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it's a good thing to keep the cars consistent anyway, might as well make the smaller ones bigger since the bigger ones can't get any smaller without losing detail
True, but I feel like older style, smaller vehicles can still work in your city, like the 4 wide can be built into small work vehicles ie. Postal, meter maid, utv's, Go-Karts, so the bricks are still usable and create more realistic city still.
I personally LOVE the 8-wide vehicles. So much detail and you can fit two minifigs in typically. But I have major kudos to the people who cram so much detail and design into a 6-wide vehicle. And I get why for your custom cities / streets. I don't have a custom city or anything so this doesn't apply to me. But I did just build a custom 8-wide Ghostrider Hell Charger car from the standard 6-wide version in stores and man it's so much better and detailed than the original.
If I would make 6 wide cars, suv's and vans, while making the back of the ambulance 8 wide, I think I would also make the busses and big trucks 8 wide.
I personally prefer to build 6-stud-wide cars that can seat 2 minifigures side-by-side, 7-stud-wide vans, and 8-stud-wide large trucks, large trailers and buses.
Minifigs are less than 3 studs wide at the top of their torso, and you can sit them next to each other on jumpers with panel pieces on the sides to fit their arms.
The ideal for me is a 6 wide vehicle that can seat 2 minifigures side by side. Part 30149 makes it easiest, and thankfully Lego has brought it back for a few recent sets.
I was just thinking about that piece myself and didn't know the part number. Nice to know it's still being made. I used it a lot as a kid. I think I got it in an Indiana Jones set.
I think both 6 and 8 wide are good. For the roads 6 is best, and you can actually get very detailed with it. But I do like my Speed Champions 8 wide :D Do you have a tutorial on that police car from the beginning? It's so dope
Haha definitely love the Speed Champions sets too! Instructions for the police SUV can be found here: afolstore.com/collections/6-wide-vehicles/products/lego-nypd-police-suv-instructions
Even before lego started making those 8 wide cars (which I’m still unsure of) I’ve preferred the 6 wide design since it seems closest to Minifigure scale while still having a good amount of seating space.
I love my 8-wide car MOCs, but I kinda laugh at the new Speed Champions sets. LEGO makes them that big and still can't include opening doors/hood/trunk? As an experiment I even managed to add those features on a couple of 6-wides.
I agree on the 6-wide note for LEGO city purposes - but I have a question for you. I have a ton of 4-wide City car bases from when I was younger, I'd love to utilize them. What's the best way to do so? My thought is to make smaller utility vehicles 4-wide, but I'm also curious what methods there are for utilizing those bases in 6-wide cars. It does mean a lot of those old axle pieces that I have aren't very useful.
I think 6 studs is definitely the right scale for vehicles and most of my Mocs are this size. I have found you can put two minifigs side by side if you lean one of them slightly forwards and one slightly backwards. A lot of minifig scale vehicles (e.g. Speed Champions) are 8 or more studs wide, but they look way too big in my opinion. Conversely, some of the earlier Speed Champions are a bit too small (e.g. the mini clubman) so you can only get one minifig inside.
I think 6 wide is great build.l,and I grew up building them,but over the years I grew to 8 wide vehicles. I like to build my vehicle 8 wide cause it creates a challenge and most people don't usually build 8 wide. But all in all I think both are very good
I like your take on it! I think if you have the space in your city they can definitely look nice, but we have a small studio so every square inch counts!
I don't remember if I've said this before on another video, but this is a really helpful series. I'm not yet equipped to build a city of my own, but I'm using my time now trying to brainstorm a layout.
"Why we build 6 Wide LEGO !CITY! Vehicles, and why you should too!" is a better tiltle to the video. I guess most scale model builder prefers 15 or wider MOCs (me included)
You make epic MOCS man! 6 wides are also my go to car size, I like to have my Lego vehicles as close to 1/43 scale as possible, the official scale of Lego cars/trains/boats/planes is 1/40 so it’s similar so yeah, Keep it up! 👍
Recently I built a 8-wide SUV that could fit 4 people, I don't plan on putting it in the Lego streets and if it was 6-wide I think the max would be 2 people
You can fit 2 ppl right next to each other u just have to adjust their arms but yes 8 studs is way better for room but 6 studs looks better compared to 8 bc of the size of the mini figure and eyc
I guess recently I've been building in 6 to 8 wide as that's what my current collection and the modern parts easily allow. as a kid I would mostly make 4 wide vehicles.
I think the 8 wide is better because when i build my trucks, i can make them bigger than my cars i make, or the car looks better wider. especially when i make a semi truck.
I really don't understand why Lego botched their new street system by making it too narrow. If they only had as much of attention for the quality of their product as they had for their pricing. I mean at their price point you can't have 'mistakes' like these. And yes I mean their listed prices, because they charge their resellers accordingly.
I personaly think it should be 7 for cars and 8 for trucks. That way you can fit 2 minifigures beside each other, and have the trucks be bigger than the cars
I tend to vary size depending on the vehicle, a city bus is going to be wider than a car in reality so why distort scale? I also refuse to use the new garbage road plates.
One problem I have with your builds. Your semi-truck have smaller wheels than some of the other vehicles. I mean if you're trying to be consistent, wheel size should matter too.
I personally like 8 stud wides car more since it has better proportions and scale to a real car but the problem is that it’s too big for lego cities in general... great video though!
This is my first time here but i saw that police car and IMMEDIATELY went to the store. Then i saw the fire truck and now have three things in my cart… but i wish i knew how much it would be for the prices so i know how much money i’m going to end up spending.
We get that question all the time, and unfortunately it’s really hard to answer due to numerous reasons like taxes in your area, shipping costs to you, which bricklink stores you buy from, how many stores you buy from, if you buy new or used bricks, etc…. That said, the fire truck is more expensive than the police vehicles, due to the part count and some rarer parts it uses, whereas the cop cars have more common parts. Hope that helps!
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Can you please make small creations that don't require a lot of pieces but it can go easily in a city
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@@dashifoods3231 we have smaller builds on our website!
Any instructions for the NYPD SUV/ 18 Ford Interceptor Utility and sports car/ 2018 Dodge Charger pursuit? Also, can mini figs fit inside?
@@ColoradoCactus Yes
it's a good thing to keep the cars consistent anyway, might as well make the smaller ones bigger since the bigger ones can't get any smaller without losing detail
True, but I feel like older style, smaller vehicles can still work in your city, like the 4 wide can be built into small work vehicles ie. Postal, meter maid, utv's, Go-Karts, so the bricks are still usable and create more realistic city still.
I personally LOVE the 8-wide vehicles. So much detail and you can fit two minifigs in typically. But I have major kudos to the people who cram so much detail and design into a 6-wide vehicle. And I get why for your custom cities / streets. I don't have a custom city or anything so this doesn't apply to me. But I did just build a custom 8-wide Ghostrider Hell Charger car from the standard 6-wide version in stores and man it's so much better and detailed than the original.
Totally agree - if you have the space/ don't have a city, 8 wide is awesome! But for us, 6 wide is definitely the right fit.
Nah fam I built a Lego obs GM pickup truck and it's 7 stud wide
Same I just need them for stop motion
@@Jake_S-xq3ih but 8 wide can fit 2 figs
@@Jake_S-xq3ih yup
If I would make 6 wide cars, suv's and vans, while making the back of the ambulance 8 wide, I think I would also make the busses and big trucks 8 wide.
@@lobonocturno420 No, because then the trains would have to be at least that wide too, making them too big for most lay-outs.
i personally make the cars/pickups/suvs 4 wide and the trucks/vans/busses 6 wide
I personally prefer to build 6-stud-wide cars that can seat 2 minifigures side-by-side, 7-stud-wide vans, and 8-stud-wide large trucks, large trailers and buses.
how do you fit 2 minifigs side by side in a 6 wide?
I do the same, I made an awesome semi truck with a car carrier trailer and generic box trailer
I am planning on making my trains 8 wide so they are scale to my large trucks
Minifigs are less than 3 studs wide at the top of their torso, and you can sit them next to each other on jumpers with panel pieces on the sides to fit their arms.
The ideal for me is a 6 wide vehicle that can seat 2 minifigures side by side. Part 30149 makes it easiest, and thankfully Lego has brought it back for a few recent sets.
I was just thinking about that piece myself and didn't know the part number. Nice to know it's still being made. I used it a lot as a kid. I think I got it in an Indiana Jones set.
If you put 4 jumper plates and 2 other plates on the side you can.
Yes I definitely agree. On my channel I always build with 6 Studs.
Honestly, having those vehicles in Lego sets could actually be kinda cool
This channel is so underrated. Love the content!
Thank you, really appreciate it!
I think both 6 and 8 wide are good. For the roads 6 is best, and you can actually get very detailed with it. But I do like my Speed Champions 8 wide :D
Do you have a tutorial on that police car from the beginning? It's so dope
Haha definitely love the Speed Champions sets too!
Instructions for the police SUV can be found here: afolstore.com/collections/6-wide-vehicles/products/lego-nypd-police-suv-instructions
I always use 8 for detail, and being able to fit more than 1 person in.
Its not an issue fitting 2 persons next to eachoter in a 6 wide build.
@@SchwimpyAssPirate
But then the doors would be paper thin.
@@jackcolson4745 yepp
I love my four stud wide builds but the six studs are objectively better. Also your custom road plates are amazing!
Even before lego started making those 8 wide cars (which I’m still unsure of) I’ve preferred the 6 wide design since it seems closest to Minifigure scale while still having a good amount of seating space.
Although I think 8 wide works for supercars (Ferrari, Lamborghini etc) since they are wide IRL. 6 works for more typical cars though.
I love my 8-wide car MOCs, but I kinda laugh at the new Speed Champions sets. LEGO makes them that big and still can't include opening doors/hood/trunk? As an experiment I even managed to add those features on a couple of 6-wides.
@@scottthewaterwarrior its because of the detail
@@tvbox66 Detail they don't have, no opening doors, no engine blocks, headlights are often still stickers, etc.
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I couldn't agree more!
That vehicles are AWSOME
Thank you!
@@AFOLTV you are welcome 👍
@@AFOLTV well I made money heist Lego version
the bus looks really cool
Thank you!
wow, these are some really cool custom cars!
Glad you like them!
Love the black Pajero!
Thanks!
Well done for your 50k subs!
For a lego bus, I would say 8-10 studs wide seems to be better with details and within the minifig scale.
I agree on the 6-wide note for LEGO city purposes - but I have a question for you. I have a ton of 4-wide City car bases from when I was younger, I'd love to utilize them. What's the best way to do so? My thought is to make smaller utility vehicles 4-wide, but I'm also curious what methods there are for utilizing those bases in 6-wide cars. It does mean a lot of those old axle pieces that I have aren't very useful.
I think 6 studs is definitely the right scale for vehicles and most of my Mocs are this size. I have found you can put two minifigs side by side if you lean one of them slightly forwards and one slightly backwards. A lot of minifig scale vehicles (e.g. Speed Champions) are 8 or more studs wide, but they look way too big in my opinion. Conversely, some of the earlier Speed Champions are a bit too small (e.g. the mini clubman) so you can only get one minifig inside.
In a city I agree but I love the new 8 wides as a stand alone thing, they’re so much more detailed and so many great and free alt builds.
u can use jumper plates to fit 2 minifigures in 6 wide cars & make side walls little protruding, I made a flying car like that
I wish I had that police SUV it’s so cool looking
Thanks! We have instructions on our website 😀
You should have 4 studs with for compact, little cars, 6 studs width for standard-size cars, and 8 studs width for buses, and trucks
Love the fire truck
Thank you!
I think 6 wide is great build.l,and I grew up building them,but over the years I grew to 8 wide vehicles. I like to build my vehicle 8 wide cause it creates a challenge and most people don't usually build 8 wide. But all in all I think both are very good
I like your take on it! I think if you have the space in your city they can definitely look nice, but we have a small studio so every square inch counts!
I don't remember if I've said this before on another video, but this is a really helpful series.
I'm not yet equipped to build a city of my own, but I'm using my time now trying to brainstorm a layout.
So in short, it's a great balance between making the creations detailed and small for the road piece to fit naturally.
Wow your city is amazing
Thank you!
dude that explorer is so perfect holy shit
I use scale from 5 through 10, although I don't do cities, I mainly do 1 time mocs, so space isnt a problem for me.
"Why we build 6 Wide LEGO !CITY! Vehicles, and why you should too!" is a better tiltle to the video. I guess most scale model builder prefers 15 or wider MOCs (me included)
They r so cute 😮
Sick cars
Thanks!
Would like to see a quadcab pickup.
I’d love to see a tow truck build! I like 8 wide cars for the race cars but definitely for my city and most others 6 wide is perfect
That interceptor looks awesome!
Thank you!
Funny that I just built a 6 stud wide vehicle and this got in my recommendation. I was able to put steering into it as well but not much more.
Wow that's Lego is good!
That Interceptor looks really accurate, can't speak for anything else but yeah
You make epic MOCS man! 6 wides are also my go to car size, I like to have my Lego vehicles as close to 1/43 scale as possible, the official scale of Lego cars/trains/boats/planes is 1/40 so it’s similar so yeah, Keep it up! 👍
Recently I built a 8-wide SUV that could fit 4 people, I don't plan on putting it in the Lego streets and if it was 6-wide I think the max would be 2 people
You can fit 2 ppl right next to each other u just have to adjust their arms but yes 8 studs is way better for room but 6 studs looks better compared to 8 bc of the size of the mini figure and eyc
These are so cool! 😀
Glad you like them!
I guess recently I've been building in 6 to 8 wide as that's what my current collection and the modern parts easily allow. as a kid I would mostly make 4 wide vehicles.
I build my normal cars and trucks 6 wide but for my semi trucks and larger vehicles, I build them 8 wide
I use 4 wide cars for less space used
the poilce suv is so fire!
Ah thank you!
@@AFOLTV would u ship over to germany?
It’s all digital download, no shipping required! You get the bricks through bricklink
Thank you so much for this. I thought I was alone 🥲
Haha glad you agree!
If I did have legos again I would 8 wide for big rigs and other big trucks and buses and maybe 10 wide for locomotives and other rail cars
I think the 8 wide is better because when i build my trucks, i can make them bigger than my cars i make, or the car looks better wider. especially when i make a semi truck.
I really don't understand why Lego botched their new street system by making it too narrow. If they only had as much of attention for the quality of their product as they had for their pricing. I mean at their price point you can't have 'mistakes' like these. And yes I mean their listed prices, because they charge their resellers accordingly.
I usually make 4 stud wide vehicles because it’s more unique, and it does not use up as much bricks.
Enjoyed the video.... I still absolutely love the 8 wide speed champions sets
Thank you! And agreed, they’re a ton of fun
does anyone remember how wide those Speed Racer lego sets were?
cause i miss those sets.
nice big chunky car
Those were 8 wide.
I personaly think it should be 7 for cars and 8 for trucks.
That way you can fit 2 minifigures beside each other, and have the trucks be bigger than the cars
Wow it is very cool
Thank you!
Do you have the ambulance instructions anywhere?
I have have a 4 wide Lego fire truck and it's a 6x6
If your builds were real lego sets, I would buy them. They are amazing.
I tend to vary size depending on the vehicle, a city bus is going to be wider than a car in reality so why distort scale? I also refuse to use the new garbage road plates.
Yes, I build 6 wide for most vehicles, except big vehicles such as truck and buses.
Oh nice!
Rest in pieces the 4 stud wide car
One problem I have with your builds. Your semi-truck have smaller wheels than some of the other vehicles. I mean if you're trying to be consistent, wheel size should matter too.
I'm a 5 wide guy for the smaller cars, but all my bigger trucks are 6 wides
This is an amazing video! Thank you so much !
Appreciate it! Thanks for watching 😄
I mostly do this and I think it's the most easier platform to build
Definitely easier to add more details than 4-wide!
@@AFOLTV Yeah ikr?
make a rv with a 6 by 6 to fit ur city
I just built a 10 wide 79 Bronco
Any chance u guys can do some Subaru Impreza sets from across the generations?
7 wide is the way to go. Then you nearly have the best of both worlds.
goooooooood!!😂
can you make a tutorial of EVERY lego build you hhave
We have instructions for almost everything on our website! Also a bunch of tutorials on our channel 😄
Interesting video! Thanks!
Thanks for watching!
I build cars 4 or 5 wide and trucks 6 wide to 7 for special ones
that does explorer is sick, it would be amazing if that was a real set
Thank you!
i like 8 wide it helps with 2 seats
I have to make 4 wide cuz of road and the new roadplate cant connected with the road plate the 6 wides
persdonally i prefer 8 studs wide for cars like speed champions does as the cars look so much better and are so much more functional when 8 studs wide
Idk I’m more used to 8 wides now cuz it’s just easier to work with
The bud, semi and garbage truck look unbelievable. Absolutely love them
Thank you, appreciate it!
I dont have city and vehicles are only for display so 8>6 cos more details
Next to the bus the semi truck seems a bit too small
great video! but how do you make those police car wheels?
They're speed champions wheels and tires with 1x1 round tile in the middle
Nice
Try building 6 wide motorised cars and buses and buses easier I tried some random stuff and 6 wide can be motorised but hard
Make a 8 stud wide or upgrade your space
Wow
These are cooler then the real one
Thanks!
@@AFOLTV np
I love building six wide because it has more detail and I don't know how to build six flights so I want to wanna know more about it so Yeah
Do you custom build your vehicle’s.
i feel trucks should be 8 wide . have some examples on flicker i am heavy moc
Could you make some pickup trucks?
We have some on our website/ channel!
I personally like 8 stud wides car more since it has better proportions and scale to a real car but the problem is that it’s too big for lego cities in general... great video though!
Im in indonesia and i also built a 6 block wide and 20 block long bus but the wheels stick out.
Do you have a UPS truck build? (The standard brown truck)
We actually just recently added one to our site! afolstore.com/collections/latest-arrivals/products/lego-ups-delivery-truck-instructions-6-wide
Do you know if Lego will ever develop a 6 wide garage pieces?
Wonderful! You're the best. Could you please share the instructions? THX a lot
Thank you! We have them on our site! www.afolstore.com
This is my first time here but i saw that police car and IMMEDIATELY went to the store. Then i saw the fire truck and now have three things in my cart… but i wish i knew how much it would be for the prices so i know how much money i’m going to end up spending.
We get that question all the time, and unfortunately it’s really hard to answer due to numerous reasons like taxes in your area, shipping costs to you, which bricklink stores you buy from, how many stores you buy from, if you buy new or used bricks, etc…. That said, the fire truck is more expensive than the police vehicles, due to the part count and some rarer parts it uses, whereas the cop cars have more common parts. Hope that helps!
@@AFOLTV It does thanks! I’ll for sure consider my purchase, might have to do a little research on pieces first though!
Honestly don't like the new roadplates mainly for the fact of the cost it would require to do a city layout
hay can you build a dodge charger cop car please?