For years I've gotten a consistent stream of requests for a Patreon page, PayPal "tip jar," or other means of directly, tangibly supporting my work, and I've always pushed the idea away.  All that time, family & friends have tried to reason with me and explain why I should work past this holdup.  A lot of what they've argued makes perfect sense, but at the end of the day, there's always been a single point I've returned to: I didn't need the extra support, thus I couldn't bring myself to accept it.  Even through numerous YouTube maladies, I've always resolved to do whatever I can to keep my involvement in this hobby and contributions to this community self-sufficient through normal, reasonable ad placements.Days into 2020, everything changed. The latest batch of YouTube changes utterly decimated residual ad income from nearly a decade of past work.  I finally accept that I need...

"Twenty-four little hours..."Deep breath.Right.  So, the video above explains it all.  Final data from YouTube's January changes arrived and the picture is extremely bleak for me, more than twice as bad as a supposedly accurate real-world test suggested it would be.  I really should be panicking right now, but somehow I'm not.I need to make bigger changes than I have in the over 10 years I've been doing this whole LEGO thing (almost 7 of them full-time).  I'm up to the challenge, though!  In the coming days & weeks you're going to see me asking a lot of questions of fans across multiple media & communication platforms, including some with which I've never before engaged.  I have a lot of ideas swirling around and will need your direct input to help shape the best of them into a new reality.My primary YouTube video style in particular needs a significant adjustment to overcome the...

If my wife and Google are correct, Chinese New Year will be celebrated on January 25 this year. And to get in on some of that sweet CNY merch action, LEGO is releasing two new themed sets centered...[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]Original link

The 455-piece 75973 D.Va & Reinhardt set from the Overwatch theme is on sale for 35% off over at Amazon and Walmart. Regular price: $39.99. Sale price: $25.99. I still pine for a UCS D.Va and I...[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]Original link

I’m working on my review of Pokemon Sword and Pokemon Shield (and have been since it released alongside JEDI: Fallen Order), and it will be coming out within the next week or so. Spoiler alert:...[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]Original link