Personally, I wouldn’t include the road AND the railway. Why not just the railway and fashion some kind of rough looking winding track to take any motor vehicles? That would be more in keeping with the village 'feel'. Too much transportation could (in my humble opinion!) make it more urban looking than it ought to be.
Once the holidays are over, you can re-utilize that space for an airport! Like, on the long part you can build a runway, and the more wide part would be dedicated to the terminal
You can get the Trolly to go back and forth on a single track with no loop using a colour sensor attached to the powered up hub. Using "Pybricks" you can program a color activated motor direction change. The program will be uploaded into the powered up hub and will run automatically when the hub is switched on, so its set and forget.
You could move the track back 4 studs to give it more space at the front, and then leave the back of the mountain open so that you could include a hidden scene in the mountain, like the elf one in the Lego House. You could also build the track into the road like real tram lines to save space
You could put a toy assembly factory under the workshop into the mountain space, kind of like a basement for the elves to work in with different themed areas like a toy making, gift wrapping and maybe even a baking area
Hi Jordan You could think about leaving the roads away. This would give you so much space for other stuff and here in Switzerland in the alps the roads are quite small, one way or not usable with a car. I think roads don't have to be the center of your village. You could use horse sleights, snow mobiles, pedestrians, etc. instead.
maybe do away with the road, make it a walking village with courtyards/squares where the village tree can be, and a Christmas Market with shopping stalls, etc. seems like the rather large road is complicating and taking up a lot of space
Id put the wood shelf back, have the tram/train oval underneath it with a small station. And build a sloped road from the mountain end up to the woodshelf, making the road go over the track
I would love the trolley to be In the village, but with how much space it takes up now, I think it would do more harm than good. I think the straightaway trolley line by the road would be great, and instead of its giant curve, maybe make a little residential boulevard with the gingerbread house, Santa’s visit and alpine lodge, and maybe it would provide an opportunity or more space to incorporate the home alone set into the residential boulevard, as well as creating a more downtown area of the village with hogssmead and the other city/business building lined up like a strip mall to walk down. It looks great and I’m super excited for whatever you decide on!
Wow, can't imagine pulling all of that apart, no way, seriously, you are a very strong person. Easier to destroy than to create. it's going to be awesome, though!
You should definitely have the holiday train and keep the track. Have the tram run along the road and the train run under the mountain. The tram function you need is easy just use a power up set with sensor and the sensor uses colour plates any that you have to change direction. Read up on it. It is very easy to do .
At 11:20, Jordan, you said, " Sorry about the last clip. I forgot to clean my camera lens from a fingerprint." I thought it was my fingerprint, lol😂. Great video anyways Jordan.
I'm not at all into the whole winter village theme and christmas theme even less, but it is interesting to watch you create a mountain and slopes and maybe a tunnel... Looking forward to seeing you create a wooded area; various wilderness scenes are probably my favorite type of things in Lego.
Can I just say Jordan. I watch you every single day. You bring so much joy to my day… I’m from the UK so 3pm I’m waiting, ready to watch! I love seeing the twins and honestly you’re such a good person and that really makes me feel good 👍! Thank you for that!! 🎉
Wow! You amaze me with all the huge projects you undertake! Thanks for taking us along from the early stages of planning this new winter village. It is so interesting to hear all about your thought process and how you develop these ideas. I like the idea of having the circular train track going under the mountain. And those Ikea boxes--what a find!! Can't wait to see how this village develops. Last year's was awesome.
On Rebrickable there is a 10308 Tram Powered UP Modified with color Sensor by Miro. I used it on mine tram last year and works great to go back and forth stopping how you programmed it. Also love Brick Artisan's MOC's for finishing the buildings, the only one I modified was the fire station to be able to park the fire truck within. Keep up the great work, I look forward to all your videos.
For the tram/road on the long part of the village, you could embed the tram in the road (like part of the ground line in the main city is) so the tram and cars share roadspace. Would mean using tiles instead of road plates though.
The train back & forth can be accomplished with an NXT & color sensor. OR PF switch & a heavy flywheel geared down to the wheels with enough momentum to flip the switch. So, it can be solved many ways. I prefer the mechanical answer.
If you wanted to make the road smaller and still use the double road plates you could have the snow creep into the street on both sides so it would look like it was plowed just down the middle. That would create more space that the road would otherwise be using and look pretty cool!
Love what you’re doing with this years winter village. One idea for the train is to make it go on top of, or around the mountain, rather than underneath. That way you can watch the train all the time. You could incorporate a train stop for a ski lift or cable car into the mountain as well! Really looking forward to seeing how it all turns out.
I'm sure you'll come up with a great idea but I would keep the tram on the outside of the mountain, at least at the sides, and build an overhanging mountain above the train, I.e. like a mountain pass has been carved out of the side of the mountain
Don’t eat the yellow snow lol . When we have gone to the snow , once you hit the snow line there are no roads . Everyone travels on skidoos or in jeeps with chains on. Maybe you could do without the roads and add more fun stuff . . This is going to be fun tfs
Hey Bricksie. Nice start with the winter Village. I don't want to critisize anything, cause your ideas are very good. But, when you come down the stairs into your legoroom, do you want to look at the back of your huge Mountain? Maybe it's better to place your Mountain on the other side. It's Just an idea. Love your video's. Greetz from Holland, Evan
I think you should make the winter village tram only, because if you’re in a heavy snowed in area, most people aren’t gonna drive anyhow. I feel like a little less realism would make it so you could put more stuff in the village
I have been getting in the holiday spirit too. Bought the Santa's Visit and Main Street during double points. Going to build them in November. Also have the Lego House you pointed out in Billund on back order. Someone pointed out to me that we can actually buy some of those sets in the UK. Not sure if it's always been that way or if Lego have just decided to make some of those sets less exclusive to Billund.
Hi, I caught up on your videos because since August, I didn’t have time to watch them. In the video where you modify the pet shop, you talk at the end to leave the signal of the batman on the roof of the police station and to add a batman on another roof. I immediately thought of the 77903 set, the one we could have in a comic-con a few years ago. It could be nice to add this figurine with the cape floating in the wind
I think just the one loop is enough then down the long straght should do buoldings both sides with a road in the middle trees xmas decs ect lots of space for stories. And i think a forest on a raised platform would look good then under the mountain a hidden elfs work shop with the tram going though coming out under the forest.
I love the idea of a gondola instead of the train. Santa's workshop is remote and wouldn't have a need for a trolly. At least in my story, I won't need a train/trolley. Love the rest of the layout.
For the tunnel why not make it a cross section at the front to begin with, so you can see in the tunnel from the side. Then you don’t need to worry about building the cliff face right on the edge and you could add a few details in there like miners or something?
For whatever reason I find myself rarely commenting on your videos. But I love these. They help me learn the mind of a builder and then I can work on my own projects too
Sensor/power functions on a straight track - but have a tram garage at one end so the tram just appears - bit like the Disney tram. Good luck with the build - great seeing the ideas evolve
so cool this is going to be my first year building up a lego collection again since I was a kid and i'm starting with halloween possibly and then Christmas or I might start with Christmas. this looked so cool though.
The winter village sets are one of my favorite sets from Lego. I also like to display them around christmas time. Can't wait to see your finished winter village.
I wouldn't do the train since you don't have the room to do justice to the train and the village. The small Santa's workshop could be built into the front of the upper mountain so it looks like the main part of the workshop is inside the mountain.
It would be cool if under the North Pole mountain the base at the front was cutaway, supported by pillars. You could have a north pole train station underneath with an elevator to the surface. Kind of like how the hogwarts goes from the more real world 9 3/4 to more fantasy hogwarts. Excited to see how this comes together. 👏
You should look into buying some of the old 2x windows and doorframes. They make for great support structure and are very cheap on bricklink. I’m sure you could also find some at your lego stores nearby like the brickbin. Also, not sure if you have any of them left, but don’t forget about your old support pieces you used for your old raised train line.
Excellent layout, your winter village is going to be amazing. I really hope you choose to put the train track through the mountain. Best of luck and enjoy your build.
Could the track theoretically fit behind the buildings? So making a circuit from the front of the road, loop around the mountain, go behind the buildings, and return to the front of the road? Maybe if you used custom roads rather than road plates? Idk, just eyeball mathing how you could have a full service trolly car
Hallo Broxie from germany ur biggest fan here !! plox do as u want and donut let teh troles win !!! teh street is modern and super amazin !!! GREETS FROM GERMANI !!!
I'm doing my first lego winter village this year. Any tips for just starting out? I'll have the Winter Lodge, Santa's Visit, Holiday Main Street and a handful of the smaller things (Santa/Reindeer, Polar Bears, Xmas Tree etc). I was planning on getting that fabric snow to lay down to put everything on top of. Never done mils before, not sure if I'd want to go mils though just for this.
That village will be brilliant! But… for the love of god, please move those Star Wars ships. From some angles especially…it’s just so WRONG!😆 Yes, I’m being puerile, but still.😏
Personally, I wouldn’t include the road AND the railway. Why not just the railway and fashion some kind of rough looking winding track to take any motor vehicles? That would be more in keeping with the village 'feel'. Too much transportation could (in my humble opinion!) make it more urban looking than it ought to be.
Once the holidays are over, you can re-utilize that space for an airport! Like, on the long part you can build a runway, and the more wide part would be dedicated to the terminal
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Love this idea!
Definitely lovecthis idea. He's got a fair few aeroplanes and helicopters
Love it ❤
Great idea! I feel like we could use a January Hoth moc though
You can get the Trolly to go back and forth on a single track with no loop using a colour sensor attached to the powered up hub. Using "Pybricks" you can program a color activated motor direction change. The program will be uploaded into the powered up hub and will run automatically when the hub is switched on, so its set and forget.
This is the way
that's how my train runs with a color sensor to stop at every station😊
exactly this is how it should be done.
EggyBricks had a detailed video on that
You could move the track back 4 studs to give it more space at the front, and then leave the back of the mountain open so that you could include a hidden scene in the mountain, like the elf one in the Lego House. You could also build the track into the road like real tram lines to save space
Having the track built into the road like a tram track is a great idea
You could put a toy assembly factory under the workshop into the mountain space, kind of like a basement for the elves to work in with different themed areas like a toy making, gift wrapping and maybe even a baking area
Fortunately for Santa, you just upgraded the city’s hospital. I hope he is alright!
This year's winter village is going to be epic bricksie. Really like the train inclusion keep up the great work.
Hi Jordan
You could think about leaving the roads away. This would give you so much space for other stuff and here in Switzerland in the alps the roads are quite small, one way or not usable with a car.
I think roads don't have to be the center of your village.
You could use horse sleights, snow mobiles, pedestrians, etc. instead.
Hmm The Avengers tower destroy and rebuild either before or after Black Friday depending on if Bricksie scores a freebie
maybe do away with the road, make it a walking village with courtyards/squares where the village tree can be, and a Christmas Market with shopping stalls, etc. seems like the rather large road is complicating and taking up a lot of space
Id put the wood shelf back, have the tram/train oval underneath it with a small station. And build a sloped road from the mountain end up to the woodshelf, making the road go over the track
I would love the trolley to be In the village, but with how much space it takes up now, I think it would do more harm than good. I think the straightaway trolley line by the road would be great, and instead of its giant curve, maybe make a little residential boulevard with the gingerbread house, Santa’s visit and alpine lodge, and maybe it would provide an opportunity or more space to incorporate the home alone set into the residential boulevard, as well as creating a more downtown area of the village with hogssmead and the other city/business building lined up like a strip mall to walk down. It looks great and I’m super excited for whatever you decide on!
Wow, can't imagine pulling all of that apart, no way, seriously, you are a very strong person. Easier to destroy than to create. it's going to be awesome, though!
You should definitely have the holiday train and keep the track. Have the tram run along the road and the train run under the mountain. The tram function you need is easy just use a power up set with sensor and the sensor uses colour plates any that you have to change direction. Read up on it. It is very easy to do .
At 11:20, Jordan, you said, " Sorry about the last clip. I forgot to clean my camera lens from a fingerprint."
I thought it was my fingerprint, lol😂.
Great video anyways Jordan.
I'm not at all into the whole winter village theme and christmas theme even less, but it is interesting to watch you create a mountain and slopes and maybe a tunnel... Looking forward to seeing you create a wooded area; various wilderness scenes are probably my favorite type of things in Lego.
You have inspired me to have a go at building my own winter village. I'm terrible at MOCs but it will be fun regardless. Thanks Jordan!
Can I just say Jordan. I watch you every single day. You bring so much joy to my day… I’m from the UK so 3pm I’m waiting, ready to watch! I love seeing the twins and honestly you’re such a good person and that really makes me feel good 👍! Thank you for that!! 🎉
Wow! You amaze me with all the huge projects you undertake! Thanks for taking us along from the early stages of planning this new winter village. It is so interesting to hear all about your thought process and how you develop these ideas.
I like the idea of having the circular train track going under the mountain. And those Ikea boxes--what a find!! Can't wait to see how this village develops. Last year's was awesome.
Loved last years winter village; can’t wait for the new updated version this year
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On Rebrickable there is a 10308 Tram Powered UP Modified with color Sensor by Miro. I used it on mine tram last year and works great to go back and forth stopping how you programmed it. Also love Brick Artisan's MOC's for finishing the buildings, the only one I modified was the fire station to be able to park the fire truck within. Keep up the great work, I look forward to all your videos.
Yes. Keep preaching, "Build, Destroy, Repeat....."
It's how I grew up with LEGO & how you become a better builder.
For the tram/road on the long part of the village, you could embed the tram in the road (like part of the ground line in the main city is) so the tram and cars share roadspace. Would mean using tiles instead of road plates though.
this years village is gonna be absolutely epic, I am so excited to see the finished product
The streets and roads look amazing, great detail
The train back & forth can be accomplished with an NXT & color sensor. OR
PF switch & a heavy flywheel geared down to the wheels with enough momentum to flip the switch.
So, it can be solved many ways. I prefer the mechanical answer.
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If you wanted to make the road smaller and still use the double road plates you could have the snow creep into the street on both sides so it would look like it was plowed just down the middle. That would create more space that the road would otherwise be using and look pretty cool!
Love what you’re doing with this years winter village. One idea for the train is to make it go on top of, or around the mountain, rather than underneath. That way you can watch the train all the time. You could incorporate a train stop for a ski lift or cable car into the mountain as well! Really looking forward to seeing how it all turns out.
I'm sure you'll come up with a great idea but I would keep the tram on the outside of the mountain, at least at the sides, and build an overhanging mountain above the train, I.e. like a mountain pass has been carved out of the side of the mountain
PUT A TOY FACTORY UNDER THE MOUNTIAN!!!!
Don’t eat the yellow snow lol . When we have gone to the snow , once you hit the snow line there are no roads . Everyone travels on skidoos or in jeeps with chains on. Maybe you could do without the roads and add more fun stuff . . This is going to be fun tfs
Sounds good. It will be a lot of work, but well worth it!
Great vid, one suggestion, dont bother with a road, have your village serviced by a tram only, there are towns in Switzerland with no cars!
You can use the lego spike essentials, too add a motor and hub to to control it. Then do a little of simple programming to make run back and forth
Looks awesome, I always love the winter sets as it starts to get cold outside :)
Hey Bricksie. Nice start with the winter Village. I don't want to critisize anything, cause your ideas are very good. But, when you come down the stairs into your legoroom, do you want to look at the back of your huge Mountain? Maybe it's better to place your Mountain on the other side. It's Just an idea. Love your video's. Greetz from Holland, Evan
I think you should make the winter village tram only, because if you’re in a heavy snowed in area, most people aren’t gonna drive anyhow. I feel like a little less realism would make it so you could put more stuff in the village
awesome video jordan the winter village is going to look amazing
You should still put the switch track and have it not go under the mountain. Just add a little station or something. Thanks for the vid by the way!
I would lose the road completely. Just run a tram and horse drawn carriages. Give it a more contemporary vibe.
This video has given me some amazing ideas for my winter village
Ski lift would be awesome
I like the tram but such a small build it does take up so much space especially with the road.
Yeah, just modular the super skinny buildings. Do you need a road? They’re a pain in winter! Maybe just trams and sleighs?
Don’t forget about the Chinese new year set with the skating pond, skate shack and lots of great winter items!!
I think a big Christmas tree with a roundabout would look nice where the long table meets the wide one
I have been getting in the holiday spirit too. Bought the Santa's Visit and Main Street during double points. Going to build them in November. Also have the Lego House you pointed out in Billund on back order. Someone pointed out to me that we can actually buy some of those sets in the UK. Not sure if it's always been that way or if Lego have just decided to make some of those sets less exclusive to Billund.
Hi,
I caught up on your videos because since August, I didn’t have time to watch them.
In the video where you modify the pet shop, you talk at the end to leave the signal of the batman on the roof of the police station and to add a batman on another roof.
I immediately thought of the 77903 set, the one we could have in a comic-con a few years ago.
It could be nice to add this figurine with the cape floating in the wind
I think just the one loop is enough then down the long straght should do buoldings both sides with a road in the middle trees xmas decs ect lots of space for stories. And i think a forest on a raised platform would look good then under the mountain a hidden elfs work shop with the tram going though coming out under the forest.
Yeah the ikea things are awesome, i saw sol bricks using them and the fact that they are in system makes them incredible for building in or on.
I love the idea of a gondola instead of the train. Santa's workshop is remote and wouldn't have a need for a trolly. At least in my story, I won't need a train/trolley. Love the rest of the layout.
For the tunnel why not make it a cross section at the front to begin with, so you can see in the tunnel from the side. Then you don’t need to worry about building the cliff face right on the edge and you could add a few details in there like miners or something?
It is more of a Xmas village than just a winter village. 🎄🌲
Eggybricks has a great video for setting up a back and forth train.
could tighter corners be made with the flexi tracks under the mountain?, so not as close to the sides of the mountain? Loving the development ideas.
For whatever reason I find myself rarely commenting on your videos. But I love these. They help me learn the mind of a builder and then I can work on my own projects too
Hi! You could have only a one way road across the village, so you can add back wall to the houses.
winter time laps love the new layout
if you want a chair lift, in an old friends set there is one you could use the instructions as inspiration
Sensor/power functions on a straight track - but have a tram garage at one end so the tram just appears - bit like the Disney tram. Good luck with the build - great seeing the ideas evolve
it would be amazing if you tried to recreate the Griswold's house from National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation lol
so cool this is going to be my first year building up a lego collection again since I was a kid and i'm starting with halloween possibly and then Christmas or I might start with Christmas. this looked so cool though.
The holiday train or the tram running as a line not a circuit would be awesome. You could get rid of the road and have walking and train only?
The winter village sets are one of my favorite sets from Lego. I also like to display them around christmas time. Can't wait to see your finished winter village.
I wouldn't do the train since you don't have the room to do justice to the train and the village.
The small Santa's workshop could be built into the front of the upper mountain so it looks like the main part of the workshop is inside the mountain.
nooooooooo !!!! santa down!!
you can use powered up and a color sensor to get a back and forth movement.
It would be cool if under the North Pole mountain the base at the front was cutaway, supported by pillars. You could have a north pole train station underneath with an elevator to the surface. Kind of like how the hogwarts goes from the more real world 9 3/4 to more fantasy hogwarts. Excited to see how this comes together. 👏
I am looking forward to next video!
you should make another mountin for the grinch as well!!!
it would be cool if you made a bat cave for Santa Claus on the mountain.🦇🎅
Great update. Try to keep the trolley.
You need to add 4 more reindeer to Santa and his sleigh
You should look into buying some of the old 2x windows and doorframes. They make for great support structure and are very cheap on bricklink. I’m sure you could also find some at your lego stores nearby like the brickbin. Also, not sure if you have any of them left, but don’t forget about your old support pieces you used for your old raised train line.
Excellent layout, your winter village is going to be amazing. I really hope you choose to put the train track through the mountain. Best of luck and enjoy your build.
I'm excited
Could the track theoretically fit behind the buildings? So making a circuit from the front of the road, loop around the mountain, go behind the buildings, and return to the front of the road?
Maybe if you used custom roads rather than road plates? Idk, just eyeball mathing how you could have a full service trolly car
This is kinda Project Zero. Zero degree: metaphor for cold (winter). Zero: from scratch.
Do a rope pull up the slope, just hold the line and it pulls you up standing
You could set the train car up as just a display in front of a winter building as a photo op for lego families?
you should build excalator to get up the mountain
Have a look at that automated MoC which pulls the skiers up a slope before they glide down as inspiration. Might be easier than the lift 👍🏼
What about making the tram line go through the road on the bottom side light rail trains do so you only need one lane for the other side of the road?
If you had 9V track im pretty sure you cold solder on to the rails a shuttle unit like people do on the model railway Hobby
I use the power up feature on my lego tram in my winter village set up
I think you should keep the loop of track but remove the straight section. Having a road parallel to a train track is too much grey all in a row.
I think the layout looks good and I don't think you need to complete the back of the buildings 🙂
Imo I think you should create pedestrian paths rather than roads for vehicles. Especially if there's already public transportation available
Hallo Broxie from germany ur biggest fan here !! plox do as u want and donut let teh troles win !!! teh street is modern and super amazin !!! GREETS FROM GERMANI !!!
Hey bricks is been watching for almost a year and I think that this Christmas u should do the Lego advent calendars
I'd vote for no road in the village. Make it more of a ski village with just shops and eateries
I like the circuit train without the line in front of the houses. Feels like a winter village inside of the winter village. Mini amusement park?
I'm doing my first lego winter village this year. Any tips for just starting out? I'll have the Winter Lodge, Santa's Visit, Holiday Main Street and a handful of the smaller things (Santa/Reindeer, Polar Bears, Xmas Tree etc). I was planning on getting that fabric snow to lay down to put everything on top of. Never done mils before, not sure if I'd want to go mils though just for this.
Bricksie why don’t you build an extremely high rise bridge for the train, partially surrounding the top of the mountain
You could also add the new Lego city sports sop
Keep up the amazing work
With the power functions i build the tram in a way that it goes back and forward on a single track
That village will be brilliant!
But… for the love of god, please move those Star Wars ships. From some angles especially…it’s just so WRONG!😆
Yes, I’m being puerile, but still.😏