Brickshelf gone for good?
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| With Brickshelf's mysterious disappearance, the hearts and weblinks of Lego fans are broken. |
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Copied over from the Brothers Brick LEGO Blog:
Whether you host your own images there or not, Brickshelf is one of the cornerstones of the online LEGO community. As many of you visiting this blog will have noticed, none of the images hosted on Brickshelf are currently working, and if you've been to Brickshelf.com in the last few hours, you will have seen the following text - and nothing else - on the home page:
"Brickshelf has discontinued operation. We apologize for any inconvenience."
They follow up with links to discussions across the Lego fan community, since this caught even the most insidey of insiders by complete surprise.
Update, July 19: Brickshelf is back online; it turns out the entire panic was part of a questionable publicity stunt to raise awareness of Brickshelf's financial woes. However, this heightening of awareness seems to have been a completely wasted effort, as Brickshelf lacks any obvious method for taking donations.
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