r/lepin

Look at the Starter Guide and new FAQ and the Guides before posting questions.

Before posting, please have a look at the Starter Guide, the new FAQ and the other Guides and General Questions Thread

No Spam

This includes but is not limited to: affiliate links, non-approved store advertising, bots, posting bulk coupon codes, low-effort content view farming, scamming and fraudulent activities, etc.

If you want to advertise or promote your products, reach out to the mods.

Provocative content, shitposting, personal attacks and insults are disallowed.

Breaking this rule will result in permanent ban. Be nice. Be polite, do not insult others.

Guideline for requesting instructions

a) MOC instructions that are available by the creator through a site like Rebrickable cannot be solicited or shared here.

b) For commercially-available sets, requests for manuals must include evidence of ownership: a photo of the partially assembled set or the pieces in bags.

Vendor photos or stock images are not acceptable.

Posts without evidence will be removed.

This sub is not intended for buy/sell/trade requests

There's /r/brickswap for selling sets you don't need. This rules does not apply to confirmed sellers who provide discounts.

This sub does not organize, nor endorse "group buys".

Person-to-person buy/sell/trade requests may be removed.

Do not ask for 1:1 replica sets. They do not exist. Resellers are not welcome here.

This means sets with Lego branding on the box, instructions or parts. There are no 1:1 copies.

If you look like you are a reseller or are trying to be one, you will be permanently banned.

Speak English please.

Speak English please so majority of visitors can understand you.

If English is not your native language, use translation tools such as Google Translate to assist you in posting and comments.

Contact mods only via modmail.

Please contact us via modmail, not via DM and certainly not via chat.

Original Content & Proper Credit Required

Post only your own original content. Do not repost or pass off someone else's work as your own, and do not impersonate another creator. If you're sharing something you didn't make, you must credit the original source/creator (link if possible).

Restricted AI

The only acceptable use for AI is:

1. Backdrops (Should be disclosed as AI)
2. Using AI to create graphics to physically print and use as a decorative element in a build

It's never allowed to use AI to create or advertise fake AI ads (Do not publicize any names, URLs or links to sellers)

Other Guidelines

r/lepin discourages the following subjects:

a) Link requests, "where best price?", "find for me set/minifig".

b) "When clone?" of LEGO sets.

c) Customs or delivery estimates/delays.

d) Politics, religious debates, bigotry, flame wars.

e) NSFW content or depictions of current wars.

f) Problems with missing pieces, bags or instructions.

g) Attacks/wars against other communities, or LEGO itself.

h) Rumors or unproven allegations about toxic/poisonous bricks, or slave/child labor.