-200 IQ LEGO SETS...

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LEGO designers use unique and clever building techniques in their sets but sometimes they’re very weird and confusing! Are these LEGO sets 200 IQ or -200 IQ? Let’s discuss the most baffling design choices in LEGO sets and try to figure out precisely what these designers were thinking.

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[vallore.arcana]

I always thought the extra pile of bricks for Starry Night was supposed to represent a pile of paint left after working on a canvas

[TheRealandOnlyMrE]

He says -200 IQ but they and smart and he proceeds to explain their purpose and why they are good.

[ellieofthebeast]

1:53 There's a similar moment to this in the Alpine Lodge set. In bag 1, they have you build a pine tree, and place it loosely onto a snowmobile transport. In the very last bag, it pictures a pine tree, one that it doesn't give you the pieces to build. It has the same bag symbol, bag 1. You pick that pine tree back up off the snowmobile, decorate it, and put it in the lobby of the lodge. It adds a story into the building of the set itself.

[incognitocolonel]

as someone who got these old pirate and castle sets as presents for my birthdays as a kid.
I can Tell you that these "spot the difference" instructions combined with the pile of Bricks was half the fun.

[ironicanimations]

8:02 I think that step is an unintentional “admire the set :3” step 😂

[jorbertfivesevenaetree]

3:20 The real reason was that the axle was far to powerful and could break reality if not contained securely. The designers knew this and made up some fake reason as to why it is there.

[ThatGirl]

In one of the Ninjago temple sets, there's a spider that goes on the base and is covered up completely by rocks and a staircase. They love doing stuff like this

[ChseGrer]

Can confirm the bonsai tree was a pain to see the instructions, I got it recently. There's two shades of brown, had to use a flashlight to even be able to distinguish the parts and colors. The build looks nice though, especially with the pink leaves and all the frog pieces.

[subman]

9:24 I never had any problem with the Eldorado Fortress instructions, and I was 12 when I built that. All the Lego Pirate instructions were made like that.

[j.j.henderson]

In the Himeji Castle set, there's an entire area built between steps 144 and 172 that is never to be seen again. Yet, it appears to have some components that you would think would be visible. There are also some passageways built into the walls of the main gate area that, without a tiny mirror, you can't really see in the completed set.

[amythistfire]

I actually remember the spot the difference seta from my childhood! They has their own charm, seeing you need to put in a piece and you're missing a part, so you gotta go back a few step to add what you missed.

[GamerErman]

Yeah the black background instructions were part of the 18+ theming, they matched the background of the box. They were not a good idea, they just used a ton of ink to make the instructions potentially harder to read.

[gordonwerner]

The pow blocks on the super Mario sets might also be there because it is easier, quicker, and overall cheaper for LEGO to put in two of one element ( brick with pow) than it is to put two slightly different versions of the same part.

[michaelhorne]

The axle down the center of the turntable at 2:32 help stop the turntable from popping apart if the model is lifted by its head. The turntable clips into its base with the same mechanism that a frictionless pin does into a Technic beam (split with tabs on the outside to lock into the hole); the axle prevents these tabs from pushing in, making it a lot harder for the pin on the turntable to disengage from the base if pulled (like if someone lifted the model by its head for example)

[usseaglencc]

That's why his name is Jack STONE.... because with a glider like that, He's gonna fall like one.

[rc-fannl]

9:30 When building a set was still a challenge. The current "1 part for each step" type of instructions are sometimes so "un-challenging" that you lose focus and actually start making mistakes

[LordShrub]

A weird thing I saw in the new Ninjago City Markets is when building the jukebox they use 1x1 pearl gold round tiles with coin prints only to hide the prints. The regular unprinted 1x1 pearl gold round tiles appear to have been discontinued in 2018 and maybe they didn't want to bring them back.

[shewmonohoto]

9:17 Those are the instructions I grew up on, I think that's why I'm so detail oriented to this day.

[piggyplayzmc]

2:03 that’s actually quite common. some chima sets use it for chi, which is usually given to minifigs in bag 1 then later attached to the build. It’s also often used for those minifig accessories bags(like blades from ninjago or ghost parts from hidden side) since there are counted as 1 piece but are needed throughout the set

[auroradawnrf]

The BMW Motorad set has a fully functioning 4-cylinder engine, where the pistons move in tandem whenever the wheels of the bike are turned. The engine is fully buried in the body of the set, and this action cannot be seen by any means. I always loved how it was sort of like a little treat just for the builder.