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 Author: Admin View Messages Posted By Admin
 Posted: Nov 15, 2022 16:06
 Subject: Reserve your LEGO® account nickname today!
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Dear BrickLink member,

We’ll be making some changes to the LEGO® Account system in 2023 that’ll make
things a bit easier for you and other BrickLink® members. We’re introducing a
universal LEGO nickname that will work in all online LEGO experiences, including
BrickLink. This means that your username on BrickLink will be the same as your
LEGO Account nickname. That way, you’ll only have to keep track of one nickname,
and it’ll be easier for others to follow you and enjoy your LEGO content.

Right now, we’re giving our BrickLink and LEGO Ideas members a chance to create
and reserve their preferred nickname before we open the service to other LEGO
account holders. If you already have a LEGO Account, we’ll ask you to do a quick
setup on that account by following the link below. All you must do is submit
your BrickLink username as your new LEGO Account nickname. That’s how we’ll make
sure you get the nickname you prefer, on BrickLink, LEGO Ideas and everywhere
else!

If you do not have an account already, follow the link below to create an account
and to select your own nickname.

We understand how important it is to you that other BrickLink members recognize
you on our site, so we encourage you to complete the nickname setup as soon as
you can.

There’s one more thing, though. For trademark and copyright reasons, nicknames
can’t contain words like “LEGO” or “BrickLink” We appreciate all our BrickLink
members, and we understand that changing your nickname isn’t necessarily something
you’d like to do. It’s all part of our work to provide our BrickLink members
with the best possible way to connect with the LEGO brand and each other, and
we hope you’ll feel the benefits of this going forward.

If you find your nickname is rejected for this reason, we encourage you to use
other words related to the LEGO brand like “brick” or “build.” See what fun and
personal combinations you can make!

Anyway, here’s what you need to do:

• Follow this link to log in to your LEGO Account or to create a new LEGO account

https://identity.lego.com/en-US/profile?returnUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bricklink.com%2F&clientid=0fd7ca3b-3a33-48e3-a747-8ec6f09557c1&appContext=false&adultexperience=true&hideheader=true&hideclosebutton=false&hideexternallogin=false&childsignupexperience=

• Click the Edit icon next to your avatar
• Choose your preferred nickname in the field
• Click Submit and wait a few seconds for your nickname to be approved
• That’s it! You’re all set!

Please select your preferred nickname by the 16th of January 2023. If you’re
not able to change it by this time, we’ll give you an auto-generated nickname.


PLEASE CHECK THESE GUIDELINES BEFORE SUBMITTING A NEW NICKNAME

A nickname...

• can be created in the languages available within a LEGO experience, e.g., LEGO.com
or LEGO Life.
• must be between 4-25 characters in length
• can contain both upper- and lower-case letters
• can be a mix of characters and numbers
• can include a maximum of 4 numbers
• can only include the following special signs: ‘.’ and/or ‘-‘and/or ‘_’
• can include spaces, but not two or more consecutive spaces
• can’t contain the LEGO wordmark including any variations that make it look
as if the name indicates an individual representing the LEGO Group
• can’t contain a LEGO franchise that is a trademark owned by the LEGO Group
• can’t contain a name from another intellectual property not owned by the LEGO
Group (example: Star Wars)
• can’t contain an email address or other contact info
• can’t contain references to other social platforms
• must adhere to the standard LEGO moderation guidelines including but not limited
to political or religious topics, drugs and alcohol, weapon references, hate
speech, profanities, violence, or abusive language


FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Please visit our Help Center for a list of Freqeuntly Asked Questions

https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=2576

If you would like to recieve information about this type of topic in the future,
you can sign up for Personalized Marketting here

https://www.bricklink.com/pref_contact.asp

Message Has 31 Replies:

View Thread Re: Reserve your LEGO® account nickname today! - BricksOfFaith (152)
So, this is required, and if I don’t change it, then it will give me a name I don’t like weather I like it or not on all platforms???
(19 months ago, Nov 15, 2022, to Administrative)
View Thread (Cancelled) - BricksOfFaith (152)
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(19 months ago, Nov 15, 2022, to Administrative)
View Thread Re: Reserve your LEGO® account nickname today! - danielclark (355)
Why would I want to link account between here and lego.com. Does lego really need to track my buying and selling habits more than they already have the ability to do? Should [...]
(19 months ago, Nov 15, 2022, to Administrative)
View Thread Re: Reserve your LEGO® account nickname today! - Teup (6610)
[...] It says "Teup" contains vulgar language. Can't proceed.
(19 months ago, Nov 15, 2022, to Administrative)
View Thread Re: Reserve your LEGO® account nickname today! - randyf (442)
[...] I can't make my nickname my BrickLink username because it contains personal information (my name). Wonderful. 🤦‍♂️
(19 months ago, Nov 15, 2022, to Administrative)
View Thread Re: Reserve your LEGO® account nickname today! - TallyToyBricks (3789)
Name Rejected - oh well, maybe my middle name is acceptable ;)
(19 months ago, Nov 15, 2022, to Administrative)
View Thread Re: Reserve your LEGO® account nickname today! - waltzking (8750)
Given the past history of sellers not being allowed to shop (even personally) on LEGO.com this account linking move is honestly alarming. Is there a statement in the [...]
(19 months ago, Nov 15, 2022, to Administrative)
View Thread Re: Reserve your LEGO® account nickname today! - C0lsanders_ (834)
Well, I'll be changing my TLG account email, so there's no connecting info between that account and my BL. No connections, no way to link one with the other. Failing [...]
(19 months ago, Nov 15, 2022, to Administrative)
View Thread Re: Reserve your LEGO® account nickname today! - jaradtke (2232)
Not a fan of this. Too many things that are not the least bit 'simplifying' or convenient for BrickLink users. How does lego.com know to tie an ID there to my Bricklink [...]
(19 months ago, Nov 15, 2022, to Administrative)
View Thread Re: Reserve your LEGO® account nickname today! - calebfishn (2145)
Well, that was a thoroughly unpleasant experience. I chose my nickname and two hours later, it is still "moderating" or whatever. Also, why is it I don't get more choices [...]
(19 months ago, Nov 16, 2022, to Administrative)
View Thread Re: Reserve your LEGO® account nickname today! - LeeGo73 (1277)
This one is well thought out. In order to gain a small advantage which 99.9% of the users don't care about, we will subject ±800.000 bricklink users to suffer through a [...]
(19 months ago, Nov 16, 2022, to Administrative)
View Thread Re: Reserve your LEGO® account nickname today! - Llewyn (204)
[...] After so much progress since the takeover in attempting to reassure the userbase that Lego and Bricklink value them, listen to their concerns, and want to drive the platform [...]
(19 months ago, Nov 16, 2022, to Administrative)
View Thread Re: Reserve your LEGO® account nickname today! - daveeaton (108)
Hi, a few technical questions: Question #1: Is this link actually associating my BrickLink Username with the LEGO Account Nickname, or is it simply reserving the Nickname for [...]
(19 months ago, Nov 16, 2022, to Administrative)
View Thread Re: Reserve your LEGO® account nickname today! - MMillere (5335)
To ALL making user name changes, Mark says do not forget to change your URL forwarding link if you use one Milissa
(19 months ago, Nov 16, 2022, to Administrative)
View Thread Re: Reserve your LEGO® account nickname today! - daveeaton (108)
[...] Another question: Is this a typo? The LEGO Account appears to have two distinct properties for these. My LEGO Account has a "Username" and a "Nickname". I can also apparently [...]
(19 months ago, Nov 16, 2022, to Administrative)
View Thread Re: Reserve your LEGO® account nickname today! - Leftoverbricks (2225)
With the purchase by the TLG, sellers had hoped that from now on things would become easier for us: - inventories - communication - helpdesk, service Unfortunately, the first [...]
(19 months ago, Nov 16, 2022, to Administrative)
View Thread Re: Reserve your LEGO® account nickname today! - Nikilyn (8459)
How do I change my nickname to something I want? It it is only giving me preselected options. I don't want to be fiendishoctupus or terrific garlic. It doesn't seem to [...]
(19 months ago, Nov 16, 2022, to Administrative)
View Thread Re: Reserve your LEGO® account nickname today! - calebfishn (2145)
Day two and still moderating....
(19 months ago, Nov 16, 2022, to Administrative)
View Thread Re: Reserve your LEGO® account nickname today! - rab1234 (1985)
I'm very confused by this... They must be trying to merge accounts by physical address? When I clicked on the link to update the nickname, I realized my lego.com account [...]
(19 months ago, Nov 16, 2022, to Administrative)
View Thread Re: Reserve your LEGO® account nickname today! - leggodtshop (3865)
Admin, Thank you for this message. I've reserved the name 'leggodtshop' with my LEGO account and also changed (already) the nickname of my BrickLink account [...]
(19 months ago, Nov 16, 2022, to Administrative)
View Thread Re: Reserve your LEGO® account nickname today! - Sadler_Bricks (1746)
Very nice update. Sadler_bricks
(19 months ago, Nov 16, 2022, to Administrative)
View Thread Re: Reserve your LEGO® account nickname today! - CE_Tanja
Dear all, Thank you for all the input! You have some good points. Just wanted to let you know that we are following your reactions and preparing answers that we hope to be [...]
(19 months ago, Nov 16, 2022, to Administrative)
View Thread Re: Reserve your LEGO® account nickname today! - fstamant (1964)
I've been trying nicknames for hours and they all get rejected without any reasons... Any chance someone can provide clearer guidelines on what makes an acceptable nickname [...]
(19 months ago, Nov 16, 2022, to Administrative)
View Thread Re: Reserve your LEGO® account nickname today! - C0lsanders_ (834)
I have been assuming this whole time that the "new default username" will be used for the Lego account, and that your BL username will be left alone. I am now worried that I [...]
(19 months ago, Nov 17, 2022, to Administrative)
View Thread Re: Reserve your LEGO® account nickname today! - brickerking (1889)
This is dumb, dumb, dumb! Account continuity is not required or asked for as far as I can tell. Another make-work project instead of working on sellers tools. BL coder: Hey we're [...]
(19 months ago, Nov 17, 2022, to Administrative)
View Thread Re: Reserve your LEGO® account nickname today! - axaday (7304)
I've never heard. Now that LEGO owns Bricklink, have they relaxed on their thing about resellers? I have heard of people who got banned from Shop@Home in the past because [...]
(19 months ago, Nov 17, 2022, to Administrative)
View Thread Re: Reserve your LEGO® account nickname today! - CE_Tanja
Dear all, Thank you for reaching out with your questions and concerns related to the nickname and the future LEGO account integration. Below we have addressed the concerns and [...]
(19 months ago, Nov 18, 2022, to Administrative)
View Thread Re: Reserve your LEGO® account nickname today! - negative (235)
Apologies if this has already been addressed. I don't think it has, but I may have missed a message or two in this thread. What if we *don't have* a Lego.com account? [...]
(19 months ago, Nov 18, 2022, to Administrative)
View Thread Re: Reserve your LEGO® account nickname today! - cosmicray (3496)
[...] So I completely missed that this was needed. I have now created a LEGO.COM account, and chosen the same member name as my 22 year old BL name. It worked ! The avatar [...]
(18 months ago, Dec 11, 2022, to Administrative)
View Thread Re: Reserve your LEGO® account nickname today! - cycbuild (827)
Just a heads up. If you reserved yours on Nov 15 and were waiting to adjust it before changing your BL username, you can try again tomorrow.
(18 months ago, Dec 14, 2022, to Administrative)
View Thread Re: Reserve your LEGO® account nickname today! - BricksOfFaith (152)
What ever happened to this?? Did they decide not to do it??? I’ve been waiting stressfully hoping they don’t mess EVERYTHING up…. In Administrative, Admin writes: [...]
(16 months ago, Feb 18, 2023, to Administrative)

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