Studs

Studs are the yellow LEGO pieces above a LEGO.com member's avatar. Eight is the most amount of studs one can get. Studs can be earned by being active, and having enough posts. If you're #10 out of the top ten and someone else gets to your rank, you lose that stud, because you are no longer in the designated position. (Significantly, every time someone gains a stud, someone loses a stud.) You will get your first stud around 1000-1100 posts, though this number is constantly rising. In the past,the first stud was gained at around 200 posts, but with an increase in users it has become much harder for users to get studs.

 TOP 500 POSTERS 

If you have a stud or more, this means that you are in the top 500 LEGO Message Board posters (or within, depending on how many studs you have). The list below shows which top poster group you are in:


 * 1 stud - Top 500 posters


 * 2 studs - Top 200 posters


 * 3 studs - Top 150 posters


 * 4 studs - Top 100 posters


 * 5 studs - Top 75 posters


 * 6 studs - Top 50 posters


 * 7 studs - Top 25 posters


 * 8 studs - Top 10 posters

Disappearing studs
Occasionally, a user will not have any of their studs shown even though they are far above the mark for having studs. Sometimes they will reappear after reloading, but reloading might not do anything in certain cases. However, the studs should eventually come back after some time. This sometimes happens when a user is about to gain their second stud.