FTC vs. YouTube vs… JANGBRiCKS?

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 (COPPA) of 1998 by flagrantly turning a blind eye to the...
How To:  Criticize

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 text, so let’s get right to the point.  I think...
Peace is restored, for now

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 uploading to my main YouTube channel altogether.  I’m happy to...
It’s WAR! LEGO reviews vs. city updates & MOC work

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!  There some other reliable quantitative measures very strongly...

A 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 Builds 40 minutes of shortened HD time-lapse versions of those builds 19 minutes in a 4K quadruple-review on my Playmobil channel 15 minutes in a 4K...