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We ignore color by default now. MOCs library is not very big at the moment, but we did not intend to go viral either :) The library of different builds will g

We ignore color by default now. MOCs library is not very big at the moment, but we did not intend to go viral either :) The library of different builds will grow for sure!

guepe 5y ago
I hope the library evolves, this has potential to give new build ideas in a very simple to use package !
artursapek 5y ago
you should let people photograph their builds step by step and upload them. user generated content would create a nice network effect.
klintcho 5y ago
Oh I was looking for something like this but with a bit of a different intent: building from instructions, but of course you have to look for pieces in a random pile of legos. Use CV to identify the piece(s) you are looking for. Would be awesome! Actually thought that was what this was doing at first as well.
- iNate2000 5y ago
  Just downloaded it and tried it out. For the instructions it has, you can tap a part and it lights up the bounding box for that piece in the original image.
dumbfounder 5y ago
Curious about who you are and why you built this. What’s the story?
- elephantum 5y ago
  One of the founders got sick of looking for Lego pieces while playing with his son. And he thought that there should be an app for that :)
breck 5y ago
This is so cool! UX is so simple and smooth. I was impressed by just it counting how many bricks I put out. This will be fun with my daughters as they get older and we collect more. I'm a big fan of all Lego communities like https://www.mecabricks.com/ https://www.mecabricks.com/ and https://www.reddit.com/r/lego/ https://www.reddit.com/r/lego/ and your Brickit just made my day. Thank you!
slg 5y ago
> but we did not intend to go viral either :) This is hilarious and makes me wonder about the relationship of the value of going viral with the repercussions in going viral before you feel you are ready for it. Great, lots more people know about the app. Not so great, some people's first impressions are negative because of flaws that you are probably already working to fix. Overall it is an impressive app with lots of potential to be even better.
- elephantum 5y ago
  So true! We were hoping to start marketing alongside with the release of Android app )
  - newswasboring 5y ago
    I always wanted to ask this to someone who made this choice, why build the iphone app before Android app? Also are there no good (in your view) frameworks where it will just work for both the platforms?
    - breakfastduck 5y ago
      Cant answer for their reasons, but anecdotally I've seen this happen a few times and in each case the 'founder' of the app already had a load of experience developing for iOS / macOS / Swift. They then hired someone / learned how to do Android once the prototype was complete. A lot of these things start out as ideas or hobby projects too, so generally the app starts being built for iOS because why wouldn't you write it with the stack you're already comfortable with / can use your own phone to test it. I don't necessarily think its always a conscious 'we must do iOS first', but if you own an iPhone already and do iOS dev at work...

We ignore color by default now. MOCs library is not very big at the moment, but we did not intend to go viral either :) The library of different builds will grow for sure!

guepe 5y ago

I hope the library evolves, this has potential to give new build ideas in a very simple to use package !

artursapek 5y ago

you should let people photograph their builds step by step and upload them. user generated content would create a nice network effect.

klintcho 5y ago

Oh I was looking for something like this but with a bit of a different intent: building from instructions, but of course you have to look for pieces in a random pile of legos. Use CV to identify the piece(s) you are looking for. Would be awesome! Actually thought that was what this was doing at first as well.

iNate2000 5y ago
Just downloaded it and tried it out. For the instructions it has, you can tap a part and it lights up the bounding box for that piece in the original image.

dumbfounder 5y ago

Curious about who you are and why you built this. What’s the story?

elephantum 5y ago
One of the founders got sick of looking for Lego pieces while playing with his son. And he thought that there should be an app for that :)

breck 5y ago

This is so cool! UX is so simple and smooth. I was impressed by just it counting how many bricks I put out. This will be fun with my daughters as they get older and we collect more. I'm a big fan of all Lego communities like https://www.mecabricks.com/ https://www.mecabricks.com/ and https://www.reddit.com/r/lego/ https://www.reddit.com/r/lego/ and your Brickit just made my day. Thank you!

slg 5y ago

> but we did not intend to go viral either :) This is hilarious and makes me wonder about the relationship of the value of going viral with the repercussions in going viral before you feel you are ready for it. Great, lots more people know about the app. Not so great, some people's first impressions are negative because of flaws that you are probably already working to fix. Overall it is an impressive app with lots of potential to be even better.

elephantum 5y ago
So true! We were hoping to start marketing alongside with the release of Android app )
- newswasboring 5y ago
  I always wanted to ask this to someone who made this choice, why build the iphone app before Android app? Also are there no good (in your view) frameworks where it will just work for both the platforms?
  - breakfastduck 5y ago
    Cant answer for their reasons, but anecdotally I've seen this happen a few times and in each case the 'founder' of the app already had a load of experience developing for iOS / macOS / Swift. They then hired someone / learned how to do Android once the prototype was complete. A lot of these things start out as ideas or hobby projects too, so generally the app starts being built for iOS because why wouldn't you write it with the stack you're already comfortable with / can use your own phone to test it. I don't necessarily think its always a conscious 'we must do iOS first', but if you own an iPhone already and do iOS dev at work...