Q: Who are we?
R: Hi, we are Rob and Stuart. I'm Rob and I'm addicted to LEGO® products, little blinking lights, and caffeine. It all started back around, oh, when I was 3, but let's fast forward a bit shall we?

In 2002 I was making headlines in the AFOL (Adult Fan of LEGO) world when I started putting LEDs inside little LEGO people called minifigs. I began simple and started honing my skills to become more advanced and more skilled in putting smaller lights in more places. As my skills advanced I added more components and more modifications to these LEGO minifigs and eventually opened Brickmodder Labs.

Never satisfied with my own work, I pushed forward until one day I learned about microchips and what they could do in very small sizes (thank you John Barnes). This led me on a four year quest to invent the perfect modular lighting system that could be used for lighting small scale models, model railroads, and of course, LEGO models. Sometime around year three, I stumbled upon Stuart, who programs microchips and also loves that little plastic brick and the rest is history.

S: Yup, I'm addicted to the little plastic brick too. But Rob, you should know, I started "borrowing" my brother and sister's Lego when I was about a year and a half. (Someday, I may even return a few.) Sadly, I did go through a "dark time" of my own during undergrad. After coming out of it, I got into pre-RCX LEGO robotics (a tracked cart and a 4-DOF arm) using my own interface to an Apple ][e and then into using the RCX for nefarious purposes when a friend gave me an awesome Christmas present. Yup, I did the whole sensor gig for both LEGO and non-LEGO robots.

Since then, I'd learned about microcontrollers and such. This led me back into wanting to add a little dynamic lighting to my MOCs. About the time I was trying to work out how to thread the wires through the technic holes using modular plugs, I ran across Rob. Ever since, we've been challenging each other to make better and smaller products. We agreed that Rob does mostly the hardware and I do the software.

As to what I build? Well, town/train with a little castle/fantasy and space/SF for good measure.

R: We opened up a secondary website (LifeLites Products) and debuted our first generation eLite way back in July 2007. In March 2008 we debuted our second generation eLite kits that are compatible with the new line of Power Functions products (now retired). New products are being developed and tested all the time here in the lab so keep checking with us to see what's new!

S: Oh yeah, and we do some custom stuff that appeals to us once in a while. Look for the Cylon on the Brickmodder website.