Sleigh Ride in July

Oh what fun it is to ride in a one-horse-open sleigh.

I spent the whole day working on one review for one small set.

In the review, I take forever to review something that could probably be covered in two minutes. I feel like I should shorten it, but at the same time I spent an entire day working on the thing, so I might as well share the fruits of my labor with the world.

...It's still not done yet though. I still need to add the intro, maybe some other stuff, and I should probably slap on an annoying re-occuring closing video in which I beg people to "like, comment, and subscribe".

In the meantime, enjoy this Sleigh Ride in July my girlfriend set up.

-Will

Tripod

Pretty high-tech stuff.

What's old news to me might be new news to other people:

This is my tripod.

I built this some time ago, probably within the past two weeks. I dug around through some spare Bionicle parts and just threw it together...but in reality I took way more time than I needed to make it.


I'm not sure how much more difficult I'm making things on myself by using this instead of a real tripod.

I guess I'll never know.

-Will

Turntable

It looks pretty plain...for now.

This is the turntable I mentioned yesterday. Turns out the turntable turned out to be my solution to the wibbly-wobbly time machine. Now I can spin the Brick Zone vortex thing full circle without having it wobble all over the place.

I personally think the Time Machine looks a lot cooler, but this turntable gets the job done.

-Will

Progress Update

Sunday night, I was up recording dialogue for a Twilight Zone inspired intro I plan on making. All of the dialogue has been recorded, but I still need to animate the video. I want to use the Twilight Zone theme song, but I don't want to run into copyright issues later down the line. I'll try to make my own song, something similar. Maybe I'll upload a version with the real thing onto my old legoassassin channel.

Tonight, I built my own turntable out of LEGO. It looks like I'll be able to use it for most small to medium sized sets. Not so sure about the larger ones.

I tried making my first review. For a small set, it's taking more time than I originally thought. I kept messing up. I want to sound natural instead of sounding like I'm reading off of a script. It's been pretty awkward. The thing that really stopped me in my tracks was when I was trying to get the camera to focus on the minifgure. I don't want the minifigures to look blurry; I want people to be able to see the details. The battery died before I was able to solve the problem.

I'll try finishing the review tomorrow.

-Will

The Brick Zone YouTube Channel

Success! The Brick Zone YouTube Channel is born. Now all I have to do is make some videos...

Visit The Brick Zone YouTube Channel!

-Will

Boxes

These are the boxes from all the recent sets I've gotten over the past months. I was keeping them to show during video reviews, but over time they accumulated and started to take way too much space. Unless the packaging for a specific set is specially designed or noteworthy, I think it's unnecessary to spend time on it during a video review anyway.  Some sets that I plan on reviewing are old ones I've had over the years; I don't have the original packaging for all of them. With or without the box, I'm sure the reviews will vary.

-Will

Time Machine

I built this time machine for the channel. Originally I built it to use as a turntable to look at minifigs during my reviews, but its still a bit too wibbly-wobbly. There was also the idea floating around in my head about writing a story revolving around it to connect with the reviews or something. Might just end up making stop motions with it on the side.

I think it still looks pretty neat on its own.

-Will