Fixing Lego School Day MOD | Set 60329

[@dgray3771]

I like all the little details of the school, but as a set it is underwhelming. It focusses way too much on the kid in the wheelchair, with a ramp for entrance to the school with only tiny steps and half the bus is accommodating a wheelchair. It is weird.

[@MinifigJez]

I know what you mean. As I said in the vid, the bus is now in my parts store, and I don’t mind the small steps but will probably extend them and lose the ramp. But I still REALLY like the look of the building… now that it’s finished!

[@dgray3771]

@@MinifigJez I'm curious about what you can do with the upcoming apartment building combined with the city center. Since they are modules etc and modding is your thing. Perhaps switch them up and change them.

[@MinifigJez]

@@dgray3771 there are SO many sets coming out next week, I’m excited to start getting them and working on them. I STILL have city sets from this year with modding plans, that I haven’t got round to filming yet!!!!!

[@carriageofnoreturn.1881]

Same mistake as the architects of the school I went to... flat roofs! Every time it rains, you'll have to have buckets in the 6th Form Common Room just like we did. 😉

[@MinifigJez]

It must have been a nationwide 6th form common room problem too... Ours was in a hut and I remember buckets on the floor!!!! (But at least we got to watch "Neighbours" at lunchtime!)

[@Faktor13]

At least there is a roof now, unlike as in the original ser...

[@benjaminschaar5423]

Now this is what should be on shelves instead of the other one 😀

[@MinifigJez]

Thanks, I'm glad other agree with me, although the set was expensive as it was, adding all these parts would have made it even MORE!!! I would have preferred to use the parts from the bus and bus stop in the building to finish it off. Thanks for commenting!

[@BroughtCat]

Very satisfying build video to watch, keep up the great work.

[@MinifigJez]

Thanks - I’m glad you liked it.

[@LegoMaster-tn5rl]

Nice mod! Maybe add a little more furniture.🙂

[@MinifigJez]

Good idea. I wanted to fix the building first, but it could definitely do with some more interior.

[@LegoMaster-tn5rl]

Good build anyway, this is quite rare but I have seen a yellow transport coach for school up in Cumbria.🙂

[@MinifigJez]

@@LegoMaster-tn5rl Yes, for the UK that is rare. - and I suppose that UK coaches look quite different to the standard "School Bus" that people think of.

[@matthewlong7547]

Of course the short bus has the wheelchair kids knock their heads against the ceiling.

[@MinifigJez]

I presume LEGO think that as they lost the use of their legs, why not get a little head injury too ! (I love the Wotsits hair in your profile pic)

[@magnuskallas]

I don't know if it has to do with the age segment, but this school bus is a definite missed opportunity with early 90's amateur MOCK-like qualities. It even lacks the prominent mirrors and warning signs so obviously present in rest of the City service vehicles the theme started.

[@Keep_On_Bricking]

I recognised You had commented on my video of this and You have a reply.

[@MinifigJez]

Hi there, Yes it was back when I was looking for opinions of whether it was worth buying or not. It wasn't a criticism, as I really liked your vid, I was just looking for actual reviews of the set. from KZbinrs who I watched, or who were on Brickset video reviews. As you can see I ended up buying it anyway, Thanks for replying.

[@justthink1616]

Cool upgrade 👍 Exept the continueition of Windows on the second floor. I really like your upgrade

[@MinifigJez]

Do you think I should have put a gap between the original windows and the new one, so it’s symmetrical to the other side?

[@justthink1616]

@@MinifigJez yes thats what i meant

[@MinifigJez]

@@justthink1616 They are easily swapped around - thanks.

[@justthink1616]

@@MinifigJez no problem (:

[@worldsheaviestjamband93]

I wanted to thank you again. Your mod inspired me to get an additional set (on clearance) and I’m also going to try to mod the school bus to be a little longer and taller. Thanks again for the great content. :)

[@MinifigJez]

Well done for finding this one on clearance, even Amazon haven't reduced it much or often. I'm really glad it inspired your own build. Lengthening the bus seems a great idea, from what I have seen of them in the USA I believe they are generally quite long. School busses in the UK are just regular busses, like the ones you get in the 60026 Town Square set: brickset.com/sets/60026-1/Town-Square

[@ruthwalker5021]

I would change the bus to a red buss like what you see in London

[@MinifigJez]

Yes, more of a UK colour (Although the shape is quite different) I have the bus from the Capital City set, which is much more like what I see in my city: brickset.com/sets/60200-1/Capital-City

[@julego6264]

Are you going to make a video of this style for the 60398 set?

[@MinifigJez]

I’ve just bought that set, so I just need to work out how I want to modify it, and the. I can make a video on it. (But it might take a few weeks, I have a lot of videos on my ‘to film’ list at the moment!)

[@johnw8476]

Hi Jez. Love these City Mods, do you have anymore planned like set 60398 or 60291? I have the other sets you have modded and have now made a list of the parts i need. Thanks love your content 👍

[@MinifigJez]

I have two sets of 60398 and have them in front of me right now as I type, with some extra bits ready to be filmed for great double MOD. When it was new I also did buy 2 copies of 60291, but I never got round to working out a good way to MOD them together, and I thought as its not a current set, that people wouldn't be interested in it anymore. But I could add it back onto my list of vids to make. Thanks for letting me know what you'd like to see.

[@magnuskallas]

I've got this conspiracy theory (only half kidding) many of this type of façade City sets are meant to be bought 2x for a proper full build. I can see the bus doubled in length too. In fact it is isn't that bad idea since it might teach (a kid) following the instructions and then extending the aesthetics - hey, we live in a bureaucratic world with limited freedoms!

[@MinifigJez]

You have a good point, and that's exactly what I did for teh Family House recently, I had one. I bought a 2nd and made it in minor image and got, (what I think) is a pretty much perfect LEGO City house. It just looks so much more substantial than the original which suddenly looks very "thin" by comparison. If you're interested, you can see it here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jXKxlGaYqb2Za6s while typing, I just realised that i've done this more often than I thought, proving your point... I doubled the Car wash: kzbin.info/www/bejne/q4eonGxrfc-gerc I extended the Lego store, but it would have been better doubling it: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eaLCdJqHopKEeqc and I doubled the sandwich shop: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oZS9lZWjfMaAqKs

[@magnuskallas]

​@@MinifigJez I noticed the the façade trend the first time buying and building the bank scene for a colleague. It was 3661 Bank & Money Transfer... The added police hatchback was completely unnecessary stinker... And probably back then ruined some ideas to buy twice. Weird to think they tried it again, bloating the bank set with even more crime and disaster in Police Chase at the Bank 60317!

[@MinifigJez]

@@magnuskallas In these sort of sets, I much prefer the buildings to the vehicles! In the second one, it was definitely over the top to have a police truck, AND a police helicopter AND a drone. The bank and escape vehicle would have been fine, and the bank could have been more substantial. - Maybe I'll get a second hand copy and MOD the bank!

[@korbenkotowski6227]

I don’t have that Lego set 😢

[@KorneeMoedt]

Buy it then

[@korbenkotowski6227]

I’m a kid

[@korbenkotowski6227]

Aka 11

[@MinifigJez]

That’s the beauty of Lego, you can make something similar with the parts you have.

[@korbenkotowski6227]

@@MinifigJez ok thanks

[@Ke_qno]

Maybe more floors and a playground

[@MinifigJez]

Good idea - I wanted to initially fix the building, when I FINALLY get my Lego city up and running a larger playground can go round it.

[@Ke_qno]

@@MinifigJez OMG im a huge fan wow this is insane

[@MinifigJez]

@@Ke_qno thanks - I’m hoping to start the Lego city at some point this year… I gotta clear out the entire spare bedroom first !!!!!

[@frankbrown4516]

I want you to do is like build a staircase up to the second floor so it's like you don't have to jump up like Plato any fingers up there in like make a little staircase to make them go up I think that would be pretty cool cuz how how to minifigure get up there how

[@MinifigJez]

You are absolutely right. nearly EVERY LEGO City building that has a 2nd floor doesn't have a staircase! I'll have to start adding them!

[@MasterboxProduction]

Hi, really nice project ! Any way to have the list of bricks needed for this addition ? (on rebrickable for example)

[@MinifigJez]

I'm afraid I don't have a list of the pieces I used. The only thing that I can suggest is watch the video from 2:17 and just make a note of the parts I used. Nearly all of them are parts that are also in teh original set, so it's easy to work out what they are from the parts page in the sets instructions.

[@MasterboxProduction]

@@MinifigJez thanks I'll do that

[@MinifigJez]

@@MasterboxProduction If you do manage to get a list together, feel free to put it in the comments here, for others to use.

[@Just_Denis2006]

now its more perfect and normal school when original

[@MinifigJez]

Thanks - I definitely like it more now.

[@mattbartels]

Too cool. There’s an abundant of other city sets I would like to learn how to expand such as Town Centre, Police Station, Fire Brigade, Police Chase at the Bank, the first family house 60291, Emergency Vehicles HQ, Apartment Building, even the Donut Shop and Downtown. I would suggest the two skate parks but there probably wouldn’t be any need to.

[@MinifigJez]

Some of those sets I have and are on my list of videos to make. Not sure when I’ll get them all done as it’s a long list! But stay tuned and I’ll see what I can do ! In the mean time, I have other city videos you can see: fire station, car wash, family house, modern house, sandwich shop….

[@mattbartels]

@@MinifigJez I’ve seen your work and I realised I forgot to add Shopping Street to that list.

[@MinifigJez]

@@mattbartels thanks for watching !

[@worldsheaviestjamband93]

I’m really enjoying that mod. Great job!

[@MinifigJez]

Great, I'm glad you liked it. There's quite a few LEGO City MODs in my videos if you're interested in seeing others.

[@worldsheaviestjamband93]

@@MinifigJez I will definitely check them out

[@MinifigJez]

@@worldsheaviestjamband93 Cool. I've done the sandwich shop, hospital, Grocery store and Lego brand store recently. On my home page there's a section called LEGO City MODs

[@jaidenkwan]

No guns 😢

[@MinifigJez]

No there aren't. I'm from the UK and you don't tend to see them in schools as much as you do in the USA !

[@kylemckinney9064]

Add A playground

[@MinifigJez]

It's got a small one to the left of the building, which was in teh original set, but when it eventually goes into my own LEGO City, I'll definitely add a larger one to go next to it.

[@sadsnow8040]

Awsome! I love that you kept the design relatively the same!

[@MinifigJez]

Thanks, I tried to make it look how it might have done if Lego had finished off the other end!

[@sadsnow8040]

@@MinifigJez It looks just like it would if Lego designed it!

[@MinifigJez]

@@sadsnow8040 thanks for the compliment !

[@sadsnow8040]

@@MinifigJez No problem! Keep up the good work

[@MinifigJez]

@@sadsnow8040 Thanks, I'll keep making Lego videos, and if people like them, then all teh better. Thanks for watching and commenting.

[@daddybricksbuilder]

I like that modification! Great video!

[@MinifigJez]

Thanks - I'm glad you liked it. If you like LEGO City, there are lots of other City Set MODs in this playlist: kzbin.info/aero/PL0A-CMNXDNYOBUnSw5eiG_Sh_3XM2SJ2a

[@daddybricksbuilder]

@@MinifigJez Super, I will watch them for sure!

[@MinifigJez]

Great! And if you have any ideas for City sets that you think need an upgrade or a MOD, let me know !

[@daddybricksbuilder]

@@MinifigJez oh, sure, what do you think about the small set 60375 Fire Station and Fire Engine? happy to see how you would upgrade or add some modification :)))

[@MinifigJez]

@@daddybricksbuilder Ooh! - I'll have a look. It's quite expensive for what you get! - I'm not sure if being a very basic 4+ set makes it an easy set to modify or a hard one !!! I'll add it to my list of video ideas!

[@reid3524]

60

[@MinifigJez]

60 what?

[@reid3524]

@Minifig Jez the 60th comment

[@MinifigJez]

@@reid3524 Ah I see.... 61 now

[@TheS4Life]

Maybe a little classroom with chairs and tables for the kids would be nice. 😊

[@MinifigJez]

Great idea! I must admit I concentrated more on fixing the outside of the School, and what it looked like, rather than working on the interior, but when I have some time I'll work on the inside too.

[@mattbartels]

@@MinifigJez another idea would be to modify the school bus to accommodate all the students instead of focusing solely on the one with the wheelchair even adding a little height to the bus.

[@MinifigJez]

@@mattbartels yes but... 1:22