GJBricks LEGO Blog

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The new LEGO Ideas Foosball/Table Football 21337 set was announced this week and these are my thoughts on whether or not it’s an own goal for LEGO.

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About the GJBricks LEGO YouTube Channel
Welcome to my LEGO Channel! I’m an AFOL builder focused on the joy and creativity of LEGO!

On this channel, you will find LEGO news and reviews, general interest videos and photos about LEGO and everything related to the joy of creating with it! I have my own unique, custom LEGO City called Studsburg with its fleet of LEGO Trains.

I’m fine with constructive criticism as well as polite disagreement!

Please help me keep this channel as a friendly, positive and safe environment to talk about LEGO! *

LEGO® is a trademark of the LEGO Group of companies and are in no way associated with this channel unless stated in the video description.

*There is a ZERO tolerance policy for disrespect, swearing, bullying, sexism, racism, etc. and no spam on my channels. All comments are moderated by me to protect people of all ages in the LEGO/LEGOS community. If you breach these rules you will be reported and blocked!

Note: if you are under 13, please visit YouTube Kids.

#lego #gjbricks

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I love sci-fi and I especially the variety of portals there are! These LEGO Portal Mocs are evolutions of the original portal I built based on a forest scene. Each LEGO scene build is inspired by movies and games such as Portal, Doom and Stargate and it even features some Muppet minifigures!

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If you buy using my affiliate links I get a small commission to help support my channel!

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https://twitter.com/gjbricks [LEGO News]
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https://anchor.fm/bagofbricks [LEGO podcast]

If you want to skip through the video:
00:00 Introduction
01:12 Forest Scene Moc
03:10 Ninjago Moc
05:09 Portal 2 Laboratory Moc
08:06 Wrapping up

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About this video
Why build portals? It’s something that’s always fascinated me. The idea of a wormhole or gateway to another dimension. And I think the original 1994 Stargate movie captured this beautifully!

The first LEGO Portal moc is an evolution of my original forest portal LEGO moc. But for this one, I wanted to do something a bit different and thought what if the portal had run into disrepair? So this features an overgrown scene with flowers, plants and vines that have taken over the portal causing barriers to fall and panels to fall off the portal. There’s even the helmet from a fallen traveller. Could the DOOM guy have visited?

For the second portal, I wanted to build something I could use in my LEGO City and I’ve had plans to build a Ninjago area for a while. So this has an Asian feel with a Japanese restaurant and a bright red torii leading to the lantern lines stairs that take you up to the portal itself.

And finally, the one I might be proudest of – although I love them all – is one based on one of my favourite games, Portal 2. That is set in the Aperture laboratories which have fallen into disarray since the fall of GLaDOS. I tried to capture some key features with the fallen tiles, half-built walls, and test buttons with their lines telling you how to activate them. An eerie white camera is watching you and recording what you do in the test. And just to finish the whole scene off, GLaDOS herself is lying on the floor with Dr. Bunsen Honeydew and Beaker from the muppets trying to repair her. What could possibly go wrong?

I really enjoyed making these and I’d love to know your thoughts on them. And also if you’d like me to show you how they are made!

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About the GJBricks LEGO YouTube Channel
Welcome to my LEGO Channel! I’m an AFOL builder focused on the joy and creativity of LEGO!

On this channel, you will find LEGO news and reviews, general interest videos and photos about LEGO and everything related to the joy of creating with it! I have my own unique, custom LEGO City called Studsburg with its fleet of LEGO Trains.

I’m fine with constructive criticism as well as polite disagreement!

Please help me keep this channel as a friendly, positive and safe environment to talk about LEGO! *

LEGO® is a trademark of the LEGO Group of companies and is in no way associated with this channel unless stated in the video description.

*There is a ZERO tolerance policy for disrespect, swearing, bullying, sexism, racism, etc. and no spam on my channels. All comments are moderated by me to protect people of all ages in the LEGO/LEGOS community. If you breach these rules you will be reported and blocked!

Note: if you are under 13, please visit YouTube Kids.

#lego #legomoc #legominifigures #stargate #gjbricks #scifi

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A small lego brick haul from Bricklink to help me with modifying my LEGO City 60337 Express Passenger Train, building an English-style Telephone box and a few other projects.

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If you buy using my affiliate links I get a small commission to help support my channel!

GJBricks on Social Media
https://gjbricks.com [LEGO Website]
https://twitter.com/gjbricks [LEGO News]
https://facebook.com/gjbricks [LEGO Social content]
https://www.instagram.com/gj_bricks/ [LEGO Photos]
https://www.flickr.com/photos/gjbricks/ [LEGO Pictures]
https://anchor.fm/bagofbricks [LEGO podcast]

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About the GJBricks LEGO YouTube Channel
Welcome to my LEGO Channel! I’m an AFOL builder focused on the joy and creativity of LEGO!

On this channel, you will find LEGO news and reviews, general interest videos and photos about LEGO and everything related to the joy of creating with it! I have my own unique, custom LEGO City, Studsburg with its fleet of LEGO Trains.

I’m fine with constructive criticism as well as polite disagreement!

Please help me keep this channel as a friendly, positive and safe environment to talk about LEGO! *

LEGO® is a trademark of the LEGO Group of companies and are in no way associated with this channel unless stated in the video description.

*There is a ZERO tolerance policy for disrespect, swearing, bullying, sexism, racism, etc. and no spam on my channels. All comments are moderated by me to protect people of all ages in the LEGO/LEGOS community. If you breach these rules you will be reported and blocked!

Note: if you are under 13, please visit YouTube Kids.

#lego #gjbricks

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In this custom LEGO City update, I’m going to focus on building the train tunnels just before the Train Station I showed in the last video. My goal was to give myself more space to add scenery, but also to make something a lot more interesting than just the usual straight train tunnel that’s easy to build. Hint: This was not an easy LEGO build and required some techniques I haven’t done before!

I’ve also been sure to add in lots of details such as a train signal, a small pond, lots of plants, and some pallets that have been abandoned.

Brick Railroad Modeller techniques:
https://brickmodelrailroader.com/index.php/category/building-techniques/

Buy LEGO online from:
Amazon.com.au: https://www.amazon.com.au?tag=gjbricks06-22
Amazon.com: https://www.amazon.com?tag=gjbricks0b-20
LEGO.com: https://bit.ly/buy-lego
If you buy using my affiliate links I get a small commission to help support my channel!

GJBricks on Social Media
https://gjbricks.com [LEGO Website]
https://twitter.com/gjbricks [LEGO News]
https://facebook.com/gjbricks [LEGO Social content]
https://www.instagram.com/gj_bricks/ [LEGO Photos]
https://www.flickr.com/photos/gjbricks/ [LEGO Pictures]
https://anchor.fm/bagofbricks [LEGO podcast]

If you want to skip through the video:
00:00 Introduction
00:12 Recap on my train station and original tunnel
01:55 Tunnel version 1 – the easy one
05:58 Tunnel version 2 – Wrong way around
06:27 Tunnel version 3 – The final version!
07:36 Add a train signal
08:08 A LEGO Moc Pallet
08:25 Brick Model Railroader inspired scenery
09:48 Observation deck
10:29 The train fits! Hooray!
11:31 In my next LEGO City update

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About the GJBricks LEGO YouTube Channel
Welcome to my LEGO Channel! I’m an AFOL builder focused on the joy and creativity of LEGO!

On this channel, you will find LEGO news and reviews, general interest videos and photos about LEGO and everything related to the joy of creating with it! I have my own unique, custom LEGO City, Studsburg with its fleet of LEGO Trains.

I’m okay with constructive criticism as well as polite disagreement!

Please help me keep this channel as a friendly, positive and safe environment to talk about LEGO! *

LEGO® is a trademark of the LEGO Group of companies and is in no way associated with this channel unless stated in the video description.

*There is a ZERO tolerance policy for disrespect, swearing, bullying, sexism, racism, etc. and no spam on my channels. All comments are moderated by me to protect people of all ages in the LEGO/LEGOS community. If you breach these rules you will be reported and blocked!

Note: if you are under 13, please visit YouTube Kids.

#lego #legocity #legocityupdate #gjbricks