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Tag: Daniel Van Zonneveld
LEGO BrickLink Designer Program instructions available for free
The building instructions for the first five LEGO sets in the BrickLink Designer Program are now available for free online – even if you missed out on pre-orders. That means you can assemble your own copy of Daniel Van Zonneveld’s 910001 The Castle in the Forest with your own part collection (or by buying the…
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 sales have all but stalled
Sales of the remaining three BrickLink Designer Program sets in the re-opened first round have seemingly all but stalled, suggesting the LEGO Group may have overestimated demand. Following the accidental sale of 10,000 copies of 910001 The Castle in the Forest (instead of the originally-planned 5,000), the LEGO Group and BrickLink relaunched pre-orders for the…
Second chance at LEGO BrickLink Designer Program sets starts later today
Pre-orders for the first round of rejected LEGO Ideas sets in the BrickLink Designer Program will re-open later today. Four of the first five successfully-funded sets will be available to purchase, including 910010 The Great Fishing Boat, 910016 Sheriff’s Safe, 910017 Kakapo and 910028 Pursuit of Flight. A total of 5,000 copies of each model…
LEGO reveals they will not share BrickLink Designer Program set instructions
The LEGO Group responded to AFOL requests to make building instructions for the BrickLink Designer Program sets – but not in the way fans had hoped. Director of Community Engagement Tanja Friberg told LEGO Fan Media (including Brick Fanatics) that it is unlikely that build instructions will be made available to those who did not manage to secure…
LEGO has ‘taken action’ against BrickLink Designer Program scalpers
The LEGO Group says it’s ‘taken action’ against scalpers attempting to cash in on BrickLink Designer Program sets on eBay. Less than 24 hours after selling out, both 910001 The Castle in the Forest and 910010 The Great Fishing Boat had already popped up on eBay for sums vastly beyond their original pre-order price on…
LEGO explains 5,000 set limit for BrickLink Designer Program
The LEGO Group has explained why the initial batch of crowdfunded sets in the BrickLink Designer Program were limited to just 5,000 copies each. When crowdfunding opened for the first round of rejected LEGO Ideas projects last week, four of them sold out within 24 hours. In fact, Daniel Van Zonneveld’s 910001 The Castle in…
LEGO and BrickLink reviewing server capacity for future crowdfunding runs
BrickLink says it’s ‘reviewing server capacity’ after traffic overwhelmed the site during its first Designer Program round, preventing LEGO fans from placing their orders before sets sold out. Pre-orders for seven rejected LEGO Ideas projects opened last Thursday, but BrickLink’s servers struggled to cope with demand, leaving many fans attempting to secure their sets staring…
LEGO and BrickLink accidentally sold 10,000 Castle in the Forest sets
The LEGO Group and BrickLink have admitted that a glitch in their systems allowed fans to pre-order 10,000 copies of The Castle in the Forest – twice the predetermined limit. The five successful projects in the first round of crowdfunding were capped at 5,000 pre-orders each, with four of them selling out within the first…