@@modernmedieval2312he gives off the energy of an over confident pompous little shit that thinks he can get away with scamming people because his daddy is a lawyer
@@modernmedieval2312he gives off the energy of an over confident pompous little sh*t who thinks he can get away with scamming people because his daddy is a lawyer
The crazy thing is Timmy's mom used to be one of my elementary teachers and he had come into our class one time to show off his lego star wars collection and plug his youtube channel. This was around 2017, so I think he was still in highschool. It's crazy to think about how much he's changed for the worst, kind of like what Cosmonaut said at the end of his video. I wonder if his mom knows what he's currently doing with his career and thinking about that truly saddens me because she was my favorite elementary school teacher, sweet but strict. Too bad she seems to not have been strict enough with Timmy. Unfortunately, I cannot disclose many more details just for the sake of keeping my and Timmy's family's personal information safe. I also don't want details to be used against timmy to threaten him.
About a month ago, my younger brother (10 years old) said he was going to order a venator off of Republic Bricks (costing about 200 dollars I believe). I told him how Republic Bricks was a scam and that he shouldn't be supporting Timmy or his website. Even after I told him this, he said "I don't care". I think this PERFECTLY proves your point at 23:19 about how kids wont care about what Timmy does. I have since told my parents to not let him order anything from Republic Bricks, and my younger brother has not expressed buying anything from Republic Bricks since. Crisis averted?
The funniest sheet was this Lego SW youtuber who showed of his collection, continually said 'X set is bad, but I have to have all SW sets so I bought it anyway' over and over again. Absolutely killed me, what a chad consoomer.
@@nihili4196 "this is an absolute disgrace of a set, what was lego thinking?" "hey guys, today we're going to be building a 332nd battle pack army out of 25 sets, and don't forget to visit my auction site!"
I'd be glad to start a class action against RB Timmy, we have grounds on every consumer right everything from False Advertising and Harassment. Which would lead to discovery and that's where the fun begins we will start with PCI most major company's like Hilton, Marriot, Walmart and McDonalds violate these rules.
Ive actually had a few conversations with life bricks because one of my friends ususally has him on their streams and I remember asking him something like “why are you buying so many battle packs” and he told me something along the lines of “Well if you buy all of them lego will make more of them for other people” I didn’t really think about it at the time but after I watched your segment on him I realized how flimsy that excuse really is
Yeah that doesn't make any sense 😂 if he bought all of them they would just restock what he bought they wouldn't put out more of them also after the restock he would buy everything once again because he can't help himself and he obviously doesn't really care
It's always been expensive, but damn, they have been ramping up the prices fiercely these past few years, while some aspects of their production quality have even gone down. It is a bit of a shame, Lego is my childhood. And now they make sets that struggle to compare with competitors.
@@kiwwat4139it wasn’t always expensive, battle packs use to be 10 dollars, you would get bullied for liking legos back then. Sets were better priced. Some quality has gone down. I don’t collect much as an adult. The collection I have built as an adult I used my own money working for. I got sets all under 100 and bought loose figs online. I was doing it working jobs anyone can get with not the greatest hours. Still needed money for other stuff too. It’s just about being smart with your money. There’s a ton of great Lego sets for 20, or 30. Still and ik anyone with a job can afford that.
There was a RUclipsr named LifeofLego who used to attack and roast the hell out of clowns like Lifebricks and republicbricks but his account disappeared one day and I’ve never seen him again. Really good content.
Not to mention one thing, but he could 100% be accused of blackmail due to leaking public information he got through transactions. Idk how it is in the US, but that information is private and can't be used publicly.
Finally somebody actually brings up that ugly and gaudy logo Republic Bricks puts on the back of his figs. I bought from him a decent bit before finding everything out. I think another issue is that he refuses to get any better. In quality, as a person he’ll always just be like that. He’s been doing UV printing for years and you think for a guy that posts his order list like a money spread you’d go to pad printing.
I mean the least republic bricks could do, is decent UV printing. Some huge companies do it, always have and did, but got so good with it from their printer or producer partner it is nearly as good looking as pad print or whatever.
MandR isn't as bad as he used to be, going to your point at the end I think he has changed. It is annoying when he brings up helmet holes so much, but overall I think he's more neutral than negative. Sometimes pretty positive, actually. In fact, he even praised the Obi-Wan versus Vader set from 2022 (which at the time of release nearly everyone hated). Most people would assume that his opinion is kinda the end-all-be-all for LEGO Star Wars, but him saying it was actually a fantastic set changed almost nobody's mind and the set continued getting a lot of hate. Just an example of when the community didn't "mindlessly follow" his opinion, as many people claim is always the case. I don't watch LifeBricks too much, so I can't really say much to that, other than I think his investing advice borders on hilariously bad (I made a video touching on that a while back 'cause it's just not the best). Republic Bricks, though, I completely agree. I've never been impressed with the quality of his builds when I've seen reviews on them, so never really wanted to buy any of his stuff anyways. But every time he's mentioned in a video the comments section lights up with people talking about how much they hate his business because it sucks more than anything they've ever seen before. Any inkling of a desire to maybe get something from him one day has been grounded up, set on fire and blasted into the stratosphere. Absolutely ZERO respect for RB.
I agree with you that M&R's content isn't *universally* negative. He gives plenty of sets very positive reviews when they deserve it, and i appreciate that. The issue that I have, however, is that his content tends to *emphasize* the negative aspects of Lego Star Wars. While he acknowledges positive things, the overall narrative he pushes is that Lego hates its fans, that modern Lego clones are bad, and if you like them you just aren't as serious of a fan as him, and...it doesn't really get more negative then that. As a result, I feel that M&R has created a culture of anger and bitterness in the fanbase as a whole, and has taught people that the only things worth talking about are the things we're unhappy with. That's ultimately why I stopped watching M&R, and turned to Jangbricks instead for Star Wars reviews, because Jang is still very critical and calls out issues with sets, but doesn't try to incite anger and bitterness the way Ryan does.
@@8bitphilosopher286 Yeah, that’s a fair take. I do enjoy JangBrick’s content quite a bit just because it ALWAYS feels like a review (as opposed to partly review and partly engagement boosting).
@@LordShrublol I didn’t even know abt rebublic bricks expect from Ryan shittin on there sets. They always did seem like a scam charging as much as they do for absolute dog shit is insane
Goated video. Ngl I’ve been really turned off from the Lego community for the past 5 years. I’m friends with Colton (Just a kid that rants) and defended him when Ryan threatened him. Colton isn’t online as much anymore, but I can give you some more information about what happened if you’re curious.
Colton, who was 15 at the time, had made a few videos criticizing Ryan and a few other creators in the Lego community. In one of his videos, he made a distasteful joke about decapitating Ryan. Ryan took it out of context and made it sound like an actual death threat, and subsequently threatened to send the police to Colton’s house. How he obtained his address is still a mystery. Ryan later sent Colton a cease and desist letter (which was a self-made Google Doc instead of an actual legal notice) saying he would press charges because Colton was supposedly harassing him and defaming his character. Ryan never followed through with legal action.
A few years ago, I bought republic bricks brick head obi wan and the Jango fett slave one with Kamino pad… The total parts were around 900 pieces. I spent almost $200! And while yes the slave one was preordered It released a month after I ordered it I never got it until a whole year later and even then I was missing pieces and the instructions were ass
Kinda miss when Lego was more lowkey back in the early 2000s. I remember just watching Lego stop motion videos and that’s about it really. I’m mainly into Lego because I want to build my own collection to display in the future and eventually get into stop motion when I have time.
and here I thought Lego's biggest problem was the focus on licensed sets for adults sold at a premium price (with lowering brick quality, brittle brown anyone), thus alienating a younger demographic that will not grow up with the same fondness for the brand and not become adults ready to spend stupid amounts for a giant spaceship.
I honestly didn't expect to watch the entire 38 minute long video but I got very hooked from the beginning to the end and I'm very thankful that you covered these topics. Thank you my good sir for speaking out about this and sharing. I also see how much time and effort you put into the editing making every second unique. I got most of the references and the quotes were hilarious in many ways. Some people build up their lives on glory, fame and greediness but they never learn from their mistakes and it's what I've seen with many people both inside and outside of the Lego community. I hope you'll continue to grow and I feel you're a very underrated commentary channel. Keep posting and don't give up brother. 👍
I used to be a fan of Mandr because I used to see the dude was genuinely passionate about his hobby, even making content cop style videos calling bad actors in the community, it is sad to see someone who was passionate become the thing he criticized.
I watched some of the reviews MandR did, and when I saw the RepublicBricks "UCS" Turbo Tank one, I knew to avoid the guy. It was basically the 2008 turbo tank tiled over. Just screamed lazy
@@glowingstuds5360Yeah you shouldn’t be there cause u probably agree with helmet holes and printed kamas like a total shill lol also you love the sequels so much
I’ve been on RUclips since 2007 and seen Lego reviews change tremendously as time has gone on. When in doubt of all these other channels remember JangBricks has you covered
Lmao seeing big lego creators complain about not getting sets they want like this is hilarious. Like just build it yourself?? Isnt that the point of Lego?
Couldn't agree more! It's not like video games where you legitimately can complain about missing features and designs bc your not gonna be able to easily code the changes in yourself usually. However with lego if they didn't do something you wanted with a set, welp just do it yourself lol
Honestly I just want more Bionicle stuff...Not even sets; like Merch, Books maybe more serials. I LOVED the Tahu set and love the Bioincle easter eggs they put in their sets lately! I just really like Bionicle and feel like it became something of its own...as In I sometimes forget "Oh yeah Bionicle is a LEGO theme" its so unique and cool.
*cough* look at proprietary design *cough* also that’s dope and didn’t know that it was outdated, found it on the discord and asked crosshair if I could use it
I’m so glad someone is speaking out on this! The worst part with a lot of the bad actors, is they’ve bullied other LEGO review channels off of RUclips because they [reasonably] don’t want to blow hundreds of dollars on LEGO every month.
Hehehe glad to see im not the only one who feels this way about the three stooges. Good work on the video i cant understand why you dont have more subscribers.
Little kid:ooh mommy that’s the one I want Mandr:[swoops in like an eagle taking the last 501st battle pack] sorry kid this is the last one in America, other than the unbuilt ones that are hidden in my closet never to be seen again, but you understand all you’re going to do with it anyways is use it like a toy, I use this so I can make $10 in profit in 20 years
I still don't understand the mindset of people who treat these sets like gold investment. You gotta have two kinds of stupid to make it happen, one to buy the set with intent of reselling, and another to actually pay whatever ridiculous price they're asking for. Plus, if you just want nice display pieces or something, you could go down the off-brand route with things like MouldKing or buy something like a 3D printer. Either option is cheaper than buying the overly expensive UCS kits and will give something that you can enjoy building (and painting), plus looking good on a shelf.
I think Solid Brix Studios its also one of the good lego sw channels, he isnt (as far as I know) greedy and all, he seems like he still has that solid passion for lego. Just mentioning it bc u didnt and I think its worth mentioning him
He's a scumbag though lmao. Dude is the biggest Lego butt kisser of all time. He also lied about Lego sending him sets for free which is highly illegal
My only issue with solid bricks is he runs “minifigs 4 u” where he also kind of seems to copy popular clone makers/ do less quality for same or higher prices than say CAC or GCC or even Av figures who do way better work with their custom figures.
@@DutchThricemanI don’t really like him, because he doesn’t actually criticise Lego enough, like I honestly do not believe Lego got rid of cloth kamas for any other reason than to save like 1 dollar on each set, but I can’t fault him that much, he is probably just scared of losing his Lego ambassador network entry, and I would probably no nothing but praise Lego if I had one
amazing as always, but this long form with video with clearly so much hard work put in is fantastic. so glad I found you, consistently producing great work and shining a light on necessary topics. much love as always
This video makes me glad that I never put too much stock into any content creator. I just watch their videos for entertainment or in curiosity. I still watch videos from MandR and LB, though it's mostly to see what SW sets would be retiring in the near future and what Lego news could be trickling down the pipeline. Never really saw either of them as the be-all-end-all for the Lego SW community. Of the three, I always saw RB as the most egregious based on his behavior and his shady business model, but he's not really unique when it comes that type of person being in the collector/toy/figure hobbies.
Been waiting for a video like this for a long time, funny enough I had compiled a lot of info on other individuals and situations that took place in the community over a year ago and had planned to make a video similar to this one day, taking the time to make something like this was really needed, really great job!
4:31 in defence of that guy. He was calling out comments on his videos and debunking them. His video basically said ‘no they aren’t gatekeeping’ because people spammed his comments with “”LEGO ARE GATEKEEPING FIGURES””
Not him saying he would 100% win a lawsuit when claiming defamation. Literally one of the hardest lawsuits to win. You have to be able to prove that someone is lying with the knowledge that they are lying
If I got threatened with a lawsuit like that kid, even at his age, I would have been like “Do it, I dare you. I double dare you. Try and sue me. You don’t have the balls.”
When I watch lego content, I watch R.R. Slugger, DuckBricks, BrickCrafts, or whatever channels upload "obscure history of this specific retired lego color that only 2 people care about" Last lego sets I bought were all six of the lego city space sets for 2024, set me back $400 but I regret nothing. (still haven't made anymore sizable lego purchases since I'm financially recovering from that tho) I absolutely hate lego RUclipsrs who say "man, I hate lego sets nowadays, back when I was a kid, sets were soooooo much better because of this arbitrary thing I liked better" And yeah, I don't like people worshipping The Lego Group and worshipping their every whim, but you can't just look at everything through rose-colored glasses. I have a lot of love for old lego sets and a lot of nostalgia for the themes I grew up with, but I'm not gonna sit back and say "It was all better back in my days!", except when it comes to original themes... those were better back in my day...
What's wrong with pointing out when lego is cheaping out or being pressed by executives to push out stale product? A youtuber "bullying" a multibillion dollar corporation is the funniest shit I've heard.
Because we are aware when Lego screws up, like getting some figures innacurate printing for example or some unfair prices. But these RUclipsrs make it look like having a flaw on a figure makes the entire set the worst thing in the world
@@Sashin-d8t they are ugly but it is lego, you are expecting a kid to play and customize their figures. What MandnR and some others think is that lego is a premium collectable only which isn´t it
@@Sashin-d8t by kamas i´m assuming you are refering to cloth pieces (my english isn´t that great sorry), then yeah i agree, as well as the printing on say the snowtroopers for example are good, but they look horrible in clone troopers. Either they should make them dual molded legs or add cloth pieces
Yeah and more professional about their business only BV is a pdf file so you order parts on your own I believe, but I'd watch reviewers who have bought from BV if you'd want to give them a try. But seems like BV is a better supporter of the moc community unlike RB.
This is more of a problem for the lego Star Wars community, it does affect some of the other lego themes, but not to this extent. It’s such a shame too when you find a subject you like and want to support, only for to see very scummy people that are the equivalent to cockroachs. And I used to like this theme so much and I still do, but due to all of the controversies and evident laziness, it has been making me reconsider and go on to other subjects that the quote on quote “cochroachs” don’t like, which is the best recommendation for people who are starting with this community, try and keep a nice and balanced plate and don’t just put Star Wars all over it.
The one good thing I realized with the Star Wars community was why I bought Lego sets in the first place. I came for fun builds and characters I could put on display. They made me care about things like holding onto boxes and feeling bad about opening and building sets since they “could be worth something in the future”. It defeats the purpose of the whole product, just so a few people can take advantage for money. I’m still trying to break from these habits and mindset. I feel bad for kids who will grow up dealing with this kind of culture online.
Happy to see so many videos calling out Republic Bricks for being a scammer. Glad to see you made a video covering some of the more recent drama, now I'm back up to date. Also quite funny how Timmy claims to be a devout Christian, then proceeds to scam people and steal designs, and not pay his employees... 🤣 Definitely the biggest hypocrite in the lego community that's for sure. 😂
Honestly, I always knew about Timmy because I watch Ryan’s reviews. I never really batted an eye. I saw that others online were saying that the things they got weren’t that good. But you painted him in a way I have never seen before. The fact that he try’s all of these slimy tactics is so pathetic. Banger vid as always. Also, I like M&R. But he has his faults. Take it how you choose. But like I said, banger vid dude.
I think that not blurring the username of the guy at 6:45 was a bit of a stretch when it comes to the manner of quoting a random commenter (he might get sent death threats or something); and using a clip from a video showing his face and all is taking that to another level, especially because it brings nothing of purpose to the video. But what do I know, maybe I interpreted that wrong ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Yeah , kinda like should have just focused on the comment. I mean I feel this man is probably lonely and have seemed solace in lego and star wars (mandr community) and was a cheap shot.
I disagree with your opinion about MandR, I think he's genuinr with his opinions and criticisms about Lego Star Wars even when they are negative. Lego is expensive and they have been cheaping out on a lot of stuff (like kamas). It's a great vid though, keep up the good work! Edit: got to the cease and desist to the kid part, that's messed up.
I watch Ryan the most of any lego RUclipsrs, jangbricks probably second most, but the videos you make are great. Well edited, opiniated (but that's your right), and pretty funny and informative. Ive purchased stuff from mandr's shop/whatnot, and have gotten good stuff, actually saving money in some cases due to bulk buying foilpacks, but republicbricks I got multiple mystery bags and got those mini boardgame figures instead of anything good. If you're gonna be a reseller/custom set seller, at least make it worth it darn you
i have done research and apparently the republic bricks mystery boxes all come with the cheapest thing the box could have, so if you do plan to get one again, see if the cheapest set in the box is more or less expensive than the mystery box so you know what to get
The community is toxic now. Did everyone forgot Lego use to the toy you would get made fun of for. Not much about the product has changed. People as soon as they turned 13 stopped buying legos. Said it’s a kids toy. I got sets as a kid and teen years on birthdays or Christmas. I wasn’t just gonna get a set. I’ve updated my mini fig collection by buying loose figs online. With a job I worked for. If I see a good set that’s on discount I’ll maybe pick it up. I honestly don’t see the point of being big into collecting as an adult. Because there’s more important things to buy and spend money on. Plus as an adult you wanna spend more money on things that will actually bring value. As an adult a Lego set doenst bring as much value as it use to, if any if I’m being honest. I display what I want and the figs I worked hard to get. I’m happy with that I don’t need a huge collection especially as an adult, something more subtle and looks nice for display. I don’t really see the point in investing in legos either. If you’re going to invest in anything as an adult. Invest in stocks that are gonna be guaranteed to do good. Buying a fig then waiting for 3 years for the price to go up. Is super slow investing with not much to gain. It might take 3 years for a fig to reach 200. With any basic job and enough hours you can make double that in a week or 2.
I want to say you are right but that bitterness towards people wanting clone wars stuff is actually stupid, you do realize that era used to get ignored a lot and we somehow get as much dumb ot/ahsoka stuff despite having less content, then there is also how lego puts less effort into the set and so on
I live in the same state as life brick and run into him occasionally and he straight up just swipes all of the shelves when they stock them. If you see him you better book it to the next store just grab the one single set you want. Hope he wasn’t already there.
i dont really know the american law but i guess you could contact some stores to tell them about him . Most wouldnt care because he still buys but maybe some will ban him from buying or keep stock to put it back in place after the swipe . It could also be put into unfair competition i guess . Buying everything at a discount and reselling it back more than the full price is not legal anywhere i believe , especially when the company put a fixed price in place
Great Video! Glad to see more people are realizing how shady his business is. (And how he tries to sue people including me lol). This is by far the best video on this subject I've seen.
Very good video. I kinda fell from the lego star wars community bc I was sick of some people (grown ass 30 year old men) being so ungrateful. I kinda moved on to Castle, and its alright ig
Excellent video! I used to watch MandR and some LifeBricks, but moved away because they just really started to rub me the wrong way (luckily never watched or bought anything from Republic Bricks). I'm glad to see that others have come to the same realization that these are bad actors are not good for the community, your mental health or your wallet. I mostly just watch JangBricks now because his criticisms (and compliments) are much more fair and he seems to actually be really passionate about Lego rather than using it for clout and reselling.
Haven’t seen the whole video yet but I’m just gonna say it The fan base has a clone problem. Don’t get me wrong I like the Lego clone sets, but some people (usually the RUclips reviewers) get WAY too upset if there’s one missing detail from their clone minifigure. I’d understand if it’s a misprint on an expensive Captain Rex or something, but even just a mistake on an average trooper or some missing detail gets them all tossed up. The helmet holes are fine, the printed waist capes are fine. We don’t need a million clone sets every year just because part of the fan base can’t get enough But of a rant, but that’s just my opinion
Ryan "mand r productions" is the reason i stopped keeping up with lego star wars, aside from a general disinterest in whatever starwars itself is doing these days, ryan would just find the best way to make every new starwars thing miserable. I now follow jacob "CheesyStudios" who in my opinion has the best content talking not about new stuff but old lego things too
The is a "lego" channel in Germany that's bigger than Ryan's. It's called Held Der Steine. The owner has a store where he sells brands like Cobi, CaDa and MoudKing.
This might sound weird, but this video perfectly sums up how I feel watching and purchasing and consuming Lego content. When I got back in during 2022, it was fun just catching up and seeing how far Lego had come from the sets I had as a kid. But on RUclips, everything feels like there's a coating of sugar over a bloated corpse. These people don't feel real, especially over Lego Star Wars, everyone seems so concerned with getting new Clone Wars shit when the show has been off the air since 2020 and Lego shouldn't really have to cater to this crowd anymore, I personally don't mind the focus on prequel/OG trilogy stuff. But even the things we do get just feel, in a word, off? Like the new hallway set released, it feels like it was only made for people like MandR, perfect for army building with a Clone Wars figure everybody has been begging for even though there were a hundred different characters they could have done. The 20th-anniversary series made sense as a cute throwback, but this just feels wrong, in a word. Everything is just "resale, resale, resale!"; God forbid a guy just wants to collect and build the sets anymore. Don't throw away the boxes even though all they do is clutter! And the worst part is catering to this crowd clearly works because they got the 501st battlepack made, and it feels like more and more sets are being catered to the resale crowd and it feels gross. It wasn't too long ago UCS was just a high-ticket thing for adults, and now everything has to be like UCS, made for display or army-building. Battlepacks used to just be a neat showcase for different army types, like the Sith troopers set or the original Mandalorian battle pack. Idk, this is just me ranting but I hope people feel the same. Lego feels wrong now more than ever.
I don't exactly get what's wrong with MandR. Sure he seems kinda bitter but when you put into perspective how Lego claims to be a quality product but has been caught multiple times cutting corners and trying to nickel and dime people i think his anger is justified. He also doesn't just shill either and actually seems genuine about his passion in the community as a whole. Then again that's just me i don't even play with Lego anymore.
My biggest problem with lifebricks isn’t his hypocrisy, it’s how often he says “you know.” It’s dozens of times per video. Unwatchable speech patterns. Other than that he’s just plain unentertaining.
Any lego starwars fan can be defeated by showing them the lego dreamzzz figure with the waistcape
Or Scarlet Witch in the new Avengers Tower set lmao
Or Ninjago movie Lloyd minifigure
@@ThehalfbrainedbeanWhat’s wrong with that figure?
How did you know my weakness
It's joever starwsrsbros
Republic bricks definitely gives off a “ do you know who my parents are? my dad is a lawyer “ energy
@@modernmedieval2312He scams people and threatens to sue them
He’s a preppy rich kid Trump supporter with no regard for anyone but himself
@@modernmedieval2312he gives off the energy of an over confident pompous little shit that thinks he can get away with scamming people because his daddy is a lawyer
@@modernmedieval2312he gives off the energy of an over confident pompous little sh*t who thinks he can get away with scamming people because his daddy is a lawyer
@@modernmedieval2312the mfer threatened to sue children who mentioned problems with his services.
They collect LEGO for reselling while I collect it so my future kids think I’m cool. We’re not the same.
Goated mindset
Same.
And i collect so i can build mocs w my little brother that he (or us both) can have fun playing with.🗿
I have been told that half the reason my father had a kid was as an excuse to buy more Lego
Lol, i thought i was alone. I do the same thing
It would be a shame if people reported Timmy to the FTC for deceptive advertising
We honestly should at this point
Don't do that... until I buy a set first 😂😂
We should stop talking about it and actually do it
How many people did so so far?
if enough people do, will they act on it? and can he do anything about it?
' how did you create all these designs?"
"i didnt
I fucking love you
@@9poundhammer310bro I did not know my comment got all these likes thanks for bringing me here
The crazy thing is Timmy's mom used to be one of my elementary teachers and he had come into our class one time to show off his lego star wars collection and plug his youtube channel. This was around 2017, so I think he was still in highschool. It's crazy to think about how much he's changed for the worst, kind of like what Cosmonaut said at the end of his video. I wonder if his mom knows what he's currently doing with his career and thinking about that truly saddens me because she was my favorite elementary school teacher, sweet but strict. Too bad she seems to not have been strict enough with Timmy.
Unfortunately, I cannot disclose many more details just for the sake of keeping my and Timmy's family's personal information safe. I also don't want details to be used against timmy to threaten him.
You're youtube account is literally your name. You've already leaked your personal info...
Maybe contact his family? False advertising is illegal, you might convince his family about the Severity of his (basically criminal) actions
I remember watching lego star wars stop motion animations in 2007... why is the lego community like twitter now?
About a month ago, my younger brother (10 years old) said he was going to order a venator off of Republic Bricks (costing about 200 dollars I believe). I told him how Republic Bricks was a scam and that he shouldn't be supporting Timmy or his website. Even after I told him this, he said "I don't care". I think this PERFECTLY proves your point at 23:19 about how kids wont care about what Timmy does. I have since told my parents to not let him order anything from Republic Bricks, and my younger brother has not expressed buying anything from Republic Bricks since. Crisis averted?
Hopefully your bother now know to never buy from there
Has your brother been saving up for the real UCS Venator since? If so then I hope he enjoys the Venator, dodged a real bullet.
@@exhaustco I don't believe so, but I have told him I can try to find MOC instructions if he really wants a venator.
I'm sorry but brickmund is spitting out fax. Grow up dude, everyone can have their own opinions!
@@adamosborne3765 Dude wtf? I didn't even mention that section of the video at all.
The funniest sheet was this Lego SW youtuber who showed of his collection, continually said 'X set is bad, but I have to have all SW sets so I bought it anyway' over and over again. Absolutely killed me, what a chad consoomer.
Or they complain about battlepack only to unbox 25 of them in next video
@@nihili4196 "this is an absolute disgrace of a set, what was lego thinking?"
"hey guys, today we're going to be building a 332nd battle pack army out of 25 sets, and don't forget to visit my auction site!"
Yeah we have folks like that in the transformers community too. People whose names rhyme with befatron and respectivesend…
IM CONSOOOOMING
@@werlynakadera1944the last one’s content sucks like llama balls, it feels too sped up and negative just to be negative.
Such a great video man. I’m the dude he threatened to sue 😔I guess I started this whole thing 🫡
Wait I thought Ryan like you lol
@@YesDaniel2004 wydm?
Bro is a hypocrite
I'd be glad to start a class action against RB Timmy, we have grounds on every consumer right everything from False Advertising and Harassment. Which would lead to discovery and that's where the fun begins we will start with PCI most major company's like Hilton, Marriot, Walmart and McDonalds violate these rules.
so sad that you had to go through that, timmy is a loser squared
What RUclips rabbit hole did I stumble upon
Welcome
Ive actually had a few conversations with life bricks because one of my friends ususally has him on their streams and I remember asking him something like “why are you buying so many battle packs” and he told me something along the lines of “Well if you buy all of them lego will make more of them for other people” I didn’t really think about it at the time but after I watched your segment on him I realized how flimsy that excuse really is
Does he know how math works? If lego makes 100 lego sets and you buy all of them and they make 100 more there's still only 100 available
Yeah that doesn't make any sense 😂 if he bought all of them they would just restock what he bought they wouldn't put out more of them also after the restock he would buy everything once again because he can't help himself and he obviously doesn't really care
I thought this would be about how costly Legos are...
Instead it's a drama lore with adhd "jokes" and "memes" about topic that barely related to Lego at all.
Me2
It's always been expensive, but damn, they have been ramping up the prices fiercely these past few years, while some aspects of their production quality have even gone down.
It is a bit of a shame, Lego is my childhood.
And now they make sets that struggle to compare with competitors.
@@kiwwat4139it wasn’t always expensive, battle packs use to be 10 dollars, you would get bullied for liking legos back then. Sets were better priced. Some quality has gone down. I don’t collect much as an adult. The collection I have built as an adult I used my own money working for. I got sets all under 100 and bought loose figs online. I was doing it working jobs anyone can get with not the greatest hours. Still needed money for other stuff too. It’s just about being smart with your money. There’s a ton of great Lego sets for 20, or 30. Still and ik anyone with a job can afford that.
That is the crux of this problem
Appreciate yah calling out these dorks and their shenanigans. Your channel has been a breath of fresh air to the lego dialogue online
There was a RUclipsr named LifeofLego who used to attack and roast the hell out of clowns like Lifebricks and republicbricks but his account disappeared one day and I’ve never seen him again. Really good content.
I remember that channel I think he just stopped making videos. I don’t know what happened, but he stopped criticizing Lego RUclipsr.
Probably got sued
Mans Was Hilarious
If these bad apples could block on other websites and apps then I'm sure RUclips is next subscribers too
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Great video dawg
Yo if you do another drop I'd def buy that, didn't even know about it till here. Plus I'd rather support the official designer and not a scamma
Bro got the 2D Clone Wars ARC Trooper fit.
woah youre the guy from the video, das crazy
hormone replacement therapy
Not to mention one thing, but he could 100% be accused of blackmail due to leaking public information he got through transactions. Idk how it is in the US, but that information is private and can't be used publicly.
I might try to file legal action against him for that
I remember commenting on one of mandr’s post just saying “bro went wah wah wah all the way home.” I got blocked within like 3 minutes lmfao
My guy 😂😂
You should get a world record for that
Lol
Finally somebody actually brings up that ugly and gaudy logo Republic Bricks puts on the back of his figs. I bought from him a decent bit before finding everything out. I think another issue is that he refuses to get any better. In quality, as a person he’ll always just be like that. He’s been doing UV printing for years and you think for a guy that posts his order list like a money spread you’d go to pad printing.
I mean the least republic bricks could do, is decent UV printing. Some huge companies do it, always have and did, but got so good with it from their printer or producer partner it is nearly as good looking as pad print or whatever.
Pad printing is so much better than uv it’s actually crazy
@@ionobrucrazy more expensive too
@@lebenlarge5282 it ain’t even too bad
@@ionobru what buying a pad printer? thats like 12k vs 40k XD
"my brother in christ youre 30" AHAHHAHAHAHAHA
I luv u
MandR isn't as bad as he used to be, going to your point at the end I think he has changed. It is annoying when he brings up helmet holes so much, but overall I think he's more neutral than negative. Sometimes pretty positive, actually.
In fact, he even praised the Obi-Wan versus Vader set from 2022 (which at the time of release nearly everyone hated). Most people would assume that his opinion is kinda the end-all-be-all for LEGO Star Wars, but him saying it was actually a fantastic set changed almost nobody's mind and the set continued getting a lot of hate. Just an example of when the community didn't "mindlessly follow" his opinion, as many people claim is always the case.
I don't watch LifeBricks too much, so I can't really say much to that, other than I think his investing advice borders on hilariously bad (I made a video touching on that a while back 'cause it's just not the best).
Republic Bricks, though, I completely agree. I've never been impressed with the quality of his builds when I've seen reviews on them, so never really wanted to buy any of his stuff anyways. But every time he's mentioned in a video the comments section lights up with people talking about how much they hate his business because it sucks more than anything they've ever seen before. Any inkling of a desire to maybe get something from him one day has been grounded up, set on fire and blasted into the stratosphere. Absolutely ZERO respect for RB.
Great comment
And RB is apparently homophobic as a nice little cherry on top
Eh
I agree with you that M&R's content isn't *universally* negative. He gives plenty of sets very positive reviews when they deserve it, and i appreciate that. The issue that I have, however, is that his content tends to *emphasize* the negative aspects of Lego Star Wars. While he acknowledges positive things, the overall narrative he pushes is that Lego hates its fans, that modern Lego clones are bad, and if you like them you just aren't as serious of a fan as him, and...it doesn't really get more negative then that.
As a result, I feel that M&R has created a culture of anger and bitterness in the fanbase as a whole, and has taught people that the only things worth talking about are the things we're unhappy with.
That's ultimately why I stopped watching M&R, and turned to Jangbricks instead for Star Wars reviews, because Jang is still very critical and calls out issues with sets, but doesn't try to incite anger and bitterness the way Ryan does.
@@8bitphilosopher286 Yeah, that’s a fair take. I do enjoy JangBrick’s content quite a bit just because it ALWAYS feels like a review (as opposed to partly review and partly engagement boosting).
I knew something was up when M&R was one of the only channels saying positive things about Republic Bricks
Yeah Tyler as well
I know they're friends, and he reviews builds sent to him by Republic Bricks, but he always shits on them for being flimsy and falling apart.
They’re friends and he gets copies for free, he isn’t going to be brutally honest but he does also point out the noticeable things
@@LordShrublol I didn’t even know abt rebublic bricks expect from Ryan shittin on there sets. They always did seem like a scam charging as much as they do for absolute dog shit is insane
I thought this would talk about the astronomical prices which kids cannot imagine to pay.
That was my first Lego vid
Thank you for talking about Republic Bricks!! I remember MnR would always sponsor him and he always seemed a little shady…
Goated video. Ngl I’ve been really turned off from the Lego community for the past 5 years. I’m friends with Colton (Just a kid that rants) and defended him when Ryan threatened him. Colton isn’t online as much anymore, but I can give you some more information about what happened if you’re curious.
I heard about that. What ended up happening?
i’m curious
Colton, who was 15 at the time, had made a few videos criticizing Ryan and a few other creators in the Lego community. In one of his videos, he made a distasteful joke about decapitating Ryan. Ryan took it out of context and made it sound like an actual death threat, and subsequently threatened to send the police to Colton’s house. How he obtained his address is still a mystery.
Ryan later sent Colton a cease and desist letter (which was a self-made Google Doc instead of an actual legal notice) saying he would press charges because Colton was supposedly harassing him and defaming his character. Ryan never followed through with legal action.
this video has unironically changed my life. it will show
Oh shit, hey man I’ve been watching your channel for years and I find it amazing you took the time to watch my dumb video! Thanks!
But how did my shit post of a video “change your life” 😭 lol would like to know in what way
A few years ago, I bought republic bricks brick head obi wan and the Jango fett slave one with Kamino pad… The total parts were around 900 pieces. I spent almost $200! And while yes the slave one was preordered It released a month after I ordered it I never got it until a whole year later and even then I was missing pieces and the instructions were ass
As a Tennessee resident, I can confirm that we do have those room in our houses, each and every single house.
I knew it
Kinda miss when Lego was more lowkey back in the early 2000s. I remember just watching Lego stop motion videos and that’s about it really. I’m mainly into Lego because I want to build my own collection to display in the future and eventually get into stop motion when I have time.
finally someone who doesn't endlessly meat ride mandr
You are one of the best lego youtubers alongside jangbricks and nickonplanetripple imo and even though you have made like 6 lego videos.
And MandR lol
and here I thought Lego's biggest problem was the focus on licensed sets for adults sold at a premium price (with lowering brick quality, brittle brown anyone), thus alienating a younger demographic that will not grow up with the same fondness for the brand and not become adults ready to spend stupid amounts for a giant spaceship.
I honestly didn't expect to watch the entire 38 minute long video but I got very hooked from the beginning to the end and I'm very thankful that you covered these topics. Thank you my good sir for speaking out about this and sharing. I also see how much time and effort you put into the editing making every second unique. I got most of the references and the quotes were hilarious in many ways. Some people build up their lives on glory, fame and greediness but they never learn from their mistakes and it's what I've seen with many people both inside and outside of the Lego community. I hope you'll continue to grow and I feel you're a very underrated commentary channel. Keep posting and don't give up brother. 👍
Skales!!?!?!??!??!?!?!!?!?!?!
I used to be a fan of Mandr because I used to see the dude was genuinely passionate about his hobby, even making content cop style videos calling bad actors in the community, it is sad to see someone who was passionate become the thing he criticized.
So…he has become the very thing he swore to destroy?
I watched some of the reviews MandR did, and when I saw the RepublicBricks "UCS" Turbo Tank one, I knew to avoid the guy. It was basically the 2008 turbo tank tiled over. Just screamed lazy
I’ve been blocked by mandr a total of three times for simply stating my own opinion about plastic in his comment section
Maybe that’s a good thing lol
@@SKYREN17it actually is
Same bro is a facist in his comment section
@@glowingstuds5360Yeah you shouldn’t be there cause u probably agree with helmet holes and printed kamas like a total shill lol also you love the sequels so much
I’ve been on RUclips since 2007 and seen Lego reviews change tremendously as time has gone on. When in doubt of all these other channels remember JangBricks has you covered
Lmao seeing big lego creators complain about not getting sets they want like this is hilarious. Like just build it yourself?? Isnt that the point of Lego?
Couldn't agree more! It's not like video games where you legitimately can complain about missing features and designs bc your not gonna be able to easily code the changes in yourself usually. However with lego if they didn't do something you wanted with a set, welp just do it yourself lol
They're narcissists who got RUclips fame and now thing they can bully the Multi-Billion dollar toy company into giving them exactly what they want.
@@pancakes8670Nah I kinda like it when that happens, at this point if it gets me a better product I don’t really care
Honestly I just want more Bionicle stuff...Not even sets; like Merch, Books maybe more serials. I LOVED the Tahu set and love the Bioincle easter eggs they put in their sets lately! I just really like Bionicle and feel like it became something of its own...as In I sometimes forget "Oh yeah Bionicle is a LEGO theme" its so unique and cool.
0:07 thats my design i made for crosshairbricks lmao, has been updated btw, and at 0:23 theres crosshairs rots attachments
*cough* look at proprietary design *cough* also that’s dope and didn’t know that it was outdated, found it on the discord and asked crosshair if I could use it
@@thecosmonaut4221 i mean the thing can still be used, we just have a better template now, also the designs themselves have been made better
Maaaaaaxxxxxx 😩😩😩😩😩😩
@@GregMFM grigory?
@@thecosmonaut4221 oh no also propierty design im just saying thats specifically the one i did, also great vid finished it now
I think the thing that upsets me the most is the service aspect and his conduct personally, its just unprofessional and underserving
This guy doesn't miss.... great video mate
No way you saw my shit post of a video lol thanks for the words
I’m so glad someone is speaking out on this! The worst part with a lot of the bad actors, is they’ve bullied other LEGO review channels off of RUclips because they [reasonably] don’t want to blow hundreds of dollars on LEGO every month.
Hehehe glad to see im not the only one who feels this way about the three stooges. Good work on the video i cant understand why you dont have more subscribers.
Little kid:ooh mommy that’s the one I want
Mandr:[swoops in like an eagle taking the last 501st battle pack] sorry kid this is the last one in America, other than the unbuilt ones that are hidden in my closet never to be seen again, but you understand all you’re going to do with it anyways is use it like a toy, I use this so I can make $10 in profit in 20 years
These people didn't even make graduation and that's honestly the worst part
life bricks definitely didn’t with what he does
Or move out lol
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Tyler’s bricklink store is horrendously over priced. Like man is selling Kama for clones, for 8 fucking doll hairs
So glad they guy was mentioned at 4:27 I hate seeing his stuff 😭
timmy always been creepy looking to me bruh
Skin walker vibes
If imposter syndrome was a person
I still don't understand the mindset of people who treat these sets like gold investment. You gotta have two kinds of stupid to make it happen, one to buy the set with intent of reselling, and another to actually pay whatever ridiculous price they're asking for. Plus, if you just want nice display pieces or something, you could go down the off-brand route with things like MouldKing or buy something like a 3D printer. Either option is cheaper than buying the overly expensive UCS kits and will give something that you can enjoy building (and painting), plus looking good on a shelf.
I think Solid Brix Studios its also one of the good lego sw channels, he isnt (as far as I know) greedy and all, he seems like he still has that solid passion for lego. Just mentioning it bc u didnt and I think its worth mentioning him
I really enjoy Brick Master Harry's videos.
He's a scumbag though lmao. Dude is the biggest Lego butt kisser of all time. He also lied about Lego sending him sets for free which is highly illegal
My only issue with solid bricks is he runs “minifigs 4 u” where he also kind of seems to copy popular clone makers/ do less quality for same or higher prices than say CAC or GCC or even Av figures who do way better work with their custom figures.
Also he was rude to on the brick
@@DutchThricemanI don’t really like him, because he doesn’t actually criticise Lego enough, like I honestly do not believe Lego got rid of cloth kamas for any other reason than to save like 1 dollar on each set, but I can’t fault him that much, he is probably just scared of losing his Lego ambassador network entry, and I would probably no nothing but praise Lego if I had one
no way chii-chan is talking about lego thats awesome
"I know several people came into your head" Me who knows literally nothing about Lego RUclips drama: Was I supposed to study for this essay?
Yes
@@thecosmonaut4221 blud replied to my comment 6 months late 💀💀💀
32:17 Ah our favorite Rabbit saying incredibly nice things, what a sweetie.
Awww I can’t believe having her in the video almost got the video age restricted do I had to edit around it, what a cute rabbit ❤️
...what the *fuck* with him being so proud of suing children.
Great video, this slimy corner of the LEGO community needs to be exposed more often. I appreciate all the Bocchi the Rock background footage
I wish my house had a room with a bluegrass band preinstalled in it
amazing as always, but this long form with video with clearly so much hard work put in is fantastic. so glad I found you, consistently producing great work and shining a light on necessary topics. much love as always
LEGO should stop making Star Wars sets just for one calendar year to get rid of all of these guys.
This video makes me glad that I never put too much stock into any content creator. I just watch their videos for entertainment or in curiosity. I still watch videos from MandR and LB, though it's mostly to see what SW sets would be retiring in the near future and what Lego news could be trickling down the pipeline. Never really saw either of them as the be-all-end-all for the Lego SW community. Of the three, I always saw RB as the most egregious based on his behavior and his shady business model, but he's not really unique when it comes that type of person being in the collector/toy/figure hobbies.
Been waiting for a video like this for a long time, funny enough I had compiled a lot of info on other individuals and situations that took place in the community over a year ago and had planned to make a video similar to this one day, taking the time to make something like this was really needed, really great job!
4:31 in defence of that guy. He was calling out comments on his videos and debunking them.
His video basically said ‘no they aren’t gatekeeping’ because people spammed his comments with “”LEGO ARE GATEKEEPING FIGURES””
I was expecting this from an anime community or wargame community but never an lego community lol.
I ordered 3 sets during his black Friday sale from last year & still haven’t received anything
Really?
Not him saying he would 100% win a lawsuit when claiming defamation. Literally one of the hardest lawsuits to win. You have to be able to prove that someone is lying with the knowledge that they are lying
Using the pippa clip makes sense
I’m so glad you know the clip in question lmao
If I got threatened with a lawsuit like that kid, even at his age, I would have been like “Do it, I dare you. I double dare you. Try and sue me. You don’t have the balls.”
Being a pay pig to Lego and Disney at the same time may be the lowest form of existence
When I watch lego content, I watch R.R. Slugger, DuckBricks, BrickCrafts, or whatever channels upload "obscure history of this specific retired lego color that only 2 people care about"
Last lego sets I bought were all six of the lego city space sets for 2024, set me back $400 but I regret nothing. (still haven't made anymore sizable lego purchases since I'm financially recovering from that tho)
I absolutely hate lego RUclipsrs who say "man, I hate lego sets nowadays, back when I was a kid, sets were soooooo much better because of this arbitrary thing I liked better" And yeah, I don't like people worshipping The Lego Group and worshipping their every whim, but you can't just look at everything through rose-colored glasses. I have a lot of love for old lego sets and a lot of nostalgia for the themes I grew up with, but I'm not gonna sit back and say "It was all better back in my days!", except when it comes to original themes... those were better back in my day...
What's wrong with pointing out when lego is cheaping out or being pressed by executives to push out stale product? A youtuber "bullying" a multibillion dollar corporation is the funniest shit I've heard.
Because we are aware when Lego screws up, like getting some figures innacurate printing for example or some unfair prices. But these RUclipsrs make it look like having a flaw on a figure makes the entire set the worst thing in the world
@@RayoMcQueen95990I mean if it is a battle pack then yeah it kinda does, not the helmet holes tho, they are ugly but printed kamas are worse
@@Sashin-d8t they are ugly but it is lego, you are expecting a kid to play and customize their figures. What MandnR and some others think is that lego is a premium collectable only which isn´t it
@@RayoMcQueen95990 I mean they added kamas before and there was no issue, they are making up excuses instead of actually fixing the product
@@Sashin-d8t by kamas i´m assuming you are refering to cloth pieces (my english isn´t that great sorry), then yeah i agree, as well as the printing on say the snowtroopers for example are good, but they look horrible in clone troopers. Either they should make them dual molded legs or add cloth pieces
11:56 i love that photo , glad you used it
So Republic bricks bad, and Brick vault good?
Yeah and more professional about their business only BV is a pdf file so you order parts on your own I believe, but I'd watch reviewers who have bought from BV if you'd want to give them a try. But seems like BV is a better supporter of the moc community unlike RB.
This is more of a problem for the lego Star Wars community, it does affect some of the other lego themes, but not to this extent. It’s such a shame too when you find a subject you like and want to support, only for to see very scummy people that are the equivalent to cockroachs. And I used to like this theme so much and I still do, but due to all of the controversies and evident laziness, it has been making me reconsider and go on to other subjects that the quote on quote “cochroachs” don’t like, which is the best recommendation for people who are starting with this community, try and keep a nice and balanced plate and don’t just put Star Wars all over it.
Tbh, if a person is making a video about buying 40 battlepacks their whole character should be in question
The one good thing I realized with the Star Wars community was why I bought Lego sets in the first place. I came for fun builds and characters I could put on display. They made me care about things like holding onto boxes and feeling bad about opening and building sets since they “could be worth something in the future”. It defeats the purpose of the whole product, just so a few people can take advantage for money. I’m still trying to break from these habits and mindset. I feel bad for kids who will grow up dealing with this kind of culture online.
I hope all of Lego RUclips see this
Go share it around
Great video, great editing. Commenting to boost the video in the algorithm.
Happy to see so many videos calling out Republic Bricks for being a scammer. Glad to see you made a video covering some of the more recent drama, now I'm back up to date. Also quite funny how Timmy claims to be a devout Christian, then proceeds to scam people and steal designs, and not pay his employees... 🤣 Definitely the biggest hypocrite in the lego community that's for sure. 😂
I didn't think plastic building toys would be more wild than the black market but here we are.
Honestly, I always knew about Timmy because I watch Ryan’s reviews. I never really batted an eye. I saw that others online were saying that the things they got weren’t that good. But you painted him in a way I have never seen before. The fact that he try’s all of these slimy tactics is so pathetic. Banger vid as always. Also, I like M&R. But he has his faults. Take it how you choose. But like I said, banger vid dude.
I got a decent amount of Lego star wars sets just sitting in storage containers in my basement wouldn’t ever dare give them to these gremlins
I think that not blurring the username of the guy at 6:45 was a bit of a stretch when it comes to the manner of quoting a random commenter (he might get sent death threats or something); and using a clip from a video showing his face and all is taking that to another level, especially because it brings nothing of purpose to the video. But what do I know, maybe I interpreted that wrong ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Yeah , kinda like should have just focused on the comment. I mean I feel this man is probably lonely and have seemed solace in lego and star wars (mandr community) and was a cheap shot.
I disagree with your opinion about MandR, I think he's genuinr with his opinions and criticisms about Lego Star Wars even when they are negative. Lego is expensive and they have been cheaping out on a lot of stuff (like kamas). It's a great vid though, keep up the good work!
Edit: got to the cease and desist to the kid part, that's messed up.
I watch Ryan the most of any lego RUclipsrs, jangbricks probably second most, but the videos you make are great. Well edited, opiniated (but that's your right), and pretty funny and informative. Ive purchased stuff from mandr's shop/whatnot, and have gotten good stuff, actually saving money in some cases due to bulk buying foilpacks, but republicbricks I got multiple mystery bags and got those mini boardgame figures instead of anything good. If you're gonna be a reseller/custom set seller, at least make it worth it darn you
i have done research and apparently the republic bricks mystery boxes all come with the cheapest thing the box could have, so if you do plan to get one again, see if the cheapest set in the box is more or less expensive than the mystery box so you know what to get
The community is toxic now. Did everyone forgot Lego use to the toy you would get made fun of for. Not much about the product has changed. People as soon as they turned 13 stopped buying legos. Said it’s a kids toy. I got sets as a kid and teen years on birthdays or Christmas. I wasn’t just gonna get a set. I’ve updated my mini fig collection by buying loose figs online. With a job I worked for. If I see a good set that’s on discount I’ll maybe pick it up. I honestly don’t see the point of being big into collecting as an adult. Because there’s more important things to buy and spend money on. Plus as an adult you wanna spend more money on things that will actually bring value. As an adult a Lego set doenst bring as much value as it use to, if any if I’m being honest. I display what I want and the figs I worked hard to get. I’m happy with that I don’t need a huge collection especially as an adult, something more subtle and looks nice for display. I don’t really see the point in investing in legos either. If you’re going to invest in anything as an adult. Invest in stocks that are gonna be guaranteed to do good. Buying a fig then waiting for 3 years for the price to go up. Is super slow investing with not much to gain. It might take 3 years for a fig to reach 200. With any basic job and enough hours you can make double that in a week or 2.
I want to say you are right but that bitterness towards people wanting clone wars stuff is actually stupid, you do realize that era used to get ignored a lot and we somehow get as much dumb ot/ahsoka stuff despite having less content, then there is also how lego puts less effort into the set and so on
Bitterness? That’s not what I was trying to come off as at all lol I’m sorry if you interpreted it as such
The topic of Lego’s declining standards is a topic for another month my friend
@@thecosmonaut4221 i mean the whole video is pretty good, it just seemed as if them wanting clone wars set bothered you
@@gabriels9919 yeah not my intentions and I have something written up for my thoughts on Lego as a Brand
I live in the same state as life brick and run into him occasionally and he straight up just swipes all of the shelves when they stock them. If you see him you better book it to the next store just grab the one single set you want. Hope he wasn’t already there.
i dont really know the american law but i guess you could contact some stores to tell them about him . Most wouldnt care because he still buys but maybe some will ban him from buying or keep stock to put it back in place after the swipe . It could also be put into unfair competition i guess . Buying everything at a discount and reselling it back more than the full price is not legal anywhere i believe , especially when the company put a fixed price in place
Yo I can’t find republic bricks RUclips anymore? Did he delete it
Really?
@@thecosmonaut4221 yeah I looked him up and all I found was an old channel with only 9k you should make a video on it!
Great Video! Glad to see more people are realizing how shady his business is. (And how he tries to sue people including me lol). This is by far the best video on this subject I've seen.
Very good video. I kinda fell from the lego star wars community bc I was sick of some people (grown ass 30 year old men) being so ungrateful. I kinda moved on to Castle, and its alright ig
Excellent video! I used to watch MandR and some LifeBricks, but moved away because they just really started to rub me the wrong way (luckily never watched or bought anything from Republic Bricks). I'm glad to see that others have come to the same realization that these are bad actors are not good for the community, your mental health or your wallet. I mostly just watch JangBricks now because his criticisms (and compliments) are much more fair and he seems to actually be really passionate about Lego rather than using it for clout and reselling.
Girls last tour moment
Haven’t seen the whole video yet but I’m just gonna say it
The fan base has a clone problem. Don’t get me wrong I like the Lego clone sets, but some people (usually the RUclips reviewers) get WAY too upset if there’s one missing detail from their clone minifigure. I’d understand if it’s a misprint on an expensive Captain Rex or something, but even just a mistake on an average trooper or some missing detail gets them all tossed up. The helmet holes are fine, the printed waist capes are fine. We don’t need a million clone sets every year just because part of the fan base can’t get enough
But of a rant, but that’s just my opinion
Ryan "mand r productions" is the reason i stopped keeping up with lego star wars, aside from a general disinterest in whatever starwars itself is doing these days, ryan would just find the best way to make every new starwars thing miserable. I now follow jacob "CheesyStudios" who in my opinion has the best content talking not about new stuff but old lego things too
The is a "lego" channel in Germany that's bigger than Ryan's. It's called Held Der Steine. The owner has a store where he sells brands like Cobi, CaDa and MoudKing.
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This might sound weird, but this video perfectly sums up how I feel watching and purchasing and consuming Lego content. When I got back in during 2022, it was fun just catching up and seeing how far Lego had come from the sets I had as a kid. But on RUclips, everything feels like there's a coating of sugar over a bloated corpse. These people don't feel real, especially over Lego Star Wars, everyone seems so concerned with getting new Clone Wars shit when the show has been off the air since 2020 and Lego shouldn't really have to cater to this crowd anymore, I personally don't mind the focus on prequel/OG trilogy stuff. But even the things we do get just feel, in a word, off? Like the new hallway set released, it feels like it was only made for people like MandR, perfect for army building with a Clone Wars figure everybody has been begging for even though there were a hundred different characters they could have done. The 20th-anniversary series made sense as a cute throwback, but this just feels wrong, in a word. Everything is just "resale, resale, resale!"; God forbid a guy just wants to collect and build the sets anymore. Don't throw away the boxes even though all they do is clutter! And the worst part is catering to this crowd clearly works because they got the 501st battlepack made, and it feels like more and more sets are being catered to the resale crowd and it feels gross. It wasn't too long ago UCS was just a high-ticket thing for adults, and now everything has to be like UCS, made for display or army-building. Battlepacks used to just be a neat showcase for different army types, like the Sith troopers set or the original Mandalorian battle pack. Idk, this is just me ranting but I hope people feel the same. Lego feels wrong now more than ever.
I don't exactly get what's wrong with MandR.
Sure he seems kinda bitter but when you put into perspective how Lego claims to be a quality product but has been caught multiple times cutting corners and trying to nickel and dime people i think his anger is justified.
He also doesn't just shill either and actually seems genuine about his passion in the community as a whole.
Then again that's just me i don't even play with Lego anymore.
My biggest problem with lifebricks isn’t his hypocrisy, it’s how often he says “you know.” It’s dozens of times per video. Unwatchable speech patterns. Other than that he’s just plain unentertaining.
I used to watch MandR. I don't anymore for his constant complaining.