Today marks the second year that The Brick Fan has been online. What started out two years as a just a simple hobby has turned into a somewhat of a part-time job for me. Last year, I made a goal to double the traffic that the site had and that was accomplished, more than what I expected. I’m not going to post any stats because they are similar to the ones in last year’s recap and I don’t want to repeat what’s been said already.
First and foremost, thank you to all the readers. This may sound cliche but without you guys, this site would be absolutely nothing. I never imagined that a tiny site like this would have such a following. It may be a small following but I appreciate everyone just taking a little bit of your time and reading what I have put out. All of your positive comments and feedback are what motivates me to keep this site going. I don’t have any plans to stop so let’s see how long we can keep this going.
I also want to thank all the people in the LEGO community that I’ve met or been in contact with last year. I’ve made a lot of new friends and acquaintances and hope to connect with more people this year. To the staff at the Fashion Valley LEGO Store, thanks for letting me hang out there with you guys during my downtime. It’s been cool interacting with everyone there and seeing how the store is ran from a customer’s point of view? I don’t even know what to consider myself since I go there so much and just hang out. I’m a loiter, that’s what I am 😉 You guys do a really great job and to me, you are the number one LEGO Store in the world.
My goal now for the site is to just continue doing what I’m doing and that is to bring you guys up-to-date LEGO news and also reviews. I might not be doing as many reviews as I like but it’ll slowly continue. Earlier this year, I introduced some reviews of older LEGO sets from the 90’s and I got some really good feedback from that so I may bring back some more old school stuff that I have later in 2014. I may also do some reviews on sets that I got when I came back from the “Dark Ages” but haven’t cracked them open yet.
I’m always taking feedback and suggestions on how I can improve the site so feel free to contact me if you can think of anything. Also, feel free to connect with me through all the major social media sites including Facebook, Google+, Twitter, and even Instagram. You’ll most likely find some behind the scenes pictures there that you won’t find on the site itself. So in conclusion, let’s make year two of The Brick Fan an even better one than year one!
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I just wanted to congratulate you on a job well done. I’m not much of commenter, but I do like to visit your site. And if I learned anything about this last year it would be that if you just keep doing what you’re doing and have some fun along the line… the following will surely grow further.
So thank you for your efforts! 🙂
Thank you for your support!
Happy Birthday! Keep it up!
Thanks!
That’s awesome Allen. I just started following earlier last year. This site along with brickset has really kept me in the loop about what’s happening with lego, and you’ve been so awesome at engaging in conversation with me about the upcoming sets I was interested. Thank you so much for that.
My suggestion is maybe allow contributions from others to make it onto the site? Like the set reviews, if you can’t get to it, or a particular theme doesn’t really interest you, but does another, allow others to offer up a review? Of course it’d all have to go through you to make it onto the site, but ya don’t gotta go it alone buddy. I’m sure I’m not the only one who’d lend a hand if you needed it. As any site grows so must the personnel behind it. I’d be happy to help but maybe there’s people more qualified to do that than me. ^^;
You’re an inspiration to me, I’d love to have a site like this of my own some day.
Thanks Dave! I’ve been thinking of ways of how I can have people contribute to the reviews. I’ll let you know if I have something set up. Maybe you can do the Hero Factory or any other sets you have. Thanks for the suggestion.
I’d love to! I’m a lot like you I’d loiter around the Arden Fair Mall Brand store all the time if I could. I’ve definitely got the time to help contribute. Now if I could just get a hold of some of those HF sets. We don’t get em until march. 🙁
Happy Birthday Brick Fan!
Thank you!
You’re welcome! 😉
Really enjoy your site! Would you consider adding a Pinterest button?
Hi Tracy, I’ve implemented a Pinterest button on the share bar. Thank you for the suggestion and visiting the site!