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Cyberpunk conversion of the LEGO Death Star (progress)
Back in March I dedicated the Mellemby District section of New Jang City to the viewers and asked for your suggestions for an overall theme or direction. Over 1,700 comments poured in and though the...
View ArticleThoughts for 2019 & re-invigorating this blog
It's extremely difficult for me to fathom the concept that months have passed since my most recent post here, but the date stamps do not lie! Truth be told, this site hasn't provided the value to...
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Flashback Friday, Speed Builds Edition
Over the years I've done a bunch of Throwback Thursday & Flashback Friday uploads covering vintage sets or LEGO catalogs, but this week I turned the retro focus on my speed builds, re-rendering a...
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Wait a minute...
The above poll results from the Community tab on my YouTube channel seem pretty dang conclusive to me. So how come whenever I dislike absolutely anything in a review, I receive a strongly negative...
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QUiCKBRiCKS lives!
My short-form LEGO video channel finally earned its custom URL between seasons and is now accessible via http://youtube.com/c/QUiCKBRiCKS. I've just uploaded my first 2019 quick review and will be...
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Hero of What?
So on YouTube there is this guy. This guy has this face. This face is in every thumbnail. It's always the same. He has an alias, and when you put it into Google Translate it comes out "Hero of the...
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Hi I'm JANG, and I'm an addict
I suffer from a debilitating compulsion and I cannot escape it. No matter what I do, I cannot keep myself from continually attempting improve the quality of my videos and the efficiency of producing...
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Insert The LEGO Movie 2 Review Clickbait Title Here (no spoilers)
(I was the first in the theater for this Thursday matinee premiere)"Absolutely Awesome." "Everything Is Awesome-ish." "Everything Is Not Awesome." Early professional evaluations of The Lego Movie 2:...
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End of an era
Over a decade ago I purchased my first pair of "softboxes," light bulb receptacles with each a flimsy tent-like pyramidal reflector structure and a translucent sheet of cloth over the big end. It...
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I saw the sine
Recently I learned the hard way that surge protectors are a lie. During an unusually windy storm, there were a couple of power outages back to back that caused power irregularities at their ends that...
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How much time goes into one set?
On a whim of curiosity, I tracked the time I invested into one new set, Avengers Compound Battle 76131. To the public, there was a 23-minute build video and a 19-minute review produced, or a maximum...
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In my LEGO City, the sky is rising
When I first set foot in the second living/family room of this house, I immediately knew this is where I would put the LEGO city, if I got so lucky as to win the bidding war in the cut-throat...
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I Did It All Wrong (but I'm fixing it)
It's time for me to get very, very candid about some thoughts that have guided my actions, how I made some very serious mistakes in planning New Jang City, and how I've permanently turned a major...
View ArticleA New Personal Record!
Today I filmed, edited, and published a total of 6 hours of content to YouTube:1 hour 47 minutes of real-time HD Pure Builds40 minutes of shortened HD time-lapse versions of those builds19 minutes in a...
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It's WAR! LEGO reviews vs. city updates & MOC work
The numbers are clear. When asked directly, the majority of JANGBRiCKS YouTube channel viewers want to see reviews of current LEGO products more than anything else, by a significant margin. However!...
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My YouTube viewer comment moderation policy
It has always been my goal to maintain a safe, positive environment in the comments sections of my videos for kids & adults alike. In this interest, all viewer comments on all videos of all of my...
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FAQ: Why don't I talk over my Pure Build videos
Q: Can you add narration to your real-time "Pure Builds?"A: While this sounds like a good idea for people who like the sound of my voice, the reality of such an effort would fall apart almost...
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Peace is restored, for now
Last month I declared war against myself and set up some simple rules of engagement. I would not publish reviews more than 3 days in a row, and I would take a minimum of 1 day off per week from...
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How To: Criticize
[Originally published January 2015, brought to the top & mildly updated June 2019 in conjunction with a relevant debate going on at Brickset.]You probably don't want to read a bunch of extraneous...
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FTC vs. YouTube vs... JANGBRiCKS?
It's about time I said something about the elephant in the room. The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has determined that YouTube massively violated the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act...
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