LEGO Pick-a-Brick BOXES! Room VLOG & 4k Rant

[@tman4237]

Thank you for the demonstration with the Pick a Brick boxes. Very helpful!

[@mattf8633]

They do sell glossy white or clear printable sticker pages that you can use with home printers. Almost exactly the same as Lego sticker sheets. Definitely nicer than having to tape over your print outs. Print, cut out, peel, and stick is so easy.

[@moonmanbricks]

Davinci resolve is a free video editor, and renders 4k better. It usually always requires more HD space, but getting a high speed external HD helps. Lastly, the computer would need to be upgraded with a higher CPU and ram. To probably get back to your normal process.

[@jm1jonas]

He should try it, it's so much faster than Premiere and the interface is so user friendly! A fast SSD also helps a lot, both in render and in transfer files (get a fast card and fast reader!)

[@Bricksie]

Roger that, I'll download resolve thanks. I'm okay with the file transfer speed, wasn't too bad. Yeah, I need to build a new beast pc for sure.

[@TechElliottYT]

One of the reasons that the video was choppy is that your computer might not be able to handle the load as well as 1080p

[@iphonepoyson]

Yes 100% Davinci Resolve, Its meant for more high production stuff. Its also free, And I would really look into a long term storage solution for all the video files. Plus I would look at a High Data transfer rate, your Hard drive write speed and read speeds will also be a factor.

[@lotr_bricks]

I’ve been using da once resolve as well and I love it.

[@jeannine.]

Jose looks so beautiful. You are one lucky dude. A beautiful great wife and 2 lovely kids. What a wonderful gift in life. Merry Christmas to the family.

[@Yamanotefy]

Even Jose prefers to cut out signs before repairing the collapsed Eiffel Tower ... I have to mention.😂😉 Great video as always and very cute children (my son's name is also Benjamin and he's a bit ahead with his 16 months). 🎄🌟🦌🎅

[@tonihall7810]

That would be awesome to have the winter villiage on the raised platform. It’s up in the mountains so the snow would make sense. The castle/medieval area would be great when you expand . Tfs

[@superhunk1989]

Wow! Milly CAN walk!

[@adamkehoe7405]

1:39 - yeah, it would take me 20 mins to do the 1x2 in the circles (layers) for PAB cups. Haven't tried the boxes yet, as some stores allow you to refill your PAB cup in place of the box, if you bring it with you. If you don't bring it with you, you don't get the discount too.

[@barbarawalls9040]

I highly recommend the Circuit for the stickers. I'm going to make mine that way.

[@jimsjamstv6446]

Great episode, bro! I love the custom signage. That's a game changer for me. Additionally, Survivor is also one of my favorite shows, hands down. Another great season. No spoilers, I'm one episode behind.

[@Advisorblogger]

I recall going to not my regular lego store and I packed a large cup and they were so specific that the top and cup at to kiss. I was maybe 4 plates I had to remove because it was too busy to adjust.

[@QuinnMallory-od1hw]

It's true the boxes are more convenient, but the durability is awful. For an adult with patience, no problem, but a child who over fills the box then once packed can't see the lego inside. A recipe for disaster!

[@WhereintheWorldwithJandF]

Sounds like you have your mind already made up, but have you tried editing on an iPad Pro? I have the Pocket 3 as well. I edit and upload to my KZbin channel in 4K on one and the process is much quicker than you describe with your PC.

[@Bricksie]

Haven't touched an Apple product in 12 years. I could essentually build a monster PC for the same cost as a good iPad pro lol

[@jaredlipsitz5862]

That’s complete nonsense. In the video you said a new computer would cost you ~$3000…an iPad Pro is nowhere near that. What are you talking about?

[@michaelrinaldi9168]

they need to send the stores some 16x16 plate. a large box of those would be amazing

[@natedogg3507]

Avery makes stickers sheets in various sizes

[@dan__________________]

I miss the old style packaging that I got as a kid in the 80's where the box had a tray inside where you could sort pieces when building. It's not single use as I kept the tray in the box all of these years.

[@Aviation100-]

I just went to the Lego store at the Battersea power station in England and they had boxes at the lab wall and they didn’t even have any good bricks great vid btw

[@richardabrown]

A little help with editing printer off the keyboard shortcuts keys and learn them you can cut your editing time in half. I don’t use 4k as it takes to much data and processing.

[@Bricksie]

Oh yeah, I learned the hot keys within an hour

[@Thelifesoup]

a printer onto sticker paper or printable vinyl and a Cricut could absolutely do exactly what you are looking for you could even save yourself some money and get a Cricut joy because you are doing small scale anyway.. you can cut regular vinyl with it as well to customize bricks if you wanted a window design or a pattern on a plate or something reminiscent of wallpaper etc...

[@pjlietz]

Love that you use Memx! I opened all the new Calgary stores back in the day!

[@jacobgamez4423]

LOVE this vlog and really dig this!!!

[@all4flowers]

Just enjoy a peaceful and restful holidays! You deserved it.

[@winterrain1947]

the current quality of the videos is perfectly fine. We don't need 4k and the kids are SOOOOOOOOO cute and happy and giggly and they steal the show.

[@dd_zzero6827]

I discovered that DJI pocket a few years ago and was VERY excited to use it. I know it will work great but I have never even opened the box. It is the Pocket 2. lol! I just love the thimble and how stable the camera becomes. One of these days I might get to it. Looking forward to see how you work with it.

[@Ilige7]

When are you gonna create the skyscraper to hide the long white wood stand?

[@taraelizabethdensley9475]

My local lego store now has the cardboard boxes, spent ages stacking my bricks. Am pretty sure i got much more then i would fit in the cup

[@scottjackson3446]

I thoroughly enjoyed the 4K rant!

[@heyimharrybikes2866]

27:35 the moment an amazing joke was missed

[@vonfragyou]

I remember taking my kids to Santa and they cried too. Its there first Christmas next year will be fantastic. DJI makes good stuff glad you got the one you wanted.

[@TheMrHolmes]

Render in H265 as it give great quality while giving great compression on your file size, as someone who deals with 100s of Gbs of 4K video footage it defiantly has a longer work flow unless you have a pretty high end PC, 1080P videos are great on this channel as i feel we aren't lacking in quality on your channel. keep up the great work!

[@PetersPieces]

H265 is great if you are working on professional film or video projects, HOWEVER youtube recommends using h264 and will just re-encode your h265 uploads as h264 anyways. I think there’s a youtube support page somewhere with video encoding recommendations

[@TheMrHolmes]

@@PetersPieces H264 takes up a lot more space so if you are trying to upload it definitely saves time, I know this from experience as it is what I do and it works great

[@Thelifesoup]

lmao I am 100& sure that your floor is clean where the food fell but I don't blame her for not wanting it especially after it hit the floor 🤣🤣 lol!!

[@ErikTheOkapiYT]

I think one modular building I wanna see is the SitCom Suites tower. I haven't seen one in a lot of Lego Cities & it would look really cool here.

[@AlexKuhr]

If ever necessary, look into creating proxy files for your clips, which helps editing way faster with 4K video files. Even Premiere Pro doesn't work too well with those files, without proxies. Adobe needs to step up their game, even though i love to use their programs. But as others mention, maybe Resolve might be your better option.

[@StonewallBricks]

Yeah, I use Filmora and have no problem editing in 4k. I guess because it automatically creates proxy files. Just got to remember to delete them occasionally or you wonder why your hard drive is full, lol. Exporting to 2.5k only take a couple minutes too.

[@BrickHQ]

PAB boxes are awesome for the most part, also paper bags However CMFs in boxes are terrible 1080 is fine, if the colors etc. improve thats a bonus An IKEA would be great

[@bimmerfan2126]

Lego stores near me can't keep the PAB wall stocked for some reason

[@tonihall7810]

My grandson went to see Santa and walked up to him bold as brass and asked” can I see the naughty list and why can’t I see Rudolph!” lol this is the first year he has liked Santa. Thanks for sharing.

[@Thomasianwood]

It’s great that you always have new ideas for your Lego video and city. You sir are a real content creator

[@ProcrastinatinZombie]

LOL You and I both feel the same way when returning something like that. That sense of guilt even though we arent doing anything wrong, but feels wrong

[@sylviadavis6803]

Omg yes a cricut would be perfect! Love mine!

[@accuratebrickinnovations]

I have done a test with the 1x4 plates and if I scoop two full cups of 1x4 plates and then stack them all they will condense into 1 cup.

[@Legokate]

We don’t have the cardboard pick n brick boxes yet in my Lego shopping centre store in Australia still useing the plastic cups

[@julieirwin3869]

I print and cut my own Lego labels using printable vinyl (they come in glossy, matte and clear) and the “print and cut” function on a Cricut maker3 but any of the full size machines will work. It works amazing.

[@GoExploreHD]

Ah the world of 4k. Seems so great until you have to work with it. While I agree overall that the content you create and the way you do it doesn't necessarily require 4k and shooting in 1080p is probably perfectly fine going forward, I would suggest considering the following. Shooting in 4k but then downscaling to 1080p for editing and upload. You still will have the issue of a huge original file, but then you capture all the detail which can allow you to zoom in later on something if you didn't quite get it right in real time. Also, I feel like this provides a better clarity video. Also, have you considered hiring a video editor. Seems like you spend a decent amount of time on editing and wonder if an editor would be worth the cost to handle the time consuming portions, especially if you ever want to upload in 4k.

[@MakingMagicalAdventures]

Great video once again Jordan! I personally use Final Cut Pro X on the Mac. Importing works really well even with 4K, that might be something to look into. I personally had to stop uploading in 4K since the upload times take way too long! Hope that helps man! 🙌

[@firstreflex8525]

Throwing is benifical and fundamental for handgrasp reflex and for communication development

[@BrickTemplar]

It may be, but not throwing food. Sports objects are for that.

[@willmc7681]

HOME depot store will rock, for sure!

[@ChrisCashon]

LightMyBricks is excellent and really adds to your sets. Would love to see the city in lights!

[@Elke_KB]

Do you think Lego will eventually change the PAB to weight, like they do at the factory store in Germany (with the exception of animals and some other special parts)?

[@anonymous.3458]

I wish that they would continue making pab cups and just make them slightly more expensive, as they are decent bulk storage cups. However, the move to boxes will be great for buying plate and brick.

[@tbone8973]

Just a thought about your city you say your just about done with it what if you take out most of the city and slide over what's left and continue you city so you can show us what past the theam park or the other side of the light house understand its taking alot off but at the same time it would put a new spin on it Love the content watch every day wished I was close I would just come a work for free just for the fact of working with Legos

[@tywallace2379]

I still usethe cups for sorting and organizing. I appreciate you showing how we're not getting jipped on anything by Lego. I'll still keep the many cups I have. Definitely recycling those.

[@kingukulit4597]

check out silhouette portait or cameo for stickers

[@Aerospace_Education]

I think most of us that use 4k, just record and edit in 4k and then compress and upload in 1080. It provides better color and contrast control as well as if you wanted to, you can crop into a 4k shot and maintain the 1080p framing.

[@StonewallBricks]

Same. I shoot in 4k because the picture is way better, then export to 2.5k, which lets me still zoom in a lot.

[@Vllgcrzyldy]

Try clear labels. I use those when I don't want a white background or I put it on windows

[@leanneland]

Really interesting to see the PAB boxes hold as much (or more). I'm happy to see that! I use Adobe Premiere Pro and it's kinda clunky for exporting and uploading. I've been editing my videos on my iPad Pro with Lumafusion - the uploads seem smoother and the touch screen for editing is so much more user friendly. I don't use Premiere as much anymore since I've started with Lumafusion. For stickers, a cricut would definitely be able to cut out your stickers to an exact size you specify. I make my stickers on glossy sticker paper (I'm using Photo Paper Direct glossy paper for inkjet right now). You can specify the sticker size when you add them to your artboard in Cricut and do a print-then-cut right from the software. Although if you're not printing that often, just doing the packing tape and cutting out straight boxes I think would be equally as good. :) Hope this helps!

[@Myusernamehere33]

Boxes would actually be better for environment and recyclable if they were not printed on. Still plenty of waste there. But a step in the right direction.

[@QuinnMallory-od1hw]

I used the plasic cups for sorting all the time. The cardboard ones are such a waste. Exactly how are they going to save the environment when their single use?

[@Myusernamehere33]

@@QuinnMallory-od1hw ifs def debatable!

[@R4Z3RHD]

720p = 921,600 pixels 1080p = 2,073,600 pixels 4k = 8,294,400 pixels Thats why it takes so much more PC horsepower and thus time.

[@rpsantos]

Quite simply you don’t have the correct encoding since you can do a h264 with lower bit rate to achieve a smaller file size, AND you should really look into buying a Mac with an M2 or M3 cpu. Please check out the latest keynote and you can be the judge. But for now check you export setting in Premiere. Happy Holidays 🌲

[@theoddjobs3749]

I use LumaFusion on an iPad Pro and it also works on pc/macs , totally easy to render 4k footage the iPad Pro renders in realtime so for example I did a 19 min 4k video with three layers and colour correction and music etc etc and it took 18 minutes to render, the only problem would be switching from a computer to iPad (unless you have one ) but LumaFusion is amazing , super intuitive , took me a bit to get used to touch based editing but totally worth it

[@willd.4808]

I also feel guilty whenever I return stuff, LOL.

[@MrsBurkie]

What model is the building on your ski hill?

[@Cinfil]

Home Depot would be fire!

[@bricksandtoyz]

For the 4k issues I will say, I run my KZbin channel on 4k with ease. I use the ZV-1 and Osmo 3 as well. I have a latest model MacBook Pro with the M2 chip. And I use Davinci for editing. Davinci is also free. I have all my videos uploaded in about 2 hours.

[@lucyhardman8386]

Get a silhouette far better for stickers than a cricut

[@joshash]

@bricksie Jordan just watching the video just remember that team apple with an apple m2 mini is cheap and would be worth the speaking to them - take the camera and Adobe file so get them to do it infront of you and make your mind up if joining team apple just for the render and uploads could be worth it also… happy camera playing

[@Ryan1609.]

Do you got the new lego batcafe?

[@brickademy]

The boxes are nice for platework. I do however get anxious when filling them all the way up. Given that now the small stuff mostly goes on top instead of the bottom😂

[@QuinnMallory-od1hw]

Well their cardboard, to strengthen them you would have to use plastic, kinda defeats the virtue signalling of recycling, even though trees are still being used to make the boxes.

[@gta71000]

The lego store that opened up in my area recently sells pab bricks for 16$ for a large cup and like 7$ for a small cup which is surprising that its cheaper than the other Lego stores in my state

[@Ryan1609.]

You've got such cute kids!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@troycoloretti9308]

Not sure if it has been mentioned, but a Large Box is 23 studs long x 11 studs wide x 5 bricks+1 plate high.

[@themazeecho9336]

Or 19 bricks x 11 studs x 7 studs if you lay the bricks on the side. Either way, the dimensions are not even and you can't really fill them completely with bricks bigger than 1x1. On the plus side, the large box does hold more bricks than the large cup: I could stack 632 1x2 bricks in a large cup, and 722 in a large box. I will keep using the cups for round/curved stuff, but the boxes for the bricks.

[@guanaco0513]

To need a Tim Hortons modular building 😊

[@AllechDopor]

You might want to look into using an iPad Pro for video editing. Rendering 4K is not an issue at all.

[@kenchu5900]

How much is the large box comparing to a large cup?

[@enchantedseasonslawncare8559]

I got 5 boxes yesterday, when we got home we switched them to the cups. The box filled 1.5 cups every time. Didn't think I would like them, but such a better deal!

[@QuinnMallory-od1hw]

Better for adults maybe, but not for kids, my kid loved shaking the cup and looking inside to see the pieces. Also I could reseal the cup if he opened it but now stickers to close it?. In fact I saw a cardboard box explode in the store because a kid tried to stuff too much lego in it. What a mess!

[@legojasper1341]

I have filled the new pab box with 1x2 bricks it fits perfectly so much better

[@EndlessLoop42]

4K (3840 x 2160 pixel) is four times the pixel resolution of 1080p (1920 x 1080 pixels) so yes render times and file transfers will easily be 2 to 3 times longer, on your current Pc.

[@Bricksie]

Yeah, when I get stabilized after the big change I am currently working on making, I will look into getting a new rig

[@PleegWat]

The thing with 4k when compared to 1080p is that it's four times the pixels.

[@Bricksie]

Indeed. I will need to upgrade my computer. I am not sitting around for 4 hours every day.

[@Mr.lego3]

Have a great day Bricksie!

[@QuinnMallory-od1hw]

Imagine bricksie as an elf for Santa. Lego. Lego. Lego. He'd be so good at it. Everything is awesome! Whohoo. On a serious note though hope the kids enjoyed the first of many Santa visits! Edit: sry to hear kids didn't enjoy santa, maybe their just too young, always next year!

[@FrogTownexotics29]

As far as the LEGO city goes I think the medieval area should be swapped out for the mansion. On the raised platform it’s nice and secluded. You just lose the dock. I would also consider taking out the amusement park and/or the camp ground. Use all of that space to expand the city and add more residential space to it With that said the amusement park, medieval area, Santa’s village, camp ground and underwater area would become seasonal displays. That way each time you swap them out you have a project to work on. It keeps the LEGO room changing and keeps you engaged in it rather than being “done”. End of the day it’s your city and your opinion on it matters the most. Do what makes you happy.

[@Funglejunk81]

Whoops! Just wrote a comment suggesting the winter village swap with the medievil platform half way through watching the video, only for you to suggest it yourself as soon as I’d posted it 😂 it could definitely work 😊

[@LKBRICKS1993]

Great video the winter village looks amazing now.

[@warrennewman5325]

pab boxes awsome seeing milly walking

[@Advisorblogger]

The 4k is bri ging in more information so there is more data to process. In addition your gigabit speed maybe the download speed and not the upload speed. Often providers will give 1gb down and 30 mbps up because more people download infomration that upload

[@40kknight]

The thing with computers is you don't always need to buy a new one. You can save a lot of money by reusing parts and just upgrading the essential components that will improve your video editing performance. I'd be willing to bet if you bought a new motherboard/cpu/gpu, you can reuse the rest of your parts. Some of the new intel motherboards still use DDR4 instead of DDR5 which would allow you to keep your ram and of course the power supply, hard drive and pc case which would save you several hundred dollars. I don't know how familiar you are with building computers but it is not that hard and there are many tutorials on KZbin.

[@CastleWolf17]

One off-topic question: What happened to your cafe corner and green grocer? Do you still own them?

[@Ryan1609.]

I'm intreested so much in your lego. It's a godness paridise for me.

[@smith46695]

I hope you all know recycling doesn’t more bad than good

[@fu3g]

Not abusing the system at all. You're allowed to shop around and change your mind as a person just looking for the best products at the best deals.

[@FrogTownexotics29]

And on the next episode we watch as Bricksie turns his office into a server room to deal with his 4K footage storage.

[@Bricksie]

LOL

[@BricksNGaming]

are we not talking about shoes on the sofa

[@caloutaro]

Hey Bricksie!! Cool video as always, I have heard what you say for your Home Depot building, but, you can twist the name of this brand to mach your city. He could be called Brick'O Depot, that should be awesome for you. Bricksie Brick'O Depot that make sens, doesn't it?😊

[@dawnmarie2645]

You need an IKEA in your city lol

[@Zortoxon]

You really should try doing it on a macbook or mac mini, just to see how it handles it Many reviews would say it performs like a charm

[@darthgbc363]

I believe 189 2x4 bricks & 12 1x4 bricks fit. In theory.

[@ifoundmyfingerboard]

To improve the render and upload speed try lowering the bitrate. If you also render in H.265 video codec you can get the bitrate pretty low before getting a noticeable loss in quality.

[@PetersPieces]

I said this in reply to another comment already, but youtube DOES NOT RECOMMEND exporting and uploading in h265 despite it being objectively more efficient. They have a support page (google something like “youtube recommended encoding settings”) explaining that youtube works best with h264 footage and will re-encode your h265 footage as h264. If they have updated the page or their recommendations since I last checked please let me know!

[@ifoundmyfingerboard]

@@PetersPieces you're right, I'm not sure how that will translates to upload speeds or if youtube reencoding it to h264 will lower the quality significantly or just make it redundant. It may still be worth a try in h265, but that was just a suggestion incase he needed to lower the bitrate even more than what h264 could handle. Thanks for sharing

[@Dreamer5211]

If I were you I would stick to 1080p . 4K might be cool , but most people will not find that great a difference . 480 to 1080p = yeah way better . Happy Holidays , Dreamer 

[@emf321]

What is your pc specs? CPU and GPU? You have to upgrade your computer at least every five years to be able to do "current" stuff, and then you have to buy the best components available at that time, otherwise you'll have to upgrade like every 3 years.

[@Bricksie]

16gb ram, Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-10700F CPU @ 2.90GHz 2.90 GHz

[@xnightdwellerx8168]

I know you are proficient in using windows computers but if you want to spend less I highly recommend apples m series MacBooks or even better, Mac mini. They are insane when I comes to creative tasks like video/photo editing. I own an m1 MacBook Air, 512gbt storage and 16 gigs ram I’ve never had an issue with 4k footage or any photoshop that I throw at it. Just a suggestion that you might use for a work computer, definitely do some research on rendering speeds and other performance stuff you do. I always recommend people at least look into m series Mac’s with creator work like you do

[@jaredlipsitz5862]

Many people have suggested this and he just says no, without any logical reasoning. A Mac Mini would cost around $1k and would make things so much easier…but he’d rather try justify spending $3k on a PC.

[@Mr.lego3]

Great video I also think the boxes are going to be way better for stacking My family also watches surviver and we all love it.

[@randomusernameCallin]

When you said printer. I was thinking of a 3d printer.

[@Legokate]

Can I ask a question where will you be putting the new Lego sets for 2024 hmm and which sets are your favourite to buy for next year mine is the dune set and the marvel ROCKET SET YEAH AND THE Polaroid camera set too