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| | | Author: | Admin  | | Posted: | Dec 17, 2020 11:59 | | Subject: | The return of the Designer Program | | Viewed: | 79848 times | | Topic: | NEWS | |
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| Dear BrickLink members,
Back in 2018, we launched a pilot program with the LEGO Group to celebrate 60 years of the LEGO® brick and help realize unique fan designs with original themes. Thirteen fan designs were successfully crowdfunded through the pilot, and we have received many questions about its potential return since then. Is there going to be a second iteration? If so, when? You won’t have to wait much longer because we can happily reveal that the Designer Program will make its return in 2021!
Are there any changes to the program?
While the core part of the program remains unchanged, there is one important difference. According to a recent survey, an overwhelming number of you showed enthusiasm and support in leveraging the Designer Program to realize LEGO Ideas fan designs that were not selected for production (see chart below).
Above: Percentage of approval or disapproval of realizing LEGO Ideas projects not produced
Above: Direct quotes related to realizing LEGO Ideas projects not produced
With this information, we decided to officially move forward with realizing designs from LEGO Ideas that many of you already appreciate. We will work closely with the LEGO Ideas team to bring as many great designs into the world as possible!
Who will be invited?
Select designers whose project(s) acquired 10,000 votes on LEGO Ideas, but were not approved for production, will be invited to participate in this Designer Program. Unfortunately, IP-based designs will not be eligible for the Designer Program, in addition to a few other projects that we know we unfortunately can’t realize. The LEGO Ideas team will first contact the designers from January, and then the BrickLink team will proceed with the onboarding process for participating designers.
What will happen to the original AFOL Designer Program?
We understand that there are some AFOL designers and fans who anticipated a new intake of original projects. Our intention is to host annual Designer Programs that best reflect voices of the AFOL communities. Depending on preferences, we may return to the original format of the open contest in 2022. But rest assure, that no matter how designs are submitted to the program, we will continue to celebrate fan creativity by realizing your dream sets through crowdfunding.
When can I get more information?
The official program title and detailed timeline have yet to be confirmed, but you can expect to get more information in early 2021. At the same time, we will also unveil all participating designers and their projects.
We are pleased to continue this journey with you! Thank you again for contributing to the success of the 2018 pilot and for your ever-growing support of fan designs. If you haven’t already, please take a moment to browse the Studio Gallery page to view more designs created by members of the AFOL community.
Stay vigilant and happy holidays!
The BrickLink Team
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| | | | | Author: | jamesvickery | | Posted: | Dec 17, 2020 12:02 | | Subject: | Re: The return of the Designer Program | | Viewed: | 373 times | | Topic: | Announce | |
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| | cant wait! |
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| | | | | Author: | wahiggin | | Posted: | Dec 17, 2020 12:15 | | Subject: | Re: The return of the Designer Program | | Viewed: | 246 times | | Topic: | LEGO products | |
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| | Sounds great! |
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| | | | | Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Dec 17, 2020 13:13 | | Subject: | Re: The return of the Designer Program | | Viewed: | 521 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| This sounds great. Although if this is BL run rather than done in house at LEGO,
then are LEGO/BL going to be hiring more staff to manually pick the parts or
will it be all-hands-on-deck with all staff concentrating on picking instead
of other roles.
And will it be a wholly US based operation again, or will there be European distribution
sites too?
And will it be limited parts again or are recolours going to be allowed?
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| | | | | Author: | StarBrick | | Posted: | Dec 17, 2020 15:26 | | Subject: | Re: The return of the Designer Program | | Viewed: | 289 times | | Topic: | Announce | |
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| | Great! That's some good news for the new year to come already!!! |
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| | | | | Author: | hjos | | Posted: | Dec 17, 2020 16:52 | | Subject: | Re: The return of the Designer Program | | Viewed: | 369 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| It will be great to have a new designer program and, just to clarify, the crowdfunding
for the last one it was in 2019, not in 2018.
In NEWS, Admin writes:
| | Dear BrickLink members,
Back in 2018, we launched a pilot program with the LEGO Group to celebrate 60 years of the LEGO® brick and help realize unique fan designs with original themes. Thirteen fan designs were successfully crowdfunded through the pilot, and we have received many questions about its potential return since then. Is there going to be a second iteration? If so, when? You won’t have to wait much longer because we can happily reveal that the Designer Program will make its return in 2021!
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| | | | | Author: | hjos | | Posted: | Dec 17, 2020 16:52 | | Subject: | (Cancelled) | | Viewed: | 299 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| | | | | Author: | povoq | | Posted: | Dec 17, 2020 18:05 | | Subject: | Re: The return of the Designer Program | | Viewed: | 285 times | | Topic: | Events | |
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| The Castle in the Forest is ready to enter the competition. May the best castle
win 
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| | | | | | | Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Dec 18, 2020 01:43 | | Subject: | Re: The return of the Designer Program | | Viewed: | 292 times | | Topic: | Events | |
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| In Events, povoq writes:
| | The Castle in the Forest is ready to enter the competition. May the best castle
win
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Is it a competition. I read it as that 10K club have already passed and it is
up to the designers if they want to proceed.
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| | | | | | | | | Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Dec 18, 2020 02:03 | | Subject: | Re: The return of the Designer Program | | Viewed: | 319 times | | Topic: | Events | |
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| In Events, yorbrick writes:
| | In Events, povoq writes:
| | The Castle in the Forest is ready to enter the competition. May the best castle
win
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Is it a competition. I read it as that 10K club have already passed and it is
up to the designers if they want to proceed.
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But there’ll be a crowdfunding period to know which to produce, no?
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| | | | | | | | | | | Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Dec 18, 2020 04:07 | | Subject: | Re: The return of the Designer Program | | Viewed: | 299 times | | Topic: | Events | |
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| In Events, SylvainLS writes:
| | In Events, yorbrick writes:
| | In Events, povoq writes:
| | The Castle in the Forest is ready to enter the competition. May the best castle
win
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Is it a competition. I read it as that 10K club have already passed and it is
up to the designers if they want to proceed.
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But there’ll be a crowdfunding period to know which to produce, no?
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Yes, but that is not a competition with a defined winner. Surely all designs
that meet whatever thresholds are necessary will presumably pass, so there is
no actual winner. Just those with enough cash behind them to produce and those
without.
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| | | | | | | Author: | ChokyIsMe | | Posted: | Dec 1, 2021 03:11 | | Subject: | Re: The return of the Designer Program | | Viewed: | 166 times | | Topic: | Events | |
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| In Events, povoq writes:
| | The Castle in the Forest is ready to enter the competition. May the best castle
win
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Hello Povoq, nous sommes apparemment "voisins" en Rhône-Alpes-Auvergne. Dans
le cqs d'une vente du château ici ou sur eBay, serait-il possible d'être
informé de la mise en vente? Et peut-être de remise en mains propres? (Selon
la proximité au sein de la région) merci d'avance
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| | | | | Author: | MatthewRC | | Posted: | Dec 21, 2020 10:06 | | Subject: | Re: The return of the Designer Program | | Viewed: | 315 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| Will Sokoda’s Bionicle 20th Anniversary project be eligible for this? I mean,
Bionicle is an original IP owned by LEGO.
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| | | | | Author: | ms.g.tx | | Posted: | Dec 28, 2020 21:01 | | Subject: | Re: The return of the Designer Program | | Viewed: | 425 times | | Topic: | Feedback | |
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| Thank you!
This will be great.
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| | | | | Author: | BricxaLot | | Posted: | Jan 28, 2021 14:26 | | Subject: | Re: The return of the Designer Program | | Viewed: | 346 times | | Topic: | Contests | |
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| It is great that the Designer Program will return soon. It is such a wonderful
contest.
On the other hand, I am not sure about the participation rule as "Select designers
whose project(s) acquired 10,000 votes on LEGO Ideas". I would like to learn
the logic behind such limitation.
I believe everybody should join regardless off previously acquiring 10,000 voes.
Limiting the entry will crush the LEGO spirit. What about new designers?
It is only fair to allow everybody to participate but vote them based on their
designs not based on their previour success...
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| | | | | Author: | zedsmith12 | | Posted: | Mar 9, 2021 15:25 | | Subject: | Re: The return of the Designer Program | | Viewed: | 265 times | | Topic: | Events | |
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| I'm checking in every day waiting for an update on this. Can we get some
news LEGO?
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| | | | | Author: | Wesman | | Posted: | Mar 10, 2021 17:29 | | Subject: | Re: The return of the Designer Program | | Viewed: | 270 times | | Topic: | Events | |
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| Any news?
In NEWS, Admin writes:
| | Dear BrickLink members,
Back in 2018, we launched a pilot program with the LEGO Group to celebrate 60 years of the LEGO® brick and help realize unique fan designs with original themes. Thirteen fan designs were successfully crowdfunded through the pilot, and we have received many questions about its potential return since then. Is there going to be a second iteration? If so, when? You won’t have to wait much longer because we can happily reveal that the Designer Program will make its return in 2021!
Are there any changes to the program?
While the core part of the program remains unchanged, there is one important difference. According to a recent survey, an overwhelming number of you showed enthusiasm and support in leveraging the Designer Program to realize LEGO Ideas fan designs that were not selected for production (see chart below).
Above: Percentage of approval or disapproval of realizing LEGO Ideas projects not produced
Above: Direct quotes related to realizing LEGO Ideas projects not produced
With this information, we decided to officially move forward with realizing designs from LEGO Ideas that many of you already appreciate. We will work closely with the LEGO Ideas team to bring as many great designs into the world as possible!
Who will be invited?
Select designers whose project(s) acquired 10,000 votes on LEGO Ideas, but were not approved for production, will be invited to participate in this Designer Program. Unfortunately, IP-based designs will not be eligible for the Designer Program, in addition to a few other projects that we know we unfortunately can’t realize. The LEGO Ideas team will first contact the designers from January, and then the BrickLink team will proceed with the onboarding process for participating designers.
What will happen to the original AFOL Designer Program?
We understand that there are some AFOL designers and fans who anticipated a new intake of original projects. Our intention is to host annual Designer Programs that best reflect voices of the AFOL communities. Depending on preferences, we may return to the original format of the open contest in 2022. But rest assure, that no matter how designs are submitted to the program, we will continue to celebrate fan creativity by realizing your dream sets through crowdfunding.
When can I get more information?
The official program title and detailed timeline have yet to be confirmed, but you can expect to get more information in early 2021. At the same time, we will also unveil all participating designers and their projects.
We are pleased to continue this journey with you! Thank you again for contributing to the success of the 2018 pilot and for your ever-growing support of fan designs. If you haven’t already, please take a moment to browse the Studio Gallery page to view more designs created by members of the AFOL community.
Stay vigilant and happy holidays!
The BrickLink Team
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| | | | | Author: | user67895404 | | Posted: | Oct 22, 2022 11:33 | | Subject: | (Cancelled) | | Viewed: | 87 times | | Topic: | Designer Program | |
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| | | | | | | Author: | user67895404 | | Posted: | Oct 22, 2022 11:37 | | Subject: | (Cancelled) | | Viewed: | 145 times | | Topic: | Designer Program | |
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| | (Cancelled) |
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