Brickshelf
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Type of site | Image hosting service |
|---|---|
| Available in | English |
| Owner | Brickshelf II, LLC. |
| Created by | Kevin M. Loch |
| URL | brickshelf |
| Registration | Optional (required to upload files) |
| Launched | August 31, 1999 |
| Current status | Online (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
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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
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Loch, Kevin (August 31, 1999). "Scan site is moving!". LUGNET. Newsgroup: lugnet.publish. Archived from the original on February 16, 2025.
- ↑ Eaton, David (September 3, 2004). "Re: Happy Birthday Brickshelf!". LUGNET. Newsgroup: lugnet.publish. Archived from the original on February 16, 2025.
- ↑ 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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