History Creator / MichaelHickox

Hickox stopped making videos in 2021, citing dissatisfaction with changes to [=YouTube's=] Partner Program, as well as potential sponsors having to cut back on budgets due to the COVID19Pandemic. He returned to his old job at an Ohio-based technology company in 2022, having quit the job a few years before to make his LEGO videos full-time.

Hickox stopped making videos in 2021, citing dissatisfaction with changes to [=YouTube's=] Partner Program, as well as potential sponsors having to cut back on budgets due to the [[COVID19Pandemic]]. He returned to his old job at an Ohio-based technology company in 2022, having quit the job a few years before to make his LEGO videos full-time.

[[caption-width-right:272:Hickox shows students at Cardinal Middle School in Middlefield, Ohio, how he makes his videos.]]

An {{UsefulNotes/Ohio}}-based creator of short Website/YouTube videos, mostly [[BuiltWithLEGO Brickfilms]]. Hickox has been making these particular videos since ''way'' before [[WesternAnimation/TheLegoMovie everything was awesome]].

Hickox began uploading videos to his [[https://www.youtube.com/user/MlCHAELHlCKOX/featured old YouTube account]] in 2007. This account contained a mix of videos, ranging from live action, to computer animation, to his first Lego stop motion videos. It was the Lego videos that got the most views, and so, in 2009, Hickox created [[https://www.youtube.com/user/MlCHAELHlCKOXFilms/featured his current YouTube account]], with the hopes of becoming a [=YouTube=] Partner, a goal he met in February 2012. This account is exclusively Lego stop motion videos.

As of June 1, 2018, Hickox's current account has over 1.1 million subscribers, and those videos have over 822 million combined views. Many of the Lego videos on his current account have view counts that are in the eight-figure range. His old account, which he hasn't uploaded a video to since leaving it behind in 2009, has over 24,000 subscribers[[note]]The subscriber count on that channel has actually gone up over the years.[[/note]], and all of those videos have over 56 million combined views.

So popular are Hickox's Lego videos, that he was approached to make a promotional video for the DVD and Blu-Ray release of ''The LEGO Movie'' in the Summer of 2014, doing so in his own unique style. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PxC5BqHWF_I Here is the finished product.]]

In October 2014, Hickox announced a new series called ''Tim & Ralph'', which centers around the adventures of two best friends. The series' fourth season premiered in July of 2018 after a two-year hiatus. Each season contains five episodes.

Despite his popularity, Hickox still considers making these videos his hobby. He is a student at the University of Akron, where he is studying to become a mechanical engineer.

In addition to his [=YouTube=] account, Hickox also has a [[http://www.michaelhickoxfilms.com/ website]], and a [[https://www.facebook.com/MichaelHickoxFilms/timeline Facebook page]].

An {{UsefulNotes/Ohio}}-based creator of short Website/YouTube videos, mostly [[https://brickfilms.com Brickfilms]]. Hickox has been making these particular videos since ''way'' before [[WesternAnimation/TheLegoMovie everything was awesome]].

An {{UsefulNotes/Ohio}}-based creator of short Website/YouTube videos, mostly {{Brickfilms}}. Hickox has been making these particular videos since ''way'' before [[WesternAnimation/TheLegoMovie everything was awesome]].

An {{UsefulNotes/Ohio}}-based creator of short Website/YouTube videos, mostly those of the StopMotion variety. Said stop motion videos are based in the world of Franchise/{{Lego}}. Hickox has been making these particular videos since ''way'' before [[WesternAnimation/TheLegoMovie everything was awesome]].

In October 2014, Hickox announced a new series called ''Tim & Ralph'', which centers around the adventures of two best friends. The series's fourth season premiered in July of 2018 after a two-year hiatus. Each season contains five episodes.

* {{Sequel}}: Some of Hickox's videos get this treatment, like "Lego School" (two sequels) and "Lego Imposters". "Lego Pizza Delivery", which is about the misadventures of a pizza delivery boy, has ''six'' sequels! The original channel had a series called "Mullet Maniac", which had six sequels.

An {{UsefulNotes/Ohio}}-based creator of short Website/YouTube videos, mostly those of the StopMotion variety. Said stop motion videos are based in the world of {{Lego}}. Hickox has been making these particular videos since ''way'' before [[WesternAnimation/TheLegoMovie everything was awesome]].

An {{UsefulNotes/Ohio}}-based creator of short YouTube videos, mostly those of the StopMotion variety. Said stop motion videos are based in the world of {{Lego}}. Hickox has been making these particular videos since ''way'' before [[WesternAnimation/TheLegoMovie everything was awesome]].

Hickox began uploading videos to his [[https://www.youtube.com/user/MlCHAELHlCKOX/featured old YouTube account]] in 2007. This account contained a mix of videos, ranging from live action, to computer animation, to his first Lego stop motion videos. It was the Lego videos that got the most views, and so, in 2009, Hickox created [[https://www.youtube.com/user/MlCHAELHlCKOXFilms/featured his current YouTube account]], with the hopes of becoming a YouTube Partner, a goal he met in February 2012. This account is exclusively Lego stop motion videos.

In addition to his YouTube account, Hickox also has a [[http://www.michaelhickoxfilms.com/ website]], and a [[https://www.facebook.com/MichaelHickoxFilms/timeline Facebook page]].

* IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming: The majority of the Lego videos across both of his YouTube accounts begin with, well, the word "Lego".

In October 2014, Hickox announced a new series called ''Tim & Ralph'', which centers around the adventures of two best friends. The series lasted three seasons, each with five episodes, the last of which was uploaded in May of 2016.

* {{Sequel}}: Some of Hickox's videos get this treatment, like "Lego School"(two sequels) and "Lego Imposters". "Lego Pizza Delivery", which is about the misadventures of a pizza delivery boy, has ''six'' sequels! The original channel had a series called "Mullet Maniac", which had six sequels.

In October 2014, Hickox announced a new series called ''Tim & Ralph'', which centers around the adventures of two best friends. It is currently in its third season.

As of June 1, 2018, Hickox's current account has over 1.1 million subscribers, and those videos have over 822 million combined views. Many of the Lego videos on his current account have view counts that are in the eight-figure range. His old account, which he hasn't uploaded a video to since leaving it behind in 2009, has over 24,000 subscribers[[note]]The subscriber count on that channel has actually gone up over the years.[[/note], and all of those videos have over 56 million combined views.

As of Christmas 2014, Hickox's current account has over 453,000 subscribers, and those videos have almost 300 ''million'' combined views. Many of the Lego videos on his current account have view counts that are in the eight-figure range. His old account, which he hasn't uploaded a video to since leaving it behind in 2009, still sports nearly 18,000 subscribers, and all of those videos have nearly 47 million combined views.

* {{Sequel}}: Some of Hickox's videos get this treatment, like "Lego School" and "Lego Imposters". "Lego Pizza Delivery", which is about the misadventures of a pizza delivery boy, has ''five'' sequels! The original channel had a series called "Mullet Maniac", which had six sequels.

* {{Homage}}: The two "Lego Arcade" episodes on his old channel, which contain quick glimpses of classic arcade games like ''VideoGame/{{Frogger}}'', ''VideoGame/SpaceInvaders'', and ''VideoGame/PacMan'' in Lego form. There was also a separate 34-second video devoted to ''DonkeyKong''.

* {{Homage}}: The two "Lego Arcade" episodes on his old channel, which contain quick glimpses of classic arcade games like ''{{Frogger}}'', ''SpaceInvaders'', and ''PacMan'' in Lego form. There was also a separate 34-second video devoted to ''DonkeyKong''.

* AllThatGlitters: The ending of "Lego Treasure Hunt", [[spoiler: in which the protagonists discover the treasure is an American penny. They have no idea it's worthless yet.]]

* {{Sequel}}: Some of Hickox's videos get this treatment, like "Lego School" and "Lego Imposters". "Lego Pizza Delivery", which is about the misadventures of a pizza delivery boy, has ''four'' sequels! (And a fifth one due for release.) The original channel had a series called "Mullet Maniac", which had six sequels.

* AnAssKickingChristmas: "Lego Christmas Shopping", in which the main character is trampled multiple times by fellow shoppers; one shopper chases another around after being hit by a shopping cart; and another shopper ''takes off his own arm, and starts beating another shopper with it, trying to take away the item he just picked up''. Also, the main character is kicked in the butt by Santa Claus after requesting ''Legos'' for Christmas.

->''"Next to the creators of TheLEGOMovie, Michael Hickox may just be the best LEGO movie maker of all time."''

An {{UsefulNotes/Ohio}}-based creator of short YouTube videos, mostly those of the StopMotion variety. Said stop motion videos are based in the world of {{Lego}}. Hickox has been making these particular videos since ''way'' before [[Film/TheLegoMovie everything was awesome]].

* {{Sequel}}: Some of Hickox's videos get this treatment, like "Lego School" and "Lego Imposters". "Lego Pizza Delivery", which is about the misadventures of a pizza delivery boy, has ''four'' sequels! The original channel had a series called "Mullet Maniac", which had six sequels.

* {{Homage}}: The two "Lego Arcade" episodes on his old channel, which contain quick glimpses of classic arcade games in Lego form like ''Frogger'', ''SpaceInvaders'', and ''PacMan''. There was also a separate 34-second video devoted to ''DonkeyKong''.