r/lego • • Jul 19 '26

MOC I present to you, the Flock Camera.

My 13 year old is always making up creative and realistic things from the spare parts bin. Better watch your speed Lego drivers!

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u/Jagob5 Jul 19 '26

My Lego city could never…

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u/Temassi Jul 19 '26

I agree but based on a lot of the sets Lego City is a police state

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u/marcybojohn Jul 19 '26

They have had one school set come out in the city line in years but a new police set every time you turn around.

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u/nightauthor Jul 19 '26

LEGO copaganda

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u/cwajgapls Jul 19 '26

r/legoh_no

(Doesn’t really fit the crash/disaster theme, but I think we can all call flocks a bad thing)

(But the model is well done, OP!)

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u/Mr_Nerdcoffee Jul 20 '26

OP should pull it out of the black base brick and lay it on its side, then it would meet all of criteria.

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u/DukeOfGeek Jul 19 '26

Are the Lego ones easily hacked so that anyone can use them against you? Benn Jordan shows you how and explains why they don't reduce crime.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uB0gr7Fh6lY&t=2408s

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u/Lower-Attorney-5918 Jul 20 '26

There’s a school?

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u/marcybojohn Jul 20 '26

Yes, it’s adorable. Lego CITY 60329. The kids are named Billy and Madison.

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u/Swordofsatan666 Jul 20 '26

But the photo someone else linked shows 5 kids, and 2 adults. Are all 5 kids named Billy and Madison?

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u/psgrue Jul 20 '26

One is Nicky, one is Happy, one is Gilmore

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u/lordxi Classic Town Fan Jul 20 '26

There was a school in Friends too.

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u/CrucialElement Jul 20 '26

No need for schools when the child to cop pipeline exists! Also less school shootings lol

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u/CorellianDawn Jul 21 '26

The elimination of all schools in favor of 100% police academies to solve the school shooter problem 1000% sounds like something a politician would pitch lol.

"Let's teach the kids marketable skills that already appeal to their interests!"

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u/DarthCloakedGuy Jul 20 '26

"Octan, they make good stuff: Music, dairy products, coffee, TV shows, surveillance systems, all history books, voting machines...Wait a minute."

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u/Traveller0124 Jul 19 '26

Everything is awesome! Or else!

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u/DJfunkyPuddle Spyrius Fan Jul 20 '26

And they have an arson problem. Heartlake City is the place to be

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u/Specific_Frame8537 Jul 19 '26

A surveillance state is taking shape in Lego City!

(Hey!)

Grab the sawzall, and protect the citizens' right to privacy!

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u/natebc Jul 19 '26

Your local shopping center would (and has) tho ... sadly.

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u/Independent-Vast-871 Jul 19 '26

They get a letter telling them I'm no longer shopping there.

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u/ciemnymetal Verified Blue Stud Member Jul 19 '26

How else would you that THERE IS A ROBBERY IN LEGO CITY

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u/GILLHUHN Jul 20 '26

Maybe install one just to display some angry mini figs tearing it down?

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u/archabaddon Jul 20 '26

Thanks, I hate Lego Flock camera

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u/SnooMemesjellies1909 Jul 20 '26

But your Lego city council could

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u/Bored_Zach Jul 19 '26

The militarized Lego city sets would beg to differ

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u/AcadianaLandslide Jul 19 '26

An increased and unwanted surveillance network has appeared in Lego City!

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u/Bnastyt12345 Jul 19 '26

… “Hey”!

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u/celzior Jul 20 '26

Build the surveillance system... Tap the lines for a foreign country... and censor the populace! The new police state series from LEGO(R) CITY!

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u/FreddieGibbsLover911 Chima Fan Jul 20 '26

ABSOLUTELY DON’T
Do not leave traceable electronics, such as your phone, smartwatch, etc at home. Do not hide or cover your appearance and anything notable like tattoos.

Do not approach these cameras from behind, where their blind spot is. Absolutely do not fit a sawzall with an appropriate 18 tooth blade and cut the pole down. Please do not search for a commercial laser (500mW) and point it at the camera lens. I can't stress that enough.

Do not do these things.

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u/museneeded Jul 20 '26

this is such a funny thread. i read it in his voice

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u/Southern_Cricket_587 Jul 20 '26

Build the Killdozer and destroy government property. Put your life on the line, lower the scoop, and clear out the neighborhood before the cops show up.

The new Terrorist Hero Collection from Lego City!

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u/hooDio Jul 20 '26

"build the new zawzall set and free the citizens from government surveillance"

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u/A_Rhone Jul 19 '26

Updated pictures

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u/LifeIsFine-Not Jul 20 '26

Great! Now smash it.

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u/filmgeekvt Jul 20 '26

This is what I came to the comments looking for!

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u/Existingbug-1639 Jul 20 '26

Now extract the plastic gold and plastic copper inside and sell it

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u/HoodEats Jul 19 '26

Do they make a Lego sawzall?

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u/A_Rhone Jul 19 '26

😂 One of their semi trucks had an "accident" earlier

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u/heyitscory Jul 19 '26

[golf clap]

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u/nocolon Jul 19 '26

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u/[deleted] Jul 19 '26

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u/Squonkin-around Jul 19 '26

I acknowledge the real OTC here.

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u/supahdavid2000 Jul 19 '26

Glad to know where that trans orange chainsaw and skis in my collection came from

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u/TodayWeMake Jul 19 '26

That’s the first thing I thought of!

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u/MatureUsername69 Jul 19 '26

Im thinking you can use the lights saber blades to act as a Class 4 Laser. You know, for legos, because its super neat how class 4 laser legos are able to quickly destroy the lego cameras, just make sure the minifigs leave their Lego phones at home and walk to the lego camera in very generic lego clothing. Of course I'm talking about doing all of this in Minecraft.

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u/A_Rhone Jul 19 '26

Updated pictures

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u/RentonBrax Jul 20 '26

Dude, you gotta get a gallery going of all these.

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u/erylego Jul 19 '26

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u/number__ten Space Fan Jul 19 '26 edited Jul 20 '26

Look what they need to mimic a fraction of our power!

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u/LastChans1 Pirates Fan Jul 19 '26

This is beyond science

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u/HighDecepticon Jul 19 '26

It’s biblically accurate!

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u/fluffynuckels BIONICLE Fan Jul 19 '26

Its beautiful

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u/[deleted] Jul 19 '26

I have been trained in your Orange Transparent Chainsaw ways by Count Dooku.

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u/DarkArcanian Jul 20 '26

One of my favorite Lego pieces. Of all time

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u/Shenron2 Jul 19 '26

Those are the things with all the free copper in them right?

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u/ratuna80 Jul 19 '26

Gold and platinum also

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u/dev-246 Jul 19 '26

I’m pretty positive the lense has diamonds behind it too! They’re like extra fancy piñatas!!

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u/Elias__03 Jul 19 '26

Now cut it down for that extra bit of realism...

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u/A_Rhone Jul 19 '26

Kids often express current events through their play.

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u/ooorezzz Jul 19 '26

If you have a mock city, that would be a chefs kiss.

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u/Kilazur Jul 19 '26

Yeah, seems a little too vertical to me

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u/therealDeFlock Jul 19 '26

We're so conflicted.

We are trying to take them down, not build more.

But you win the internet today, young man.

Well played.

deflock.org

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u/SlAM133 Dimensions Fan Jul 19 '26

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u/giblefog MOC Fan Jul 20 '26

TBF isn't the top right one also a motorcyclist wearing a helmet?

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u/ChocoTacoz Jul 20 '26

Bottom left as well (checkout the aviator sunglasses) it's not really a great series of images or a true progression.

The real change is top left and bottom right. That smiling almost benevolent looking cop was the only kind of police minifig that existed. That was the norm. We have left that space.

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u/pobels Jul 19 '26

Please pose a minifig next to it with a slingshot

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u/CanisZero Jul 19 '26

Now wheres the mand with the angle grinder?

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u/TheChozoBard Aquasharks Fan Jul 19 '26

Nice job! I hate it.

I had this set as a kid called Surveillance Squad. At least it was a lot more obvious back then, now these wretched things are everywhere!

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u/A_Rhone Jul 19 '26

I did too! I loved this set

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u/Aveliability Jul 20 '26

“Surveillance Squad” and it’s just a truck with a radar dish. No cameras in sight. Damn were things different back then.

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u/DrMacintosh01 Star Wars Fan Jul 19 '26

Now plow a car through it

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u/ChellPlays4182 Jul 20 '26

upvote because it's a good build. but fuck them things

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u/sparkyblaster Jul 20 '26

Lots of play opportunities

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u/detroiterican Jul 19 '26

It's not too late to disassemble this

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u/SeaCounter9516 Jul 19 '26

You think those are for speeding? Lol

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u/A_Rhone Jul 19 '26 edited Jul 19 '26

And to keep us all safe! We all know that

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u/dubsdread Jul 19 '26

I don’t want techno capitalist surveillance in my make believe hobby

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u/Prototype3120 Jul 19 '26

Do you have disassemble instructions?

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u/natebc Jul 19 '26

https://www.homedepot.com/b/Tools-Power-Tools-Saws-Reciprocating-Saws/N-5yc1vZc2h7

be warned: Most (all?) Home Depots are covered by Flock Surveillance systems ... probably some local corporate shenanigans there.

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u/FuzzyAd9407 Jul 19 '26

Theres a flock at my home depot, and not even 100 feet away a subdivision across the street has a flock camera at its entrance.

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u/Curse-Bot Jul 19 '26

I hate it. Good job

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u/takeahike89 Jul 19 '26

Hey! A Flock camera has been thrown in the river in Lego City!

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u/DylanfromSales Jul 19 '26

But it's the edited version where you just watch it sink

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u/stumblingthrutime Jul 19 '26

Cut it down! Cut it down!

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u/Diamondcreepah Jul 20 '26

build suggestion: throw it down the stairs

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u/kavanyboy Jul 19 '26

Very creative use of limited parts, with this around nobody will dare use any illegal building techs

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u/Rk_1138 Jul 19 '26

A MAN HAS USED ILLEGAL BUILDING TECHNIQUES IN LEGO CITY!

HEY! BUILD THE BEARCAT, DEPLOY THE SWAT TEAM AND KICK DOWN HIS DOOR

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u/FosterPupz Jul 19 '26

Fantastic. Please destroy that immediately.

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u/RandomFandom1073 Jul 19 '26

The simplest MOCs are the ones that get me awestruck.

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u/OvertGnome1 Jul 19 '26

Man, now I wish I still had my city block put together. I'd put that right next to the dispensary with a vandal swell fella cutting it down

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u/Ryuu-Tenno Jul 20 '26

Shit, we spying on our mini figs now?

Guess we're trying to catch when they go into the toy story mode then, lol

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u/Nick_Needles MOC Designer Jul 19 '26

I'm too European for this. What is the controversy around flock cameras? What are flock cameras?

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u/lyricalholix Jul 19 '26

Cameras that track EVERYTHING. Going up all over the states.

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u/Rk_1138 Jul 19 '26

And misidentify people btw, and are also used by cops to stalk people

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u/lyricalholix Jul 19 '26

Yes. All the things. Fuck these cameras.

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u/ListlessScholar Jul 19 '26

Flock sells an automated license plate reader (ALPR) system that is designed to track people without needing a warrant, this is typically frowned upon in America where you have a general right to privacy. While people claim you don’t have a right to privacy in public, it is questionable whether our constitution allows pervasive surveillance over long periods of time.

Police use Flock systems to track women suspected of getting abortions out of state, undocumented immigrants, and their ex-girlfriends.

The system is part of the Palintir network of companies whose ultimate goal is to destroy democracy and install a corporate hegemony of network states.

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u/nightauthor Jul 19 '26

Please stop calling the ALPRs they are AI backed cameras that can track anything and everything, no license plate required

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u/Nick_Needles MOC Designer Jul 19 '26

Well of course they are evil if it is Palantir. When will the American proletariat revolt against their demonic ruling class?

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u/ListlessScholar Jul 19 '26

Why do you think everyone is talking about sawsalls?

The real issue is that police have so much political power in the US that they are the de facto rulers. They push for things that make their job easier regardless of the cost.

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u/Deppfan16 Jul 19 '26

they are cameras that are claimed to just look out for crime but they are recording everything

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u/RunningNumbers Jul 19 '26

The company uses AI to run cameras in public areas and has worked with ICE/DHS.

There are more specific concerns about how the company operates and security of the information they gather, but I think those two points are why it has political salience. Also Americans have different values when it comes to surveillance and freedom from state interference.

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u/JPhando Jul 19 '26

Too soon

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u/fluffynuckels BIONICLE Fan Jul 19 '26

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u/WI_Dark Verified Blue Stud Member Jul 19 '26

Thanks, I hate it.

Seriously, cool build.

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u/Pintermarc Jul 20 '26

"A man has expressed his right to privacy in LEGO CITY.

HEY!

Build the flock camera!

Cover the whole city and stabilize your surveillance state!

The ai spy system from LEGO CITY!

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u/SnooGuavas4944 Jul 20 '26

I really thought the third pic would be it knocked over

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u/FeeExpensive898 Jul 20 '26

Post right below this on my feed made me LOL

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u/prof0ak Jul 20 '26

Is it also connected to massive lego data centers where massive lego complex calculations are performed and the Lego police department essentially bypass the Lego citizens privacy and rights as individuals under the guise of "protect the Lego children"?

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u/darthjoey91 The Lord of the Rings Fan Jul 20 '26

Fun fact: Lego Flock Cameras contain a lot of cool parts and should never have the rod removed from the base.

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u/guiltycitizen Jul 19 '26

boo this man!

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u/Tyke_McD Jul 19 '26

HEY! There's AI surveillance cameras invading the privacy of Lego City citizens! Quick build the modern day Robinhood truck to get the vigilante heros there fast! (Set is 3-4 minifigs with chainsaws and a truck with big power miners saws on the front pumper)

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u/jlapp263 Jul 19 '26

Thank you all, there will now be an ice planet fig sawing down a flock camera in my city.

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u/TealcOneill Jul 19 '26

I'm disappointed that neither of you thought to take a picture with it partially disassembled. It's Art but it could have been artier very easily.

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u/prionbinch Jul 19 '26

lego city’s about to become a surveillance state

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u/surreal_mash Jul 19 '26

I’ve never wanted to step on a Lego so bad in my life.

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u/PhotojournalistOk677 Jul 19 '26

Now break it! All of them! Smash them to bits.

The Lego bricks I meant. Yes , Of course I did.

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u/Gone_feral27 Jul 20 '26

Lego has always pimped law-enforcement. One of my first sets in the early 80s was a cop car/cop van or something. I don’t even remember.

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u/FlaremasterD Jul 20 '26

Now smash it

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u/VitaViolet Jul 20 '26

Thanks, I hate it.

Only one i would put in my city is on being cut down.

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u/OvertlyPetulantCat Jul 20 '26

Jenkins, fetch my chainsaw. We’ve got some work to do.

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u/-_-De Jul 20 '26

Make a destroyed version

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u/HumanBean00001 Jul 20 '26

If you didn’t hide silver in the build then you failed greatly

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u/DarwinZDF42 Jul 20 '26

I just want to say how proud I am of this sub right now. Y'all did not disappoint.

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u/Phraaaaaasing Jul 20 '26

♡ LEGO 🤝 political sculpture

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u/Stunning_Progress_65 Jul 21 '26

now do one with a mini fig with a baseball bat "adjusting" the camera!!!

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u/QP873 Re-release Classic Space! Jul 19 '26

Remove the 2x2 round brick at the bottom and replace it with concrete straight into the ground. No collision safety engineering required!

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u/KennyL0gin Jul 19 '26

Now destroy it.

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u/Forsaken-Ad3803 Jul 19 '26

More like the “Block” Camera… amirite?

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u/cma09x13amc Jul 19 '26

Where's the minifig with a saw?

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u/fundiedundie Architecture Fan Jul 19 '26

Should have a minifig knocking it down.

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u/Chucktayz Jul 19 '26

Cut it down

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u/DylanfromSales Jul 19 '26

See you could also have not done that

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u/Wirejack Jul 19 '26

Now you just need someone cutting it down.

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u/Conscious_Scar_9293 Jul 19 '26

Whatever you do, do not shine a medium strength green projectile piece at it

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u/Jesus_Keanu Jul 19 '26

JUST SO CITIZENS ARE AWARE: these flock cameras have 4 studs at the bottom of the base holding them up. A simple prybar placed at one of the slots will cause it to tip over with enough force, leading to irreparable damage once it falls over. Be very careful and definitely don't do this.

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u/ipullstuffapart Jul 19 '26

A flock moc, if you will.

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u/rocketkiddo7 Jul 19 '26

Time to do some public service! On a sidenote, this creation has given me the idea of creating a simple stand for starships

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u/Mr_Puppys Jul 19 '26

Great. Now knock it over.

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u/jllauser Jul 19 '26

President Business Intensifies

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u/idl3mind Jul 19 '26

Now we just need a green laser…

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u/Evan_Playz72813 Jul 19 '26

iwanttodestroyit

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u/MagicOrpheus310 Jul 20 '26

Lego crackheads already trying to chew the copper wiring out of it??

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u/WhichStatistician810 Jul 20 '26

Somebody make a benn Jordan brick head to counter this

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u/gregorychaos Jul 20 '26

Now break it

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u/KostamojenX Jul 20 '26

You forgot the 4th photo with it being destroyed

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u/microcorpsman Jul 20 '26

LEGO Police budget intensifies

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u/TechnicalAsk3488 Jul 20 '26

Oh no! An AI surveillance system has popped up in LEGO City!

Quickly! Build the all-new LEGO buzz saw! Race to the streets to cut down the cameras!

And Restore privacy to LEGO City!

Each set sold separately.

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u/Excellent-Stress2596 Jul 20 '26

Thanks, I hate it. 🤣

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u/Impressive-Reply-203 Jul 20 '26

You should cut it in half for realism

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u/AsherKohen28 Jul 20 '26

I present to you... acetone lmao(creative build tho fr💯)

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u/skel66 Jul 20 '26

Snip snip

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u/jedispyder Jul 20 '26

Why is it still standing?

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u/Razzious_Mobgriz Jul 20 '26

Time to build the new Lego City "Sawzall Squad"

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u/bigbluethunder Jul 20 '26

Now dissemble it, and you’ll have “The Best Flock Camera”

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u/lordxi Classic Town Fan Jul 20 '26

Need a minifig with a paintball gun

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u/Hungry_Writing3951 Jul 20 '26

Awesome now make a video of you smashing it

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u/Praetorian_1975 Jul 20 '26

It’s good and all, but it’s not multi coloured and or on fire 🤔 I assume you were going for brand new factory fresh

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u/NeptunesMoon84 Jul 20 '26

You should break it and add one more picture.

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u/Bombadier83 Jul 20 '26

Very disappointed there isn’t a 4th panel with it cut in half and on the ground.

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u/MrEzeuss Technic Fan Jul 20 '26

Finally, a way to keep my Speed Champion collection in check. Damn Ken Block doing burn-outs on my shelves and those and Dominic and Paul doing quarter miles right near my botanicals.

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u/m8_is_me Jul 20 '26

Should make the middle disconnect able/pivot to the ground

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u/Wikadood Jul 20 '26

Does it come with a tool to cut it tfown

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u/MikeWANN Jul 20 '26

Now put a bag over it and tip it over

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u/redfoxwearingsocks Jul 20 '26

Not enough code violations. Gotta make sure the pole isn't a breakaway pole and it's embedded straight into ground for maximum destruction if your food truck hits it

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u/RivalGuernica Jul 20 '26

Cool. Now tear it down.

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u/No_Pie_6470 Jul 21 '26

Now cut it down. #deflock

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u/DarthXeladier Jul 21 '26

"I took it, and THREW IT ON THE GROUND!"

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u/DocHolliday3884 Jul 21 '26

Government overreach has been spotted in Lego city!