Like many of you, I was well aware of the website called Kickstarter. As someone who likes to play board games, I know of plenty of games that got their start on the website. However, while I did play attention to the site at times, I never actually contributed anything (or "backed" any project in Kickstarter terms). That is, I never did until this month.
You see, I finally found a Kickstarter idea that I thought was cool enough and different enough to be worth backing. And that idea is actually LEGO related, rather than board game related.
The idea? i-Brix Wirelessly Powered Lights.
That's right, lights without wires. Pretty cool, huh?
As my loyal readers know, I am working on my own custom LEGO city - and I think having some wireless lights within the city will definitely make things that much more amazing. The kickstarter project itself is now fully funded which means it should be a go. According to the page, the actual lights will be shipped out sometime in December of this year, just in time for my Winter Village set-up if all goes well!
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| Image taken from the i-Brix Kickstarter page. |
I'm hoping that this Kickstarter experience is a good one - and perhaps if it is I'll consider more projects on the website in the future. For now though, all I can do is sit back and wait for my lights to arrive before I can start playing around with them to see what all exactly I will be able to do with them.
Kickstarter can be a lot of fun, but most projects miss their deadlines. I don't think I've had the misfortune of having a Kickstarter fail to deliver eventually, but most have delays and there are a few that went months and months past their expected timelines. For reference, I've backed 23 different projects since 2013.
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