LEGO Ideas Grand Piano Full Review! Set 21323. Is it that bad?

[@WallOBrix]

Awesome review! I don’t really see why people don’t like this set. As a pianist I really want it

[@blobba5442]

The reason why those gits don’t like the set is because they are whining about ‘false advertising’ saying how they are deeply betrayed by the fact that it is not playable.

[@landlighterfirestar5550]

@@blobba5442 even though it basically is playable as much as LEGO could possibly do

[@carolanne67]

Thank you for your thoughts. My son loves lego and plays piano. I was afraid he would be annoyed by the lack of real playability

[@FredMellink55]

The price is the main blocking for puchasing. Compared with e.g LEGO 42082 with power functions, more than 4000 pieces and yest half the price of this piano.

[@WallOBrix]

@@FredMellink55 agreed

[@suspense_comix3237]

Some people are complaining about the fact that this piano can't play songs and you can't play sounds by pressing each key. But you got to take this into account: The LEGO Powered Up system is very expensive, and I think part of the reason why it is so expensive is because of the manufacturing costs. And due to the lack of space, mainly used by the LEGO keys, piano strings, hammers, and damper mechanisms, I don't think LEGO could put a distance or color sensor to make it play notes corresponding to the keys you are pressing.

[@thewinenut9800]

Great Review, thanks. I think this a a brilliant set and worth the price, even in Australian dollars. I’m partway through the build and am really impressed by the SNOT techniques used. It is an impressive display piece.

[@Unbrickme]

Yeah it’s definitely a very impressive display piece! I think that the fact that it has a motor should be seen as a nice addition, instead of a limitation because you can’t fully play

[@RonoTron01]

Is it possible to "convert" this to a playable piano - one note per key? I was thinking, maybe hide a miniature sampler inside so each key can be triggered? Thoughts?

[@Unbrickme]

Might be possible, i may try to do a mod like that

[@MariusBGass]

@@Unbrickme Did you ever try this? I'd be very interested

[@trashrebelia]

Sorry to say but fir this to work you will need a seperate sensor for each note which is also means you will need at least 12 hubs. For this reason alone, i playable model would be much much bigger. It is meant as a decorative piece with capabilities comparable to a music box. Nobody that plays grand piano would ever be interested in something like this so why even bother?

[@clayton994]

Fantastic review! I bought this set because I loved the look of it on the box so much, without even realizing it had electrical/movable components. The first I knew about them was when I opened the box. Bonus!!

[@burakeren]

This will be the midi keyboard producers new key size one day.

[@Wcstin]

it's an awesome set that ANY lego fan would love. It's cool you can mimic playing songs, because I actually kinda like Piano irl.

[@Unbrickme]

Yeah I agree it’s a great set! Will you be getting this set?

[@kaleye3989]

One of the best reviews I have had the pleasure of watching. Thank you.

[@Unbrickme]

Oh thank you so much I’m flattered! By the way, do you like this set and will you be getting it?

[@kaleye3989]

@@Unbrickme I was up at midnight to make sure I didn't miss it. Being in rural Australia though it still hasn't arrived yet. But half the fun is the anticipation!

[@Unbrickme]

Kaleye hope you enjoy it when you get it! Please consider subscribing

[@keyboardwarrior327]

Geez, I'm glad I watched this before I went and ordered it. It's cool, but it seems like the features are a bit half-baked. I'd rather have a piano with no functions for a bit of a less expensive price or one that's more expensive but fully functional. Great video though, I appreciate the money you just saved me!

[@neiljosephbennett9119]

Define 'fully functional' - if you expect tuned strings and a soundboard, you need therapy.

[@cd9228]

I think that the set is only bad if you were hyped up about what it does (with the motor functions) and didn't read far into it. Yeah, the price is a bit steep thanks to the inclusion of some unnecessary features, but as a musician, Lego fan and someone who likes larger display pieces, I see nothing wrong.

[@Unbrickme]

I see nothing wrong. People are just pissed by the misleading marketing

[@cd9228]

@@Unbrickme I agree. To their credit, Lego was a bit misleading about it. But I think if they thought a little more critically about it, they might not be as disappointed. I personally didn't expect much from the 'playable' functions nor was that even what interested me anyway. The set just looks awesome as it is.

[@Unbrickme]

I personally never had my expectations that high, so it didn’t upset me

[@landlighterfirestar5550]

@@cd9228 my thoughts on this is just that LEGO didn’t have an easy way to communicate exactly what they meant by playable. If they said, “It’s playable, in the sense that if you hit any note the phone detects it and plays the song” that would be really awkward and clunky in an advertisement. If they said it’s unplayable, a lot of people wouldn’t give it a second look, likely completely sweeping the genius functions of the piano under the rug because LEGO said it’s unplayable. We need a new word for this “kind” of playable

[@animationguy8852]

Imagine they made a Lego piano that makes sound :D

[@Unbrickme]

That would’ve been epic!

[@MrUprise]

It may be possible if they use the sensors in each individual key. Since the red part of the key hits the damper, it can also activate a sensor in the back, and do that for each key, but I don’t think there’s a hub with 25 outlets.

[@suspense_comix3237]

@@MrUprise But you got to take this into account: The Powered Up system is very expensive and I think the reason it is expensive is because of manufacturing costs.

[@wtfftw3000]

I think it would be the most legendary set of all time, considering that function. Several people wouldn't agree but given some time, everybody would probably try to get their hands on one

[@Galaxy-oy4nj]

I think it could be rebuilt and reprogrammed in such a way that the hammers raising would be noticed by the sensor and be playable

[@GutterfishNetwork]

Could Buy as an investment. You’ll be able to sell for much more in a few years. I missed out on the lego city detective set a few years ago it sold for 150 goes for nearly 500 now.

[@Lucas-vr1qr]

You should invest in Lego architecture. Their prices skyrocket when they are retired

[@TurtleStax]

I think it is an amazing set with ome MAJOR miss. If each key had it's own sensor or trigger it could be integrated with the digital to app to actually be capable of being played. It is a two octave keyboard and could have been a true musical instrument as opposed to "just" a toy. I still like it though it is way too expensive.

[@Unbrickme]

i do agree

[@BreadBoi-0]

Doing that would make it twice as expensive tho

[@Daniel-nh7xj]

I personally love this set. I will be picking this up tomorrow! Can’t wait!

[@Unbrickme]

Hope you enjoy it!

[@tingtingyao7494]

Question: why yours spinning all the way but mine stops before a song is finished? (I take the keyboard out) and the green button changes the color. Any advise?

[@vitanh2292]

Does the sound come from phone or the set is the music box itself?

[@Unbrickme]

The phone

[@レゴマニア-p2t]

素晴らしいです！良い動画をありがとう 翻訳機能を使いながらこの動画を見ました。的確なレビューをありがとうございます😊

[@aboveaveragebluesenjoyer9953]

I believe to get note subscribers you should do more small giveaways, maybe every month or 2 weeks, and do more flying lego. You need to do things that no other LEGO youtuber does.

[@Unbrickme]

Thanks for the tips yeah. I mean, I wish I could do the flying lego stuff but my big drone broke in February and I sent it to a repair shop which shut down due to the current world circumstances, it’s still not reopened. So they still have my big drone and I can’t get it back. I only have my small drone which is only good for filming and not actually making lego fly. I mean, my small drone could barely make the d-0 fly and it was literally about to crash every time it was super unstable

[@aboveaveragebluesenjoyer9953]

Unbrickme damn man.

[@aboveaveragebluesenjoyer9953]

Well maybe add a go fund me or such?

[@bobuxcmdpt]

I Got super upset when this guys explained that its not completely playable. But it is still a epic set

[@Unbrickme]

I never really had my hopes up that high, since I knew since the very beginning it only had one sensor, and full playability is IMPOSSIBLE to replicate with just one sensor

[@bobuxcmdpt]

@@Unbrickme yes, i actually dunno why I thought it would work 😅

[@Turambar3791]

Mine has serious struggles to move... and that is something that I am starting to hate... instead of just enjoying the music I am worried all the time to see stop the piano from moving.... lego should fix the app to give more intensity to the engine because the app in its present shape is too soft. That is my experience with my own piano... In addition I am really dissapointed with the engine design. The holes you use to conect the engine pass through and you can see the engine so the parts used to connect the engine with the piano can easly push the engine in a way that forces the engine to fail. Am I the only one with these issues? Because It amaze me how just two axis mechanism can fail in such epic way... If you want to struggle with the piano each time you want to enjoy it this piano is a good set. With all it works nice with faster songs and after adjusting all parts each time you want to enjoy it. And belive me my parts are as spaced between them as possible to avoid friction. With all I gave a good valoration to Lego... but... only because I know that they will not fix a shit and I really love this piano and the idea behind of it. For sure it works at the end... but problem is that it hardly works and for me it should work 100% of times with no problems. Anyway... I am a little concerned with Lego in past months because I am starting to notice a reduction in lego quality that worries me. For me this piano and bugatti one have terrible problems that should not be there having in mind the price of them... I explained all about the piano but... buggatti front suspension... U-U 2 sets with such problems is unseen for me until now, I am scared of starting to see worst products with such flaws. PD: And the keys can't be aligned perfectly after pushing the app button that sucks a little from an esthetic point of view. Specially when there is a function to aligne the keys.

[@Unbrickme]

I'm sorry to hear that. My keys in my piano don't get stuck, but my piano does have that issue where the keys don't align perfectly flat

[@Bob-cy6rd]

Pull the keyboard out and look into the compartment. Start the piano playing watching the far left where the orange 1x2 piece rotates. Check to see if it's coming into contact with the little rubber 1x2 piece. I had the same problem and the assembly where that little rubber piece is mounted didn't seat properly which made that whole assembly lean toward the whole rotating axle. 5:53 for reference. The orange piece and the rubber piece should NOT be making contact with one another. I had to reseat that assembly straight up and down and this corrected the issue.

[@Turambar3791]

@@Bob-cy6rd I appreciate the detailed decription but that has nothing to do with my problem... my problem is the engine axis, that can't move freely through the hole, too much friction. With all it's curious you said me that today because just yesterday I did some things to avoid this friction, (I just placed the engine unatached to it's nominal position following the instructions, I put some space between the engine and the hole even if that means that the orange pin bricks can't do their job correctly.) In that way all works.... shit now I have a new problem I can't understand. Now all works perfectly, but when I used the app feature to aligne the keyboard, (that feature that while not leaving the keyboard correctly aligned at less worked perfectly nice from a technical point of view) now instead of stopping after its correct movement stops and moves again in the worng direction leaving the keys totally wrong. I don't know what is happening, did Lego updated the app to fuck it? That should not happen at all.

[@Bob-cy6rd]

@@Turambar3791 I had that issue as well and to resolve, I had to back the bushing and gear off a bit to relieve tension on the axle from the motor. As far as the app backing it up up into the wrong position, that's a new one on me. I would check the alignment on the 1x5 gray Technic piece that stops the counterclockwise backup function. The rubber 1x2 piece below it should support it, but I can't see what yours is doing (obviously). As far as the app being updated, I don't know, but I'm still building my piano and I downloaded the app just yesterday. I am on the final keyboard assembly (right side). Once I get the keyboard in, I will do another check to make sure that there isn't too much tension. One thing I found on horizontal builds like the foundation is that I have a tendency to push too hard and "warp"/"bend" the whole assembly.

[@Turambar3791]

@@Bob-cy6rd Mine works nice now, but the app problem is there yet. Belive me all is correctly set. However I imagined a new design. I wrote to Lego, depending of their response, I will try to make a new and last adjustment and if that doesn't work I will use a design I have in mind that I think will solve the problems I have. If I must do that this will be my first customized set... and I am not sure if that is good or bad. Having the price of this set in mind, this set should work as intended without any surprise.

[@bingzheng225]

2.51 it is spinning towards him. However, mine is spinning away from me. Does it happen to you too and how do you fix it? Thanks

[@dennisgoossens3352]

You misunderstood how the sustain pedal works.

[@DaniElleRF]

Some of the keys do get stuck on my keyboard

[@samuraidoggy]

For high quality Legos like this , you dont pay for piece count or size of the model, you pay for the desing work that was made to create this.

[@Unbrickme]

which high quality lego set do you like?

[@b.o.4469]

Fun build and it looks incredible after its done. Worth every penny.

[@Atticus837]

Very informative review, although you clearly don't know how a sustain pedal works! It doesn't dampen the sound. It does the opposite... It lets the strings ring out after you release them.

[@Unbrickme]

Thanks for letting me know!

[@ttolst]

Thank you for the review, made it easy to unfortunately not buy the set. I had not noticed the power functions and was wondering why the price was quite a bit on the high side and went to find a review. While it is admittedly pretty cool, the electronics seems too gimmicky for my taste, and if i ignore those, then the set is just too expensive, even though i love pianos

[@Turambar3791]

Are you picture profile from the bedfellows? (but in lego version) :3

[@Unbrickme]

Nah this profile represents a dog mascot for my company bringsales. The character was redesigned to be a LEGO character

[@TheTrueMichael]

I don't understand all this hate on this piano. Yes it is a bit overpriced imo, but if you can afford these kinds of lego sets it is otherwise really good. I am a pianist and would love this as maybe a company piece for my actual piano or just for fun and display's sake.

[@Unbrickme]

The main complaint is actually that it’s not fully playable. But that’s ok to me. It’s not overpriced like at all. It’s just expensive, but it’s not overpriced. There’s a difference.

[@langhamp8912]

Probably because this model cannot do the main function of a piano...that is, be played like a piano. Now for rocket ships and airplanes, you wouldn't even want the Lego equivalent to function, but for this piano it would have been trivial to add some sort of position or pressure sensor that would have detected which key is pressed.

[@TheTrueMichael]

@@langhamp8912 I think It'd be exaggerated to think that a piano of that small a size can be used to play a song with detection mechanisms under the price it's currently at though, considering how lego prices them

[@langhamp8912]

@@TheTrueMichael Here's a comparably sized piano that actually can be played. kzbin.info/www/bejne/jpnSioWlZtuFq6s

[@landlighterfirestar5550]

@@langhamp8912 it is NOT trivial. LEGO would have had to develop a new (extremely tiny) sensor and put in one for every key, or one big sensor for all of them, and that would make the price of this set skyrocket, and the piece count would stay basically the same

[@BenIrvine11]

I really want this set, but god damn its expensive

[@neiljosephbennett9119]

Anyone who seriously expects a 'fully functioning' piano needs therapy.

[@harlannn]

ayy this video was released on my birthday!

[@Unbrickme]

that's awesome!

[@wexbrix5245]

This looks perfect

[@Unbrickme]

Agreed!

[@lw4ve1488]

Cool set, but for me it’s a bit pricey

[@Unbrickme]

I definitely see where you’re coming from. Although, it’s not any more expensive than 10c per piece and you get the electronics. It may be pricey, but it’s not overpriced

[@lw4ve1488]

18+ sets really depends on personal preferences. I prefer technic sets (you know, cars, gearboxes, mechanisms and stuff)

[@Unbrickme]

Yeah I prefer the technic sets too!

[@Balid1]

I really want this but the price 😰😰😰

[@Unbrickme]

Piece count & powered up components make it a reasonably priced set. It’s expensive, but certainly not overpriced

[@bobuxcmdpt]

4:10 HA!

[@UltimateLegoProductions123]

Wow I wish I could have that set. But I perfered the bugauti set.

[@Unbrickme]

Lamborghini is better

[@UltimateLegoProductions123]

@@Unbrickme but its more expensive tho. Still 👍

[@henriqueacabral]

great review and I was going to like it but the title is just clickbait, man. you can be better than that

[@MERCEDES-BENZS600GUARD_V12]

It is not the best piano in the world it is 1 of the most expensive toys in the world . You can buy so many other things with 350 dollars

[@CloutPuma]

Awesome set

[@Unbrickme]

Will you be getting this set?

[@CloutPuma]

Unbrickme probably not

[@Unbrickme]

:(

[@legocroatia1lego195]

I think this set is cool. But, I will not buy it. I will spend money on Liebherr excavator or Sian car. Great review. Greetings!

[@Unbrickme]

I wouldn’t spend $450 on the excavator. It’s not as good as it seems

[@Unbrickme]

I would however spend $250 on the 42114 set instead

[@legocroatia1lego195]

@@Unbrickme I think both sets are great, excavator is more playable and you get a lot of new pieces. Why you think it is not that good?

[@Unbrickme]

@@legocroatia1lego195 no gearboxes or advanced mechanisms of any kind. the 42114 has a fully motorized speed transmission gearbox!

[@legocroatia1lego195]

@@Unbrickme Yeah, I agree with that. In technical sence, it is bit boring. But, you get 2 hubs, a lot of motors. My MOC tank looks good right now.

[@WallOBrix]

Can’t watch it now but I will later

[@Unbrickme]

Thank you very much

[@darkraibricks2680]

Short answer, Yes

[@Unbrickme]

try to appreciate the piano’s positive aspects. It’s still a great set even if it has flaws

[@Unbrickme]

Emerald Lx 3 barracuda bays? Wow! But why 3 not 2? Maybe display one as a ship, one as the crashed ship, and what’s the third one for?

[@Unbrickme]

Emerald Lx Oh I see! That’s awesome! Maybe you can resell em and make some cash 💵

[@manheer5825]

i feel like this is overpriced

[@Unbrickme]

It’s definitely expensive, but I don’t think it’s exactly “overpriced”

[@manheer5825]

oh ok

[@manheer5825]

i just feel like theres much better lego for cheaper

[@manheer5825]

but again thats just my opinion

[@augustinebott7889]

It looks really good but the fact you can't play it is incredible disappointing :/

[@Unbrickme]

i mean, I never really got my hopes up that high. But, the piano is still motorized, and you can still mimick playing it a bit

[@augustinebott7889]

@@Unbrickme definitely better than nothing

[@landlighterfirestar5550]

@@augustinebott7889 I never expected it to be “100% playable” because I knew that that was just not possible while keeping the set’s price reasonable. Although I would have loved for the app to have some downloading feature so essentially the piano can play any song

[@augustinebott7889]

@@landlighterfirestar5550 I was cause that's what the marketing made it out to be

[@thefossil.7935]

Wow.

[@Unbrickme]

What do you think of this set?

[@thefossil.7935]

Unbrickme amazing! I really like it and I think it worth the price

[@thefossil.7935]

Unbrickme I have a Question please answer I found a deal and someone sells the osprey set for 300 dollars but I'm not a big Technic Collector I have 15 sets so what can I do, I really like the set! I can bargain for 250 dollars but It's still not cheap

[@Unbrickme]

Omg where did you find the deal??? Yes! Take it! Purchase it! Can you please send me the link too? I wanna purchase it too!

[@Unbrickme]

Thank you very much

[@apprenricebrickoflegend]

It's a nice set, just don't have any interest in purchasing it.

[@Unbrickme]

Apprentice Builds what sets do you think you’ll get for Christmas?

[@apprenricebrickoflegend]

@@Unbrickme I'm hoping to get the new Burrow from Harry Potter.

[@Balid1]

Roblox isn’t working ☹️☹️☹️

[@Unbrickme]

What do you mean?

[@Balid1]

Roblox

[@Balid1]

Its nit working

[@Balid1]

The game

[@Unbrickme]

@@Balid1sorry to hear that

[@quilltoys3453]

It’s a beautiful set. However, it’s by far the worst build experience I’ve had so far

[@rebeccabertazzini604]

Orrore! Con quei soldi compratevi una vera tastiera elettronica piuttosto!

[@crazylegoman79]

Stop saying good lego sets suck you are so spoiled

[@Unbrickme]

Dude I was never even negative in my review of this set, in fact, I was defending this set