While I think it's getting more so, it has historically been a smaller, more niche, hobby that simply doesn't have that many members and is certainly not that high-profile. Plus, we have a lot of younger members and consequently don't encourage sharing a lot of personal details like exact location.

The hobby, like any other, has critics. But those that call it "Playing with kid's toys" are just uninformed and ignorant concerning the details and processes that going into crafting a brickfilm. They judge the book by it's cover and so they come away with a false impression. If they half-way care, you can correct them and educate them. If not, well, then it's no big deal. You benefit from "Playing" with your "Kid's toys", and that's what important when choosing a hobby. It's not their hobby, it's yours.

As brickfilmers, we really shouldn't feel lonely. We have a thriving, wonderful online community, and can easily connect with brickfilmers from around the globe. As to the second part, I've sadly never had the chance to physically meet another brickfilmer. There are quite a few in the US, but because we rarely share information like location we don't have a chance to cross paths...Or at least do so knowingly.  The exception to that is Brickflix or a Lego convention, but if one can't get the time or money to go, he's sunk. So you'd probably get the same feeling of being alone in your city where ever you are. If not, you would be in the very lucky minority.

I am an adult who never grew up, thus no one is really surprised when I tell them that I brickfilm.  Anyone who would think brickfilming was childish and lame would probably already think I was childish and lame before I even told them.
I don't really view this as a problem because I'm not even interested in becoming close friends with such individuals as they obviously have horrible taste and are far too wrapped up in what is and isn't childish with a strange interest in trying to be as mature as possible.

Though, most of the people I meet around my age aren't the kind of people to think brickfilming is childish.  Perhaps this has just been some random luck.
Of course, due to my vampiric nature I don't leave my home quite as much as the typical individual and thus don't meet as many people in person as does the average individual.

In my life, I've only met six actual brickfilmers, though one of which no longer actually films just acts, I met him through complete random chance.  The other five I met at Brickflix.
I've also apparently been inside the same room as Chris Wynn and David Pickett, but I've never met them.

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My friend who showed me brickfilms in the first place used to make them, but that was a long time ago when he was quite young. Still even though he doesn't make them any more, I could still talk to him about brickfilming, which was nice; but I haven't seen him in awhile. Another one of my close friends isn't a brickfilmer, but he greatly respects it as an art (he also voice acts in a ton of my videos, he's the voice of Dan), and it's nice to at least have someone who you can talk to about your work in person, and will actually discuss it with you.

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Keshan is Australian, as is the maker of The Magic Portal (thought to be the first brickfilm for a while). I feel kind of honoured to be an Australian brickfilmer. Maybe it's in our genes to be good at what we do.

Although I don't know many people in person my age who play with LEGO, I do feel right at home on BiM. Besides, staying up well into the early hors of the morning, and locked up in the studio, means the only real form of socialising I get is through the internet. Suits me.

That said, most of the people I do meet in real life have no problem with my hobby.

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Jampot, I live next to York. So, you wouldnt be alone. Also, Rob Frost (rstudios) goes to university in York.

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It's kinda lonely here in the Netherlands...

This is maybe a bit of a tangent to the conversation, but I find it unfortunate that there's this "coming out of the closet" mentality when it comes to telling people about brickfilming.  The funny thing is that for me, the older I get, the less I worry about it.  Most of my friends are well aware that I brickfilm and the large majority of them think that it's awesome.  Of course, there's always going to be a couple people that think you're weird but who cares?

I also think it helps if people can sense your enthusiasm.  Don't get all sheepish whenever someone talks about your brickfilming, be proud of what you do and share your enthusiasm with them.  They may not necessarily agree with you, but people have respect for others who are proud of who they are and what they do.

But i don't really know any myself...