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'''Brickshelf''' is an [[Wikipedia:Image hosting service|image hosting service]] for LEGO images created by Kevin Loch.
'''Brickshelf''' is an [[Wikipedia:Image hosting service|image hosting service]] for LEGO images created by Kevin Loch.
As of February 2025, Brickshelf contains over 4.9 million files in 430 thousand folders.
As of February 2025, Brickshelf contains over 4.9 million files in 430 thousand folders.
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== History ==
== History ==
August 31, 1999


scans of [[building instruction]]s from discontinued LEGO sets
scans of [[building instruction]]s from discontinued LEGO sets
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== References ==
== References ==
{{reflist|refs=
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<ref name="Bender">{{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="AFOL History Project">{{cite web |url=http://www.suave.net/~dave/afol_history.pl?timeline=1 |title=The AFOL History Project |first=David |last=Eaton |date=10 September 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210919201210/http://www.suave.net/~dave/afol_history.pl?timeline=1 |archive-date=2021-09-19 |url-status=dead}} Text is [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/us/ CC BY-SA 3.0].</ref><!--note: website says Brickshelf.com started Sep 2, even though Eaton previously correctly identified it as Aug 31. Sep 2 is when Loch announced it on RTL, but he announced it on LUGNET two days earlier.-->
 
<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="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 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>
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<ref name="RTL Loch 98-04-19">{{cite newsgroup |title=instruction scans |first=David |last=Eaton |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="RTL Loch 98-04-19">{{cite newsgroup |title=instruction scans |first=David |last=Eaton |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>


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[[Category:1999 establishments]]
[[Category:1999 establishments]]

Revision as of 05:46, 18 February 2025

Brickshelf
A simple drawing of a red 1×1 LEGO brick with two smaller shapes, one blue and one yellow, leaning against it
Screenshot
Screenshot of the home page on February 16, 2025. The folders shown are randomly selected from the most recently-approved submissions.
Type of site
Image hosting service
Available inEnglish
OwnerBrickshelf II, LLC.
Created byKevin M. Loch
URLbrickshelf.com
RegistrationOptional (required to upload files)
LaunchedAugust 31, 1999; 25 years ago (1999-08-31)
Current statusOnline (registration disabled)

Brickshelf is an image hosting service for LEGO images created by Kevin Loch. As of February 2025, Brickshelf contains over 4.9 million files in 430 thousand folders.

History

August 31, 1999


scans of building instructions from discontinued LEGO sets


Kevin Loch began hosting scans of LEGO instruction manuals on his website kl.net on April 19, 1998, due to [1]

On April 19, 1998, rec.toys.lego user Kevin Loch began hosting scans on his website kl.net. [2]

100,000 files on February 24, 2002; 250,000 files on March 17, 2003.[3] Brickshelf surpassed one million files on September 22, 2005.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Eaton, David (April 19, 1998). "instruction scans". Newsgroup: rec.toys.lego. Usenet: [email protected]. Archived from the original on February 16, 2025 – via Google Groups.
  2. ↑ Loch, Kevin (August 31, 1999). "Scan site is moving!". LUGNET. Newsgroup: lugnet.publish. Archived from the original on February 16, 2025.
  3. ↑ Eaton, David (September 3, 2004). "Re: Happy Birthday Brickshelf!". LUGNET. Newsgroup: lugnet.publish. Archived from the original on February 16, 2025.
  4. ↑ Sophie, Eric (September 22, 2005). "Brickshelf surpases the 1 million file mark". LUGNET. Newsgroup: lugnet.announce. Archived from the original on February 17, 2025.

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