Wednesday, December 23, 2015

Friday, September 18, 2015

More Train Track and a New Hornby Percy for Thomas & Friends Sodor Train...



My first Hornby item has arrived. It is Percy from Percy's mail delivery set. I got it from a seller in Malta! Still prefer the Bachmann version better

Saturday, September 12, 2015

Minions Dino Ride MEGA Bloks set compared to LEGO and rated by Yoda





This may be my favorite video yet. Was filmed in one take! Watch Yoda's reaction to a Mega Bloks toy

Monday, September 7, 2015

Devious Diesel comes to Sodor Thomas & Friends Bachmann HO Scale Toy train





Our latest HO Scale Thomas & Friends addition is a devious Diesel! Bachmann model #58802. We are close to getting all the Thomas & Friends locomotves by Bachmann (there is one I will not be getting). We need Iron Arry, Iron Bert, Donald, Douglas, and the new locomotives that have yet to be released including Celebration Thomas.

Tuesday, September 1, 2015

World's Strongest Locomotive -Thomas & Friends Trains Gordon, Spencer, H...







More Thomas & Friends fun. Testing the big engines - Spencer, Henry, and Gordon. See who could pulls all the cars in the best time. I am having fun with these trains!

Monday, August 24, 2015

Thomas & Friends Spencer & Sir Topham Hatt LEGO DUPLO at Ferris Wheel





When I uploaded this video today, I discovered that someone had copied my original review of this on YouTube - uploading the exact video spliced with another from someone else. I filed a copyright strike and inadvertently put the URL for my video - so I gave myself a strike! lol! That was scary - because it shows how easy it is for someone to copy your material and for someone to file a false claim. I had to resubmit the claim with the correct URLs and retract the other. Good grief. Next time I might just let the other people file the claims. Hopefully they will be taken down soon. They uploaded like 100 videos in 1 day - all copies.

Saturday, August 22, 2015

CD's Brick Mix: Why We Like Lego

CD's Brick Mix: Why We Like Lego: This is a topic that I have been thinking for awhile. What is it that makes us like Lego so much? I think there are interesting things to be...

Thursday, August 20, 2015

LEGO HAUL #BRICKLINK goodies - thanks to Mardigrasman23





Please check out my friend Mardigrasman23. A super nice guy that has given me a lot of ideas for videos. This video links to videos feature ideas that he helped with.

Wednesday, August 19, 2015

Thomas the Tank Engine vs Centipede Locomotive - Sound Trains







Comparing the sound from a Broadway Limited Paragon 2 SAL Baldwin Centipede and a Bachmann Thomas the Tank Engine with Speed Activated Sound. What a comparison! lol

Sunday, August 16, 2015

Thomas Roaring Dino Run Train vs LEGO Jurassic World Dinosaurs





Hello! Thomas experiences an avalanche while delivering fossils. He then has to take on Jurassic World and Dino Island dinosaurs and actually handles them very well

Saturday, August 15, 2015

LEGO 4559 "Cargo" Railway from 1996 Train Review & Test





One of the strange trains from the 90s. How do you go to the bathroom or get in and out of the cars? Are the people the cargo? Very strange

Monday, August 10, 2015

LEGO Train Haul From eBay - 9V





I forget to post to this blog some times. Got this set back. One from my collection a long time ago. I have a picture from 1997 with this set on my display.

Monday, August 3, 2015

LEGO Ant-Man vs Yellow Jacket Train Surfing Thomas the Tank Engine



Having fun with the Ant-Man Movie inspired consist here with Thomas, Annie & Claribel, Emily's Coaches, and a Cass Scenic Railway caboose. Ant-Man and Yellow Jacket face off in train surfing contest. The LEGO versions of them anyway. Who wins?

Saturday, August 1, 2015

Thursday, July 30, 2015

LEGO 60097 City Square Review and randomness with TMBB





I am liking our new format. It actually takes longer to edit. Will work on getting an extra camera for filming up close scenes.

Tuesday, July 28, 2015

LEGO Scooby-Doo The Mystery Machine Set 75092 Review with BrickTsar





I think I like what happened here. The reviews seem to be more fun to do when we do them together. I think this is the first one we collaborated all the way through including the editing. Nothing was planned. So TheyMightBeBricks didn't know what I was going to do or say, and I didn't know what he wanted to say. Then we both had ideas on how to edit it. I am real pleased with how it turned out with such little planning

Friday, July 10, 2015

#BBI BrickTsar Breaks It - #LEGO Volume 2 - #Funny Compilation





Compilation of my #BBI (BrickTsar Breaks It). Now I pretty much keep all the breaks and accidents in the videos. I used to edit them out. Not anymore. Then I compile the highlights into a video like this.

Monday, July 6, 2015

LEGO Discovery Kids 100029 LUNAR LANDER NASA Space set from 2003 review





Love this set. The Discovery Kids theme made some really cool models based off the actual space program (NASA). I wish they would do more like this. They did get some of the main items you would need such as this Lunar Lander which is far better than the 367/565 Moon Landing set (although I do really like that one too - even though it was a blue Lunar Lander). This is a great set!

Henrietta Joins Sodor Thomas the Tank Engine





Trying to find a use for these Spongebob Squarepants MEGA Bloks. I really dislike MEGA Bloks. But I like the Bachmann Thomas & Friends models. In this video we get Henrietta. I had an accident that happened at a time when I was not filming and fortunately no damage resulted (Thomas fell off the table which is about 4 ft high).

Thursday, July 2, 2015

#LEGO Studios 1371 Jurassic Park 3 Spinosaurus Attack Dinosaurs! Review!





A vintage LEGO Studios Jurassic Park III Set. Remember getting these when the studios theme was out, then sold a bunch, then bought them back again. Cannot remember if I have had this all along or if I bought it later.

#Thomas' Fun with Freight #Bachmann Electric HO Scale Toy Train Set





Still working on more Thomas & Friends HO Scale Bachmann trains. Do not worry, I am still doing LEGO, but I have really enjoyed these Thomas train sets.

Wednesday, July 1, 2015

Spencer and Thomas Meet the Sunday Funnies in Sodor #comics #trainsss





Got some Sunday Comics - Boxcars. Which is a little ironic since I am wanting to sell all my comics.

Saturday, June 27, 2015

LEGO Hot Dog Guy Haul #lego #minifigure





We were in Walmart today. I had about given up on finding the Hot Dog guy, but we tried anyway and found 2!

Saturday, June 20, 2015

LEGO HAUL Jurassic World Park Doors TRU, Bargain Hunt, Game Stop



Went to the Toys R Us Mini build of the LEGO Jurassic World Park doors. Also went to Bargain Hunt and Gamestop. We went to Walmart but did not find any deals. Found a vintage LEGO NBA set from 2003 at bargain Hunt!

Spencer, Special Coach, Mail Car and Silly American Southern Diesel Trai...





Filmed a bunch of train videos yesterday. I intended to make a video about a long train but in testing cars and locomotives and inadvertently had an incident (well multiple incidents) with Spencer. Actually was real accidents. So I used the footage to make a short Spencer video

Thursday, June 18, 2015

BRICKLOOT JUNE 2015 UNBOXING - Dinosaurs, LEGO, and MORE! HAUL!





I must say that that this BrickLoot offering is going to be a tough one to beat for any of the loot crate type offerings! The dinosaur theme for 2015 was well timed with the release of Jurassic World. When I opened the box the first thing we saw was the Brick Nerd Tommy Williamson's custom Nerdasaurus build. After that I pretty much didn't care what I got - lol! I love this custom MOC. The next best thing was the Nanoblock Dinosaur set. While I hate that NanoBlocks have virtually zero clutch power and fall apart easily, I do like some of the builds. The toy in general is over priced - about what someone would pay for this entire BrickLoot. The Sick Bricks have zero interest to me, but my son thought they might be neat to try. The other clone bricks are neatly packaged and we will build them to see how they are. Looks much like Best-Lock (which is in big trouble with LEGO).



Overall, this is a great BrickLoot. Well done!



www.brickloot.com

Visit to Toy & Plastic Brick Museum Part 1 - Unofficial LEGO Museum





The Toy & Plastic Brick Museum in Bellaire, Ohio is an unofficial LEGO museum. It is a really neat place to see in person. It has 3 floors of displays. You can even build a MOC and have it displayed! Has some hard to find items like the Rare 2x4 gold brick, a Star Wars M&M Mosaic, rare sets, old wooden toys. There are also a few other toy products. But I was only interested in the LEGO. A must see if you are ever passing through. Bellaire is new the West Virginia line on the southeast side of Ohio

Sunday, June 14, 2015

Jurassic World LEGO sets: How do they fit with the movie? SPOILERS - Din...





In this video we discuss how the LEGO Jurassic World sets either fit in or don't fit in with the Jurassic World Movie. We also talk about what we liked about the movie and a few things we would like to see made of LEGO as sets. Also we rank this movie in comparison to the other Jurassic movies.

Thursday, June 4, 2015

GIANT Thomas the Tank Engine LEGO Train Sculpture

THOMAS & FRIENDS Toy Train Haul Store Display and more PERCY!





More Thomas & Friends goodies. Loving this Thomas stuff. The main thing I am currently collecting is Percy The Small Engine with Troublesome Trucks

THOMAS & FRIENDS Toy Train Haul Store Display and more PERCY!





More Thomas & Friends goodies. Loving this Thomas stuff. The main thing I am currently collecting is Percy The Small Engine with Troublesome Trucks

Saturday, May 30, 2015

Savannah







This is on TrainTsarFun. Going to posting more from our day in Altoona Pennslyvania


Savannah







This is on TrainTsarFun. Going to posting more from our day in Altoona Pennslyvania


Thursday, May 21, 2015

Thank you Derral Eves!





Video we made thanking Derral for all the free tips and advice (and FameBit plugs - lol)

Monday, May 18, 2015

BACHMANN KNAPFORD STATION added to THOMAS & FRIENDS TRAIN LAYOUT







Working on my 4x8 train layout. Still doing LEGO stuff but got to catch up on this 10 year old project

Saturday, May 16, 2015

Friday, May 15, 2015

My PERCY The Small Engine COLLECTION - Train Tsar Fun





My entry in the leokimvideo contest. It motivated me to get the train stuff out again. Time to do more train videos.

Wednesday, May 6, 2015

Building WIth BrickTsar: LEGO Clockwork Robot and My Wanted List





Progress is slow. But I got the list transferred to my wanted list. In this video you can also see what is currently on my wanted list on Bricklink

Friday, May 1, 2015

Over 100 Different LEGO Train sets! large collection







How many sets shown here do you know? Look for more reviews of LEGO train sets on BrickTsar and Train Tsar Fun on YouTube. I will take a different approach on Train Tsar Fun

Saturday, April 25, 2015

HO Freight Train & Slot Cars Crossing Life Like Hi Iron & Burnin' Rubber





We are going to be doing more new train and slot car videos on BrickTsar's Basement and Train Tsar Fun. TMBB may do some to.

Friday, April 17, 2015

Tuesday, April 7, 2015

How NOT To Crack Your Neck!





Need a new sidekick. TMBB did himself in...




7 Years on YouTube





Getting things in order for my return to YouTube. April 18th will mark the 7 year anniversary of my first video. Unfortunately, I did not post regularly until December 2012. Already have the 1st video hidden in a playlist  - but not this one. It will be in this one later when it is officially public. I wonder if anybody will see it before April 18th

Monday, February 16, 2015

Saturday, February 14, 2015

Thursday, February 12, 2015

LIONEL THOMAS & FRIENDS Sodor Freight Expansion Set! Plus Figure 8

LEGO 6990 FUTURON MONORAIL TRANSPORT SYSTEM Train Space Set from 1987





Reshooting scenes from the LEGO Futuron Monorail from 1987 - set 6990 Monorail Transport System. The one that began the short lived monorail track system. Wish they made more than the 3 sets and 2 track packs.

Sunday, February 8, 2015

Spongebob Squarepants Lego sets - Complete Collection





Some say it is important to be the first to review stuff. This is not true in my case. Anyway, I have reviewed all the Spongebob Squarepants Lego sets, plus many of the magnets and keychains. This is my complete collection video filmed last year.

Saturday, February 7, 2015

Vintage 9V Train Lego 4547 Club Car from 1993 Passenger car works with M...





This is one of the classics from the 9V train era. Was not that expensive and I should have bought more. It is a favorite of many LEGO train fans

Friday, February 6, 2015

LEGO 685 Truck with Trailer from 1972! Vintage set review





I am going all out reviewing a bunch of vintage LEGO sets this weekend. Want to get as many as possible done from my last haul. Working and getting all of the early 1970s mini-wheel trucks and statue figure sets.

Tuesday, February 3, 2015

K'Nex Electronic Arcade Pinball Machine Review and Play from 2002!





K'Nex Electronic Arcade came out in 2002 - yet I just found it new in the box (worn out box) at Bargain Hunt. A great find!

Sunday, February 1, 2015

BrickTsar Family Chopping Wood - Lumberjack training



Took some firewood to my dad. Gave the kids an opportunity to see what it is like to chop some wood! They had fun!

Monday, January 26, 2015

Vintage Lego Homemaker 296 Ladies' Hairdressers from 1977 Maxifigure People





I have a lot of sets with these original Lego people. Will do more reviews.

Vintage Lego 341 Train Warehouse - for trains from 1968 - rare





Trying to figure out how to get more views on my old LEGO reviews. Wonder if I should just make a new video. This has less views than most anything I would post today and it's 2 years old and its a unique set.

Sunday, January 25, 2015

LEGO PUPPET SET from 1969! Quaker Life Cereal Promotion -Rare

LEGO Trains at BrickFair Alabama 2015





More footage from BrickFair Alabama. Focus on trains this video

LEGO CITY 60004 Fire Station from 2013





A new project or goal I have is to work on getting as many of the Fire Station sets as possible. It will be difficult to get some - especially the Fabuland and Duplo sets. How many fire stations did LEGO make? I don't even know the answer yet- but I will find out!

Friday, January 23, 2015

LEGO DUPLO 10550 CIRCUS TRANSPORT - Clown and Giraffe





Need to go through some Duplo sets. I'm loving the circus sets and the sets with animals

Thursday, January 22, 2015

Lego 2148 Lego Truck - Truck Show 1997 set





An old review of a classic LEGO truck! Truck Show set 2148.  Wish they had made a trailer for this one. I nice small truck.

Vintage Lego Large Vehicle Set 331 Dump Truck from 1967

Going to work on completing my collection of vintage Large vehicle sets. I forgot about this one that I reviewed almost 2 years ago

Rare Lego Train 080 Basic Set with Train from 1967 - Vintage Ambassador Set



This is really an original LEGO train - complete with buildings. Would be neat if LEGO did this today in the LEGO City scale. Would be a huge set!

LEGO MODEL MAKER 335 TRANSPORT TRUCK from 1967! Vintage!





How many yellow trucks are there? I am going to build most of them. All if I can. This is the oldest that I can think of, but I will be checking the catalog to see if there are others.

Monday, January 19, 2015

BrickFair Alabama 2015 Brief Recap - more highlights coming! Lego Fan Fe...





I am going to try to get as much of this posted as I can as soon as possible, before I lose track of everything. Everything went by so fast that I did not get good notes. Enjoyed talking with people, but I didn't always take their pic or interview them.

Circus Scene and Train from LEGO 6000 & 7777 Idea Book





Set up I helped Andy Bell with at BrickFair Alabama 2015. The 12 V Track, motor, and transformer are mine, the rest is his

What AFOL has LEGO nightmare about

Tuesday, January 13, 2015

Sunday, January 11, 2015

LEGO 4857 Spiderman 2 Doc Ock's Fusion Lab from 2004 Marvel Comics





An old spider-man set review

TMBB in the Lego Movie Trailer!



Video that TMBB made for fun. Not monetizable, but it is playable worldwide. Used the Put Yourself in the LEGO Movie Trailer on the Lego Movie website

Saturday, January 10, 2015

LEGO set 9286 Baseplates - Old Green! Blue! Light Bluish Grey





The price of baseplates is going up! Blue and green seem to be going away. I can still get them at somewhat normal prices, but not for long.


CARS LEGO DUPLO 10600 CLASSIC RACE Lightning McQueen Mater NEW 2015!





Lego has given us another Disney-Pixar Cars Lego Duplo Set. Not sure why at this time, but we will take it!

Thursday, January 8, 2015

Hanging-out with BrickTsar in the Lego Room!





Got to go to AFOL Man's Brick Valley Lego city and see it in person. It was a great day! Loved visiting with a fellow AFOL.  Had a good day with a good friend. Got to see some sneak peaks into his sig tower and other MOCs that he is working on. It was awesome! Did some dumpster diving for rare red 2x4 bricks too! (That is a lol moment for those that don't know what we are talking about)

Wednesday, January 7, 2015

Tuesday, January 6, 2015

My Lego Inventory Part 2 - my collection before starting BrickTsar





Back 2 years ago I had no idea how to progress on YouTube. I didn't think reviews of sets would last - so I really didn't do those yet. And I thought I could get some where with comics - but those videos still pretty much only have me and a handful of other viewers.

LEGO Paradisa Sets







This was the first theme that I filmed reviews for every set in the theme. Still think I am the only one on YouTube to post a review for every Paradisa set. Mardisgrasman23 is always asking me to make a list of themes that I own the complete run of sets, but I don't even know at this point. Will keep working on it

Lego Duplo





My most popular reviews are Duplo. I have so many more I need to review.

Lego Adventurers and Orient Expedition





I totally overlooked the Adventurers line when it was in stores. It turned out that I liked them more than I would have thought. There are some interesting pieces and builds in this theme.

LEGO 12V TRAIN 7730 Electric Goods Train from 1980





I am thinking of remaking some of my classic LEGO train reviews on Train Tsar Fun - but without the talking. I think the videos will be more about operation and play - which might limit it to sets that either already have a motor or have been upgraded to be motorized

Sunday, January 4, 2015

What's In The Box? Ep 1 - LEGO Bricklink and eBay BrickTsar 1st YouTube...





I love this haul but it reminds me that I sold the Grand Carousel. Should have kept that one. It is in South Korea now

Saturday, January 3, 2015

LEGO STAR WARS Mos Eisley Cantina BrickFair MOC - larger





This is a expanded Mos Eisley Cantina that TheyMightBeBricks is working on to bring to BrickFair. Will add some funny attentions and more details.

Friday, January 2, 2015

K'Nex Roller Coasters





I would like to do more roller coaster builds but have not had the time or space to do it lately. Maybe in the summer I can get my son to build a few