know some tips to making a Lego city got any?
Great video love the topic keep the videos coming
I like your Lego city
I was on the wrong account. 😅I love your videos!!! Thanks for the budget friendly suggestions. 😊
Im on a $220 budget, so hopefully this works 😂
I cant even afford 20$ ._.
Would it work fine if I painted a table green, and then painted roads and put sets down?
Anyone know of a vendor that sells orange and green baseplates? Been trying to find some for a mars setup but I havent been able to find any individually sold options
My issue is that I live in India and legos are to expensive here due to import tax. So it costs like avg -(2,500 – 4000rs) for normal sets. ( in dollars 30.15-40.25).Can you please tell me how can I start a lego city in budget.
Edit- it has been more than 2 weeks you are ignoring my comments you replied those 3days comment. If you can't give an idea just tell but reply please.
The thing is… I only have Ninjago…
just earned a sub great video!
bro im a kid and i have a giant city (plus a batcave) and its only on two small tables!
Mind blowing, I spent 20 dollars on a big grey base plate, I could of spent two dollars more to get more base plates. I got scammed 😭😭😭
U are no Lego fan u do not even use 100% lego
Where do you get the road plates from?
My biggest problem is to have a room for it
What if we don’t have roads? Would we just make an opening in between the buildings?
The only real need for lego in starting is plates people and roads 3rd party building are actually good it's just that some companies like lepin make a new person thats starting only buy lego
First 4 tips are good.
But using alternative brands😢😢 that’s blasphemy, it is not LEGO, and in my opinion using non-LEGO parts , it is not a LEGO city
if you're on a budget consider lego worlds