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Tag: AFOL Designer Program
Look inside the LEGO BrickLink Designer Program boxes
The first batch of rejected LEGO Ideas sets in the BrickLink Designer Program are starting to arrive with fans, giving us our first look inside their unique packaging. With a plain white background that pulls focus to the set – much in the same way as the LEGO Group’s mass-market black packaging – the boxes…
First look at LEGO 910001 The Castle in the Forest in the flesh
The first round of sets from the BrickLink Designer Program are now beginning to arrive with fans, giving us a better look at the latest official LEGO castle. Daniel Van Zonneveld’s 910001 The Castle in the Forest may have faltered at the review stage on LEGO Ideas, but it still managed to sell twice its…
LEGO BrickLink Designer Program first round sets and boxes revealed
We’ve finally got a first look at the finished LEGO sets from the first round of the BrickLink Designer Program – as well as their packaging. The LEGO Building Instructions app has revealed a first glimpse at the five rejected LEGO Ideas sets that were successfully crowdfunded in the BrickLink Designer Program’s first round over…
LEGO focusing on exclusivity is the wrong approach for the BrickLink Designer Program
The wording around the LEGO Group’s BrickLink Designer Program suggests it’s prioritising exclusivity – and that’s entirely the wrong approach for the majority of consumers. When the LEGO Group and BrickLink’s programme to bring back rejected LEGO Ideas sets was first unveiled, each of the successfully-funded projects had a limit of 5,000 copies available for…
LEGO says the BrickLink Designer Program’s goal ‘isn’t to maximise profit’
BrickLink says it’s trying to keep Designer Program prices affordable for fans, and the goal of bringing back rejected LEGO Ideas sets ‘isn’t to maximise profit’. We only learned the cost of each of the seven sets in the first wave hours before crowdfunding went live, and even then it was only because we dug…
Prices confirmed for first round of LEGO BrickLink Designer Program sets
The BrickLink Designer Program’s first round of sets are now listed on LEGO.com, confirming they’ll be available through the official online store and revealing their prices. While the product pages aren’t properly live yet, typing any of the relevant product numbers into the search bar on LEGO.com brings up the relevant pre-order price for each…
We still don’t know key details about LEGO’s BrickLink Designer Program
With just 24 hours to go until the first BrickLink Designer Program crowdfunding phase kicks off, there’s still so much we don’t know about the plan to bring back rejected LEGO Ideas projects. Last-minute changes to designs and sets getting shelved are currently the defining stories of the BrickLink Designer Program, which begins its first…
First round of LEGO BrickLink Designer Program sets revealed
The LEGO Group and BrickLink have revealed all eight sets involved in the first round of crowdfunding for the BrickLink Designer Program. While we already knew the shortlist of models included in the first of the three individual crowdfunding phases, this is our first look at how their creators have revised each of their original…
Win one of 10 LEGO antique fire engines in survey on the future of BrickLink
BrickLink has launched a new user survey focused on the future of the platform, and you can win one of 10 LEGO antique fire engines just for taking part. You might remember LEGO MASTERS contestant Boone Langston’s fire engine from 2019’s AFOL Designer Program, the successor to which has just launched over at BrickLink. The…
