LGR - Building a Lego NES Console (now with full build video)

Sweet. Yeah I usually check them and voltage, and harvest records out.

Oh nice! Check out Static Age if you can, they recently switched things up inside :)

LGR

Hehe yeah. Derp I discovered that after i sent the comment. Thanks Clint. I'll be in Ashville record shopping today.

Check the link in the post itself, that's the new one

LGR

It appears to be the same 13 minute long video as before.

Here you go. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7QScsJIdNE1VHpfgQSmnuXbgO01RcI_Z" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7QScsJIdNE1VHpfgQSmnuXbgO01RcI_Z</a>

Jessica McIntosh

I think both LGR and Miles are right. Yes, the form factor will usually at least be _associated_ with Lego everywhere. And indeed, at this side of the Atlantic (at least The Netherlands as well as Germany), a) the name Lego as such is interpreted as referring to the actual brand only, and b) generic bricks tend to be such crap that they don't trigger the unique Lego "quality time" experience perception. The Dutch "polder model" solution would be to put double quotes around "Lego" in the title, but I recognize that with that, we are solidly on nit-picking territory.

Rutger van Bergen

Let me rephrase clickbaity to disappointed. I understand what you're going for. I understand as well that certain brand names have become synonymous for a genre of things, same here in Germany. So for your audience the title makes perfect sense. I'm sure my opinion is the absolute minority. To explain why I was disappointed: For all your previous "Lego" videos I honestly assumed they were actual Lego bricks. Being bought by a third party vendor to be repackaged into a new kit. So I was unpleasantly surprised to find out, that wasn't so. In Germany, generic bricks are generally crap quality. I enjoyed your previous "Lego" videos. I would have to revisit them, if you've mentioned they were generic bricks. I checked a few and the description doesn't. I'll take your word for the audio part. Edit: I forgot. Lego is not a generic term in Germany. That might add to/explain my disappointment as well. "Everyone knows this form factor ... as Lego" is mostly your American point of view. You explained in your year in review video half your viewers are outside of America. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Miles

THAT is clickbait? What exactly is misleading about it? Everyone knows this form factor of bricks as Lego bricks, even the generic unbranded ones. It is a term synonymous with the toy, as Marky-B states above. Same with the NES for that matter. It's not *actually* an NES, but everyone knows that's what it resembles, even if the manufacturer can't say it due to trademark law. And with only so many characters available in a YouTube title, "Lego NES" is the description I'm sticking with because I do not feel that it's misleading anyone with common sense. Not only that, but each of my previous Lego videos used the same title even though those weren't Lego kits either. Those went over quite nicely. Titling the video "Building a Modular Building Block NES-Style Raspberry Pi Case" is a mess and would just be bad YouTubing practice, even if technically accurate.

LGR

🙄It's because people associate the blocks themselves as Lego, not the brand. Much like Kleenex or Velcro.

I'm a bit disappointed that you titled the video "LEGO", but it aren't actual Lego bricks. I know what you're going for, but it feels a bit clickbaity to me. :-/

Miles

There is a lot of extra room there, I feel like you could rebuild the case a bit and add some cable leads, etc, to make the placement of I/O a lot more authentic to the original NES.

I like the idea of playing Dr. Mario on a Lego NES. You put a bunch of plastic blocks together so that you can put a bunch of virtual blocks together.

Steve Lovelace

Did you get those missing bricks mailed to you?

nes prototype rom downloads will skyrocket on archive.org soon after the release of the video ;)

Tom Schaack

Love it. But then I love [not] Lego. I’m hoping for an Amiga building brick case.

Richard Shears

Oh man, I can still waste way too much time with Excitebike. Such a good game.

The raw build would be great, maybe with some calming music to go along. Just read to us from a daily affirmations calendar the whole time, it would be incredible.

neuroflare

This is brilliant. If only someone would make a Lego Commodore 64 😉😉

Perifractic's Retro Recipes

Case is pretty bulky compared to other Pi cases. And the Pi placement... not a big fan since the USB ports should be on the right (where the true controller ports are :P). Then again, that wouldn't work out for the HDMI port. And you mention the NES Classic, they make pretty nice Pi cases that mimic the Classic and even have functioning power/reset buttons. :D

The Enforcer

Found that odd as well, so I'm assuming they wanted a mix of actual NES design replication and their own vision for the Pi placement. And yeah it's similar to the SNES version, check it out! <a href="https://gamehistory.org/simcity/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://gamehistory.org/simcity/</a>

LGR

Or maybe show the original NES. It seems like this "LEGO" version is somewhere in between the two consoles size wise...

Grunk

Glad to hear it! And yeah, PowerPig has more computers and tech things I'd love to build sometime.

LGR

I've got a full recording of the build as well, no commentary. Could upload it for patrons if there's interest!

LGR

Bit strange the designed it to have the HDMI on the opposite side of where the "composite" ports are. If anything they should've been over there or where the RF input was on the back. Also. SimCity for NES? I actually grew up on the SNES port so I'm very intrigued.

Joe Conti

Fair point!

LGR

Additional minor point, it seems like the scene video should cut to the next clip at 9:54ish so the NES classic shows up when you say "this is the NES classic" as it is now, your voiceover says that while your hands are holding the Lego NES. That said, thank you for this tasty content, as usual.

all that said, I love your videos and I'm not here to be "that guy" so do what you want 'cause a pirate is free

Peter Metzger

minor thing I noticed: at one point (when you're doing the top, I think) you say something about "2x8" smooth pieces but they're 2x4. Regarding your question about what the pieces are called, I believe the thinner pieces are called "plates" and the thicker pieces are called "bricks" (a brick is three stacked plates tall). I could be wrong but I think those are the correct terms.

Peter Metzger

That's really nice being beefier than I expected. I don't like a lot of the tiny lightweight Pi cases. You end up with something too light and small. It gets pulled around by its own HDMI cable.

JennaKay

Awesome video. I really enjoy your Lego builds and honestly I would have been ok watching 45 minutes of the build with you just 'rambling' on about putting together Lego kits. Thanks for the early release.

I love LEGO build videos like this. Those LEGO computers you built were super cool as well. I’d love to see some more of those if they have others

Zachary Outen