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Teenager Turns 200 dollars Into Customizable Lego Business

Payton Dean shows off some of the weapons he created in his garage

 

Payton Dean wanted more specialized weapons for his Lego minifigures. So he decided to make his own.

 

Other people were intrigued and started telling Dean he should sell the weapons. With a little help from his grandfather, and $200 he had saved up, he decided to give it a try.

 

Six years later, that decision has grown into a very successful business called X39 Brick Customs.

 

It’s currently run out of his garage, and Dean says that the equipment alone is worth about $100,000. Various air-operated machines inject plastic beads into small 2.5 inch square molds to create the little weapons.

 

Listen to Dean describe the process of making the weapons to Sound Effect Host, Gabriel Spitzer.

 

Kevin Kniestedt is a journalist, host and producer who began his career at KNKX in 2003. Over his 17 years with the station, he worked as a full time jazz host, a news host and produced the weekly show Sound Effect. Kevin has conducted or produced hundreds of interviews, has won local and national awards for newscasts and commentary.