Site Information and Updates

I recently inquired about why my country flag wasn't showing up under my user ID on posts. To solve this Jeff suggested that I log out of the forum and log back in again. This solved my issue and I'd suggest it to all members so we can keep track (visually) as to what is happening where with sales, findings, etc etc.

I tried to log in on my home PC and must have entered the wrong log in, and I instantly got banned from the site... I then tried on my phone and same thing happened, banned. fortunately I'm still logged in on my work PC so I can access the site and post this LOL!!! can an Admin look into why I'm banned and see if I can get unbanned? Odd I'm banned for entering wrong info one time... ?

First, thanks for creating this AWESOME site. I have been investing only since January 2012. I'm curious as to how many new members you have added since that time. And maybe even each year before that. The reason I ask is because there is so much talk about market saturation and influx of new investors. So I figured that you are the one who would see how much growth there has been in the last 1-2 years. If you can share this information that would be great! If not, that's ok too!

In order to save our F5 keys any indication when the update will be ? Cheers and thanks for the good work

Hi there, since the update I have begun receiving copies of new posts to email, so my email is getting quite full as you can imagine. If you could please turn this off or tell me how to turn it off that would be appreciated. I can not seem to do it in my notifications. In fact in the notifications it requires me to choose at least one option for email updates and I would prefer to choose no option. I do not want any extra emails. Thank you

Hello, I noticed today I didn't get any emails from threads that I'm following. Anyone else experience this? I checked a few of them (daily deals in particular) to make sure I was still set to follow the topic. I looked in my spam folder as well in case emails ended up there somehow. I even checked blocked addresses just to make sure I hadn't clicked something by mistake--but nothing there. Just curious if it is a problem on my end I should investigate further or an issue with the out-going process. I am sorry in advance if this has been discussed elsewhere already as a system problem and I missed the topic. Thanks!

Is there an easy way to have your friends show up on you homepage? It would be great when I logged in if I could see their progression.

Jeff just added a MOST RECENT & LATEST FORUM POST tab to the top of the forum toolbar(RED TAB). It will show, in order, the most recent forum posts. It's a simple improvement, but one many of you have been asking for...

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS Feel free to ask some more...

Hello... Jeff and I just added two new forum categories...Bricklink Marketplace and Non-LEGO Deals. The Bricklink section can be used to discuss buying and selling techniques and ideas based on the Bricklink site. Please do not promote your Bricklink stores here. The Non-LEGO Deals will work like the LEGO Daily Deals page. Members can post great deals on NON-LEGO related items like toys, collectibles and electronics that they want to share with other members. Jeff and I are going to monitor the activity on these two sections to gauge interest for our upcoming DAILY DEALS 2.0 and Brick Classifieds and decide whether or not we will incorporate these ideas …

I don't know if I should be posting in this thread, but I couldn't find any other remotely on topic. We all, more or less, use the Brickindex to check out which sets are top performers during the last 6 months. But I'm wondering if we could also see which sets are top performers in the last year, 5 years or from when they first showed up on the market. I already shared this idea with Ed. The main point would be to have an index where we could see the best sets over their lifespans and how well they appreciated. I bet there are a lot of people wondering how much did this and that set cost when they started selling and how much they are selling for today. Thanks …

I'm new here, so please excuse me if the answer is elsewhere in the forums. I'm a little confused as to how the Market Value (New) is determined. I was in Target and saw the LSW Planet Series 3 Republic Assault Ship & Coruscant on clearance. I pulled out my phone and entered the part number (75007) on this site and saw that the MV(******) is $19.10. So I said to myself, "Self, this looks like a good deal" and picked up several. After getting home, I investigated a little further and saw that the item was readily available online through multiple major retailers for ~ $9.99. Therein lies my confusion: How can a set have a MV(******) higher (in this case muc…

I'm new here, so I'm not really sure where to post this, but this is the "site information" forum, so I thought it would be good place to start. I'm looking to purchase a Medusa 71001-2 and I'm trying to price it out. Anyway, I looked it up on brickpicker and although the mini-fig is listed in the database, there's no price associated with it. I find this very odd, since they seem to be selling fairly regularly on ebay. Can anyone enlighten me?

Got the data a little earlier this month. The update for August 2012 is now live.

Hi, i can't catch one thing about market price in the price guide: i know that prices are updated on a monthly basis...so, why do market prices of single sets vary on a daily basis? Thanks

Jason from The Brick Show and I correspond from time to time. He is a member on this site and they use our data in most of their LEGO investment series videos. There is now a new link on our site for Lego Investing videos with the spotlight on The Brick Show investment videos. I think they do a great job with them and we will continue to post the latest videos as they produce them. If you have not watched any of them, I recommend that you do. http://www.brickpicker.com/bpms/lego_investing_videos.cfm

Those of you that are creating new content in the Community Blog can now host your files right here on Brickpicker.com. You do not need to use Photobucket or any other resource any longer. It works EXACTLY like those services and will automatically give you the correct links to paste into the image component of the editor.. See below... There is a new link in the forum menu for "Image Hosting" Here is a direct link: http://community.brickpicker.com/ihost Let me know what you think!!

Hello... June's sales data has been added to the database and all of the indexes have been updated as well. If you haven't already noticed, a CAGR or Compound Annual Growth Rate statistic has been added to the tool bar in the Price Guide/Set Guide pages. For an explanation, please read the Brickvesting Blog on CAGR. Also, for those of you who want to know, this months "mean" or "average" for the thousands of LEGO sets we have a CAGR stat for is 12.81%. Any questions, feel free to ask. Ed Mack

I am announcing that over the next few days there will be a sections of the site that will updated and certain parts of the site may not be available for short periods of time. As early as later tonight, I may try to run the forum upgrade. If any of you are out there in the web world, you may have heard that Google will be starting a new standard for search results based on mobile usability. Certain parts of this site are not passing their test and I have known that for a long time. I have been working on updating parts of the price guide for a while and will hopefully make those template updates live in the next few days as well. The forum is not passing the tests too…

NEW article about LEGO scams and theft...

Great friends of the staff, a curiosity .. How often is the data updated on brickpicker? Thank you.

I was just wondering when we will get to see new investing videos. I have seen them all and I really enjoyed them.

I can't find my brickfolio?

Hello, I've added nearly all of my investing sets into BrickFolio, a really nice feature. Can I confirm the prices used are 'sold' prices and not 'going rate' prices, and if these prices are calculated from worldwide sales or those just is the USA? As an active buyer, and one who is keen to be a value buyer, I'm finding a discrepancy between the prices on BrickFolio and the prices commonly asked – somewhere in the order of 25-35% usually, but can be as high as 200%. Don't get me wrong, I agree that 'sold' prices are a much more valuable tool for valuations that asking prices, but that would depend on if it was country-specific data collection. In general…

No earth shattering feature here, but just trying to help people communicate. I have added a area in the header that will let you know if you have new Private Messages that need to be read. Just click the number and a new window will pop up showing you last 5 messages. From this window you can go directly to the message, to your Inbox or start to compose a new message. See the screenshot below. Ed and I also get a lot of questions about how many people are on the site at any given time. There is now a new number that is showing you current active members. This number updates every 10 minutes. See the screenshot below to see what I am talking about. This number c…