WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.140 There's a lot of hype around it like Lego was selling this thing hard 00:00:06.640 --> 00:00:13.460 It's fixing it As a Lego child who grew into a Lego parent 00:00:13.460 --> 00:00:20.180 I kind of have mixed feelings about Lego the iconic toy company focused on creativity and an 00:00:20.780 --> 00:00:26.560 imagination adding Smart features to some of their sets in the form of a smart brick 00:00:26.560 --> 00:00:33.660 But I can see the appeal of a new version of Darth Vader's TIE fighter that reacts to how you move and play 00:00:34.200 --> 00:00:39.540 Thanks to the smart brick the smart tag and a smart Darth Vader 00:00:39.920 --> 00:00:48.000 Everything has smart tech in it now It's just it's weird and lots of people have been talking about this since Lego announced it at CES this year 00:00:48.000 --> 00:00:54.800 It's just weird to have Lego the company that is all about you know like not needing all that weird bells and whistles 00:00:54.800 --> 00:00:58.120 To add this feature. I mean I feel like it's smacks of 00:00:59.040 --> 00:01:03.880 Investor pressure or I don't even know if they have investors. I think they must they must Lego is private company 00:01:03.880 --> 00:01:09.120 Legos private so it's not investor pressure. It's something some kind of pressure. Anyway. Oh, look at this 00:01:09.120 --> 00:01:14.360 So so this is the the open box right here and here is the smart brick itself 00:01:14.360 --> 00:01:19.840 So yeah, it looks like a Lego brick in two parts 00:01:20.040 --> 00:01:27.280 Obviously we got this kind of transparent thing on top and the opaque body with the electronics inside 00:01:27.280 --> 00:01:35.600 I don't see any way to Like open it because I believe that there is no way to replace the battery if it if it if it dies 00:01:35.600 --> 00:01:44.380 It's a got a 45 milliamp hour battery It apparently only lasts 45 minutes and takes a while to charge comes with a USB-C to a 00:01:45.020 --> 00:01:50.460 Cable interesting fairly large pad for that little smart brick 00:01:50.660 --> 00:01:54.460 It's it's unclear at the moment whether you could charge multiple bricks on this 00:01:54.460 --> 00:02:00.860 But it certainly seems like that should be possible given how large this pad is and how small the actual brick is 00:02:00.860 --> 00:02:05.700 Okay. Oh, and it lights up. You see that and then when I took it off and made a little sound 00:02:07.740 --> 00:02:13.100 Wow Worth it just for that. You cannot buy standalone smart bricks at the moment 00:02:13.100 --> 00:02:16.860 They only come in a very limited number of sets which are 00:02:17.820 --> 00:02:23.940 Actually quite limited still compared to the functionality that Lego was talking about them having at CES 00:02:23.940 --> 00:02:29.900 We'll talk about that more once we get everything built, but um, yeah, there's a bit of controversy around this right now 00:02:30.140 --> 00:02:33.140 Anyway, we're gonna build this now and I 00:02:33.700 --> 00:02:38.300 Got I got some Lego cred. I had a big giant bucket of Lego as a child 00:02:38.980 --> 00:02:45.500 Our Lego pieces at home are organized by color and by size so like big green pieces 00:02:45.660 --> 00:02:51.180 Medium-sized green pieces small green pieces. Okay, so I guess I am I'm I am more of a Lego guy than normal people 00:02:51.180 --> 00:02:55.860 Oh, this is a smart play guide. There's an instruction manual just for how to do the smart stuff 00:02:55.860 --> 00:02:59.100 You do need an app. We have that set up. Oh, it will glow 00:02:59.700 --> 00:03:04.220 Green when it's fully charged. It says right here. It's gonna take two hours to charge the brick 00:03:04.620 --> 00:03:08.100 And then the rest of this book is just all that stuff. Okay, cool 00:03:08.300 --> 00:03:10.300 go 00:03:14.140 --> 00:03:24.340 And I gotta say I Didn't think I would ever get to build Lego for my job wish that I wasn't building Lego's most controversial product ever I 00:03:31.100 --> 00:03:38.220 Feel like the building is part of the plane That's what makes Lego so cool is that you can build any toy you want and then you can play with a toy 00:03:38.220 --> 00:03:40.820 But the building the toy is also really fun. Oh 00:03:44.540 --> 00:03:50.500 Smart tag, okay, it's time to put the smart tag on it's got a little picture of Darth Vader's tie on it 00:03:50.500 --> 00:03:57.540 It looks like there's very little Electronics or anything in there. Although it it has extra little numbers that aren't there normally. I 00:03:58.220 --> 00:04:00.820 actually one of the reviews I read of it, too is that it 00:04:01.740 --> 00:04:08.500 Notably does not sound like Star Wars. Oh really, I'll be the judge of that. I'm kind of a Star Wars dork or I was 00:04:09.340 --> 00:04:12.540 Before the duck times smart tag on 00:04:13.860 --> 00:04:15.860 Okay back to speed building 00:04:19.260 --> 00:04:24.380 I've never seen whatever the pieces is before just like a flat paddle fun I 00:04:26.900 --> 00:04:29.940 Said we cannot go in there 00:04:30.820 --> 00:04:32.820 I 00:04:34.580 --> 00:04:37.740 Have like been struggling 00:04:41.220 --> 00:04:46.020 And I appreciate the beauty in the complex system 00:04:50.180 --> 00:04:52.980 I mean that's the death bed that's the argument for the death penalty, but 00:04:55.420 --> 00:05:00.340 Okay We're at the smart brick part. We're still recording everything, right? Yeah 00:05:01.420 --> 00:05:06.620 And it's green. Okay into the back right on top of 00:05:07.500 --> 00:05:10.640 The of the smart tag here as shown 00:05:12.380 --> 00:05:14.380 Whoa 00:05:15.980 --> 00:05:22.820 That didn't sound a ton like what I remember the Darth Vader. Oh, yeah, it's reacting though 00:05:22.820 --> 00:05:34.740 It seems to know that I'm kind of turning it too because it's a different type kind of sound 00:05:34.820 --> 00:05:39.340 Okay, anyway, I kind of wanted to stop doing that now though. Okay, so I'll take the brick out 00:05:42.820 --> 00:05:45.060 Okay, and then what does it say? Oh 00:05:46.060 --> 00:05:52.500 That's how you shoot the blasters. Okay. Wait, hold on. There is no back to it. What I don't like that 00:05:52.820 --> 00:05:58.620 So you you put the smart brick in there and now it's saying that it's it's complete like that 00:05:59.420 --> 00:06:04.820 Like you just there's just a big hole in the back of the TIE fighter. We're venting atmosphere 00:06:07.580 --> 00:06:12.300 Is that the only way to turn it off is to take the smart brick out that's weird 00:06:12.300 --> 00:06:17.300 I did not connect it to the app though. So let's let's try doing that first add your smart bricks 00:06:17.300 --> 00:06:22.340 Oh, okay, so you can have two on the charger. There we go. That answers that question smart brick added 00:06:22.620 --> 00:06:28.420 Okay, we got the smart brick connected the tie is built except for the big hole in the back 00:06:28.420 --> 00:06:31.860 But you know, that's what it is and Brad you finished building 00:06:32.340 --> 00:06:38.180 The other the the other parts that do have some interactivity with the whole system 00:06:38.180 --> 00:06:42.380 And we will figure out how the whole experience is enhanced 00:06:43.100 --> 00:06:49.300 With our resident Lego expert Robert after this message from our sponsor Robert 00:06:52.940 --> 00:06:56.420 Were you in there the whole time? Yeah, I had some snacks and 00:06:59.660 --> 00:07:02.780 Robert yes, you're a Lego you're a Lego 00:07:03.820 --> 00:07:09.100 Big Lego fan. So what do you know about the smart brick? First of all, I've heard bits and pieces 00:07:09.620 --> 00:07:11.620 I've heard what pieces 00:07:12.700 --> 00:07:22.180 No, so I've heard little bits about it I heard there's a lot of hype around it like Lego was selling this thing hard and then it kind of came out and everybody went 00:07:22.900 --> 00:07:29.460 That's it Mmm. Okay. See I I haven't paid attention to it since CES when they announced it 00:07:29.460 --> 00:07:37.340 Yeah, there's obviously CES and then they had a bunch of Like content creators promoting it. They had a bunch of like celebrities like they had Anthony Daniels 00:07:37.340 --> 00:07:42.460 I hope I see three PO in a promo for it and then it was just like it's here and 00:07:43.260 --> 00:07:49.060 Then that was it. Okay, so it's not really up to snuff of what what was expected like yeah 00:07:49.060 --> 00:07:54.540 Even just like the sounds that this thing is supposed to make oh just sound terrible. Have you heard it yet? 00:07:54.540 --> 00:07:59.780 Yeah, so we did so this is number one thing that was weird is that this is this is the complete bill 00:07:59.980 --> 00:08:03.100 It's just got a big chunk missing from the back 00:08:03.140 --> 00:08:11.660 Yeah, that's definitely been like one of the biggest Complaints is like it's just the sets just feel incomplete like right Lego has tried to incorporate technology into sets before 00:08:11.940 --> 00:08:18.540 You've got like Super Mario hidden side video and those sets at least like on their own felt like 00:08:18.540 --> 00:08:23.700 a complete set this just feels like you're missing part of the set and it's like 00:08:24.420 --> 00:08:31.220 Stupid expensive right right. It's like I'm paying 70 bucks for an incomplete ship. Yeah, and 00:08:32.460 --> 00:08:38.260 So that you can put the smart brick in the back. Oh, yeah, so yeah, you've got Darth Vader in there 00:08:38.260 --> 00:08:44.420 So this is one thing I have I have heard is you've got obviously like the tiles in there or the tile on top of the 00:08:44.420 --> 00:08:51.380 Smart tag. Yeah, that represents the ship But then you've also got Darth Vader in there and they are supposed to talk and like work with each other 00:08:51.380 --> 00:08:56.060 So it's like if you've got two characters next to each other They might talk back and forth or if you've got a character in a ship 00:08:56.060 --> 00:08:58.940 You'll have the ship sounds and that character right voice 00:08:59.060 --> 00:09:03.660 So I had it I had the smart brick in there and it was making the sounds I didn't have Darth Vader in there 00:09:03.820 --> 00:09:06.940 So now Darth Vader's in there. We'll see it. Let's see what he says. Oh 00:09:07.300 --> 00:09:09.300 Oh 00:09:12.140 --> 00:09:20.140 Okay, that was at least part of the Imperial March So now I haven't done it actually but you see this little tab of the red the red trigger thing pull that 00:09:22.820 --> 00:09:28.020 Okay, there we go. I can verify those are not then those are not the tide laser sounds 00:09:28.020 --> 00:09:31.420 No, cuz like what if you have a lightsaber, okay? No 00:09:32.180 --> 00:09:40.380 Hold on. Oh, right the characters apparently speak, but they don't speak English. Yeah, it's just kind of like simlish or whatever 00:09:40.900 --> 00:09:46.980 Yeah, so why I'm Darth Vader, but like instead of saying like Luke. I am your father spoilers 00:09:52.940 --> 00:09:58.500 Anyway, oh and you can turn the volume down. We're at the highest volume, which you know, thankfully it's not too loud 00:09:58.500 --> 00:10:04.300 Or as a parent I appreciate that the highest volume is not it's not ear-splittingly loud 00:10:04.300 --> 00:10:08.620 That's nice charge not registered connected, but then as soon as you take it off there 00:10:08.620 --> 00:10:13.940 It's so honestly actually at first I was kind of like wait what I can't even connect to it 00:10:13.940 --> 00:10:23.020 Well, it's in the toy, but like now I'm like actually wait This is good because there was concern about your toys being connected to the cloud or something and like recording your like kids 00:10:23.020 --> 00:10:27.140 Voices and stuff, but yeah, I mean it's nice to see now that like okay 00:10:27.140 --> 00:10:31.620 It is disconnected as soon as you take it off the charger. It's not connected to anything when it's in there 00:10:31.620 --> 00:10:37.300 It's just only doing local only stuff. Mm-hmm the one thing that they that does actually that's a sort of a connection 00:10:37.460 --> 00:10:42.340 It's if you have multiple of these bricks and that and if you have to have like another set with like another ship 00:10:42.340 --> 00:10:49.380 And that they will talk to each other I saw this one video of somebody trying it and they had they had the tie fighter and the the X-wing and they were 00:10:49.380 --> 00:10:54.940 They were shooting at each other and that but like the weird thing was like tie fighter could be shooting way over there 00:10:54.940 --> 00:11:00.260 And it'll still hit like it just detects that it's like within range not like it's not directional 00:11:00.260 --> 00:11:03.540 It's just like if you're within I think it's like supposed to be like 15 feet or something like that right? 00:11:04.900 --> 00:11:11.700 Sounds but what were people expecting? They're like it's gonna be like perfect like laser tag like you're gonna point at that like it's oh you missed 00:11:11.700 --> 00:11:16.460 And then you like the way that Lego hyped it up. That's kind of where the expectations were 00:11:16.460 --> 00:11:20.780 Okay, so I saw were you someone who like saw this and you were like yo, this is hype 00:11:20.780 --> 00:11:28.260 No, not really I kind of expected it to flop We've only experienced a tiny fraction of what's possible here. That's just kidding. We've experienced most 00:11:28.820 --> 00:11:32.020 I'm gonna reinstall. Oh, hold on. We got to put the 00:11:34.140 --> 00:11:41.740 Bubble bubble bubble bubble it sounds like a computer There are some characters from what I've seen that it actually doesn't sound terrible on but when you're expecting Darth Vader to 00:11:41.740 --> 00:11:44.240 Come out and you get that that sounds like the probe droid 00:11:45.500 --> 00:11:51.420 Darth Vader. Yeah Yeah, the probe droid, but these do something these these interact 00:11:51.420 --> 00:11:55.100 Yeah, this is like the repair tool 00:11:58.180 --> 00:12:00.180 It's fixing it 00:12:01.740 --> 00:12:04.700 That's terrible. Let's put it up here for the mic 00:12:06.420 --> 00:12:14.540 It just keeps going if you hold it We suffered a lot of damage in the last bad. It's missing the whole back half of the ship like in theory 00:12:14.540 --> 00:12:20.540 This is the color sensor at work. There's a color sensor. So I didn't even think about this, but 00:12:21.540 --> 00:12:30.780 The smart brick has an ambient color sensor And that's how it's knowing that this is for repair because this is a green. This is a normal green Lego piece right here 00:12:30.780 --> 00:12:34.140 and so we got a green pen and 00:12:40.140 --> 00:12:44.820 That's that's wacky Okay, so now so now you need 00:12:45.580 --> 00:12:51.220 This is like the refueling sound now in case you all in case you ever wanted to know how Darth Vader's tie 00:12:51.500 --> 00:12:53.660 What it sounds like when they refuel it 00:12:57.540 --> 00:13:01.940 That's sort of liquid sort of they use liquid fuel 00:13:02.060 --> 00:13:07.140 Don't they use like energy cells or something should know this is like a former Star Wars nerd 00:13:07.140 --> 00:13:13.620 I'm wondering if we take it off Of the smart tag and then put the colored items beside it 00:13:13.620 --> 00:13:20.420 What will to do then no the color doesn't do anything to it if it's not on the smart tag because this is like just a generic smart brick 00:13:20.660 --> 00:13:26.900 And it becomes the the tie fighter smart brick when it contacts. That's that smart tag 00:13:26.900 --> 00:13:32.540 So like we got the tie fighter here There's a there's an X-Wing and these are kind of like mini 00:13:33.060 --> 00:13:40.220 Like that that's like the proportions are off on that It looks like kind of like a mini like a like a mobile game version of an X-Wing 00:13:40.220 --> 00:13:47.140 Yeah, a lot of people have compared these to like Four plus or junior sets in terms like their scale in that this I mean 00:13:47.140 --> 00:13:52.540 You know, I can see the appeal of this if that works, but not if they're not using the real lightsaber sounds 00:13:53.060 --> 00:13:55.060 Like it's got to be like 00:13:56.340 --> 00:13:59.740 You know I was pretty good. I know I had to show off my lightsaber 00:14:00.260 --> 00:14:07.700 There's gonna be a bunch of different sets with the smart brick But the important distinction is so these ones come with one smart brick this one comes with two 00:14:07.700 --> 00:14:12.540 These don't come with any smart brick. They're smart brick compatible. Mmm. That's it 00:14:12.620 --> 00:14:16.380 Then like I can only imagine the number of like grandparents and parents like their kids like oh 00:14:16.380 --> 00:14:20.140 I really want to get the smart brick. Oh, yeah, see this they're gonna buy it and their kids gonna go 00:14:20.140 --> 00:14:25.580 Where's the smart brick? That's confusing and like the fact that like especially for something as big as like the Millennium Falcon like this one 00:14:25.580 --> 00:14:30.380 I think it's I think it's a hundred us does not come with a smart brick You have to buy at least another seventy dollar sex 00:14:30.380 --> 00:14:33.740 This is the cheapest one that comes with the smart brick and it's 70 bucks, right? 00:14:33.740 --> 00:14:40.820 Although if the smart brick came with everything then all of the smart sets would be you know prohibitively expensive 00:14:40.860 --> 00:14:45.980 And but this is a way to kind of like roll out the the smart ecosystem 00:14:46.620 --> 00:14:49.780 With slightly cheaper sets that just have the smart tags 00:14:49.900 --> 00:14:55.580 But it is gonna be it's definitely gonna be gonna be confusing for people buying toys being like is this gonna 00:14:55.940 --> 00:14:59.780 Does this gonna make the pu pu in the sounds? Yeah, which I argue 00:14:59.780 --> 00:15:02.900 They shouldn't even be thinking about anyway because that's not what Lego was all about 00:15:02.900 --> 00:15:07.420 But you know we've talked about that. Yeah as of right now. They don't sell the smart brick on their own 00:15:07.420 --> 00:15:10.700 So if you want to get one for one of these you have to buy another set 00:15:10.700 --> 00:15:16.180 But as for why they don't sell them separately the only thing I can think of at the moment is like this is the first wave 00:15:16.340 --> 00:15:20.940 So it's like maybe that's something they'll eventually do I can imagine them being like all right 00:15:20.940 --> 00:15:24.460 It's just gonna be in the norm that this set comes with a smart tag 00:15:24.700 --> 00:15:28.620 Because I like the smart tag itself is just this tiny little piece. It's just a tile 00:15:28.620 --> 00:15:35.300 Like it looks like it barely has any electronics in it at all It's probably quite cheap to produce a smart as far as like a smart thing goes 00:15:35.300 --> 00:15:42.320 So, you know, it's probably fine for them to just kind of throw those in the sets and then start building this ecosystem so that 00:15:43.540 --> 00:15:47.660 Eventually people have smart bricks and people have smart tags and but I again 00:15:47.660 --> 00:15:52.860 I've made the case that I don't think I like I don't care about that. I don't think it. I don't think we need it 00:15:53.500 --> 00:15:57.620 right like That's really what it comes back down to for me 00:15:57.620 --> 00:16:04.300 It's all part of like the imagination of having fun with it going around making the the blaster sounds yourself making the ship sounds like 00:16:04.580 --> 00:16:10.680 What I like about Lego as a company is that they will continually kind of like explore ideas like this 00:16:11.260 --> 00:16:16.060 But I would be lying if I told you that you know, I would 00:16:16.420 --> 00:16:22.420 Rather have them instead of doing this, you know, bring back Bionicle you cowards 00:16:24.220 --> 00:16:30.940 And not not those weird replacement things you love the hero out hero here factory. No 00:16:31.140 --> 00:16:35.780 That Bionicles bring them back do it 00:16:35.780 --> 00:16:42.060 So what do you guys think of the Lego smart brick and the kind of like weird way that Lego is rolling it out 00:16:42.220 --> 00:16:49.700 Do you have any sets? 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