Hi there!
For many LEGO collectors—and especially investors—this news is likely to come as quite a shock at first: myBrickDepot will be shut down at the end of August.
Anyone who has used the site in recent years to manage their LEGO collection, purchases, or Investments is naturally left wondering: What will happen to all my data now?
And that’s exactly why I’m starting with the most important thing: Back up your data!
If you use myBrickDepot, export your entire inventory and save the file in a safe place. It’s best not to wait until the last day to do this. Just back everything up first—we can figure out what to do with it later, at our leisure.
In fact, we at Brick-Tracker are already working on something for exactly that purpose. Brick-Tracker is preparing a direct import feature.
A bulk import feature for larger LEGO collections and Investments has actually been on our list for quite some time. However, with the announced closure of myBrickDepot, this has naturally become a much higher priority.
Our goal is to make exports from myBrickDepot as directly compatible with Brick-Tracker as possible.
For you, this means: In the best-case scenario, you can simply import your previously saved file later and won’t have to start re-entering hundreds or maybe even thousands of sets one by one by hand.
However, it’s very important to note that the import feature is not yet live.
Please back up your data now anyway. We’re working on implementing the appropriate bulk import feature for Brick-Tracker as soon as possible.
Not just for Investments—but also for your LEGO Collection
Perhaps some of you have actually only known our Investment Tool as a way to manage your LEGO investments.
But you can just as easily use it as a regular collection tool.
There, you can enter your sets and quantities, save your respective purchase prices, and even record multiple purchases of the same set. Your average purchase price is then automatically calculated based on this information.
Of course, the big advantage over a simple inventory list is the integration with the Brick-Tracker’s price data.
This way, you can not only see which LEGO sets you own, but also track the current value of your entire Collection or Investment.
In addition, you can, among other things:
* manage your LEGO sets and the number of pieces,
* Enter purchase prices,
* record multiple purchases of a set,
* have the average purchase price calculated,
* track the current value of your Collection,
* View profit and return
* and track the performance of your entire portfolio on a single chart.
Especially with larger collections, this gives you a whole new perspective on exactly what’s on your shelves or in storage and what the total value of it all is now.
Connect Your Wishlist, Deal Alerts, and Portfolio
For me personally, one of the biggest advantages of the Brick-Tracker these days is that its individual features are becoming increasingly integrated with one another.
For example, you can find a LEGO set in our Price Comparison tool and then add it to your Wishlist. There, you can set a target price or target discount.
As soon as the set reaches this price, Brick-Tracker can automatically notify you of the corresponding deal.
Once you’ve made your purchase, you can immediately add the set to your Investment or portfolio tracking tool and use it to track its value and return over the long term.
For example, I use the Wishlist as my digital EOL list. That’s where I put sets I want to buy before they reach their EOL. As soon as one of them reaches my desired discount, Brick-Tracker automatically notifies me.
This essentially creates a complete process: find a set, monitor it, buy it at the right price, and then manage it in your own portfolio.
The bulk import fits perfectly with the current redesign
The fact that the bulk import feature is being released right now actually fits in quite well with the work currently underway behind the scenes at Brick-Tracker.
We are currently migrating large parts of the Brick-Tracker to a new database structure. In doing so, we are also laying the technical foundation for our upcoming Marketplace.
Bulk import can therefore be combined quite well with these tasks.
We want to make the transition as easy as possible, especially for former myBrickDepot users.
In the long term, this should result in a complete cycle within the Brick-Tracker: finding sets, monitoring prices, buying them, managing them in your own portfolio, and, if necessary, reselling them later through the Brick-Tracker Marketplace.
So, once again, here is my most important piece of advice for everyone currently using myBrickDepot:
Export your inventory now and keep the file in a safe place.
You won’t have to start manually re-entering your entire Collection somewhere right away. We’re working on a way for you to import your existing data into Brick-Tracker as conveniently as possible.
After all, if you’ve spent years building up a large LEGO Collection or investment portfolio and keeping track of it, it would be pretty frustrating to have to start all that work over from scratch.
That is exactly what we want to prevent with the upcoming bulk import.
As soon as we have more information about the import and can tell you in more detail how the whole process will work, we’ll be sure to let you know right here.
More about the Brick-Tracker
If you’d like to learn more about the various features in the meantime, you’ll find our related articles and pages here:
Brick-Tracker Investment Tool and LEGO Portfolio: https://www.brick-tracker.de/blog/investment/brick-tracker-investment-tool-live-lego-portfolio-tracken-rendite-berechnen/
Brick-Tracker Wishlist as a digital EOL list: https://www.brick-tracker.de/blog/unkategorisiert/brick-tracker-wishlist-deine-digitale-EOL-liste/
Brick-Tracker app and web app: https://www.brick-tracker.de/app.php?utm_source=chatgpt.com
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And of course, I’m also curious to know how many of you have used myBrickDepot so far. Feel free to leave a comment below to let us know if you’re affected by the shutdown and which features would be particularly important to you in an import or collection tool.
Author: Dante