Review Fix Exclusive: Brandon Kipper Talks We Nailed It Creations and More

Review Fix chats with expert woodworker Brandon Kiper, who discusses his Etsy page, which features his replica Jordan shoe boxes and even cooler creations. Kipper also breaks down his goals for 2016 and how he started working in the industry.

Review Fix: How did you start making these creations?

Brandon Kipper: It all started when I bought a dart board and soon realized my friends were turning my wall into swiss cheese when they missed the board. I looked for a cheap backing I could put on the wall to protect it, but I couldn’t find one I liked. I created a frame out of an old pallet I got my hands on and added a cork board to protect the tips of the darts when they hit. After this, I got a little wood working bug and decided I could create more things for myself and others.

Review Fix: What’s the craziest thing you’ve ever built?

Kipper: This is another case of me not being able to find exactly what I wanted for a price I also wanted. I had been looking at getting a pool table for a little while that had a dark wood pattern to match the scheme of the room it was going in. My budget did not allow that to happen of course. I looked up countless ideas of pool tables and jotted down things that I could make myself. After drawing up the plans, I started building a pool table and it turned out to be very level. I just bought the sticks and pocket holders. After I built the dart board backing I never thought I would make anything too crazy, but an 8ft pool table really took the cake for this one.

Review Fix: How long does it usually take you to make something?

Kipper: My highest selling item would be the replica Jordan shoe box storage units. They take about a week of on and off work. The painting and glossing take the longest just by the drying period alone; however, I can draw up plans, cut the wood, piece everything together and install the drawers in about 4 hours. The rest is just detail work.

Review Fix: What are your goals for 2016?

Kipper: My goals for 2016 would be to find a cheaper way to make and ship my items so I can try and sell them at a lower price or reach more people. Also expand into new fields and really extend my horizon. I’ve only been working with wood for a few months now, so I’m really hoping I can start more projects and create things that more people would like.

Review Fix: Where can people find out more about your work?

Kipper: I have an Etsy page where some of my items can be purchased. I’ll also post some of my work on my Instagram page @b_kipper, but that’s mostly my personal life.

Review Fix: Anything else you’d like to say?

Kipper: I’m a 21-year-old college student working on graduate school to get a PhD in Psychology, I do woodworking and creating as a hobby. I’m not in it for the money, I just like being able to create something out of nothing and make someone happy with the final product. I love personalizing orders and making sure the product they get is a one of one creation. In my short experience with this, it makes me very happy to take a person’s idea of what they’re looking for and make it come to life. The positive feedback and pictures I’ve gotten of people using my products trumps any form of money I would like to get from this business.

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Patrick Hickey Jr. is a full-time Assistant Professor of Communication & Performing Arts and Director of the Journalism program at Kingsborough Community College and is the chairman of the City University of New York Journalism Council. He is the Founder and Editor-In-Chief of ReviewFix.com. He's also a former News Editor at NBC Local Integrated Media and National Video Games Writer at Examiner.com where his work was mentioned in National Ad campaigns by Disney, Nintendo and EA Sports. Hickey was also the Editor-In-Chief of two College Newspapers before he received his BA in Journalism from Brooklyn College. Hickey's work has been published in The New York Daily News, The New York Times, Complex, The Hockey Writers, Yahoo!, Broadway World, Examiner, NYSportScene Magazine, ProHockeyNews.com, GothamBaseball.com, The Syracuse Post-Standard, Scout.com and the official sites of the Brooklyn Aces and New York Islanders. His first book, The Minds Behind the Games: Interviews With Cult And Classic Video Game Developers was released in April 2018 and is chock full of interviews with legendary developers. His second book in the series, The Minds Behind Adventures Games, was released in December 2019. His third book, The Minds Behind Sports Games, was released in September 2020. His fourth book, The Minds Behind Shooter Games, was released in March 2021. The Minds Behind Sega Genesis Games and The Minds Behind PlayStation Games were released in 2022 and The Minds Behind PlayStation 2 was published in January 2023. Hickey is also a contracted comic book writer, currently penning his original series, "Condrey," as well as "The Job," "Brooklyn Bleeds" "Dem Gulls" and "KROOM" for Legacy Comix, where he serves as founder, owner and Editor-in-Chief. Hickey Jr. is also a voice actor, having starred in the 2018 indie hit and 2019 Switch, PS4 and Xbox One release, The Padre (also serving as English language Story Editor), from Shotgun With Glitters. The sequel, The Padre: One Shell Straight to Hell was released in February 2021- Hickey also served as a Story Editor and Lead Voiceover performer. He has also done narration and trailers for several other titles including The Kaiju Offensive, Relentless Rex and Roniu’s Tale. Hickey is also the lead voiceover performer on Mega Cat Studios’ upcoming title WrestleQuest, responsible for nearly 90 characters in the game, as well as Skybound's Renfield: Bring Your Own Blood, where he voices both Dracula and Renfield, as well as several other characters. He also stars in Ziggurat Interactive’s World Championship Boxing Manager 2, where he performs the VO of nearly every male character in the game. He also worked on the Atari VCS’s BPM Boy.

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