From LEGO Dad to AFOL: Welcome to My Over-Ambitious Journey to Build like a Master

Wrong channel if you want a master LEGO builder. Right place if your building ambitions are way beyond your building skills. This is the story of how I went from brick dad to displaying my own creation at Brickworld 2026 — a LEGO baseball mitt MOC that was not great, but was mine. What happened when I wondered if Brickworld was my community too. What happened when the mitt didn't survive the weekend. And why I'm starting 8rainbuilds now: real builds, real mistakes, and projects I probably definitely shouldn't attempt — but trusting my decades of solving hard problems in my day job will get us there...eventually. If you're a parent picking up the bricks again, a fan thinking about your first MOC, or someone staring at a project that feels way too big — this is where you belong. Chapters: 0:00 Wrong channel if you want a master builder 0:20 Brickworld 2026: My First Time Displaying My Own Creation 1:15 The Lego Baseball Mitt 3:00 Is Brickworld My Place, Too? 4:20 The Mitt is Destroyed 5:40 Starting This Channel 7:00 Going From Me to Good 8:15 My Background 10:15 Why the Story Matters 11:30 Finally Being Able to Play with the Toy I Wanted 13:20 The Road Ahead --- 8rainbuilds building technology · brick creations · learn from my journey Subscribe: [channel URL] Instagram & TikTok: @8rainbuilds