LEGO Road Loop | Boat Launch | Gravel Road | City Update

[@dianneford6893]

You made the right choice with the drop off space, you could add a zoo bus to run to and from the train station.

[@123chicagows]

The fact someone complained about the shark joke is concerning

[@craftyhobbit7623]

Yep. It's obvious that Bricksie was joking about it, but a lot of folks don't seem to understand jokes these days.

[@peggeloven6942]

Your city is looking great! 🎉

[@mandyvz9503]

I thought it was hilarious. But man. The people of the internet are the worst. I can’t imagine having to deal with them and defend myself all the time. Exhausting.

[@michigirl74]

Agree I would really like to see an employee of the month sign in front of where the vacuum is docked lol

[@Southeastbricks1986-xn9yd]

I knew he was joking but I Teased anyway don’t see why anyone would outright complain though, must have a degree in Karen like deadpool 😂😂

[@DaddyDaughterBricks]

Maybe on the stairs you can put one of those Employee of the Month plaques. And every month just put up pictures of the shark.

[@anwargorham]

Josie is not an employee, she's the boss. Simon is an independent contractor ... sharky is the employee of the month!! :)

[@thechasepac]

I got into the comments to say this same thing. How can a co-owner also be employee of the month? She can’t. She just approves Jordan’s recommendations for EOTM. lol.

[@TheBrickTwins2024]

Wow that gravel road is awesome!! How creative. Boat ramp looks great also. Love the flow of the beach, zoo, etc. we’ve been doing a lot of pathway in our city and theme park hoping it all flows. Blending of the train tracks looks really good!

[@matt18385]

You should use a tan base for your gravel road to emulate sand, not mud like the dark brown. You could easily then sparsely add dark and light grey round tiles and 1x1 for the rock. Would look more realistic and save on parts imo.

[@carlsmith653]

Honestly feels very convoluted. The tunnel to the countryside would have been sufficient to link with the city. One road from the city crossing the train line to the port area. Parking for beach and zoo. Walkway to zoo crossing train line. Move track one mils plate to be closer to the zoo. Small train station outside zoo. Start the switch track on the curve to the countryside, giving the container area and port space for the main road. If you put down a truck with container in the future it won’t fit the small winding road past the boat ramp. Lots of space in the countryside to have the train yard horizontal to the edge of the able, which is easier to view. My 2 cents.

[@FrogTownexotics29]

A pull in for a bus at the amusement park and zoo would be nice. It’s reasonable to say that people would take the bus there and helps make sense of not having a parking lot.

[@cloudagent3099]

That new Lego City open top bus would be perfect

[@deefdragon]

Most gravel is going to be sourced from the same location that it is actually used in. So for example, you have your Mountain that uses a lot of Grey pieces. IRL you'd have a quarry nearby where someone is crushing that same or similar Rock for gravel, and that's going to result in a greyer material. As such I'm not surprised at the comments about the brown making it kind of look like a mud / dirt road as it's closer to dirt than a stone or gravel of the area. What you can do to alleviate this however is you consider, (especially once the road approaches the mountain) adding more gray studs and plate etc to make it look like a Gravel Road that was built using material from the mountain versus a kind of red granite Gravel Road from somewhere else. this would be a great story to show how the road was built using just the landscape too.

[@user-gt3ju1db4l]

If you want the illusion of a (big) parking space for the zoo you can make a “fake” parking garage. If you build a car tunnel going underground (just like the pedestrian tunnel in your old winter village) then you have the illusion of a parking garage without sacrificing the space for it

[@ferripro9112]

Yess, and real cities are actually doing this for this purpose.

[@happyscrapbooker1712]

The turnaround is a really great idea! The island is a nice way to break up the road. There's no point in adding the finishing details yet. The city is still under construction and things are still moving about as you rebuild the city. Seems silly to put in the vegetation and minifigs only to move them 20 times. That would be an inefficient use of your time.

[@biedsy7450]

May I suggest that you put a arch over the beginning of the gravel road making it a hiking trail into the country side. You can call it the "Bricksie Trail".

[@kthanna08]

1. Did people really complain about the employee of the month joke? 🙄 Don’t worry, most of us got it! 2. I LOVE that transition! It’s super realistic in my opinion. Like, the city maintains the turn around, so it’s nice, but the train yard maintains that gravel road, so of course they don’t worry about making the transition perfect. 3. The turn around is cool, but you could also make that into a traffic circle and it could give you a chance to build some kind of statue in the middle. Might be too hard to make a circle, though. Overall, great update! You continue to inspire me!

[@bahot89]

Robot Vacuum..."First I make Employee of the Month, then the next day I start hearing rumors of me getting replaced!"

[@jacksonstarky8288]

This actually happened where I work... but the Employee of the Month in my case was a new hire who was absolutely amazing... and then, after making Employee of the Month before passing his 90 days probation, he left before he'd been with us for six months because he couldn't get consecutive days off. It's a master class in "how to lose good new employees."

[@craftyhobbit7623]

You could put a bus stop in front of the zoo, as well.

[@ferripro9112]

As well a train station, the majority of the train stations right now are inside the city.

[@chriscummings4206]

My hometown has a twenty story building with an almost completely walled parking garage that is incorporated into the overall design. Pretty funny though where in the front of a store there are parking spaces for the tiny four wide cars!

[@isabellerininger6249]

I like the gravel road-I don’t see mud at all. 👍 Zoo drop off thought: does Joseé have a Cricut machine? She could design custom zoo signage stickers for some freestanding wayfinding signs for zoo guests. Don’t feed the tigers, tickets here, prices, membership passes, etc

[@timharris9091]

You should put a minifig on your vacuum. I'm sure they would enjoy the ride 😅

[@kellbell8866]

I wonder if the tuxedo cat lego set would be too heavy. If not, that would be hilarious!

[@skidoomach1]

I recently did a job at a 3-d printing company and they had the Makita vacuum and they commented on how if they did it again they would have saved the money as it didn't do a great job for what it cost them($3000) Keep up the great job!!

[@Angrist17]

The turnaround looks great. You can easily leave the median at the height it is. No reason it *needs* to be the same as the exterior plates. Won't be able to tell once you add vegetation detail anyway. 100% agreed about skipping the parking lot. Parking lots and airports are huge wastes of space with big flat grey areas. If you really wanted the zoo to have one, you could easily shift the turnaround down and put a parking lot 'entrance' headed into the standing hole void.

[@huubjoanfranssen8980]

Maybe it’s an idea to turn the harbor and the train yard around the corner. Moving the country side more back…. Giving the yard and the harbor more breathing space… while allowing the beach to extend…

[@therastitcher4513]

I love that transition between paved and gravel road!

[@chrispapanek1405]

I think you need to make Lego art of Sharky to honor his Employee of the Month title!

[@AndrewAnkerPhotoAndVideo]

You should have built a bridge over the access hole by the train yard. I've never seen a zoo drop off that was a main access to the country side. Lol

[@joemother1098]

Neighborhood needs a playground!

[@dan_P_ortiz]

I need a POV of a day in the life of a minifigure in his city

[@LitttleAl]

POV of sharky

[@xx1norm1xx]

You could make a big custom double decker zoo bus for the turn around to explain how people can get there. Lots of amusement parks in the UK have dedicated coaches that basically just do a loop between the park and the bus station of a town.

[@margaretritchie7328]

Driving home today I saw the perfect "story" for a semi-rural paved transition to gravel. Have a group of road workers and a truck and add a bunch of potholes to one side of the truck and little piles of tar and gravel on the other. Have the workers in a group, leaning on their shovel and staring at the potholes😊

[@stormclearer]

I think Simon has a good point about the mud look of the road, maybe replace the redish brown tiles with dark and light grey tiles, also before the dirt road rail crossing, could you make the trail go back to asphalt to have it as a asphalt crossing

[@WYO_Dirtbag]

You could put a entry guard shack with a bar that can lift across the road leading onto the ramp up to the docks/port.

[@StrykeSZN]

I think I’m going to get a shark because it looks so helpful for Lego collectors who have dusty spaces. IKEA and Shark need to sponsor you ASAP😂

[@Bricksie]

Thank you, and yesss they do haha

[@SkyKid002]

You can use the 2x2 round tiles in the gravel road but just use less of them. Gravel roads often have muddy spots anyways but you dont want 85% of it to be those tiles imo

[@anthonyb8405]

- maybe do a small round about where the two lane city road ends and transitions to the single road into the boat yard... that would give better flow for traffic. Carve into the beach (tan) brick area for this. Then the street would look back into itself. - a booth with dock attendant at the entrance to the boat dock area would make sense... just off where that new small round about would be located. This way the boat yard has its own designated entrance for the employees and or a pay for boat slip - an information stand/booth with park attendant for the entry to the dirt/gravel road would look cool. A place where you can get maps and information before going down the road into the country side - a small train station where the city street ends or near the zoo area... this would give a place for people commuting in for the zoo or country side/park to get off

[@scarson216]

I really think the way you built that gravel road using the road plates looks so good, you could use it through out the countryside.

[@DSTOF79]

This is a big project, it’s your playground, take your time, enjoy it.

[@foreverfornever1124]

Finally finishing the one part of the city that needed to be to enhance the front facing section of the city. Now everything is connected and the foundations have been set. I cant wait to see how this part of the city looks when it finally gets to the detail work. Also not a fan of the turn around if its just going to be that. Kinda odd not actually have parking for customers but I suppose this is just a fictional city and shouldnt be taken as series and do think it could make for cool displays with cars and people. I do think you should have incorporated both together. You could have the turn around but also incorporate parking spaces in it either with parallel parking or diagonal parking

[@baumanzoe]

I went to Cheyenne mountain zoo in Colorado for the first time this week and it’s a zoo on a side of a mountain. The whole time I was there I kept thinking about how it was similar your Lego city zoo.

[@Lee1978R]

It’s looking really good now.. you can really see the vision you’ve got now 👍🏻

[@reaganclo3944]

In the country area, you should try adding a few Earth Ships. Those are houses that are self sufficient and have whacky shapes and designs due to the materials used. I think having an Earth ship community somewhere could add in some interesting story telling.

[@VervoordPianoCovers]

The turnaround is amazing!

[@zoeys3346]

I think it'd be a great detail to add a community board to the boat launch. Loving watching your city evolve, I'm envious of the volume of brick you own! Keep up the inspiring work

[@lindabeede5180]

Love the car turn around and the boat launch!!! Well done!!

[@ellycat5703]

Ooooh looking swish! The turnaround looks soo clean! It would be a great spot for a bus stop outside the zoo

[@NBrownheim]

Parking lot solution: City covent that say sparking garages have to be hidden so they are in the mountain. Then build a little parking garage gate system to get in and out of the mountain.

[@antonbabichau806]

Amazing progress on the city! Have you considered adding a train station for the beach/zoo section of the city? I think it will make sense and you still have some space in between the roads and train track.

[@Hawaiiansilky]

It is all coming out so nicely! What a dream

[@cyrostam551]

Maybe it would be a cool idea to make a ‘underground’ parking lot, that would solve the ‘problem’ for parking spots. Kind of ads a little realism. Don’t need to actually make one of course, just an entrance that seems to be going into the ground, could be cool for anywhere in the city

[@BrickedUpBuilds]

Make that meridian a fountain!

[@katdg1447]

Love the progress. These mini projects are more satisfying to me than the big projects because you fill missing spaces !!

[@Lea-bw9wj]

The gravel road looks good. Though it does look a little more like a dirt road to me. The turn around looks good. But I'd suggest a bus stop area out the front

[@bahot89]

I know there has been a few suggestions already for a fake tunnel for an underground parking garage. But later on, you could probably actually make one under one of the corners of a table and the subway train can make a stop there.

[@roaenokesyzlak7828]

You can easily say that lip at the bottom of the boat ramp, is to keep trailers and vehicles from sliding all the way into the water

[@tonihall7810]

Just going by the roads around here…. The mud really works lol. Looking great tfs

[@BrickItNeat]

The turn around looks great!

[@gr4y_m4n]

So an idea I have is creating an amusement park involving the Marvel, Star Wars, Disney and Indiana Jones movie sets kind of like the Disney World you had a few years ago. For the “Autopia” you should use the Mercedes, Ferrari, McLaren, and Aston Martin SpeedChampion 8 stud wide cars (minus the G Wagon). I could do a little design and my recommendation would be to do your own design of the “racetrack”

[@WSHobbies]

The improvements are making it look much better! Nice to see the progress!

[@ytzpilot]

It’s amazing how people take Bricksie Jokes too literally 😂

[@TheDutchStarWarsGuy]

Great improvements! And I can't wait for you to get those parts you need, they're needed.

[@jedimaster71]

Always enjoy your Lego city updates. Its fun watching the changed you make

[@legotrainchris]

I don't know how much/often you will be running trains, but beware having turnouts on slopes. Also beware reverse curves. Both can mess up trains running, especially if you are pushing with the engine. Maybe do a cattle guard and pasture more out in the country - not too close to a paved city road. Could be you're done with the need for AC this summer.... That neck fan really works? Sounds a bit noisy to me. Ah *hates* that brittle brown plate. 🙂

[@AmmaBuilds]

I think the gravel road is the perfect place for broken brown plate. If you put it over black it’ll look like potholes. I love that turnaround. Great idea. Do you have plans for any other roundabouts? The other night I dreamed that you put a cul-de-sac in the residential area. I have no clue how or why. So random.

[@tbmcustoms9117]

Ur the man! Love watching all ur content and one day I inspired to build a city 1/100 as good as yours. I’m stoked for ur city every time u see an update. As a Florida boy Thts never left Florida for any other reason than to go to Vegas. I would be in ahhh to see this in real life one day. When it’s done u need give tours for a fee. I hate the cold weather but u might be the only reason I would go to Canada. Your work and ideas always amaze me and keep me wanting to get better at this awesome hobby we call LEGOs. Keep up the great work man! Can’t wait for the next update. 🎉

[@dale1090]

The ballasted train track with the ties looks so much better than the track you have with the solid tiles.

[@EsonMed]

The turnaround looks good! Have you considered building a roundabout in your city?

[@danpol3073]

Still think a train and bus interchange at your new turn-around in front of the zoo would be a great idea.

[@ryleyw3684]

looks awesome, its funny because I remember saying a boat launch right in that general area would look good on an older vid about that cove. For the gravel road dark tan might look better then brown, or say 75% dark tan and 25% brown, I think brown would be like when the roads wet, obviously its all around the parts you have and whats available and your opinion/vision 👍

[@logansmith2703]

You could add the Tour Bus or even modify the upcoming Battle Bus to use as transportation for Zoo goers.

[@Wanabesam123]

I think it would be a great idea if you create a tunnel entrance that opens onto the turnaround to give the illusion of an underground car park

[@confriepanda1959]

Gonna be so nice to be able to park al the trains in the yard!👍🏻

[@mikegreen9177]

"Do u like boating" Anyone else get this same commercial everytime on Bricksie vids?

[@edoumig2646]

great improvment, great episode thank you

[@jonathanmarquez7717]

I think you need to put some big red wood like trees in front of the access hole by the zoo to help hide it from view.

[@imaudi4950]

So glad you gave more of a transition to the gravel road, you could replace some of the brown round 2x2s with some gray (light or dark) or tan to get rid of some of the "mud" look. Also, in conjunction with the boat launch, what do you think about adding a wooden dock by the fish hut for pleasure boats to tie up to after they get in the water?

[@NathanJoy-x4g]

An idea to transition between the zoo turnaround and the gravel road - maybe a cattle guard

[@glynisf]

Loving all your awesome work! I can’t wait to see the snack shack built and placed

[@brandonherron9589]

Maybe a road that turns into the hole next to the zoo. You could insinuate a parking garage. Just a thought.

[@monblane493]

You should make a big parking building so you don’t have to make parking lots in your city

[@mikespencer6158]

Consider adding a crosswalk across the road that leads to the turnaround so minifigs can go from beach to zoo

[@monkeysout4609]

Great improvements, maybe you should start an employee of the month comp

[@michellechrisman9084]

Seen as you have a hypothetical parking lot off site, you will need a shuttle bus that will drop off all those people coming to the zoo!

[@TheDreamtimezzz]

Trees on the median strip will look great!❤

[@julesschoony812]

You mean meridian 😅😂😅

[@mwidenst]

Really enjoying your channel. I love watching your city take shape.

[@scotty9776]

The shark joke was very funny. Some people need to work on thier sense of humor!

[@bri.guys.bricks]

I see your Costco fan 😂. That thing works so well. I love it.

[@ImmortalBanditt]

THE SHARK IS THE EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH!!!!!

[@-hi-3774]

I think it would be cool to get the windmill creator set in your city

[@1St8ment]

I'm missing a train station in front of the zoo which would service the zoo and the beach. It'll make the area less 'flat'

[@kernalmustard353]

I actually have a fan that clips to my waistband that you to pull your shirt down over and the fan cools your body inside your shirt...highly recomended

[@PhilippeLacoude]

This is awesome ❤ Very well done. The roundabout / drop-off in front of the zoo turned out great!

[@tamerasyniec6621]

Cool looking turnaround

[@LSW35]

you should make some of the sidewalk corners red so it looks like the fire zone stuff

[@timgomolka644]

You could put a bus stop by the zoo and a waterfall coming off the mountain and into the canal.

[@MadisonperkinsUTE]

The makita one isn’t like the house ones. I looked into that one too. You have to take the batteries off and charge them each time. You also can’t set it to clean at times of the day. You have your manually set it to clean. At least that’s what I’ve read.

[@thestupidtrooper3384]

I think to help separate the gravel road and the roundabout you need some kind of sign or arch to go over it or maybe some kind of gate

[@andrewphillips5771]

Love the road work bro!! Looking good with the split road.

[@ANotSoHappyGonk]

on the car loop infront of zoo, maybe add parking spots in that green space around it?

[@tristendrent9625]

Love what you're doing with the city. Regarding the 'parking problem' at the zoo. Have you considered an entrance to an underground parking garage?

[@kylenovotny4537]

I was at the same movie screening as you! Great movie

[@lukeschumann]

excellent my plan is working!

[@Southeastbricks1986-xn9yd]

Oh dear 🤦‍♂️ naming your vacuum Cleaner employee of the month rookie error 😂 love to see the hoover order 260 dollars worth of Lego 🤪😜 City is looking great 👍🏻

[@thebrickfalcon3364]

Great update! Looks so good