New LEGO City Road Plates Review (2021 | 60304)

The new 2021 LEGO City Road Plates on hand and reviewed. In this video, we build all different road combinations, test them with a modular building, and compare them to the existing road plates.
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[@appie427]

Jup, and it's impossible to make a corner...

[@notmuch_23]

I think the road module plates will actually be good for GBC modules: they're mostly smooth, larger than the minimum dimensions for an input, have holes in the portions for tiles (for an agitator), and look pretty structurally sound on their own.

[@matthyoutube5619]

Lego is Joy!

[@boemuckley1219]

Could you do an update video on this. Would like to have your opinion and thought now that the set has been released and would like to know what you currently think and if you would integrate this new roadplace system into your city or if you could still use this set in some capacity in your city for various things please let me know Thanks.

[@leeprice2849]

Use the new road plates in places you don't need sidewalks. I did see someone just place a baseplate upside-down under a modular building that seemed to work.

[@luisemoralesfalcon4716]

Do these road plates make for a great bridge?

[@Myaattt]

This aged well 😂

[@miguelbhole3435]

And not to forget the width of the new street. Two cars can hardly pass each other. Bigger vehicles such as busses and trucks do not fit on both lanes next to each other.

[@sylvainblanchard2671]

I don't think that they will stop making road plates, the new road plates are more for kids

[@AnotherWatchChannel]

Dont like the new plates. It makes sense for people with small space which is good. I however won’t be using them. The “old” plates also look way better/believable in a lego city.

[@jamesdowling9759]

Merry Christmas dude.

[@TobiasRieperGER]

I guess LEGO invent the new street system, cause they can't get the patent again, so every other company is now allowed to create the road plates. Wait a little while, and all will be good...

[@bankruptbrickinit4792]

Question is, does this new road system fit speed champion vehicles?

[@andreassenn4762]

The old 6 Stud wide ones will fit (barely). But the new ones won't.

[@bankruptbrickinit4792]

@@andreassenn4762 That's a shame. Thanks

[@Axalotal]

I just started my lego city last year and these new road plates are just a major disappointment. One they are actually quite ugly, when all the tiles are visible like this. Two, they don't fit other lego sets that would be in a lego city; such as modular, which is frustrating. No sidewalks either, what has lego done?

[@marcusoconner2805]

HATE IT! HATE IT! HATE IT!

[@mtwi]

Pretty poor Review. Two baseplates have the Same hight then 1 regular Plate. But since when is the street Higher then the Sidewalk? And the new roads are Not more flexible. What you gona do with all the Ramps? Why are there No additional plates in the Set to make them more custom? Very poor Product and still No KZbinr who Had a real Look at it and did speak the trueth.

[@comradeinternet467]

It would be nice if we got road plates with integrated streetcar tracks.

[@Brax889]

They might look good in some parts of my city but generally I prefer the old ones!

[@luisemoralesfalcon4716]

I read that this can serve as a bridge.

[@Cqpitalss]

Good idea!

[@madmadsens4857]

Ya me to

[@DZstudios.]

I don’t like change

[@BinkBricks]

It's ok

[@DZstudios.]

@@BinkBricks lol ok

[@williamwildcat]

Your telling me you hate pennies

[@Lego_clashermaxx]

I like it,but modular buildings don’t

[@Broxy93]

@@bobdabuildar69 they are even with modulars and the old ones were more realistic and integrated well with modulars

[@rauhvelt]

These are not meant to be used for city building. Maybe good for kids to play with vroom vroom car can go woosh. The roads are just ugly, too thick and too complex for a single road build. Truly one of the fails from Lego.

[@brickermanbricks]

Not a fan of the new road system but glad to stock up on the classic road plates

[@hometown687]

I like the inclusion of extra details but I don’t think I’ll make the switch because I’m still in love with base plates. Honestly I wish more sets still used base plates. I understand why they don’t but that’s just me.

[@CarsSimplified]

I got a bunch of these on clearance for $12 USD a set, and at that price I'm quite happy with them. The ramps also allow for a nice railroad crossing bump.

[@JonHiddenColey]

There needs to be some texture on the new road plates. They're too glossy.

[@SirBricks]

Wow... that thing looks so bad

[@4nimall]

These new roads are comoletely trash I can’t believe they’ve released them

[@jerbinatorcc4999]

I like them I like the modular aspect to them and as someone who is forced to work with limited space for my Lego city these have really helped me out

[@yorurei4047]

These also make the new city sets more expensive. Not a fan

[@lunakoala5053]

I'd guess they now include these to push their new street system and later on drop it from new sets. Doesn't make sense to include them in every city set von here on out, after all you should pony of the dough for those individual roads...

[@SDLRob]

Looking at the videos of people working with the plates... it really jumps out to me that if you're gonna be looking at changing from the old plates, it would make sense to go the whole hog and move to the Mils plate system instead of these new road plates

[@ernsteiswuerfel222]

Absolutely hilarious: LEGO is no longer compatible with LEGO. The prices for the old LEGO sets (7280, 7281,...) are currently doubled at Amazon and keep increasing until they are sold out. I believe the Chinese manufactures of more "traditional" street plates eg. Strictly Briks are celebrating this latest silly decision of the LEGO management.

[@UnkindPenguin71]

You're not seriously referencing the prices of private sellers on amazon as real world prices are you?

[@TugboatJohnson]

@@UnkindPenguin71 he is, he is

[@TT-Bricks]

I am not a fan, I would have bought it if there were real plates and not these newly created sorta plates, I was hoping on regular 16 by 16 plates and tiles untop. AND the lanes are narrower then on a baseplates, no sidewalkes, and not talking about all the money's...

[@TT-Bricks]

if I saw correctly, the lanes are 2 studs narrower, do the lego cars of 8 studs wide even fit?

[@Fubuki43]

I like the idea, but I don't like how thick they are this way :/

[@BCStrikeProductions]

I agree

[@vaughnwohclam3226]

Modulars already have a sidewalk built in their design. I’ve always felt that the old road plates were excessive with the 6 studs on each side. They make everyone’s cities look sparse since the roads eat up soo much area. It’s also odd to hear lego fans unhappy with a design that requires building... that the point with lego y’all. Lol. Sorry, just had to play devils advocate

[@maxthrust976]

vaughn Wohclam I think the knee jerk reactions some folks are having really highlights those peoples lack of imagination. I see these new plates as opening up endless possibilities and giving me far mor freedom and flexibility to build a city the way I want to see it.

[@bryanb3826]

Worst idea from lego in my opinion

[@peternike7637]

Merry Christmas, i got the batwing and batmobile , i hope you all have a very nice day . HoHoHo!!!!!

[@AmazingCreationslego]

While I love the modularity aspect of these road plates, what really bothers me is the 2 by 4 tiles. The seams between the parts look very ugly to me, especially compared to the smooth and clean look of the old plates.

[@countrabricksbuildcraze8916]

Yer I seed the same thing. Look s ugly hay. All the modular set have a base plate. But no stud hole to put another plate under bottem..so most my set s are just siting ontop of stud plate s .an land scale around them...much eazer ..so I can make foot parth wide or shorter. I gess sume build ther Lego city. Foot party 6 studs back..but can make it shorter. If do it way my set s are in my Lego city

[@karens8633]

I’m visiting from the future! Bricksie does convert his city using these and MILS plates!! 😂

[@lupolinar]

Wow, you get one plate for the price of four! What a steal!

[@tommasoolanda1665]

It is a miss for Lego. Clearly something done for the money without thinking of the real usage.

[@brickdew]

I think that would work well for your go karts.

[@thedriftingsamurai8476]

Finally they have a good purpose

[@Eidolon1andOnly]

Except there's no way to curve the roads to make a useable race track.

[@thedriftingsamurai8476]

@@Eidolon1andOnly yeah that's true, you could just have them make a sharp turn every corner

[@Eidolon1andOnly]

@@thedriftingsamurai8476 race tracks have curves for a reason. A sharp turn requires the driver to slow down to the point of nearly stopping. Taking a sharp turn at speed is dangerous and results in skidding sideways or loss of control.

[@thedriftingsamurai8476]

@@Eidolon1andOnly yeah that is true,but it is lego so anything is possible

[@LunarDarknessAdventures]

i may just buy them for the parts only i have my road already

[@maxthrust976]

I’m in a good place to start out with these new plates, I only have 2 modulars so far (I reckon I’ll be up to 4 within a week or so, and 5 if you count that Chinese New Year lantern festival set). One thought I had for raising the modulars was to use full bricks rather than plate stacks, (probably in the dark grey, if that’s feasible) that way the curb will be 2 plates over street level, which I think may look a little more correct. The other thought I had was that it would be cool to double up (or even triple up!) these new road plates width-wise, to get curb parking and perhaps more travel lanes. I could maybe scrub the crosswalk lines off that one half plate and use that to get a single additional lane’s worth of space. I’d like to see if I can use these to build a median or some green space into the middle of the road, I think that’d look very cool.

[@chadode9048]

You know what...the new road system may actually solve my road issue for my 10x6 Winter Village. I have all white base plates...and these may prove perfect. Thanks for the review!

[@FabBlondiesBricks]

I’m not going to use the new toad system but I do like the lights. Those are nice! Now I just need to start my city! 🤣🤣🤣

[@MayoHosko]

Hopefully LEGO realises that AFOLs are big spenders and will keep the 2005 + road baseplates available to compliment the modulars and d2c sets

[@doglover334]

I’ll use these for bridges and elevated highways but not for regular roads

[@Darthrush1]

Getting ready to start my city, I'm working with limited space so I'm planning on using these. Not adding additional sidewalk as well.

[@flyingdragonfan]

That's my situation as well. I just finished my first modular last week, and will probably get another this weekend, so these coming out now is perfect timing for me to start using them to build my city. The modulars have sidewalks already, too. Brickie's city looks great, but a single-width sidewalk should be plenty. .

[@nettehweber7249]

Was going to say something similar, if you have limited space these roads are better so you still have the amazing look of roads but not the huge space it takes with the old plates. I won’t have space anytime soon at the moment but if I would have, would definitely use the new ones to be able to have more other items in the city.

[@consoletime6207]

@@nettehweber7249 ive got the same issue i have 5x 3 base plates im doing a subway this is somthing i will beed to maxamise my space

[@BCStrikeProductions]

I’m gonna get one just to try it out. Me being an animator I don’t think these will work very well but for display I think they might be nice!

[@Broxy93]

me too

[@BCStrikeProductions]

@@Broxy93 awesome

[@infamousKONVICT]

From what I've seen you just need to set modulars with baseplates on top of one plate (loose).

[@lkibbler]

Thanks for sorting out what these new road plates offer.

[@TimL_]

From the perspective of a modular building collector, the previous road plates were junk; way too much pavement space, cheaply printed, and you had to buy a useless junction for each straight road plate. This new system is much much better. Not perfect yet, but definitely a step in the right direction.

[@maxthrust976]

I’ve been messing around with them for an hour now and I am really digging them! You’re right about the old plates having problems, and while these aren’t perfect (especially when it comes to meshing them with a modular city) they do solve several of the old plate’s issues. These new ones offer so much more flexibility! The stuff we can do with these is crazy, make roads wider by any number of lanes (even just one lane wider using the 8x16 plate), add medians and bollards and other stuff on top of the road surface. We could add cat’s eye reflectors instead of the printed white line tiles! It’s fantastic. Now what I want to see released is a pack of accessories for lane marking in both white and yellow, and more road signs!

[@TimL_]

@@maxthrust976 Agreed, sounds like you're having fun. I may have been a little too harsh on the standard plates, because they do fit the modular building system better, but they had several disadvantages too, like not being able to make multiple-lane roads, as you mentioned. And yes, from a customization standpoint, the possibilities are endless with these new ones! My first thought too was median strips covered in foliage.

[@sko-fn4by]

@@TimL_ have you tried buying the 'old' road plates from bricklink? i stopped buying them from lego years ago and solely get them off bricklink now so that I can get the amount of straights i need

[@brickdude]

These new road plates are great for folks who want to save space in their cities. They are great for newbies who still don't yet own a ton of old style road plates. They look cool too!

[@ElectricianTS]

I see them good for fill-ins and city squares or parking areas. Maybe even back lanes.

[@thomasmeier2572]

They are 16x16 with the ability to snap on the bottoms. I was thinking floors in a building to.

[@CountryLongboarding]

Think these would be more utilized if you were doing a freeway or highway set up, as you can easily build off of them. and they are one if not the old road plate with studs on the bottom. Could easily make overpasses with these roads

[@yudm3098]

Not a fan doesn’t look as visually appealing

[@cksbricks7791]

So are Lego going to phase out the old baseplates? Has this been confirmed?

[@babcunas]

No clue?

[@thomasmeier2572]

You can put the four together with the white line tiles down the middle and add shrubs and trees to the edges to create boulevards, avenues, or superhighways. Then also experimented with hinges and created hillside roadways and ramps. I used The gray 2x4 tiles to stack on top the single plates at the edges to widen the road by one and to attach the modulars. The only bad was I lost the curb and you couldn't tell where the road ended and the sidewalk began but then started using different grays to set those boundaries. There is a temptation to just add a few tiles to the bottom of the mods to lift for the curbs.

[@lmdizajn]

Looks very ugly, would be OK for Junior, but still. Why the grey tiles connecting to other pieces make road wider? This looks really bad. The idea of 2 normal baseplate high could work, but this doesn't make sense. Very ugly details... And those big pieces, ugh... Why they don't use normal big tiles? Why this zig zag shape 2 high? How to make a solid line on road? How to make a curve? Why put there a 50 traffic sign? What would normal people do with dozens of them? Lego, what have you done...

[@apexracing9479]

I like how a youtube actually took the time to show what is inside the box up closer

[@theupsidedownbrick9618]

cool but how do you make curves?

[@blubbntroet]

There are 3rd Party Baseplates that are thicker... anyway, those new roads are cool for kids and their City Cets like the 3in1 houses of the last years but no way for AFOLs and their city’s based on modulars! If they discontinue the old road plates... oh man that will become a disaster!!!!

[@willbricksproductions]

Doesn’t everyone not like that there is no curve road at all

[@maxthrust976]

willbricksproductions maybe there will be eventually

[@tillywallenstein]

The look of the new plates is definitely better. And it is much more versatile. I think, the new system is great for kids who actually play with Lego rather than collecting and displaying it. But of course, that is bad for the AFOLs. Lego did no good job of pleasing them here. They had to decide between those two groups of customers, I guess.

[@dancewithpianosteve]

I was long in doubt. If you look at the gaps from the plates.. first thought was.. blegh.. ugly.. but i start to be convenient with them. They offer so many new possiblillities. And the biggest thing: they are 16x16 studs in width. Perfect in my opinion to use with the 90s lego and the 4 stud width of the cars. I will try this:)

[@just_bricks9333]

So technically with $100 or $150 a part of a city it ain't much but it's a good start Also Bricksie if you like the lamps. you should buy a lot of them in the internet and they are selling cheap😃😄😃

[@vizerix1132]

What do you mean modular? Sorry new to legos and just got this today

[@CarsSimplified]

They come apart in sections that are typically interchangeable, but also (in the case of the buildings) allow for easy access inside without traditional disassembly.

[@RADuBreuil]

Well if your buildings are already on mils plates, than it won’t really be a problem. So since my modulars (the few I have so far) are 2 bricks high off the base plates, it would allow for me to mil the new roads as well. Now for someone just starting out, I would think the new roads would probably work out better in the long run, however, I know a lot of people have brick built roads and thus that would probably continue to be the way they go about doing their roads. Real question is will they come out with other road designs in the future?

[@amlego6014]

you can also just place a baseplate under the modular building and then is the sidewalk a half plate higher than the street.

[@SiliconSicilian]

My son just turned 3 so I have some time to deliberate before I’ll be building with him. These look great and give me some ideas for integration but I’m not sure raising the buildings is an answer. I’m pretty mixed on this but wouldn’t be surprised if modular adapters aren’t also in the pipeline.

[@ElysiaWhitemoonOmega]

i already took the modular buildings off the baseplate and moved them closer to the sidewalk, i basicly moved all my buildings 8 stuts forwards , the sidewalk on he modular houses IS my sidewalk, and its all raised up 2 bricks to make a harbor edge, basepalets are thinner, but if you put them onto bricks they are not thinner. i just have to lower the streets a bit

[@tefnutofhoney2832]

Question. Couldnt you just build modulars on normal plates instead of provided baseplates? Im on a very limited budget and have never seen one in person, but thats something id have been doing from the start when it comes to these, given i prefer normal plates

[@brickstudiotv3748]

There's a lot of Lego City products coming out in 2021 that are related to roads and sidewalks.

[@strengin1]

Thanks for the review. I was thinking of switching, since I’ve got a fairly small modular bldg city.. with very limited space. I’ve always found that the curbs on the baseplate roads were excessive and used up a lot of real estate.. and I didn’t want to spend the money for a gazillion tiles to create huge sidewalks. To raise my modulars.. I’m probably just going to slide my old road plates or other baseplates loose underneath my modulars... that should give my modulars a tiny height advantage over the new roads, barely creating a curb.

[@vrchillgaming]

I grew up on LEGO in the late 70s-80s. These new road plates are an atrocity. Over twice the price and they look terrible.

[@Dream_Mind]

This new Road System is ugly, but for ramps or multifloor Parking Areas, it couldt be nice...

[@evaarecords]

Idk but these plates don't look real to me?

[@NikkiKuehnemund]

Hmm.. Not sure that this is a great replacement for the old streets... I think this will be a short-lived thing from lego.. Sorry to be so harsh..

[@bricknmotor]

Im gonna get a couple sets to use 1 for a parking lot and the other to save in the box for when theyre super rare after being retired in less then a year. Haaa. Seriously though they remind me of lego junior.

[@purplebuilder409]

A great look at the road system, it would be cool to see the glow in the dark lampost (1x2 plate)

[@UnseenWho]

Watching from the future, you know have all your roads like this 😂

[@pedrolucasmsc]

i think that would be usefull to put into like old historical town block, that weren't designed to have sidewalks, closed to pedestrians or only one way road

[@BIGBLOCK455]

Id rather build 1 Lego mils road plate for $25 than buy a box of these. These look terrible.

[@yoshe4223]

two things. one is I believe the only thing is missing is a curve piece and one for rails. two given the fact on the design you can add the side walk with the road instead of adding more to the building plates

[@paulhowell1534]

Hi @brickie I think it would work well by the boat yard area, you don’t need the sidewalk against your wall (as it currently is) so would give you more room the play with in the actual boatyard. Happy Holidays my friend 👍

[@ryankrzywosinski8418]

Merry Christmas Everyone 🎄 🎁

[@mguymario]

This will have a lot of backlash mostly from people that make city mocs as someone that just buys city sets and does not build there own city it does not matter for me

[@davidv2002]

i like the old base plate style better but i can understand why they’re changing it being that they’re branching away from the base plates in terms of sets

[@samuelzetterman]

If the with of the road is the same then you vould use these roads for like slopes and going over hills and stuff. So theyre not completely useless

[@HausofKinney]

The "Sidewalk Loss" is because Lego builds its sidewalks with all the buildings and not with the roads.

[@logarithmmm]

is my math off or what? ... there are six studs on each side of the road on the old plate but you keep saying eight?

[@thepinkwatermelon]

Except that you did transfer over the whole city to the new road playes

[@NoSoyMarciano]

I think these new roads will be great for Bridges and harbours, as standard road they don't work for me

[@Mhassar]

Don't like these new road plates. I hate to admit it. But I might be using a third party.

[@nolan7772]

I think this is a good set it’s cheaper than snot roads looks better than the old ones but more expensive for the sidewalk

[@countrabricksbuildcraze8916]

I think I rather a smooth road. ..not smooth plate tile s. going down the road.. What's with that ...an no foot parth stud s.

[@rogamer7895]

I have no lego city buildings.... so not much of a problem for me I guess lol

[@GeneralD295]

I think this set is a ca$h grab👎👎 the old plates are better and what about the curve road plate 🤷

[@markstamford8356]

And thats why I'm buying off brand road plates.

[@jws3dnyc]

What about using these sets as a base top for bridges. Maybe your bridge to the them park ?

[@CamWammy115]

Watch brick’n it’s video these are designed for modulars