A Heartfelt Apology and New Era for the Site

First, I would like to kick this off by saying, it has been over two years since the site went down in Summer 2016. This happened primarily because I lost interest in development, and potential legal issues arose when I began using data from other similar sites such as Brickset.com. I contacted the owner, Huw Millington, regarding these issues, and he gave me the go-ahead to use the data, provided I did not earn profit from it. However, despite having the ability to continue development, my interest had already begun to fade, as I began devoting more time to my YouTube channel and Minecraft. For all of this, I am deeply sorry for any inconvenience I may have caused by letting the plan expire.

However, recently I attended BrickFair VA 2018 as an Exhibitor, and that re-sparked my interest in the LEGO fan community, and my motivation for the site. Therefore, today I am proud to announce a fresh start for UltimateBrickReference.com, including resetting the version number.

UltimateBrickReference.com 2.0

Due to this being a completely fresh start for the site, I have retroactively condensed all previous designs' numbers into version 1.x. Version 2.0, however, will feature much more functionality than ever before. Here is a taste of what is to come in these versions:

• Responsive Design
• Complete Rewrite
• New Database with a new Structure
• Usage of .NET Core and other Cutting-Edge web Technologies.
• Custom Content Management System for Database and Site Management
• Many, Many more end user features...

A lot of this functionality is drawn from my original Plan for v5/v4 of the site that I drafted in 2016.

In addition, I will also keep everyone updated by posting Tweets, YouTube videos, and maybe even Livestreams of Development.

ETA: Mid-Late 2019

Thank you for your time,

Jarod Reichel, founder of UltimateBrickReference.com

V5 Announcement

If you follow along on the main site, you may already know this, but I'm going to post it here too.

Today I am proud to announce a complete rewrite of the site: UltimateBrickReference 5. You may be wondering, why am I going from 2 or 3 to 5? Well, ASP.NET 5 Release Candidate is now out. I, for some odd reason, want to skip to 5 to match ASP.NET 5. That's the only version I'll use the same number for.

About Version 5

Version 5 will use cutting-edge web technologies, Such as ASP.NET 5, MVC 6, and HTML5/CSS3. I Plan to stay up to date on web technology from this point forward, as this version of the site was originally made in Visual Studio 2012 with .NET 4.5.0. The new site will have many features, including, but not limited to:

• Reimplementing the Account System
• Fully Responsive Design
• Rewritten in MVC (ASP.NET 5 is based around it and web forms is soon to be obsolete)
• Custom Content Management System for future staff to easily administer the site
• Set Reviews
• Details Pages
• Possibly collection management
• Much More!!!

I hope you guys are excited for this update. I plan to release it sometime in Quarters 2 or 3 of this year (April to September), so be prepared!

Subreddit

We Now have a Subreddit for the site. You can visit it at https://www.reddit.com/r/ultimatebrick/.