Love what you are doing. I personally appreciate all the information about planning, setup and installation. Many of the other channels I watch, just show you the finished product and brag a lot. You are communicator, a teacher and a lot more interesting.....in my opinion. Listening to someone go on and on about; how big, how tall, how long, how much and etc.....just gets a bit boring after a while.🤪 Thanks for being you.😊

I wasn't expecting a Duplo train! That's a great idea, the screeching should tie in with the theme, why do they make noises on kids toys so horrific!?

I like how it looks like the Monster Fighters have gone to the wrong station and are looking at their map 😂 (or perhaps trying to work out how they get to the haunted station).

The distance between genius and madness might just be a train-sized gap full of ectoplasm. I learn so many things from RHB.

Normal legos minfigures in brickNottingham: having a good day When a lego duplo figure comes in: hi :) Every normal minfigures: ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh

and I think you should have the fake entrance on the airport side of the road so minifigs can take the subway to the airport.

Just been ordering parts from the bricks and pieces service and I’ve found a hack. Normally the max of any given element is 200. But if you search of the part in a set, add 200 to your bag then search for the same part in a different set it allows you to add another 200 to your bag. Thought that could be useful to you.

Cunning plan! I like it when you use unconventional methods or parts to build MOCs. We shall eagerly await Friday’s next episode.

I'm guessing for the haunted subway station that you'll give it an old-fashioned look like it was opened during the 1940's

Looking good! I love the Duplo train functions and wish that Lego would release a similar train motor with built in speaker and colour sensor for normal Lego System. However, having such short track, I think the screeching sound will drive you mad over time! Suggestion: Extend the track in both ends so that the Duplo train leaves and enters the station area (through a tunnel like the old substation train) and then "behind the scenes" you can add some curved Duplo train tracks and even use your extra Duplo straight train tracks to let the train go somewhat further on each side before it goes back. It will, however, mean that the screeching sound will come from somewhere underneath the table outside the substation area, but that would just be another mysterious feature! And it will also mean that you can hide away the green tiles - and add the horn effect and the watering stop effect if you like!

Building your own tracks instead of using the official Duplo tracks? That's it. You've officially gone off the rails! Puns aside, I love it. I think using the Duplo train base is a stellar way to inject more diversity into your city. I would honestly love to see more Duplo elements in the city. Almost certainly not a whole building or anything, but some fat bricks in a support pillar here and there or as a 3D sign (like you already did in your fish & chips shop) could be really fun.

thats a imaginative idea! look forward to the final of it. was also cool to see how the duplo train set works. im 35 and find the duplo train neat. kid at heart.

Duct tape covering the inside of the speaker holes used to do wonders for my nephews noisy toys. Although if kids aren't involved, covering the outside should be fine.

I think it's a great start from a structural perspective. Can't wait to see how the trains and station look with all of the ghosts in it!

Here's something you could do for the entrance of the haunted Subway you can have the entrance to it boarded up with a danger sign

Duplo - what a scary start into the Halloween episodes 😂😂

Robin: "Platform track platform track wall." - someone call Elybeatmaker... 😅

“So now your starting to get onboard” Robin lmao 😂

Robin, the sounds are terribly perfect in the best way. The use of Duplo motor is genius. I’m so excited for the rest!! Cheers!

It's turning out quite nice. Love how u have the subway car going back and forth with the sound effects

Love the idea you have for the station. Because the base is bigger than a regular lego train it sort of looks like the ghost train is floating and the sounds do remind you of screaming brakes and ghosts. Maybe there was an accident at that station and the train was destroyed and the driver and the passengers died, so they're still in the station haunting the place.

Ooh spooky 👻🎃😹👌sitting on the edge of my seat for this one.😸🐈👍

Remember the turning wall from the other subway. Maybe you can make one here too, so it looks like they're connected

Typically if you have a central platform you wouldn’t need the space against the edge of the table, you could do some type of brick built wall to imply the other tunnel wall. Excited to see the spooky platform come together!

Scarily good! 👻 Love the idea of a possessed Duplo train. Great to see another different angle on how you develop your projects for your wonderful city. Cheers Robin! 🎃👍

Ha ha ha. DUPLO! I thought you were gonna go with the Powered Up an the colour sensor 88007.

Some tape over the speaker holes may hush the train up a bit. Also if you find you don’t have enough room you could always try hanging another level under the table and poking it out a bit more into the standing hole so it’s a multi-levelled station

I really like this kind of video, it not only shows what goes in in your mind to make your great city but serves as a jumping off point with ides for our own cities. So thank you.

Another awesome idea. Looking forward to the next parts. Even though I'm not really a train-guy I'm really eager to see what you're gonna build on that Duplo-base (which I think is a bold and briljant move)

Great plan... looking forward to the complete build. Have a great day.

Awsome, why don't u fit a small black light under table edge. Will make all the Trans and neon colours pop.

That Duplo train base is so useful I'm surprised there isn't a regular Lego version of it.

Seeing people use Duplo pieces on their LEGO MOCs always impresses me 🤯👍. I’ve seen some use them to fill up mountain like builds. I’m excited to see how this works out 😁. Especially with the Hidden Side ghosts looking really nice 👻👌.

Love the spooky train station idea, love the planing tips

I've done similar planning when building my fun fair wagons. I think extending the ghost track will make the spooky sounds more scary if they were under the table beyond the cutaway, and, it would give extend the gap between the noises.

Love the subway cam! Love the plans!

Fantastic idea Robin. I enjoy seeing your design stage type of videos like this one. Gives us a bit of a peek inside the mind of a brilliant madman.

How creative is that?? A duplo train thing? Love it. Definitely makes for an amusing concept! This building will be quite interesting to see as you go here the next couple weeks. 👍

Excellent job Robin! I love how you plan these types of builds out. I didn't know the lego duplo trains were so sophisticated, its pretty cool actually. I can't wait to see more parts of your haunted subway station! Great video my friend!

You are just brilliantly full of surprises. Real cool!

You come up with the best ideas. Love the trapped train.

Happy Birthday to me! the start of a subway MOC, cannot wait to see the rest of this build

To emphasize the captivity of caged in train you should include tunnels which have been boarded off and buffers on the tracks that the train actually kind of crashes into.

We‘ve been waiting for this for ages... at least for 8 brickhauls

Hey Robin, cool idea to use the duplo train base and it’s color sensor to do the back and forth. The same should be possible now with powered up but would be an unspeakable salad of cables and the bulky command module. So yes, very smart and I am looking forward to seeing it in action. Btw you could use duplo blocks instead of cans as pillars, they are extremely sturdy and they are LEGO’s

Brilliant creative solution 👍🏼 alas This means I now need to buy a duplo train - so much you can do with it! 😱💷

You should try and make a bit in the middle that is red and covered by a sliding piece so you can stop the train if you need

Interesting selection of pieces, but I like it, I think it will look great! Looking forward to seeing this build come together.

Well you do say that you like diversity in your city and a duplo train is definitely different haha. Looking forward to seeing this 2nd subway station develop and seeing how you build the subway train with that duplo train. I honestly can say that I throughly enjoy your videos and your channel especially in these challenging times - thank you and keep it up, we love it!!

You've done it again Robin!! I love the concept. Very interesting solution to your problem. Way to think outside the box. In regards to the noise two suggestions. One, make the duplo train track a decent length as to not trigger the sound so often and give the illusion it can go somewhere else. Perhaps even put a "water" stop in the tunnel at one end to halt it for a moment. Two, take it apart and either dampen the speaker or disconnect it all together. It's all good fun at first but I can see that getting annoying quick. Got to thinking about the airport tower and how the bottom of the lose bits don't line up. A 1x plate might allow a slight angle for a connection.

Love these planning episodes, Rob! An insight into the genius at work. 🙌🏼

I'm guessing that the haunted Subway train is going to have a more abandoned look to it as if it hasn't been used in a long time like as soon as this station shut down the train wasn't maintaind and as a result it has dents pealing paint and broken windows

Yes subway cam

Excellent ideas my friend. Fun stuff.

Those sounds effects are terrible yet at the end of the video with just hearing them it is very unsettling so it is very appropriate for a haunted setting 👍🏻

Very innovative Robin ! Love the duplo trainpiece idea ! Its going to work so well once everything is built up , and integrated , im sure it will be awesome ! Another hit series on your hands in my book . 😱

300+ comments, lot of opinions out there. Sure someone has already mentioned this, but with the new power up system, their is a light sensor you can connect right to the battery box and will work similar to your Duplo engine. If you extend your tracks slightly, you could add a second color to stop and hold the engine out of site for a bit, make it look like its traveling on the line instead of just going back and forth.

Make the duplo track longer so the ghoast train can disappear in and out of tunnels either side. Then you can use the blue function to make it pause in the middle of the station. Looking forward to seeing the rest of this.

Oh and maybe you should add a sleeping homeless man there

Nice Video. Good idea with the duplo. Duplo is also often used to build large high mountains because of the stability because they can be connected to lego I'm already looking forward to the haul on Wednesday and part 2 on Friday. the week is saved :-)

Great video and great subways .🚇👍

Can't wait for the next part

Robin, have you tried using the 16-long single rail pieces (Bricklink part 3228c) to see if you can brick build a track that is similar in aesthetic to the current Lego RC track, but of correct width to accept the Duplo train? Since your intent is to only go straight, having a slightly lower rail profile shouldn't matter. I think it would look better than using those panel pieces. Alternatively, what is the radius of Duplo curves?? Will a circle of Duplo track fit INSIDE a circle of RC track? If so, you could have a tiny loop, with the haunted train running in the opposite direction of the current train. Using the Duplo as point to point is a great idea. As far as the annoying sounds, placing a piece of cellophane tape over the speaker opening might lower the volume considerably. Try it!

Definitely on the right track.

Looking good! Can’t wait to Friday 😂

Annoying DUPLO train! Can't wait to see finished product.

nice

That's truly awesome! What a good idea, good job

I hate the screeching that new train does. You think they would put some way to turn off the sounds. I'm afraid that you might not run the haunted train too often, considering the racket it makes and personally I'd rather it just sit still. Besides the screeching I'm always excited when you start a new project and I can't wait to see this one when its finished.

Robin, I think you should make a national anthem for brick Nottingham

I love the duplo train idea. Genius. I’m really hoping 2 see some monsters or something breaking through the back wall, maybe through the adverts if U R doing the same thing as the first station. I really can’t wait 2 see what U do 2 turn that duplo train into a subway car.

I cant wait to see this built and i love how you put your train cam so we can see whats under the tables i imagined it was big but its quite a small setup :)

Well I have to say, the Duplo is a move I had not anticipated! 🤣 Now I’m really intrigued to see what you make of it using that base! 👍

There’s another way to make the train go back and forth without the horrible screeching noises by using lego boost but you have to control it with an app.🚇↔️

what I like about your account above other lego you tubers, and I watched a lot during this crisis, I feel far less bragging here or none. with others I feel like they want to show off what they have, Mocs, sets, figs..., so congrats on the channel and I learned a lot, and just enjoyed watching

Well done awesome video looks fantastic

I think puting the second track more back into the darkness is good, it is hunted after all. And i had an idea that inside the hunted train you could put some lights and cover them with trans neon green bricks, so the train windows would glow green

I was waiting for this since it was announced. :D

Great idea using the Duplo motor - I've seen a space moc that used the same function as well. The coding is GREAT and I wish LEGO woudl release a similar system for the regular trains! The stop-refill-go function would be great for having several stations along a full train track! And the reverse direction function is just what you need - really good! Very neat building your own tracks! This is going to be really great - your station is looking great too! Wonderful! Keep up the great work :-)

I'm catching up. Just a week behind now lol. I'm in the process of planning my loft space to start my own city. Cant wait

cucumber mint and lime ... mmmm intresting ..... learnt about duplo and compatability with normal lego ... perdong.. not got a red button

the duplo train is a great idea! only thing i woould do is make the tracks longer so the train would be gone for a moment

Interesting parts and I love your planning process

I'm picturing some of the other ghouls in the subway station a skeleton stationmaster a Banshee P.A. announcer a Mummy porter and maybe even a vampire waiting to catch the train

I never thought I’d do this but I might have to buy that duplo train motor and some straight track now to make a broad gauge short distance train or L train. And then you turn around and show how to make brick built duplo gauge train track. You really do have a lot of talent Robin

This is gonna be sick! Love your vids and creations. I wish I was as good as you!!!

How did you come up with the idea of looking into duplo trains? It would be pretty useful if they had the same train piece in Lego size! If the construction workers are the protagonists, who are the antagonists? Will the Scooby doo crew be featured in this subway?

Nice, idea to use that

You could maybe put the blue brick in the middel like the train is stopping on the station

If the noise is too much, a sticker over the speaker might make it more tolerable?

Uhh, think that sound is going to drive you crazy. Usually love it when you combine kids lego and such, but not a fan of the dublo train yet. On the other hand, I can't come up with another solution to your problem... If there isn't space, there isn't space. Only other option I can think of is to leave the other track empty, hinting at an existing second line... Hmm...

You can buy the color sensor separately and plug it into the new battery box. Only thing is then you'd have to add the programming in the app yourself, which you mentioned you'd rather not do. Something to look into!

That is starting to look like a great. Im only wondering if the haunted train will be all the time inside the subway or will it run a bit further, cause i think it would look really good if one of the green plates would be at the end of the station and the second one a bit further into the darkness of the tables, so it would come from nowhere, go to the end of the station and then go back to the darkness. And it would be quite scary if we would hear the noises first and then the train would appear.

cool

You should have a airport subway station

Blimey! This is so cool, escpecially how you've managed to seamlessly merge duplo and lego together, well done!👍🏼

this is great!

Great start to the Subway Halloween build. I also saw your comment on Bricktsar's video too. It does make me turn off some vids if they go on about superchats and stuff. Also I sometimes don't get why they have to tell you about certain Lego elements that are cheap as chips on Lego and then say they bought hundreds and hundreds of them. Then when they come to use them in a build they look awful. ( Bevens Bricks bought gold shield/round element.) He will never use them all in a million years. Just my personal opinion. Happy building Robin.

And this my friend is why this channel is so fantastic: Duplo is so out-of-the-box and different then all others would do! Plus it gives so much more variety then "another" usual train. I know this Duplo-train system of playing it together with my daughter, it's quite a lot of fun; good to know you can actually fabricate your own colored bricks!!! Small concern I have is that for our case it occasionally does not respond accordingly to the underlying bricks, for example it stops at the green bricks instead of turning around. Hopefully for you that's just an issue with my train.

I love watching your build videos, you're very good at explaining your process and decision making. Keep it up! Using the Duplo train is genius. I agree with other suggestions like @@UCqYaYRjx_naj_F2qFG-VXIA, make the duplo track longer, though you don't have to curve it, just use your reverse coarse technique. The ghost train can disappear into an 'abandoned' tunnel at either end. This will stretch out the sound intervals even more and help with the annoyance. Like the idea to have the "live" platform using tunnels to enter on to rather than building stairs. Maybe the ghost train can be shown to be on fire, ghostly fire, as a reason it was abandoned? :)