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2021-01-17 · Ep 900 · 1h 46m

Japanese Bonsai Tree LEGO Building Experience

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Summary

Japanese Bonsai Tree LEGO Building Experience

Overview

In this extended livestream episode, John Daub and his wife Kanae Daub tackle the LEGO Botanical Collection Bonsai Tree set (10281) from their home in Tokyo. Recorded in January 2021, the video captures a relaxed, stay-at-home activity that became popular during the pandemic era. John introduces the project by comparing the LEGO set to a real bonsai tree he purchased at Mt. Fuji, highlighting the benefit of a plant that never dies.

The core of the video is the real-time assembly process, documented with humor and occasional frustration as the couple navigates the 878-piece set. Kanae quickly takes the lead on the construction, showcasing her patience and skill, while John provides commentary, manages the livestream chat, and supplies music. The build includes several comedic moments, including comparisons to The Karate Kid, Back to the Future, and the discovery of a hidden "frog" piece within the branches.

Beyond the build, the episode offers a glimpse into the Daub household dynamic, with playful banter about teamwork, instruction manual confusion, and the seasonal customization of the tree (switching between green leaves and cherry blossoms). It serves as both an entertaining watch for LEGO fans and a cozy slice-of-life look at expat life in Tokyo during winter.

Highlights

  • 00:00:00 John introduces the LEGO Bonsai Tree and compares it to his real bonsai from Mt. Fuji.
  • 00:01:57 Unboxing begins with comments on the "smell of Denmark."
  • 00:12:03 Instruction manual pages are found stuck together, causing brief confusion.
  • 00:18:31 Kanae builds at "warp speed" while John manages the stream.
  • 00:29:56 The "flux capacitor" joke emerges regarding a specific mechanical piece.
  • 00:39:01 The stump assembly proves difficult, requiring focus and music changes.
  • 00:46:00 A hidden frog piece is discovered within the branch components.
  • 01:15:00 The leaf attachment phase begins, described as relaxing.
  • 01:39:00 The tree is completed in just under 100 minutes.
  • 01:40:00 John demonstrates the seasonal swap to cherry blossoms (sakura).

Timeline / Chapters

  • 00:00:00 Introduction & Real Bonsai Comparison
  • 00:01:57 Unboxing & Instruction Manual Review
  • 00:07:01 Base Plate Assembly
  • 00:21:25 Trunk & Stump Construction
  • 00:46:00 Branch Assembly & Frog Discovery
  • 01:15:00 Attaching Leaves (Green Version)
  • 01:39:32 Final Completion & Time Record
  • 01:40:00 Seasonal Swap to Cherry Blossoms

Japan Travel Tips

  • LEGO in Japan: LEGO sets are widely available in Japan, often at Toy Kingdom, Bic Camera, or LEGO Stores in Tokyo (e.g., Shibuya).
  • Bonsai Care: Real bonsai requires specific care; John notes his real tree changes leaves in autumn and grows back, unlike the LEGO version.
  • Stay-at-Home Activities: During winter or pandemic restrictions, complex LEGO sets offer a high-quality indoor activity for couples or families.
  • Yaki-imo Trucks: Listen for the sound of yaki-imo (roasted sweet potato) trucks selling from the street, a common winter sound in Tokyo neighborhoods.

Japanese Language & Culture Notes

  • Bonsai (盆栽): The art of growing ornamental trees in pots. The LEGO set mimics this traditional art form, including seasonal variations.
  • Yaki-imo (焼き芋): Roasted sweet potato sold from trucks in winter. John hears one passing by during the build.
  • Furikake (ふりかけ): Rice sprinkle seasoning. John compares a bag of small LEGO pieces to furikake.
  • Anata no sei (あなたのせい): Means "your fault." Used jokingly when a mistake is made during assembly.
  • Seasonal Awareness: The LEGO set allows swapping green leaves for pink cherry blossoms (sakura), reflecting Japan's strong cultural focus on seasons.

Food & Drink Guide

  • Yaki-imo (Roasted Sweet Potato): Heard being sold outside during the stream. A classic winter street food in Japan.
  • McDonald's Creme Brulee Pie: Mentioned by John as a potential snack during the build. A seasonal limited-time item.

People

  • John Daub: Host and creator. Provides commentary, manages the livestream chat, selects music, and assists occasionally with the build.
  • Kanae Daub: John's wife. Takes the lead on the actual LEGO construction, demonstrating patience and speed.
  • Peter von Gomm: Mentioned by John as a reference for narration style ("Peter von Gomm narrating what we should do").
  • Toby (crow): John's named crow. Referenced jokingly when discussing a viewer named Kenny.

Key Takeaways

  • Teamwork Dynamics: The video highlights how couples can collaborate on hobbies, even if one person takes the lead on technical tasks.
  • LEGO Complexity: Adult-oriented LEGO sets (18+) require patience and careful attention to instructions.
  • Customization: The LEGO Bonsai Tree offers modular seasonal changes, increasing its display value.
  • Humor in Frustration: Getting stuck on instructions is part of the fun, especially when shared with an audience.

Notable Quotes

  • 00:00:30 "Yes! Lego has helped me with this bonsai tree botanical collection. You can see here, there's 878 pieces. That's kind of a lot, but it looks kind of real."
  • 00:02:40 "It smells like Denmark. Legos are from Denmark, right? IKEA is from Sweden."
  • 00:29:56 "We're building a flux capacitor for this bonsai tree. Great Scott writes Victor."
  • 00:34:02 "Every wise man knows his wife is always right. Right she is."
  • 01:39:32 "So there you go ladies and gentlemen. This is the bonsai tree. And it took approximately 99 minutes and 32 seconds."

Related Topics

  • LEGO Botanical Collection
  • Bonsai Care and History
  • Tokyo Stay-at-Home Livestreams
  • Couple DIY Projects
  • Japanese Street Food (Yaki-imo)

Search Tags

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Full Transcript

00:00:00 John Daub: Welcome to Tokyo! Today we're assembling this. This right here is a real bonsai tree. Do you see this? I wondered when I saw this on the internet—not this tree I bought at Mt. Fuji, but I'm really bad with trees and they always die on me. Is there a way to get a bonsai tree that won't die? It's changing leaves because it's autumn season. And the answer is yes!

00:00:30 John Daub: Yes! Lego has helped me with this bonsai tree botanical collection. You can see here, there's 878 pieces. That's kind of a lot, but it looks kind of real. Wait! There's more. They made it seasonal. Look at that, there's cherry blossoms there. So you can change it based on the season. That is so cool!

00:01:00 John Daub: We're going to unbox this thing. Joining me because I need help is Kanae Daub. That means we get double time on this, okay? Because this could be a really long stream. I'm putting chapters in the description so you don't have to watch to the end, like two hours maybe. You can skip along in the playback. If it goes over time, it'll be part two because we failed. Buckle in! Get ready! It's time to put together Lego Bonsai Tree. You excited?

00:01:50 Kanae Daub: Lego Bonsai Tree!

00:01:57 John Daub: Alright, let's unbox it. I need a knife. That's okay, I can do it! That's my fart! It's time to build the Lego. You have to keep it pristine mint condition. You can smell it. It smells like Denmark. Legos are from Denmark, right? IKEA is from Sweden. Whoa! It has a thick instruction manual. Look at this on the other side. Oh my, that looks like Daniel LaRusso would be proud. Look at the bearded one. He's got all these other trees in the background! This guy is a Lego bonsai wizard. He's wise. And that's what we're going to be building today. This is going to take a while. That's why I have the headband.

00:04:00 John Daub: Look at all this! Look at the pieces. One is a brown bag with random pieces. I guess the one that says one is first. This is number two. Where did three go? Three is MIA! Ah! One, two, three are all together. Wait a second. This should be a three. Did you see it? Yeah, I found a three. Whoa! Kenny, if you complain about livestream quality, instant way to get burned. 720p is the best YouTube allows me. It's not my fault, Kenny! Kenny's gonna become the new Toby (crow). So we have one, two, three. Apparently that's the base. We're gonna get a log out of this. Four is colors. We can put five to the side.

00:05:49 John Daub: Enough dilly-dallying. Let's break into it. If you don't plan, you fail. This is the most important stage, the success stage. Because if we don't do it right from the start, we're gonna fail. What say you, people of the internet? Danny writes, "Hi John and Kanae Daub, happy to see you again. Have fun and nice day. I'm tired, going to sleep." Thank you Danny. Faye's here. Hey Faye! Michael Sassato, gotta show some love to John and Kanae Daub and OIJ. Thank you Michael. Brandania from Aloha, our family in Hawaii. Alright, let's get to work. Start from one? That's not how I work.

00:06:50 Kanae Daub: Okay.

00:07:01 John Daub: Okay, I'm gonna open it. Uh oh. Should we open this and mix it all together? No. Alright, we have the base plates. We gotta find this one. This is already going really badly. We gotta fold this book. Why don't they come pre-made? That would take the fun out of it. Alright, these are like four and four. Do you see it? What's inside this one? Oh yeah, there it is! We're looking for these two here. This connects the two floorboards. Legos! We have two. Next up. I'm done. Moving quickly. Next, six. Six of these. The Sixers. I guess it goes there. Yeah. This is gonna be a long stream. This is gonna take forever.

00:09:00 Kanae Daub: Yeah.

00:09:01 John Daub: We're getting there. Starting to look a lot like Christmas. We need some music. This is gonna take a while. We did it? That's not we did it. We got a long way to go. Alright, the base plate is done. Oh, these little teeny ones. One, two, three, four. So we gotta put these in there. Just do it. I thought Legos would be easier. When I did Legos, it was pretty easy. Just made a house and smashed it with a baseball bat. I was like 12 or 10. Wait, but what about this? Yeah, these gray ones. Wow, it's getting... Step one is... Is it easy for you?

00:10:21 Kanae Daub: No.

00:10:23 John Daub: This is mentally tiring. Alright, next up is like this wheel thing. Put it right in the center. Yeah, these white thingies. If we do one every three seconds, Kanae Daub, we'll be done in two hours. We do one every three seconds. Okay. Look, we're just flipping through. Oh, we gotta build a wall! There's these connectors on the side, so you can put in these wall things. And these are flat ones, so it makes it look professional. Really pro. There are 24 of these. Jack Bauer. Okay, you're looking for the next one. Lickety-split. Four of these. Lickety-split.

00:12:00 Kanae Daub: Dun-na-na-na-na-na-na.

00:12:03 John Daub: Oh, this is the sixers on this side? No? You don't need to use big one for this. But how do I connect here? There's no thingy. Did we miss something? Oh, are these pages stuck together? The pages were stuck together! Oh, that's gross! Okay, back up. I'm going to build a wall. Is this fun, Kanae Daub?

00:12:45 Kanae Daub: Um... Yeah.

00:12:47 John Daub: Yeah? Isn't it the other way around? This way? Are you sure? Yeah, because we're going to put the wall from... Okay. Do it. Da-na-na-na-na-na-na-na. Eh? No, no, no, no. What? Here. Oh. That's weird. Why did they do it like that? What? Two... Four-one-four-one-four. What? Ah! I busted. Okay, no, it's four-one-four-one-four. Four-one... Oh, four-one. That's what I said. Four-one, four-one, four. Look! Boom! Making a bonsai tree out of Legos. It's gonna be fun. Nu-nu-nu-nu-nu-nu. It's gonna be fun, kinda fun. 4, 1, 4. Push it. Oh, I did it! Done!

00:14:28 John Daub: Alright, so we're getting there. Next one is to 4, long 4. We're gonna make it, just skip ahead if you're watching playback. This can be a little bit boring. Jim, we need two cameras to see our faces, really? You don't wanna see our faces putting this together, the great concentration needed. Can I should be in construction? I think you should stick with dancing. And I should not be in singing. Alright, so like the flat thingies here. I think this goes on the side. No. I heard something fall on the floor. That could be disastrous. Don't roast the part. No, I can't find anything. Where'd it go? Oh, big problem. Oh my god. We'll figure out what we're missing later. Don't step on Legos. It's a true story. There's something strange. Oh, she popped. It shouldn't be here. It should be here. Because that's what she said. Just listen to what she said.

00:16:41 John Daub: Andrew writes, "This is such a lovely and underrated couple's activity. Wife and I built the Sydney Opera House set back in the day. Cheers to you two." Hey, the Sydney Opera House. Oh, you did it. Yay. Uncomfortable zooming. Next is the wall. Really? Are we building a castle or a bonsai tree? It's the wall. John Wall. Houston. John is getting bored of this activity cause he's got the attention span of a child. I'm still holding this piece. I wanna contribute but I can't cause she's moving too fast. Yeah. It's gonna take like three hours. Okay, while you're doing that, I shall introduce the next task. So in a future livestream, we have this one too. This is the entire city of Tokyo. You didn't know I got to Tokyo? This one has Shibuya down there. Look at that. That's pretty cool. Tokyo Tower. The Sky Tree. Big site is even there. It's very small. But let's finish this one first, okay?

00:18:31 Kanae Daub: Kanai's like woman possessed. She's going at warp speed.

00:18:39 John Daub: You lost something? Something's missing? Must have been on the floor. Yeah. You're missing one wall. Are you missing a wall? It's probably the one on the floor. Here. Yay! I knew it. I knew there was one piece that fell on the floor. You did it? Awesome. We can do this. We can put this in our car dealership. This is actually part of the movie Cobra Kai. The TV series. Daniel LaRusso gives away bonsai trees. We're going to give away Lego trees. Whoa! I can hear the yaki-imo (roasted sweet potato). Open the window. Listen. They're selling yaki-imo outside. Nice. Yeah. I haven't found the perfect yaki-imo TV stand yet. It's been there for a year and a half. You bought the wheel but didn't know. Nella's construction projects. Okay. Kanai's like possessed. I don't have to do anything. Just go, Kanae Daub. Go, go. Someone said put the TV on a wall mount. Which wall? I don't see a wall big enough. Oh, right on top of this window. There's no wall big enough for a wall mount. Crazy, right? All right. Let's get back to this project.

00:21:24 Kanae Daub: Oh, this is pretty.

00:21:25 John Daub: Yeah. You're so pretty. Oh, wow. This is the base. Oh, okay. There. We gotta get these rubber wheels. They don't fit in. Oh, wait, they do. There's some kind of base plate. Whoa. Base plate. These are Jacksonville Jaguar colors. Urban Meyer taking Jacksonville Jaguar job. Good job. Go box. Push it in there. Nice. That's awesome. What? Did I mess up? Done? The base is done. One is done. Yay. Applause, please. Okay, good. Next part. Two. This looks more complicated. Oh, we need these? What are these for? I've never seen this in normal Legos. This is like Indiana Jones whip. It's difficult. Jump rope? We're gonna find out. You can hear the echo. It's a yaki-imo truck going by. Can I open this one? Yeah, we do have a real bonsai for those joining us. It's right there. It's not dying. The leaves changed because of autumn, which is so cool. And apparently it'll grow back. I bought that at Mt. Fuji from a guy selling his bonsai collection. He sold it to me for like $5 and I wanted to give him more, but he wouldn't take it. So we got into an argument. Then Dean Newcomb, my buddy, bought a more expensive one for $20. But I like this one. It had a lot of personality. It's a real one.

00:23:47 John Daub: I'm like Kanae Daub. I won't stop building until it's done. Aaron writes in. That's okay. I was distracted. Let's get back into this. Kanae Daub's building. I think this is the base of the stump. Oh, this is the base of the stump. Okay. It's like a handle. You can't handle the truth. This is difficult. Raymond Centeno loves Legos. The indie whip is to mimic the branch wire support. Oh, that makes sense. Hey, Tigra Hoff is here. You mount the TV to plywood hinged to a beam above it. That way you can swing it up out of the way. That's a really good idea. So if I can put the TV and swing it up to the ceiling, that'd be cool. And then there's no TV, Kanae Daub. Yeah. I want one. All right. Focus on the task at hand. Tigra Hoff, we have to focus. So this is a tower gun, apparently. If I was a kid, that's what I would think. Oh, okay. We need to add this thing. Where is it? This one here. Where could it be? Believe it or not, it's not here. I don't think it is here. What? Oh, I'm sorry. That's my bad idea.

00:26:46 John Daub: You guys mean it doesn't matter. The last glimmer of hope was to have it. Sure. Maybe I'll just change to something to share with people. The NFL they knew they'd get the number one draft pick this year. I just like singing old 80s songs. Hey Jennifer French is here. Jennifer, you're going to see magic happen, a Lego bonsai tree maybe in an hour. No no no. Junkie Mura is here for the drinking food fund. I might go to McDonald's. You want one of those creme brulee pies from McDonald's? Is it new? They made the creme brulee apple pie. I don't know if that's any good but speed build. Alright ready go. Speed build speed build. Da da da. I'm still looking for this part. Speed build because a 12 year old can do it, I can do it too. Speed build. Okay I'm pretty sure this is yeah we're slow. I know this is gonna take forever. Oh wait I got a build up this side here too. Oh, you're doing it? Okay. Oh no no no. Here, put this one here. No no no no. What? She said she made a mistake. If I make a mistake, it's kind of difficult. I found this piece. I'm ready for the next step. I didn't know Legos made like round like... It's your turn. Speed building. Oh, look at that. That's nice. It's like a ski slope. Oh, you forgot this one. Oh, the little gun. Okay, put a gun. Wait, no. This is like a howitzer. You don't even know what a howitzer is, do you? Howitzer. Handle. By turning this handle, someone you don't even know will win the lottery.

00:29:56 John Daub: Nat, welcome to the dorkiest livestream in the history of live streaming. A lot of dorky live streams. Yeah, you did it. Okay. Why does the gun have a hat on it? And why does the bonsai tree have guns at all? It's time to sing Guns N' Roses song. Next up. This is the hard part. Okay, the base is here. Times two. Yeah I know. I'm getting tired. Me too. And I didn't even really do anything yet. Okay, look, I found it. Just that one? No, there's two. Each piece should have its own song. That means 827 jingles. They should do it by jingle. What's the jingle for this piece? If each piece had a jingle, it would make it a lot easier for me. I think in jingles, not physical shape. See, if everyone had a jingle... I forgot this jingle. All right, I better start to help. It's not good. I don't know how you're doing it because I can't even see how this goes together. Maybe. She's saying, is this it? Bela, is this it? Somebody should help us. Yeah. All right, I think that's it, Kanae Daub. Put this on this base. Oh! Oh wow! Check it out! Look at this! You did it, Kanae Daub, look! Yeah I did it. Do you see how this is going here? It goes into the clickety-do things. Clickety-do-da. My oh my. That's pretty cool. Kanae Daub did it. Carlos writes in here. Yeah she did it. Carlos! Look, I think without my support... Come on. Okay, next up is we have to cover this with stuff. Yeah, I'm looking for these pieces. Oh okay. The melody for this piece is... Oh okay wait. This one. Here's the wall around it. But I don't know where this piece... How does this connect onto here? Like a... I don't know. They should have bonsai for dummies or something.

00:34:02 Kanae Daub: Oh okay. There's like a one two three four. Okay this is here. And this one here. This is here. Okay. That looks like the picture. Next up is this thing here. Wait we're missing this this one here. Got it. This one goes here. Oh no no no this one. Next up is this one. Wait no this one this one. Okay this one this one. This one here. No this is it. This is it. This look. Okay. And then this. Oh my gosh this is so hard. Yeah. I don't know. It's different. No it's the same. Who said this is a good couple's activity? Don't make this one but I think it's different. It's the same. How do you think? Don't ask them. They're on your side. There's like two people on my side. Two people who? I don't know but it's not Carlos. He's on your side. This is picking sides now. Whose side are you on? Kanae Daub's side or John's side? Kanae Daub is right. Who wrote that? Jennifer French. Oh I'm with John. Yes. I'm with David here. You're a good boy. John just do it. Team John. Yes. Split down the line. Oh oh Joy's on Kanae Daub's side. That's not fair. You got Joy? My friend Indy John's side. Who's on your side? Yes. Jace Ralph Jason. Jason's on Ralph's side. Ralph's not here. Some people are using emojis to pick a side too. That's pretty funny. Yeah that's how I did it. No no no. Do you remember? Do you remember the jingle for this piece anybody? I remember things in jingles. Speaking of jingles let's get some music in here. I did it. Okay. We put this part to here. This song goes out to all of you staying at home doing what you can to survive. We're here in Tokyo putting together a bonsai Lego. What's that? I'm here with Kanae Daub. Oh you ready? Put the music away and get back to this. This is so hard work. No I feel the same. I can't see because you're hogging the manual. I don't have a good eye. You have bad eyes? I have good eyes. I eat a lot of onions. You know if you want good eyes you should eat a lot of onions. For some reason it's good for your eyes. So I had blueberries when I was a kid. Kilograms of them. I used to work at Ocean Spray throwing blueberries onto the sorter. And every time I threw I might take a handful. So I ate a lot of blueberries especially during summer at the Ocean Spray warehouse. Ike Marianne's in here. Ama writes focus. Sorry. Focus.

00:39:01 John Daub: Yeah that's true. Alright. This is the hardest part. I think we're at the hardest part. What I'm going to do is separate the pieces into pieces that we're going to need. It looks like we're going to need two of these right? No? Oh my gosh! This is hard! This stump is hard! I can't find this one. You tell me what you need and I shall acquire it. This one. Okay wait. Move your finger. This is dark brown color. No no no no no. This one. Oh this one. This one? Oh no. Did I drop that on the floor too? It's got to be here. Yeah. Just really really hard. Yeah really. This piece. Hold on let me see. This one? No that looks like... Oh okay. Maybe it is. That's a bad direction they put this here. All right where does this go? Put it there. Okay. Oh we're doing it again. No? Yeah. This one. Oh this one. Need some music? Music? Yeah. You need to relax? This is royalty free. Oh my God. Get your Beethoven on. Because building up on century. Stop it relaxing. Relax. I can't relax with this. I don't care. This is not going to work. I did it. I did it. I think I've ruined Beethoven for a couple of people now. Focus focus focus. Yeah. That looks cool. Oh wait. Do these pieces move? Oh that's awesome. Check this out. Action. Cut. This looks like the clapper on a TV set. Yeah you're right. I don't hear that often. Oh so yeah. We still have to make like this... That's the flux capacitor! I think they're using it. This could be part of Back to the Future. Is that not the flux capacitor? Flux capacitor! We're building a flux capacitor for this bonsai tree. Great Scott writes Victor. What's so funny? It's just that shot goes with the music. It's an intense close-up. Don't zoom into my mouth. No it was an eye shot of intensity and focus. All right let's get this going. Come on. Wait wait wait. I don't get this. Flux capacitor. Oh no. We have to build... Yeah I can't understand this. Haven't you ever built one of these flux capacitors before? No. No one's built a flux capacitor before. Anyone? Doc Brown! Okay. Next. Oh here it is. That's right but this... I don't know how... Can I... Okay. This requires intelligence. I made this one. Oh. What's hey? Hey? Ah! Oh no no. Yeah yeah. But you didn't... I don't have a good brain for this. Nobody has a good brain for this. This doesn't make sense. Oh wait. No. It doesn't seem... It doesn't make sense. Oh one is on top of the other. How many flux capacitors are there? I don't understand. Okay let's ask the people. Ask the people. All right. Carlos he's on your side. Ask Carlos. He knows. How do we do this? We're stuck. Like is it on top of something? Or... I don't know. This is... How is that... How do you put that on top of each other? You think it's gonna... But the flux capacitors don't have that. Focus. Carlos refuses to take a side now that I've shamed him. I know. Andrew Fortwain. Play some Chopin Prelude Op 28 No 15 to relax. Just saying that gives me stress. James Boardman. Thank you James. W.H. Turner was in the house! Katayama. Every wise man knows. I have to say it in... What is his voice? Yoda. Every wise man knows his wife is always right. Right she is. Nasha Broad. Honda Zuke A.K.A. Jeff Ang. Hi Johnny Kanae Daub. I'm a new year from the Miyagi-Do. Johnny Seawalker's here. Little things that make us smile always give us hope when the days are rough. Like the bonsai. I did it! Wishing you and Kanae Daub an awesome week and victorious new year! You did it! Flux capacitor! I did it! Marty can get back to the future! Marty! We got it Marty! This is the flux capacitor. Why is it in a bonsai tree? We should get a major league pitcher to throw this at 88 miles per hour. Next next next. Hahaha. Let's get back to it. Hey the Rascal Flatly. I just ordered the LEGO Ninjago City Gardens. That sounds pretty cool. Brickman! John can we get a LEGO channel on Discord? Nasha Broad is our channel maker guy. Nasha can we get a LEGO thing? You getting frustrated? Yeah. Alright we're gonna call this bonsai tree Kanae Daub. I'm gonna give it a name. Alright let's see if we can get some relaxing music. This one's called Hollywood Traffic Jam. Hollywood Traffic Jam folks. Royalty free! Oh my god! This sounds like a song from Sudden Impact. Is this relaxing? No I can't think really. You're right. Okay that's music is awful. Mr. Sunny face. I use this in some OIJ videos. It's a good one. This should relax you. Putting together a bonsai tree made of plastic. Kanae's doing most of the work because I can't focus. It's almost finished. But it's not really. Everybody wants to get a Lego bonsai tree. Get a bonsai tree. Lego. What? Focus Kanae Daub! Focus! Okay this is not working. This song. Okay silence! Lego. That's what we're doing. We're doing it. We should get something from Lego. Lego send us more challenges okay? And we'll sing you a song. What are you looking for? Lego. What are you looking for? I think this is a one woman job. Should we just walk the streets and come back in 30 minutes and see how far she's gotten? No. Focus. Look Kanae Daub. Look. It's like a crank. How you doing? Hey Q called. Kax writes lay out the pieces as shown in the book to know which parts to connect next. Organize the parts for ease. That sounds so logical. That makes a lot of sense. I don't know why we don't do that. Just like why is Hachiko leaning against the wall? Why would he do that? A lot of things don't make a lot of sense. Why is Hachiko with Totoro? Why would these two hang out together? I did not know that. A lot of things don't make a lot of sense to me. Go with it. Raymond. Something for Kanae Daub after she completes the set. I thought it was we complete the set Raymond. I'm helping. You can't have two captains on a team. It doesn't work. I'm helping. What are you looking for? We're making another flux capacitor? I think it looks done. So we have these two built. This is the stump of the bonsai tree. We've already done the base for those joining us. This is the base. It looks pretty nice doesn't it? No we're almost done. The pieces are getting less and less. All right I'm going to put this... I'm going to lay this out according to the way they told us to lay it out. So then it's easier to find the pieces. That's really good advice. There's not that many pieces left. What's that? It's like tree. Oh yeah. It seems like frog. Oh it's a frog. What? That is a frog. Check this out. That's a frog. But it's part of the tree. I think Lego has recycled the parts right? That looks like a frog doesn't it? Good job Lego. All right let's get back into it. If you have any questions you can write it. We've been in this for an hour now. Oh my God. I know. You need more music? I don't think so. Okay hold on. So this goes on top of this? Like here. I need this one. What should I do? What can I do? Here. Here. Can I turn the page? Wait wait wait. This one here. Okay this piece here on the side. I helped. Right here. Hold on a second. This is right here on the back of this. Here. On the back of this. But we didn't finish this one. And then the brown one? No. What? No this has to be here. To put on this one here. What? We lost it. No we didn't. Oh no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no. This one. Ah okay I think I missed. All right. So that looks pretty good here. Alright next up is to put this on top of this. Check this out. Next part. This is the hardest part. Just so you know this is number three. Look at this. Looks like furikake (rice sprinkle seasoning). Thank you. I'm looking at the big picture here. What am I supposed to do? You're hogging it. No. You're breaking it. No it's very delicate. You're breaking it. It's like not going. Oh no take this off. Oh no. Okay that's good. I fixed it. I did that I saved it. If you like this give it a thumbs up. That's what we do. Oh wow hold on. So there's like hold on so you got like these red things here. So shoot you. This looks like cooking. Like you've added some ginger into the combo. This piece had a jingle I don't remember what it was. There's a real bonsai tree over there just so you know. That's what it's gonna look like I believe. I believe I can fly. I didn't. I might have. I believe I need some water. Oh Froggy's going for a ride on the flux capacitor. Oh you broke the flux capacitor. No no you. I didn't do it. I'm innocent. I didn't know there was a flux capacitor in a bonsai tree. I think the Legos just sort of recycles parts if they can and just colors it differently. Because the brown frog is pretty cool. I did not know that. I'm trying to help. But sometimes helping you're really getting in the way. Sometimes. Put the tree together. Put the tree together. I'm doing it. It's kind of here. So it should be here. This way? No no no this way. Oh I'm so tired. Uh. Okay next up. Okay. Um. What about this this handle thing. Oh. This goes. One more. One more. Okay I got it. I got it. I got it. The froggy facing forward. This way this way right oh yeah the whip. Wow check this out. New yeah this is going here oh yeah yeah like this no no this goes the back. The back way it's hard it's not clear. I need. I need. Peter von Gomm narrating what we should do to make this work. Next please take piece A and put it into piece B. That's what it looks like. Thank you Peter von Gomm. Really? Really? I think so. That's what it... Why is it too long? I don't know. I didn't... I'm just following orders. Okay okay. Next. Next. Oh yeah. Where does this go? This connects here. Ah that's very weird. That's very weird. This way? Oh this way. Okay. Oh it's hard. Okay. No I couldn't. I didn't see it. I'm not done. Wait wait. Oh my God. This is weird. Oh here. Okay I got it. Wait wait wait. You gotta put this one too. Is that it? Look. Let's check. Here. Looks 50% done for me. No! That's it? Just 50? No! 50? They said just 50% done. Oh my gosh. Oh my gosh. Oh my gosh. Somebody said 40%. No they don't know. They don't... What should we do? Panic. Okay. And it says put it in the stand. Oh and we can put it into the stand here. You broke it? No no. Oh my. Oh it's done. It's done. It's done. It's done. It's done. Look. Okay. Oh! Oh! There's like a... Oh! I see how it works here. Really? Yeah. I think it turns. Look. Look at three. Oh three. Okay. Three is easier. Just put it here. What? Okay. Remember what you call? Yeah. It says... What? This is the easiest step of them all. Look at this one. They knew that people would struggle. So to get from 40 to 60% you just have to take three and dump it in the thing. Look! That's right. Just dump it. Okay. Thank you Lego. Thank you Lego. Dump it Kanae Daub. I can put it here and mix it. Yeah mix it. Mix it. Woo! Shake it up. Shake it up. Shake it up. You want music? My music selection is really bad though. I do it. I can't. Oh it's nice. I like this part. All right. You like this part? Yeah. This is a good part. Let's get some reggae. Yo! Don't lose those pieces Kanae Daub. Don't eat those pieces Kanae Daub. Don't lick those pieces Kanae Daub. Ah I did it. Yoda eggs. Yoda eggs yeah. Okay we jumped to four. Okay so we're like 80% done. That stage was easy. Satrio that's not that kind of tree. Okay. All right next. Okay four. Four? Four. I like Sakura too. Satrio this is what that is here. Okay? It's a Lego version of an illegal industry right here. We're almost there. This is the Ogasa Wara music. Oh look at this. It's so cool. So relaxing. So peaceful. Michael you can't smoke these. Michael it's plastic. It's gonna get all gray black smoke in here and we're gonna have to evacuate. Take the green part put it on the tree. Make it a bonsai tree. Bonsai tree tree. It's for me. I wasn't wrong but I wasn't right. I wasn't right either. You know what? I can't focus. Um so this is where the frog is. Where'd the frog go Kanae Daub? Frog is gone. Look where is it in this picture? He's gone. Johnny writes you can also bring us a Sofubi Toy Factory toy maker someday John. Pardon for asking. We could. Oh no the frog is shielded. Whoa. Lego evil. That's like a Cobra Kai move. I'm gonna go get it. Yeah get him a body bag. Yeah. Anyone know the name of that character? The body bag guy? Yeah Johnny. Yeah. Sweep the leg. Get him a body bag. Yeah. He was really way too excited about that body bag. I wonder if the directors were looking at it saying we don't remember that in the script. Ah just keep it in there. That's one of the lines I remember the most. All right. Focus. Let's focus. Let's focus. I think we're about 85% done. Yeah. Oh wait. There's more. Okay. Take grades in here. Not even close. It looks like we're close. I don't know. I don't know. Cause you're like hogging the book. The book's over on her side. I can't see it. I couldn't see it. I think it's best. Alright. These Legos are kind of funky. I've seen these double ones but look it's got like a hole through it. Right? That's weird. So I think these weird bizarre pieces would be pretty cool in a set. Because then you'd be able to use these for something else. But after putting this together I don't think we're ever going to take it apart. We're going to glue it together. Because we never want it to fall apart again. We need two manuals. And I don't know what is this piece for huh? What do you think this is for? A handle? I have more questions than answers. Okay. What was this for Kanae Daub? Just to show you how complicated this is. Look at this. I'm going to show you. There's not a lot of explanation. It's a lot of pieces. And then we have this. What is this supposed to be? Oh my gosh. We started like an hour ago Kanae Daub. Something wrong. Something wrong? Here I'll try. I was born for this job. Hmm? I was born for this job. I was born for this job. Where are you on this? I was born to make it sing. And then this one connects into this thing. Where's the key? There's a connector. You need the connector this thing. I was born to do this. No no no. Yeah there's like a connector. It's connector here. No no no no. No no no. This one. Look. Yes here. I put it in here. Okay. You say so. Yeah it's done then no? No it should be three. But no space for... Oh here? Are there? Oh. This is so hard. I'm not really sure. Why am I talking like this? I missed. I missed here maybe. Oh so it was your fault. Yeah. Anata no sei (your fault). Yeah. I feel helpless. I'm making a sandwich. I think this is a one-woman job. I don't know. What should I do? You have any questions? Walk away John. Just walk away. I'm reading the... Really? The channel... It's moving quick. Time to work John. It's your live stream. Laugh out loud. Thanks Travis. Definitely too many hands. Exactly Jari. You need small fingers for that. I think so. Why is this so funny? I'm not sure. What else are you watching? How long? We've been 81 minutes. Yes John. Let Kanae Daub build it and you go make some tea. You want some tea? Yeah. Okay. Let Kanae Daub shoot solo. John did you know there's a Karate Kid Lego idea? Yeah really. Community is siding with Kanae Daub. Torotoropoko. No. I'm losing the community. Oh my. Why aren't you helping John? Marty. There's... Everything's on her side. I can't see it. Look. I tried to help and she took it away from me Marty. Let me help. Are you finished? She's finished. I can... I can put a tree. Put it on the tree. All right. The moment of truth. We can put it right here. Oh we gotta make this one tree. We gotta make three of these. Oh no. So okay. I make tree. So you can put on tree. I will put this on the tree. I understand. Yoda is here. Princess Kanae Daub. Very wise you be. Very wise. Wait. I don't... I don't understand. I don't understand how it goes on. I do not comprehend the force. The force. The force is not with this tree. This tree has a problem. This tree problem is real. How does it connect? It doesn't say how it connects. Connect? What do you do? This? This? This? If you push real hard it all falls apart. It's gonna break. I understand. I do not. I don't... I'm just missing a piece or something. No it's totally... Hold on. Wait. Wait a minute. Okay. I understand but I don't understand. Oh my God. It's not clear. Is it stuck together the picture? Oh. Okay. So this is on the bottom side. Oh what are these things? Darling. Excuse me. I think these go in here. I think. Yeah. I don't think so. It's already inside here. Yeah well I think so. No no no no. No no because I'm gonna use it three for this. No it's... Okay okay. I do it. I do it. No I can do it. There's something missing here Kanae Daub. Oh okay. I check. I'm coming. Okay. It's not going. Uh I don't think that is correct sir. I think you have made a mistake. I made a mistake? I think somebody did. Oh. It wasn't me. It's me? I didn't do anything. If I'm not doing anything how can I make a mistake right? Everybody said John you should do something so I'm not doing anything. So did I make a mistake? I don't think so. You can't blame me. I didn't do nothing. I'll take the blame though. Okay. Shots fired. No I'm just kidding. It's all John's fault. What? I didn't do anything. How could it be my fault? Just no... Find some music. Yeah you can do it. Find some music. Let's see if we can get something. Ah! This one's called Mr. T. That one. Oh! You like this one Kanae Daub. No I like this one. Name that tune in ten notes. Anyone? Anyone? Anyone? Nobody yet. Really? Not familiar. Yes! We got one! Charisma! Charisma! Canon in D. Good. It's time to relax everybody. You've had a very stressful 88 minutes. Relax and listen to the strokes of those violins. So relaxing. Focus Kanae Daub. I believe in you. I know you can do this. Do it for the 943 people watching this. Do it for humanity. For the children out there. Do it for Daniel. Daniel's up. Floating. Bonsai. Yes you're doing it. You're doing it. You broke it. You broke it. All right pause it. Hold on hold on. Pause the music. Okay. Let's take a look. That was relaxing. That was a little bit relaxing. So what do you think? Good huh? All right you have an option now. Who wants to keep watching? Who wants this to end? And then we'll put a picture on Instagram or something. Should you keep watching or? Oh man. Oh this is a lot. I'm so tired. I'm so tired. Hey Road Towners here. Those other bonsai Legos look really nice. Here to help the other ones if you're planning to get them. Yeah they do look really good. I did get this one. It's the city of Tokyo. Kanae Daub will be putting that together next week. The Kanae Daub Construction Channel has been formed. Kanae Daub's Lego Construction Company. No. Aka Kanae Daub's Lego KL. KLCC. Kuala Lumpur Community Club. All our Malaysian viewers out there. We're almost there. Okay. We're almost there. Yeah almost. Moments away. Focus. Two hands are better than one. Yeah. Careful. Okay. I'm trying to help. I don't know what I can do to help. Craig Greatson here. Here's a contribution for some Lego Duplo blocks. Yeah. I saw that there's other kinds that I was thinking of getting. Lauren Rivera writes the blue thing is to connect two difficult Lego pieces. Hard to explain on text. Oh my. It's like building an Ikea product. Ikea. Paladin. When I saw the bonsai tree first thing that popped into my mind was the tree from the Karate Kid movie. Spik3 writes can you join for a moment? Can only join for a moment. Here is for a nice takeout delivery meal while you guys are sheltering in place this month. Oh that's so nice Spik3. Thank you. That's nice Spik3 got us some delivery food. Maybe we'll put that to good use for dinner tonight. That sounds like a good idea. Kanae Daub has taken over the project. Spik3 is coming in. I was at one time a contributor. Now I'm just a DJ of classical music. I think it's finished. Yeah almost. Basically we're at close. Basically we're at the end here. While you've been listening to Canon playing and enjoying your if you're in the United States your Saturday evening. We are getting very close to the end of this bonsai tree adventure. Now what Kanae Daub is doing is supposed to look like this. And we are very close to achieving this incredible look. For another day I'll continue this voice. We will make the tree look like this which is a cherry blossom pattern. All right. Is that complete? It's pretty complete. What was this for Kanae Daub? I don't know. What was this for? Oh I think it's. It's on this side. Oh my. Yeah. I just. Okay. Well you know what? What? Okay. Just turn it to this side. I can't see it then. All right. Just keep. Nobody knows about this piece. We're going to put this away. We can just put it like this Kanae Daub. Yeah. But we put this one already. Oh. That's weird. They put they put in that blue one but it's not blue. See because we did step three. We have to clear out step three to get this to. We forgot about step three huh? I mean we had to finish step one and two before we did step three. Oh you did it? All right. Step three was the best step. Just dump in random plastic pieces. Oh that's on the floor. I got it. I helped. These are Yoda eggs. Somebody said. I don't know. Oh so basically just putting these green plastic thingies onto the end. Yeah you can do it. I can. Why me? Oh okay. Because I didn't do anything. I see. So just put these various just put them on. Okay. You can put this leaf one. Put this leaf one. No no no no. Here. Oh on the green ones here. Green. Oh that's kind of neat. So. Oh I don't know. Don't yell into the camera. You just made a thousand people upset. So we're at the end of making a Lego bonsai tree. And if you've never done this before it's kind of. It can be relaxing if you have somebody to do it for you. And if not then you can't do it yourself. Right. We're like minutes away. So if you've been paying attention for the last hour and a half we're minutes away from making this look like this. We're moments away from a very special moment. We're moments away from a special moment. What's he call? Special moment. Special moment. What? Why? What? No it's the same. How is that different? Can I should make emergency meeting? John looks kind of sus. Doesn't do any task. Hey I don't know exactly what that meant but it seemed like a dig. You so can I on this one? This is a taste. Probably tasty. Probably. We're going to name the tree after Kanae Daub. That's she. No because you did it. We named this tree Kanae Daub. Yeah that's what I said. Just put it wherever you like. But you said you got angry at me. You said no don't do it. You want to do it? Let's see. I helped. I did that. Can we have more? Okay. But essentially this is it. It's done. So there you go ladies and gentlemen. This is the bonsai tree. And it took approximately 99 minutes and 32 seconds. So if you are interested in getting the bonsai tree try to beat this record. It shouldn't be hard. 99 minutes and 39 seconds. That's all it took. Jennifer French says good job John. But I'm going to say good job Kanae Daub on this one? Because John did like maybe 10% of it. Although I did control the music and music is motivation and motivation. It's everything. Therefore I did do this. All right. We're going to put this now and compare. Information. Yes this is an infomercial. We need infomercial music here. It's really. It is. It's pretty good. What is this for Kanae Daub? What is this for? I got more questions than answers. Can you tell the difference? That's my question to you is. Can you tell the difference? The answer is no. I know a lot of you are really confused right now. They are identical. This music doesn't fit the mood. They are identical. There's a lot of confused people. Kanae Daub? If you like Legos click the like button. That lets us know that you want more of this experimental. More? No no no no. To make the next up is the Tokyo. Oh my God. Oh and by the way see this brick here? I still have a lot of postcards. So if you want to get a postcard I've got a bunch more on Patreon. These actually went out two or three days ago. So they're on the way to our postcard club. This is Dekko Sushi. It's a new kind of sushi that I'm introducing in an episode this Monday. So yeah, pretty cool. Yeah click that like button if you want to see more. No no click that like button if you want to see this. This is Tokyo. There's various buildings including Shibuya. Does that look like Shibuya? Only one way to find out. Click the like button and we will put this together in a stay at home episode made just for you. Episode two coming right at you soon. Good night Dedet. Good job. I would say that they do look quite similar. We do have random pieces that I'm not sure what we do with. We missed some Kanae Daub. Like what is this huh? What's this for? Oh look a dead branch. Didn't make it. Just put the missing parts in the... It's for Sakura? So the Sakura one? I don't think so. I think everything is in pack five. Hey Tigra how was it in a traveler? I'm going to make it a... I'm going to make an emoji for the bonsai tree to add in for our community. This one here is another pack that... I love that Lego did this. They added in another pack and we can actually take off the green parts on this and make it look like this. Do you see this? You can change the green on this and turn it into a Sakura bonsai tree. Isn't that awesome? So if you do like the look of this you can kind of turn a little bit. Yeah. Really? Yeah. Where do we want to put this? In the... By the front door? Welcome guests coming into the house with bonsai. Yes! So there you go ladies and gentlemen. Do you think... Do you think this looks... Does this look like it? Ash writes applause. Raymond writes that's very cool. Marty likes it. Jennifer says good job. Carrie writes good job. Instagram photos absolutely. Satrio congratulations. I'm trying to read. It's going by CB. Jody. Everybody. Jason. It's accurate. Jason is... Bela gives us thumbs up. Bela gave us thumbs up. Thank you. All right Bela. Thank you Bela. That's awesome. All right cool guys. So there you go. Real. Very real. This cost me about... I don't know. This cost about $60 believe it or not for this thing. But it was sold out so I had to get it from a reseller and paid another $20. So it cost $80 for me to buy this. But... Oh Kanae Daub. Look at this. Do you see this stand? We didn't build a stand Kanae Daub. Just discovered that. All right that's for... You know what? We're just gonna... You can just get the stand. And I'll build this in my own free time. You don't wanna see this. I'll take a picture and put it on Instagram for the stand. You didn't know that did you? Huh? Thanks so much for watching. It's only been an hour and a half. Don't worry. Do not worry. I will put together... We will have a good dinner. Thanks so much for the support for this. We will make sure that Kanae Daub is taken care of and she doesn't cook anything. Bye. We will... I will have to do that maybe. All right. Thanks everybody. Have a good day. Have a good night. I hope that you enjoyed this. Again there's chapter lists so you can skip ahead. You don't have to watch this whole thing again if anybody is watching the playback. If you wanna go back and see what it looks like the unboxing of this I'll put that in the beginning of it. Thanks so much. I will be back tomorrow with another live stream. Kanae Daub will not be back tomorrow. Thank you so much. You're very welcome. During the last five seconds looking... Confusing yourself with which one is the bonsai tree.

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