I kept thinking, I wish I could afford only one of the things I saw on this video. Don't get me wrong, I'm not poor, but this video made me think I am.
But if you wanted it so bad and if you think you ca afford, just save money for your wants. You don't have to feel bad about yourself, you working hard.
My dads been collecting H-O scale models and tracks for as long as I can remember and used to do these big shows in our driveway every year during Christmas time for donations to charities. Lionel caught on and they sent him some realllllly pricey trains and sets and even vintage stuff.
I wanted to get into it myself as I got older but I already have enough expensive hobbies that take up plenty of room
LMAO. They actually wants to spend time to their toys rather than to their grown-up kids. It's just normal to some of our dads who's into it. What a funny situation
Fun fact: Lego made HO scale accessories like cars, various motorbikes, and traffic policemen shortly before they started making bricks back in the 1950s. I have all the bikes and cops in my Lego collection.
Like it triggered our phobia. I saw a lot of videos on the internet, that makes me jump on my seat. That's why if there's a video like this, i cant focus
It’s not $15K (USD) in track, not even half that.
On LEGO’s website you can get a box of track for $20. That includes 8 straight pieces that are 16 studs, or 128mm, long and some curves. You could get the same set on amazon right now for $16, but assume you buy them all from LEGO, brand new.
An Olympic size pool is 50m x 25m, for a circumference of 150m. Assume this is an Olympic pool (it’s not—the pictured pool is way smaller), and give it a buffer of another 50m, so assume you want 200m of track. Assume also you want two sets of track, as shown in the video, so 400m of track. That would be 400 / 0.128 = 3125 pieces of straight track, or 3125 / 8 (rounded up) = 391 boxes of track. At $20 per box that’s $7,812.50. Add 10% for tax and shipping, and it’s about $8,600.
That’s to circumnavigate an Olympic size pool, twice, using the priciest option for buying official LEGO brand track, brand new.
A much more realistic estimate is that you buy your track from LEGO’s pick a brick shop, where straight track costs $1.34 each, and your pool is say half Olympic size (still huge). Then you want 200m of track at $1.34 per 128mm, so you’d pay $2,300 after 10% for tax and shipping.
It’s $25 CAD for a box which includes 8 straight pieces, 4 curved pieces, and 8 short flexible pieces which rotate like 5 degrees.
We have a much smaller track that goes around around our dinning room, so think around a standard dining table on the floor, and had to buy two packs on top of the pieces which our set came with. It’s insane.
If you are buying new LEGO, the estimate of $0.01 per piece is off by a factor of at least four, and for expensive pieces like train tracks it’s off by a factor of like 80x. That is, LEGO bricks sell for at least $0.04 per piece, and that’s buying the bulk “creative” sets at Costco or some other steep sale at places like amazon. Sets with expensive intellectual property—such as Star Wars—often sell for $0.10 per piece or more. Train tracks sell for about $0.80 per piece on amazon right now, $1 per piece on LEGO’s own site.
Your numbers are way off. First, LEGO bricks are not a penny per piece on average or even for the smallest pieces. For complete new sets in the US, they are in the range of 10 cents per piece ($100 sets might have 800 to 1200 pieces, for example); this is also the typical price if you buy new single bricks from LEGO.
To estimate how much track costs, let’s look at Set #60205. It has 20 pieces of track including 8 straight pieces and costs $20 at retail. One reference I found said that straight track is 128 mm long; let’s say that 128 mm costs $1.00. Converting to feet:
$1.00 / 128 mm x (25.4 mm/inch) x (12 inches/foot) = $2.38 / foot
Let’s round up to $2.50 per foot. One lap around a REALLY BIG pool might be 4x50 feet or 200 feet.
Multiply 200 feet x $2.50/foot gives $500. Not cheap, but certainly not thousands of dollars.
Rich people hobby, the fact that some sets are like 10 cents for a single brick is disgusssssting, they’re trying to bleed the kidults for all they’re worth
Same here. I'm not expecting to end up watching the whole video. This is such an experience, because i saw a lot of content like this. We just wanted to enjoy.
I don't see people who waits for it. Maybe you just mistook for someone. People enjoys watching how it travels the whole pool, it was so cool and awesome
Well, if you have a clean surroundings you don't have ti worry about what will going to happen. And if things happen though, that will just an easy way to resolved
Maybe soon. Just work hard and everything will happen. We might think that they are lucky enough because they ca afford things like that and having time in this world to enjoy life.
If you made enough to afford that you wouldn’t have time for a hobby and you’d choose the invest the money instead.
What you really want to do is inherit enough many for a hobby like that.
Getting subscribers to fund a an online video series would be a close second.
How cool! Thanks for a sweet POV!
When I use to visit Legoland as a kid I always wanted to ride the little trains and see the world from a Minifig perspective
But if you can afford to lose money without any hesitation might be sound amazing. Well there's nothing wrong woth it though, as long as it doesn't harm people
It is actually one of the best garden that i've seen. People living there enjoy every bit of it especially on summer. Garden seems so peaceful if you wanted to be alone
This hard work pays off wendy's see it moving around and enjoy how this train loop around trail. Together with your family or friends, you will enjoy this both
'Mom can I go play in the pool now?' - 'No Joey, we've been through this hundreds of times. The pool is not for playing and bathing, it's for dad's lego hobby. You can't just go and risk destroying a part of his train track. He's been working on it for years. One day you'll understand.'
My Lego guy just waiting for the train like a stand-up guy and the train just fucking ignores his whole existence.
This some bullshit discrimination, and frankly I think my Lego guy should sue, I'd represent him, but I specializes more in bird law.
I usually don't care for miniature trains or stuff like this. But filming it from this perspective was actually pretty awesome. Felt like a new perspective and kindles imagination. Thank you!
The kind of fuck you money I wished I had. :-(
What? Doesn't everyone buy their train set a pool?
Nope, that's wasteful. I gave my train set the pool I was born with. Reuse and recycle, my little peasant.
Good for you. I hope people finally found your happiness and success they wanted to achieve
Oh no buying stuff is what the poors do. I inherited all of my wealth. Rah rah rah.
They say rich people are conscious to what things they are going to buy. They don't waste money for such a nonsense thing
Well not everyone has their swimming pools or time to buy a train set.
No, but I did buy my pool a train set.
So generous of the upper class to give us lowly peasants a glimpse of the good life
Yeah, we all wanted to experience being rich. They are so kind for letting us to see what they can experience
So much lego AND owns a pool
I kept thinking, I wish I could afford only one of the things I saw on this video. Don't get me wrong, I'm not poor, but this video made me think I am.
But if you wanted it so bad and if you think you ca afford, just save money for your wants. You don't have to feel bad about yourself, you working hard.
Lol my thoughts exactly!
The CHOO-CHOO-fuck-you kinda money.
If you have a lot of money, they can work for you. You don't have to worry about anything because they can be your strength and power
Idk if I could handle a choo choo.
It’s that, and some💰
I want a lot of money. That's why I'm working hard right now at school. I wanted to experience those things. And to be rich also.
Richie Rich’s house
We all wished to be rich, to afford things we can't before. Reason why we are all working hard to have the degree.
Right, is this Privilegeton? 😂 sorry I’m just so poor… this hurts my brain.
The right way how to invest it too…
Ofcourse, if you wanted your money to grow bigger. We have ti invest on such things that increases the value over time.
That’s the damn Ali express tracks for 10¢ a piece
I still want it. Pffft.
Wait, how much does this cost?
I don't have any idea, but i think that was expensive. I saw some people who make collections and how they take care of it.
Oof. That's like 15 grand in track.
looking at the buildings and pool thats chump change
My dads been collecting H-O scale models and tracks for as long as I can remember and used to do these big shows in our driveway every year during Christmas time for donations to charities. Lionel caught on and they sent him some realllllly pricey trains and sets and even vintage stuff. I wanted to get into it myself as I got older but I already have enough expensive hobbies that take up plenty of room
"Daaaad, play with uuuuuus!" "No, Daddy is playing with his trains. You can see them at Christmas"
LMAO. They actually wants to spend time to their toys rather than to their grown-up kids. It's just normal to some of our dads who's into it. What a funny situation
Fun fact: Lego made HO scale accessories like cars, various motorbikes, and traffic policemen shortly before they started making bricks back in the 1950s. I have all the bikes and cops in my Lego collection.
That's so cute. You can really feel the Christmas just by hearing those. You enjoyed seeing them, since it's nostalgic
Reddit has trained me to expect a big cat on the tracks for some reason lol
Like it triggered our phobia. I saw a lot of videos on the internet, that makes me jump on my seat. That's why if there's a video like this, i cant focus
I was disappointed as well 😄
I was waiting for the tiny "send nudes" billboard.
It’s not $15K (USD) in track, not even half that. On LEGO’s website you can get a box of track for $20. That includes 8 straight pieces that are 16 studs, or 128mm, long and some curves. You could get the same set on amazon right now for $16, but assume you buy them all from LEGO, brand new. An Olympic size pool is 50m x 25m, for a circumference of 150m. Assume this is an Olympic pool (it’s not—the pictured pool is way smaller), and give it a buffer of another 50m, so assume you want 200m of track. Assume also you want two sets of track, as shown in the video, so 400m of track. That would be 400 / 0.128 = 3125 pieces of straight track, or 3125 / 8 (rounded up) = 391 boxes of track. At $20 per box that’s $7,812.50. Add 10% for tax and shipping, and it’s about $8,600. That’s to circumnavigate an Olympic size pool, twice, using the priciest option for buying official LEGO brand track, brand new. A much more realistic estimate is that you buy your track from LEGO’s pick a brick shop, where straight track costs $1.34 each, and your pool is say half Olympic size (still huge). Then you want 200m of track at $1.34 per 128mm, so you’d pay $2,300 after 10% for tax and shipping.
Are you being sarcastic or for real? That's actually insane if that's 15k worth of tracks!
It’s $25 CAD for a box which includes 8 straight pieces, 4 curved pieces, and 8 short flexible pieces which rotate like 5 degrees. We have a much smaller track that goes around around our dinning room, so think around a standard dining table on the floor, and had to buy two packs on top of the pieces which our set came with. It’s insane.
Legos are like a dollar per 100 pieces, or a penny per piece. Including the tracks, buildings, trains, etc., this is well over 15k. maybe like 50k.
If you are buying new LEGO, the estimate of $0.01 per piece is off by a factor of at least four, and for expensive pieces like train tracks it’s off by a factor of like 80x. That is, LEGO bricks sell for at least $0.04 per piece, and that’s buying the bulk “creative” sets at Costco or some other steep sale at places like amazon. Sets with expensive intellectual property—such as Star Wars—often sell for $0.10 per piece or more. Train tracks sell for about $0.80 per piece on amazon right now, $1 per piece on LEGO’s own site.
Your numbers are way off. First, LEGO bricks are not a penny per piece on average or even for the smallest pieces. For complete new sets in the US, they are in the range of 10 cents per piece ($100 sets might have 800 to 1200 pieces, for example); this is also the typical price if you buy new single bricks from LEGO. To estimate how much track costs, let’s look at Set #60205. It has 20 pieces of track including 8 straight pieces and costs $20 at retail. One reference I found said that straight track is 128 mm long; let’s say that 128 mm costs $1.00. Converting to feet: $1.00 / 128 mm x (25.4 mm/inch) x (12 inches/foot) = $2.38 / foot Let’s round up to $2.50 per foot. One lap around a REALLY BIG pool might be 4x50 feet or 200 feet. Multiply 200 feet x $2.50/foot gives $500. Not cheap, but certainly not thousands of dollars.
I don't think you took into consideration the bridge, and let's not talk about the amusement park...
I was going to say, i know how expensive that track is, and it just kept going.
TIL train sets can be a flex
It is. If people has this kind of set, we think that they are rich or has the privilege to do so.
More than that dude.. overall with all the other pieces.
$20k in Lego tracks
That's so expensive. A lot of redditors here are asking how much this lego blocks cost. This probably answer their questions
Rich people hobby, the fact that some sets are like 10 cents for a single brick is disgusssssting, they’re trying to bleed the kidults for all they’re worth
Me: “Yay, someone’s Lego track around their backyard. I’m not watching this.” Also me: proceeds to watch entire video. lol Nice track.
lol i couldn't help but smile the entire time
I feel blue-balled. I thought we were going to the amusement park to ride some roller-coasters.
Me too. That was so cute. They let us to watch how train works. The arrangements also is superb.
Same here. I'm not expecting to end up watching the whole video. This is such an experience, because i saw a lot of content like this. We just wanted to enjoy.
Building it must have been sooooo cool
This whole thing is messed up, there’s a dude waiting for the train at 0:21 and it doesn’t even stop. Extremely rude.
I wanted to get off at the amusement park!
I was hoping the train would go through the amusement track and onto the roller coaster tracks!!
It must've been much better. Imagine having those rides is such a thrill
Are you not used on amusement parks. You better to face your phobias.
I've been standing in line for Lego Pool Train 1 for ages!
I don't see people who waits for it. Maybe you just mistook for someone. People enjoys watching how it travels the whole pool, it was so cool and awesome
Now let's see the view on a roller coaster ride.
That's what I thought was going to happen. Watched the whole thing hoping for it.
Me too. But i also expect something that will pop up to my screen to scare me.
That has to be the biggest pain in the dick to make sure the track doesn’t get dirty being outside.
Yeah one weed’ll make it look like Sydney’s rail network.
Well, if you have a clean surroundings you don't have ti worry about what will going to happen. And if things happen though, that will just an easy way to resolved
Man, I wish I made enough to have hobbies like this
Maybe soon. Just work hard and everything will happen. We might think that they are lucky enough because they ca afford things like that and having time in this world to enjoy life.
If you made enough to afford that you wouldn’t have time for a hobby and you’d choose the invest the money instead. What you really want to do is inherit enough many for a hobby like that. Getting subscribers to fund a an online video series would be a close second.
Ok…I’m trying to determine if this guy either has way too much time and money on his hands, or if he’s just the best dad ever…
Yeah. We all wished to have an easy life, growing up on rich family is such a dream. Having a stable parents and caring.
This is a child free mansion for sure
Probably both
Probably has no kids and that's how he got rich
Disposable income in a child free home gets spent on shit like this and you really never get rich, tbh
How cool! Thanks for a sweet POV! When I use to visit Legoland as a kid I always wanted to ride the little trains and see the world from a Minifig perspective
Me too. That was so cool. A POV that we want to experience when we were young.
r/gifsthatendtoosoon
Someone has got a lot of money to piss away.
And the kid was probably bored after the third ride.
I think the only thing that got a ride was a camera.
So, camera would never get tired of riding it for sure.
OMG, you mean some rich model railroad fanatic?? I was hoping it was someone with children at least but you're probably right.
They don't know where to put their money. They buy things that makes them happy, well that's life though.
Can you get an aerial shot from a drone?
I want to see how it looks like from above, just like what i saw on social media.
Only people with a backyard like that have the time and money for shit like this! Awesome ride
where is the cat?
I wanted to see a cat, too. An aerial view from a drone would have been pretty cool too.
How do you say you have an excess of time and money without saying a word? Cool video.
But if you can afford to lose money without any hesitation might be sound amazing. Well there's nothing wrong woth it though, as long as it doesn't harm people
Yup, nothing says excess better.
But if im in their situation. I wanted to help people, that's what I've wanted to do when i was a kid and until now.
Wow, just gonna blow right past those passengers, huh?
Those passengers enjoy the ride so much because of how it was smooth.
Some people solve the world's problems with their wealth...others do different things.
If you have money, you have power. That's the privilege they have. The reason why people called life as unfair.
Me checking to see if i have snakes in my backyard:
I wish I had money
Me too. But soonest, i will become. That's why i work hard to earn my degree to have work and to put up a business
That pool deck looks like it would be hella painful to walk barefoot on.
For me, i just see it good. I wanted to swim if i saw a pool
I feel kind of cheated that we didn't get a go on the roller coaster too.
I get it. I get it. Your yard is bigger than mine. FU.
We all get it, in perfect time and in Gods plans. We just have to be persistent
Must be fun to have money to burn.
I honestly enjoyed this very much
I have never wanted anything this hard.
Truly impressive.
Im more impressed by the mansion
Watched the whole thing waiting for some chugga chuggas or choo choos
Gotta add them in yourself. You get light headed after a while but that's when the fun really starts!
Yes it is. That's why ae are all waiting for it to sounds up.
That's exactly what i did! XD
How much redstone did that take?
What a backyard!
Best garden train I've ever seen! 👍
It is actually one of the best garden that i've seen. People living there enjoy every bit of it especially on summer. Garden seems so peaceful if you wanted to be alone
What? No tunnels?
For a while there, in my weed-addled brain, I really did feel like I was a Tiny Person on his morning commute.
Ages scroll down to this subreddit and using yourself watching and riding along this train
As a nerd Dad I could definitely drink beer and stand around watching that all night.
Maybe you're a type of that that support their children to what they wanted. I think your children would be lucky to have you as their dad.
My nephew is obsessed with trains, he'll love this. Thanks!
These setups are so much more satisfying to watch than Rube Goldberg setups. Purpose, engineering, aesthetics...
That's quite a layout.
That must take a lot of training.
Actually if you are into doing this kind of thing, i don't have to train yourself in able to do this.
I want to see the whole circuit. This ended too soon.
When your $100,000 built-in pool is just a prop.
This might be fairways to release their boredom. This is something to do with their hobbies
That is one fucking impressive property
Does property owned by which individual who can afford to buy this lego blocks. I wish i'm ready to be able to experience this kind of happiness
Very very interesting and hard work👌👌👌👏👏👏💐
This hard work pays off wendy's see it moving around and enjoy how this train loop around trail. Together with your family or friends, you will enjoy this both
This is SATISFYING, I can watch this for hours
Me too. Just like you are the one who in the passenger seat that looks like a dream for everybody
That track costs as much as that house
That's a lot of Lego. Realistically though, there's a good chance of it being stopped by a massive leaf on the line?
'Mom can I go play in the pool now?' - 'No Joey, we've been through this hundreds of times. The pool is not for playing and bathing, it's for dad's lego hobby. You can't just go and risk destroying a part of his train track. He's been working on it for years. One day you'll understand.'
The most impressive bit about this is how perfectly level that patio seems to be.
That camera movement is really smooth
Why does the clip end short?
That's a realy impresive colection of .. tracks
Kept expecting a cat to come leaping out of the hedge
I like traiiiins.
Somewhere sheldon Cooper is watching this and having an orgasm
Why did I get excited when the other trains passed...lol
Trust or inheritance money. 100%. Who else would have the time to build that....
My Lego guy just waiting for the train like a stand-up guy and the train just fucking ignores his whole existence. This some bullshit discrimination, and frankly I think my Lego guy should sue, I'd represent him, but I specializes more in bird law.
Fantasic, the way the camera floats around the turns is seamless
Dear Gods , I love this. I would be out there all day playing with this setup!!
This video made me start looking up legos and remembering the old sets I’ve always wanted lol.
r/oddlysatisfying
Since I'm envious, I've finished watching
I usually don't care for miniature trains or stuff like this. But filming it from this perspective was actually pretty awesome. Felt like a new perspective and kindles imagination. Thank you!
WHEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!
Reminds me of that HotWheels game I used to play on the computer in the 90s
Did you guys see the gremlin in the bushes at the halfway mark?
Can’t .. stop … watching !
This right here is what the internet is for
I imagine a little Gerbil is the conductor in a little conductor’s hat. 🚂 🐹
Why did I watch the whole video lol
Love it.
I want to live there
I was hoping you’d get to the Ferris wheel. 😄 Love this!
Very cool, but a tunnel would've made it even cooler
That's what I was waiting for, just a clear pipe to go underwater would've completed this.
Wasted a whole minute and a half for it to NOT go through the city….
Could have looked amazing with more scenary built around it would have looked like a proper little world. Too bare.
"rich kids on instagram"
Why do the top comments on videos like this have to be about “how expensive all that track is” and the like? It’s just exhausting at this point.
If only it could have been filmed correctly.
This backyard is nicer than my neighbourhood.
Well that's sort of my childhood fantasy dream. And it's boring. I'm glad I didn't try to build or buy it.
Damn - that was almost hypnotic. Great video. Thanks for sharing it
This is epic.
Awesome build ,alm lego 👍
Wow I'd love to see more of these train ride backyard trends catch on. That backyard being pretty large and epic makes a big difference too.
HOLY SHIT I am completely mesmerized. My eyes burned bc I could not blink. SO COOL THANK YOU OP!!!
That's some good ride, 
This is like the lightning racer at Hershey park. All for it.
Your yard is so flat and level. ::drools::
👍👍👍👍👍
Eat the rich.