Brick Owl – A New LEGO Marketplace

Brick Owl

A new LEGO marketplace has just launched called Brick Owl. The site is trying to offer users all of the features that have been lacking from Bricklink such as up-front shipping costs and the ability to create a wishlist from LEGO Digital Designer files. The site also has the ability to sync data with Bricklink – a feature that will make it much easier for sellers to join the site.

I did a quick test using a LDD file and found the process to be quick and easy. There were a few parts not added, but I suspect this will improve as more data is added.  Once a wishlist has been uploaded you can purchase those parts with just a few clicks. For those readers who make MOCs, I think this feature is going to be popular. Using my sample wishlist I found one seller who had all of the parts on my wishlist. The site added them all to a cart and gave me a price and shipping estimate in Australian dollars. I am very impressed so far.

More competition for Bricklink is going to create better sites for end users, and it looks like Brick Owl could be a strong competitor indeed. There is currently not a huge number of stores, but the Bricklink syncing should ensure there will be lots of people joining up.

The site also has a few opening promotions

  • The first 100 people to sign up and start filling their Wishlist will win a free Series 10 Minifigure
  • If you create a Store, every lot listed in your store will count as one entry into a prize draw to win a 10240 Red Five X-Wing Starfighter.
  • Any store created in the first month (before the end of July) will receive free fees until the end of the year.

Brick Owl is a new marketplace to buy and sell LEGO Parts, Minifigures and Sets. It’s been designed to be used by anybody but still have all of the advanced features that AFOLs need. Some of the features of the website include:

  • Instant checkout including instant payment via PayPal and shipping rates visible upfront while items are being added to the cart
  • Wishlist buying tool – Brick Owl will tell you which stores have your Wishlist items, how much they cost including shipping, and then let you choose which stores to buy from and add all the items to the carts at once
  • Wishlist importing from Lego Digital designer, LDraw, BrickStore
  • Advanced search including filters and tags so for example you can find all of the smiling female faces
  • Catalog Points – approved catalog changes are awarded catalog points which can be exchanged for prizes such as Keychains or a White Boba Fett
  • BrickLink synchronisation, so store inventories can be kept in sync on both websites
  • Customisable storefronts with the custom pages, colour schemes, and details about the store such as whether you sort mold variations
  • Security has been baked in from the start. The site is based on Drupal which is used by thousands of websites including the White House

We’re having some promotions to encourage people to come and take a look.

  • The first 100 people to sign up and start filling their Wishlist will win a free Series 10 Minifigure
  • For sellers, every lot listed in a store will count as one entry into a prize draw to win a 10240 Red Five X-Wing Starfighter
  • Any store created in the first month (before the end of July) will receive free fees until the end of the year.

Brick Owl is still being developed so expect more to come soon.

Via Brickset

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.