Research Realm:About

Research Realm is a wiki dedicated to preserving the history of LEGO through research and documentation. We focus on:

• Digital LEGO, especially the following categories:
  • Early video games, including PC and web games
  • Scans of catalogs, instructions, and boxes
• Physical Prototypes of bricks and sets, as they reveal how the LEGO Group develops its products

Values

• Accuracy over openness
  • We hand-pick editors to ensure high quality, accurate articles written with a deep knowledge of LEGO. While opening up to all fans would increase our velocity, it would also result in many low-quality contributions and overwhelm our vetting process.
• Verifiability over comprehensiveness
  • We expect our editors to cite their sources the moment they add information, not later to help ensure information is accurate.
• Media over sets
  • Multiple sites maintain excellent databases of LEGO sets, inventories, and instructions. We see little value in contributing to this crowded space and want to specialize on understudied areas.
• Confidentiality over transparency
  • At times we may receive information from ex-employees of the LEGO Group or third parties who contracted with it. To maintain trust with these individuals, we may choose to not publicly cite them.

History

Research Realm was founded by Baraklava in YYYY.