The BrickLink Designer Program Series 10 Questions & Answers Webinar was held upon 6 December, 2025.
This webinar delivered a powerhouse of knowledge for builders gearing up to dominate Series 10 and succeed the Review phase.
If embedded videos ain’t working for yer, hit the button below to watch on YouTube…
Official Announcement
The official webinar page states the usual…
Learn about the Submission Guidelines for BrickLink® Designer Program: Series 10 as Alex, BDP Project Manager, covers updates and common questions. Aspiring fan designers ask questions and get clarification to some of the nuances of various guidelines.
But we puts it `ere any way in the interest of authenticity.
Highlights
If yer don’t have time to watch the entire webinar, here be some tidbits worthy of yer attention…
Alex Kastelic, BrickLink Designer Program Manager
Series 9 Theme Stats
Every webinar dishes out a visual banquet, revealing the theme submission stats from the previous series through irresistibly delicious pie charts.
And pirates be making their mark, albeit a rather modest one.
Pirate-themed designs constitute 6% of the submissions
6% or 27 of the 431 Series 9 submissions were pirate-themed, while 30%/130 were Medieval/Castle themed. This perhaps signals where Pirates sail in relation to Castle in the broader AFOL community.
Smaller Models
Classic Pirates has advocated for smaller designs in earlier BrickLink posts.
A design need not be humongous to be good
Not all LEGO Pirate fans have bountiful treasure hoards, so Crowdfunding a 4,000 part ship just six months after a 4,000 part harbour might exceed the limits of what some can afford.
Therefore, t’would be beneficial to punctuate those larger builds with more economical sets, giving fans a chance to catch their breath financially.
Yer don’t need to max out of the 4,000 part limit
Alex states:
Starting around 10:40 of the webinar:
I know I preach this a lot. Smaller models. I would love to see more smaller models being submitted. I know we get a lot of feedback around large models. There’s only so much we can do about that because we can only choose the models that are submitted to the program. So we’d love to see more small models.
So these sentiments are being echoed by the BrickLink Designer Team, indicating yer should take heed!
Alex continues:
Starting around 11:05 of the webinar:
The less than 2,000 part models are less than half of what’s being submitted which is actually a trend in the wrong direction from what we’d like to see.
But that just be the tip of bowsprit poking out of the water!
The Series 10 webinar is brimming with more tips and strategic gems to ensure yer design passes Review, so if yer ain’t had a gander yet, set yer sights there now…
BrickLink Designer Program Series 10
True to our charter, the Classic Pirates have compiled a convenient overview of the latest BrickLink Designer Series.
Dive in — for LEGO Pirates are storming ahead in the program, and we must keep the wind in our sails!
Crowdfunding
Privateer Frigate Fortuna will be available for Pre-Order during February 2026.
“Privateer Frigate Fortuna” by BrickPerfection – Series 7 Version
The official announcement and images of the production version is scheduled for January, but tie yer over in the meantime, inspect the Series 7 version.
What Do Yer Think?
Have yer caught the Series 10 webinar yet?
Be there any golden nuggets of info that fellow LEGO Pirate builders should know?
Tattooga watches every BrickLink Designer Program webinar
Will yer be submitting a design to Series 10?
If so, offer LEGO Pirates fans a tantalizin’ glimpse of the wonders yer’ve been crafting to pique supporter interest!
Here be the official countdown to Open Submission on January 19:
Whether yer forging a build or navigating webinar waters, drop anchor in the LEGO Pirates Forum or the Classic Pirates Facebook Group to share yer progress!
