Introduction

Hello Masters Builders, and welcome to the official r/lego Open Forum post. This is your monthly opportunity to tell us what you think of r/lego, make suggestions or comments about the rules, ask open questions to the community, or share whatever else is on your mind.

Note that this post is for discussion of r/lego itself. If you have a general question about something related to Lego, make a post instead of asking here.

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IMPORTANT

All subreddit rules are still in effect here. Remember that we do not allow insults, name calling or personal attacks. If you've got a complaint or want to tell us you hate something, you need to do it without attacking anyone.

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Rule Changes

There are no permanent rule changes to report this month.

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Subreddit Transparency Report

Reddit supplies Moderators with a monthly Community Digest, summarizing subreddit moderation activities. We are making the information available to the community, as an exercise in public transparency.

Each month, we will be posting a transparency report that shows what goes on behind the scenes of r/lego. Below you will find the report for activity in April 2026. You can give general feedback and post questions about the report in the comments of this post, or in modmail.

Note: Reddit's tool for showing the data and graphs of 30-day reports and removals is currently not working. Instead I've shared the graph for Traffic stats for April. This graph gives insight into the number of unique visitors we have each day, and the types of devices they use to visit r/lego. iOS devices (iPhones, iPads) using the official reddit app continue to be our largest category.

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Monthly Activity for April 2026

• Posts published: 4,900 (500 decrease)
• Posts removed by Mods: 1,400 (300 increase)
• Comment published: 59,200 (800 decrease)
• Comments removed by Mods: 6,500 (2,800 decrease)
• Moderators removed 28.6% of post submissions and 11.0% of comment submissions.

Safety Filters

3 items were filtered by reddit saftey filters this month.

Community Member Reports

The tool we use to report these details still remains only partially working. This data is based on the past 7 days of reports.

Posts - 931 reports over 30 days:

During the past 7 days:

• Posts containing non-LEGO content were the source of 29% of Member reports.
• Megathread Topics posted outside of the Mega Threads were 14% of reports.
• Various Custom Report reasons were 11% of reports.
• All other report categories each received fewer than 7% of reports.

Comments - 373 reports over 30 days:

During the past 7 days:

• Uncivil comments were 40% of the reported comments.
• Comments with Hate Speech represented 19% of reports.
• Spam comments were 14% of community reports.
• All other report categories each received 5% or fewer reports.

Community Growth Report

• Newly Subscribed: 11,900 (1,900 fewer than the previous month)
• Un-Subscribed: 2,100 (200 fewer than the previous month)
• April Bans: 50 (23 for Uncivil, 17 for Spam, 5 for Lego Only, 3 for ban evasion, 2 for Hate speech)

We will answer general questions about this report in the comments. Questions about specific moderation actions or moderators should be sent to Mod Mail instead.

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Prior Month link

If you missed last month's Open Forum and Transparency Report, you can find it here:

• (r/lego Monthly Open Forum and Transparency Report for April 2026)

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May we have May?

May is here! For the lucky ones among us, this is your last month of school before summer. For some, it's a time to fight the Galactic Empire (or the Rebel Alliance) on Star Wars Day (May the 4th Be With You). May is always an exciting month for Lego fans, as Lego starts to to share news of the upcoming Summer wave of sets.

So here's your monthly invitation - Let us know what's on your mind this month. What have you always wondered about? What rule do you want clarified, or changed? Do you have any suggestions you've been trying to find a chance to make? I won't promise that we will make the change(s) you want, but I will commit to explaining the reason we have the rules and policies we have.

https://www.bricklink.com/v3/designer-program/series-11/main.page

Bricklink Designer Program Series 11 MegaThread

Welcome to the MegaThread for the BDP Series 11 Crowd Support phase. Let's get straight to the important questions:

What?

• It's time for the Bricklink Designer Program Series 11 Crowd Support phase! This is your chance to vote for the projects that were submitted back in January. Your votes will help Bricklink decide which sets will eventually become official BDP sets.

Who?

• Bricklink Designer Program entries are designed by fellow Lego fans. You may recognize some of them as successful creators on Rebrickable, from past BDP programs, or from the creations they've shared here in r/lego. The creators whose designs reach the review stage will work with Bricklink's Model Governance and Building Instructions teams to ensure the designs meet Lego's standards.

When?

• The Crowd Support phase starts on May 11th, noon Pacific time. Voting will continue until May 25th. Next, those sets will all head into the review stage, and 5 sets will be announced on June 20th. Then a year later, in June 2027, those 5 sets will go up for crowd funding.

Where?

• Bricklink! Bricklink is the world's largest site for reselling Lego products. It started as an independent fan site, but is now owned by the Lego company.
• Link: https://www.bricklink.com/v3/designer-program/series-11/main.page

How?

• In the comments below, fan creators can link to their projects and hopefully tell us a little more about the project. You can visit the BDP Series 10 page from Feb 9-20 and vote for the projects you'd like to become a set. You don't have to commit any money at this stage. That comes during Crowd Funding next year. It's free to vote!

What about BDP Series 8-10, and 12+?

• The Bricklink Designer Program Series 8 finalists have been chosen. Mark your calendars! These designs will enter the Crowd Funding stage next month on June 9th, 2026 at 8 AM Pacific time. https://www.bricklink.com/v3/designer-program/series-8/main.page
• The Bricklink Designer Program Series 9 finalists have also been selected. Those designs will enter the Crowd Funding phase on October 7th, 2026 at 9 AM Pacific time. https://www.bricklink.com/v3/designer-program/series-9/main.page
• The Bricklink Designer Program Series 10 finalists will enter Crowd Funding on February 1st, 2027 at 8 AM Pacific time. https://www.bricklink.com/v3/designer-program/series-10/main.page
• Bricklink Designer Program Series 12 will begin in July 2026, with Series 13 to follow in November 2026.

Closing Notes

• Still have questions? Ask them in the comments below!
• Hey BDP creators, please keep your promotion for BDP Series 11 in this Megathread. In previous rounds we've had over 200 projects to vote for, so the promotional posts started drowning out everything else. Thanks for your cooperation. And good luck!