Whoa! This is a pretty deliciously imbalanced set. It's good to see another large, menacing, proper enemy in a LEGO theme.
Friday, January 8, 2016
LEGO Nexo Knights Infernox Captures the Queen reviewed! 70325
Whoa! This is a pretty deliciously imbalanced set. It's good to see another large, menacing, proper enemy in a LEGO theme.
LEGO City 2016 Crooks' Island review! 60131
Last of the major 2016 LEGO Police sets right here; only little random stuff remains.
Thursday, January 7, 2016
LEGO Nexo Knights Lance's Mecha Horse review! 70312
Check it out, a robotic futuristic medieval robot horse that turns into a motorcycle! Hmm. Personally, I think it sounds better than it is.
(Link fixed, sorry about that.)
LEGO Star Wars First Order Snowspeeder Microfighter review! 75126
When I reviewed the normal-scale SW TFA FO Snowspeeder, I remarked that I felt the build was larger than it needed to be. That was based purely upon the design elements, play value, and sizing versus the minifigs. Two months later the movie was released and I was able to see that the model was indeed a bit overscaled compared to the source material. Now my requests have been answered and there's a smaller official build. Much, much smaller...
LEGO Nexo Knights Ultimate Aaron review! 70332
Trans bright green, go! Well, a bit of regular bright green, too. Oh, and bananas! Don't forget the bananas!
Tuesday, January 5, 2016
Mega Bloks Halo Heroes series 1 Spartan Orbital review
Yeah buddy! One more down, one more to go to complete series 1. Even though this is an unnamed character, I quite like the figure, and especially the weapon.
Minor modifications: LEGO City 2016 Ferry (60119)
As I did my unsatisfied review of the new LEGO City Ferry set, I knew I wouldn't be able to leave not good enough alone. A minor revamp was mandatory. The process of preparing for such revamp, however, taught me a lot about the original set. Most of this video here explains what I learned and covers the remainder of my own thought processes as I went about turning this into something I would be satisfied dropping onto my city's waterfront.
LEGO Star Wars Resistance Troop Transporter review! 75140
Here's my last of the normal-sized sets in the second wave of LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens sets! I may have inadvertently saved the best for last.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) master list!
With often 500 to 1,000 comments posted in a given day across my 4,000++ videos, there's bound to be some repetition, or even a lot of it. Here's a collection of responses to all of the most common inquiries from viewers around the world.
Q: Do you review free products given to you by manufacturers like LEGO?
- A: No. I do not accept free products to review. I buy all of my sets to review at full price from public sources as a normal consumer. On the rarest occasion that I do accept a free product these days, I do not use it for any video or post with "review" in the title and I am very explicit about the circumstances under which it was acquired.
Q: Where do you buy from & how do you get sets "early?"
Q: When will the next update video about your [layout/creation/anything] be posted?
- A: The next time it is updated enough to warrant a new video :) My builds & videos aren’t tied to a regular schedule.
Q: Have you a done a video about [some set]?
- A: Search YouTube or my channel for "jangbricks [name of the set]" to quickly see if I have what you're looking for.
Q: Do you use scripts & narrate your videos separate from filming them?
- A: No. With the very, very, most extremely rare of exceptions, I record live, freestyle audio during filming with no script of any kind.
Q: Do you have any tips for new YouTube channels?
- A: Yes! See my detailed answer.
Q: Will you sell, trade, or give me one or all of your sets or figures?
- A: No. I only donate to charities & don’t sell to the public. See my simple stance on selling, & giving away items.
Q: First? 2nd comment? 100th viewer? Can I get a heart for no reason?
- A: Nope! Pointless number-spam is auto-deleted across my channel! The endless pages of posts saying "1st" and "213th like" and such that are commonplace across most of YouTube have no home on my channel. All comments are manually moderated and spam & likebait is never even seen by other viewers. I choose to encourage thoughtful comments and reward meaningful discussion instead of maximizing empty interactions.
Q: Why do you always complain about products? (or) Why do you always rave about products? (aka) Why do you say both positive and negative things in your reviews?
- A: Because they're neither advertisements or roasts, they're reviews. See my detailed answer.
Q: Why don't you use price to weight ratio as a value baseline instead of price to part?
- A: I have serious problems with the logic of weight-based analysis, plus real-world data for LEGO sets doesn't show a reliable correlation. I've written up some longer thoughts and included some examples.
Q: Can you show your studio? How do I make my videos look exactly like yours?
Q: How do you restore old, discolored LEGO parts?
- A: See detailed answer & video tutorial.
Q: Where do you get clear stands for LEGO models?
Q: How do you deal with dust on your LEGO layout?
- A: See my video tutorial.
Q: Why does LEGO use so many random colors for parts, especially Technic pins & such?
- A: There's actually a method to the mess. See my detailed answer.
Q: Can I use your music?
- A: No, nearly all music I ever use is either very expensive, licensed material, or my own copyrighted creation. It is strictly illegal reuse this material without license and you risk permanent banning from YouTube if you utilize copyrighted material without permission.
Q: Will you make a how-to/tutorial or instructions for a custom creation?
- A: I don't have the time, I'm afraid, but I try show enough detail in my videos to let anyone Pause & see how things are made.
Q: Why don't you follow or subscribe to lots of people?
Q: Is Disney licensing jacking up LEGO Star Wars & Marvel set prices?
- A: That's a major (though common) misconception. See my detailed answer.
Q: How come [some products] used to be good but now they're just making them for money?
- A: They were always making them for money. See my detailed answer.
Q: Why don't you name Bricklink sellers in haul videos?
Q: What tables do you use in your city layout?
- A: Linnmon from Ikea with Adils legs.
- A: Linnmon from Ikea with Adils legs.
Q: Why do you pronounce "AT-AT" phonetically?
Q: Why do you pronounce "ninja" that way?
- A: See how to pronounce Ninja. It's a Japanese word that's easy to pronounce correctly. Having watched a lot of Japanese TV & movies as a child and having participated in Japanese martial arts training in my teens, I cannot bring myself to use the Western "ninnn-jyuh" mispronunciation. I'm thankful that none other than Jackie Chan himself backed me up with his pronunciation as Master Wu in The LEGO Ninjago Movie.
Q: A video was just uploaded; how does it have comments from days ago?
- A: YouTube's "uploaded on" text is wrong, is all. The video was just previously unlisted & linked from here and/or social media.
Q: It's [X] o'clock, why are you posting?
- A #1: It's [X] o'clock, why are you posting about me posting?
- A #2: Time zones.
LEGO Architecture New York City skyline reviewed! 21028
This year LEGO has introduced a smaller scale to the Architecture line, combining multiple iconic structures together to form little skyline displays. This is the largest set of the first wave of products following this concept.
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