Studs

Studs are the little yellow LEGO pieces located in a User's Profile. The maximum amount of studs you can have is 8, and the minimum amount is 0. 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 1400 posts, though this number is constantly rising. In the past, the first stud was gained at around 200 posts, but with more users today who are making more posts, 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 [Approx. amount of required posts: 1420]


 * 2 studs - Top 200 posters [3500]


 * 3 studs - Top 150 posters [4200]


 * 4 studs - Top 100 posters [5750, Target: MaverickruleracerRAPTOR, ranked Inventor]


 * 5 studs - Top 75 posters [6780, Target: Agentlevi jesusrocks, ranked Old Timer]


 * 6 studs - Top 50 posters [8990, Target: Indyman97, ranked Old Timer]


 * 7 studs - Top 25 posters [13640, Target: Selucia, ranked Maniac]


 * 8 studs - Top 10 posters [25150, Target: 8ObiWan88, ranked Legend]

Disappearing Stud Glitch
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 a few days. This usually happens when a user is about to gain another stud. This glitch has mostly happened in the past and hasn't occurred recently, likely due to a fix.