Brick Chat

Pad Printing - what is Pad Printing, what is the process for Pad Printing, and what does Pad & UV printing mean for the Custom LEGO community? Join us this week as ThrawnBuilds (Blake) interviews BrickEngineer (Elijah) about all things Pad printing and custom Lego. Also discussed in today's episode is Pad Printing from brands like Citizen Brick, Minibigs, Enigma Bricks, Light Customs, and Orbital Minifigures - as well as discussing other manufacturing means from brands like Brickwarp, Brickarms, and more! 

Ep 28: Spacecowboy820! Lars! Chad! Whatever you call him, he hosts Minifigure Monday and he knows all sorts of things custom & official Lego! This week Blake & Elijah are joined by Lars, thespacecowboy820, and discuss all things early lego custom community, Citizen Brick Days and the brand, his early Lego Batman Mocs, the Brickarms modding community, new drops from Studstockshop, Brickarms, and talk about Elijah (TheBrickEngineer) and Grif (hoodie_studios) new pad printed torsos and heads!   Our Guest: https://www.instagram.com/thespacecowboy820/   Your Hosts: https://www.instagram.com/thrawnbuilds/ https://www.instagram.com/the_brick_engineer/

Phoenix Custom Bricks! Join Blake (ThrawnBuilds) and Elijah (TheBrickEngineer), as we discuss all things custom lego with Adam, the creator of Phoenix Custom Bricks, or PCB. In this episode we discuss Adam's vast catalog of Custom Minifigures, his history with official and custom Lego, and we discuss all sorts of Custom Lego Star Wars brands!   Our Guest: https://www.instagram.com/phoenixcustomsllc/   Your Hosts: https://www.instagram.com/thrawnbuilds/ https://www.instagram.com/the_brick_engineer/

Ep 26: Minifigure Folx! Join Blake (ThrawnBuilds) and Elijah (TheBrickEngineer), as we discuss all things custom lego with the printer, builder, and collector, Zach, or Minifigure Folx! Zach is a pad printer at Citizen Brick, with extensive screen and other printing experience, and in this episode we have the pleasure of asking Zach all sorts of printing and custom community questions!   Your Hosts: https://www.instagram.com/thrawnbuilds/ https://www.instagram.com/the_brick_engineer/   Our Guest: https://www.instagram.com/minifigure_folx/

Codyaner! Join Blake (ThrawnBuilds) and Elijah (TheBrickEngineer), as we discuss all things Lego Star Wars classic, modern, and moc building with Codyaner! Codyaner shares his unique takes on Moc Building, working for Lego, and recreating massive scenes from media in Lego form!   Your Hosts: https://www.instagram.com/thrawnbuilds/ https://www.instagram.com/the_brick_engineer/   Our Guest: https://www.instagram.com/codyaner.bricks/

Ep 24: Detroitika! Join Blake (ThrawnBuilds) and Elijah (TheBrickEngineer), as we are get to talk with Tanner or Detroitika! In this episode we discuss all things custom lego, Brickarms, the modding community, Elijah gets to actually talk injection molding, and we also discuss the past and current castle community - from the Brickguild castle discord, to KTown, diegocdac, Custom Lego Warriors, Brick Warriors, Little Armory, and more!

Ep 23: bmf_brick & rysbrix! Join Blake (ThrawnBuilds) and Elijah (TheBrickEngineer), as we are joined by David & Rylan! Today we discuss all things custom lego, high end pre orders, the custom community, and discuss a bunch of our favorite and upcoming custom figures!

Ep 22: Robby G! Join Blake (ThrawnBuilds) and Elijah (TheBrickEngineer), as we are joined by Robby.G.Lego! Today we discuss all things custom lego, brickarms, the modding community, modding figures and different accessories out of brickarms and lego, and some of Robby's opinions on some current releases in the custom lego community!   Our Guest: https://www.instagram.com/robby.g.lego/   Your Hosts: https://www.instagram.com/thrawnbuilds/ https://www.instagram.com/the_brick_engineer/

Ep 21: lando_llc! Join Blake (ThrawnBuilds) and Elijah (TheBrickEngineer), as we are joined by Lando! Today we discuss all things custom lego, Brickarms, the early Lego community, Lando's new brand Brickwarp, his previous work with Brick Mania, his opinion on some recent custom figure drops, and much more!

Ep 20: c0olcustoms! Join Blake (ThrawnBuilds) and Elijah (TheBrickEngineer), as we are joined by c0olcustoms! Today we discuss all things classic lego, how to design your own custom lego minifigures, c0ol's impressive design portfolio of themes/figures that have never existed, and much more! We also discuss upcoming figures from Classic Minifigs, Starlight Printco, Jaka Brick, Minibigs & more!   Your Hosts: https://www.instagram.com/thrawnbuilds/ https://www.instagram.com/the_brick_engineer/   Our Guest: https://www.instagram.com/c0olcustoms/

Ep 19: GeekOver40! BigBadFigCast x BrickChat! Join Blake (ThrawnBuilds) and Elijah (TheBrickEngineer), as we are joined by the host of the BigBadFigCast Brett, or geekover40! Today we discuss all things custom lego in the hero and star wars spaces, Geek Exchange, all our favorite brands space, from Classic Minifigs, to CitizenBrick, to Minibigs (and too many more ❤️), custom lego podcasting, preorders, and so much more! We also get to just briefly touch on toopics like collecting over time, FOMO/patience while collecting, and Brett's Spiderman collection!   Your Hosts: https://www.instagram.com/thrawnbuilds/ https://www.instagram.com/the_brick_engineer/   Our Guest: https://www.instagram.com/geekover40/   BigBadFigCast: https://www.instagram.com/p/CzRKg09rQwY/ https://www.youtube.com/@bigbadfigcast

basedprion & ___ ??? Join Blake (ThrawnBuilds) and Elijah (TheBrickEngineer), as they get to discuss all things Custom & Official Lego with prion and another (?) guest! We discuss acronyms in the lego community, hot takes of today's custom community, and perhaps some old retired lego colors. We also discuss ___'s favorite Custom Lego Minifigures, and discuss the latest Citizen Brick x Evend drop, and much more!

Part 2 - Rarest Lego Minifigures! Join Blake (ThrawnBuilds) and Elijah (TheBrickEngineer), as they get to discuss all things Custom & (today mostly) Official Lego with a someone who has taken collecting to the next level: Samuel aka Rarest_Lego_Minifigures - Join us this week as we discuss his collection full of rare items, but also his passion for Lego, our community, and Samuel's time at the Lego House and appearing on Pawn Stars! We also discuss upcoming customs, official news from Lego, and much more!

Rarest Lego Minifigures! Join Blake (ThrawnBuilds) and Elijah (TheBrickEngineer), as they get to discuss all things Custom & (today mostly) Official Lego with a someone who has taken collecting to the next level: Samuel aka Rarest_Lego_Minifigures - Join us this week as we discuss his collection full of rare items, but also his passion for Lego, our community, and Samuel's time at the Lego House and appearing on Pawn Stars! We also discuss upcoming customs, official news from Lego, and much more!

Ep 16: Kerpeeandherbricks & Brikchik - Join Join Blake (ThrawnBuilds) and Elijah (TheBrickEngineer) as they get to discuss all things Custom & Official Lego with Kerry (Kerpeeandherbricks) & Denise (Brikchik). Kerry is also a host of the BigBadFigCast, another Custom Lego Podcast(!). On today's episode we talk about BrickCon 2023, Citizen Brick, notable CB Molds, Brickarms, Figure's we want created, upcoming Jaka minifigures, and much more!

Ep 15: BasedPrion - Join Blake (ThrawnBuilds) and Elijah (TheBrickEngineer) as they get to discuss all things Custom & Official Lego, Moc Building, the state of the Lego Community, and we discuss other builders and older themes like System: Aquazone, Western, Adventurers, Ninja, Vikings, Exoforce, and so much more!

Nichi Customs - Join Blake (ThrawnBuilds) and Elijah (TheBrickEngineer) as they get to discuss all things Custom Lego, Pad Printing, and Christo7108 with Kira of Nichi Customs! Specifically we talk Injection Molding, Pad Printing, Classic Lego Star Wars, Grandpa Clone Customs, a bit of a deep dive into the world of Christo7108, and much more!

Ep 13: Primm.Slim - Join Blake (ThrawnBuilds) and Elijah (TheBrickEngineer) as they get to discuss all things Custom Lego and Fallout with Mike (Primm.Slim) - specifically around Brickarms, modding, flickr, other talented customizers like Detroitika, Robby G, & Cacomplient. We also talk about Nasty Bricks, Citizen Brick, Brickguildtoys, ClassicMinifigs, Jaka, Minibigs, and much more!

CloudCityBobaFett - Join Blake (ThrawnBuilds) and Elijah (TheBrickEngineer) as they get to discuss all things Custom Lego and Lego Star Wars with Doran (CloudCityBobaFett)! Today we discuss high end customs, getting into collecting as a whole, Clone Army Customs, Baggles Studio x LegendCMoc figures, Jaka Brick, Phoenix Customs, Christo7108, upcoming custom and official releases, and we talk about a few (too many to name!) of the incredible people in the online Lego community.

Preorders! Join (ThrawnBuilds) and Elijah (TheBrickEngineer) as they get to discuss all things Custom Lego and Lego Star Wars - specifically around Preorders, and the advantages and disadvantages that come along with the model! This episode we discuss Christo7108, Baggles, LegendCMoc, Jaka Brick, Phoenix Customs, Nichi Customs, Minibigs, Citizen Brick, and much more!