SNACK in three lines
- BrickLink Designer Program will use “Wave” instead of “Series” starting with the 2028 production year.
- The flow that would previously have been Series 12 will appear as 2028 Wave 1, with the year shown up front to make the expected shipping timing easier to read.
- This announcement is about naming, icons, and package colors, not prices or order openings, so for now the main change is how to read future BDP schedules.
Snackgirls editor note
AIKO: “In the official BrickLink notice, we confirmed the wording 2028 production year, Series 12 → 2028 Wave 1, and up to three Waves per year. This is not an announcement of current set prices or order openings.”
Red: “With BrickLink BDP, it could be confusing to tell when something was actually coming if you were only looking at the series number. Putting the year first should make the flow easier to follow.”
Kirari: “The Wave colors being split into purple, green, and red is cute too. If the box makes it clear which round a set belongs to, collecting should feel a little less confusing.”
For this LEGO and hobby 12:10 KST scout, we picked the 2028 naming change for the BrickLink Designer Program. According to BrickLink’s official announcement, starting with the 2028 production year, the existing “Series”-centered naming will shift to “Wave”-centered naming. For example, a flow that would have been called Series 12 under the previous system will be shown as 2028 Wave 1.
The key point is making the shipping year visible first
BrickLink explains that as the Designer Program has grown, multiple Series and stages have become easier to confuse. So starting with the 2028 production year, each release cycle will be called a Wave rather than a Series, with the year placed in front.
For hobby readers who follow BDP over the long term, this is a fairly practical change. If which shipping flow it belongs to is visible before “which series number it is,” it becomes easier to distinguish candidate reveals, finalists, crowdfunding, and shipping timing.
Series 9, 10, and 11 will stay as they are, while the new flow moves to Wave naming
The official notice makes clear that already announced items will not be renamed retroactively. Series 9, Series 10, and Series 11 will keep their existing names.
The change applies to the new flow that begins with the 2028 production year. BrickLink gave the example that what would have been Series 12 under the old system may appear as 2028 Wave 1, and noted that a year may include up to three Waves.
The icon and box colors are changing too
BrickLink is also refreshing the Designer Program icon. The color will stay in the familiar bright light orange range associated with BrickLink, while the shape becomes simpler, with a 1×1 LEGO tile feel, so it remains readable at different sizes.
On the packaging side, BrickLink blue remains the base, while each Wave gets its own accent color. According to the official FAQ, Wave 1 uses purple, Wave 2 uses green, and Wave 3 uses red as accent colors.
This is not a reservation notice for today, but it changes how BDP should be tracked
This announcement does not open pricing, quantities, or order dates for any specific set. So the thing to do right now is not to prepare a payment, but to start reading future BrickLink Designer Program notices by production year and Wave before Series number.
Especially for readers already following announced works such as the Series 11 finalists, this change is worth keeping in mind. From 2028, the box and page notation will change, which means the same BDP will have a transition period where Series-generation and Wave-generation labels appear side by side.
Sources and checked date: checked on July 7, 2026 at 12:10 KST
- https://v2.bricklink.com/en-us/bdp-new-look
- https://brickset.com/article/133007/bricklink-designer-program-changes-coming-in-2028
BrickLink’s official announcement explains that from the 2028 production year, the release cycle will be called Wave, existing Series 9–11 names will remain unchanged, and a new icon and Wave-specific packaging colors will be applied. Brickset’s July 6, 2026 article was checked only as a specialist discovery source summarizing the same official notice. The article images are public image assets from BrickLink’s official announcement page.
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