Nick’s obligatory “Best of 2018” Post
This was a weird year for me... it was the first year where I didn't purchase a single LEGO set. What was originally a...
Review: Star Wars Episode VII – The Force Awakens
Life can be a funny thing, sometimes. I started writing this review December 18th, 2015, after I'd slept through a midnight showing of Force...
Review: 76032 The Quinjet City Chase
The first Avengers movie set a high bar for all of the Super Heroes sets that came after it... and that's been sort of a...
Lego Sales Drop, Layoffs, and Speculating About Why
It seems like Ace and I aren't the only ones feeling a bit burnt out on Lego lately... Lego released their earnings report for the first...
Bethesda Provides a Master Class in how not to do Customer Service
Several months ago, when I was covering E3 announcements for the site, and talking about what I was looking forward to, one of the...
What We’re Looking Forward To In 2021
If there's anything that everyone here is looking forward to, it's got to be a vaccine and maybe, just maybe, the world getting back...
Apparently there is time to discuss this in committee…
This actually popped up a couple of days ago, but I'd sat on posting it mostly because I'm lazy (and needed a good title)....
Review: Star Wars Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back
As a lead up to Star Wars: The Force Awakens, FBTB is going to do something crazy (and likely something that a whole bunch...
Nick’s 2022 in Review – Streaming, Games, LEGO Sets, and All the Other Stuff
It's the in vogue thing to do to remember the year before it ends, but we're not the most punctual here at FBTB, or...
Burnout, Anxiety, FOMO, and Trying to Deal with Life
Recently, I've been dealing with a huge malaise around... honestly, everything. I haven't contributed much to the site, my hobbies are sitting on the...