The Lego Titanic is a perfectionist's nightmare.
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- Naturally I must say this entire video is one large sarcastic exaggeration, but LEGO better pay attention nonetheless. They screwed up. Remember, I'm an idiot with a mic, not an expert, so take my video with a grain of salt. Stay tuned.
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Merry Christmas! (Yeah, I said Christmas, go ahead and cancel me) Most of this video is an exaggeration, please don't take it seriously. And yes, I know Titanic's central propeller was probably 3 bladed, but I know for a _fact_ LEGO did not intentionally have it three-bladed for that reason, so I figure I'll try and piss em off a little more. It's a double win because it'll piss off the comments section too. The ship was SUPER fun to build, and I think it still would make an excellent Christmas present. Anyway, Stay tuned, and thanks for the support!
might wanna pin the comment so people will see it.
Though I agree with most of what you said, and I will be modifying my copy, I think you went a little too harsh.
1. It's LEGO, not a professional modeler. They can't make it perfect without breaking their own system
2. It's LEGO, and almost all of the inaccuracies are fixable.
3. I think the interior was inspired by the old cross-section of the ship.
4. You didn't mention the worst inaccuracy of all! WHERE ARE LIFEBOATS 1 & 2??!????!?!??
Why would I cancel you because you said Christmas?
Would someone actually do that?
@@FriskMeemur There's people that find "Christmas" offensive. Therefore authorities have started to call it "hApPY HoliDAyS" lately.
I will never stop saying Merry Christmas. That minority that feels offended doesn't matter anyway.
@@realCriminalLawyer The War on Christmas never existed. Literally an invented outrage by conservatives.
In defense of some of these criticisms, Lego doesn't or very rarely makes new parts, so they work with the current backlog of Lego parts to make the best thing they can. In a way, it's what makes Lego so popular because of its self-imposed handicap.
Yeah it would be boring if 20 new parts were made for each set. Just get a traditional plastic model if accuracy and building it yourself are top priority.
@@amilkyboi Yeah you see that a lot in knockoff lego brands who try and cut corners by making a bunch of custom pieces to get the look they want, instead of taking on the challenge of making something look good with the pieces they’ve already got.
"Only the best is good enough" Leg- Liars
But they don’t need new parts to make things look more accurate they just need to care about accuracy
I mega disagree, we get new parts all the time!
“So many of these problems are easily fixable”
Then proceeds to not suggest a single actual fix.
I thought exactly the same! It's not easy to build such a model with Lego bricks.
The funnel and deck colors are easy to fix, the WSL flag is easy to fix, adding of cowl ventilators is easy, adding a 3rd bridge supporr is easy, they indeed are easily fixable
@@erikzidan2601 wsl flag is only easy if no other company holds the rights for it.
They are Legos. I have seen numerous people on Instagram, CZcams, and many other sites who have fixed it. I think when discussing a children's toy in an intentionally exaggerated manor, it's fair for me to not necessarily need to explain how to fix it.
@@NauticalStudy the plural of Lego is Lego.
Meh I get what you are saying but this is a lego kit. I think the level of detail is great for a lego kit. If you want something to be 100 percent historically accurate then there are other models you can get. When it comes to lego I think they did the great job with this. The whole point of this model is to show a basic overview of the Titanic in lego and in that aspect I think its great! You really do get a idea of the scale of the ship, and you get a general idea of what the ship looked like. Plus just the fact that the ship splits apart and you can see inside it is super cool! (Didnt bother me at all that it wasnt 100 percent accurate. Its lego you have to expect that). When you buy this kit dont go into it expecting a 100 percent perfect recreation of Titanic. Go into it as a very cool lego piece that does a fairly decent job of showcasing the Titanic with the limited means of lego bricks. I am a Titanic youtuber and I can tell you I love having this as a set piece!
That’s why I’ve been trying to get the idea across that I made this video as a joke. I think the model is excellent as a cool conversation piece and a good collectors item but here I review it as critically as possibly as a joke. I love your videos and it’s cool having you watch one of mine. Thanks!
Hystoric travels heloo
@@NauticalStudy I actually appreciate your video a lot. All other LEGO CZcams reviewers just say how good it is. It's nitpicky videos like this (and from all the other "nerds") which just make others learn more about what they're looking at.
@@NauticalStudy If you intended this as a joke, they I as a LEGO fan who owns a LEGO Titanic does appreciate your video, although, as an opinion from myself, I didn't get the impression of a joke from this. But an opinion, nothing more
With all do respect, with the right research and know how of which bricks work the best to manipulate certain shapes, you would be surprised to find many models are almost unrecognizable from being out of Lego. If unsure, check out some of the different Ship models from Legoland around the world. These are museum quality models.
The middle propeller was a three bladed design, so the model is accurate.
It was a test to see how it would impact efficiency, since they never got the data Brittanic would use to a four blade design once again.
before you go saying the picture on the internet has four, that's Olympic.
white star could not be bothered to take pictures of Titanic since the ships were almost identical.
In the description he put " Remember, I'm an idiot with a mic, not an expert, so take my video with a grain of salt. Stay tuned."
Yeah, I think Olympic was given a 4 bladed screw to decrease vibration
The middle propeller was four bladed, I am pretty sure.
Fun history fact : olympic during her refit in 1913 her middle propeller blade became 3 bladed instead of 4 the reason for this Harland and wolf never got to test the 3 bladed propellers properly due to the short cerrer of titanic but in the 20’s olympic’s middle propeller blade returned back to 4 maybe the original 4 is more effective for the ship. Britannic main while early on her contruction shes suppose to have 3 middle propeller blade but i guess they changed it to 4 at the last min due to olympic already testing it at the time.
@@thatonewaspatyourpicnic7978 We have no evidence for a four bladed central prop. All known photos of the propellers are of _Olympic's_ (excluding the photos of the wing propellers on the wreck.) On the flip side, we have technical documents of Harland and Wolfe's where they penned out the propeller dimensions the wanted for each ship, and _Titanic_ had a three bladed prop. Additionally, there's a photo of a barge with a strange object that conforms really well with the aforementioned dimensions penned out by H&W for the Three bladed central propeller. Unfortunately, because it's on its side and a photo from 1912, it's hard to tell if it actually is a propeller or not.
In Lego's defense, inaccuracies are nothing new to their sets. Some sets in licensed themes like Star Wars and Marvel are notoriously inaccurate. Plus, there's only so much the designers could do with the model to make it as accurate as it could be while resorting to as few new molds as possible. At least, as you said in this video, these inaccuracies can be fixed for the most part with some rebuilding.
@@johnperic6860 cry about it
@@johnperic6860 it's an excellently designed set. Lego doesn't have a mold for every detail. That's the point of Lego. Most peices are not super specialized. You're not buying a super detailed kit when you purchase a Lego set
"Only the best is good enough" Leg- Liars
@@johnperic6860 yes but super accurate mocs more often than not aren't up to lego structural integrity standars, now i agree that some of the details covered in the video could have been handled better, but especially for the interiors some creative liberties had to be taken in order to represent the largest amount of famous features without the need to brake the ship in 10 different sections, and again if you wan't something that is ultra accurate there's the trumpeter kit but it's just so slighlty more complex to build
I agree there a few inaccuracies the could've fixed, but you can always fix it yourself if you're that ticked off about it. I've been building with LEGO for over 10+ years now, and overall, LEGO did a great job with TITANIC. I also love TIATNIC and if you're not worried too much about details, this is a great set (I do not have it yet but am planning to get it hopefully soon), but a nonbrick model would be better if your into accuracies (although a few models I have are less accurate in some aspects then the LEGO version lol). The flag at the bow of the ship does bug me though and I probably won't add it on to mine when I'm building. That's my overview. Thanks
Ok, I know what we are all thinking here: How well... does it sink?
One guy made a video to see if it floated.
It capsized in seconds, but didn’t sink.
@@the4tierbridge air pockets between the bricks. 😂😂😂
@@pedroaraken2 However, when he held it under the water, it didn't return to the surface, so them Legos must not be very airtight!
Than kill around 1200 lego pepople
@@monkeyapproved2414 It would kill 1,496 of them.
The titanic model is huge as it is. To get the absolute accuracy you want you either need to increase scale (which makes the price go up exponentially) or don’t buy lego. Lego isn’t meant to be precise it’s meant to mimic in a very specific style. That’s the whole point. Now here’s the great thing. Minor inconsistencies which bug you can easily be remedied by just moving the parts around, you have complete control if something isn’t to your liking. Even things like the flags could be made by just printing them out and cutting to size.
Should lego have done a little more research, maybe. I doubt they’ll do another Titanic set for at least another decade though, so this will get you 99% of the way there. Just fix the issues that bug you and post the how to video and you’ll get a ton of views.
Sincerely another idiot with a comment section
yeah
"Sir, this is a Lego set."
Lol
This is made out of Lego bricks, they have a limited number of pieces to work with in a limited number of colors. The very nature of this product is going to cause some things to be in-accururate colors and just throw off scale in general. I'm not saying that Lego could not have possibly done a better job, I am saying that if you want the Lego building experience, you will have to sacrifice some accuracy to the finished model.
Do you feel bad for the multimillionaire dollar company that once made a set that had unsaturated sand green for a 1960's inspired automobile in a monster fighter set that had so many extra stickers, designs, colors, and shapes for a fucking theme they created for a set...a halloween inspired set bundle they just went mad with in how well it was, and never made anything else on it beside a short game on the old lego sites in 2012 and a prologue well drawn showcase.
This is just 2020 interfering with their creativity, because nowadays saying anything is immediately bad, and everyone should cry if a fella ever tries to give any criticism to these pansies, because its actually better to weep aloud then have a conversation with these manipulated freaks, most of which plague this comment section. How will anyone get better if everyone looks to making themselves feel all good getting their feelings to feel good over having indepth information they presented wrong, told correctly to them to better their pricey ass company. I would never buy this set, maybe $200, and I want to pay for something that makes me gawk in awe, not something I immediately feel a dissatisfaction toward because the funnels are too small, tilted, grilled cheese yellow, and unnatural.
This just looks messy too, I can't even see a ship when I look at it from the front stern angle, its just a bunch of raised bumps next to weirdly smooth plates that don't mix at all.
@@WitchKing-Of-Angmar if you don't like it, then don't buy it. If you want an accurate Titanic model go buy that and leave us alone with our plastic bricks.
@@joelpaltzer8732 I’ve seen guys do it with that designer application. But yes, I agree, let us play with our plastic bricks
"here's a weird statue I found at goodwill for scale"
Honestly I'm pretty damn sure ALL weird porcelain statues come from there...they just..."appear" on the shelves and nobody is ever seen putting them there
and uh...yeah damn, I had no idea it was THIS bad but I'm honestly not surprised lol (I'll just stick to my 1/1250 scale pewter models)
"this bad"
Are you kidding me? You're making it out like it's a shit model, unfixable and a complete mess. I own this model, I'm a titanic AND Lego nerd and can say that this is an amazing model. While there are a couple things that aren't quite right, it does not take much to fix it
@@ThisHandleIsRare why is it bad
Ok so clearly this bloke has no experience with LEGO. You forget the most important thing, it’s LEGO! That means nothing is gonna be %100 accurate other wise the set would be even more expensive because they would need to make new brick molds and more prints which add to the price tag. Ask any LEGO expert most large sets like those ARE NOT entirely accurate
You called me a “bloke,” that means you’re British.
@@NauticalStudy nah I’m an Aussie mate 😂
@@NauticalStudy maybe the ex-prision colony.
I 100% agree with you. Its LEGO, they aren't gonna make new molds for just ONE set, so they are going to use the parts that already exist. If he wants a incredibly detailed ship its most definitely going to be as long as a brown bess musket and as tall as a small child and a absolute NIGHTMARE to build
Precisely, Lego is rather expensive and moreover, it doesn't need accuracy, as long as it is a worthwhile result. To me, this Creators set is definitely worth it.
In all fairness as a fellow Titanic Buff, Its made out of lego's which by their nature limit what can be done with the set. Could it be better...YES...ANYTHING CAN BE BETTER... The question is...will they do it and keep it at a reasonable size and price. You could do a damn close accurate Titanic lego with all the preportions correct and everything, if you got unlimted resources. Most people dont.
I'm gonna get this, HOWEVER I am gonna get extra pieces etc to try to make it as accurate as possible.
UPDATE:- So I finally managed to get my own LEGO Titanic set and, as promised, I have made the alterations. Once altered, the set does look 100X better than the official LEGO model, and the changes themselves were quite minimal barring opening up the bridge
As a Titanic nerd and a much larger Lego nerd. Scaling has always been an issue in lego sets that try to incorporate a lot of little details (the paddle shifters in the technic Lamborghini for example) and if you made a crane in the proper scale, it would be to fragile, the trick of adding the details inside the ship is an amazing touch that you don't see on regular model kits
Fourbladed central screw? No, most evidence says no.
Oh, how about the literal picture of the ship in 1911, or is the name sake of Liverpool and titanic written on the side not enough. Thank you for your clear years of service to tell us/me/or the guy in the video that it most likely was 3 bladed despite clear evidence in pictures, pictures you've never researched because..oh my god! you aren't actually interested in true history and probably just fan girl over the Titanic. Any real ship historian favors far more than just the Titanic, and if your at my level of research you've seen color autochromes of famous ocean liners like the 1860 autochrome of the SS Adriatic or the 1913 and 1919 picture of the Olympic with its recognizable light yellow funnel. Proof is in the name, I've seen the goddamn name.
I love this set, it's one of their best sets ever. Having said that, I have done some major changes too. Most importantly: the lifeboats. The set actually misses two of them! Collapsibles C and D are not even there. And those boats are so very important. That was my major problem with it. I also filled in the A deck promenade with tiles, because Lego just left it with empty studs. I changed a few things in the interior, as much as that was possible. Overall, I still think it's a great set. For Titanic nerds, it has some improvement possibilities. But having done those, I really like displaying it.
I don't disagree but at that eye watering price... if it cost half or less, sure who cares. But if you're going into used car money for a display piece it better be perfect. Because museum quality ship models are not much more expensive and you would support a talented craftsmen instead of a multi million dollsr company (which I do like, don't get me wrong. I live near Germany. Lego was my childhood).
@@user-lv7ph7hs7l That's not the point of having a LEGO titanic. This set is absurd, the largest LEGO has ever made (If you don't count the world map). They target the big LEGO fans who also happen to like the titanic instead of big titanic fans who also happen to like LEGO. If you want a model for accuracy then go for a quality museum model, if you want novelty get the LEGO model.
@@mitchellhamilton7692 It just looks so aweful. The Space Shuttle is gorgeous. The Titanic... just no. 400 bucks for the 1/200 Trumpeter including a set of paints and even built by a beginner it's gorgeous. It's not inncurate it's random 4 funnel liner with White Star colours. It doesn't even resemble Titanic??? A grand they coul make custom pieces to get the shape vaguely reminiscent of Titanic. Like every other set. Edit: So if this qas a relatively cheap set, fine. But it's their "flagship". I just don't get it every other Lego set is between great and absolutely amazing.
I am being extremely diplomatic talking about the Lego "Titanic". My true feeling is that its utter garbage and a joyless cash-grab, profiting from tragedy, not unlike a certain submersible that is no longer with us.
Why call it Titanic? Just call a fictitious name "RMS Aquitanic" why not, 4 funnels. That's where the commonality ends. But they called it Titanic. Why? Because it sells. No one buys a Lego set for Aquitania or Celtic. But everyone knows Titanic. Well if they insist on Titanic why not make it look like it. I think this is a botched cash grab far below the standards of Lego. And the price is insulting. Half the price? No problem, fine, decent deal can't expect much, it looks okay. But at the price, with all the hype and publicity, yes I expected better. Obviously not an actual replica but at least get the lines and proportions right... that's not asking that much. It looks like someone designed it from memory without having a picture of Titanic in front of them. I think the interiors are cool. The boilers and all that are the only thing I like about it. The exterior is just... yuck. Most famous ship, everyone who's how she looked like. I would be curious to see the development budget compared to other Lego sets. The Star Wars stuff looks really good. I adored my X-wing fighter. Of course it's basically only custom parts. But that's fine. With more custom parts the Titanic could look really good. It looks cheap. But it's not. Why am I so upset. Frankly I don't know. Maybe it's so jarring to me because I build model ships myself, but I get that not everyone has the patience for that. But wanting a nice Titanic model is a perfect excuse to get into it. Even a badly built one looks really good in comparison.
If I see the Lego Space Shuttle, my thoughts are, yep that's a Shuttle. When I see Titanic my thoughts are, wtf is that? Then I figured huh, it's fine for 200 bucks. And then I saw the price. Now I get angry whenever someone mentions it. And the Titanic community was absolutely flooded (sorry) with endless posts of look at my Lego! When it came out almost everything was about Lego, they had to ban it. Because random people would just join this very niche community that usually discusses crap like what effect the open D deck Gangway door had on the sinking (huge cost her 1-2h) and then for 2 months straight it's all Lego... so I can't escape it. The damn thing follows me everywhere. Between that and regular movie questions I ended up leaving the community. 80% turned into either Lego or "What if Rose blablabla"... gahh. You see I'm a cynical bastard.
It’s lego
They can’t make everything proper sized
Lego can’t be accurate at everything
Ikr the only time it’s unacceptable is the huge amount of accuracy issues on many Lego Star Wars sets
The majority of this video is an exaggeration for comedic effect, but it's not a stretch to say there are some ridiculous things that need fixing on here. ie, the second class entrance being huge, the missing 1st class reception room, the jackstaff, etc.
And it's our money. Accuracy, or don't make it. Rules are rules.
@@BattleshipOrion precisely, good man!
While I can somewhat see where you are coming from, I feel like you are slightly to critical when it comes to judging this set. I am a fellow Titanic enthusiast, but I found my self very pleased with this kit. I can see why they did'not add many of the vents on mid-ship boat deck, seeing as the LEGO bricks would have had to been placed very strangely if LEGO were to include all seven of the vents. I also feel your judgement of the jackstaff is unfair as perhaps the model is suposed to be the Titanic before the jackstaff was removed, when ever that was. Other than those small complaints, that was a good video, keep up the good work.
The model is based on original blueprints of olympic and titanic. In those blueprints, they are pictured with a jackstaff
@@Nasuto1702 That makes sense. Thank you for saying this.
I don't think you 100% know how Lego works. They can't just make new pieces for every set, and it's that rule that makes Lego so interesting.
I think you miss the part where they have parts that work..utterly wonderful in place of the messy garbage they blasted into this hull. The superstructure is haunting, but nothing beats the front bow..my god, get a grainy 2000s camera because it looks like some kids project and I've seen kids build with better parts than dumbass lego used here. There is no excuse no matter what clearly full of bias nonsense any of you say.
"weird statue i found at goodwill" should be a new unit of measurement
This is kinda undeserved ngl
Lego can't just create new pieces for really specific situations like what these call for, and there's always going to be messy proportions on a set that's at such a tiny scale as this
As a stickler for detail myself, fair criticisms, but this really isn't going to be rectified anytime soon
Get the Cobi version. 1/3 of the pieces, scaled at an already doable 1:300, and I got mine off Amazon for $190 US
@@jamesgroccia644 exactly, the 1916 model is gorgeous. Or hell, Histobrick, its perfectly exact but just very small, but part time explorer gave well information as to exactly the look of the ship, so by jove it better be good.
@@WitchKing-Of-Angmar There’s a new version of the Cobi Titanic, set 1918. Full hull like 1916 but with a more simplistic construction like 1928. Comes with a minifig of Captain Edward John Smith, a fact placard for the display stand, and an iceberg.
@@jamesgroccia644 really, that's very charming.
@@WitchKing-Of-Angmar Look it up
I’m a Lego collector I’m used to these types of inaccuracies. Most of them come from them not wanting to make new pieces. I think that it is a beautiful set that I will get eventually. I will probably order some extra pieces to fix some of the inaccuracies that are visible from the outside but that’s about it. Im not getting it because I think that it is a good representation of the Titanic, I’m getting because I love building with Lego. (P.S. Great video)
When I saw the title saying this Lego model caused you pain, I assumed you had stepped on a brick from it while barefoot.
As a Titanic nerd, these things annoyed me too.
As a LEGO fan, though, I'm just happy they even did the ship, considering their "values" often are used to deny us cool sets.
I'm not concerned with the interior 'cause I honestly didn't expect anything to be there at all. But the exterior flaws yeah. And they're easily fixable. Which is what I did.
I still have to get the Trumpeter one...but that one isn't as cheap to me. 'cause I'll still need to spend a ton importing all the inks needed to paint it as we don't have them easily available on my country. And unlike the LEGO one, buying the Trumpeter will also require paying for shipping costs (and taxes and duties if I order it from outside the EU).
So the LEGO model wins.
By the way, yes, Cunard still owns the White Star brand. Because brands are trademarks and, unlike copyrights, trademarks don't actually fall unto public domain unless the company goes under and no preservation is made of the trademark.
So, while the Titanic plans are on the public domain, to use the White Star Line logos you'll need at least permission from Cunard. And whereas I'm sure Cunard is fine with small brands using the White Star Line brand without issue, I'm pretty sure they wouldn't allow a massive multi-million euro company like LEGO just use it free of charge 😂
You can get by with bare minimums for just one kit. No need to spend too much money. I build wooden ships so I don't want to spend a lot on extra tools and crap for plastic models just to build the Trumpeter Titanic (and maybe a Type VII U boat). Obviously the paints, you need those. There's collections sometimes, like buy the kit and get all the paints, they are often a a lot cheaper than buying separately. So if you are in no rush to build it, just check the interwebs occasionally, you'll find a nice sale someday. And get like a beginner set of tools, cheap and good enough for a few kits. Also get a cheap kit of another boat to build first as practice. Like some cheap Revell battleship or whatever you would enjoy. Because you do need a little bit of practice. The Trumpeter Titanic is not regarded the gold standard in plastic (and other) Titanic model kits. I will probably build mine as Olympic or Britannic because apparently I'm still an edgy teenager at 31.
Hate to be that guy but if you want to check out my boats it's the Diana in boats from 1750-1799 on Model Ship World by Horatio Hornblower. (Creative, I know, but it wasn't taken so I had to. )
Oh and BTW Cunard still calls their premium service the "White Star service" or something like that. It's what remains of the grand old line... but yeah if you cruise on one of their monstrosities there's occasional mentions here and there and an obligatory reference to Titanic.
the only thing on this video i have doubts with is the center propeller note.
other than that, i *highly* agree.
I love your channel keep up the great stuff!!
Your videos are brilliant and entertaining! You've reignited my interest in ships.
Will you ever do a video on the Empress of Ireland?
My biggest is the shape of the bow. They got the stern rounded out nicely for the ability of square bricks. But the bow is too narrow for the overall appearance.
And it's just its form. I understand that it is hard to build with lego, but it's so straight it looks like a piece of cheese
@@andreylyutikov8348 yeah. I really though Lego of all companies wouldnhave cut corners that much. Ive got the Cobi Titanic set, and it bow is much better. They could have easily took notes and translated it over.
Yeah, the corner at the bottom of the fore peak is way too square. They did relatively well with sculpting the rest of the bow, but the vertical seams where plates hinge is just way too jarring to ignore
I noticed most of the stuff but do you know how I fixed it extra pieces and digging through my Lego been
Dude, the bow crane thing is accurate
i love this model - i'm a massive lego and titanic fan (so much so my next holiday is to belfast to see the shipyard) i never expected 100% accuracy, but for me its the centrepiece of my colleciton including coal from the wreck and a signed pic from Dr Ballard
To me, the most impressive thing is that they modeled the turbine. And after you build it you'll never see it again but it's there...
I thought Titanic's centre prop was 3 blades
Outer propellers powered by expansion engines had three blades. Centre propeller powered by steam turbine had four blades
@@jimik89 That was on Olympic, but I've seen some noted Titanic historians claim Titanic's had three blades since WSL liked to experiment to see which arrangement was most efficient. If I remember correctly, Olympic went back and forth with having three or four blades on her central propeller due to the loss of her running mates.
@@SwedishAlicorn that’s interesting to hear. I’ve only seen it noted as being four
@@jimik89 There's only one major source, a written account by the WSL of Titanic's specifications. It mentions Titanic having a three blade center propeller. Titanic's propellers were never photographed (apart from as a wreck.) The center propeller is buried in the seabed. Unless it's ever unearthed, that's all we'll likely have to go on.
I googled it and Cunard does kind of own the flag I googled it and here is what it said:
Cunard ocean liners still use the White Star brand, which the company acquired years ago. The name, and its logo bearing the original red pennant and white star, is a prominent part of the Cunard experience
Ironic
It needs the hole in the upper part of the bow, made its design iconic!
Mine came a few months ago, and I’m going to build im a few days on my birthday, and I can’t wait, I very much want it to be accurate, but I also really just want a big lego set to build
I have one word for you. it's "LEGO". You want a detail, get the 200 scale model from Trumpeter and assemble it with paint and photo etched parts.
Some of y’all really think I’m serious in this video huh
There is a sucker born every minute
I do agree with your gripes about the _Titanic’s_ current identity and your reasoning for calling her the RMS _Clickbait._ In my experience, I’ve seen people mistake ships with less than four funnels as the _Titanic,_ sometimes on purpose. It doesn’t help that living in Kansas leads to a greater number of people who make these mistakes.
Sarcasm is lost on many these days
Something inaccurate about this video is that when you spend $630, or even $35 or more on a lego purchase from Lego's website, you don't have to pay for shipping, because you qualify for free shipping. Unless your a lunatic that pays for express shipping, then you did that to yourself.
im 13, and a huge titanic enthusiast, i have the lego model, i knew some things you listed were missing, but i never realized that a lot of things were missing on it.
I did fix the detail of the third support beam just under the bridge, that's an important detail for me looking at the ship's "face", as it were. Noted the size of the forward crane myself though, as well as the oddity of the flag at the bow tip, but hadn't really done anything with those. I was also more bothered by the lack of all 4 collaspables as opposed to the fudged boat shape, but I haven't really found a solution for adjusting it yet.
Interesting video regardless. Feel like most of the details you pointed out are an ok level of fudging as far as how LEGO can do things, though I get the issue with some of them (shame about a lack of a 1-stud clock tile, but is what it is). Honestly not sure how you'd do the orange color of the inner sides of the poop deck walls, them being 1-stud thick means it'd be hard to get the other color actually in there without compromising the outer wall side.
What do you think about the histobrick model mentioned at the start?
I mean I give it a break because its LEGO but some of these details could have been corrected like the lifeboat covers and the bridge roof those are super easy. Just the smaller fixes would go a long way. If I get this set I will be making changes to make it more realistic.
what's your opinion of agora/hachette's titanic?
A Sunday morning surprise? Thank you love your videos
Most Titanic historians today accept the 3 blade center propeller theory. Most depictions show 4 because Olympic and Britannic had 4 blade central propellers but a document describing a 3 blade central propeller (that was supposed to be installed on titanic during her post Olympic donor refit) came to light. Along with information matching Titanic’s original 4 blade propeller to being the one launched on the Britannic while the 3 blade was never seen again.
Given how terrible some things on this model are, clearly they had at least some basic historian input, at least at some point. Great video, would be nice to see a retrofit kit to fix many of these things come out (even if its community/enthusiast driven, if its even possible at all).
If Titanic were made of bricks then this would be a perfect replica but it wasn't
Although there are some minor issues, the ship still looks super cool! I’ve loved lego since I was a kid! And I’ve also been a huge fan of vintage ocean liners. I got this for my birthday and building it was so fun even though it took me 2 whole weeks. Overall I love this build and it looks so cool when ppl come to my house.
dont let this guy discover COBI!
cobi titanic 1916 was decent and accuratly scaled
I definitely get some of these complaints. They couldve easily added the central support under the bridge, idk why they didn't. I just moved the British flag where the white star line flag was supposed to be. Sure, the British flag wasn't there, but a flag was there, and not on the bow, so it just makes more sense there. I do understand them having to squish the boat deck and A deck levels of the grand staircase together, since there's no way they would manage to fit the top level on boat deck as well as fit the pin that holds the ship together
Could you do a video of fixing all of these issues? That would be so fun!
the only 3 true lego sins are the missing support beam, missing vents and the 3rd class entrance vents
Nah. LEGO could've made some extraordinarily easy color swaps to make to more accurate.
Ok but at least the central propeller is 3 bladded, I’m glad they did not go with the Olympic configuration.
I Agree, I'm Not Sure With What But I Agree
the name LEGO does NOT mean "accuracy"....it means HIGH PRICES
You really think the set is going to be a complete and absolute 1:1 replica at the scale this set is at? Someone doesn't know how lego works.
They did a if I’m correct 2400 piece titanic that quite accurate and is on display in pretty much every lego store hopefully..
I like that this video ended by saying “sincerely an idiot with a microphone” because that’s just how this video comes across.
It’s a Lego set. There is a limitation to what can be achieved and what is practical to achieve. I.e. how many boilers are portrayed and how the interior sections are portrayed. It’s more about context as opposed to Rivet-counter accuracy.
This set is marketed far more to the hardcore lego enthusiasts as opposed to the rivet counters so I’m fine with giving lego some leeway.
Yes I’m a total rivet counter who would love the most obscenely model possible but the gripes you have with this are just…petty as hell.
I have the set. It’s awesome. Get out of your own way and just enjoy it for what it is.
If this was 400 bucks, your comment would make sense and I’d agree with you. But if lego is going to charge $899 for a bunch of plastic bricks that create a model that is a disgrace to the titanic legacy, then your wrong. LEGO has shown on their larger Star Wars sets and rollercoaster set that they can create new unique lego parts to make the build look realistic, but this titanic looks like it was designed by a 12 year old that watched half of the movie titanic and fell asleep in all of the close up shots.
My friend, I hope you recognize I'm exaggerating with most of this video. That's the exact reason I added that ending there. You need to _chill_ _out_ , and take a joke
@UC60zTx5L6j6OsbrHJ-FbCXg sorry I missed it, but checked out the modified lego model you couldn’t be more spot on that it’s not the limitations of lego pieces that’s limiting the lego titanic, it’s the laziness of the lego company. Cheers mate
@@NauticalStudy eh. No.
@@johnsmeith3913 Dude, there are more mistakes in your little piece of text than in the whole of the LEGO model.
I told lego that I was missing a bridge post, so they sent me one out for free; put it on, now I have the "correct" three posts under my bridge haha
I've actually done a little bit of research and it does seem Cunard still owns the White Star brand in its entirety including the house flag
HAHAHA - well done NS! I caught your vid on my feed, but it was on the TV so I had no access to the comments... being a recent builder of said ship, and having really enjoyed it, I found myself a little miffed by your commentary and swiftly grabbed my laptop to retort...REALLY? fast talking, unimpressed, decent Final Cut skills - I'll show you...... AND.... cake on my face!
The thing about Legos is that you can literally change it to be whatever you want! If you don't like the way something is.. change it yourself!
Very well Lego-ed, and I would know. Can't comment on the boat accuracy with as much certainty.
How did you get this because it's almost always out of stock
I saw some of these mistakes, but bought it anyways. I will buy parts to fix the fittings' order, to put up extra detail on the upper deck, to make the bow less square and the stern more elegant. Of course when I will have money again : ). That's the good thing in Lego, you can change it. By the way, why did you have to pay for shipping? Isn't it free at this price? It was for me.
....This is starting to sound like Old man " HARUMPH " ing...
with all those Mistakes you mentioned in this video im Surprised you didnt mention the Bridge Having 7 windows instead of the Historically Accurate 9 ... first thing i noticed.
1:02 I love how they didn’t even get the funnel smoke right only 3 funnels were functional lol
it’s… legos
I agree there a few inaccuracies the could've fixed, but you can always fix it yourself if you're that ticked off about it. I've been building with LEGO for over 10+ years now, and overall, LEGO did a great job with TITANIC. I also love TIATNIC and if you're not worried too much about details, this is a great set (I do not have it yet but am planning to get it hopefully soon), but a nonbrick model would be better if your into accuracies (although a few models I have are less accurate in some aspects then the LEGO version lol). The flag at the bow of the ship does bug me though and I probably won't add it on to mine when I'm building. That's my overview. Thanks
I actually appreciate your video a lot. All other LEGO CZcams reviewers just say how good it is. It's nitpicky videos like this (and from all the other "nerds") which lets others learn more about what they're looking at, or at least encourages them to question.
I'm designing a LEGO IDEAS set for submission for something else that is SUPER iconic, and this motivates me to pay extra attention to details. At the scale I'm working at, a few integral features have already become out of the question. Yet the model still works great as a whole.
Sometimes the whole is indeed what LEGO seems to think is more important, and I would agree with it.
Would love to vote on your Ideas submission, keep me updated
would love to vote for you as well
Oof you had to bring up the typewriter.
sad Bionicle noises.
Meanwhile the space enthusiasts are happy with that new SLS set, even if it's proportions are all wonky and inaccurate... as long as it's a modern rocket and not another apollo thing or the dozenth space shuttle
Pov:
Lego sends you the RMS Clickbait and not the RMS Titanic
Love this kind of video!!
I wonder if this guy is aware of the famous Titanic Submersible model
The plural of LEGO is LEGO.
This guy is the Gretta Thumburg of lego. Bratty.
To make all those suggested corrections the model will need to be at least 5 times bigger
I feel your pain nautical study
only non ship enthusiasts dont
This hurts my brain and my eyes.. i expect more from the LEGO.
. They can’t make like 30 more pieces just for you. “Or face the wrath of dozens of people online” Most lego fans including me enjoy the set and it’s literally like a top 10 if not 5 set all time, you no offense but u titanic nerd can’t get every detail in this set. And I generally don’t get the complaint for the life boats. They really can’t make it smaller and lego goes through a good amount of steps to even make a official lego set or try to make the builds simple. They prolly built certain things dozen of times. Anyways nice video I am going to enjoy building my lego titanic now
You come across like this is your first ever encounter with Lego, understand that Lego is made from certain elements, like the periodic table, the can and they can’t (but mostly can’t)just creat new elements for every set, that’s the challenge, and it works incredibly well, the smallest piece Lego make is roughly a flat tile quadrant piece with a radius of maybe 6mm, you compare it unfairly to specific diecast or moulded models which can be basically 100% accurate scaled down pieces, look at T scale model trains, I’ve made 1/500 air fix kits as a kid, nice but they don’t impress like these Lego builds do, they take on a problem and it’s fun to see how they find their solution given their periodic table of elements,
i completely forgot about that video where they have the fnaf animatronics and the fan characters on titanic
Yes, finally someone is discussing this! This model has been bugging me for ages! Great video, I very much enjoyed it : D
i am so revolted.
@@Kanesconscience By the model or the video?
Starboard side “ventilator” should be a sirocco fan
The design is supposed to represent LEGO while maintaining the most recognizable features of the Titanic. Making bricks specifically for extreme accuracy defeats the point of LEGO. I think LEGO did an amazing job in making Titanic building accessible to kids who aren't skilled enough to assemble something like the Trumpeter model. My only actual gripe would be the price, which not many can afford.
The central propeller is accurate, Harland and Wolfs engineering books have been found and do confirm that titanic had a 3 bladed central propeller.
At the end of the day, never forget that its made out of Building Blocks. Its Lego, not a Trumpeter Set ;)
I find it considerably disrespectful of Lego to make a Titanic, as approximately 1500 people died on that fateful night
0:40 I'll admit I used to think that to when I was a kid
Thank you for your deep inside view. Hopefully the dark red and the reddish brown pieces will not get brittle…. In some years. Maybe this problem wont show up. But keep it in mind that it could happen. The living conditions resp. temperature and changing of room specs should be stable.
Or you could store it underwater for 110 years...
Lego is limited in how accurate it can portray something. Look at Lego car models, they're never going to look exactly either because lego is all blocks. I can't understand how anyone could be so furious over a building block toy.
It’s almost as though I left three comments and implied in the video that this video was intended as a joke
Now when I was like 4 or 5 I thought the RMS Titanic,Olympic,Britannic,Lusitanian,Mauretania, and aquitania were sisters ships but I soon learned that they were for different companies so yeah now I know
Sorry bud the central propeller is correct. It had 3 blades not 4.
Does _anyone_ read the pinned comment?
@@NauticalStudy oh my bad. Apologies.
@@gavinslatter it happens, you’re all good
I would definitely prefer to have the Trumpeter model, but not everyone (myself included) is skilled enough to put that model together. It’s still a dream of mine to someday have it. In the meantime, I am considering the Lego model, which is why I watched the video.
If you can find it, LOL. I bought it as a family project. It's expensive, but they're selling on Ebay for way more, and I kept the packaging, so my kids can sell it when I'm gone, if they want to. It's very cool and looks remarkable on top of the hutch. Can't recommend it enough.
As also a Titanic enthusiast and a buyer of this set, I'd agree with most of Nautical's "protests", even if most of them were exaggerations. But out of the whole set, I think the money I spent (Which was Canadian money and $899 mind you,) was worth it... probably?
Overall, I'd rate it an 8.9/10. I really enjoyed the set, although it could easily break up after touching only 1 single itty-bitty piece... (exaggeration too, yes.)
One thing I also noticed about the Lego Titanic was that near the bridge's lifeboats, where the 2 collapsible boats were supposed to be, Lego doesn't present it. This also means that Lego's Titanic didn't add the 2 lifeboats dangling over the side, with the collapsibles beside it, on the boat deck.
But good job though, Lego!
What bothers me the most is the fact that the white decks of the titanic are much higher in comparison to the black hull of the ship when it should be the opposite
If your wallet can handle it, the company COBI also makes a couple different brick built models of the Titanic. I personally would like to see what you have to say on their accuracy
yeah what about you complain about those????