-200 IQ LEGO SETS...

[@SpitBrix]

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[@Thepetsimgamer]

Ok

[@Axol-otl]

Sure...

[@phoenixleader1999]

how did this channel get a war thunder ad, isn't war thunder and lego the exact opposite? lego is about creating stuff whereas war thunder is about destruction of both enemies and your own sanity

[@fishbrix3809]

Kinda random but I am already a depressed and suicidal war thunder player...

[@DarkVoidIII]

Dangit! You segue into that game not once, but twice! Overdoing the paid promotion isn't going to make me want to buy it. Quite the opposite in fact!

[@vallore.arcana]

I always thought the extra pile of bricks for Starry Night was supposed to represent a pile of paint left after working on a canvas

[@TheMeatEater]

I feel like that would have made more sense

[@bIoxybuilder]

@@TheMeatEateryea I know right

[@eeeguba432]

I though it would be to add at you own spots to make the painting personal in a way since impressionist went by feel

[@relaksz6183]

Yeah that's the real reason, Van Gogh was notorious for using unnecessary amount of paints on his pallets, so that's an homage from the designer

[@ZachAttack-nr1eu]

yea that does make sense

[@incognitocolonel]

as someone who got these old pirate and castle sets as presents for my birthdays as a kid. I can Tell you that these "spot the difference" instructions combined with the pile of Bricks was half the fun.

[@ellieofthebeast7952]

1:53 There's a similar moment to this in the Alpine Lodge set. In bag 1, they have you build a pine tree, and place it loosely onto a snowmobile transport. In the very last bag, it pictures a pine tree, one that it doesn't give you the pieces to build. It has the same bag symbol, bag 1. You pick that pine tree back up off the snowmobile, decorate it, and put it in the lobby of the lodge. It adds a story into the building of the set itself.

[@thegrouchization]

OK, that's actually kind of adorable.

[@WorkingClassZombie]

Awww, that's really sweet :3

[@SuperFocusYT]

I didn't know Lego sets had stories. That's adorable!

[@TheRealandOnlyMrE]

He says -200 IQ but they and smart and he proceeds to explain their purpose and why they are good.

[@PolODelie]

yeah, a number of them are are less -200 IQ and more just galaxy brain solutions to non-obvious problems

[@docolemnsx]

I completely forgot the video title until I saw this 😂 You're damn right, those first details were genius. I think the first bad model he mentioned was the Bonsai, which isn't exactly bad, but it is difficult to build and has some issues in the instructions, though nothing too serious. I'm looking forward to rebuilding mine on insane difficulty, with all the pieces piled up in the box 😂

[@docolemnsx]

Update to my previous reply: I didn't rebuild the bonsai, my 6 year old did, and he made it look easy 🤷🏻‍♂️ There were no issues with the instructions and the pages were all light coloured. No brown-on-black action like the video said. Something's off about this vid 😅

[@sinteleon]

@@docolemnsx maybe he got a newer version of the set with the pagesfixed.

[@derrickstorm6976]

Maybe he starts at -200 IQ but improves

[@ThatGirl2147]

In one of the Ninjago temple sets, there's a spider that goes on the base and is covered up completely by rocks and a staircase. They love doing stuff like this

[@jemm113]

There’s a black Bionicle “mask”, like the one for the brick-built Tahu, in a recent set hidden under a walkway assembly for a Monkie Kid set!

[@jorbertfivesevenaetree5043]

3:20 The real reason was that the axle was far to powerful and could break reality if not contained securely. The designers knew this and made up some fake reason as to why it is there.

[@DrawingDrop10]

😮😮😮😮😮

[@donibobes2454]

SCP-42069 SCP-42069 is a Keter-class anomaly, consisting of 2 objects, SCP-42069-1 and SCP-42069-2. SCP-42069-1 appears to be a normal red 2 stud lego axle at first glance. However, this is far from the truth. It is contained by a non-anomalous lego plant, which is designated SCP-42069-2, however this can easily be removed. SCP-42069-1 is capable of destroying reality as we know it if it is not in containment for more than 69 minutes. In the event that SCP-42069-1 is no longer contained by SCP-42069-2, recontainment protocol requires that someone must immediately pick it up in special gloves, and place it back into SCP-42069-2, and then quickly place the lid back over it. Incidents The first and only incident involving SCP-42069 occurred on June 9, 2007, in the western United States. During a test on SCP-42069, SCP-42069-1 was let out of SCP-42069-2 for 69 minutes and 15 seconds, during which, it managed to delete the entire population of Wyoming, where the site, Site-420, was located. SCP-42069-1 was quickly placed back into SCP-42069-2, and the lid was sealed tightly on. Anyone who knew people from Wyoming were given class-C amnestics. Security was tightened around it, and no more tests were conducted about how long it was safe for SCP-42069-1 to be uncontained. There have been no other incidents since then.

[@maskstorm1]

Realy?

[@TantalumPolytope]

@@maskstorm1 Yes

[@ColonelSandersLite]

@@maskstorm1 Do you remember hearing that with a long enough lever you could move the world? This is a piece of the one true lever.

[@ironicanimations]

8:02 I think that step is an unintentional “admire the set :3” step 😂

[@Ch33seGr8er]

Can confirm the bonsai tree was a pain to see the instructions, I got it recently. There's two shades of brown, had to use a flashlight to even be able to distinguish the parts and colors. The build looks nice though, especially with the pink leaves and all the frog pieces.

[@mimlol69420]

built the bonsai today and yeah it was kinda painfuk to look at the instructions. i didnt use a flashlight, but considered doing so. after building it looks great tho

[@cts9254]

@@mimlol69420 I had to use a flashlight when I was building it, it was worth it after finally finishing the tree

[@moocowthepersom]

same!! i did it directly at the kitchen counter yesterday with both overhead lights and next to massive windows letting in natural light and i STILL had to use the flashlight. idk why they can’t just use a lighter outline like they do with black pieces (even if those look slightly deceptive in the instructions too lmao)

[@lusi05]

My aunt and uncle used to have this set (sold it recently) and they never told me there were such problems! I just wonder why didn't they, it would be such a fun story

[@l3xforever]

This is weird, I had zero issues following the instructions (using pdf on ipad though). Wonder if it’s some weird print/color perception issue that affects only some people.

[@subman721]

9:24 I never had any problem with the Eldorado Fortress instructions, and I was 12 when I built that. All the Lego Pirate instructions were made like that.

[@NintendoMan100]

Not just the Pirate themed, but most of all the instructions of Lego System era were like that until the early 2000.

[@dustyjerk]

​@@NintendoMan100 Exactly. I have build some of my old sets recently and for example the massive 1990 M:Tron Mega Core Magnetizer has 23 building steps at all. But i have to admit, that it was a much more complicated building expierence than in today sets.

[@MrAbgeBrandt]

People just took more time to carefully build the set back then. Now everything needs to be served readily on a silver platter.

[@Dutchsnake5]

@@MrAbgeBrandtit’s funny you say that, because there were Lego sets in the 80’s that listed each part that you needed at each step. It was cut without explanation until the 2000’s, likely due to how sets were getting more intricate and necessitated it.

[@j.j.henderson2049]

In the Himeji Castle set, there's an entire area built between steps 144 and 172 that is never to be seen again. Yet, it appears to have some components that you would think would be visible. There are also some passageways built into the walls of the main gate area that, without a tiny mirror, you can't really see in the completed set.

[@gordonwerner]

The pow blocks on the super Mario sets might also be there because it is easier, quicker, and overall cheaper for LEGO to put in two of one element ( brick with pow) than it is to put two slightly different versions of the same part.

[@Liggliluff]

And as he mentioned with the Ferrari, it avoids accidentally using the wrong brick

[@GamerErman2001]

Yeah the black background instructions were part of the 18+ theming, they matched the background of the box. They were not a good idea, they just used a ton of ink to make the instructions potentially harder to read.

[@SaberShotFusion]

1:00 i think those extra pieces are meant as a blob of paint

[@amythistfire5042]

I actually remember the spot the difference seta from my childhood! They has their own charm, seeing you need to put in a piece and you're missing a part, so you gotta go back a few step to add what you missed.

[@svorskemattias]

I liked them more than the newer baby-step and hand-holding instructions.

[@rc-fannl7364]

9:30 When building a set was still a challenge. The current "1 part for each step" type of instructions are sometimes so "un-challenging" that you lose focus and actually start making mistakes

[@alexanderpas]

I do like that they outline the newly attached piece with a distinct color however.

[@rc-fannl7364]

@@alexanderpas They can do both, more parts per step but with outlining new pieces

[@theemmjay5130]

I love that they included storage for the extra axles in the Succulents set, so that you can display each plant separately if you want to and not have a bunch of axles lying around loose somewhere.

[@LordShrub]

A weird thing I saw in the new Ninjago City Markets is when building the jukebox they use 1x1 pearl gold round tiles with coin prints only to hide the prints. The regular unprinted 1x1 pearl gold round tiles appear to have been discontinued in 2018 and maybe they didn't want to bring them back.

[@usseaglencc956]

That's why his name is Jack STONE.... because with a glider like that, He's gonna fall like one.

[@piggyplayzmc93]

2:03 that’s actually quite common. some chima sets use it for chi, which is usually given to minifigs in bag 1 then later attached to the build. It’s also often used for those minifig accessories bags(like blades from ninjago or ghost parts from hidden side) since there are counted as 1 piece but are needed throughout the set

[@acmenipponair]

Well, the problem is, that the video maker seems to only build LEGO stuff, nothing else, so he doesn't know. Some good instruction sets even tell you to keep stuff from former bags for later.

[@GeorgeDCowley]

@@acmenipponair Chima's part of Lego. Do you mean non-sub-branded stuff?

[@shewmonohoto]

9:17 Those are the instructions I grew up on, I think that's why I'm so detail oriented to this day.

[@michaelhorne8366]

The axle down the center of the turntable at 2:32 help stop the turntable from popping apart if the model is lifted by its head. The turntable clips into its base with the same mechanism that a frictionless pin does into a Technic beam (split with tabs on the outside to lock into the hole); the axle prevents these tabs from pushing in, making it a lot harder for the pin on the turntable to disengage from the base if pulled (like if someone lifted the model by its head for example)

[@geologyjoerocks]

Sometimes it’s hard to tell if a step is asking for tan or dark tan, same for dark bluish and light bluish grays

[@cyphre]

Oh man, I actually remember building some sort of undersea base kit (or maybe space base) that was similar to the El Dorado Fortress. Had to figure out which piece was added in a step which showed the whole platform with everything on it, and pieces added that were mostly obscured due to the direction of the instructions.

[@tay-lore]

I assumed the technic axel in the upscaled minifig was intended to make a more audible clicking sound when turning the head. It adding strength to that connection makes a lot of sense though. I'm so much more confused by the bar that's placed in the center of the torso, inside of a technic brick. I think about that piece far too often...

[@Fan-lq6uv]

9:20 the Yellow Castle set 375-2 were a pain in the butt to build because each steps could have 20 yellow bricks and you really had to look at both before and after picture to try and find every part you needed and added.

[@ocudagledam]

I'm not sure how a loose, rattling piece prevents the turntable from popping (2:15). I might just try to rip the head off my mega-minifig with and without it to find out. There is a similarly baffling step in the Fairground Carousel 31095 set.

[@TonyLemur]

The only thing I can think of is maybe the axle prevents the top half from tilting to the side. You would still be able to pull the head straight off but if you like pushed on the head it might prevent it from falling off sideways because the axle would get jammed between the two parts.

[@NintendoMan100]

9:31 Personally I liked the instructions more that way, because it was like a game of spot the difference on itself, which made building Lego more fun and challenging in my opinion. In the early 2000, when they started making the instructions easier to follow, I stopped looking at them for smaller build, using just the picture on the box as reference, then peek at the instruction only as a last resort, I still do it to this day.

[@BabyMatiny]

you could do this for small 100 or less piece builds, but for bigger 1000+ piece sets this becomes impossible

[@Brain_Damage_Eli_isLost]

the starry night extra pieces piled up in the instructions looks like a blob of paint

[@Slightlyannoyed-ii5gd]

In case you were curious, the set on the thumbnail does that for storage, not display

[@FokkeWulfe]

I rememeber the old school lego sets. Kids today think they have it rough with their 1x1s and their 2x1s. Back in my day, we had two pages. One showed a pile of bricks, the other, the completed Sidney Opera House build, complete with downtown.

[@ThereIsNoSpoon678]

Bad Lego instructions taught me how to effectively build IKEA furniture.

[@randmac]

4:53 i can never escape the snail

[@auroradawnrf]

The BMW Motorad set has a fully functioning 4-cylinder engine, where the pistons move in tandem whenever the wheels of the bike are turned. The engine is fully buried in the body of the set, and this action cannot be seen by any means. I always loved how it was sort of like a little treat just for the builder.

[@DemonPikachu66]

Same with doms charger technic set

[@fabrizeantonio4425]

That singular Lego Technic axle making sure the entire gigantic minifigure doesn't collapse gives me TF2 loadbearing coconut png vibes

[@HeirofDacia]

The coconut png exists, but the game works just fine if you delete it.

[@SketchMickeyFromFNaTISKETCHES]

5:47 i bet all of you hate these long sponsers So heres a timestamp to skip the sponsor You can thank me later

[@MisterCasket]

09:18 'Spot the difference ' is kinda how I liked it haha! I had Lego in my youth, and picked it up again a few years ago woth the Christmas village themes. I noticed how easy it was now. During the covid years I rebuild my old Lego, and putting together the 6270 Pirate Island was pretty difficult at times. I still like it because it becomes a bit of a puzzle instead of cookie-cutter. With new sets I started to cut open all bags and dump them together in a bin. Very satisfying to rummage through that looking for a 1x1 specific piece ;)

[@mikosoft]

I have built several Lego sets with those old instructions and I don't remember them badly. Probably because I was glad to even get a Lego set as our family was very poor.

[@Tahanok2]

I give a special shoutout for lack of instructions to the suggested alternate builds in the Exo-Force sets. At best, you'd get a picture with 4 steps that didn't clearly show where some pieces went or how they attached. Even if you did build it, you'd have some extra pieces left that made you question if you did everything right.

[@alexhousakos]

And the Architecture Pyramid does the same trick with LEGO Axle pieces, yet they do it for money grabbing reasons; forcing you to buy a second 150 Euro Pyramid to make a complete set instead of the half one.

[@Vaeinoe]

Placing two unrelated pieces under a plant like it's completely natural reminds me of Skeletor laughing victoriously after placing a lizard in a glass box

[@Personalicheese]

I found a mistake in set 60097. In the eight booklet, you have to use these big glass pieces, for bag 12 eight, bag 13 two and for bag 14 eight. But bag 12 says that you need seven, instead of 8. The same with bag 14, where the booklet says you only need four. I thought this was good for the next "Lego Sets That Break The Rules" video.

[@Snejkmen360]

5:14 oh no.. dude sold his soul to the snail.

[@Epic.Maw.]

we lost a good one

[@Germanicer]

Theres no escpaing the snail

[@ItzMeImAlive]

3:09 its also used to determine fake sets from real

[@cwheeler23]

i have put some of the lego sets you have shown on my Christmas list this year lol

[@Koopai386]

8:16 step 5 is to admire your work 😉 😉

[@Loren_Law]

I remember the spot the difference style instructions as late as rock raiders sets. I remember missing a random 1x1 piece in the chrome crusher set and having to backtrack steps until I discovered where the error was. quite a puzzle back then.

[@Faz5912]

5:21 I CANT ESCAPE WAR THUNDER NOOOOOO

[@Timmys_world]

NOOOO NOOOO NOOOO NOOOO NOOOO NOOOO NOOOO NOOOO NOOOO

[@BrickHQ]

6:58 the collumn is supposed to be knocked off to reveal the pow block

[@tunakann7629]

I thought the thumbnail was a burnet out fireplace and actually thought it looked cool

[@kfa0]

Old instruction were way more fun to read and build with, than the new ones. FIGHT ME

[@connorcarlson6809]

Another smart move is in the holiday Main Street set number 10308. When building the trolley, they have you place some odd bricks in the roof. These are for tidying up any wiring for if you choose to motorize the trolley.

[@dr.ramilo84]

My real question is: Why are there like 7+ blue shades in lego but only 2 red

[@LodanSD]

In the 40498: Christmas Penguin set, there is a Hidden Snowflake in the Base. In the 76911: 007 Aston Martin DB5 set, on step 70/71 there is a Loose piece just sitting.

[@_rlb]

A terrible snowflake because it's not hexagonal

[@williammccluskey747]

Speaking of technic axil for use, the piranid of gaza has a technic axil for if u want to get another piramid to complete the full triangle

[@henrihell]

On the topic of hidden pieces, Dobby the house-elf has a golden heart. I understand why it's there, but it adds nothing to the display as it's hidden away in his chest in a location that isn't easy to get to after the set is built. It's just a minor detail that only the builder will ever come across.

[@Specialist_vr]

And don’t forget about leaking classified documents in war thunder

[@Earth_EditZ]

Please don't make a " i liked my own comment" the top comment

[@Angel67559]

Yess we can't let it

[@yungexile2332]

Instead make it this one.

[@juanleon3875]

@@yungexile2332 ok I liked your reply

[@mylesthayer2843]

It won't

[@Ratjesterz]

It’s spitbrix

[@builder1013]

Here's an instructions mistake (sort of). Just got the new Iron Golem Fortress for Christmas (Merry Christmas, by the way) and at the beginning of bag 2, on step 7 of building the skeleton horse, the small box has you build the back legs of the skeleton horse but then points to the neck instead of the back legs. Please feature when you can :)

[@Dragonfire2505]

"-200 IQ Lego sets" "Actually those steps are pretty good and helpfull" Decide what it is! It cant be both. XD

[@scottdd2]

To this day I still build with "spot the difference" method and don't use the piece boxes, prefer it much more this way.

[@jodofe4879]

Pretty sure one of the big Ninjago City sets had you place a stickered box under a floor somewhere. I love how Lego puts so much work into those secret details. You might never see them, but if you built the set, you know that it is there.

[@thomasgibbons3226]

So the title of the video is misleading. Thanks guy. You title the video -200 iq yet most of the decisions made for these sets are pretty genius.

[@zbnmth]

the 9:32 style of instructions brings back memories. I really liked them, they didn't hold your hand and were like a puzzle on themselves. Helped think spatially, too, which is useful; After all, when the set is finished, it's time to build new things with the bricks.

[@regularperson9965]

wow... tales of the space age set is so pretty. damn. like just damn.

[@regularperson9965]

and I cant believe how many fans have light kits just for that set specifically

[@Stratelier]

Remember the days when ONLY the Technic sets included a parts list for each step in their instructions (and for sets with a main vs. alternate build, only for the main build) ?

[@RadINation]

I grew up with the "spot the difference" instructions and you had to open ALL the bags to put the set together. I recently got back into LEGO and it felt odd to me that the name it user friendly and easy to build.

[@DigwellGreenfingers]

7:50 Step #27 is to show you where to place the minifigs!

[@jimmyredd]

The Halloween Owl set start with you building bat or spider creature, that gets completely encased within the sets base.

[@fortunefavorsthebold3459]

Nice video! Oh man, I remember those old instruction books with like 100 steps on one page! It was like where's waldo but with 100 waldos.

[@MotoPasjeKamila]

Starting on from 9:17 - this was GOOD, becouse it gave more work - thus - more fun for the builder! My childhood is filled with those old Lego sets, and as I now have kids of my own, I find modern Lego builds ... well ... to easy.

[@TheMimiSard]

The spare pieces struck me as giving us spares of the small bits so if we lose one, we have replacements. I also got childhood sets (mostly 90s Space Lego) in the era of Spot-the-Difference and un-numbered bags. I actually do appreciate how modern instructions have more guidance and numhered baggies.

[@Jwray_2]

Hey WOAH, the bonsai tree is dark but it ain’t THAT dark

[@javierpatag3609]

Funnily enough, I put together the Bonsai this past weekend. I also had to finally get reading glasses last December. Trying to see all those black-on-dark brown was not pleasant.

[@ramenronin15]

In the Knuckles' Guardian Mech set from the Sonic the Hedgehog line you are told to put 3 green crystal pieces in the Master Emerald. I was confused about this 'till I realised it was a reference to the Sonic Adventure games and how to beat Knuckles' stages you need to find 3 pieces of the Master Emerald. I love when they have deep cut references for fans in the liscenced sets like this.

[@stalelemonproduction]

Another reason for the printed blocks getting covered. It's easier to just add 4 identical printed parts than it is to split the machinery and add 1 printed part and 3 blank

[@pokestep]

At 7:49 you're actually supposed to include the figures in the ship, so it makes sense. But it's weird they wouldn't show them in the blue box

[@33pandagamer]

I one time got this Lego technic set for a green dragon-themed monster truck. One of the steps required me to use this really long black piece, but the longest black piece in the set was one hole too short. So in a later step, I couldn't follow the instructions exactly. I did end up building it successfully despite this, but it did leave me with one unused (but was supposed to be used) piece.

[@AJB2K3]

I dunno, some of the newer lego instructions have been so bad that even I struggle with glasses on!

[@StoccoPschiozzoLego]

All extra connectors (round or cross) are useful if you connect more than one of the same set together. Obviously no instruction has a specific step for the second (or third or fourth, ...) set as that's totally up the buyer to choose.

[@WarChallenger]

I actually really like that hidden gemstone in the treehouse set. That aught to give someone a laugh when building it.

[@fredrickdenning7328]

The Lego Office set comes with 4 ninja stars, even though the set only requires 1. I made use of all 4 to give dwight a few more weapon stashes.

[@calebramey]

I remember that Eldorado set from when I was a kid. A lot of those early pirate sets were a little difficult.

[@derchesten]

Wait I distinctly remember having an official Lego turntable with a cross for a technic strut in the middle from a 90s Lego pirate castle

[@thebookwasbetter3650]

On the Eldarodo set, check out the instructions for the classic yellow castle. It has like 8 steps and the castle wall is built.

[@ramenronin15]

In the Knuckles' Guardian Mech set from the Sonic the Hedgehog line you are told to put 3 green crystal pieces in the Master Emerald. I was confused about this 'till I realised it was a reference to the Sonic Adventure games and how the beat Knuckles' stages you need to find 3 pieces of the Master Emerald. I love when sets have deep cut references for fans in the liscenced sets like this.

[@ubercow6611]

The other day I removed the technic axel from my giant minifig because I didn't like the rattling, so good to know that that actually does something

The extra bricks for Starry Nights are good to always have for reference or to compare bricks in case you're struggling with the different shades of blue

[@mikaeluhl]

Goes to show how much thought and attention is poured into every set ❤

[@DuckofFail]

Have you encountered LEGO instruction steps which have you remove pieces, rather than adding them? I know this occurs in the 75292 Razor Crest. They're added temporarily to stabilize the build, until being re-positioned in later steps.

[@headrockbeats]

I've never built a model with the new instructions, and I've never had any trouble with the old instructions. Spotting the differences was part of the challenge, as was searching through the pile. In fact, I eventually had enough LEGO to just fill up a whole drawer, and would rummage through the whole drawer when building. Not sure exactly when LEGO turned from a fun but difficult building challenge into something you should be able to do while barely conscious.... NOR WHY.

[@arakwar]

Older instructions booklets were showing you a puzzle to solve, but let enough mystery to make the fun longer. Now the younger instruction sets just finish up quickly then leave you wondering where the fun is :D

[@icecreamkracken6992]

4:40 "Technic axels are actually very very small" Me: has deconstructed my living room looking for one "Yeah, I don't think I trust you on that one"

[@ramonhamm3885]

"Super Bad Glider", haha! The black paper with dark parts on it... is there no editor, focus group, quality control, how can that happen?

[@bencecseppento3749]

What you talk about at the end: no numbering and no piece-wise instructions, that's what I call building. I always dump all the bags in a big pile at the beginning. Much more fun and engagement that way, and I actually hate how basic today's instructions are. I olden days there used to be just pictures of alternative builds on the back of the box and we did it. That was the point.

[@williamwise1082]

The San Francisco one I remember did that but I stuck it in the glare.

[@EliteMonitorman]

I just built the Insect Collection set and I just realized Lego used revolvers for feet on the praying mantis

[@monzadriver1]

I like the older (80's \ 90's ) instructions. No massive thick books because every picture ads 1 or 2 pieces, including an index, but just building. Learning to look, and spot differences. For example, number 852 or 853, helicopter or car. Technicsets with insturctions as a poster, . No index, just 20 large steps and you build a car, helicopter or whatever.

[@Gio98art]

I used to have that glider as a kid. And it unlocked a core memory

[@silentcaay]

POW blocks are cubes so the 1x2 is not a POW block but half of a POW block. Even if the other side is covered up, both sides should say POW since the finished cube is one game object.