Patrick brickman

I'm crying laughing watching this! Thank you guys so much for the shout out here - it's pretty surreal! One of my subscribers tipped me off to this video and my first thought was "SOLAR SANDS?? No freaking way!" 😅 I'm very humbled and honoured by your kind words here! Again, thank you. ❤ To help answer some of your questions posed throughout the video, I'll briefly mention a bit of my background; aside from being a Lego fan and having an interest in casual video production, I'm a music teacher by trade as well as a touring musician. Music is typically my main vehicle, hence why I decide to produce it all myself as a bit of a fun challenge! 2022 was pretty consistently weekly videos from me (every Friday), but we'll see what happens in 2023. I've gotta pace myself, but there's still so much Lego to talk about! 😂 Thanks for spotlighting the channel guys! Wishing you all the best in 2023!

"no in jokes, nothing" *5 seconds later *the s l u g o m e t e r*

R.R. Slugger is a rare glimpse at the final form of post-scarcity human society. Intelligent, determined, meticulous, and endlessly creative- any goal should, in theory, be within his reach if pursued. Affluence. Power. World domination. And yet they are not pursued, because once any pursuit is achievable, the scale of achievement is left meaningless. Without magnitude to mark success, all that remains is one goal. His goal. Scaffolded by no extrinsic pragmatism and unshackled from egocentric competition. That goal is to talk about Lego. And so he does.

Just wanted to point out that Bateman in these scenes is merely posing, aspiring to be someone like R.R. Slugger. I think that's an important distinction.

Getting interested in Lego again as an adult, almost every KZfaqr I found was just some rich dude doing videos about how much he can buy and horde. It was so refreshing to find Slugger, who is all about the bricks and history and, yes, even the philosophy of Lego. He really does deserve more recognition for the work he puts in!

Slugger has recently sparked my fascination with the early 2000s era of LEGO… his videos are a treat for sure

I'm so glad R.R. Slugger is getting the recognition he deserves

I've always wanted the ability to go to a room outside the normal flow of time to work on all the projects I have in my mind without interrupting my daily life. After watching this, I'm convinced Slugger has achieved this in some way

He's like: Why I dislike this piece Part 1 The Bubonic Plague

R.R. Slugger is honestly the gem of Lego youtube

I kind of agree with what he's saying. It always bugged me as a kid that I would have to make do with the more basic bricks, but they seemingly just created whatever new piece made things "more convenient", for a specific set. Even tho those weird pieces ended up sucking for general use while building stuff.

The phrase “was is plague worthy? The Black Death-“ when talking about lego is hilarious to me and I watched this video before you covered him

was expecting this to be some meanspirited takedown of a small channel but instead its just these guys gushing over how insanely dedicated this dude is, honestly made my day :)

Had the pleasure of coming across Slugger's videos when I was doing a project on Galidor. I was blown away by the quality of his content, but at the same time I wasn't surprised. This is exactly the kind of output you get from someone who genuinely loves making videos. There is nothing but passion, and it's the coolest thing to see. Especially in a time where so much content on KZfaq is made with the intention of gaining views, money, popularity, etc. He captures the spirit of "Old KZfaq" in a lot of ways. Love it.

“From the moment I understood the weakness of my flesh…it disgusted me. I craved the strength and certainty of plastic. I aspired to the purity of the blessed Lego. Your kind cling to your flesh, as though it will not decay and fail you.” -R. R. Slugger

Its funny how your videos can go from existential crisis and critical analysis of art to "this Rock Raiders Lego channel is clinically insane"

He is GENUINELY one of the best bricktubers on the platform currently! I sincerely hope he finally gets a boost in new subscribers, since his just honesty on the various themes he reviews + interesting side topic videos are just SO intricate and well researched! I do feel a bit sad that y’all are just kinda laughing at him telling proper facts (like yeah, lego pieces do use a number naming system to identify each part) but it looks like Slugger is okay with this 🤣

It's strange how I agree with you about this, sorta. It's extremely rare to see a KZfaqr who's simply incredibly sincere and humble about everything he makes, and puts so much effort into their work. Slugger isn't really like the more typical of artists who use their work as an exploration of themselves. Artists are, most of the time, willing to create something they might only somewhat like or agree with, or even dislike. As an artist myself I do this kind of thing all the time: I've written creations I challenge on the intellectual and ideological level, I've made drawings that make me feel sick and guilty. It's normal for artists to make things they don't agree with. Slugger doesn't ever do that. Everything he presents on his channel is 100% himself. Besides the monicor of his sluggy character, Slugger never presents anything that makes you question what he's trying to tell you without him going out of his way to explain what he intends. As a sperg, that resonates with me a lot because I do the same thing quite a bit.

I too have been watching R.R. Slugger's vids in the last year and I feel like a huge revelation has been brought to me when you pointed out that he has that Patrick Bateman cadence.

You people might laugh at this, but as someone who studied design, the thing with that little elongated piece is pretty on point. It's not really a good piece to design sets in Lego, and the problem is in industrial settings working with injection molding plastics, if you tool the molds you HAVE to use them in order to recoup the investment, as the tooling is a pretty expensive process. So the designers at Lego were probably dying on the inside, knowing they fucked up, and had to sell thousands of these pieces in order to recover the money spent on the molds, and thus you're forced to use this piece for the following year, forcing it in every set you can until you sell enough units to finally discontinue the piece.

"He's the perfect human being. We're fucked." 😂😂 Lmao

When my man presented his research on the black death to prove why 1 lego piece from 2002 was bad i knew this one was an absolute gem

He's truly the most sincere ,pure youtuber on the platform it's people like him who deserve to be put on the front page. No youtuber stereotype applys to him

R.R.Slugger needs to get his own Ted talk

Walter White: Jesse we need to cook Slugger: Jesse we need to build

I’ve enjoyed R.R. Slugger for a few months now but I didn’t realize how few subscribers he had due to how polished his work is. Y’all also brought to my attention that HE MAKES ALL THE MUSIC

R.R. Is just the best, a great guy in the Rock Raiders community, really love that dude!

This is more effort then any game theory video

Dude just made his own B-roll footage

man he really does sound like patrick bateman thats amazing

I thought a KZfaqr I liked got exposed for something but it turns out this is all really wholesome.

I discovered Slugger's channel over Christmas break despite not watching much LEGO content anymore or ever having had much interest in the sets and themes he covers I found it all fascinating. Glad to see he's getting some recognition and hopefully his channel keeps blowing up.

This absolute LEGEND not only makes some of the highest quality lego content on the platform, not only achieves perfect patrick bateman cadence, but he also somehow finds the time to respond to all of the comments here, and these ones aren't even on his channel!

Slugger is going to be the Scott the woz of Lego youtubeing

I also found this guy recently. I love this dude so much. He has such entertaining options. And the amount of effort he puts in is very amazing.

Can't believe they didn't catch the book the guy was reading towards the end. "Coping With a High IQ"

Glad R.R. Slugger is getting recognition I only discovered him about a month ago but he's quickly become one of my favorite Lego KZfaqrs

The ammount of effort in these are INSANE. He animates AND composes for his projects. It's just so commendable.

12:52 Teal Chief arm on Santa torso is a level of confidence and commitment that I aspire to

RR Slugger is the goat. He reminds me a lot of TrikBrix who also did high quality videos (and also did their music!), but from one slug to another, our slimy friend took it to the next level with the amount of details and stop motion scenes.

R. R. Slugger is genuinely one of the only good Lego channels on YT. Most Lego channels just horde and horde and horde and clickbait and try to resell to kids. Slugger actually goes into the history and philosophy of the brick.

glad slugger got some notoriety for the good. the hyper fixation like many board cultures perpetrate, ngl i miss early 00s and late 90s lego. this guy is pretty legit

I've really enjoyed his videos, glad I discovered him

RR Slugger is by far one of my most favorite youtubers, and I'm not even that much into Lego. His music is pretty awesome too.

I love how you guys literally die laughing over the word "slugometer" and random transitions and marvel at the capabilities of this funny man.

I like many others was recently blessed by the youtube algorithim with his videos and have loved him ever since. Saw the title of this video and was almost worried, his videos are--and I mean this in the best way--so unnaturally precise and genuine, wouldn't be hard to see him in a padded cell with Rock Raiders schematics and analysis scrawled on the wall. It's very funny to hear such genuine reactions and back and forth between you two about his videos, too. Maybe I'm just not aware of it but often the Lego related content I watch on youtube is pretty solitary, one person reacting to official stuff, reviewing, building huge mocs, etc. It's super niche but refreshing to hear, genuine back and forth about such a meta topic, already within a niche hobby, and not trying to be family friendly (not that there's anything wrong with, but obvs rare for lego videos). Feels like an exchange I'd have if my friends were into Lego, good vid 👍👍

R.R. Slugger is the platonic ideal of a KZfaqr

Have you heard the tale of Darth Slugger the Wise?

I check in on the main channel after forgetting about it for a few years, check this channel and see that a video was uploaded 3 minutes ago. Wild.

This video makes me so happy, it's unreal.

This is the first solar sands video I’ve been recommended in a while and I was so surprised to see you talking about R.R Slugger 😂

Lmao I discovered slugger not too long ago too and he's become my favorite Lego KZfaqr too he's amazing lol

I'm only 4 min in, and your absolute ASTONISHMENT at this dude's content is amazing. Hearing you just lose it over this is awesome.

r r slugger sounds exactly like sheldon cooper

Don’t sleep on the slug

BATEMAN: You like LEGO? ALLEN: Um, yeah, they're pretty cool. BATEMAN: Their early themes were a little too basic for my taste. But when Rock Raiders came out in '99, I think they really pushed the limits, both creatively and technologically. The whole theme had a realistic, industrial look, and a new level of detail that really gave the sets a big boost. They've been compared to other mining themes, but I think Rock Raiders has a far more adventurous, daring spirit. ALLEN: Hey, Halberstram? BATEMAN: Yes, Allen? ALLEN: Why are there LEGO bricks all over the place? Do you... Do you have a kid? A little nephew or something? BATEMAN: No, Allen. ALLEN: Is that a tool belt? BATEMAN: Yes, it is. In '00, LEGO released this; Rock Raiders: The Movie, their most ambitious project. I think their undisputed masterpiece is "Chrome Crusher". A set so impressive, most people probably don't appreciate the details. But they should, because it's not just about the thrill of exploration and the excitement of discovery. It's also a personal statement about the LEGO company itself. Hey, Paul! Bateman murders Allen with a LEGO brick.

I love Slugger, one of the very few Eng speaking LEGO KZfaqrs I actually respect.

sluggo's uncanny attention to detail and that subtle sense of humor undercut by deadpan delivery reminds me of Action Button, another one of my favorite youtubers. Both are incredibly smart in their presentation.

13:20 Did he put the eyes of the Pog face on that lego figurine?

This is my second watch through. I love how you guys start "hes insane" and at some point on of you is "he has a point." "Hes making me beleive."

Bro the American Psycho bit was spot on 🤣

Good taste, sir. Slugger's a true gem- a rock to be raided- if you will. Anyone with a passing interest in LEGO should check him out at least once. Happy to see him take this so well.

The irony of an art youtuber talking about the absurdity of someone taking lego so seriously.

This is RR Slugger using only 10% of his power.

2:31 like holy shit. Look at how many elements he has to animate at the same time for this shot edit: actually the shot at 2:53 looks even harder to pull off

R. R. Slugger is easily the BEST Lego KZfaqr I have come across in a very long time. His content is high quality, educational, and wholesome. 10/10

Y'all didn't even catch that the 24 part about the unusable studs, while he was saying it the Lego lady is holding a piece with 24 studs...

So happy to see Slugger getting the recognition he deserves! Dude puts a lot of time and love into his videos and it shows

Hey that's somebody that I've actually subscribed to! Good to see someone else covering him

matpat equivalent. leading from a lego piece to the black death in a couple seconds is CRAZY

Us R.R. Slugger fans should call ourselves the "sluggies"

Lego stop motion/brickfilming is the peak of human civilization

I've been watching rr slugger ever since his earliest videos, his channel is one of a kind, so happy that he's been getting more recognition

This is the video that introduced me to RR Sluggers channel. Hands down my favorite KZfaq channel.

Actually the longest 14 minute video I've ever watched, how the hell did the guy bring up the plague when talking about lego ⚰

Welcome to the Lego community where we obsess over the entire history of a toy brand, but even then this guy comes off a bit odd for us, like a mixture of Patrick Bateman and Nick on Planet Ripple. I feel like he has read all 381,614 pages of Brickipedia.

Dude this video is so transformative its insane

God forbid R.R. Slugger ever gets ahold of a brick remover and escapes his plastic cell…

I recently got into lego as an adult. Ive been watching slugger off and on for most of this time, but in recent days, I've watched him a lot and been recommended him too a lot. He has improved over last year's course, for sure. Can't wait to see your video. (Haven't watched yet.) His recreations of the builds from that mining game are bonkers!

This is so crazy, I am sure Slugger is going to blow up now Love his videos so much

I love slugger, so glad to have found his channel last year.

The Lego Man Reading a Book labled „Coping with high IQ“ at 14:15 is the Perfect visual metaphor for this entire Video

Yessssss I’m so glad you guys are talking about him! I found him a couple months ago and I’ve binged all of his videos so many times by now!

Sorry solarsands but this guy is officially the best KZfaqr

R.R Slugger is like the defunct-land of legos the dude is an artist.

R.R. Slugger actually is the only Lego channel I watch with any regularity. I'm not even into Lego! His videos are just so good. I'm here BECAUSE its a video on R.R. Slugger.

There are some fyn lego channels, but his puts all of them to shame. His production values are incomparable, and he also does it all in his free time, as a hobbyist, with no sponsorship. This summer he crowd funded having a month off work to make videos full time and his output quadrupled. No doubt the single best KZfaq channel I've seen.

this is a crazy coincidence I literally just started watching him last couple days and am already a big fan

Oh hey you found one of my favorite underrated LEGO KZfaqr

the slug-O-meter😭😭😭

i love this channel!! i'm autistic and i am interested in lego (and cinematography, which is technically in play here) so it makes me really happy when i see anyone with this much passion about something i love. watching these great videos helps me relax after a stressful day because he gives so much information about the different aspects of lego which i like to take notes on; a calming yet engaging process for me. W channel with W content

My theory: R.R. Slugger has the ability to clone himself, and each clone assumes a different task for the production of a video, such as animating, voiceover, and editing.

I like how with most KZfaqrs like this you can immediately tell what their personality from their PFP

He's quite smart with the stop motion, making clips that can be utilized in multiple videos without feeling like you're always seeing the same B-roll in every video. Fun video! The perspective here was quite amusing. It was also amusing to see my comments make a few guest appearances near the end, too!

he is my favorite lego youtuber and has been for a couple months, he really got me into collecting older lego

Theory: the Lego company was originally founded by a time traveler who was sent to stop this guy from taking over the universe

Thank you SolarSands2 for this riveting Lego Racers (1999) footage

Me when I’m in an insanely high quality video essay contest and my opponent is R.R Slugger

Thanks to this video I found out we still have all the Galidor figures at home, I dont even remember them or Galidor at all, but my brother got super hyped after I showed asked him about it.