Photobucket images not displaying in old posts

Hey Guys,
 
It has been a while between drinks, but the bug has caught again, and I'm about to pursue a staged race car build for my 2000GT V6 turbo custom wide body;  Since my absence, I've noticed a lot of forum changes, and improvements - great stuff, and happy to se the community still buzzing along - My post here is as I was looking back over my build threads:
 
http://www.mr2australia.com/MR2play/tm.aspx?m=54420 – Engine build
http://www.mr2australia.com/mr2play/tm.aspx?m=61208 – Showroom thread
http://www.mr2australia.com/MR2play/tm.aspx?&m=20720&mpage=1 – original build thread
 
I found all of the pictures no longer visible, with a Photobucket icon in their place, citing  "deleted by the user".  I can confirm this has not occurred, and all of the photo are still in place, so queries are:
 
Has there been a change to the Forum no longer allowing Photobucket?
Is anyone aware of a change at Photobucket affecting IMG link code? (i.e. an issue reported previously by other  members?)
 
If there is a quick way to resolve, please let me know and I'll resolve the old stuff with equivalent images
Thanks guys
 

Thanks Glen - appreciate the response;  At the time I set up the external hosting as the only way to upload images; It's great that images can now be uploaded directly;  I'll have a look at some editing to renew/resolve the older posts, and ditch Photobucket in the meantime, as I only used it for the MR2 build photos purpose