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ok cool the book i had used is now unavailable for borrowing. guess i need to download it now. thats what the publishers wanted right
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| creator          = Kevin M. Loch
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'''Brickshelf''' is a LEGO image hosting site 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.
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== History ==


== History ==
scans of [[building instruction]]s from discontinued LEGO sets
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[[rec.toys.lego]] user Kevin Loch began hosting scans on
 
his website KLNet (KL Networking Services, later Kevin Loch's Net Server)-->
Kevin Loch began hosting scans of LEGO instruction manuals on his website ''kl.net'' on April 19, 1998, due to
<ref name="RTL Loch 98-04-19"/>
<ref name="RTL Loch 98-04-19"/>
<ref name="LUGNET 762"/>
 
<ref name="LUGNET 4655"/>
On April 19, 1998, [[rec.toys.lego]] user Kevin Loch began hosting scans on his website kl.net.
<ref name="lugnet.publish 762"/>
 
{{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">{{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 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>


<ref name="LUGNET 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="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="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="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]]


[[Category:LEGO image sites]]
[[Category:LEGO image-sharing websites]]
[[Category:LUGNET]]
[[Category:LUGNET]]
[[Category:Online LEGO communities]]

Revision as of 04:26, 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 displayed recent folders are randomized, but have not been updated since June 2024
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.

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