Category: Community (Page 14 of 159)

BrickLink has announced that the BrickLink Designer Program will be returning as a permanent program as of right now. Series 1, as they dubbed it, will be similar to the Invitational back in 2021 but with some changes to support the new program. The main thing is that all sets that the five designs that get 3,000 pre-orders will be produced and up to 20,000 sets will be made. Submissions will start in about 53 days from this post. Below is the estimated timetable for what will be going on for BrickLink Designer Program Series 1.

• Create your designs (December 9, 2022 — February 2023) – Design your models in Studio. Follow the Submission Guidelines.

• Open Submission (February 1 — 28, 2023) – Submit your models during a 4-week window to be considered before the deadline on February 28, 2023 at noon Pacific US time.

• Crowd Support (March 7 — March 31, 2023) – We invite all BrickLink members to vote for their favorite submissions. This crowd vote weighs in alongside the BDP’s internal selection criteria and influences the designs chosen for crowdfunding.

• Review (April — May 2023) – Our team checks every design for building experience, brand fit, and crowd favorites.

• 5 Designs Announced (Late May 2023) – We’ll reveal the five Series 1 designs. Then we’ll collaborate with fan designers to prepare them for production.

• Crowdfunding (February 2024) – BrickLink members may pre-order their favorite sets, with a limit of 2 of each set per household. All sets … Continue

Signups for the 2023 LEGO Inside 2023 is now live if you want a chance to experience one of the most exclusive events that LEGO provides. You have until December 9 to fill out the form and LEGO will choose the lucky few from everybody who enters.

Tickets cost 20,000 DKK (~$2830) per person and price includes three overnight stays at the LEGOLAND hotel with breakfast and snacks. You also get a full year free pass to the LEGO House and a season pass to LEGOLAND. Travel costs to Denmark are not included.

• May 10-12
• May 24-26
• June 21-23
• August 30 – September 1
• October 4-6
• November 1-3

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Registration for the 2023 LEGO House Tour will be kicking off tomorrow if you’re interested in attending one of the most exclusive events that LEGO offers. The event will take place six times next year and you’ll get a guided tour of the LEGO internal museum, shop at the employee store with discounted prices, and also get the exclusive LEGO Inside Tour set.

• May 10-12
• May 24-26
• June 21-23
• August 30 – September 1
• October 4-6
• November 1-3

Tickets cost 20,000 DKK (~$2830) per person and price includes three overnight stays at the LEGOLAND hotel with breakfast and snacks. You also get a full year free pass to the LEGO House and a season pass to LEGOLAND. Travel costs to Billund are not included so you’ll have to factor that in to the total costs. The price did go up from last year but from everyone that I’ve talked to who attended, it’s worth the cost.

Registration starts on December 6 at 10:00am CET (1am PT/4am ET) and ends on December 9. Note that signing up doesn’t guarantee you a spot.

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It’s been a while since we’ve heard about The Secret Life of LEGO Bricks crowdfunding project but it looks like there’s some good news. The books are finally shipping out to supporters and some of you may have yours delivered already. An update on one of Unbound’s posts says the rewards should be sent out with the books and everything comes in one package. I’ve already heard from people that isn’t the case.

One of the more popular rewards was the LEGO pogo stick prototype element and minifigure which is one of LEGO’s first 3D printed elements. Some people who had that reward tier didn’t get theirs in the package and only got the book. I can only say contact Unbound in this situation and see if they can fix it. Just a side note, the pogo stick proto is already going for over $1000 on the secondary market.

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We’ve had this on the LEGO Ambassador Network to test out for about a month now but you can now change your username for your LEGO account. You will be able to choose a universal LEGO nickname to use instead of the random generated one that you got when you first signed up. For obvious reasons, you can’t use the word “LEGO” in it. You can read up on the full list of rules here. Goodbye SergeantTrainedZebra.

• Follow this link to log in to your LEGO Account
• Click the Edit icon next to your avatar
• Choose your preferred nickname in the field
• Click Submit and wait a few seconds for your nickname to be approved

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Last year, LEGO did a survey in the Rewards Center to gauge interest on new subscription programs that includes a number of perks. Today a new survey has gone up that is looking for feedback on names that this subscription service could be called. The names seem to be different for other countries or even VIP members as I have seen ones with totally different names. The names that my survey had are:

• LEGO Central
• LEGO Nogle
• LEGO Imagination
• LEGO Click
• LEGO Play
• LEGO Imagine
• LEGO Together
• LEGO Limitless
• LEGO Unlimited
• LEGO Universe

The survey ends on November 20 and you can earn 50 VIP points if you complete the entire survey which takes about 10 minutes.

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