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A current look at New Jang City
Not a lot has happened since the last update video, aside from the addition of 16 MOCs I've covered in other videos. There's been a little bit of work on terrain, both the big laccolith and the very...
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You Told Me What To (also) Build
The last time I turned over the floor for suggestions on what to make from the 186-piece Building Better Thinking box, a ton of you yelled "Dragon!" while another sizable number cheered for a spaceship...
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[New] Mellemby opens for business, or at least suggestions
I'm taking a big risk here, but I'm hopeful that with some thoughtful & caring guidance, as opposed to an unregulated popular democracy (i.e. certain catastrophe), the collective will of the...
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New Jang City freight train yard upgrades
Over the past couple of days I tore up my fingertips some more carefully putting down more faux ballast in a way that supports the track on a completely flat (tiled) surface while providing studded...
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More progress on the train yard
This time around I slowed down a little and got the shed/shop buttoned up more correctly so I could be happier with it long-term. I also threw down some quick desiccated foliage outside, but that'll...
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Mellemby viewer suggestion recap & LEGO dinosaurs
Two more New Jang City sub-layout updates went up over the past day or so, the first summarizing major takeaways from the initial idea-gathering phase for the Mellemby District. This will likely end...
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How I motorized the LEGO 60097 City Square tram / train
The set with this light rail tram came out in 2015 and I've kept it intact, because I rather liked its design, but I've kept it out of view because there's never been a place for it in either my...
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Full tour of my updated LEGO deep sea diorama
I've been happy with my underwater display(s) since I first tried such a setup in 2015, but that doesn't mean I'm just leaving it alone! Most of the space has been and still is quick & easy,...
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LEGO Star Wars Solo movie Imperial TIE Fighter & Han's Landspeeder reviews
I bought my first few Solo movie sets and, as a special message to LEGO Brand/IP Protection via the company MarkMonitor which falsely and illegally threatened me the last time I reviewed Star Wars sets...
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New LEGO Star Wars Jedi & Clone Trooper and Solo Movie Imperial Patrol Battle...
Two more small sets with long names! One of these seems to prove that no matter what LEGO does, they just can't win in the court of Internet (TFOL/AFOL) opinion.Videos:LEGO Star Wars Imperial Patrol...
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LEGO Collectible Minifigure Series 18 full review
To celebrate the 40th anniversary of their creation, the LEGO minifigures are throwing themselves a birthday party, costumes strongly encouraged. This series has a literally & figuratively odd...
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Not your average BrickHeadz: LEGO's new Go Brick Me set
And now for something, completely different! This is so much more than the expected BrickHeadz MOC construction toolkit. It lets you build not one, but two full figures (and the second needn't be a...
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LEGO Ideas TRON: Legacy set review! 21314
These aren't the Light Cycles of my childhood, but they're pretty nice regardless (and probably recognizable to a lot more of today's LEGO fans). The minifigures and printed parts in general are very...
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You Told Me What To Build yet again
This past week I did another TMWTB suggestion collection round and one of the most popular requests was a tank. This one took a little longer than the others, but I'm happy with the result.Video:TMWTB...
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LEGO Minifigure Factory promotional set review 5005358
This free (with qualifying purchase) has gotten more than its share of hate for including some cardboard to increase the size of the scene, but the exclusive (and still free, with purchase) parts make...
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LEGO Star Wars Kessel Run Millennium Falcon review! 75212
Here's the flagship set for the Solo: A Star Wars Story movie, based around the modified-to-sell-fresh-merch Falcon of 40+ year fame. As a LEGO model, it's sensibly an evolutionary iteration on the...
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LEGO Amtrak EMD F40PH MOC
First shown on Instagram shortly after I started, this is another little piece of my childhood brought to life in LEGO form!Video: Custom LEGO Amtrak EMD F40PH locomotive engine
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Two more new LEGO Star Wars sets reviewed
The end of another medium-sized release wave draws to a close for me with the coverage of the last wave 1 Solo movie set plus a nice small ESB Dagobah build.Videos: LEGO Star Wars Moloch's Landspeeder...
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LEGO Star Wars Han Solo Landspeeder de-aged Mod
I had planned to make a (mostly) symmetrical "original" version of Han Solo's M68 (Ford Falcon reference) Landspeeder, but then I started looking at more realistic toys as well as official renders and...
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Initial batch of LEGO Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom set reviews
I don't live near the perpetually embargo-breaking stores (like LEGOLAND) of Florida & Georgia and had no interest in paying the markups to buy from FL/GA eBayers, so I waited for the official...
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