BrickLink Designer Program Series 5 voting open

Plenty of nice looking castles: https://www.bricklink.com/v3/designer-program/series-5/1666/Black-Brick-Knight's-Castle

Mine: https://www.bricklink.com/v3/designer-program/series-5/1593/Wooden-Train

Another nice castle https://www.bricklink.com/v3/designer-program/series-5/1492/Bandit-Lord's-Hideout

307 models to ogle before bed.
I hope I can stay awake....

Just check for Brickester(s2,s3), Hanwas(s2,s4), SleeplessNight(s1,s4), NicolasCarlier(s1,s4) and Ilucky(s1,s4). Looking at past selections, it seems you have a better chance with those designers!

Not my thing because I like paper instructions (i.e. no computer needed to build the set) and there is little space related sets in there but there are seriously nice models for those who are into that sort of stuff. I think one of my favourite is the space resting station but there isn't a place to park a spacecraft which kind of defeat the purpose.

@followsclosely said:
"Plenty of nice looking castles: https://www.bricklink.com/v3/designer-program/series-5/1666/Black-Brick-Knight's-Castle"

Really missed out making it a Black castle for Black Knights, which goes with the original theme, now it's just another grey castle with different flags.

I hope none of the good ideas win because I cannot afford it to keep being like this.

Definitely a few in there I'd really have to think about. Some neat ideas, some very repetitive ideas, a few originals. All likely to be extremely expensive.

@fourstud said:
"I designed an ice cream parlor modular - would appreciate your vote ! Thank you !! :)

https://www.bricklink.com/v3/designer-program/series-5/1711/Ice-Cream-Parlor"

Definitely one of the best ones! Hope it gets picked!

@followsclosely said:
"I am wanting a dark castle.

https://www.bricklink.com/v3/designer-program/series-5/1718/Wolves'-Den
"

Wolfpack seems to be a popular subject this time around now that torsos are available, but this one is probably my favorite.

I also loved this Mushroom Village (accompanying the upcoming Mushroom House set) from Jonas Kramm: https://www.bricklink.com/v3/designer-program/series-5/1768/Mushroom-Village

And this Portal of Shadows display from Brent Waller has a very unique and interesting layout: https://www.bricklink.com/v3/designer-program/series-5/1771/Portal-of-Shadows

Beyond those new projects, I also like some of the returning projects that didn't make the cut last time including the Adobe House (https://www.bricklink.com/v3/designer-program/series-5/1668/Adobe-House) and Radio Station - Brick FM (https://www.bricklink.com/v3/designer-program/series-5/1632/Radio-Station---Brick-FM).

In terms of original ideas I like the sunken wreck.

https://www.bricklink.com/v3/designer-program/series-5/1484/Deep-Sea-Discovery

The castle in the lava looks nice and is at least partly original in its setting (https://www.bricklink.com/v3/designer-program/series-5/1492/Bandit-Lord's-Hideout).

@Huw it seems that links containing an apostrophe are broken.

The return of the Black Tower

https://www.bricklink.com/v3/designer-program/series-5/1606/Black-Tower

A collaboration between I and a friend from my Rlug

I don't want a damn castle, I want a modular

@woosterlegos said:
"Galactic city is my pick: https://www.bricklink.com/v3/designer-program/series-5/1597/Galactic-City

I also like one of the blimps and one of the trains. But I won't get my hopes up. I pre-ordered the train shed form the last round. I'll see how that goes before I shell out a couple hundred bucks on one of these again."

Thank you for the shoutout! I actually resubmitted this design from Series 4 but I added a stand which was suggested by some in the comments

I also have 5 other entries for Series 5

Brick Dog Stand - https://www.bricklink.com/v3/designer-program/series-5/1540/Brick-Dog-Stand

Chevron Knight's Stronghold - https://www.bricklink.com/v3/designer-program/series-5/1583/Chevron-Knight's-Stronghold

Frontier Fort - https://www.bricklink.com/v3/designer-program/series-5/1591/Frontier-Fort

Technic Castle - https://www.bricklink.com/v3/designer-program/series-5/1731/Technic-Castle

Outta this World Treehouse - https://www.bricklink.com/v3/designer-program/series-5/1549/Outta-This-World-Treehouse

Of the 307 submissions the majority were 'not for me's, especially the castles and medieval anythings, which I'm starting to find a bit tedious now.

My 'Love It!'s which I'd probably buy if they're produced:-

https://www.bricklink.com/v3/designer-program/series-5/1688/Antique-Shop
https://www.bricklink.com/v3/designer-program/series-5/1483/Countryside-Mill-&-Bakery
https://www.bricklink.com/v3/designer-program/series-5/1820/1950's-Classic-Coupe
https://www.bricklink.com/v3/designer-program/series-5/1686/The-Old-Lady-Who-Lived-In-a-Shoe
https://www.bricklink.com/v3/designer-program/series-5/1619/Clown-carousel-(ready-for-motorization)

Especially the 1st two.

I voted. The MOC's they create are just so amazing.

The School and the Inverted Corners are fairly original modulars, from what I could gather. The Theater as well. Could be nice if one of them makes it through this wave of Wolfpack Castles...

It's funny, I really bit into the modern castles with the new official set. Then the Mountain Fortress was like a fitting Falcon castle, different enough but similar enough as well. But since then, the whole castle wave has left me hoping for more. Maybe the fans are over doing it a bit?

Biplane

Dumb question?

Lego will allow black site helicopter?

"I ain't going no further *gah* till I've had a breather!" - My Wallet

Can’t wait to browse. As I’ve said before, I love that LEGO has this avenue available to us for less curated, less mass marketed fan designs and I hope it continues for years to come. For those of you complaining about the current batches of submissions, I would recommend taking your own normal guidance and just don’t buy them…or submit your own designs for whatever novelty you feel is lacking.

I think these are all well spaced out and at worst a fun opportunity to showcase and/or peruse. My interests the last couple rounds have been lesser but I am excited for a few already pre-ordered as well as at least one or two still coming up.

Thank you, LEGO.

@bobaphat107 said:
"I don't 'get' the Bricklink Designer Program. So they're not official LEGO sets, but in a way they are, and it's not IDEAS. How and why and how?"

Unlike IDEAS, the BDP sets are unmodified from the original submission (apart from some very minor stuff if needed, like structural issues). It means that you buy what are essentially MoC sets that aren't required to follow the Lego building codes. (ie, not required to use bright pieces in castle walls to break up the mental load on the builder). They also tend to not have the 'Lego playset look' to them.

Fishing Boat is probably my favorite in this round. I definitely weigh my voting heavily in the "I'd actually consider getting it knowing how the pricing will be" way. All these 2000+ sets that just build everything out of tiny bricks, no thanks. I'd rather a sensibly-sized set that does a lot with fewer pieces.

https://www.bricklink.com/v3/designer-program/series-5/1513/Fishing-Boat

Can please someone create something original? Please something that you can motorize or has some Technic on it to be more dynamic, and a crank that can add some movement?

Vinyl is mine; it's a record store and recording studio, half modular size (32x16).

https://www.bricklink.com/v3/designer-program/series-5/1753/VINYL-Vintage-Record-Store-&-Recording-Studio

@rahlmaclaren said:
""I ain't going no further *gah* till I've had a breather!" - My Wallet"

Lol, and then decapitation?

Makes me rather sad when I go through the sets because there are some I would buy in a heartbeat but I know they'll never make it through due to being less popular/more niche.

Good luck to the castle and modular fans out there because I'm sure they'll have at least one of each in the final round.

Just waiting now for Thursday and the Series 2 lottery!

The 'Crane on Track' https://www.bricklink.com/v3/designer-program/series-5/1608/Crane-on-Track-2.0 doesn't show up for me - is that happening for anyone else?

@SDlgo9 said:
"The 'Crane on Track' https://www.bricklink.com/v3/designer-program/series-5/1608/Crane-on-Track-2.0 doesn't show up for me - is that happening for anyone else?"

Shows up for me.

Adventure in Transylvania
Aquarium
Portal of shadows
Odeon theater

These are the standouts IMO. The first would be an actual ’must-buy’ even though it would surely be $400 +-$50, and I normally don’t buy sets that expensive.

If the 5 finalists were all wolfpack castles, do we think Bricklink/Lego would intervene and curate the list a bit? Or do they just let it go wherever it goes?

@SDlgo9 said:
"The 'Crane on Track' https://www.bricklink.com/v3/designer-program/series-5/1608/Crane-on-Track-2.0 doesn't show up for me - is that happening for anyone else?"

Works for me too. I can't see how the crane lifts the track as there doesn't appear to be any cabling but that's a whole different issue. Super odd as the track appears to be under tension in several images.

Hi! Here my submission “The pirate’s dream”: https://www.bricklink.com/v3/designer-program/series-5/1675/THE-PIRATE'S-DREAM It’s a small set, a tribute to the world of pirates that wants to highlight a hidden and funny side of the daily life of the captain of a pirate ship. I hope you like it…If you like it please vote for it. Thank you, have a nice day.

I got the Studgate from the original program and then another one from Series 1.

However, I am not a fan of electronic instructions.

What is the reason behind not providing a printed instruction book?

Very odd. Must be something about my computer, because it works fine on another one.

Wow, I was not prepared for that amount of castles. . .

A few repeat entries, some interesting ones, but I'm primarily wondering if the site is gonna crash again on 6th when purchase for the next series launches.

There's a ton of similar items that each look great on their own, but they lose a lot when they're surrounded by more of the same.

And just the sheer volume of entries makes everything kind of blur together.

Just a reminder that series 1 sets haven't even shipped yet and crowdfunding hasn't even started on series 2 (starts june 6th)... so having 3 other series before series 1 has even been fulfilled seems a bit of an overkill.

Surely we won't see these winners become sets for another couple of years at this rate?

These, ...
https://www.bricklink.com/v3/designer-program/series-5/1797/The-Thieves-of-Tortuga
https://www.bricklink.com/v3/designer-program/series-5/1821/Adventure-in-Transylvania
https://www.bricklink.com/v3/designer-program/series-5/1768/Mushroom-Village
https://www.bricklink.com/v3/designer-program/series-5/1528/Kraken-Attack
... among all the others from series five, are top notch in terms of beauty, fun, playability, and size impression to piece count ratio. I'll sense a sabotage if they won't be selected for production.

So many broken links due to bad logic and worse routing in their v3… but I guess that is sort of par for the building experience of Lego doing outside stuff :D
Sure hope they improve and actually check the ID rather than full text title before ordering season rolls around.

But very nice to see so many people posting and hyping both their own and found designs!

Nokturn:
"I'm a big fan of all things spooky/Halloween-themed and these two are my favorite entries:
Adventure in Transylvania by SleeplessNight:
https://www.bricklink.com/v3/designer-program/series-5/1821/Adventure-in-Transylvania
Eldritch Castle by PloopisMocs:
https://www.bricklink.com/v3/designer-program/series-5/1829/Eldritch-Castle
I really hope at least one of them makes it through! (my wallet doesn't, though)"

I really liked both of those for the same reason, as well as the Kraken attack set and the Space Supply Station Gamma set. Nice to see some space-themed stuff.

https://www.bricklink.com/v3/designer-program/series-5/1528/Kraken-Attack

https://www.bricklink.com/v3/designer-program/series-5/1784/Space-Supply-Station-Gamma

(For some reason the reply button doesn't work for me, and I don't know how to format quotes from other users.)

@eth6113 said:
"They really need to raise the threshold to make it to voting. 307 models is far too many. I guess it would be lower if they'd just formally release a castle line... "

To be honest I don't know if that'd be the case. One thing I've noticed is that part of what seems to popularize certain subject matter is what minifigure parts are available (including a plethora of Wolfpack MOCs this round thanks to the recent introduction of modernized Wolfpack torsos). So the introduction of a full castle line might in turn just prompt even more castle projects to be submitted, even if ultimately fewer were selected for crowdfunding.

Though frankly, the way voting works I don't think it's that much of a burden to go down the list and vote on the ones that catch your eye, even with hundreds of submissions overall.

@tomthepirate said:
"I got the Studgate from the original program and then another one from Series 1.

However, I am not a fan of electronic instructions.

What is the reason behind not providing a printed instruction book?"

Cost. Production of large printed manuals for such small runs would really increase the price.

I've completed my perusing. I flagged a few "like" and 1 or 2 "love". Most, I marked "No, no God, no, please no". :o)

I agree that something may need to change with this process. LEGO may have painted themselves into a corner, committing to 5 selections per review. It would be interesting if they could tailor the expectations to drive more varied submissions, both in size and theme.

Castles, castles, castles...
13 pages of ideas, almost nothing inspiring there.

@arselus said:
"Wow thank you so much for featuring my "Medieval Construction Site", Huw!

I had great fun designing, I hope folks like the build.

I have one more MOC in Series 5, the "Medieval High Street": https://www.bricklink.com/v3/designer-program/series-5/1552/Medieval-High-Street

The set is intentionally scaled to fit between the Medieval Town Square and the Medieval Blacksmith, the intent being that you could display all three together (Town Square, Blacksmith and High Street) making one cohesive medieval town. "

Your new construction site is fantastic. I have been a supporter since the very first submission and this one improves on the concept wonderfully. I hope they finally give it the chance. By far the best and freshest take on the Castle theme I have seen throught the series.

there just has to be a wolf pack set made this round, with this amount!

the mushroom village is BY FAR my favourite! Really hope it gets made and I also get to order a copy of the mushroom house on Thursday...

The Aquarium Modular is one large (expensive) set I'd order in a heartbeat--very glad to see it return. Yes, the series is overloaded with Castle, but there are other excellent modulars and some fun miscellaneous sets. I do think there's more of an effort to design smaller sets now that people are aware of what the larger sets will inevitably cost.

@sklamb said:
"The Aquarium Modular is one large (expensive) set I'd order in a heartbeat--very glad to see it return. Yes, the series is overloaded with Castle, but there are other excellent modulars and some fun miscellaneous sets. I do think there's more of an effort to design smaller sets now that people are aware of what the larger sets will inevitably cost."
I could go for more excellent contraptions from JK Brickworks!

Voted no on most of the castle/historical/pirate stuff. Voted yes on the few unique entries like the Clown Carousel and Classic Space train.

@bobaphat107 said:
"I don't 'get' the Bricklink Designer Program. So they're not official LEGO sets, but in a way they are, and it's not IDEAS. How and why and how?"

Because the people running Bricklink are less interested in running Bricklink than they are in becoming a place that people can sell MOCs. I think this is at least the fourth attempt to do so, and the second or third attempt to do it with rejected Ideas projects.

@monty_bricks said:
" @eth6113 said:
"They really need to raise the threshold to make it to voting. 307 models is far too many. I guess it would be lower if they'd just formally release a castle line... "

One submission per person would help. Quite a few have submitted 5 or 6, and one person has submitted 10"

I submitted 1, this time, and went for something nobody else tried.

@purpledave 5th, or sixth, actually. The Adult Designer Program, then 5 BDP series.

I really like the Opera House, I think it'd look great in my city!
https://www.bricklink.com/v3/designer-program/series-5/1746/Opera-House

@Modeltrainman said:
" @purpledave 5th, or sixth, actually. The Adult Designer Program, then 5 BDP series."

I was counting all the BDP rounds as a single entry, since they’re marketed as being part of the same program. But before that they had MOC Shop, and I think one other stab at a similar format.

@PurpleDave said:
" @Modeltrainman said:
" @purpledave 5th, or sixth, actually. The Adult Designer Program, then 5 BDP series."

I was counting all the BDP rounds as a single entry, since they’re marketed as being part of the same program. But before that they had MOC Shop, and I think one other stab at a similar format."
Reviewing a batch of MOCs once a quarter doesn’t seem too taxing for their bandwidth.

There are several I like and would probably buy, but this in particular caught my attention :

https://www.bricklink.com/v3/designer-program/series-5/1674/Box-with-Drawer-and-Inlaid-Marquetry-Style-Detailing

It's not one I would buy, but it gave me the idea to try and build something similar out of my own parts.

@bobaphat107 said:
"I don't 'get' the Bricklink Designer Program. So they're not official LEGO sets, but in a way they are, and it's not IDEAS. How and why and how?"

Apperently this program allows some illegal building techniques that normally Lego wouldnt produce or design on its own. Ideas winner sets had to be re designed by Lego themselves, Bricklink sets can be produced as is. Think of it like an experimental program.

There is a new (bigger) addon for the mushroom house from series 2: https://www.bricklink.com/v3/designer-program/series-5/1768/Mushroom-Village

sad to see no one has mentioned the fire lookout tower! such an awesome and unique build, no castle or modular in sight. Would really love to buy this one.
https://www.bricklink.com/v3/designer-program/series-5/1685/Fire-Lookout-Tower

@CaptainBasterd said:
"I really like the Opera House, I think it'd look great in my city!
https://www.bricklink.com/v3/designer-program/series-5/1746/Opera-House "

Went through them again, and while I think my first impressions might have been a bit too negative, I still think that BDP needs to be careful if they select another round of almost only medieval stuff. Those who are not interested, and designers who do not want to make these things will probably just become less interested.

And that would be a pity, since Series 1 and 2 have some seriously nice sets. I will definitely be online tomorrow to secure my copy of Brick Cross.

Anyway, I also do really like that Odeon Theatre. Other ones I wish would get made (no castles to see here, if only to create some variety), are:

Brickwood Manor: https://www.bricklink.com/v3/designer-program/series-5/1788/The-Mysterious-Mansion
Deep Sea Discovery: https://www.bricklink.com/v3/designer-program/series-5/1484/Deep-Sea-Discovery
Radio Station: https://www.bricklink.com/v3/designer-program/series-5/1632/Radio-Station---Brick-FM
Adventure in Transylvania: https://www.bricklink.com/v3/designer-program/series-5/1821/Adventure-in-Transylvania
The City Aquiarium: https://www.bricklink.com/v3/designer-program/series-5/1773/City-Aquarium
The Space Raider Mech: https://www.bricklink.com/v3/designer-program/series-5/1738/SPACE-RANGER-MECH-SUIT
West Side Vibes: https://www.bricklink.com/v3/designer-program/series-5/1505/West-Side-Vibes

And finally, the Fairytale Christmas Village, if only because I like stupidly colourful things:
https://www.bricklink.com/v3/designer-program/series-5/1801/Fairytales-//Castle-Christmas-Village//

@Goujon said:
"sad to see no one has mentioned the fire lookout tower! such an awesome and unique build, no castle or modular in sight. Would really love to buy this one.
https://www.bricklink.com/v3/designer-program/series-5/1685/Fire-Lookout-Tower"

There are two fire lookout towers. Funny thing is, some friends of my parents, who would be pushing 100 if they hadn’t already passed away, spent a summer staffing one of those towers shortly after they got married. I remember them telling me that you got your groceries delivered maybe once a month, and it was common to be down to ketchup on crackers right before your next supply drop.

I'm starting to give some serious thought to Series 2, starting tomorrow. The Logging Bridge is intriguing but I'm just not sure I can use it in my City as I have such a difficult time stepping down any elevation for my trains. The Mushroom House is great but really more of a whim for me. Brick Cross looks wonderful but how many train stations can I squeeze into my layout? I guess I'm most leaning towards the Pirate Island.

All that being said, I was quite surprised by the pricing this go around. After Rounds 1,2, and 3 and Series 1, I had kind of just chalked up these series as being significantly costly. Maybe it's just sticker shock (in the good way), but these all seem to be much more reasonable than I had been expecting.....more reasonable, not inexpensive. :o)

@SaulMan said:
" @arselus said:
"Wow thank you so much for featuring my "Medieval Construction Site", Huw!

I had great fun designing, I hope folks like the build.

I have one more MOC in Series 5, the "Medieval High Street": https://www.bricklink.com/v3/designer-program/series-5/1552/Medieval-High-Street

The set is intentionally scaled to fit between the Medieval Town Square and the Medieval Blacksmith, the intent being that you could display all three together (Town Square, Blacksmith and High Street) making one cohesive medieval town. "

Your new construction site is fantastic. I have been a supporter since the very first submission and this one improves on the concept wonderfully. I hope they finally give it the chance. By far the best and freshest take on the Castle theme I have seen throught the series. "

Thank you very much, I'm happy to create something other builders like. I hoped it would be a great center piece to many medieval towns.

The designer pages only work in Chrome for me, in Firefox they lose the ability to scroll. I can use every other part of bricklink on firefox, just not that part and none of it is mobile friendly either.

I just want the Adventure in Transylvania set. That is all I want. It will be bloody criminal if it doesn’t get picked. It’s probably one of the coolest Lego builds I’ve ever seen. But I’m biased because I love anything spooky!

This is my first time participating in BDP, and I'm rally impressed by the competition. The Popcorn Cart and the Transylvania sets are some of my favourites. My submission is the Chinese water town: https://www.bricklink.com/v3/designer-program/series-5/1703/Scenic-Water-Town

@oukexergon said:
"I actually don't know why people are loving the Kraken Attack one so much--if you could actually take it off the tentacles and set it up as a ship, I might like it more."

True, that set is a static display rather than any version of a toy, to judge by the designer's description of how securely the ship and tentacles are anchored in the base. OTOH, it's a superbly active-looking static display, which is quite an achievement in itself. In that sense, it out-modulars a modular, which also isn't much of a toy. Think of it more as a sculpture--and if you still don't like it, of course, don't vote for it. But I can certainly see the appeal.

@yellowcastle said:
"I was quite surprised by the pricing this go around. After Rounds 1,2, and 3 and Series 1, I had kind of just chalked up these series as being significantly costly. Maybe it's just sticker shock (in the good way), but these all seem to be much more reasonable than I had been expecting.....more reasonable, not inexpensive. :o)"

I agree! I passed on the Studgate train station because it was so expensive, but Brick Cross does seem to be fair value for money, and I will definitely try to get one. Not, perhaps, as beautiful as Studgate but IMO fits better into the Modular sequence, and still does have a lovely glass roof.

@sklamb said:
" @yellowcastle said:
"I was quite surprised by the pricing this go around. After Rounds 1,2, and 3 and Series 1, I had kind of just chalked up these series as being significantly costly. Maybe it's just sticker shock (in the good way), but these all seem to be much more reasonable than I had been expecting.....more reasonable, not inexpensive. :o)"

I agree! I passed on the Studgate train station because it was so expensive, but Brick Cross does seem to be fair value for money, and I will definitely try to get one. Not, perhaps, as beautiful as Studgate but IMO fits better into the Modular sequence, and still does have a lovely glass roof."

Studgate broke the bank and was a complicated build. But it is one of my most favorite parts of my City. So thankful everyday that I have such a loving wife that allows me to maintain a "LEGO Room" in a house with so many little ones and limited space. :o)

@sklamb said:
" @yellowcastle said:
"I was quite surprised by the pricing this go around. After Rounds 1,2, and 3 and Series 1, I had kind of just chalked up these series as being significantly costly. Maybe it's just sticker shock (in the good way), but these all seem to be much more reasonable than I had been expecting.....more reasonable, not inexpensive. :o)"

I agree! I passed on the Studgate train station because it was so expensive, but Brick Cross does seem to be fair value for money, and I will definitely try to get one. Not, perhaps, as beautiful as Studgate but IMO fits better into the Modular sequence, and still does have a lovely glass roof."
In a bit of a quandary over Brick Cross. Looks excellent and had decided to get it, but now wondering if I can really spare the space. Oh well... a few hours left to make my mind up.

Definitely getting the wonderful Mushroom House though!

Some excellent models, congrats to all the designers! Floating Castle is my favourite.

https://www.bricklink.com/v3/designer-program/series-5/1856/FLOATING-WATERFALL-CASTLE

@windjammer said:
"Some excellent models, congrats to all the designers! Floating Castle is my favourite.

https://www.bricklink.com/v3/designer-program/series-5/1856/FLOATING-WATERFALL-CASTLE"

I missed that one. It is gorgeous!

@bobaphat107 said:
"I don't 'get' the Bricklink Designer Program. So they're not official LEGO sets, but in a way they are, and it's not IDEAS. How and why and how?"

BDP is pretty similar to Ideas, but the biggest difference between BDP and Ideas is that with Ideas, it’s just the concept that is made into a LEGO set, and LEGO can change it however they like. With BDP, the builds stay relatively unchanged. They are officially released by LEGO, but they are usually put through a limited pre-order release.

So many castle sets (across every BLDP round). :-o

Here's a beautiful minifig-scale build that's something more unique.

https://www.bricklink.com/v3/designer-program/series-5/1686/The-Old-Lady-Who-Lived-In-a-Shoe

Would love a new fully rigged ship
https://www.bricklink.com/v3/designer-program/series-5/1813/Privateer-Frigate-Fortuna

@Goannas89 said:
"Hi! Here my submission “The pirate’s dream”: https://www.bricklink.com/v3/designer-program/series-5/1675/THE-PIRATE'S-DREAM It’s a small set, a tribute to the world of pirates that wants to highlight a hidden and funny side of the daily life of the captain of a pirate ship. I hope you like it…If you like it please vote for it. Thank you, have a nice day."

This was possibly my favorite of them all and I hope lots of people give this one some love! Bravo! A really unique (and amusing) idea and a nice self-contained display piece. It would end up being a very reasonable price as well.

Really hope https://www.bricklink.com/v3/designer-program/series-5/1821/Adventure-in-Transylvania makes it through.. Don't care that he already had 2 designs selected I need this one!

Not to be mean about any of these submissions as mocs, but as sets I think JonasKramm is still the only submitter who actually gets the assignment

@magmafrost

Why? Because those are the only two you like? The "assignment", according to the host [Bricklink] is pretty straight forward, "a fresh opportunity for LEGO fans to continue submitting digital designs to be realized as a BrickLink Designer Program set". Everything that has been submitted and approved (the 307 sets before you for series 5) meets the guidelines for the "assignment".

There are some designs that are obviously better than others, but some of that is also subjective.

It's funny to see people complain about it being the same "unoriginal" stuff too (castles, modular, trains etc.). When in reality, nearly everything being submitted could arguably be unoriginal. For example, most people can agree that the Mushroom House from series two is a good set. However, that's not the first time someone has come up with that idea, nor the first time something like that has been presented in brick form, so it's not really original.

Also, as someone has already stated here earlier, if you don't like the things that are being submitted, go make your own and submit it.

@Mischarktopus said:
" @Goannas89 said:
"Hi! Here my submission “The pirate’s dream”: https://www.bricklink.com/v3/designer-program/series-5/1675/THE-PIRATE 'S-DREAM It’s a small set, a tribute to the world of pirates that wants to highlight a hidden and funny side of the daily life of the captain of a pirate ship. I hope you like it…If you like it please vote for it. Thank you, have a nice day."

This was possibly my favorite of them all and I hope lots of people give this one some love! Bravo! A really unique (and amusing) idea and a nice self-contained display piece. It would end up being a very reasonable price as well."

@Mischarktopus thank you so so much for your kind appreciation! I’m glad that you like it! :)

@oukexergon said:
"Not a lot of love for the Art Factory:
https://www.bricklink.com/v3/designer-program/series-5/1480/The-Art-Factory

That thing is fantastic--and I'm a castle fan and not a city fan. It's my sole vote. I actually don't know why people are loving the Kraken Attack one so much--if you could actually take it off the tentacles and set it up as a ship, I might like it more."

Agreed. I wish there was more discussion of this set here (although there's plenty of positive comments on BrickLink's The Art Factory page), because IMHO it's brickester's best ever set, which is high praise indeed when one thinks of Brick Cross Station and The Art of Chocolate, both of which made the top five final designs in their respective rounds.

Moreover, despite the elaborate and unique design of The Art Factory (including working elevator), it would presumably be relatively less expensive than those aforementioned sets, seeing that it has a much lower piece-count, and affordable modular-style buildings is something I think many of us can get behind.

Love all the Viking sets this series! My contribution is Serpent Island: descendants of the Midgard serpent inhabit some lions knight ruins on an island at sea.
https://www.bricklink.com/v3/designer-program/series-5/1794/Serpent-Island
Vote if you like it!