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No more Google ads

by Ace Kim | Sep 24, 2024 | From Bricks to Bothans (FBTB)

I turned off Google ads. At some point it became the worst goddamn experience to just even browse my own site. The popups, the page take overs, the whatever intrusive and disruptive mechanism they had, they employed them all and I was getting sick of it. At one point...

PokéMondays: Finally completed the Rowlet line

by Ace Kim | Sep 23, 2024 | From Bricks to Bothans (FBTB)

I realized after last week’s hatching of shiny Komala that what I should have hatched were the starters since they can’t be found in the wild at all. I had already hatched a shiny Rowlet a while ago, and the Decidueye that’s part of my regular A-team was obtained by...

RIP James Earl Jones

by Ace Kim | Sep 10, 2024 | From Bricks to Bothans (FBTB)

The voice actor behind Darth Vader, James Earl Jones, passed away yesterday. The impact he’s had on fans of Star Wars is immeasurable. I was really young when I watched Star Wars but I do remember how scary he was. At the time, it was unknown to me that he only did...

PokéMondays: Yep, I’m still doing this

by Ace Kim | Sep 9, 2024 | From Bricks to Bothans (FBTB)

I’m still cranking away at completing the Alolan dex with all possible shinies. Komala is just my latest one and was the first pokemon I got using the Magikarp swap breeding method. I won’t bother with the details here, it’s easily google-able. Komala seemed like an...

I love the new Splatoon amiibo so much I rank them

by Ace Kim | Sep 9, 2024 | From Bricks to Bothans (FBTB)

Splatoon 3 is winding down and Nintendo is sending it off with a bang with two major events. The first was this past weekend’s special Big Run event saw a brand new stage and a special twist in the form of a global egg count. Participants who contributed to the goal...

FBTB’s LEGO Advent Season of Extra-Special Spam 2023 – Day 24

by Nick Martin | Dec 26, 2023 | From Bricks to Bothans (FBTB)

The site hasn’t been the most active lately… 2023 has been a sledgehammer to the face of a few of us and it’s hard to get the time to keep up with everything. I can’t speak for everyone here, but the annual tradition of us opening all the calendars and being shocked...