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{{Infobox website
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| name              = Brickshelf
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| screenshot_alt    = A simple website showing a gallery of images and options to log in, search the gallery, or browse certain tags. The six images shown are in a "Recent Folders" section.
| screenshot_alt    = A simple website showing a gallery of images and options to log in, search the gallery, or browse certain tags. The six images shown are in a "Recent Folders" section.
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| caption          = Screenshot of the home page on February 16, 2025
| caption          = Screenshot of the home page on February 16, 2025
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'''Brickshelf''' is a LEGO [[Wikipedia:Image hosting service|image hosting service]] created by Kevin Loch in 1999. As of February 2025, Brickshelf contains over 4.9 million files in 430 thousand folders.
'''Brickshelf''' is a LEGO [[Wikipedia:Image hosting service|image hosting service]].
{{As of|January 2026}}, Brickshelf contains over 4.9 million files in 430 thousand folders.


== History ==
== History ==
Kevin Loch, a software engineer from [[Wikipedia:Reston, Virginia|Reston, Virginia]],<ref name="Bender 2010"/><ref name="KLNet"/> started what would become Brickshelf after seeing numerous requests for scans of LEGO [[building instruction]]s on [[rec.toys.lego]]. Loch announced his plans on April 19, 1998, and asked for readers to email him scans of instruction;<ref name="rec.toys.lego Loch 98-04-19"/> after receiving its first submission, the website was launched on April 20.<ref name="rec.toys.lego Loch 98-04-20"/> The initial version of the site was a basic [[Wikipedia:Web server directory index|directory index]] on Loch's main website, KL.net.<ref name="rec.toys.lego Loch 98-04-19"/> On April 22 Loch set up an [[Wikipedia:FTP server|FTP server]] users could anonymously upload to as well.<ref name="rec.toys.lego Loch 98-04-22"/> By April 23, the website had over 60 megabytes of images and had been viewed by over 200 people.<ref name="rec.toys.lego Loch 98-04-23"/>
The website only hosted scans from discontinued LEGO sets; at launch, only allowed scans for sets released up through 1995 were publicized.<ref name="rec.toys.lego Loch 98-04-29"/>
[[File:Brickshelf 20001027 IE5.png|thumb|BrickShelf in October 2000]]
On August 31, 1999, Loch moved all scans from ''kl.net/scans'' to a separate URL, ''BrickShelf.com''.<ref name="lugnet.publish 762"/>
BrickShelf was selected as LUGNET's "Cool LEGO Site of the Week" on February 20, 2000.<ref name="lugnet site-172"/>
Brickshelf reached {{formatnum:100000}} files on February 24, 2002, {{formatnum:250000}} files on March 17, 2003.<ref name="lugnet.publish 4655"/>
Brickshelf surpassed one million files on September 22, 2005.<ref name="lugnet.announce 3045"/>


== References ==
== References ==
{{reflist|refs=
{{reflist|refs=
<ref name="Bender 2010">{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/legolovestory0000bend/page/107/mode/2up?view=theater |title=LEGO: A Love Story |first=Jonathan |last=Bender |year=2010 |pages=107-108 |publisher=[[Wikipedia:John Wiley & Sons|John Wiley & Sons]] |location=[[Wikipedia:Hoboken, New Jersey|Hoboken]] |ISBN=978-0-470-40702-8}}</ref>
<ref name="KLNet">{{cite web |url=http://www.kl.net/ |title=Kevin Loch's Net Server |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19981111191618/http://www.kl.net:80/ |archive-date=November 11, 1998}}</ref>
<ref name="lugnet site-172">{{cite web |url=http://www.lugnet.com/cool/site-172 |title=Cool LEGO Site of the Week – February 20-26, 2000 |website=[[LUGNET]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000901024802/http://www.lugnet.com/cool/site-172 |archive-date=September 1, 2000}}</ref>
<!-- LUGNET posts -->
<ref name="lugnet.announce 3045">{{cite newsgroup |title=Brickshelf surpases the 1 million file mark |first=Eric |last=Sophie |date=September 22, 2005 |website=[[LUGNET]] |newsgroup=lugnet.announce |url=https://news.lugnet.com/announce/?n=3045 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250217082421/https://news.lugnet.com/announce/?n=3045 |archive-date=February 17, 2025 |url-status=live}}</ref>
<ref name="lugnet.publish 762">{{cite newsgroup |title=Scan site is moving! |first=Kevin |last=Loch |date=August 31, 1999 |website=[[LUGNET]] |newsgroup=lugnet.publish |url=https://news.lugnet.com/publish/?n=762 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250216110716/https://news.lugnet.com/publish/?n=762 |archive-date=February 16, 2025 |url-status=live}}</ref>
<ref name="lugnet.publish 4655">{{cite newsgroup |title=Re: Happy Birthday Brickshelf! |first=David |last=Eaton |date=September 3, 2004 |website=[[LUGNET]] |newsgroup=lugnet.publish |url=https://news.lugnet.com/publish/?n=4655 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250216113248/https://news.lugnet.com/publish/?n=4655 |archive-date=February 16, 2025 |url-status=live}}</ref>
<!-- rec.toys.lego posts -->
<ref name="rec.toys.lego Loch 98-04-19">{{cite newsgroup |title=instruction scans |first=Kevin |last=Loch |date=April 19, 1998 |newsgroup=rec.toys.lego |[email protected] |url=https://groups.google.com/g/rec.toys.lego/c/XFKw_SWooeA/m/4T1Skduj9CgJ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250216115708/https://groups.google.com/g/rec.toys.lego/c/XFKw_SWooeA/m/4T1Skduj9CgJ |archive-date=February 16, 2025 |url-status=live |via=[[Wikipedia:Google Groups|Google Groups]]}}</ref>
<ref name="rec.toys.lego Loch 98-04-20">{{cite newsgroup |title=scan site |first=Kevin |last=Loch |date=April 20, 1998 |newsgroup=rec.toys.lego |[email protected] |url=https://groups.google.com/g/rec.toys.lego/c/XTCCYMdxDuk/m/4oa7Jqa8TS4J |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250219012306/https://groups.google.com/g/rec.toys.lego/c/XTCCYMdxDuk/m/4oa7Jqa8TS4J |archive-date=February 19, 2025 |url-status=live |via=[[Wikipedia:Google Groups|Google Groups]]}}</ref>
<ref name="rec.toys.lego Loch 98-04-22">{{cite newsgroup |title=instruction scans site |first=Kevin |last=Loch |date=April 22, 1998 |newsgroup=rec.toys.lego |[email protected] |url=https://groups.google.com/g/rec.toys.lego/c/86xecxUCboo/m/Ts4ht0EAQHAJ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250219101152/https://groups.google.com/g/rec.toys.lego/c/86xecxUCboo/m/Ts4ht0EAQHAJ |archive-date=February 19, 2025 |url-status=live |via=[[Wikipedia:Google Groups|Google Groups]]}}</ref>
<ref name="rec.toys.lego Loch 98-04-23">{{cite newsgroup |title=Re: instruction scan site |first=Kevin |last=Loch |date=April 23, 1998 |newsgroup=rec.toys.lego |[email protected] |url=https://groups.google.com/g/rec.toys.lego/c/86xecxUCboo/m/d1E4DzPHy6QJ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250219104340/https://groups.google.com/g/rec.toys.lego/c/86xecxUCboo/m/d1E4DzPHy6QJ |archive-date=February 19, 2025 |url-status=live |via=[[Wikipedia:Google Groups|Google Groups]]}}</ref>
<ref name="rec.toys.lego Loch 98-04-29">{{cite newsgroup |title=Re: Everyone Give a Big Thank You to Kevin Loch |first=Kevin |last=Loch |date=April 22, 1998 |newsgroup=rec.toys.lego |[email protected] |url=https://groups.google.com/g/rec.toys.lego/c/7kRahKvhKrQ/m/9ondGLH1oDQJ |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250219222032/https://groups.google.com/g/rec.toys.lego/c/7kRahKvhKrQ/m/9ondGLH1oDQJ |archive-date=February 19, 2025 |url-status=live |via=[[Wikipedia:Google Groups|Google Groups]]}}</ref>
}}
}}


== External links ==
== External links ==
* [https://brickshelf.com/home.cgi Official website]
* {{Official website|brickshelf.com}}


[[Category:1999 establishments]]
[[Category:Internet properties established in 1998]]
[[Category:LEGO image-sharing websites]]
[[Category:LEGO image-sharing websites]]
[[Category:LUGNET]]
[[Category:LUGNET]]

Latest revision as of 20:20, 12 January 2026

Brickshelf
A simple drawing of a red 1×1 LEGO brick with two smaller shapes, one blue and one yellow, leaning against it
A simple website showing a gallery of images and options to log in, search the gallery, or browse certain tags. The six images shown are in a "Recent Folders" section.
Screenshot of the home page on February 16, 2025
Available inEnglish
Created byKevin M. Loch
URLbrickshelf.com
RegistrationOptional (required to upload files)

Brickshelf is a LEGO image hosting service. As of January 2026, Brickshelf contains over 4.9 million files in 430 thousand folders.

History

References

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