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LEGO designers use unique and clever building techniques in their sets but sometimes they’re very weird and confusing! Are these LEGO sets 0 IQ or 200 IQ? Let’s discuss the most baffling design choices in LEGO sets and try to figure out precisely what these designers were thinking.
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[@mrminemachine8]

The email to send you instructions won't work for some reason is there another way I can send them

[@lolinekonyenya1471]

crossout mess buggy game. crossout devs want money money as continue playing and keep lying own crossout community

[@MelumThawne_]

I have Same as Mr mine machine. I found error, email don’t work. Please reply with correct email

[@lolinekonyenya1471]

@@MelumThawne_ pc and mobile sing in

[@brandonscott5544]

EXCELLENT JOB.

[@dutssz]

so 0% of them were 0 IQ sets and all of them were reasonable design choices 🤨

[@nikshakya7389]

yeah, that's what i was thinking!

[@BeanzMan]

Exactly

[@squabblenobbler]

0 IQ KZbin channel

[@jordanzazulak4375]

Its an ironic video title

[@jamesainsworth7145]

Bowzar!?!?!?

[@hankidyhank]

Re-using a technic brick to reduce the number of unique bricks in a set isn’t “0 IQ”

[@diekritischestimme]

Also if you turn that stone around, so it faces outwards, it makes total sense in this position. Just see the other pin below - it was meant to connect this house to another one. 0:40

[@JilutheFang]

He was talking about crossout :D

[@anderoo9260]

It's actually very high iq tbh

[@boomyanimations4714]

Beans and cheese

[@oliknow]

it is just cheaper. less different pieces is just easier to control and pack. everything else they say is just a lie.

[@joemck85]

I'd seen the ship-in-a-bottle step with adding 284 1x1 pieces before and always wondered: Why 284? Why not 250 or 300, or at least 275?

[@brandonn30]

lego is precise, a couple extra or less could cause an uneven coating

[@SmokeFactory]

each batch of those pieces is done in 284 so its easier for the factory to send out the whole batch rather than some less or some extra

[@joemck85]

@@SmokeFactory Why is each batch 284 pieces then? That's 4*71, which seems like strange dimensions to make the mold.

[@SmokeFactory]

@@joemck85 i assume they do it in large squares/rectangles therefore 284 individual pieces would fit there

[@Psycho345]

I don't remember the full story but basically the creator (Tiago Catarino, the seal at the tip of the bottle even has his initials - TC) originally wanted to do 300 but people at the factory told him it would be easier if it was 284.

[@babayega1717]

I'm confused. If all the odd parts have practical implementations making them basically _ingenious_ solutions to otherwise unsolvable problems, how is this considered "0 IQ" (whatever you think this means)?

[@user-bv2lx6nt1b]

Right? More like 0 IQ video.

[@boomyanimations4714]

It means beans and cheese

[@willthunder7212]

@@boomyanimations4714 maybe with a dash of chili pepper powder if you feel like it

[@boomyanimations4714]

@@willthunder7212 Indeed perhaps with a bit of ground beef if you are so inclined

[@zedfox7880]

it made you click on the video and leave a comment, it drives up engagement so it'll be recommended to more people

[@raphaeldagamer]

That trash can probably contained a grease fire. The hot dog stand guy probably tried putting it out with water.

[@Canaman1a]

This ^ Mythbusters proved it could be done!

[@thegreatstapley]

Yeah, trash can fires aren't that uncommon. I saw one myself this summer. Not 0iq.

[@raphaeldagamer]

@@thegreatstapley my first thought was that it started as a grease fire because cooking environment and my dad nearly set fire to the kitchen when he tried extinguishing a small grease fire in the kitchen sink during a brief lapse in judgement.

[@ano_nym]

That trash can contained my mixtape.

[@01jiratjiampoonsap80]

that trash can contains a sneaky demon core and the grease fire will activate it and therefore nuke lego city

[@octosional]

The sausages and ice cream being used as chairs in the Rivendell set remind me of how in the bonsai tree set, they used pink frogs as the blossoms

[@nekodahaltom2443]

I was surpised he didn't mention the pink frogs when he was already talking about that set

[@tomclanys]

I didn't notice it, now I laughed at this. How absurd, but it works!

[@Ilovetulinspower23]

I have that one! It's so cool how the botanical line uses parts in new and interesting ways

[@ImGoingSomewhereElse]

Chicken noodle soup

[@smellyboytae]

With a soda on the side

[@JackWack26]

And crispy fries

[@MooseProductions-ff6ft]

@@smellyboytaewith sparkling water on the side of the side of the soda

[@acequiad1429]

And some icecream

[@KataTails]

Noice

[@arnavnagulpally8906]

Hey Spitbrix, I know you’re probably not going to see this but I’ve been wondering why you stopped doing Ninjago content. The years you talked about Ninjago were some of the best years for the Ninjago community.

[@ToastedBreadWithHoney]

Agreed

[@ryandelaney3547]

I also wonder something similar.. Why did he stop doing Mixels content? I know Mixels is dead but why not at least try to do something cool with it.

[@sussyimposter9980]

Maybe cause ninjago ended?

[@randomperson-11]

​@@sussyimposter9980It only kind of ended

[@ChiIlNoob]

@@ryandelaney3547besides making his own, there is nothing really to do The entire series stopped producing them and if I’m not wrong he already covered all of them

[@IDK_Bricks]

The first one you show with the 1x1 brick with the hole, is for those who want to connect other buildings on the side, but for those who don’t it leaves a smooth wall

[@IjustFelix]

No

[@IjustFelix]

The hole is covered

[@YasEmisDaBus]

​@@IjustFelixyou do realise that bricks can be turned 90° right

[@orien2v2]

No he explained it immediately. It's to reduce the number of types of bricks in the set to avoid confusion. If it's an option for an alternative then they would've indicated that in the instructions. Of course we can all customize however we want but the point of this video is pointing out why Lego did what they did as is on the instructions.

[@rainer2810]

Die Verbindungsstifte sitzen immer in der ersten Reihe Bausteine bei den modularen Häusern.

[@shawnheng4686]

2:47 This wasnt 0 IQ it was GENIUS

[@LeftoverHotdogsJr]

In the Lego Super Mario Bowser's Airship set, there's a step where it asks you to place two printed 1×2 bricks on top of a plate to make the POW Block. Thing is, the instructions also tell you to hide one of the prints behind the other brick, meaning the printing on that brick was completely pointless.

[@justinbombach9873]

Super Mario sets are meant to be customizable and combinable (I think?), so it probably does that to allow you to build your own course and put the POW Block somewhere else, where both prints aren't blocked.

[@yournutt]

that POW block is part of a mechanism that moves, and if that print was the right way, it would often be rubbing against other parts, which can damage the print. By putting the print on the inside, it allows you to reuse that part as a full POW block if you want, without the piece getting damaged during normal play

[@kelseybarton]

bruh why do i always read POW in any context as prisoner of war

[@jarlfenrir]

0:55 I love how Cobi deals with the issue - if you are supposed to use one of similar pieces, they specifically mark in the instructions which pieces NOT to use - similar ones are shown, but with red x mark.

[@DividedPixels404]

…Lego does that too. I’ve seen it in their instructions.

[@jussari7960]

@@DividedPixels404 yeah, I remember Tales of Space Age doing that for the different shades of the same color

[@Labtop215]

You shouldn't ask people to subscribe to your channel multiple times in the same video. It's really annoying and detracts from the quality of your work.

[@A_Chaotic_Bean]

I agree with you @Labtop215

[@insertclevernamehere1186]

The Venomized Groot set doesn't actually give you any instructions on how to convert it from half and half to full Venom. The instruction booklet straight up tells you that you have to download their app if you want to know what to do with that final bag...

[@nekodahaltom2443]

I remember a mario set having zero paper instructions and you had to download something to see the instructions on your phone, so weird they only rarely do that.

[@user-vy7jy1ry2k]

I got the venomized Groot set and I think its actually really cool

[@gamingwithlukeJToH]

ok, if the newspaper says "Happy Birthday" then that might be one of the most insane easter eggs I've ever seen.

[@jardex2275]

I just built the bonsai tree and bag 3 only had two bags in it. The other two colors were mixed in bag 3 itself. I just poured them all into a pyrex container, mixed them up a bit, then fed them into the pot. Indeed, it was satisfying. The more confusing step was with the vines. The instructions only mention connecting each end at the pins, but that just leads to some weird ropes sticking out around your tree. What you need to do is wrap them around each other a few times to get the look from the picture. Oh, and it's definitely your Waifu in that trash can.

[@garrettgarrett9365]

I thought that one by one white technic brick was put there as a suggestion for a connection point. That you could turn it outwards and then connect another building to it that way.

[@FilteredCrack]

This is a good video but i cant help but feel that a lot of these examples don't really match the title

[@vicraiden3068]

As a former Crossout player, I was completely surprised to see that game as the sponsor here. And true, it does let you go crazy with car building... if you have the patience to grind both experience and materials for months to make weapons, wheels and other devices - or if you have the money to buy packs which'll give you extra in-game cash and unique vehicle blueprints complete with early access to a lot of structure parts. And the gameplay itself can be frustrating, what with the rampant seal-clubbing and obsession with unstoppable meta designs.

[@FleshgodArmageddon]

For anyone questioning if you should play crossout, no you shouldnt the game is pay to win, I used to play crossout before it started sponsoring people on youtube and it was still pay to win then, in fact I even bought a set of pieces in that game for my vehicle and instead of making the game easier it made the game much harder because it started trying to auto balance my level with the parts that I was using

[@katier9725]

Imagine flashbanging your viewers with the same sponsor twice.

[@Therandomboiiii]

The daily bugle asked me to add 40 pieces at once which was fine... UNTIL IT TOLD ME TO DO THAT 8 TIMES

[@goldenemerald830]

So how are lego minifigs born? Lego 5:54 "*TREE*"

[@georgeofhamilton]

The title doesn’t really fit the video.

[@Spike94515]

fr

[@Neumonics429]

A tree that grows clones of the same happy person is an eldrich horror.

[@OtakuUnitedStudio]

If the people of Lego City should be worried about anything, I don't think it's a flaming trashcan being put out by a helicopter. It's the fact that a 15 year old pizza delivery boy named Pepper Roni is more competent than the police force and the only person capable of stopping a bandit from destroying the town.

[@427Arbok]

In regards to the trash can fire... assuming it wasn't deliberately set, there's a great many things in common use that can (seemingly) spontaneously combust if left on their own. Rags soaked in linseed oil, for instance, have a tendency to brew-up if left out in the wrong conditions. Other things, like certain chemically-reactive products (for instance, body fillers like Bondo), if not allowed to finish reacting before they're disposed of, can also cause fires. So, in short, someone might've been oiling-up their tools or doing bodywork (or aesthetic work on their house) before having a cookout, is my theory.

[@norricommander]

I hate building one and discovering printed pieces you didn't notice and accidentally used in an unknown step while 3/4 of the through building

[@RealBeanieDuck]

i think the instruction with the carrot is actually genius

[@asgads]

😆That venomized groot set is one of my recent favorites and I think the idea is genius. the "venomized character x" is a long going toy trope

[@_burningshadow_8010]

As someone who played crossout like 4 years ago or something I wouldn't have expected it to still exist.

[@alm5992]

Yeah, I know. When I stop playing a game it usually ceases to exist a few days later, because I'm not playing it.

[@_burningshadow_8010]

@@alm5992 Well yes when it's a live service game that didn't seem particularly popular that makes total sense. At least when you take my "4 years" and not your complete misrepresentation of "a few days" Want examples? think of a game like Robocraft. Actually a "somewhat" similar game, I also played and which is dead as f$ck. And at the time of playing neither was particularly popular or successful. So expecting it to be dead is completely within reason.

[@dominikbusek7910]

So basically trying to avoid confusion by increasing confusion

[@TheEmeraldWeirdo]

So, why is this called "0 IQ LEGO sets" and not "LEGO sets with odd instructions" or something?

[@TheEvilYoutube]

Because 0 IQ is a more clickable title. God I'm sick of this guy's channel.

[@TmONEYfan]

ah yes put a carrotbry under the road

[@sambrown6426]

I know I'm gonna get flak for this, but not only do I preger smaller stickers to big ones, since you can just stick them on the end of a brick separator, which makes applying them very easy, but I also prefer having one sticker cover multiple bricks instead of having separate stickers for each of those bricks, since I can't stand having all those gaps, and if it's a long, thin area like the chrome on the sides of the Speed Champions C3 corvette, you can't just push them together because they'll be too short, and you'll have a huge gap at one or both ends.

[@eeveeofalltrades4780]

It would be easier to just have a single long piece for a long sticker than several short pieces

[@sambrown6426]

@@eeveeofalltrades4780 Agreed.

[@MelvinGundlach]

I prefer prints.

[@sambrown6426]

@@MelvinGundlach Prints are nice, and they definitely have a place, but stickers can be put on any piece you want if you buy a set for parts, buy the sheet separately, or get lucky and get 2 sticker sheets stuck together instead of 1, so I don't have anything against stickers.

[@TestECull]

3:54 Back when Technic was actually GOOD, they'd include instructions in most sets for adding things after-the-fact. Usually for motorization. As such there's almost always a lot of disassembly instructions in the back of older Technic set booklets.

[@joermnyc]

Lego Concorde uses a lot of orange plates and bricks just for temporary supports. It would have been nice if they made these in a different color that could be used elsewhere, like in the stand at the end but, no.

[@FlamesReviewsAndMocs]

7:30 I think its A pun on "dumpster fire" I think the designer was having a bad day.🤣🤣

[@user-vs7gk8fy7p]

In the Bonsai Tree thing there are 200 pieces at the same time, but they were loose. In Rivendell you secure 200+ pieces at a 45 degree angle.

[@Rileydelp_34L]

The Concorde set made me add orange parts and remove them never to be used in that set again

[@Impulsebricks]

I like these videos, I will leave and other for them 😊

[@turkeycooktime458]

I have never really liked stickers on pieces, especially if they are placed several steps later. It gets annoying if I'm rebuilding a set and I find the piece I placed several steps ago was supposed to be the one with the sticker

[@darrendelima2909]

The Lego newspaper says Happy Building, i.e. "leg godt", while also conveniently looking like Happy Birthday

[@RebelliousRobot]

My favorite version of removing some bricks for later use is the ICONS/Expert Ecto-1.

[@cakeyeater7392]

Venomized groot makes a little more sense now that marvel SNAP uses venomized variants of a couple dozen different marvel characters

[@m3gduwu560]

I just want to say that even thought the venomize groot was absolutely a cashgrab, the consept itself isn't as both marvel and the fans like to combine venom with every possible character, and it can rly be anyone, from a cute little dog in the venom movie to ghost rider in edge of venomverse 3. Now if lego could design an actually good venomized character, not in terms of the character being likeable, but in terms of the build quality.

[@Blake_Stone]

Five stickers on a one by one LEGO brick is the kind of thing that there should be an entire Circle of Dante's Hell for.

[@judahsmith7761]

I'd say the burning trash bin was full of venomized groots.

[@Mark_LaCroix]

Why is this called "0 IQ" when the first example is an absolute genius design choice?

[@SpitBrix]

Because at first, it looks like a really weird building step before you realize its true reason

[@herowither12354]

I feel like the Jazz Club 1x1 isn't to avoid confusion, but instead because they have a limited number of unique parts they can use in a set. Why waste a little extra budget, when they could just use what they already used?

[@Inferno65-]

the helicopter for the bin fire is a case of them useing a asset so they can say its been on a callout (even if its a bit over the top thats a real thing that happens in firefighting)

[@erebusmoon]

The shipwreck turns into a boat? Wouldn’t it still be a ship what in the world?

[@LaziBlue]

My guess for the trashcan fire is an oily/greasy rag or napkin or something spontaneously combusted, it happens more often than you would think. Still doesn't justify a whole helicopter to take care of it tho

[@JustSpirteCat]

When you say "legendary map", which I happen to have one, do you mean it's an rare piece from an old set?

[@fawnathefox9600]

Another set that uses a lot of disassembly in it is the Concorde, it has orange supports when you build the large wings, and they’re never reused.

[@slobodanmitic1354]

That 1x1 with a hole is probably a representation of a ventilation, let's continue...

[@KitOkunaru]

the glizzy was so fire that they had to call the fire department.

[@manicman5961]

Lego Sonic the hedgehog set 76993 - Sonic vs Dr. Eggman's Death Egg Robot. Pages 25 - 29 show the instructions to build and capsules machine with a hinged lid.. but the bit that holds the lid doesn't attached to anything.. meaning you kinda have to just place it in place and hold it in tricky ways to get the hinge to work

[@DarkNinjaUA]

About fire in a trash can and helicopter. My kid makes "fire" in all kind of places and then his entire firefighting forces (including helicopters, trains and boats) rushing there. So I can totally imagine a kid recreating such a situation.

[@Anton-de5vu]

As a crossout player, let me say, this game is super super fun!…IF you have a press account with everything already unlocked, otherwise, it’s a miserable grind that expects you to either spend an eternity slowly unlocking certain parts (like hovercraft parts for example) in a ludicrously complex tech tree. OR, pay upwards of 60 USD for a bundle with them already included, but only four

[@Qusuduxjwnx]

bro answered his own questions 💀

[@seanchoiselat3237]

5:34 if the Toa Nuva only knew the Kanohi Kakama simply grew on trees

[@paps3060]

alien bonsai tree looks cool af

[@wellox8856]

The solutions each of these sets have with different pieces makes it 200iq not 0iq?

[@Jmody13]

I have that bonsai tree set, fun to have all the small pebbles and i even got a light kit for it. bit annoying when i would spill a few pebbles but I don’t think i lost any yet

[@RogerCharlamange]

Really cramming in those crossout ads huh

[@patrickdix772]

He didnt pay attention and poured hot coals into the trashcan.

[@miau_the_cat]

For those who want to skip the ad: 4:51

[@Einfach_der_geilste]

lego makes instructions for idiots and tryes to make cheap sets to sell for huge markups

[@coledavidson5630]

The Star Lord helmet set is completely wild all the way through

[@PineapplePerson1]

I think it's a grease fire. For the helicopter and hotdog guy one.

[@Songal18]

Thank you for this very informative video on why we get certain pieces.

[@YodaIzChaos]

Wow. Two sponsor plugs in a single video. That's a new one to me.

[@nemou4985]

more like a single plug two times...

[@vadamsvengeance3219]

I enjoy building sets more than playing with them lol

[@munchrai6396]

The fact that those chairs are flat with no connecting studs really bothers me. I know it looks better, but it completely ruins the functionality of a bloody chair

[@Hiikratti]

Why didn't you talk about the old tie vehicles? They had blue in them

[@archieandarlo7702]

7:48 I think it was a nuclear bomb with uranium and radium that has the power of a black whole

[@Koennuggetshorts]

Yes its that

[@theemmjay5130]

My favorite use of the Minecraft head is in the Captain Carter & The Hydra Stomper set, which uses it as the Tesseract. Sure, it's oversized, but at least this set's version is actually cubical.

[@muhammadzayd1724]

Maybe there was the declaration of independence in that trash bin

[@DuyNguyenD]

The glizzy on that sign is 100iq

[@RemyRijpkema]

Did you really check whether or not the bonsai tree bags contained 50 1x1 round tiles... 😜

[@thelonelybritV2]

Another use for the hotdogs/sausages is as ship anchors. I think I saw it mentioned by MasterBuilderAlec that the Titanic model uses a hotdog for each of the anchors. I'm not in the Lego collecting/building world so I don't know if the Titanic is a set you can buy yourself, but it looks like a very nice (and very large) Lego set.

[@Jowen0wen]

10:06 I can't see how that could say "Happy" anything. 'Birthday' and 'Building' could both fit for the second word but I can't see how anyone could see the word Happy in the first word

[@rivuletscug]

"0 IQ" and it starts off with one of the smartest and most efficient design choices lego makes with their sets

[@MaciejAffanasowicz]

NUMBER 1: Because is lighter with hole than without :P

[@paps3060]

I don't think that headline says happy at all, the only letter that goes below the line in the first word is the last one, far too thin to be three whole below-line letters at least

[@ReconRaccoon]

that was a pretty smooth ad transition

[@patrikarte]

That 1x1 technic piece thing that you start talking about in your vídeo, also happens in the Lego Up house, twice, with a Yellow brick. About the fire copter, I love that set still, they had to figure a simple solution with few bricks and they made it, and I think it works well (don't forget that its a 4+ set).

[@Welv1987]

the stickers on the cube should have been only one sticker with the 5 sides that you fold back onto the cube

[@give_me_my_nick_back]

Can you actually imagine a helicopter carrying any more water than just for extinguishing a trash can?

[@greeneffectltd]

I had a Lego Ideas set called "Space age exploration" it's really a nice set, but it's full of those 1 by 1 bricks with technik opening, I am baffled and still can't figure out why they did that.

[@yellow9904]

if you look at set one its most likely a connection piece just oriented the wrong way

[@projust2be670]

the trashcan gives the hotdog "Extra flavour" the hotdog stand was made purely for "People with Exquisite taste."

[@Stubentiger1993]

tbh the reaction to the sets get released from lego nowadays is : " Wow... why did you made this ?" Alls sets are merly a hint of a backdrop of something (especialy "houses") and you pay more for the brand than for the pieces. Most sets have weird colours imbeted in them and or are simply incomplete to the point that if you remove 1 piece the whole set would simply fall apart. (not to mention that the construct itself is barely stable) Minifigs are getting less and less detailed. the sets get overprieced and are simply not good enough anymore. when you look at other brick companys their set are completed have rarely weird colours in them and have more than double the pieces for the same money.

[@jeremybarun]

You should look at the Concorde. Uses temporary pieces which are then not reused but simply left over.

[@vintagecapgunsatyourmomshouse]

Venomized Groot. There's a Japanese style of combining two very different characters, I think that might be some of the inspiration as well as of course a shameless cash grab

[@adysynn9228]

A more likely reason for the piece in the Dr. Strange set is that not all Lego factories have the correct machinery for printing directly onto pieces. The set may have been manufactured in a factory where this was the case.

[@nEiKKah]

0 IQ videos: - this one - - - - any ssstalkerwolf video

[@TheActualSsotyi]

Crossout seems a game that you would have to buy hundreds/thousands dollars worth of parts to be able to truly enjoy the game.