Some people can’t build anything with LEGO bricks without using the instructions. Others, like Landon Boeker, make their own creations.
Boeker loves LEGO Ninjago (an animated TV franchise we’ve reviewed on our website). And while LEGO does make official sets based on the show for consumers to buy and build, sometimes, they just don’t cut it for Boeker. That’s why is channel is dedicated to creating a variety of LEGO Ninjago-inspired MOCs (“My Own Creation”).
His MOCs are often bigger, more detailed and more intricate than anything you’d be able to buy off the shelf at your local retailer. Boeker recreates many locations, beasts and mechs featured in the show, and he strives to be as faithful as possible to each scene.
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The very nature of MOC is that it requires creativity, adaptability and improvisation. We see Boeker work through how to build each original design in a way that is both functional by itself and familiar to fans of the show. He’ll often take pieces from other LEGO sets and use them in his custom builds in order to get the look just how he wants it. His creativity may inspire others to start thinking outside the instructions themselves.
Boeker often collaborates with his brothers, who contribute to his LEGO builds in a variety of ways, whether through building monsters for him or just supplying the necessary pieces.
Nothing overt. Parents should note that Boeker does advertise building instructions for his builds at the end of many videos, so your kids might just run to you to buy each set for them.
I often played with LEGO when I was younger. I was very good at making lumpy, multi-colored spaceships that surely wouldn’t have survived escaping the Earth’s atmosphere. As such a statement implies, I wasn’t very good at making them appear functional or easy on the eyes.
Though I haven’t touched a LEGO set in years, I can still appreciate the time and skill it takes for Boeker to imagine and construct his creations—and to make them well, might I add. He obviously brings a lot of thought into his work, and his skill is impressive. Honestly, even if I did buy his instructions for a build, I couldn’t guarantee that it’d come out looking nearly as good as his do.
For fans of LEGO or LEGO Ninjago, Brick Legends is a fine, family-friendly addition to their YouTube repertoire.
Kennedy Unthank studied journalism at the University of Missouri. He knew he wanted to write for a living when he won a contest for “best fantasy story” while in the 4th grade. What he didn’t know at the time, however, was that he was the only person to submit a story. Regardless, the seed was planted. Kennedy collects and plays board games in his free time, and he loves to talk about biblical apologetics. He’s also an avid cook. He thinks the ending of Lost “wasn’t that bad.”
