LEGO Fan. Designer. Still a 90s Kid.
I grew up in the Czech Republic in the 90s with only a handful of LEGO sets, which I got as gifts from my family. When you only own a few bricks, you learn to build what you love with what you have. I also spent hours with the LEGO catalogues, trying to imagine how every set was designed.
Then came my “dark ages,” when the bricks went back into boxes. I went to film school, studied directing and screenwriting, and fell for visual effects and animation. After graduating I started a production company with a friend, which meant late nights of 3D modelling, animating and rendering. Eventually I was so tired of screens that I wanted a creative outlet I could do with my own hands, in the real world.
By chance I stumbled onto the world of adult LEGO builders on Flickr (so-called AFOLs, or Adult Fans of LEGO) and an amazing book written and photographed by two of them: LEGO® Space: Building the Future by Peter Reid and Tim Goddard. I went home, dug out my old boxes, and I never stopped building after that.
My wife convinced me to start an Instagram account, where I shared my first little tutorials. Later I moved to free tutorials on YouTube. Then The LEGO Movie hit cinemas and the whole community exploded. Suddenly the hobby was mainstream and adults were welcome at the table, and my channel grew with it.
People loved the videos, but more and more of them asked for PDF instructions, or even real sets. Shipping whole kits around the world would have been far too expensive, so I chose PDF instructions with a parts list for BrickLink, so you can shop for bricks locally. I’ve also had the pleasure of building commissions for individual customers and companies.
What I love to build: sci-fi vehicles, from my favourite childhood theme, space; movies and TV, which comes from my directing and screenwriting days; and cars of every shape and size.
Along the way I changed careers too, from filmmaking to a dream job that mixes two of my passions, cars and video games. I’m now a Vehicle Team Lead at SCS Software in Prague, bringing trucks and cars into American Truck Simulator and Euro Truck Simulator 2. And I still design LEGO cars every free minute I can find.
A Few Milestones Along the Way
A Few Bricks, Big Imagination
A handful of sets from my family, hours with the LEGO catalogues, and a lot of building with what I had.
Bricks Back in Boxes
Film school, visual effects and animation, and a production company with a friend.
Flickr and a Space Book
Found the AFOL community on Flickr and LEGO® Space: Building the Future, dug out my old boxes, and never stopped building.
Instagram, Then YouTube
First little tutorials on Instagram, then free tutorials on YouTube, which grew along with the hobby after The LEGO Movie.
PDF Instructions & Parts Lists
Viewers asked for instructions, so I started making PDFs with BrickLink parts lists, so you can shop for bricks locally. I’ve also built commissions for customers and companies.
Still Building
Designing LEGO cars in every free minute, next to my day job as Vehicle Team Lead at SCS Software.
What Fans Have Built
Drift Racer
In cooperation with @drift_pica I designed a complete set you can actually buy from his Drift shop! 😎 It is based on a really cool german RC Drift car by #driftsturmkind which I highly recommend you to check out as well. I spent a few months making sure everything is just perfect and easy to build. This was a fun project!Get the set at driftpica.de →
Acura NSX
“I wanted to share this custom Lego Acura NSX I had commissioned for my good friend Jeff Boldt. It is to the exact specification of his NSX, even down to the custom red intake pipes he added. Jeff, Mel, and Alexia have been great friends and I am very thankful to have met them through my photography.”
Lancia Stratos
What is that little thing on the top of that beautiful Lancia Stratos? Wait, it’s also a Stratos!!! John Griffin who got my instructions and by the way happens to be the owner of the real car was so kind that he snapped some cool shots of them both together. 😎 I have to say I now want both too 😆👌
From Level 1 to Level 99
LEGODDadan, a YouTuber from South Korea, made a video about the designs I have posted on my channel over the years. It is really cool to see my builds through someone else’s eyes!
Come Build With Me
New tutorials every week on YouTube, new instructions in the shop every month.