Tips and Tricks #4
Posted by Catarino,
Hi everyone, Tiago here with yet some more Tips and Tricks!
Today we have kitchen equipment, a way to start your playground MOC, and an essential build for all your LEGO Cities roadwork and construction sites!
Microwave
Inspired by my kitchen build, and using the same technique of the oven, the microwave was born! A nice addition to any modern LEGO Kitchen, or your LEGO canteens and offices!
As always, a list of pieces and instructions on Youtube:
https://youtu.be/iT8phdyE5aA
Swing
I had a failed concept of the swing laying around my studio for over a month until the solution to hold the top bar came across my mind!
This has been one of the most fun tips I have built so far and probably my favourite of them all!
Roadblock
Sometimes simple elements combined in a smart way give life to very iconic day to day objects.
No more accidents in your LEGO City!
Until next time and don't forget, Build Something Fun Today!
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The swing is perfect! Thank you so much for your work!
The Empire thanks you for those roadblocks.
I like all of them, the swing is pretty ingenious! Thank you very much for sharing, I really enjoy discovering new ways to represent everyday objects in Lego form.
Everything is awesome!!! ;-)
Those roadblocks are great!
Keep these posts coming.
My two cents on the swing!
So ingenious, these little builds. My son and I are enjoying trying to build these everyday. I only wish I had enough parts in some of these colours.
Keep the videos coming, they are great!
Absolutely fantastic! Love the microwave and will definitely incorporate it into my own MOCs. Always been looking for a small compact, yet still detailed and recognisable microwave, and this is it! Master designs from a master former LEGO designer!
These articles are brilliant, completely fresh and interesting. We need more and more of these. This is exactly the sort of stuff Brickset should be publishing.
Love all of them, but especially the microwave.
Keep up the great work Tiago, it is very appreciated! Btw I've Subscribed to your channel :)
All these builds are fantastic! Learning a lot too!
I realized that your name is Tiago Reis Catarino. Are you brazillian?
Thank you Tiago for the tips this time again. The swing is very cool, and will soon be built here so that my daughter's Lego/city/Friends/zombie park will grow a bit and look more joyful and animated :)
Road Blocks ("newjerseys", as we say engineers here) are just perfect and yet so simple! Thanks!
It’s as if that keypad print was made for the microwave - it works so well!
love them roadblocks.
I try to build at least 1 tip per tutorial, love them!
That microwave looks like an illegal building technique. That panel piece seems stressed.
Thanks for the feedback guys! More to come for sure :)
@Gabriel Sou Português ;)
@Tuun, yes, a little bit, but does it matter? :) There are panels with thiner walls that would make the build legal, the transparent elements would also fall off because the assembly would be too loose.
Those tiles with the black and yellow hazard stripes, they're just the best pieces ever, aren't they?
I love the swing!