I am not a fan of all the extra bricks needed to achieve you’re awesome solution, which I really like by the way. I’d rather invest in bricks I’m going to see above ground. Does that make sense?
Thank you so much for showing this Ingenious technique! I was watching Jangbricks and his ideas for using these new plates. Now after watching your video, I'm really looking forward to incorporating these into my city! I love the clean look of your curb. I just need to finish up my castle display renovation, and I think this might be my next project!
I have never used a road plate in my city because of space, but now with the new road plates I will be getting them because I will be building a bridge with them.
I've been watching so many of these Adapting to the New Road Plate System videos over the last few weeks, but your solution is by far the easiest and most creative one I've seen!
Thank you for sharing this solution. I was undecided about the new roads, but after your video I went out and bought a few an am very happy with the outcome. Fantastic for a small space!
I am using these in my city because of space, but mostly due to the versatile nature of the new road plates. With your baseplate solution, the math works because the baseplate without the studs is equal to 1/2 of a plate, so when laying the baseplate on top of plates with a tile, everything lines up and lays neatly in place. I’ve been using this method for well over a year and this is why I’m making the switch to the new roads. Glad to see you’re doing sewers. You can also use this new curb height to make small ramp transitions for wheel chair figures. Love seeing your videos.
Very nice! I am so pleased to see the baseplate sitting right on top of the studs and lining up perfectly, raising up my modulars is going to be way easier and less parts-intensive than I thought. Love the drains in the gutter too that looks so good!
Thank you for this great video. I am about to move into a new house and have decided to do a whole room shelf layout. This has opened my eyes to all the possibilities with having a smaller footprint. I also like the extra sewer details you did.
@@MrBookieboo I’m actually going to try to design a racetrack with these. It basically just gives you a 16x16x2 starting point, and the curves + edges can be done with regular plates and tiles.
I like them. I never liked the road baseplates because of size limitations for my city. Before the new road system I’ve just used 16x32 dark bluish gray baseplates as a road. Thank you for the tip about how to lock in modulars and the bit about using extra road pieces to hold up the modular. That is very useful!
I mentioned this before in a different video, to me these roads have a lot of flexibility but the cost for the new road system and to widen the roads and to elevate all the buildings and surroundings seems a little much when you are on a budget. I rather put my money into modulars and mocs. I just started my city and am inspired by your city and copied the basic setup since the trains are important to me as well. I hope you don’t mind but your setup is just perfect for my spare room what is about 9x15 feet. Thanks for all the great videos so far. Do you have a video that shows the track layout? Robert
I think the new road plates are good but unless you set everything thing else up to match their height or are using them as a bridge they aren’t really that usable
I think I’ve watched about 50 videos on this subject now that I’m actually trying it..and I like this idea best! Adding 1 more plate and I’ll be able to do curved railway track too! Thanks 🤘
Great video!!! I didn't think of adding a few studs yet, great idea! I like the flexebillety that they give but they are to expensive to switch. I'm still at the old ones from the 80's 😉
I was totally against the new road plates when they were shown for the first time, and when we saw how they looked I was even more against using them. But seeing videos from you and other Lego enthusiasts showing how you can use them and adapt them to your wants and needs I am much more positive. I have the old light grey roadplates you showed in the beginning of you video for roads in my town, but I plan to expand with another level, and I can very well see myself using the new road system for the new area, and also for an area that is raised now and not connected to the rest of the city as it will allow me to make more sidewalks and details (like storm drains) in front of my modulars.
At first I wasn't a fan of them, untill I got 2 of the road sets, and saw Jangbricks video on them. I then went into bricklink studio and was playing around, and came up with a system to make them at least 2 or 3 studs wider and using what JANG, shown I implemented some of the things he shown into it. What I did was add the 2x4 tiles in the side slits and put the grass parts along it and added the 1x4 in the areas between, it leaves 2? studs on the sides, I think. Then I put 2x2 plates on corners and centers of then building tiles. Corners where cross walks was interesting, but it all comes down to tiles and plates. What I did is kinda similar but quite, but base plates you can but little 2x4 or 2x2 plates under it spaced out. I then tried it with the physical ones with the little 3 in 1 creator buildings I do have. I really like them, as someone who didn't get any of the older road plates. I'll definitely be getting more, there is lots you can do with them.
Great video! I like the look of the new plates with the curb. My only reservation is it would cost a lot of money to convert my city. I will still use the old system for now. Thanks for the video!😀👍
awesome technique mate :) i really wish the sets came with more 2x4 grey tiles. Hopefully we'll be able to buy them from bricks and pieces at some point :)
@@MrBookieboo im sure you've already thought of this, but the left over sloped ends that come with these new plates make nice shims for the modulars too
Lego knew EXACTLY what they were doing when the designed these new road plates. It's all just a gimmick to make you buy MORE lego in order to make it compatible with your city builds. Curious to see if Modulars going forward will include these plates and what they will do with curved road plates.
Seems like a lot of extra work to level the buildings with the new roads. I have a couple sets of these road plates because I have a city section with 5 modular sets on a coffee table. Until we can get a house (and get my vast Legoland out of storage,) the little set up satisfies, in a small way, my need for a Legoland. The plates help create a more city look than seeing the table top outside of the buildings. But when I can put out my full Legoland...I'll be sticking with the olde timey road plates.
Great video! I have a really small city right now (in hopes of making it much larger in the future) and these plates are perfect for me because I never had enough of the "old ones" to begin with, My city is also heavily inspired by Boston (very narrow streets) so for me, I love them! I will say, as an AFOL who focuses on emergency vehicles in the 5-6-7 wide scale, I was concerned about space, but they actually fit very well!
All my old plates went to my kids and as I am starting my collection(again ) I am already shifting to the new road plates. I really don’t have a lot of room so I think at least for me they will work perfectly 😁
was cool to see you do a new tutorial clip. pretty much was that. im still on the intrigued boat I guess because my lego town is small so they may work better for me. only building time will tell.
I Love the way your curbs look with the gutters. I have my City on MILS, but it is all level. Think I may raise mine. Using them underneath works well, but seems like will cost alot more, but I am not crunched for space.
I'm one of the sceptics. But after seeing this video and also Robin Hood Bricks take on it I am definitely more positive. I just wish they had made it even more flexible. You can't for example put a piece of track on it and get a flush rail crossing. A bit of a lost opportunity. But hopefully they will expand the range with some new plates with more possibilities. And of course curves. A 45 degree curve 🤤
I like the idea of having completely modular road plates, because that way you would never need to also buy intersections when you actually want straights (of course they could just sell the god damn straights seperately). I wouldn't even mind them being incompatible with baseplates, but they're just too small. Any cars wider than 4 studs (+ tires and shit) are super awkward on the new system. Possible reason right here why we've only gotten super small trucks so far.
of course you can make it work if you just add more plates to the sides, but they don't include those extra plates and not everyone can /wants to afford to buy a ton of extra plates
I'd like the new plates more if they weren't discontinuing the baseplates. Together, they're great, and the potential for bridges/highways makes me want them, but the fact is that it'll eventually be very expensive to get baseplates. Plus even if you can mod the new plates, getting the parts to do so is gonna be expensive. You also get a lot less road for about the same price. There isn't even an out of the box way to make turns with the new system at the moment (this could be remedied in the future, though).
I think yours is one of the best explanations I've seen of how to use the new road plates and I like that you're positive about the flexibility that the new road plates seem to offer A comment if I may: Underneath the modular you really need two plates high so that the studs of the two plates are supporting the modular baseplate at the same height as at the front. Using a new roadplate is only one plate + one tile high, so it doesn't have the studs. You could always put some plates in the recesses, I guess, but that seems an expensive way to do it. You can easily just use two (old) plates of any size to support the middle and back of the modular baseplate.
For me, I haven't started building my city yet having only got back to into LEGO again last year after my dark ages, so I don't have any road base plates, and I too have limited space for a city so the new road plates look good to me. I just hope they come out some corners. I do hope as you mentioned that maybe the LEGO Group might replace the base plates under the modulars and come out with a new 2 or 3 plate high 32x32 plate that is in system and we can retrofit it onto the existing modulars.
@@MrBookieboo I do also like the flexibility of the new 16x16 plates that give you a lot more options for lanes, cross walk locations, center islands, etc
Excellent video! It's nice to see someone with your time and "commitment" to the old plates, present an excellent use case/discussion. So many people just freaked out about the change simply because it was change. I totally understand they have committed time and money to building with the old roads but, again, so many just spouted off, mostly without trying them or doing any evaluation. I've seen complaints about the rectangles but I also see the opportunity to add islands/construction barriers/etc. rather than just the lines. I also was having a problem understanding why it was such a big deal that they are 2 high, not a hard fix (as you presented) but I do like how you did the sewers. If someone is building a city, I'd think they'd have plates laying around that can be used. There are so many 3rd parties that make the old style road and/or plates that, while it may not be a perfect match (or LEGO), would work just fine. The only non-LEGO thing I've ever used is large plates/baseplates, which could also be cheaply used under existing bp. The only point I'll concede is price. I agree with many that it could be better priced for the size or even sold without all the pieces that could go into an "Xtras" poly pack.
Thanks for sharing your ideas and tips, Im currently integrating the new plates only in some sections of my city where I need space, ramping up from the old road plates. A visual problem I have with the new plates is now my dark bley sidewalks blend in too much so I plan to turn them all light bley
New road plates are good unless you dont mind making modifications and putting extra bricklink orders otherwise previous version of road baseplates works better with modulars
Not bad what you have done with them.....I like the flexibility with them and actually considering incorporating them in the next phase of my city expansion
I’m just starting my city, and I’m torn on how to set it up. I don’t have any road plates at all yet, old or new, but I do have about a half dozen baseplates in blue, green, and white that I was going to use as the base. I have a lot of the outdoorsy Creator sets, so I’m going for a mountain town theme here. My current thought is tiled bike paths and sidewalks on the 16x32 baseplates through most of the town and keep any roads on the edge. I’ll probably buy some of the new ones when I get ready to lay the road down.
Controversial opinion I think the new system is better they connect in a less obvious than the older system plus with the new ones you can build a parking lot or garage without the need to use a sideways building technique and it’s much easier to use overall
I do like the higher curbs, but the new road plates are less smooth than the actual road base plates. It just seems like the tarmac is all patched up, which is not something I appreciate on a larger scale. If the road base plates are harder to get, I think I'd rather build roads with tiles. They will not be as smooth as the current base plates, but have more character than these 2 by 4 tiles connecting the new system up. I get the idea Lego had by making roads modular as well, but I'm not convinced they will be the solution for me.
I've split opinions about the new road plates. In a lot of cities they look nice. I've always thought that the pavement (sidewalk) on the old road plates - plus pavement on a modular building - ended up with a too wide pavement. But at the same time I don't like the groves that you can see in the new road plates. But these plates won't change anything for me. I have chosen to use neither type - I wanted streets with tram tracks, so I brick-built my streets instead. But I must say that I bought a pack of the new ones just to play around with.
I like the flexibility of the new road plates. Only thing i am not sold on yet is if Lego will come out with a curve, slant or even a round about. I have seen some MILS plates for curves but they don't very good yet. Also with your fire station garage. have you thought about how a curb would connect with the new road plates. Are you using sloped pieces or some sort?
I’m not sure how they would do a curved road. My city is basically a grid, so It’s not too much of an issue for me. I use 2x4 rounded slopes at the fire station which line-up perfectly with the new roads and my higher curbs. Check out my insta posts for more details.
@@MrBookieboo Check out the channel Teal Bricks in Paradiso, he made a 3d Model on the computer that shows how Lego could make a new curved elemement, also his channel and project looks awesome, keep up the great work, your City is one of the absolute best.
Agree on the curves. I know many just build straight blocks. But sometimes you have an area outside the city too. The MILS look good but also requires an insane amount of pieces. Not everyone could justify that. Also remember LEGO is aimed mostly at children. Having out of the box curves like the old road plates certainly benefits their ability to play. Race track anyone? My vote though goes to a 45 degree curve for the new road plate line.
Great video discussion and ideas! Great tips! I don’t understand all the drama behind these to be completely honest. Isn’t the point of Lego to use what you want and build in whatever suits your style, builds, and aesthetic? If one likes the road plates use them. If one likes the new road system then great. If, like me, one likes to make brick or tile built roads then go for it. To me, this new road system adds another option for folks. It’s certainly great for smaller kids to have pro looking roads very easily. I know my kids when little would have preferred the new road system. It also, for folks like me who don’t need/want them as roads, makes a good parts pack with some unique pieces and traffic accessories that can be used for Mocs. Also…just because Lego comes out with something doesn’t mean we “have to” use them. So to me…what’s all the “drama” about? I love your attitude Mark!
I was thinking to use the new plates as roofs for buildings, specially skyscrapers. The studs can be used to install the antennas, air conditioner, grilles, cables ... any detail of a roof. And you get the rest of the roof already tiled, no extra pieces In addition, if it works as a roof it also works as the floors of an office building. On the spaces with studs can be placed the columns or furniture, decoration. A normal 16x16 base plus the tiles, cost more than if we use these new road bases as a floor already tiled.
I like them in my small City, don't have space for the old road. Adding plates to widen road is the best part, or for a large tiled landing platform for star ships. Thanks for the tips on connection with baseplates. Brye
I would use such roads for smaller streets and stay with classic ones for main avenues :D It feels a bit odd, that the new roads are so shiny and have these perfect reflections.
How are you going to deal with the transition from the old to the new road system? There is a "bump" there. I am curious to understand how you can solve that issue.
to fill in the gap where the creator expert bulding sits i'm going to use corflute ( the samething signs are made from ) & use that as a filler as it will be cheaper that trying to use lego plates under the bulidings
Great video! I really like your solution, it it much less part heavy than a lot of other designs I have seen. I personally really like the new roads and I am in the lucky position of having just started my city recently so I am not invested in the old plates and design my city around the new ones from the beginning.
The only problem I have is that I spend a fortune basing my city on the old system. Other than that I really like all the possibilities that comes with new roads like bridges, two lane highways and wider/narrower streets.
These possibilities would also be available with the old road system. If you have problems with limited build space, a MOC road would be the best choice! You can also flatter about the new roads. ^^
IMO the new road system is good for kids in general. Just 1 or 2 sets of these would do fine for any kid. They'd have some roads with the new sets and can build their city without limits. With the old road system you'd need so many plates to build a descent and variable enough city.
I like the new plates but it’s a very expensive alternative. Great video, but you’re very quietly spoken so had to turn volume right up, which was an issue when an ad popped up.
I haven't built the roads in my city yet. I do have a narrow space too, and wasn't planning on using the old roadplates due to space limitations. This might be a good option :).
12:30 Actually that's not supported, because the modular's baseplate is sitting on two layers of plates, plus the studs of the upper plate, while the road plate piece you're using to support the back is two plates high, but has no studs on top. A baseplate sitting on studs is exactly the height of one plate, but you're missing the studs there. I would recommend using a framework of all the ridiculous, difficult colours of plates (eg. pinks and light blues) that everyone has a bunch of sitting around, to build up under the modulars. As for the rest, it looks rather good. The only trouble is getting all the parts to build out the roads and sidewalks like that. If you don't have a thousand spare 2x2 and 2x4 dark grey tiles to spare, it could get pricey..
I know I’ve commented on some old videos so not sure you’ll even notice - but curious why not use MILS for the new road plates + modulars? Would you use MILS if started a new city? I’ve been doing that so far, and feel it really makes aligning and configuring the layouts really easy. A lot of parts I know. Love your content!
@@MrBookieboo No, not like you did in the video, the road is slightly elevated over the pavement part of the Assembly Square but I like the look regardless. I don't have any displays as such, I wanted them both for animations I have planned.
Hi i'd like to use those new road plates for a Star Wars hangar for the arrival of the emperor with the imperial shuttle instead of building a costly floor with base plates and tons of grey tiles, is it a good option? Thanks
I like it and plan to get them. As you'd mentioned, they're perfect for smaller spaces as they free up more room, offer more creativity and I love your raised sidewalks. It looks cool.
Ich hoffe Lego erweitert das neue System immer Mal wieder.Die alten Strassenplatten gab es in ein paar Ausführungen im Sortiment,selten bei mir zu kaufen als ich Jung war, aber es gab keine wirkliche Erweiterung.
I think I like the new roads but gotta get rid of my old roads funding for the new road system is going to be rough. But a hybrid model for my small layout will be fine. I do like that some of the new city sets come with them. Curves maybe a challenge as well.
If you want to go studs to the wall on the saving space, you could glue the baseplates directly to the wall and build the whole city at a 90 degree angle, SNOT style.
I kind of like the lego-ness of the new road plates, you know? The old base plates are a little weird in how they are different from regular lego in terms of thickness, that always stood out a little bit for me. I do really enjoy the printed roads on the old base plates, though, I wonder how curves would work with these new plates, how to do curved lines without them being blocky. I saw another video of someone's lego city incorporating the new road plates, and they just had really wonky blocky curves, using tiles to kind of approximate the way printed curves look.
curves for me don’t line up at all with the new road plates , throws the entire city planning and block count off , seems you wither go new plates or old (i am taking the old old ones ) . i think i am showing my age about how well i liked the old plates .
These are actually a really good edition. I will be using them to build a ramp for cars to enter a ferry in my Lego city harbor. Maybe even an elevated road.
Before this I was massively against the new road plates. However, you Sir have changed my mind. I'm already planning on how I can integrate them into my own builds!
@@MrBookieboo definitely! I can see why some people love them and some people hate them but it’ll be interesting to see everyone’s different methods on integrating them into cities.
They look good, no question about that. However to make them wider, or to adjust to fit the modulars you must add more bricks accordingly so now you have to buy more lego to make adjustments? I guess so right....ill stick to the original base plates, plus i like the room for parking cars next to the building. The_Lego_Den
Correct, you would have to use more pieces to widen them and you do loose the street parking but that could be corrected with . . . More bricks. I was never really a fan of the T-junctions as parking, I just did that to use up the Ts.
I like the new road plates. They integrate more with other system bricks and I feel like that extra compatibility is a good thing. Like you said, it creates more options like having 2 lanes in each direction. You could also widen the lanes by adding those half plates on each side. Or using other bricks too, I imagine.
