Over the last few days, as you've probably noticed, Brickshelf and Maj have been having extended periods of unexplained downtime. It's become apparent that Brickshelf and Maj are no longer reliable sites to host your images at.

The unfortunate thing about this is how the Lego community as a whole has used Brickshelf to host their Lego images -- it didn't matter who you were, what site you visited... everyone used Brickshelf. I'm sure you've heard all about this already.

Now, the issue is: How will BZPower cope with the loss of Brickshelf?

Well, that's easy. I'm sure the admins are looking for some sort of feature that can be added on BZP to help. There are also plenty of other places to upload your images out there. Personally, I would suggest looking into Photobucket or Flickr.

When entering a BBC Contest, I would highly recommend NOT using Brickshelf or Maj!

If the sites go down during the polls, members will not be able to view your entry.

Please take this into consideration.

--Kex