The History of Lego Life

*The History of Lego Life* is an on-going LEGO Life series first created and written by AmbassadorMaskedZane. The series began on June 11, 2019 and was continued by AMZ until June 21st, 2023 until it was finally continued again. The *History of Lego Life* consists of 17 official segments (as of August, 2023) actually written by AMZ, and additional later ones by other user. It documents every age of the Lego app from its beginning to the present day.

The unofficial "history book for LEGO Life" cameos in AMZ's The Mysterious Kingdom as just that: a history book of LEGO Life.

## Summary

The official history book of Lego Life covers all the first 16 Ages of the app from the Club Age to the Glitch Depression, to the Lego Lull and beyond. *The History of LL* covers, in its 16 official parts, all of it from AMZ's personal experiences. Written for new Lifers who never got to witness old Ages for themselves, *the History of LL* is meant to give them a glimpse into the Lego Life of old along with a laugh at her unique approach and imaginative take on the app itself.

**Period 1**

## History of Lego Life Chapters

### The 1st Age: The Beginning

Lasted: 2 months (February-March, 2017)

Released: June 11, 2019

The beginning, as you probably guessed, was the beginning of Lego Life. Back in February of 2017 when Lego launched the app. When Lego lovers all around the world were downloading the app for the first time and figuring out what its purpose was--what you did with it how you worked it. I was honored to be among this group of Lifers. I joined Lego Life on February 14th, 2017 and made my first post--one of the worst posts ever made.

The Beginning Age lasted about 2 months (give or take a week or two) and the majority of posts made during that time were small little builds people made and wanted to share. Mine consisted of custom weapons and Star Wars microfighter sets which I had recently received.

Though people enjoyed Lego Life during this time, it seemed not to take long for the same people to become bored (I among them). People started leaving or taking long, long spans of inactivity (though this was before we called it “inactivity”). It wasn’t until an unlikely revolutionary came on the scene that Lego Life would, for the first real time, come to life.

### The 2nd Age: The Club Age

Lasted: 1 month (April, 2017)

Released: June 11, 2019

Nobody knows who truly first invented clubs on Lego Life as is the case with so many important creations on the app. But almost everyone knows who created the first popular club which would eventually become the biggest club ever on Lego Life: AdmiralFiendishVulture. AdmiralFriendishVulture created the Dark Side on March 30th, 2017 and it almost immediately took off.

The reason Clubs became so popular so quickly was because it gave people a reason to post and get involved in the app. One thing every club had in common was that each club was centered around an individual theme. The Dark Side’s theme was being like the Empire from Star Wars. What set the Dark Side apart from all other clubs, however, were multiple things, but mainly its organization. In the Dark Side there were ranks ranging from “Stormtrooper” to “Master”. The Master, of course, being AdmiralFiendishVulture himself. At most there were about ten or thirteen different ranks. The most coveted: “Apprentice” which was the highest rank a user besides AFV could get.

If it hadn’t been for the Dark Side I would have left Lego Life forever. But during what I thought would be my last scroll through the app’s pages, I found the Dark Side and joined. Thus, I stayed.

In the Dark Side, there were missions and tasks that you had to complete. The more diligent you were, the quicker you would move up in rank. I moved up fairly quickly and, eventually, became the Dark Side Apprentice.

Soon after clubs were invented, you could find and join a club about almost any theme. Lord of the Rings, Series Of Unfortunate Events, Marvel, DC, Animals, Nature, Video Games, Music, Chima, Serpentine, Frozen, etc., etc., etc. The list goes on. (If you’re wondering, yes, there was a Light Side club eventually. A couple, actually).

As I have already said, clubs gave people a purpose and a reason to post and they were fun. It was during The Club Age in which Lifers started having LLFs (Lego Life Friends) whom club leaders would usually make their 2IC (2nd In Command).

This 2nd Age of Lego Life was by far one of the most enjoyable Ages which many users have tried time and again to bring back. But though their were so many clubs— big and small— with so many themes. And though the Dark Side did a good job at taking up the majority of posts made, one club had yet to be created and it would not only become the 2nd largest club on Lego Life, but also the first to accomplish something outside of the app itself.

### The 3rd Age: The Harry Potter Takeover

Lasted: 1 month (May, 2017)

Released: June 12, 2019

The 3rd Age of Lego Life, like the Dark Side, is debatably one of the most renowned ages. The 3rd Age, however, was definitely the most productive of all 15.

The Lego Harry Potter Club aka the LHPC came about at the beginning of May, 2017 and lasted about 3 months total. But the peak of its time was during the month of June.

The LHPC’s leader was yours truly, me, the Ambassador of Masked Zanes. I started the LHPC after a post of mine about bringing Harry Potter LEGO back received quite a bit of likes. This inspired me to make a club both about Harry Potter and bringing Lego of that theme back. Or trying to, anyway.

The LHPC eventually became the second biggest club with over 150-200 members. During the time of the LHPC, many members were involved and loved making posts about bringing Harry Potter LEGO back. Soon people were making posts saying they had emailed LEGO, asking them to bring the beloved retired theme back! This Age became known as the Harry Potter Takeover because the majority of posts made at that time were Harry Potter related.

People actually started becoming annoyed and frustrated at the fact that every page they went to, half or more of the posts they saw were about Harry Potter and the LHPC. They started creating groups with names similar to “Anti-LHPC” and coming up against my club.

The idea behind the LHPC (however intended or accidental it was) was to make as many posts about bringing Harry Potter LEGO back as we could so that LEGO would have no choice but to see them. And hopefully they would act on what they saw.

Come the end of June and beginning of July, the LHPC’s activity started dying down quite a bit. Eventually it became just a name and I was forced to announce its end. “All good tings must come to an end,” I said. Despite that, however, predictably people tried to take over themselves and get it back up and running. But never to any avail.

After the LHPC was over, that did not end the Harry Potter Takeover Age. At the end of the LHPC, a user by the name of AdmiralElegantArmadillo started a club called Hogwarts. The theme of this club was to act like the actual Hogwarts with teachers, students, heads of house, prefects, etc. I was honored to be the Head of Slytherin house and Potions Professor. Many people enjoyed Hogwarts and, in a way, it was the first of an Age which would come about 6 months later and we didn’t even know it.

Eventually, the Harry Potter Takeover Age came to an official end at the end of July, 2017. Two months later, we would receive news from LEGO that they were going to bring back the Harry Potter theme in their franchise. Everyone on Lego Life would be overhyped and ecstatic for the first release of sets and blind minifigure bags. Not only because we would receive new LEGO, but also because we knew that somewhere our LHPC efforts had an impact. How big or small we don’t know. All we know is that it somehow did.

### The 4th Age: The Series Age

Lasted: 3 months (June-August, 2017)

Released: June 13, 2019

Like clubs, no one knows who started the series trend. But it caught on fairly quickly as the Harry Potter Age was fading out. Soon, like clubs, you could find stories and fan fiction about almost anything. Majority of posts made in the 3 months of this Age were segments (aka episodes, parts and chapters) of stories Lifers would write for fun.

In July, 2017, in the back of my mind, I knew series’ were becoming a thing. However, it wasn’t something I wanted to take a part in. I didn’t have time to keep up with someone’s story and definitely had no desire at all to write my own. I hated writing. So I ignored the knew trend. At this time, the LHPC has just ended, I was a part of Hogwarts (it’s end would come not long after) and I was on vacation IRL (in real life). AdmiralFiendishVulture had brought back a revamped Dark Side which I diligently participated in, but it never became what it’s predecessor once was, in other words, it didn’t last too long.

One day, by complete accident, I created a minifigure named Richard and immediately thought up a backstory. And despite my grudge of writing, I decided to give writing a series a try. The title of my Harry Potter fan fiction came to mind immediately: Malfoy But Not. Malfoy But Not would become one of the longest lasting and most iconic series on the Lego Life. Most of its key plot points would happen on accident due to my indecision and it would open up the door to a talent and love for writing I never thought I would ever have.

Malfoy But Not was not the only series I ever wrote. I wrote many others, most ending abruptly soon after their beginning. This was a result of lack of excitement and enjoyment. Sadly, this happened not only with me, but with many other series authors. The only story of mine which came to a complete end being Malfoy But Not.

As the series Age continued on and the fad of writing started fading out itself, many Lifers started bringing a new excitement to their stories by creating cross-over series’ with other users or making an original series together with another user. I only ever did one of each\* and neither ever came to a true end, but I enjoyed doing both.

One thing I think makes the 4th Age stand apart from all the others is the fact that it never TRULY faded out. It continued on and still continues on today. Lifers are still creating stories and series and continuing stories and series. One example (and I couldn’t make a post about series without mentioning her) is NurseAdventerousSkylor who is the author of the longest and most consistent series on this app to this day: Ninja, Darkness, And Storms.

If anything, series’ have helped shaped Lego Life and it prepared the Lifers of that Age for what would come next in the 5th Age.

### The 5th Age: The Age of RPs

Lasted: 3 months (September-November, 2017)

Released:

RP stands for Role Play. Playing wasn’t actually created on Lego Life but brought over and tweaked for Lego Life.

Before Lego Life there was Lego.com where you could find the Lego Galleries. The Galleries, as they were called, were basically Lego Life before Lego Life was around. You could post your creations on different Galleries which each had their own theme. Role Playing was created there and then, after Lego Life came around and after the Galleries shut down, AdmiralFiendishVulture brought the idea over for Lifers to enjoy.

The first RP was, predictably, Star Wars. However, soon the concept took off and like clubs and series’ before it, RPs could suddenly be found in all kinds of themes! The most popular being Star Wars, but there was a Harry Potter RP which I ran with AdmiralElegantArmadillo which gained quite a bit of popularity, as well.

RPs were a way for a Lifer to create their own story, but not write a series. Participate in something, but not in a club. And yet it still was centered on their favorite thing/theme and all they had to do was post a picture of their custom minifigure which would be their character. It was the best of all worlds; the closest thing to video games on Lego Life, as one person said.

During this 5th Age, as you probably already guessed, the majority of the posts made were RP submissions, entries, missions, updates, etc. However, there were still clubs and series’ which were going on as well. And it didn’t take long for clubs and RPs to morph together. Soon, clubs of a theme would add RPing to it to get their members more excited and involved.

You could almost call this Age the Calm of Lego Life. A time of balance. Clubs, series, and RPs were all happening; Lifers were working together and “getting to know” each other better because of all of it; and most who look back on that Age only remember fun. However, they say there’s always a calm before the storm, and that would be another reason you could call this Age the Calm. Because it came before a terrible storm of Lego Life.

Released: June 14, 2019

### The 6th Age: The Glitch Depression

Lasted: 3 months (December, 2017-February, 2018)

Released: June 20, 2019

It was December 21st, 2017— four days until Christmas— when Lego Life updated. It wasn’t the first update or the last, but it was the most remembered by far. It would later become known as “The Update” despite how many there have been besides it. It can also be referred to as “The-Update-Which-Was-Not-An-Update”. For that it was— an update which was not an update.

An update by definition is “to make something more modern or up to date”. Hence why updates are called updates— because they make software or apps more modern or better. The Update, however, did not do these things with the Lego Life app. In fact, it actually made the app worse! Suddenly, no one could post from their camera rolls, they couldn’t post multiple pictures at a time (you could do that before) and this was devastating.

How were you supposed to post your series’ without your main cover? How were you supposed to post your RPs without your character in the picture? How were you supposed to display your amazing club pictures?

It might not have been as bad if everyone happened to always have their lego and device with them to snap a picture when they wanted to post. But alas!, our world is far from perfect, and those were not the circumstances.

Suddenly, the pages of LL were blowing up with goodbye posts. “I can’t stand this!” people would say. “It’s the end of Lego Life!” said others. “Lego Life is ruined!!!”

I, I hate to admit, was one of them. I said goodbye and suddenly everyone else I “worked” with and had “gotten to know” we’re leaving as well! I knew if all the club and RP leaders left and all the Series authors left, there wouldn’t truly be a Lego Life to ever return to if it ever got fixed. So I returned and subsequently, most everyone else did, too.

“We will do our best to make it work,” we said. And that we did.

The Update’s effects lasted from December all the way through March— four months total. However, The Glitch Depression Age only lasted from December through the first half of February (2 1/2 months). Because next came something that would change not only how clubs and RPs worked, but how Lego Life worked and rubbed as a whole.

### The 7th Age: The Chatty Time

Lasted: 3 months (March-May, 2018)

Released: June 22, 2019

Lego Life was created as a safe, moderated, kid-friendly app where kids could share their custom LEGO creations. But we, the Lifers, quickly figured out that there was more potential beneath the surface that would make the app much more fun and interactive. We could make it something like nothing else out there. A safe, kid-friendly, moderated, app with interactive “games”, fan-made stories, fandom-based clubs, news shows, custom lego creations, and so much more. This dream of a making our dream app come true, came true. But with all our fun, came something that tainted the atmosphere more as time progressed: addressed posts.

Addressed posts came about when clubs came about. Their title consisted of **To: [enter user’s name here]** and their description was everything they wanted to directly say to that p[articular person. It became more of a necessity the more clubs grew, series’ started being co-written, and people started having problems. Soon enough the titles of these addressed posts started consisting of **To: [enter user’s name] NO ONE ELSE READ!** and they became increasingly more common.

This became a problem because when you scrolled through your favorite pages, majority of the posts you saw were addressed posts that didn’t concern you in the least! Imagine how annoying that must have been! The Glitch Depression definitely wasn’t helping things either. Because not only were most posts irritating addressed posts, but most posts being made consisted of a black (or other colored) backgrounds covered in stickers because no one really had lego to take pictures of when they posted. Even more annoying!

Something had to be done about the addressed posts problem and fast.

That’s where I come in.

I had had an idea for a solution to this problem for a long time. I just didn’t know if it was the right time for it yet. But I eventually relented and on January, 21st, 2018, I made a post about my solution. I explained why I was doing it, how I was doing it and why it wasn’t as bad as you would think. The solution? The first Chat.

The first chat was located on the **Mystery Brick— Crack It!** post on #Lego Life and is still active today. Most people refer to it now as the Original Chat.

Though the chat became a sort of light in the darkness of the Glitch Depression, I still sometimes regretted my decision. Some people left Lego Life after Chats ware invented because of their own reasons but part of me felt responsible, and sometimes I found myself thinking of ways my invention could be turned for wrong and I didn’t want that. Despite these facts, however, I couldn’t change what I had created. I don’t regret my decision now. As I had foreseen, the chat idea expanded and soon there were club chats, user chats, themed chats, etc. It solved the addressed post problem, even brought the number of RP posts down and provided a safe, friendly and convenient way to tell someone something.

I consider the Chat Age as starting in the middle of February because that’s when it really took off and lasting till May.

The current longest lasting chat is the Original Chat (or OC) and the biggest Chat has 26.4 thousand comments.

### The 8th Age: Age of the Tournaments

Lasted: 2 months (June-July, 2018)

Released: July 23, 2019

It had finally happened! On March 5th, 2018, Lego Life updated and brought back the posting from your camera roll feature! Lifers around the app made post after post, celebrating having the previously taken-advantage-of ability back! This event happened during the Age of the Chatty Time. It would be two months later when the next age would begin: the Tournament Age.

After the original excitement about being able to post any picture again, Lego Life started to become sort of boring and plain yet again. Everyone just wrote their series’, did what they had to for RPs, and liked club posts. Of course, the Chats had added a new air of activity, but people were still waiting for the Next Big Thing as always. But, soon enough, on May 10th, 2018, AdmiralFiendishVulture delivered yet again when he announced the coming of the Vulture Tournament— a bracket-system competition between users and their Sig-Figs (signature figures). Of course, it didn’t take long at all for other users to start making their own tournaments with their own unique spin on each.

The Age of Tournaments lasted a good two months before us unsatisfiable Lifers became unsatisfied yet again and started searching for the next Next Big Thing. But would it actually ever come?

### The 9th Age: The Lego Lull

Lasted: 1 month (August, 2018)

Released: November 26, 2019

Tournaments opened the door to many other innovations and activities. But after two months of excitement, Lego Life became boring yet again. This time, however, the boring was different. It lasted and lasted and seemed like it would never end. Faithful Lifers did their best to get people excited about something by writing new series’, starting new RPs, and creating new tournaments. By now, though clubs were still a thing, they had become more of a background or a given of Lego Life. Some people still had them, but they were small and not entirely well known. They were becoming old and overlooked.

Some Lifers during this Lego Lull Age started having “New Starts” where they’d change their avatar, signature, sig-fig and schedule. They’d release a ton of new series’, RPs and competitions hoping to get people excited again. I was one of them. It started with a small series called The Mysterious Kingdom and was planing to expand into a schedule of many series’ and competitions. But it did not happen. After the first episodes of TMK were released and immediately beloved, Lego Life began glitching once again. So much so that many (including myself) couldn’t even post! TMK was put to a halt and nothing else was started by AmbassadorMaskedZane.

Other users during this time also had the same problem, but the majority did not. So they continued attempting to excite the Lifers of the Lego Lull, but not to much avail.

It wasn’t until some new things/some new people came that the LEGO tables turned for the better.

### The 10th Age: The Front Page Race

Lasted: 2 months (September-October, 2018)

Released: November 28, 2019

This is the Age no one saw coming. One moment everything is boring, next moment there are new Lifers who have brought a buzz of excitement and with that, a battle.

The new Lifers consisted of new users and old users who had recently gained an influx in popularity. Here are four that really helped mold this Age whether they meant to or not: AssociateCourteousMorro, OfficerFabulousBottle, AssistantMiniatureCupcake, and UncleElatedMarshmallow.

Each of these four Lifers became very popular in a short amount of time with their unique posts and inspired many other Lifers to start posting and try to get on the coveted Front Page.

AssociateCourteousMorro was a great builder and photographer who never really meant to gain the popularity he did.

OfficerFabulousBottle was a great builder who, by using what is known as The Trick, was able to keep a steady #1 spot on the Front Page for days and days.

AssistantMiniatureCupcake was actually and older Lego Life user who, after a genuinely creative post, very suddenly and unexpectedly became popular for her photography.

UncleElatedMarshmallow was an older user at the time who had become popular for his dog he called Maggie and took pictures of everywhere. After learning The Trick, his popularity increased even more and he became one of the four top users at the time.

Suddenly, nearly overnight, users all across the app were posting like crazy and using The Trick to hold the Top Spot on the Front Page for long periods of time. The Trick consisted of posting your normal post using a Lego Life issued activity which allows you to post on more #s and allows more Lifers to see it. Another Trick was to post early in the morning before most people would so for a short amount of time, you were one of the only ones posting.

Soon enough, people all around the app were going crazy. Either they were trying almost too hard to get on the Front Page (an almost impossible feat by now) or they were upset at only ever seeing the same posts on the Front Page. The latter party— the ones tired of the Top Spots always being the same people— actually included AssistantMiniatureCupcake herself even though she was one of the ones who was often at the top. But here fame came by accident or luck or sheer talent. She didn’t need tricks. So she created “Share It Day” Where all the “popular” users weren’t supposed to post all day and give others a chance at the Front Page. For weeks she and others advertised it, but when the day came, nothing changed because most of the top users didn’t want to give up their spot.

The Front Page Race Age was a chaotic time full of jealousy, irritation and LOTS of posting. It started suddenly and fell apart suddenly. It lasted two whole months and at the end a lot of the “top users” including OfficerFabulousBottle left.

In its wake, the 10th Age left Lego Life in a time of rebuilding and reminding Lifers of what the app was really about. You didn’t need to be on the Front Page to have fun. But it also brought Lego Life into another time of nothing.

### The 11th Age: The Lego Lull II

Lasted: 4 months (November, 2018-February, 2019)

Released: May 16, 2020

After the excitement of the age of the Front Page Race, again things started to die down. Like the first Lego Lull, nothing seemed to be happening. Or at least, nothing seemed to be causing any major effects. It was the end of the year of 2018 and it wasn’t the best time for the app.

Not only were new ideas few and far between, but many glitches were beginning to occur as well. Many people took a break during this time and some came back a little later.

There is not much else to say about this time of Lego Life. Though it was during this time that AdmiralFiendishVulture did bring back Medieval Times Role Play (MTRP).

The Lego Lull ll came to an end when slowly the glitching became worse and worse. Until finally, we had entered the Glitch Age.

### The 12th Age: The Glitch Age

Lasted: 3 months (March-May, 2019)

Released: May 22, 2020

No posting for some.

No chats for others.

Ridiculously long loading for most.

Blurry pictures for all.

Infinite notification numbers.

Super long moderation progress.

Unnecessary rejections.

Random crashes.

Difficult logins.

Duplicated posts.

And the list goes on.

This was the Glitch Age. The Age in which glitches ruled the app of Lego Life. It lasted three whole months. Some may argue whether these three months or the three months of the Glitch Depression were worse. This Age definitely was a difficult one to overcome.

Not much happened as far innovations went during this Age for obvious reasons. The Glitch Age would become the beginning of what seemed like the End of Lego Life.

### The 13th Age: The Verification Limbo

Lasted: 5 months (May-September, 2020)

Released: January 20, 2021

It happened overnight in all interpretations of the sense, as most Lego Life catastrophes do. One day, all was as it was on the app, and the next: disaster. Lego Life had updated yet again. In an attempt to make the app safer, the Creators introduced the “Verification Process”. The process consisted of guardians giving credit card or ID numbers to activate their child’s account. It did not matter if you already had one or not, if you were a Lifer, you could not do anything but view the app without being Verified.

To some, this was a short hurdle, and were verified within the day. But to others, it was a much more difficult leap. It may have been because their parents saw it as a breach of privacy or because they didn’t see it as a necessary thing to have, or a number of other possible reasons.

It didn’t change the fact, however, that overnight, there was a mass exodus of Lifers with no warning, no goodbyes, and no hope of ever returning again. The numbers of Lifers decreased drastically, leaving it up to those who were Verified to make the most of the few they still had.

This time after the Verification Update, only lasted for a month or two, and became known as the Verification Limbo. It took a while, however, for those Lifers who had left to return to the app because they had no knowledge of what had gone on in their absence and didn’t know that the Limbo was over. Eventually they slowly began to filter back in, though not all of them will ever return.

The end of the Verification Process marked a new dawn for Lego Life which made the perfect time for a new craze to be sparked. But did the one who sparked it ever get to know? And was it really new?

### The 14th Age: The Comic Craze

Lasted: 6 months (October, 2020-March, 2021)

Released: May 12, 2021

The Lego Galleries were a place for Lego lovers of all ages to come together, share their builds and interact. The first gallery—the Lego Universe Creation Lab—was introduced in 2010 and was followed by many others the next year. After the end of Lego Universe, the LUCL gallery was shut down and replaced with the General Gallery which was not theme-specific. It did’t take long for the galleries to evolve from a lego forum to fandom central with assortments of RPs, stories, memes, and other forms of content for themes of all sorts.

In late-2016/early-2017, an old user named MockingbirdInc**\*** created a comic starring to guys named Matthew and Mark. It gained immensely in popularity in 2017 and got to a point where Mockingbird (as he was more commonly known) was posting issues daily. It was Mockingbird’s comics which created the typical archetype for LEGO comics: Two roommates—one smart, one goofy.

Another Gallery user, TheGreatCon\*\*, created his own comics called Preferably Nothing and they also became super popular. Within a few months, comics covered the galleries, outnumbering series and build posts by a ton! They were simple, humorous, and creative—everything people wanted. The perfect balance!

At the time, Lego Life was still in its beginning stages and the Club Age had only just started. A user named ElderPeppyScorm discovered the ability to post multiple pictures and began the first Lego Life comic: TripleBricks. A couple other users caught on, but then the app updated and the ability to post multiple pics was gone.

Comics remained popular and prevalent on the Galleries until the galleries were shut down at the end of 2017. After that, comic creators either migrated to other platforms or created their own websites to post their comics. No one used Lego Life for comics because still no one could post more than one picture at a time. Memes began to take the place of comics because they were only one image and still brought humor and creativity to the app, but they were hardly a satisfactory replacement.

Three years later, in the summer of 2020, Lego Life updated once again, bringing back the ability to post multiple pictures (though limited to 4). This was the same update which brought on the Verification Limbo and caused many spirits to need lifting. EPS happened to return to the app around this time as HighestTangyShark and jumped at his chance to bring comics back alive. The day he returned, he posted the first issue of Brick Separators. His comic was a hit and caught on quickly. UncleElatedMarshmallow, being done with Maggie, joined in and, being the popular user he was, made an even bigger name for and more fans of comics.

Soon, like the Galleries so many years before, Lego Life had entered its age of the Comic Craze! This Age would be the longest Age in the history of Lego Life to date. Beginning in October of 2020 and lasting all the way to March of 2021!

\*MockingbirdInc’s Lego Life account was UncleHilariousToilet

\*\*TheGreatCon’s Lego Life account was SecondCuriousMinibeard

### The 15th Age: The Reporter Rampage

Lasted: 4 months (April-July, 2021)

Released: May 19, 2021

Since the beginning, as Lego Life’s mechanics have slowly morphed and changed, so has its atmosphere.

In the beginning, Lego Life was lonely. You could post, comment emojis and like. You could see others’ posts and their happy faces on yours, but there was no interaction between you and them.

Addressed Posts were invented and interaction was advanced as the Club Age came to be, but along with it came other things.

There were those users who purposely read Top Secret addresses posts and commented just to get on your nerves. There were the ones that joined clubs only to cause problems and drama. And there were those people who would post mean things just for the fun of it. Back then there was no report feature.

As Lego Life advanced into the Series Age and then the RP Age, those same people would do the same things and disrupt the community in the same ways and more. The Glitch Depression brought its own set of issues and left users so upset about the Update that those probIematic users were few and far between.

But that changed once again during the Chatty Time. Suddenly a whole new area to cause havoc had arisen and users were taking advantage. They would disrupt chats in all sorts of ways, from intruding on private chats, to spamming RPs, to causing arguments in clubs.

“If only we could report their posts or delete their comments or flag those users or *something*!” some users said. They were tired of the bullies.

Their wishes were granted as Lego Life updated yet again and introduced the report feature on posts as a present to us Lifers. But we forgot to read the card, eager to tear open the gift. It wasn’t until months later that we found it under the table and read what was in it: “Careful what you wish for.”

We had to learn the lesson the hard way as slowly but surely, users began to realize they didn’t just have to report non-Lego posts, but could report whatever they wanted! This continued to gain in prevalence as we made our way through the Lego Lull and into the Front Page Race.

Annoyed at who was on the Front Page? Report them!

Someone commented a sad face on your post? Report them!

A person likes cats instead of dogs? Report them!

This issue grew and grew until users’ whole pages were being erased because of reporters! Something had to be done!

It was the reporters which caused the Lego Life Police Association (or LLPA) to be founded. But even they had their limitations.

It didn’t take long to realize that nothing could be done.

Over the Ages reporter activity increased and decreased. Sometimes they would be all over, other times hardly ever. But that changed after the Comic Craze began.

With the introduction of comics to Lego Life came many opinion statements, stereotypes, jokes, and references, all of which were subjective to opinions. All it took was one person to find something offensive and a comic would be reported....

Only to be reposted...

To be reported...

To be reposted again...

To be reported and the creator to give up on reposting.

It was tedious work, wearisome repetition, and absolutely *annoying*!

At this time art was also booming in popularity, much off which was not LEGO and this became the cause of much debate and reporters.

By April of 2021, the Comic Craze had turned into the Reporter Rampage as the reporters stormed the app at an unprecedented rate, reporting whatever they pleased with no consequence.

### The 16th Age: The Dead Age

Lasted: Still going (September 2021-now)

Forget the reporters now we gotta watch out for the mods!

Not only this but the comic Craze was finally slowing to a crawl! With many comic creators ether stoping or leaving. Even Zai and UEM, the people who mainly started it all stopped making them after awhile!

The mods had whole new excuses to why they wouldn't except your post...

The LLPA ( as seen in the lego life protection agency) has also seemed to "Fade out of existence"...

Oh well it seams like lego life is headed toward another drought... this will probably be the last age for a long LONG time...

**Period 2 (Represents A new life)**

### The 1st Age: The Shrektacular Age

Lasted: July 2023-January 2024

Released: August 18, 2023

[written by GenuineRichie]

In the midst of the still-not-quite-ended Dead Age, users were posting less and less good quality, LEGO content. People were tired of LL. Most of the best OG users were gone or largely inactive. The trending page is filled with “like traps” and “drop posts.”

LEGO Life needed something new.

And that’s when a new and different user joined the app—“The Shrektacular Shrek.”

His name alone caught people off guard, including me. But what really got him popular within days of joining even more than his startling name, was his technique of commenting on almost every post on trending! You couldn’t scroll on LL without seeing his comments. Things like “this is Shrektacular! Love it” or “Shrektastic photo dude! 💚” were what got people seemingly to click on his profile and friend him.

Soon he made his first real post; but already his simple avatar post before that had garnered over 100 likes—more than any “My Cool Creation!” post had ever gotten (to my knowledge)! His fame was one of the fastest growths—from what he posted publicly about this popularity, he had all his posts on trending after only three, he had 300 friends within a week, and people were already posting about him.

Speculations of his identity (whether he had another account, if he was a YouTuber, etc) popped up in posts and all over his comments sections; the most popular theory is that he is TD Bricks. He was all over users News segments in his first couple weeks of joining. He was getting questions left and right about who he was and how he got the name—which eventually led The Shrektacular Shrek to explain the now popular Name Customization Trick in a dedicated post.

This had been done before since the trick was discovered, with custom names popping up even so much as a year before Shrek. But this knowledge of how to actually do it being shared by a well known, suddenly popular user and thus being seen by hundreds was what really started or rather revived the custom names (and by extension, "The Impersonation Explosion").

### The 2th Age: The Impersonation Explosion

Lasted: Still Going On (Late July 2023-Now)

Released: August 26th

[Written by CreepyUmbrella074]

After the initial boom in popularity of The Shrektacular Shrek, many other people have been inspired by him. Many people have created accounts impersonating pop culture icons. Such as: The Rock, Melvin The Giraffe, Taylor Swift, Marty Mcfly, Mr. Beast, Agent P., Barbie, and Jeff Bezos to name a few. This craze is most likely thanks to The Shrektacular Shrek's tutorial on how to get custom nicknames. You must go into LEGO IDEAS to change your account name, and then log back into LL.

Speaking of LEGO IDEAS, you can bypass the verification process if you create an IDEAS account, set your age to something over 18, and use that IDEAS account to log into LL. You'll then realise that it never asked you to verify your account.

Moving on, the this impersonation trend has sparked some controversy in the LL community. Some people (such as EmperorResourcefulPlate) have issues with people who are impersonating celebrities. The idea of impersonating a real person seems to not be agreed upon by all.

Due to the fact that the report button is still being abused (arguably worse than ever before) these characters and celebs are at risk of being shut down. My theory is that most impersonators will eventually all reveal themselves, and the trend will die and fade away

**The 3th age: Restarted and Rebuilding**

Lasted: July 2023-Now

(Written by DoctorAttractiveLennox)

The Original Greats, LL’s history, and the fully functional main page (to name a few) have been with us since the start of the app. Those four things were sandcastles, and they were washed away in a huge wave of new users coming to LL, all the original greats leaving/going inactive, the lose of the OG main page, glitches, boredom, hate, and people just growing up. And now with those sandcastles gone, the rest of us have to rebuild from the ground up. We’ve always had someone to guide us, but now there’s no guide on this hike. Almost everything about the original LL is gone, and we’ve never gone through this kind of restart before. But now new photographers, renderers, writers, comic makers, and artists emerge, and we have truly moved on to the next generation of greats, and we can only hope we will one day grow back to what we once were.