LEGO City Update - New Modular Part 8 - Fast Food Corner MOC - Digital Design 💡🏹 

Thanks Robin for this video, definitely helps to see all the hard work and process of thinking behind the magic of bricks. I'm not currently a digital designer myself so all these advices are warmly welcomed.

Definitely more satisfying to watch the second time round, I like that all the videos are together in playlists, so much more to watch again... 👌✨🐱🐈👍

Always loving this modular

I very rarely build things completely from scratch, I usually modify Lego's own designs with bricks i already own (having inherited bricks from older siblings has helped with this).

This was wonderful to watch. Thank you for sharing with us how you use LDD. It really helped me to understand more about how the program works. Very informative and helpful video.

Thank you for taking the time out to make this video, I have started to use LDD to design my first MOC. Looking forward to you next videos, especially when you start Studio!

This was very informative. Thank you for taking the time to produce this video, which I realize is no small task. Appreciate your efforts as always and very much look forward to your future videos.

Great video and showing all the steps you did in creating the MOC. I love how you can just copy details over and over as you change them up to see if they work better or sometimes worse. Thanks again for sharing you plans

It’s so cool to see it designed!

Great insight on how you came up with the ideas for the build and fantastic techniques in coming up with the design.

Awesome video Robin! Very informative for sure. I would love to see a design series in the future. Thank you for sharing your awesome build with us viewers. I can't wait to see more!

Very interesting to see another builders design process! 🙂

Great explanation! I find it quite hard to describe the design process so I think you've done that really well. It's amazing that you use a very similar 'colour-coding' scheme for some elements of your draft builds because I do exactly the same. I use colours that I'm unlikely to use in the build itself. I also use pink plates for the connections between floors although I use dark pink ones. It's then easy to select all those bricks in that colour and move them out of them out of the way when I want to separate the floors again. I also colour-code the plates layer separating the floors and I tend to use bright green. It looks terrible but it's a high-contrast way of seeing very clearly where the levels lie and whether they line up, that's especially useful when you're building up the plate layer between levels but also when you have floors that are part-built or changing shape. I've found that there are major advantage to digital building, that solve some of the frustrations in 'real' building: - obviously the ability to use parts that you don't have, in colours that you don't have, and as many of them as you like.; - the ability to 'clone' either the whole build or parts of a build, either for using the same thing multiple times or for trying lots of different versions of changes; - the ability to save versions so you can go back to and compare, see how it used to look, or pull in things that worked before but you have since 'broken' or changed.; - just the ability to undo when something doesn't work. That's very frustrating when building in real bricks; - the ability to change colours in situ. Very useful when you're colour-coding bricks in the build that you want to change colour later, or if you find bricks are expensive in one colour you can change the design to cheaper bricks (easier in Studio which has selections for colours that are actually available and an indication of price); - the ability to 'hide' bricks (make them invisible) so that you can see through areas of the build that you've already done and see inside the builds. - lots of other features, like the 'conflict' feature in Studio which tells you when elements interfere with each other or don't fit together properly. On the other hand it's also useful to mock up some things in real bricks so that you can check out how they really fit together. It's especially useful for any bricks that use hinges or curves as they can be difficult to test in LDD or Studio and some constructions can be difficult to visualise on a flat screen. Very interested to see more of this kind of discussion. Max

You did a awesome job on that from start to finish thanks

Very good content. Well worth watching in my opinion! I wouldn't mind seeing this more often (even for the smaller builds)

This is exactly what I was looking for. Great to see your process. It's crazy how much work goes into these!

Im currently designing a lego starwars moc but im still learning how to do this

This is the most creative and detailed MOC I have ever seen! You give Lego Group designers a run for their money. I happily supported this model on Lego Ideas. Thanks for sharing your process on LDD. I hope you will become familiar with Studio and do a video on that soon. I use Studio and it's marvelous.

That's an awesome video. I would really like to see more of the designing phase. Though I expect that's much more difficult to record as creativity cannot be forced: it needs just time to get each piece landed in the right order and place. Anyway, I enjoyed to see this final video.

Dude, amazing content as always. I think i want you commission a set for my city lol. Awesome to have someone representing an area in the UK as well :) Keep up the awesome work!!!!

Wow. Very detailed

Thanks again. Very interesting.

Very nice to see the development of your build. Interesting to hear your ideas. Maybe I should try to build a MOC digital because this looks great. In all angles

I appreciate all the hours of work and thought you put in making this MOC, it is a beautiful piece of art. I enjoyed every video too. Well done!

Well it is awesome to know how you designed this amazing modular. It’s so fun to see how it started! I can’t wait for the next modular!!!!!😁😁😁😊😊😀

That's a very nice video, thank you for showing us your design process. It shows the depth required to design something like this. I'm learning about Bricklink Studio and once you get the hang of it, it's a very good program.

Hey Robin, thanks for sharing your process using LDD. I can see that even with this, it must have taken you quite a while to work this out. It's awesome that you even worked in all the small details for the shops. It's clear now that your extensive planning here is what led to such a wonderful end product! Given the unknown times we're all going into, I hope to be able to keep enjoying all your work here as something to distract from everything else going on!

a little suggestion can you make a track switch between the two loop tracks around the city just so it looks realistic putting it just before a station is the best spot for it Anyways great video😁

With the high school I work at closed for Covid19, I could use one of your vids daily for the next few weeks... hahahaha!!!

This was really good to watch. Very informative. One day I'll get around to using Brick Link and such, but I need to deplete my existing collection first.

This is really interesting. I would love to see this with some of your other builds and see what goes in to the building and planning.

Nice demonstration of how you created your modular. You’ll love the improvements that Studio 2.0 has over LDD. One of which is the hide feature so you don’t have to move a load of bricks out of the way to look inside something. Also it highlights if you’re trying to use a colour of brick that doesn’t exist. Plus the hinging of bricks is so much easier to adjust. You’ll find it pretty easy to pick up. If you need any help just drop us a message.

I can see that the building process was much harder in LDD then in real life

You’ve just converted me, Rob! Studio 2.0 just finished downloading. Looking forward to a few more videos exploring it👌🏻

Although I built my funfair wagons and rides with real bricks I had the same problems. I needed to utilise the limited space (4 studs x 17studs x 3 or 4 bricks volume) the rest of the wagon base and cab are standard. Many attempts and alterations to get my rides to look good and still be packed down on the wagons.

Most excellent my friend

Loved this love football design helped a lot keep it up

holly cow people still use this app i thought i was the only one who still use it

You could build a whole city in Lego digital designer or bricklink studio, If you do not have the space for one!

How about integrating the new Lego ideas set with fossils of various dinosaurs. Would look great in a museum

Great video (as always😉) Myself, I use leocad for designing small Lego buildings. There catalog is bigger than the one from ldd. I'll download bricklink studio and give this a try, as you or someone in the comments said, bricklink is now in the hands of LEGO so maybe there catalog will be even better. Keep up you great video's, it's always a pleasure to hear real UK English and not the simplified version 🤣🤣

Well, that was remarkably close to my design process with the tiny but important change that I never used software before. So, I only ever used the pieces I had and changing things takes a lot more time because you need to take everything apart and put it back together instead of being able to just swap out pieces within a wall or something. I guess I'll have to get used to using one of the programs now. 🙈

I think another company is going to take over for LDD I think it just what people have been saying lately

Incredible, Rob! I really appreciate the amount of effort it takes to create such an impressive build! I’d definitely like to see more digital videos, and of course as always i’m looking forward to the next update and future builds!

Hello Robin Hood bricks😀may I have the part list of this fast food modular? I really want to build your fantastic design in my lego city🤤Thank you🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

I’m starting a collaboration with another RU-vidr of a modular MOC!!

Very nice!

Great video on your process, didn't seem like 40 mins! I very occasionally use digital means to plan a build, but I'm much more likely to just do the iteration thing in the brick, so to speak. Often my designs are driven by the pieces I actually have. Does that restrict me? Sometimes, perhaps, but I also feel that sometimes having too much choice (almost unlimited, as I would digitally) can be rather overwhelming and I don't get anywhere!

Spectacular information on your awesome design process and designs! Your way of explaining your thought process is truly impressive! It is extremely useful to us aspiring designers to see this detail on a truly complex and awesome design (your Fast Food MOC). BTW, I use BrickLink Stud.io, and having never used a design app in depth, I found it had a very quick learning curve! :-)

Crazy how u did it all pree pland on grafic 3d program in computer. Happy Lego Monday s man. Chilling in my man cave sheed virus is spreading so bean staying home my Lego city Dr s an shop s. Are missing lol I need shoping center an hospital. Outing in a fier station asap just did the fier rescue boat build was eazy as tho. But still adding customising as I go along now got spear brick an part s in lock bag s .making a lego drone an slowly building a custom roller coaster to carnival..hope Lego city dont get a virus.

Great job!! Just watching you go through each process iteration not only gave me good ideas, but showed me a couple of quick techniques for LDD. Realizing I should also change to studio.io I did manage to download it on my phone and put it on my computer. But since I have no internet I can't seem to finish the install. Point is I'm stuck with LDD for a while and I noticed you have about 15 more categories of pieces to choose from than I do. Is that also do to me using LDD offline or is there a way for me to get those bricks as well? Also video series idea for you. Start a design with some basic concepts. Post it with the intent of feed back on what and how to build next. It'd be like a build from the Robin Hood community. After each post take the best ideas you like from the comments and make that the next video, rinse, and repeat.

Nice

Good content

Love ur vids!

do you have paid instructions for these? The best modular moc I have seen so far

That was awesome Robin to see you have gone through so many versions of the designs, did you also used LDD for most of your others mocs like the gym and the bridge...etc, will also be interesting to see the new Stud.io when you learnt to used it 💕👍❤️

Please send it in to LEGO ideas.

Will you ever drop the studio/ldd file with parts and/or instructions?

Hi Robin, Very nice to see your journey throughout the design process of the MOC in LDD. I just recently began to use Studio, what are your thoughts on that tool? Thanks again for the video!

Very nice, Rob. I kind of liked the version with the golden 1-1 studs between windows and on the roof. Did it look too nice for a building next to the station, or what was the reason for the change into silver?

Will you do another modular building in this style?

I’ve never used design software. I just start building and see where I end up

Hi I'm here again lol

I've been enjoying using stud.io recently as brickbuilding time has been limited, and obviously not restricted by what I have to hand as well! Can you not create layers or sub-assemblies in LDD (eg each building level). Makes moving stuff around a lot easier especially when replicating stuff.

Is that all For season 1?

I been using Bricklink's Studio program and just uploaded my first vehicle MOC www.bricklink.com/v3/studio/design.page?idModel=129456

Question for you robin Why aren't your comments turned off? I post few basic lego hauls etc and youtube turn comments off.

Do you have instructions for sale anywhere??

Is it possible to get/buy a parts list and instructions?

Not Stud.io? huh, never heard of LDD. Cool MOC though!

But why does everyone keep using LDD instead of bricklink studio? Don’t normally design digitally. So someone explain

With stud.io you have all parts!

LEGO digital designer isn't supported anymore, which means u won't find any new bricks in it. Use stud.io instead....it's way better and is updated regularly...😀

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