54 projects qualify for 3rd 2024 LEGO Ideas review

Usually not a fan of adult animation sets, but Bob’s Burgers is probably my favorite show so I would love to see that!

Im never good at predicting which sets will be made. That said, the only viable set I see is the Bob Ross Studio.

Please, Cosmere! It has some stiff competition this round but I have faith

I don't even bother with Ideas any more. For all I care they can cancel this theme altogether and ramp up BDP production instead. At least you know that what you vote is what you get.

The Lake House by terauma is actually stunning, colors, part usage, and architecture are all unique. It's quite possibly one of the most enticing mocs I've every seen. Kudos to terauma for creating such a thing of beauty

It's really too bad that we'll get only two, maybe three of these. There's a lot of good ones this time around.

Also, Rock and Stone!

The Moon is the only set I will consider buying from all of these ideas.

Modular Hospital might arrive normally by LEGO, Simpson school is something we need on two 32x32 baseplates and Godzilla bring it on!!!

@classicstylecastle said:
" @parsom said:
"Well... Ideas can only be fixed by banning the use of social media to promote projects. Which will not happen."

What would that solve? "
Hedging

Oh man, my brother got super drunk on margaritas at the Roundhouse once. We had to take him down the gondola instead of skiing back down. I’ll have to get him a copy if it gets selected

I love the different houses like the lake house, cliffside house, and Italian villa. I also really like the wild West train station and camping trip. I don't think those will be selected though. In terms of IPs, I love Bob Ross and Princess Bride. But given they have failed previously, I don't think they will make it either.

Turing machine is my favorite of the bunch, I love Akiyuki youtube videos and it would be nice to see that style of a lego model from the ideas line for once.

I like the microscope's trick to make it look like it really works.
Bolex might sell well to the dust collector crowd.
Howl's moving castle has too much visual mess but could look great if TLG does a do-over of the concept.

I would buy The Moon and/or Godzilla on day one.

@AustinPowers said:
" @roygolan said:
"The Moon is the only set I will consider buying from all of these ideas."
"Next we are going to steal
... pause for effect ...
THE MOON!" "

And I will be the greatest villain of all time!

That's what I'm talking about!

I don't expect to see either version of the Mystery Shack passing, since previous projects of the same show and same location have also been rejected at this stage, but I'd definitely be excited to be proven wrong: Gravity Falls is one of my favourite TV shows of the last decade and it would be neat to see it get the Lego treatment... definitely my first pick(s) out of everything here. But again, past experience tells me not to get my hopes up!

I like the Wild West Train Station and Summit Station, though Wild West might be competing with the latest Bricklink Designer Program train.

Polish Falcon caught my eye as being a neat set that might have more than a snowball's chance. I also really love the villa (and any set that creates height like that).

I wouldn't be surprised if no set made it though.

I like the buildings of Music and Jewelry, but after having a look on the set's page the interior seems a bit narrow.

Overpass park looks like a nice set, but it's quite big.

zero interest in any of these

Out of curiosity, has there ever been an ideas review where no sets were selected?

@Joce1275 said:
"Out of curiosity, has there ever been an ideas review where no sets were selected?"

At least once, but I can't tell you the exact year or years.

The Moon is the only one here I could see myself getting... I do love the Portal franchise, but I can't see myself buying the set. The computer is fascinating, but again, I can't really see myself getting it.

Ratatouille looks nothing like them.

Some very interesting ideas. I was most impressed with the Jumanji one.

There are several that I would spend money on, and several more that are very clever and cool, credit to the creators but don’t interest me enough to spend money. We’ll see where it goes, my biggest hope is the medieval tavern and inn

Princess Bride would be a day one buy - brilliantly executed.

@samsz3 said:
"I would like it if LEGO commited to alternating liscensed and non liscensed sets, so we can see more creativity instead of people's favourite film/show/singer"

For a few years, they’ve had a standing policy that at least 50% of approved sets have to be non-IP, but people don’t really notice this is going on.

There are some interesting ideas in here, even a few sets I might buy if they happened, but very little that feels remotely viable. I see a whole bunch of stuff that Lego isn't going to want to make, in most cases for reasons that really should be obvious.

There seems to be a trend to combine IPs with large displayable objects, which is a combination of the two most common types of past winners. Will this strategy work, though?

I'm cheering for the Bob Ross one.

Also the Italian Villa is gorgeous, but please Lego don't make it a $300 set.

There too many here, the threshold should be raised. There's a lot that won't make it, based on rumours about what's coming.

I like the Lake House and the Italian villa. The western station is a good sequel to some sets from bricklink. The Sherlock Holmes set has some accuracy issues, but I doubt it will be picked anyway.

I like cluedo, that would make a good addition to the game theme.

I expect to be disappointed with the results.

I'd buy Gizmo from Gremlins in a heartbeat!

I see a lot of projects, I see a lot of shelf warmers and I see very few commercial hits.

I'd like to see both the threshold for consideration raised, and a full split into two streams, one for Licensed sets and one for original/Lego IP.

"banning promotion on social media" is thoroughly unworkable though

Deep Rock Galactic is the perfect match for Lego. It scratches the Power Miners/Rock Raiders itch, it's an appropriate video game IP for kids and adults, and the developer, Ghost Ship Games, is Danish!

A couple of stand outs for me are the 'Bolex 16mm Camera' and the 'Functional Microscope'.
But I also rather like the tranquility of the 'Camping Trip'.

'Deep Rock Galactic Drilldozer' looks like a cross between 'Crablogger' and 'The Mole'... bring on another Thunderbirds Ideas entry!

@ET said:
"Please, Cosmere! It has some stiff competition this round but I have faith"

Its not a good set, far too complex and covers way way too many books.
Honestly if someone wants to get a cosmere set it needs to be smaller and focused on Mistborn or Stomlight to have a chance. Even then, until there is a movie, I can’t see the audience being big enough to make it worth Lego’s while.
I would be happy to be wrong however

I like the moon and Bob Ross if both stay at reasonable price points. The rest are too big, too niche or too boring. Maybe the microscope but why have one unless you can actually scope... I doubt the set will have a specialized lens :(

i am not a fan of it, but to be honest the only original idea here is the "Working Ornate Card Shuffler" (and maybe the Summit Station). The rest is basically the same as every time, but the quality is much lower imho.

@xboxtravis7992 said:
" @classicstylecastle said:
" @parsom said:
"Well... Ideas can only be fixed by banning the use of social media to promote projects. Which will not happen."

What would that solve? The point of IDEAS is for LEGO to create sets that expand their consumer base, as much as people seem to think every set should be of personal interest to them. While I may not be interested in many of the IPs or subject matters represented in the list, the fact that 10,000 people have voted for them shows that there is (potentially) interest in a set being made.

That being said, we can rule out any modular adjacent sets, and some seem more suited submissions to the Bricklink Program. So maybe the Moon landscape?
"

Ideas is popular enough though, I'd suggest the vote threshold should be 15,000 or 20,000 now. "

I completely agree. Looking back on older reviews such as https://brickset.com/article/3389/my-little-pony-s-been-put-out-of-its-misery, which had FOUR, yes, FOUR ideas. I think even 25,000 wouldn't be pushing it too much.

BOB'S BURGERS!

Make it happen, TLG.

Very good for my wallet. Not 1 I'm interested in. Lego will have enough (to much) sets of its own to take my money.

I'm rooting for the Bob Ross set and definitely a big Godzilla build.
Godzilla, if Lego gets the license and builds one big like Voltron, it will SELL OUT. No doubt!

None of these are calling out to me. I like the idea of CLUE but I've seen a few versions at different conventions. There are a few sets that if they were chosen I might consider purchasing.

I personally like the Lake House, Functional Microscope, and Summit Station. I would be happy to see any of those made into a set.

The camping trip and the overpass are standouts for me!

The Magic Bookends, Discworld library, and Lake House look interesting.

The only one that has chances to win is The Moon: Lunar Landscape by SharkyBricks

easy pass on every project

Once again proof that Ideas needs to significantly change to stay relevant. Half the commenters on this post are acting like most of these have a chance. And that's AFOLs who should have a better sense of what Lego actually approves for the program.

Based on previous approvals, sets that may have a small chance:
• Beetlejuice
• Lake House
• Lunar Landscape
• Princess Bride (but not as a copy of the storybook set, some other diorama)
• One of Woodland Wildlife, Beta fish, or frogs
• Taylor Swift (this model is vastly superior to all the house submissions. If Lego is ever going to do a TS set this is the best chance)

The rest of the sets are vastly outside of what Lego will ever put out. The Itallian Villa is nice but it's too similar to the riveria set that's already coming. The Gravity Falls submissions are good models but show less than a decade old feels too early for Lego to capitalize on nostalgia. The kids and teens that liked that show need to be older than they are now to really have the income to buy it

I kind of like the drill dozer, but it also resembles that one Power Miners set a bit too much.

I'd take a Grinch set, but agree with @SithLord196 that the chances of that getting approved are three sizes too small. Otherwise, Beetlejuice and Princess Bride are high on my list, and I'd probably pick up Ratatouille just because it's Pixar IP. If the Muppets actually gets approved, I'll probably try for a signed copy, since I think that's the first project to go to review from a member of MichLUG. The moon looks fantastic, but I skipped every similar type of set and just don't see myself getting that one (it'd be incredibly expensive as just a way to display Classic Spacemen). The non-IP project that I'd most like to see get approved is the frogs. If that one doesn't, I'll have to see if I can figure out the design and just build a copy of those frogs on my own.

I would build that Betta set!

I'm fast losing interest in Ideas, although it used to be my favourite theme. It's just become a niche IP/ MOC popularity contest - something like the Cosmere submission is very cool to see as a MOC but wouldn't make a good set. The Turing machine is very impressive but would never pass stability / complexity standards.
The one I really don't understand is the Overpass Park. Actually I personally quite like it, but how on earth did it get 10,000 votes?!

It's hard to root for anything when there are so many qualifiers and Lego will only greenlight 3 at most. Most of the submissions bore me anyway, I guess after Bionicle was rejected twice and Portal has been rejected at least five times I just lost hope that anything I have any personal connection to would ever be approved and by sheer numbers the odds of any individual set getting chosen is minuscule.

Far too many licensed sets and large sets. The microscope is amazing and the frogs are adorable. Magic Bookends is beautiful.

The rest I don't care about at all.

I really like how eclectic these submissions are.

There are probably only a couple that appeal to me personally, but regardless, there are some great builds among the selected, and since I don't need or even want every set, it's great to see such broad scope of creativity and building styles.

Princess Bride making it through is............inconceivable.

For a change, there are quite a few this time around that I like. None of them will be turned into a set of course.
I am teaching Turing Machines, so that would be need to bring to class, for example. But I don't see this happening.

I liked the Lakehouse. I think Lily Pad Frogs may make it due to botanical builds in it and it has a nice size. Some ideas look convoluted due to their large size. They don't look something that Lego will produce, or at least not without heavily modifiying them.

Glad there are more non-IP designs this time (as anyone can do IP including TLG themselves), but such a wide choice appealing to lots of different interest groups that it difficult to choose which should make it into production, good luck anyway.

Frogs are great and any Ghibli-set is welcomed but too many buildings for my liking

None of these for me

Lilypad frogs for me, otherwise, broad pass on vast majority of these

I really hope Music and Jewelry makes it, as unlikely as it seems. I like the idea of the Taylor Swift one as well, but that would probably depend on how well the BTS set did.

As for the realistic choices, the microscope, Mystery Shack and the frogs seem likely.

Two nice modulars, but I thought they had been banned? They'll just keep the submissions but refuse them automatically then?

@jh84007 said:
"Princess Bride making it through is............inconceivable."

You keep using this word. I do not think it means what you think it means.

@Joce1275:
Other way around. Ideas has very strict guidelines, which includes no piggybacking off of current product lines. You can tap IP or themes that they’ve let lie fallow for a few years, but not one that’s sitting on the shelf when your project hits the review phase. Modulars didn’t originate with Cuusoo/Ideas, so it’s not permanently banned from getting approved, but they would have to actually stop producing them for a couple years before the format falls off the restricted list. I don’t see that happening anytime in the near future.

Stuff that got rejected from Ideas has popped up again in the BDP, so rules are clearly more relaxed. And that makes a certain amount of sense, since the sets are less official, and not something that they’d expect anyone to be able to walk into a major retail store and buy.

Sadly, I've learned to not bother getting excited until the actual sets are announced. I feel like all the cool sets get waved off OR end up being way too overpriced for me to actually buy at this time

Some of these are quite amazingly poor. I would dearly love to see something along the lines of the Old West railway station, but it's not going to happen here. The moon one is nice, sure, but who would actually buy it? And who would buy a "working ornate card shuffler"??? If any of these make it I fear it will be one of the IPs. The only times I've ever heard of Gravity Falls has been on these!

All projects that are of a building and have a close-up of the minifigures in front should be instantly rejected.

I get the feeling that too many people are doing it not because they want the set, they are picking random licences and desperate to get the commission from having a set in production.

That Eras Tour poster is great!

The microscope and science lab kit make my heart happy. They'll never be picked, but they're awesome.

@PurpleDave said:
" @Joce1275:
Other way around. Ideas has very strict guidelines, which includes no piggybacking off of current product lines. You can tap IP or themes that they’ve let lie fallow for a few years, but not one that’s sitting on the shelf when your project hits the review phase. Modulars didn’t originate with Cuusoo/Ideas, so it’s not permanently banned from getting approved, but they would have to actually stop producing them for a couple years before the format falls off the restricted list. I don’t see that happening anytime in the near future.

Stuff that got rejected from Ideas has popped up again in the BDP, so rules are clearly more relaxed. And that makes a certain amount of sense, since the sets are less official, and not something that they’d expect anyone to be able to walk into a major retail store and buy."

Interesting... I know Modular style buildings were accepted in BDP for ages in the past, but I thought they changed the rules for BDP Series 6 submissions to not allow buildings in the Modular format any longer, ie 32x32 baseplate, lamp post, technic connections etc... but they could certainly have changed it back again, I believe they are accepting submissions for Series 7 now so it's difficult to keep track!!

Really hoping for Camping Adventures. It looks so nice.
The Moon is really neat too. Wouldn't mind seeing that pass.

And as much as I'd love the Mystery Shack, I doubt it'll happen considering it hasn't passed the other times there have been submissions.

@Joce1275 said:
"Interesting... I know Modular style buildings were accepted in BDP for ages in the past, but I thought they changed the rules for BDP Series 6 submissions to not allow buildings in the Modular format any longer, ie 32x32 baseplate, lamp post, technic connections etc... but they could certainly have changed it back again, I believe they are accepting submissions for Series 7 now so it's difficult to keep track!!"

I don’t pay as much attention to BDP, so I hadn’t heard that they’d changed any rules recently. Being restricted from using baseplates doesn’t completely rule out following the Modular format, though. You could use 8x8, 8x16, and 16x16 plates to make a fairly robust floor that AFOLs would know they could easily convert into the Modular format by swapping a few plates for baseplates.

Oh, one thing that is more restrictive for BDP vs Ideas is IP. BDP is banned from using any licensed IP of any sort, because it’s too expensive to secure licensing for just a handful of copies.

Can’t wait to be disappointed in the results again later this year :)

I do think 52 sets per round is crazy. Maybe they could announce immediately which ones are definitely not getting made? Like they’ve already said no more Modular’s so when they put out this press release it could be “ideas going through the process” and “congrats on getting 10k but we aren’t considering it”. Might also help deter repeat submissions if they are always in the second group.

I’d support the move to 20k but I think it might backfire. I can see a world where only IP that is heavily promoted on social media hot that threshold.

Anyway, he’s my personal wishlist in order of which will hurt me the most when it isn’t picked:
1. The Princess Bride (mini figs aren’t great but the build is very cool)
2. Either Mystery Shack (I prefer mad.bricks scale but I would take any mystery shack they would give me)
3. Taylor Swift Eras tour poster (I think this idea is actually really cool, maybe just include her main eras tour outfit instead of each album though)
4. Taskmaster (brilliant show, but there’s absolutely no chance. Would love if James Acaster was included lol)
5. Overpass Park (I love the slice on this)
6. Clue board (if you lowered the walls and made the tiles 3x3 I think this could really work)
7. Sherlock Holmes (don’t think this one is done well but I’ve always loved Mr. Holmes)
8. Functional microscope (what cool build)
9. Godzilla (I just want to see LEGO’s take on it as much as anything)
10. Italian Villa (needs a lot of work but I love the idea, people would just end up accusing LEGO of changing it too much)

Shuffle machine is interesting to think about.
Hadn't checked the comments of the project page, but either the captured video is very lucky - it looks like both sides spit out the new card at the exactly same time and it's a pure luck that they are not stuck in the middle. Or it is a more clever design with one shaft rotating first and second one starting to rotate after first does one turn.
I think I know how to build it using a trigger on the back which you have to pull up before a new shuffle. If it has no mentioned problem and no trigger, I`d really like to see the original creator mechanical design.

My big hope is for one of the Mystery Shacks, but I'd also love P-Body and Atlas or the Cluedo set.

@ha21 said:
"The Gravity Falls submissions are good models but show less than a decade old feels too early for Lego to capitalize on nostalgia. The kids and teens that liked that show need to be older than they are now to really have the income to buy it"

You say that, but the Book of Bill launched last summer and apparently it sold way better than initially expected. I don't know how well a $30 book bodes for a $100+ toy, but 2nd place in Barns and Noble's bestsellers alongside two models getting enough votes could be a ping in the radar for the suits.

Also you say less then a decade old but last I checked 2015 would be a decade ago and 2012 was before 2015. I'd consider 13 years to be over a decade, but what do I know.

@peterlmorris said:
"I kind of like the drill dozer, but it also resembles that one Power Miners set a bit too much. "

Given that the devs of the game are Danish, I wouldn't be surprised if they were inspired by Power Miners!

@Mochbid:
Worse would be if you each got half of the same card.

@GSR_MataNui:
My impression is that they've been getting leery of making sets based on TV shows. Given that the SW theme underperformed in the gap years between the prequel movies, they know that having a current film or show helps drive sales. Older shows, it's a risk. They did well with a few shows through the Ideas program, but I suspect they got burned on a few others (Adventure Time comes to mind, though the set probably wasn't what fans had in mind). Gravity Falls may have a loyal fan base, but the question is if it also has a large fan base.

I see a lot of killjoys here. Who cares if a lot of sets make the review process. Not like it's your job to review them. I bet Ideas isn't even about making money off the sets for Lego. It's about promoting brand awareness.

It seems clear to me that 10,000 votes is no longer a sufficient threshold. 50+ projects is simply too many and they’d be better off raising the bar to see what more people actually want. If that’s 20,000, so be it. At the end of the day it’s a market research tool to let TLG make sets they know people will be interested in, and at the moment the sheer popularity of it has broken the system with the current threshold. It’s become a little bit silly frankly.

@gsmayes said:
"I see a lot of killjoys here. Who cares if a lot of sets make the review process. Not like it's your job to review them. I bet Ideas isn't even about making money off the sets for Lego. It's about promoting brand awareness."

I'd think it would be partly about crowdsourcing marketing research as well. As for this crazy notion of upping the target to make review, all that this would accomplish is to weed out most of the non-licensed stuff.

I took a look at the clue idea and saw another version by someone else which looked a lot better, as the rooms were not self contained and secret passages.

https://ideas.lego.com/projects/77457464-8aa1-42f4-a5c5-3ebc866940d1

My favourite version of clue was where you got separate rooms that you shuffled and turned over randomly, connecting the house in odd layouts. You had to make it back to the entrance hall and stand your player next to the telephone to make your guess, which could take a while, depending on the layout.

@daniellesa said:
"I took a look at the clue idea and saw another version by someone else which looked a lot better, as the rooms were not self contained and secret passages.

https://ideas.lego.com/projects/77457464-8aa1-42f4-a5c5-3ebc866940d1

My favourite version of clue was where you got separate rooms that you shuffled and turned over randomly, connecting the house in odd layouts. You had to make it back to the entrance hall and stand your player next to the telephone to make your guess, which could take a while, depending on the layout."

I preferred the movie.

At this point, I can't get excited. Regarding Ideas, Lego seems to be taking the plainest, most boring projects that reach 10K, and making those. Thinking they'll shell out for licensing is comical. With their recent track record, they'll take these 54, only make one, and it'll be whichever one is the least interesting.

@F13_Zeo said:
"At this point, I can't get excited. Regarding Ideas, Lego seems to be taking the plainest, most boring projects that reach 10K, and making those. Thinking they'll shell out for licensing is comical. With their recent track record, they'll take these 54, only make one, and it'll be whichever one is the least interesting."

They’ve approved Hocus Pocus, Jaws, Twilight, and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, none of which have had any previous licensing deals in place.

@SithLord196 said:
"I think The Moon: Lunar Landscape has a chance to get approved, and maybe Beetlejuice, but I'm not sure about the others.

I'd like to see the Magic Bookends get approved.

The Grinch will be rejected right away, that license is with another company."

The fish is also the sort of thing that I think will grab the review team. And I would put the Lumbermill as having something interesting enough going on that it has an outside chance.

Pretty much everything else is stuff that has already been turned down repeatedly (Gravity Falls House, over and over and over) Things that feel like Lazy IP grabs of stuff they are already doing (PS2, Jumanji) or just really nice MOC's that are unlikely to convert to sets.

The Turing machine is incredible. If by some feat of magic it did get produced, it would be a day 1 purchase for me!

@HOBBES said:
"Turing machine. There has never been a Technic idea set. There was a good clock by Sariel in a previous round - also denied...sad

Since Icons is doing pretty much everything under the sun nowadays, ideas has lost its purpose, mostly."

Exactly! The point of Ideas is to find those things that icons ISN'T covering. 21309 , 21311 , 21318 , 21323 , 21313 ....
You get my point.
"Mostly" is the key word there.
I feel like these new Ideas submissions are too unoriginal.