Vintage Sewing Machine announced as Ideas competition winner!

that will Zing..er off the shelf!

For those pointing out issues with the silver and gold, I refer you to the recent F1 trophy's that were given an in-development process that made them nearly as shiny as chrome. I can't find the article now but there's hope...

@mmmmccccc said:
" @Murdoch17 said:
"I guess it had the competition all sewn up!

(If you don't like my above joke, sew me!)

;-P"

Sounds like you're thread-ening everyone. I suggest you put a pin in it, lest your puns unravel."
No you didn’t!

We used to have a singer like this some years ago. Beautiful sewing machines. As a fan of the great British sewing bee I look forward to seeing this released and getting it.

@Yergs said:
" @WizardOfOss said:
"Love how this looks, was probably my favorite of the bunch. That said, a lot of that is from those gold and chrome piecces, which will never look like this. So I wonder how much of the looks remain in the final model...."

Those "antique" gold chrome pieces look amazing on the images, however I must agree the end pieces will never look that good.

The set is an easy pass however."

Yep. Yep. Yep.

Give the number of sets that are making it to review, it seems odd that Lego are pushing for more sets by different routes like this.

@AndyB1 said:
"For those pointing out issues with the silver and gold, I refer you to the recent F1 trophy's that were given an in-development process that made them nearly as shiny as chrome. I can't find the article now but there's hope..."

I wonder in which set(s) that would be. All trophy's I see are in "warm gold", and that looks nothing like this. Drum laqcuered gold would probably be closest, but is nowhere near as shiny.

I like the look but I don't get al the decorations. All those edges would make using it impossible.

@WizardOfOss said:
" @AndyB1 said:
"For those pointing out issues with the silver and gold, I refer you to the recent F1 trophy's that were given an in-development process that made them nearly as shiny as chrome. I can't find the article now but there's hope..."

I wonder in which set(s) that would be. All trophy's I see are in "warm gold", and that looks nothing like this. Drum laqcuered gold would probably be closest, but is nowhere near as shiny."

Check out the pictures at:

https://www.lego.com/en-us/aboutus/news/2025/july/lego-trophies-2025-silverstone-f1-british-grand-prix

The article I couldn't find was because it is in the latest issue of Blocks - 131, p29/30. Vacuum metallisation.

Brilliant. That got my vote. It will need a sound brick to reproduce the very distinctive sound!

@AndyB1 said:
" @WizardOfOss said:
" @AndyB1 said:
"For those pointing out issues with the silver and gold, I refer you to the recent F1 trophy's that were given an in-development process that made them nearly as shiny as chrome. I can't find the article now but there's hope..."

I wonder in which set(s) that would be. All trophy's I see are in "warm gold", and that looks nothing like this. Drum laqcuered gold would probably be closest, but is nowhere near as shiny."

Check out the pictures at:

https://www.lego.com/en-us/aboutus/news/2025/july/lego-trophies-2025-silverstone-f1-british-grand-prix

The article I couldn't find was because it is in the latest issue of Blocks - 131, p29/30. Vacuum metallisation."

Ah, actual F1 trophies :-)

Even if they could use that proces in mass production, I doubt they would introduce so many pieces in an Ideas set.

@TheBrickPal:
Wikipedia currently has only five projects (not including this) that have been announced but not revealed. Of those five, only 21363 is really “overdue”, having been declared the winner in August 2024. The next set on the list was announced back in March. Current trend is for sets to release roughly one year after they’re announced.

@CCC:
I would assume the gold parts are meant to be a physical representation of something that would either be a sticker or a print on the real machine. Whether or not the placement of that gold deco is accurate, I couldn’t say (I did learn how to sew, both by hand and with a machine, but I don’t actually do it).

They just need to change the theme name from IDEAS to THINGS

mmmmccccc said:" @Murdoch17 said:"I guess it had the competition all sewn up!

(If you don't like my above joke, sew me!)

;-P"

Sounds like you're thread-ening everyone. I suggest you put a pin in it, lest your puns unravel."

Oh, stop needling them.

@TheOtherMike said:
"mmmmccccc said:" @Murdoch17 said:"I guess it had the competition all sewn up!

(If you don't like my above joke, sew me!)

;-P"

Sounds like you're thread-ening everyone. I suggest you put a pin in it, lest your puns unravel."

Oh, stop needling them."

And here I thought we could go one comment section without a pun chain. Sew much for that idea

@Brickalili said:
" @TheOtherMike said:
"mmmmccccc said:" @Murdoch17 said:"I guess it had the competition all sewn up!

(If you don't like my above joke, sew me!)

;-P"

Sounds like you're thread-ening everyone. I suggest you put a pin in it, lest your puns unravel."

Oh, stop needling them."

And here I thought we could go one comment section without a pun chain. Sew much for that idea"

You should cut it out before measures are taken.

@Crux said:
" @Brickalili said:
" @TheOtherMike said:
"mmmmccccc said:" @Murdoch17 said:"I guess it had the competition all sewn up!

(If you don't like my above joke, sew me!)

;-P"

Sounds like you're thread-ening everyone. I suggest you put a pin in it, lest your puns unravel."

Oh, stop needling them."

And here I thought we could go one comment section without a pun chain. Sew much for that idea"

You should cut it out before measures are taken."

And there’s suddenly been a serge of bad puns.

Very cool! I have two real ones from my grandparents. But I think LEGO will botch this up, as usual, by downgrading the scale, changing the metallic elements to plain grey and warm gold and make everything more colourful, because it has to appeal to 5 year old girls too, even though they never saw, let alone use, a vintage Singer in their life.

this is sew cool

@yellowcastle said:
" @sjr60 said:
"Brilliant. That got my vote. It will need a sound brick to reproduce the very distinctive sound! "

I'm not sure I can handle a sound brick repeating, "whir whir whir whir @$% dotdotdotdot whir whir whir whir @%% dotdotdotdot whir whir whir OW OW OW @$% crash""
I thought it was in the room for a second...

@PurpleDave said:
" @Crux said:
" @Brickalili said:
" @TheOtherMike said:
"mmmmccccc said:" @Murdoch17 said:"I guess it had the competition all sewn up!

(If you don't like my above joke, sew me!)

;-P"

Sounds like you're thread-ening everyone. I suggest you put a pin in it, lest your puns unravel."

Oh, stop needling them."

And here I thought we could go one comment section without a pun chain. Sew much for that idea"

You should cut it out before measures are taken."

And there’s suddenly been a serge of bad puns."

Are they leaving you in stitches?

@Brickalili said:
" @PurpleDave said:
" @Crux said:
" @Brickalili said:
" @TheOtherMike said:
"mmmmccccc said:" @Murdoch17 said:"I guess it had the competition all sewn up!

(If you don't like my above joke, sew me!)

;-P"

Sounds like you're thread-ening everyone. I suggest you put a pin in it, lest your puns unravel."

Oh, stop needling them."

And here I thought we could go one comment section without a pun chain. Sew much for that idea"

You should cut it out before measures are taken."

And there’s suddenly been a serge of bad puns."

Are they leaving you in stitches?"

The thimble things in life are best.

@Brickalili said:
" @PurpleDave said:
" @Crux said:
" @Brickalili said:
" @TheOtherMike said:
"mmmmccccc said:" @Murdoch17 said:"I guess it had the competition all sewn up!

(If you don't like my above joke, sew me!)

;-P"

Sounds like you're thread-ening everyone. I suggest you put a pin in it, lest your puns unravel."

Oh, stop needling them."

And here I thought we could go one comment section without a pun chain. Sew much for that idea"

You should cut it out before measures are taken."

And there’s suddenly been a serge of bad puns."

Are they leaving you in stitches?"

Knot this time.

1. Beautiful design. No idea how many copies this will sell - except that I'm certain whatever the number is, it will be a lot more than some of the more dismissively negative folks here think, because as usual they have some difficulty differentiating (a) their own personal preferences from (b) the diversity of preferences across a very large global AFOL community. When I go to my local Lego store on release days once or twice a year, I'm always surprised by how many different kinds of sets folks are passionate about.

2. The bed (flat black and gold area) is indeed going to end up as printed tiles or tiles and stickers because (a) it doesn't look right unless it's flat, and (b) unlike the fan designer, Lego can of course design and print any tile or sticker design it wants.

3. As others have noted, there's approximately a zero percent chance that the final set has anywhere near this many metallic silver and gold parts. My guess is we'll see a lot of light bluish gray and pearl gold, with a few metallic parts here and there as accents.

4. The puns running throughout this thread are epic. Bravo!

@R0Sch said:
"Very cool! I have two real ones from my grandparents. But I think LEGO will botch this up, as usual, by downgrading the scale, changing the metallic elements to plain grey and warm gold and make everything more colourful, because it has to appeal to 5 year old girls too, even though they never saw, let alone use, a vintage Singer in their life."

Yes, they will absolutely design the 16+ set to appeal to five-year-olds.

I like it. And the build is beautiful AS IS.
So, naturally, LEGO's "professional" designers will come along and butcher it. And I'll end up not buying it as a result. As usual.

My grandmother bought a mid 1920s Singer treadle machine about a decade ago. The belt (at the time, we'd seen a tabletop example for sale nowhere) has given me a lot of headaches. That being said, it's really easy to work on--even compared to my own (my great-Grandma's late '50s Soryu/Kenmore). That machine needs everything rubber too.

Really great attention to the source material! Especially the gold-leaf.

Also, the black handled scissors are a nice touch. I think the go-to scissors for decades (and even I still buy a ton every time I find a pair cheap and in good shape) were the old all-metal Clauss, Wiss, and Acme scissors with black Japanned handles. Not exactly comfortable, though.... Tough, however. I have a pair of chrome-plated Shapleigh Hardware scissors from the '30s that are still going strong. They've cut stuff that would've likely wrecked my good Kai.

While the machine itself is very nice, those gold decorations looks total rubbish and is something I really hope Lego tones down and replaces with drum-lacquered and printed tiles. As many others points out, especially the work surface needs to be smooth and I think this applies to the rest of the machine body too. As-is it just looks like a bunch of rivets and grommets strewn around rather than a part of the machine, and reminds me of the worst of (non-lego) "steampunk" projects, totally overdone being all form and no function.

@CamberbrickGreen said:
" @Crux said:
" @yellowcastle said:
" @Brickalili said:
" @PurpleDave said:
" @Crux said:
" @Brickalili said:
" @TheOtherMike said:
"mmmmccccc said:" @Murdoch17 said:"I guess it had the competition all sewn up!

(If you don't like my above joke, sew me!)

;-P"

Sounds like you're thread-ening everyone. I suggest you put a pin in it, lest your puns unravel."

Oh, stop needling them."

And here I thought we could go one comment section without a pun chain. Sew much for that idea"

You should cut it out before measures are taken."

And there’s suddenly been a serge of bad puns."

Are they leaving you in stitches?"

The thimble things in life are best."

Needles to say, yes."

A-hem!"

Is it too late to selvage this conversation?

@cody6268 said:
"Also, the black handled scissors are a nice touch. I think the go-to scissors for decades (and even I still buy a ton every time I find a pair cheap and in good shape) were the old all-metal Clauss, Wiss, and Acme scissors with black Japanned handles. Not exactly comfortable, though.... Tough, however. I have a pair of chrome-plated Shapleigh Hardware scissors from the '30s that are still going strong. They've cut stuff that would've likely wrecked my good Kai."

When I did my stint in the costume shop (already worked both scene shop and light crew, so I did a 1-credit independent study in the costume shop), they had two types of scissors. One had a bit of cloth or yarn knotted to one of the loops on the handle, and the other did not. If you ever used one of the knotted scissors on paper, they took the bit of cloth/yarn off the handle. Or they did it the other way round, I can’t remember. Whatever the case, first and most important rule you learned was which scissors to use on cloth, and which on anything else.

Does it come with the foot pedals?

@PurpleDave said:
" @CamberbrickGreen said:
" @Crux said:
" @yellowcastle said:
" @Brickalili said:
" @PurpleDave said:
" @Crux said:
" @Brickalili said:
" @TheOtherMike said:
"mmmmccccc said:" @Murdoch17 said:"I guess it had the competition all sewn up!

(If you don't like my above joke, sew me!)

;-P"

Sounds like you're thread-ening everyone. I suggest you put a pin in it, lest your puns unravel."

Oh, stop needling them."

And here I thought we could go one comment section without a pun chain. Sew much for that idea"

You should cut it out before measures are taken."

And there’s suddenly been a serge of bad puns."

Are they leaving you in stitches?"

The thimble things in life are best."

Needles to say, yes."

A-hem!"

Is it too late to selvage this conversation?"

Could be, but are we ready to treadle new ground?

@PurpleDave said:
" @cody6268 said:
"Also, the black handled scissors are a nice touch. I think the go-to scissors for decades (and even I still buy a ton every time I find a pair cheap and in good shape) were the old all-metal Clauss, Wiss, and Acme scissors with black Japanned handles. Not exactly comfortable, though.... Tough, however. I have a pair of chrome-plated Shapleigh Hardware scissors from the '30s that are still going strong. They've cut stuff that would've likely wrecked my good Kai."

When I did my stint in the costume shop (already worked both scene shop and light crew, so I did a 1-credit independent study in the costume shop), they had two types of scissors. One had a bit of cloth or yarn knotted to one of the loops on the handle, and the other did not. If you ever used one of the knotted scissors on paper, they took the bit of cloth/yarn off the handle. Or they did it the other way round, I can’t remember. Whatever the case, first and most important rule you learned was which scissors to use on cloth, and which on anything else."

Yeah, my mother made it very clear that her fabric scissors were never to be used to cut paper, on pain of... well, maybe not death, but she probably would have at least made the offender buy a new pair.

@Crux said:
""Hooray!", shout chrome enthusiasts, chrome enthusiasts who will remember and lament this day when the final product is revealed."

Yeah, I 100% believe that all the great chrome pieces will be replaced with pearl gold when it's actually revealed, and there will be much sadness.

A lovely set, here's hoping the final product can produce the tarnished appearance as well as the renders. Personally am looking forward to this set, it looks like a good build experience with a wonderful display piece at the end.

Congrats to BrickStability on the win and to the impressive pun enthusiasts above, all very creative! :)

LOB

Beautiful.