Ben Rollman

LEGO MOCrofighter Designs - Tumbler from Batman Begins YouTube video by Ben's Brick Designs

Hey, I'll be making more Batman stuff tonight. Grab an adult beverage and come say hi.

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This feels more official. :)

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I feel like most times we play like we have 10.5 players.

Actually, just did a count. I had two on another channel, first one was March 2nd. Minus all the test streams and streams that were two parts because of the tech, I'm actually at 544. So I'll count down to 600, which should happen some time in Oct if I don't miss any.

Ben's Brick Designs Hi, I'm Ben Rollman. Spend time with me while I design and build some LEGO MOCs (My Own Creation), talk about TV & movies, and try new beers. Semi-regular schedule of Sunday morning and Thursday nig...

I just checked and I'm coming up on 7 years of doing LEGO livestreams. Something like 560ish streams over that time. That's more than a 1000 hours building sets and designing my own models. It's been a lot for sure.

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As an Avs fan, I would not buy a Kraken bracelet. 😉

Solid album.

I'm so excited. We're flying in from the states for a 2 week vacation right about then. I hope we can catch a show.

A small gray LEGO flying vehicle resembling a dragonfly on a white background. There is a minifigure pilot with a tan cape holding a small white knife.

Part 63 in what will be a long running series of microfighters I feel LEGO should be doing, I give you an Ornithopter from Dune. LEGO has made a full set of this and it's one of the better sets of the last few years. The new movie's version of this is wonderfully grounded and well designed.

SXSW Expo: Emerging Tech (Free & Open to the Public) SXSW 2026 Schedule | Showcasing a collective of industry disruptors, the Emerging Tech Expo features businesses spearheading the development of revolutionary technology. At the forefront of tech, thes...

Good morning, Austin. March 18th, TexLUG will be at the SXSW Emerging Tech Expo. We'll be there the 16-18, but that Wednesday is open to the public. Come meet local AFOLs, ask questions, play with LEGO, and maybe get an autograph from a LEGO Masters contestant.

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Calendar | Austin Beerworks With regular taproom hours & our very own food truck, we've always got good things going down at brewery. This is the place to find a good excuse to come by and

Hey Austin, March 21st, TexLUG will be at Austin Beerworks. Come say hi to some AFOLs, chat about LEGO, build with some playbricks, check out some custom models, have some beer. It'll be a hoot.

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Donate to Support a Texas State Senior’s Study Abroad Dream, organized by Gregory Rollman Hi there! I’m currently a Texas State University senior, majoring wi… Gregory Rollman needs your support for Support a Texas State Senior’s Study Abroad Dream

Schilling for my kids. My youngest has an opportunity to study abroad for a couple weeks this summer, he just has to pay for travel. Parents are going to help, of course, but he's working a couple jobs to pay for it himself. He's also started a GoFundMe for any donations.

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Happy Mario Day, for those that celebrate.

Poll from Ben's Brick Designs - YouTube Help me pick the next Microfighter design stream. What would you like to see worked on? Keep in mind, it should be something for which a minifigure could be ...

Since Bluesky doesn't do polls yet, help me pick the next LEGO microfighter to design.

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I guess I could tag @taskmaster.tv and see if anyone responds.

Oh no. Are the UK Taskmaster playlists acting weird? It looks like all the episodes are missing. I had a weird glitch where clicking on Playlist sent me to Channel 4's page. I wonder if they're moving them.

Computer render of a small, white and red lego spaceship on a gray background. The ship has a pilot wearing an olive green flight suit and helmet, and holding a blaster.

Pretty jazzed about how this came together. If you missed the livestream, figuring out all these techniques is a lot of fun. Now the hard part is getting a decent Kara Thrace minifigure. I can probably kitbash it but if anyone knows one from a decent customizer let me know.

Before anyone @s me with it, yes I've seen the Iran LEGO AI video.

Ugh, this time change was brutal. Hope y'all survived. And I hope to see you in the chat in about 30 minutes. 💛💛💛

Yeah that was weird just to watch it in silence. Nothing but the roar, the crowd and the buzz of the drones.

I like that. It could almost be like two old people playing in a park.

Darren Dreger on X: "Hearing Kadri has been traded. Pending call." / X Hearing Kadri has been traded. Pending call.

There you go!

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It's one of those things where I want to show the conversation, but being in IT and having seen wireshark logs, it's just lines of queries and results. But if I did "Hey you, Program 1, what's up?" That'd be really out of sorts. It's also from a popular game so I'm trying to find how they did it.

Can I use that?

Next writing challenge: Depict two near sentient computer programs talking to each other, one trying to get info from the other, without it being completely boring. Difficulty: Can't use current networking or modern OS/programming languages.

I was out of college already when Amazon was just a fledgling online book seller.

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Is this how they keep him alive?

Not sure we needed more forwards, and I never though Kadri was a PP specialist. I think Roy as a 4th line center is a better move.

LEGO MOCrofighter Designs - Colonial Viper Mk II YouTube video by Ben's Brick Designs

Planning early. Should be rainy here in Austin this weekend. If you've got bad weather, curl up with a warm coffee and some LEGO designing. Hope to see you Sunday at 10am central, after combating the time change.

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