This Piece is the Future of LEGO

[@nikoraasu6929]

Articulation is the reason I alwasy incorporated technic pieces into my builds in the past, and I am kinda baffled that not many more builders use these pieces.

[@Korn-kg5np]

As I always say every pin hole’s a stud hole.

[@pauldeddens5349]

I see them everywhere in robot and mech MOCs, just slapping T bars inbetween two of them makes incredibly versatile limb sections.

[@JamesBD05]

Not sure if you watch a youtuber named tiago catarino, but he's a lego desinger who often expresses his hated for the technic system (dubbing it his least favourite system). I'm not sure if that's unanimous with other people, but there seems to be a strong distaste for technic from (some) system fans

[@nikoraasu6929]

@@JamesBD05 hating just to hate is childish :)

[@thehellriddenBaron]

Never really "got" Lego without the technic part in the first place. 😄 Sure, some things are nice to look at, but without technic's function and possibilities, why bother?

[@murtagh233]

The piece itself is cool and all but I just wanted to say... OMG THAT IS THE BEST LOOKING MINIFIG SCALE TREADMILL I'VE EVER SEEN!

[@bricksculpt]

Lol thanks!

[@bricksculpt]

Instructions on rebrickable are linked in the description!

[@alrinaleroux9229]

Praise His Holy Name. I agree, the treadmill is amazing!

[@bricksculpt]

Thanks!

[@olivewickperry401]

These pieces have *revolutionized* mini mecha builds. Their articulation makes them ideal for arms/legs and being able to reverse them easily lets you have very small hip joints when combined with a pneumatic tee.

[@xyoxus]

5:00 That makes me think: What if LEGO made those hinge plates with rounded corners. Would that open up new useful possibilites?

[@breakingbasha]

we are allready halfway there with the AMOGUS piece

[@bricksculpt]

Yeah that would be awesome

[@FHT1883]

@@breakingbashapart number?

[@n_ex13]

​@@FHT1883 26047 there's also 3614a which is the same but a closed balljoint. Might be a bit hard to come by though cause it's been retired for about 40 years

[@Andystuff800]

@@FHT1883 I believe it's 26047

[@adriansue8955]

I hope Lego make a Brick version of this part. would be good for making curved walls, without using up so many pieces.

[@bricksculpt]

That would be awesome!

[@user-yq6xs2fz3e]

They sort of already do with that one piece with bars in the center. Not exactly what you want but it's a nice piece.

[@frikifectonotengo6609]

Yeah, however you could stack three of these pieces.

[@adriansue8955]

@@frikifectonotengo6609 $$$x3

[@adriansue8955]

@@frikifectonotengo6609 lego is expensive. A brick version that takes up the same space as 3 of these would be nice so I don't have to buy so many parts

[@angelowentzler9961]

Open studs also means no drilling if you want to run led cables!

[@pinobluevogel6458]

There are way more elegant solutions than drilling, including this one. To be fair, drilling is a time saving option, not a necessary one :)

[@Nphen]

@@pinobluevogel6458 Time is money. I'm looking at lighting my builds, and deeper rebuilding takes time. If it's just a small plate or cheap element drilling is fine. It's nice to have more open stud options. Having these around (and open 1x1 rounds) for lighting fixtures then becomes a time saver over the drill.

[@pinobluevogel6458]

@@Nphen I understand. Planning it early does also save you time, but I guess it often happens that you want to add lighting later to a certain place.

[@uplay8796]

i dont build lego but im drunk as shit rn and this channel is the best channel ever. i might go out and buy some

[@bricksculpt]

Thank lol

[@waynebimmel6784]

Did you?

[@Ariesgodtron]

So a drunk guy walks into a Lego convention...

[@pinioncorp]

4:43 You can put a 3.2mm bar down the centre hole still too

[@bricksculpt]

Yes that's true

[@Boomblox5896]

I found this big turret with four barrels in a Lego bin at the secondhand store, and I thought it looked really cool. What made it really pop was the inclusion of this plate piece, and it really made the gun's texture stand out. I hope to see more designs using these plates in the future, and I'd like to start building with them too, if I can get my hands on some.

[@MattSitton]

There is newer varient of this type of brick being 77808 the rounded 1x2 brick where the center plate is 2 bars. It makes for some honestly insanely strong connections when paired with clips. Another newer rounded part that ive really enjoyed using is 3386 a newer 1x1 2 plate high snot piece with where half of it is rounded off. All of these parts have been revolutionary.

[@bricksculpt]

I need to buy some of those! Never owned that piece.

[@paperfishstudios3144]

i got a couple of those in one of the sonic sets actually! :0 it's used to build the crab robot's claws (the pincers attach by 1x1 plates w/ clips to the bars in the middle) they're super cool but i haven't experimented with them at all yet cause i haven't wanted to take the crab apart yet. he's adorable lol also the build for him reminded me a lot of a mixel so that was fun

[@NisseHult101]

I really enjoy these focus-on-a-specific-piece videos, they are both educational and inspiring!

[@bricksculpt]

Glad you like them thanks!

[@Alexgudmusic]

That stone wall is so simple to make and so effective

[@scorebatgaming]

That mini treadmill exploded my serotonin

[@bricksculpt]

Lol that's awesome!

[@itsurboibrad9719]

So grateful that KZbin actually shows me your new videos in my feed!

[@bricksculpt]

Me too! Glad you enjoy them thanks for watching!

[@ArianneBlaire777]

Feel that small builds like the treadmill are more impressive because there’s nowhere to hide flaws

[@bricksculpt]

There is definitely some truth to that. Little builds show every flaw and every piece is so important to the overall look and structure.

[@BDD_Builds]

This piece (and the 1x3 version) are so good, one of my all-time favorite pieces! Edit: in your tree example, the fact that the parts are rounded not only allows articulation as you show, but also still allows for a flex tube to fit in the center of the entire tree including through these sections with the rounded 1x2 plates, adding a ton of stability.

[@bricksculpt]

That's a good tip!

[@conorandkanohi]

3:54 i actually use this technique in one of my bionicle mocs. The previous design used fixed angle connectors but with a few if those i have a wing design that can move

[@NingjaTerdo]

I eat these highlighted LEGO parts videos up. Keep them coming!

[@bricksculpt]

Glad you like them! I will keep them coming!

[@LittlePixelTM]

Love these - wish the 1x1 round they already do has the full top-to-bottom height like this and not the rim - sorta like an inkwell piece but with a proper stud on the top.

[@bricksculpt]

I agree !

[@pauldeddens5349]

I cant think of why they have the gap on the bottom with the single stud rim going on. The similar 1x1 with vertical bar goes all the way down, despite being a very similar part.

[@Pystro]

The 1x1 circular plate piece really does not offer any easy way to remove it from other pieces. (Assume you put it in the middle of a 4x4.) With the 1x2 you get that straight side that the brick remover tool can apply force against. But the 1x1 has only round sides, and applying force against those technically applies the force in a single point. That said, the "ridge" that runs around it is quite thin and the "cut in" at the bottom quite thick. They could have dimensioned those like they are on tiles. After all, the 1x1 circular tile is exactly the same - minus the stud on the top that you can grip against. And LEGO isn't worried about those not being removable.

[@Ponk_80]

Comment on these kinds of posts.

[@LittlePixelTM]

@@Pystro if it had a hollow stud you could easily remove it with a bar - probably not -'system' enough though maybe?

[@LeHasnurg]

This part/pieces, are very useful, and quite versatile, stronger hinges, reaching different angles that normal parts can't. And of course, like I have said before, with other prior videos, mechs, (yes I love building them). But they do wonders for joints, paired with T-bars, you get a swivel on both ends, and double bend. Which can be used outside of mechs, being used as a much more mobile hinge. Overall, on their own, they're amazing parts, and allow for many, MANY uses and builds when paired together, but they're at their fullest when you utilize those stud holes.

[@gehenna4346]

Love that treadmill to pieces.. great video!

[@bricksculpt]

Thanks!

[@robeldridge5668]

5:00 Kirby waving!

[@bricksculpt]

Lol love that!

[@harutakami1313]

I actually use the 1x3 versions in my lego Armada Optimus Prime moc's shoulders, to allow for the shifting motion. The ability to lock them in place using a mixel ball with bar is really useful for making a stable hinge joint.

[@BigStackBlunder]

I like to make my trees with those large leaf pieces with Harry Potter wands hanging from them to get a weeping willow look

[@bricksculpt]

That's a cool idea!

[@FHT1883]

yooooo can I use that idea? I'd finally have a use for the dozens of spare wand pieces I've got lying around

[@BigStackBlunder]

@@FHT1883 yes, I probably have 500+ extra wands just in a bag and this is one of the only uses I’ve found for them. You can also use them as table legs if you attach them with the stud with hole piece

[@PurpleRhymesWithOrange]

Love the weathered wall effect and the curved city wall.

[@bricksculpt]

Thanks!

[@Justin-Hill-1987]

I like that they allow for curved building techniques...

[@djserious9341]

I bought a box of those brown pins at the pick a brick wall without knowing how I could use them and they have been sitting in that box for several months now. I love seeing how you use those with trees. I now have a good use for those pieces.

[@bricksculpt]

That's how pick a brick works you buy the pieces and they tell you what they want to be.

[@Klaevin]

I'm currently working on a fantasy tavern to put all the D&D figures in, and I wanted it to have angled walls> in fact, it has 2 angled walls that connect and this piece (and mostly the 3 and 4 versions of it) allow me to have normal walls connected to the baseplate, but angled walls that aren't. and because I have 2 angled walls connecting to each other, it's simpler to design with this piece, than with the old hinge pieces. The corners are able to connect to the baseplate

[@bricksculpt]

Sounds like a cool moc!

[@MattSitton]

This is honestly one of my favorite lego pieces

[@Neptune_Colt]

I like to stack them in 3s to make a brick (can be multicoloured) for curved walls

[@bricksculpt]

Nice idea

[@scottspov6360]

These are hands down my favorite elements to use for walls. What I've done is to stack the darker grey plate two high, then add a bottom later of the light grey to give it that proper masonry look. I'm really hoping we get the 1x3s and 1x4s in the dark and light grey so I can start making the castle walls I've been wanting to do.

[@trafficface]

The nintendo plates with the rounded corners are also fantastic for terrain in general.

[@Qoonutz]

This is a great piece. I bought a PAB tub full of this piece a while back.

[@TheBlackBrickStudios]

So I've been building model kits of mecha and spaceships for the last twenty years and these pieces make bringing them into Lego so easy. This piece is so useful in joints for small mechs, for adding bar attachment points on small ships, for adding panel detail in large mecha, and for greebling up big ships. This is one of the best pieces Lego has ever made.

[@bricksculpt]

I totally agree!

[@ReasonableRadio]

In so many designs I'm trying to find a creative way to join 2 plate-height pieces with a bar but I end up having to use weird hacks to get around it. You have that brick-height bar there which is great but a 2/3 height bar pieces would be incredibly powerful. That and making all the tiny pieces available in more colours like this lovely piece is. So many times I've used a piece in studio for a wonderful little detail only to find out it comes in black and medium azure only

[@Kevin-e9y3i]

You can make your own open stud pieces by drilling the studs from underneath. Also, the paper sticks from the “ Dum Dum “ brand will fit near perfectly in the open studs, with the additional benefits of cut to length, and custom coloring with Sharpies.

[@bricksculpt]

Those are some interesting Lego adaptations!

[@Kevin-e9y3i]

@@bricksculptYet another: the ink cartridge from the Pilot ink gel pen will fit snugly over Lego studs.

[@ajpink5880]

I feel like this bridges the gap between square bricks and rounded technic beams in a nice way, technic has always had nice angles like this but these parts make the concept a bit more accessible and slimmer for small spaces.

[@John.Banana.]

There's also a version with bars in the middle, used mostly for connections

[@strider3438]

Wow, that city shot was breathtaking, very cool

[@bricksculpt]

Thanks

[@boxxedsoulsby]

I remember when this first came out. Seems so much longer ago than 6 years, and yet also seems like yesterday.

[@EthanNeal]

A use I've come up with is detailing a map of the coastal marshes of Louisiana. The rounded ends give a more organic look, and there's plenty of ponds disconnected from the Gulf but are right next to it, so the holes in the plate help give the pockmarked look in going for. I've designed a lot of the coastal parishes (Terrebonne and Plaquemines) and it works really well!

[@bricksculpt]

That sounds cool

[@fieldie]

5:28 I used clear red ones of these for red tail light bars on a Lambo build i made, they look great!

[@bricksculpt]

That sounds like a cool useage of this piece.

[@ShyGuyXXL]

I'd love a 1x1 version of this. Sure, it would be really similar to a 1x1 round plate with hollow stud, but it wouldn't have the thinner bottom, which would be great for making more seamless cylindrical shapes.

[@bricksculpt]

Yes yes yes yes yes ultimate detail piece!!!

[@logicianbones]

And more stable! I often find a need for it. (The 1x1 open-stud round plate we have can wobble too much in some applications since its lowest side isn't as wide as a 1x1 square plate.)

[@ShyGuyXXL]

@@logicianbones The closest we have is part Nr. 20482, (Tile, Round 1 x 1 with Bar and Pin Holder), Which you could put a hollow stud on upside down, but... well, then you're upside down.

[@bricksculpt]

I agree

[@ShyGuyXXL]

@@bricksculpt I just had another idea for a piece. A 1x1 round tile... but with a bar hole in the center. Not a hollow stud, but just a hole that a bar fits into.

[@DuartJansen]

7k subs? Bro, you deserve so many more! At least you got me to subscribe after seeing a couple of your videos! Keep up the good work!

[@bricksculpt]

Thank you so much and welcome aboard!

[@cowboybarbaryn1302]

I’m much more of a bionicle/technic builder myself, mostly using system as detailing or filling, but even with that use aside I’ve been getting tons of use out of these pieces

[@foodisscarce]

found your channel through your obelisk videos! as both an aspiring engineer and an avid lego enthusiast i find your videos very interesting and cannot wait to implement some techniques into my own builds. keep at it :)

[@bricksculpt]

Awesome, thank you!

[@clopec]

When using the Pythagorean triplets technique, these pieces are great for locking the corners between two straight, but non-orthogonal walls. This technique was used in the boutique hotel modular.

[@bricksculpt]

I like that application!

[@ExtraLargeGarfield]

All pieces will have open studs in the future

[@pinobluevogel6458]

Just as a detail piece, it is great. I use them for trees, since they are round and make for a more organic shape. Like you, I also fortify my branches with the small branch elements to stick leaves and such onto the brown base of the tree and under the branches and greenery themselves too. Thanks for the video, great ideas!

[@bricksculpt]

Lots of good tips! Thanks!

[@pinobluevogel6458]

@@bricksculpt Well, technically I didn't give any tips, at least not something that was already mentioned in your video.

[@StoccoPschiozzoLego]

I'm a 80's castle guy. I will keep building straight. But maybe I could use some of those techniques to make trees as those had organic shapes already in the 14th century.

[@hylje]

Uh do you have a source for that assertion?

[@AngieTheCatGD]

Can’t watch this right now, but looks cool! Will finish tomorrow morning, I’m tired.

[@mikerasnick3988]

The Spanish company Tente had that piece as far back as 1988. I'm sitting next a tank that I built in O.D. Green plastic and the double barrel use two of them for that. It's my own custom build using all Tente bricks. At the time LEGO had no modern military sets, and color ranges that had O.D. Green.

[@LioncityMOCS]

I love using this for micro tank threads!

[@bricksculpt]

That's a cool application

[@Anfernyrocks]

I love that technique for making the tree branches stronger! Great video

[@bricksculpt]

Thank you!

[@strider3438]

Treadmill is lovely! ❤

[@bricksculpt]

Thanks !

[@cursive3807]

Awesome video! lots of inspiration!

[@bricksculpt]

Thanks so much!

[@Tigerbricks11]

This piece is one of my favorites. Been waiting for this video. I appreciate how they can be angled 90 degrees especially acute angles in addition to their curving ability, and my favorite method is relieving tension in builds. I’d love to see LEGO remake something like the Hobbit Unexpected Gathering with a piece like this.

[@bricksculpt]

Hope you enjoyed it!

[@chrisroode]

I was blown away two days ago that you can create a 3,4,5 right triangle using the 1x6 plate as the hypotenuse. It works because fence post problem reduces its length to 5 spaces between the studs. This could be great in lengths up to six long.

[@bricksculpt]

Yeah a 6 long version would be nice.

[@Hamuel]

Wow I'm on time That tread mill is awesome

[@bricksculpt]

Thanks!

[@brotherbor]

This piece has rescued me so many times

[@diatonicdelirium1743]

Great tip on those branch pieces; I let my grandson build the creator 4956 house and the green was falling off all the time - now I know what to do! Like you, I bought a huge amount of these (and carrots, to have a 'purpose') because they were cheap enough ;)

[@BAUFmanBricks]

If Lego finally makes a dual studded piece this is it! This is where they should start. It would be like 4081b

[@pauldeddens5349]

I have a feeling Lego intentionally avoids it. Not because its useful, of course it is. But exactly the opposite. The less parts available means more creative use of parts. Why slap a double studded 1x2 round when you can use it as an opportunity to teach stud reversal?

[@willadeefriesland5107]

This piece can allow freer movement with adjacent 1x2 hinge plates. The 90° of the hinge doesn’t encounter a 90° face...

[@bricksculpt]

I like that tip thanks!

[@carlmartinez7532]

ive mustly seen them to make mech arms, with some bars they can make really good articulation

[@JeremyWamhoff]

OMG I've been wondering what to do with those little brown branches too! I just got a ton of them from the PAB Wall as I was just trying to top off my box at the Lego Store. I'm totally locking down my tree's like this! Thanks!

[@bricksculpt]

Your welcome!

[@Furry-xr4hp]

i also love just how it looks

[@BrickArts_Inc.]

I ❤ the 1x2 plate round. ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@DoctorBrickz]

Wow, this is inspirational

[@bricksculpt]

Thanks!

[@ShatyUT]

Another great video! I just got a bunch of these recently from the PAB wall. Something told me there’s lots to do with them. Now you’ve shown it. 🙌🏻

[@bricksculpt]

Thanks!

[@timfolly7323]

I have never found them on a PAB wall. I am always looking. My luck, they will be pink when I do find them. 😂

[@HappyHackingVideoBlog]

I'm loving this channel!

[@bricksculpt]

Thank you so much

[@Dacuteone08]

Great video! I have a lot of those pieces but in different colors! Have you done a video of a tour of your city?

[@bricksculpt]

Yes I have but it was a while back. I'll work on a new one soon

[@Dacuteone08]

@@bricksculpt sweet!!!

[@trevorwilliams470]

An even easier stud reversal for anti-studs is putting 1x1 round tiles with vertical bars into the holes on this piece

[@davidhopkinson6647]

I've seen these used as a rounded roof - I was also thinking you could use blue/white to make water waves.

[@bricksculpt]

Interesting idea

[@jossdeiboss]

Because it occupies less space than a normal 1x2 brick, you can use a tons of this to build train level crossings on a curve, where you have less than 1x2 space on the inside of the curve. You allow 2x2 plates to shift just enough to fit. Something you cannot do with just jumper plates.

[@bricksculpt]

I like that idea! I have never done much with LEGO trains but always found them interesting.

[@michaelnurse9089]

When I first saw this piece I was in love. Had to buy every copy I could. Difficult to separate sometimes...

[@bricksculpt]

Yes it doesn't like to separate that's true!

[@chocolate_maned_wolf]

this channel has gotten more popular congrats

[@bricksculpt]

Thanks!

[@BeakieHelmet]

This reminds me of "better blocks" in the 90's, 2x2 rounded pieces was their whole gimmick!

[@edwardlees4585]

I used almost an entire big pick-a-brick cup of these in dark tan to make a vase for my botanical collection flowers.

[@bricksculpt]

I like that idea!

[@brucenh9076]

We still need the analog in a 1x2 brick. With a ton of those in light or dark gray you could make great rounded castle towers with varying diameters (yes, you can do this with plates, but it's pretty cost-prohibitive). There was a clone brick company that had those at one point, but my purist heart wouldn't let me go that way.

[@dilbert0815]

So LEGO has cloned a genuine part from some creative company and you call them a clone company? Your purist heart follows a company that 'copied' a Kiddycraft design and today sues more than designs. It's more like an affection for Nestle today than for a valuable outsider. The outsider are the ones you call clone company.

[@TommySkywalker11]

I've gotten a lot of use of this piece for making more rounded and articulating small creature builds like Pokemon

[@JLikesStarWars]

Dude stud reversal it with that 1x1 round tile with bar piece

[@KWHCoaster]

1:18 Great looking wall segment! I have a bunch of these parts, mostly from botanical sets.

[@bricksculpt]

Thanks!

[@lucahermann3040]

I don't know if you've spotted them yet, but there are 260 of these plates hidden inside the base I designed for the Washington Monument, using the building technique you showed at 7:56 to position the 50 flag poles in a perfect circle.

[@bricksculpt]

Yeah I did notice there are a lot of them!

[@redsuitstuds]

I can't tell you how many times I'm working on a MOC and struggling, only to find my solution with these rounded 1x2 pieces. They're one of the best LEGO Pieces of all time

[@bricksculpt]

I couldn't agree more!

[@AC-xj7qt]

I love this, learned so much. Thanks

[@bricksculpt]

You are so welcome!

[@ghostypip]

I made an entire moc using almost exclusively that piece of a pirate ship getting attacked by a kraken, since then it's become my favorite piece!

[@bricksculpt]

Sounds like a cool moc!

[@wariojoe8726]

Great video 👍

[@bricksculpt]

Thanks

[@ГеоргиКостадинов-у7д]

As a Technic builder - this is a mini Technic brick/beam essentially. The hole is different, the utility is similar.

[@reddannyo3863]

I found these pieces really help make the look of the Lego ideas fossils set , 21320 !!

[@darioferretti3758]

Can't wait for when "PLATE 1X2, ROUNDED, NO. 2" comes out

[@bricksculpt]

Lol

[@morphles]

I also think this and in general open stud stuff is super amazing. I like to build some "over-engineered stuff" and it's amazing as mini technic thing. I.e. I have one speed champions scale car with steering (& suspension) on rebrickable, and although there I used technic for steering, I'm working on another one, and I'll be relying on these for steering mechanism (well not 100% sure, but 99% sure :) ), so overall insanely good piece. Similarly now (well I guess for quite some time) that there is 1x1 round with open stud, I do not see much point in closed stud one, apart from some decorations, and for me often that is somewhat secondary after structural and functional matters.

[@bricksculpt]

I like that you refer to it as mini technic I like that.

[@GenoppteFliese]

I ordered them discounted and by weight ( in steps of 1 kg ) from webricks in different colors and if you really want a wide range of colors look at vendors selling GoBricks pieces ( they offer 10 different trans-colors ! ). Using your wall structure with solid and transparent pieces mixed you can not only create walls but the curved fronts of modern building. Or a nicely colors pen holder if you are more into practical designs ... I also like the trick used by MEGA to create the rounded structure of Castle Greyskull without using that piece.

[@dalitrh]

Since I like to mix Lego and technics, this piece is perfect! But I wish buying in small bulk was a bit cheaper. I'm an artist in the starting pit, and Lego is not a cheap medium 😜

[@bricksculpt]

You and me both!

[@pauldeddens5349]

I really want a good sandbag proxy. These are about as close as it gets, but they are just half a stud too small in every direction. And a great sandbag piece would have a bit of curve to it on the top. Theres pretty much no way to do that with these. The smooth tiles look good, but not great. Then theres those awful Megabloks style sandbags that just look hideous. Is there any techniques you can think of to make nicer looking sandbags? Or chain link fences. Aside from jail bars, those large 8x8 or 10x10 grate plates, and the JP style electric fence, theres no good way AFAIK of making minifig scale chainlinked fencing. I think for both the best solution requires clever usage of existing parts, but I cant think of what parts would look good without being too clunky or too off model.

[@bricksculpt]

I have been trying to figure out a good chain link fence for awhile now.

[@GaborGubicza]

Thanks for sharing. That's pretty cool. I'd like to do a very detailed spaceship as a desk decoration

[@scottspov6360]

Oh! Where that branch snapped while you were bending it, one more layer of 1x2 with a securing 2x2 should fix that.

[@bricksculpt]

Yeah it would lol

[@Benlovescheese]

Tbh it’s already the present of Lego, it’s in nearly every set I buy now and it’s awesome.

[@willtg4508]

Can't wait to see how that obelisk turns out

[@lindboknifeandtool]

Yeah that’s a neat little build with that treadmill, I get it 😂

[@freak0429]

This would let Lego themselves make sets with more detail too!