Hello Patrons :)
Just a quick update on brickhawk.com's performance - which you may have noticed has been a little slow lately - and what's happening to sort it out!
Firstly though, you can rest assured that Hawk alerts are still being sent out the moment a price/offer/availability/etc change is detected, and they are not being impacted by the slowness you are seeing on brickhawk.com. And the "Take me straight to the deal!" button in the alert emails means you still have ...
2021-06-06 11:12:55 +0000 UTC
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Hello Patrons :)
It's release day! And this one is a direct result of your feedback about wanting more control over alerts.
SUPERHAWKS are great - set one up for a retailer and every now and then you will get a SUPERHAWK Alert that snags you a really decent deal (e.g. Marilyn Munroe Art at 75% off - thanks Target Australia!)
But you can also get lots of SUPERHAWK Alerts for sets you will never ever buy, regardless of how good the deal is. Often it's a certain LEGO theme that...
2021-05-23 01:26:56 +0000 UTC
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Hello Patrons :)
It's release day! Well, it's actually "update-you-on-all-the-little-changes-this-month day"! A number of small changes have made their way out this month - none big enough on their own to warrant a Patreon post, but collectively they all do! Here's a quick (#numbered) rundown of the various releases from this past month:
PARTHAWKS!
(#1) PARTHAWKS is receiving much needed attention and the most noticeable change ha...
2021-04-27 13:46:06 +0000 UTC
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Hello Big Hawk and Ultimate Hawk Patrons!
It's time to share something that's been in and out of development and testing for a few weeks now, with some success. I'm really interested to hear from you now, to understand if there is any value in spending more time developing the feature and releasing it, or if there's no value dropping it and moving on to other things.
The working title for the feature is SNEAKYHAWKS, and it's basically an alert for upcoming sets th...
2021-03-27 01:10:00 +0000 UTC
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Hello Patrons :)
It's another release day! This one is for the PARTHAWKS fans, and it's the first of a handful of planned improvements for PARTHAWKS.
PARTHAWK images!
If you use PARTHAWKS, you've most likely scrolled down your list of parts and had thoughts like "6335192, which element is that again...." or "MINI LOWER PART, NO. 2022 - is that the space torso in green or black falcon...". Well, a picture paints a thousand words:
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2021-03-11 23:14:27 +0000 UTC
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Hello Patrons :)
A quick update for everyone in the US, UK and Canada. If you're a little over "noisy" Amazon when it comes to Availability alerts, rest assured that it's about to get a little (hopefully a lot) quieter!
Rather than to seemingly alert you every time Amazon sells a LEGO set, for example alert emails with...
Availability: Only 19 left in stock - order soon. (was Only 20 left in stock - order soon.)
...BrickHawk will now ...
2021-03-07 08:28:47 +0000 UTC
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Hello Patrons :)
It's release day! A couple of weeks ago you had a sneak peak of the new "Hawks" page (the one that lists all of the sets you have Hawks Alerts set for!), and it's now live and ready for you to try out!
The old page was getting a little hairy if you had a lot of Hawk Alerts, and finding the one you wanted to change was becoming a challenge. So it's had a refresh, and now has:
- Pagination: 10 Hawks per page, reducing the ...
2021-03-06 12:12:38 +0000 UTC
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Hello Patrons :)
Just a quick update, with a sneak peak at something that's coming in the next release. Whilst there's been a lot of work happening on the things you don't see (like new infrastructure to make BrickHawk faster, and better retailer processing), it's time to switch focus to the things you do see - like new features and improving old ones!
So, here's a look at what's in the works for the "Hawks" page which lists all of your Hawks. With all of the extra Hawks you gaine...
2021-02-21 03:08:36 +0000 UTC
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Hello Patrons :)
Last week's HAPPYBDAY2 promo code was well received by you all - within 24 hours more than half of you had applied it to your account! Thank you for celebrating with us!
Now for this week's offer (yes, there's more!). If you upgrade your pledge this month (i.e. from Little Hawk to Middle or Big Hawk, or Middle Hawk to Big Hawk), you will receive an additional 2 SUPERHAWKS and an additional 2 THEMEHAWKS
2021-01-23 12:48:44 +0000 UTC
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Hello Patrons :)
It's BrickHawk's Patreon Birthday, and we're celebrating!
In January 2019, BrickHawk's Patreon page was launched. Over the last two years, by being a patron, you have enabled BrickHawk to grow and grow - new and improved features, more retailers, more regions, the list goes on - so much has happened in just two years!
So to say a big thank-you, over the next couple of weeks there will be some special offers to celebrat...
2021-01-15 10:19:19 +0000 UTC
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If you've got a SUPERHAWK on Amazon, or a THEMEHAWK on Architecture, you are probably well and truly over the Hawk Alerts from the last few days... all 100 odd!
Either Amazon are testing a new pricing strategy, or they have a bug, which means that every 30 minutes they drop the price by anywhere between a few cents and a dollar or so.
Alerts for this set from Amazon have just been disabled for everyone, to give you all a break. If you are waiting for the pri...
2020-11-15 03:16:41 +0000 UTC
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Hello Patrons :)
It's release day! And there is a new type of hawk ready to go - RELEASEHAWKS!
RELEASEHAWKS let you know whenever LEGO releases a new set, and gives you some early BrickHawk Insights into the set - Price, VIP points, Theme, Piece count and Price per Piece. If there is an image available, then that will be there too:
Whilst y...
2020-11-02 12:53:10 +0000 UTC
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October 13-14 is Amazon Prime Day. And if you take previous Prime Days as an example, there should be some excellent LEGO deals! Some examples from previous years include:
- LEGO 17101 Boost Creative Toolbox $129.99 (48% off RRP)
- LEGO 60215 City Fire Station $53 (47% off RRP)
- LEGO 42096 Technic Porsche 911 RSR $159.20 (36% off RRP)
- LEGO 75955 Harry Potter Hogwarts Express $89 (36% off RRP)...
2020-10-12 02:05:20 +0000 UTC
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Hello Patrons :)
It's release day! And a lot has been going on behind the scenes to improve BrickHawk - so let's jump into the new stuff first...
Ignore Out Of Stock for Hawk Alerts
For a little while now, SUPERHAWKS and THEMEHAWKS have had the option to "Ignore Out Of Stock" sets. But regular Hawks for individual sets have not had this option - until now!
With this set to ...
2020-10-01 13:14:48 +0000 UTC
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Hello Patrons :)
There are two updates to BrickHawk, just released, to share with you The first being that "price per piece" is now being shown next to the High/Low prices for each retailer. It's displayed with the prefix "P/P", and you can see this highlighted in the image above.
The second update is to BrickHawk Insights, with two new insights: "LEGO® Shop availability" and "Predicted to retire". BrickHawk Insights is av...
2020-08-13 13:11:07 +0000 UTC
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Hello Patrons :)
A small release this weekend - Hawk Alerts now include an image of the set that the hawk is for! This feature is exclusive to Patrons.
Hopefully this will help your brain quickly understand which set a Hawk Alert is for, and you can switch your focus to whether or not you are going to buy it!
Images should appear for any set that's not retired. Over the next few weeks the back catalogue of retired sets will be populated, for the odd occasion when one of thes...
2020-08-09 07:37:55 +0000 UTC
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Hello Patrons :)
First up, thank you for your continued support - it really means a lot, and you are the best!
It's also release day for BrickHawk, with some new features that have been requested by Patrons. First up...
Honour the threshold for availability alerts
This one has been requested by many of you. By default, BrickHawk treats each Hawk Alert option independently. This means that if you have a Hawk Alert set for "20% or more off" and "Availability aler...
2020-08-03 13:24:46 +0000 UTC
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Hello Patrons :)
Over the past few weeks and months you’ve made quite a number of requests for new features and tweaks that you’d like to see at brickhawk.com - and some of these are ready to see the light of day.
Here’s what has just been released, and available right now:
Lower THEMEHAWK price change threshold
A number of you have asked for a lower price change threshold on THEMEHAWKS (in par...
2020-07-13 09:24:40 +0000 UTC
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Hello Patrons :)
Whilst you wait for the Toy Mania Sale to kick-off (12.01am for those playing that game), there's a new BrickHawk feature for you to try - Retailer Options!
Mute retailer
The first option gives you the ability to stop Hawk alerts from a retailer. With "Mute retailer" switched on, you won't receive any Hawk alerts (including SUPERHAWKS! and THEMEHAWKS!) from this retailer.
This might be useful if you are unable to shop at a part...
2020-06-15 11:50:50 +0000 UTC
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Hello Patrons :)
A really quick message to let you know about a new little feature that was just rolled out to BrickHawk - the "New listings only" filter.
It's available on the "Recent changes" list at https://brickhawk.com, and also on the "Change history" tab for each set:
2020-05-29 12:59:09 +0000 UTC
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Hello Patrons :)
It's release day! And first cab of the rank is the new "Take me straight to the deal" button that you will now see in BrickHawk alert emails.
"Take me straight to the deal!"
There are now two buttons for you to choose from when you receive an alert. The first is the same as the old one - "See the changes at BrickHawk" - where you can compare this ...
2020-05-17 09:05:54 +0000 UTC
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Hello Patrons :)
The results from last week's poll are in, and there's a clear winner - you want offer alerts "Only when a new offer is detected, or an existing offer is changed (i.e. ignore '[EMPTY]' offers)".
BrickHawk has just been updated to reflect this , meaning you should no longer see emails with Offer: [EMPTY]!
Whilst the majority wanted this, there were a couple of votes for the other options. These options could be incorporated as well whils...
2020-04-18 12:38:29 +0000 UTC
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Over the last week or so since eBay offers were added to BrickHawk, several Patrons have reached out about the 'flappy' nature of the offer alerts they are receiving. eBay removes and adds their offers throughout the offer period, meaning many of you will be seeing the offer come, go and come again - often one or more times a day. It's not ideal!
To fix this, the easiest option is to simply stop BrickHawk sending an alert when an offer is removed (e.g no more hawk alerts that say "Offer...
2020-04-11 12:30:08 +0000 UTC
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Hello Patrons!
It's release day - and also a day to update you on some releases that you might have seen over the last few weeks :)
Sorting and filtering prices per set
The same sorts of filtering and sorting available on the retailer pages is now available when you are looking at current prices and change history for an individual sets. Firstly, you can now hide all retailers that are known to be Out Of Stock:
2020-04-05 12:02:22 +0000 UTC
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Hello Patrons :)
It's release day! Over the last month, BrickHawk has been learning what "Out Of Stock" looks like for all of the retailers it follows. This was no small task - across 54 retailers in 12 regions, BrickHawk currently has 67 different availability statuses - and knowing which ones mean "Out Of Stock" is tricky!
For some retailers it's obvious - a set is either "In Stock" or "Out Of Stock". But what about when retailers have availability statuses like "Call to check p...
2020-03-12 13:19:38 +0000 UTC
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Hello Patrons :)
It's release day! And this one is a big one. It's been "in the making" for some time now, and it's coming to you sooner than expected - which means it's tagged "BETA", and your help is needed to make it great!
PARTHAWKS!
Up until now, BrickHawk has been about LEGO sets. Add a hawk to a set, receive a THEMEHAWK for a set from a particular theme, compare sets across retailers, etc. You know how it works!
Until now... now BrickHawk is learning about par...
2020-02-15 22:19:12 +0000 UTC
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BrickHawk has been on Patreon for 1 year, and it's time to celebrate!
On January 11 2019, BrickHawk's Patreon page was launched. Over the last 12 months, BrickHawk's patrons - that's you - have enabled BrickHawk to grow, with features like SUPERHAWKS, THEMEHAWKS and RRP comparisons being launched and made available exclusively to patrons.
You're the best!
BrickHawk wouldn't be what it is now without your supp...
2020-01-10 23:51:49 +0000 UTC
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Hello patrons! Just a quick note to let you know that I had been alerted to a really annoying bug in SUPERHAWKS and THEMEHAWKS that prevented you from changing the threshold and RRP toggle on these Hawk types. If you had tried to do this, you might have seen the message "SUPERHAWK limit reached, you already have 2 SUPERHAWKS", and your changes were not saved.
This has been resolved, and now works as expected:
2020-01-09 21:44:42 +0000 UTC
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Hello Patrons
Happy new year, and Happy new BrickHawk feature! Earlier today Graph view was launched - a graph that plots the price of a set over time. This has been requested by a number of Patrons over the last few months, and it's here now and exclusive to Patrons :)
Graph view is very much a "beta" release. There is more to be done (e.g. the ability to choose how far back in time the graph plots), however your feedback and ideas are needed to ...
2020-01-01 10:27:50 +0000 UTC
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Hello Patrons!
Just a quick update on BrickHawk. More filters for retailers have been released - you can now filter by availability and LEGO theme on the retailer listings page. To see this in action, head over to your favourite retailer - e.g. Big W (AU...
2019-11-21 04:00:39 +0000 UTC
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