I am just writing to let people know that at any time, the forum may come down and it may come down for a few hours or honestly an unspecified period of time. I may not shut the forum down completely, but may remove the permission to post and reply to or add new topics. Hopefully everything will go smooth, I know there will be some things that are not there at the start and will need to catch up on a few features, but it will eventually get put together. I don't have an ETA for this, but it will be soon. Just be patient with the updated one once it switches over, I am sure there will be a few things that need to be sorted Jeff

How will I fuel my posting addiction? :'( Haha just kidding, sounds good, excited to see the new version

Will this update include the classifieds?

Will this update include the classifieds?

No, this is just the forum. Classifieds is a whole different thing.

Great to see BP improving constantly.

What kind of upgrades?

What kind of upgrades?

Ones that may be too powerful for a young padawan such as yourself to handle. These updates are so powerful, we may be able to launch satellites with them. Very top secret stuff!!! Shhhhh....

Now to be serious, the forum will be very much like Eurobricks with all the features that are available there. Adding Images, videos, multi-quotes, etc. Everything is just light years ahead of this one. It will take a few days to sort out the bugs and stuff, but we will get there. Once its all done, it should improve the overall quality of the forum since it can be more interactive.

No, this is just the forum. Classifieds is a whole different thing.

Ok, sounds good, I should have read between the lines a little better.

Just a few things to note. Items like Polls, Private Messages, Signatures will not carry over, so if there is anything of importance within the private messages, print them out, take screenshots, etc.

Just a few things to note. Items like Polls, Private Messages, Signatures will not carry over, so if there is anything of importance within the private messages, print them out, take screenshots, etc.

Are you saying that the current forum polls will be wiped? :ahhh:

Are you saying that the current forum polls will be wiped? :ahhh:

Yes, we are not going to spend days figuring out how to save a few polls. They are not that important overall.

I am just writing to let people know that at any time, the forum may come down and it may come down for a few hours or honestly an unspecified period of time. I may not shut the forum down completely, but may remove the permission to post and reply to or add new topics. Hopefully everything will go smooth, I know there will be some things that are not there at the start and will need to catch up on a few features, but it will eventually get put together. I don't have an ETA for this, but it will be soon. Just be patient with the updated one once it switches over, I am sure there will be a few things that need to be sorted

Jeff

For a moment I thought you fallen in love with Megablocks or Playmobil

The forums are a huge upgrade over our current system. We have been working on it in secret for a couple of months. There are some very cool features such as personal blogs, rankings, awards besides the ones Jeff mentioned. The video and image capability is amazing.

Are you saying that the current forum polls will be wiped? :ahhh: Yes, we are not going to spend days figuring out how to save a few polls. They are not that important overall. I was wondering how that data was going to translate over. Well that answers that question. Guess we'll just have to do those polls all over again! :-):blank::ohh::grrr::gulp: Oh bugger....

I have been reading the forum for months, but just started posting today. I actually like the forums, but good for you guys for continuing to give more to your members. I look forward to see what you do.

Are :-) we :coolgrin: keeping :ohh: the :gulp: smiley's :-/? I :wow: sure hope :ahhh: so :red:

Are :-) we :coolgrin: keeping :ohh: the :gulp: smiley's :-/? I :wow: sure hope :ahhh: so :red:

Lego smilies would be awesome, but that would take some work I guess.

Lego smilies would be awesome, but that would take some work I guess. Ha ha, yes. We are keeping the little smileys. Perhaps not those particular ones, but we shall still have emoticons in the end nevertheless. Even more so than before so chill. :coolsmile:

Just a few things to note. Items like Polls, Private Messages, Signatures will not carry over, so if there is anything of importance within the private messages, print them out, take screenshots, etc.

Thanks for the warning about the messages! I just went and got them into Evernote.

I have been reading the forum for months, but just started posting today. I actually like the forums, but good for you guys for continuing to give more to your members. I look forward to see what you do.

The look of the forum will remain very similar. But there will be a ton more options and image/video capabilities. Also, a LEGO/BrickPicker based ranking system, better BrickPoints system, awards/special markings, personal blogs that let you use your own graphics and Emoticons of course.

Sorry that the forum was down for a while this morning. We were trying to do the conversion, but there is still some more work to be done transferring the data.

Can breathe again......

great job with the forum update especially during a holiday weekend.  hope you both still had family time...

one question.

 

while in the forum section (e.g. http://community.brickpicker.com/ or any thread), should the top left Brickpicker logo be a link to www.brickpicker.com when clicked?  not sure if this was changed on purpose.

I was wondering how that data was going to translate over. Well that answers that question. Guess we'll just have to do those polls all over again! :-):blank::ohh::grrr::gulp: Oh bugger....

 

Time to revamp all of those 'what is your favorite minifigure from Series 7' polls... 

Time to revamp all of those 'what is your favorite minifigure from Series 7' polls... 

Yeah, among other things. Oh boy....