[OFFICIAL] BrickLink Designer Program Series 6

[Mister Phes]

 

BrickLink Designer Program Series 6 is accepting submissions between September 16 and 27.

So get building!

All the latest information has been rounded up and presented in this convenient article.

Builders have until September 27 to submit their designs.
 

 

When the Timer reaches Zero submissions will close.

 

 

VOTING OPEN! Vote for as many designs as you wish until October 18th at noon Pacific.

Abandoned Imperial Outpost by jacobhorn

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Adventure on Tapu Island by Marooned_Marin

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Pirates of the Seven Seas by AdmiraltyBrick

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Ticket for Somewhere Island by jAn_eVa

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Monkey Business by SylvainLS

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Privateer Frigate Fortuna by BrickPerfection

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The Forgotten Shipwreck by Ammiraglio

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A Family Trip to the Saint Brickford Fortress by IamWhatIam

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The Pirate's Dream by Goannas89

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Kraken Attack by TrumanBrick

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Pirate Villa by elevendragons

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The Buildstrong by Brick101

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Pirate Fishermans island by piratecaptain85

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Scalawag Sloop by Sam2XD

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The Lost Island by BRICKUP_

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Brickbeard's End by BritishLolipop

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Runners Rendezvous - The Pirate Inn by Jackettie

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[andabottleofrum]

Danny_Boy4, please submit an Enchanted Island Remake, I'm begging 

[Marooned Marin]

"Does the Series 6 Palette include more pirate-themed parts than earlier series?"

To quickly touch upon question above, which was posed inside the convenient article, the answer is NO!

BDP Series 6 Palette of available parts showed even less pirate parts in contrast to previous series.

For readers completely new with this program in a nutshell this means that BrickLink gives in advance allowed list of parts and colours which can be used by fan designers to create anything they like, as long as they use only those parts.

I'm re-designing Tapu Island for the upcoming Series 6, and these are the most pirate parts which I'm allowed to use.

Now it's time to become really creative!

[Mister Phes]

1 hour ago, Marooned Marin said:

To quickly touch upon question above, which was posed inside the convenient article, the answer is NO!

Thank you for that elaboration!

The convenient article will be updated based on your information for even greater convenience!

 

[Mister Phes]

4 hours ago, Marooned Marin said:

Is there a version of this image with a transparent background?

Also, do you happen to know if soldier flags and torsos are still available?

For example; Minvera by BrickPerfection submitted to series 5 used them.

[Marooned Marin]

55 minutes ago, Mister Phes said:

For example; Minvera by BrickPerfection submitted to series 5 used them.

No more Bluecoats whatsoever, no more flags or torsos. That's the big difference between Series 6 and Series 5, which is unlucky for Pirate builders.

Also no more flintlocks and rowboats, which were also previously available. As for Islanders, they were never available on BDP program. Not considered as Islander, but there is also no crocodile. We do have one parrot and sharks, but for anything else directly related to pirate theme it's only what  you see on this image.

Oh yeah, and it should be noted that re-makes of any classic-set is forbidden, and ships are not allowed to use cloth sails.

The Imperial flag can be made using the stickers, they allow stickers, with exception of minifigures - you cant use stickers for torsos.

[Mister Phes]

29 minutes ago, Marooned Marin said:

As for Islanders, they were never available on BDP program.

Indigo Islanders I assume.  Minifigure series parts appear to be available:

31 minutes ago, Marooned Marin said:

Thank ye - with this I can work wonders!

 

[Marooned Marin]

21 minutes ago, Mister Phes said:

Minifigure series parts appear to be available:

Ah, you confused the two activities.

This was something like BrickLink Community Activity  with goal of using the Studio.io with all available parts, past and present, to promote digital builds and creativity. Award was something like a badge or public recognition.

Read the small print: Bonus, but not required: Use the BDP Series 5 or 6 Palette. This will significantly bring down the price of parts if you plan to realize your creation.

BrickLink Designer Program is completely different matter, with strict framework for submissions and limited parts. Be assured, there are no islanders available in BDP, indigo classic or POTC. 

[thewatchman]

19 hours ago, andabottleofrum said:

Danny_Boy4, please submit an Enchanted Island Remake, I'm begging 

Yeah I absolutely second this.

 Can’t wait to see tapu island too, I’ll happily vote for it!

[Mister Phes]

1 hour ago, Marooned Marin said:

Ah, you confused the two activities.

Not confused, just uncertain if there was a difference between the parts and software used.

But thank you, for the clarification!

8 hours ago, Marooned Marin said:

I'm re-designing Tapu Island for the upcoming Series 6, and these are the most pirate parts which I'm allowed to use.

In which case... how will you incorporate islanders into Tapu Island for the BrickLink Designer Program?

[Marooned Marin]

1 hour ago, Mister Phes said:

In which case... how will you incorporate islanders into Tapu Island for the BrickLink Designer Program?

Oh I got really creative, but I don't want to spoil as you'll find out soon enough. Let's just say the adventure continues and extra 50 pages of comic book will explain everything. These will be available I think next week.

[Mister Phes]

1 hour ago, Marooned Marin said:

Oh I got really creative, but I don't want to spoil as you'll find out soon enough.

I can't wait!

[Yperio_Bricks]

1 hour ago, Marooned Marin said:

Oh I got really creative, but I don't want to spoil as you'll find out soon enough. Let's just say the adventure continues and extra 50 pages of comic book will explain everything. These will be available I think next week.

Sounds intriguing!

[Mister Phes]

Open Submission for Series 6 has begun!

Builders have until September 27 to submit their designs.
 

 

When the Timer reaches Zero submissions will close.

 

[Marooned Marin]

You have turned it into a interview.

But it's important to highlight here, for someone who maybe skipped through new blog-post, that BrickLink Designer Program is not some "evil branch" of LEGO which has agenda with Pirates, they simply operate and comply with parts which are available and/or planned for production in the next year or two.

BrcikLink is doing really amazing work with BPD program, and I like the whole concept far more better than LEGO Ideas.

[Mister Phes]

1 hour ago, Marooned Marin said:

But it's important to highlight here, for someone who maybe skipped through new blog-post, that BrickLink Designer Program is not some "evil branch" of LEGO which has agenda with Pirates

The blog post certainly wasn't meaning to come across that way!

[Marooned Marin]

46 minutes ago, Mister Phes said:

The blog post certainly wasn't meaning to come across that way!

No, no, the blog-post didn't came in that way, you even highlighted the point of pirates parts in relation to rumoured retirement of ElDorado Fortress. 

I only say this because people sometimes have tendencies to jump to conclusions, often dividing  into forms of camps, us vs. them, and here that is certainly not the case. 

Even in BrickLink sub-forum where new parts pallet is discussed among designers, here and there you can feel that impression coming from new designers, as if people running the operation decide about the parts where that's not the case. In every YouTube video, BDP crew highlights that point and again it completely misses some people.

I am looking forward to new Gonnies ship because that is excellent opportunity for LEGO to bring back into production some of the much needed Pirate parts, which should be then made available inside the future BDP programs.

[Shiva]

BrickPerfection's Fortuna will be back for BDP Series 6.

https://www.instagram.com/brickperfection/p/C_vuE6UI4Nh/

https://www.instagram.com/brickperfection/p/C_t3mReor7p/

And main instagram page https://www.instagram.com/brickperfection/

 

[Mister Phes]

On 9/20/2024 at 9:32 AM, Shiva said:

BrickPerfection's Fortuna will be back for BDP Series 6. 

Thank you for the heads up!

Are these images of the final build?

Looking forward to seeing how BrickPerfect modifies the Fortuna for this series... especially now the Soldier parts have been removed from the palette.

 

[Shiva]

Reading the instagram, it looks like the final model?

[Yperio_Bricks]

Voting is open for BDP Series 6! Check out the pirate themed submission in the opening post and vote for your favorite designs

[Marooned Marin]

11 hours ago, Yperio_Bricks said:

Voting is open for BDP Series 6!

Great job for making the list of all Pirate related builds. I've missed some when I scrolled through all 300 designs.

[TalonCard]

Ahhh! I love the Scallywag Sloop! There can never be enough high quality small scale pirate submissions, I really, really want this one.

[BrickPerfection]

On 9/22/2024 at 1:57 PM, Mister Phes said:

Thank you for the heads up!

Are these images of the final build?

Looking forward to seeing how BrickPerfect modifies the Fortuna for this series... especially now the Soldier parts have been removed from the palette.

 

Thanks for wondering what I was up to! 

Yeah, it has been a challenge without the bluecoat torsos and almost all pirate torsos. On the plus side, the ship's wheel (!) came back into the palette, as did flintlock pistols and muskets!

My solution to this dilemma was to rebuild Fortuna from the ground, to squeeze out every last improvement so that the increase in quality of the ship compensate for the decline in Minifigure availability - plus the Medieval Town Square Minifigures are actually quite suitable as generic ship crew!

All in all, I am very pleased with the result! 

[Yperio_Bricks]

The 5 winners have been announced! Sadly, no pirate set is amongst them:

https://www.bricklink.com/v3/designer-program/series-6/main.page

I like the art factory though. It's something I always wanted to get as a modular building set.