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'''Brickshelf''' is an [[Wikipedia:Image hosting service|image hosting service]] for LEGO images created by Kevin Loch.
'''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.
As of February 2025, 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"/>


On August 31, 1999, Loch moved all 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"/>


August 31, 1999
== References ==
{{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>


scans of [[building instruction]]s from discontinued LEGO sets
<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>


Kevin Loch began hosting scans of LEGO instruction manuals on his website ''kl.net'' on April 19, 1998, due to
<!-- LUGNET posts -->
<ref name="RTL Loch 98-04-19"/>


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


{{formatnum:100000}} files on February 24, 2002; {{formatnum:250000}} files on March 17, 2003.<ref name="lugnet.publish 4655"/>
<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>
Brickshelf surpassed one million files on September 22, 2005.<ref name="lugnet.announce 3045"/>


== References ==
<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>
{{reflist|refs=
<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>
<!-- rec.toys.lego posts -->


<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="rec.toys.lego Loch 98-04-19">{{cite newsgroup |title=instruction scans |first=Kevin |last=Loch |date=April 19, 1998 |newsgroup=rec.toys.lego |message-id=3539C5BF.[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="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/publish/?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="rec.toys.lego Loch 98-04-20">{{cite newsgroup |title=scan site |first=Kevin |last=Loch |date=April 20, 1998 |newsgroup=rec.toys.lego |message-id=353ACE9D.[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="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>
<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 |message-id=353D6C39.[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="RTL Loch 98-04-19">{{cite newsgroup |title=instruction scans |first=David |last=Eaton |date=April 19, 1998 |newsgroup=rec.toys.lego |message-id=3539C5BF.654F@FUSPAMRZ-nensus.com |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 98-04-23">{{cite newsgroup |title=Re: instruction scan site |first=Kevin |last=Loch |date=April 23, 1998 |newsgroup=rec.toys.lego |message-id=353F7A87.7C94@NOSPMkl.net |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>
}}
}}


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Revision as of 00:21, 20 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
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. 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 a LEGO image hosting service created by Kevin Loch in 1999. As of February 2025, Brickshelf contains over 4.9 million files in 430 thousand folders.

History

Kevin Loch, a software engineer from Reston, Virginia,[1][2] started what would become Brickshelf after seeing numerous requests for scans of LEGO building instructions on rec.toys.lego. Loch announced his plans on April 19, 1998, and asked for readers to email him scans of instruction;[3] after receiving its first submission, the website was launched on April 20.[4] The initial version of the site was a basic directory index on Loch's main website, KL.net.[3] On April 22 Loch set up an FTP server users could anonymously upload to as well.[5] By April 23, the website had over 60 megabytes of images and had been viewed by over 200 people.[6] The website only hosted scans from discontinued LEGO sets; at launch, only allowed scans for sets released up through 1995 were publicized.[7]

On August 31, 1999, Loch moved all scans to a separate URL, BrickShelf.com.[8] BrickShelf was selected as LUGNET's "Cool LEGO Site of the Week" on February 20, 2000.[9]

Brickshelf reached 100,000 files on February 24, 2002, 250,000 files on March 17, 2003.[10] Brickshelf surpassed one million files on September 22, 2005.[11]

References

  1. ↑ Bender, Jonathan (2010). LEGO: A Love Story. Hoboken: John Wiley & Sons. pp. 107–108. ISBN 978-0-470-40702-8.
  2. ↑ "Kevin Loch's Net Server". Archived from the original on November 11, 1998.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Loch, Kevin (April 19, 1998). "instruction scans". Newsgroup: rec.toys.lego. Usenet: [email protected]. Archived from the original on February 16, 2025 – via Google Groups.
  4. ↑ Loch, Kevin (April 20, 1998). "scan site". Newsgroup: rec.toys.lego. Usenet: [email protected]. Archived from the original on February 19, 2025 – via Google Groups.
  5. ↑ Loch, Kevin (April 22, 1998). "instruction scans site". Newsgroup: rec.toys.lego. Usenet: [email protected]. Archived from the original on February 19, 2025 – via Google Groups.
  6. ↑ Loch, Kevin (April 23, 1998). "Re: instruction scan site". Newsgroup: rec.toys.lego. Usenet: [email protected]. Archived from the original on February 19, 2025 – via Google Groups.
  7. ↑ Loch, Kevin (April 22, 1998). "Re: Everyone Give a Big Thank You to Kevin Loch". Newsgroup: rec.toys.lego. Usenet: [email protected]. Archived from the original on February 19, 2025 – via Google Groups.
  8. ↑ Loch, Kevin (August 31, 1999). "Scan site is moving!". LUGNET. Newsgroup: lugnet.publish. Archived from the original on February 16, 2025.
  9. ↑ "Cool LEGO Site of the Week – February 20-26, 2000". LUGNET. Archived from the original on September 1, 2000.
  10. ↑ Eaton, David (September 3, 2004). "Re: Happy Birthday Brickshelf!". LUGNET. Newsgroup: lugnet.publish. Archived from the original on February 16, 2025.
  11. ↑ 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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