Third 2025 Ideas review results announced

I wonder if the Universal Monsters set will end up being modified at all to resemble the Monsters Unchained ride facade at Epic Universe. That is the main ongoing concern that Universal has an interest in promoting with the Monsters brand these days.

Hoping that Downton Abbey is coming soon!

That's a lot of potential sets coming out of this round. I admit there's also been a lot to choose from. Then again, with the recent rate of large(r) set announcements, which feels like three a week, this may just fit current company policy.

I am only halfway interested in one or two of these, depending on what they make out of them.. That's perfectly ok; there is way enough on my wanted list already.

@Tereglith said:
"I wonder if the Universal Monsters set will end up being modified at all to resemble the Monsters Unchained ride facade at Epic Universe. That is the main ongoing concern that Universal has an interest in promoting with the Monsters brand these days."

I wondered the same thing. If so, I think it would be an impressive build.

Not particularly exciting choices, for me, which is fine, though I think Kimonos is quite nice. Monsters has potential but we'll see. But I just looked over the pipeline list and nothing on there moves the needle for me. Again, not everything has to be for me but it would be nice to have a set or two on the radar.

@tgewin said:
"Halloween fans have to be thrilled this week, between the new line and now the Universal Monsters selection."

YES! Absolutely DELIGHTED!! (cannot put emoji) I LOVE anything spooky and the Universal Monsters would be a must buy for me. I also love the Kimonos.

So, with the Midnight Valley Collection annual release presumably, there will be (at least) two spooky sets for us next year!!! (Ecstatic face)

Lego won't be using the Universal Monsters Ideas set to substitute a midnight Valley Collection set, right? LOL

Congratulations to the winners.

as always, super easy pass

The landscape of the Hollow Knight is interesting, but the knight freaks me out. Is this inspired by something, because I've never heard of it, I live such a sheltered life!

The ramen shop seems similar to the recent bricklink series set.

There was another jumanji idea which was much more interesting, this is a bit basic board game, it doesn't really capture it.

That universal monsters looks too much like midnight valley that they just launched.

Not really bothered about the kimonos or the Bob's Burgers.

The apple mac is just another in a long list of gaming console releases.

Easy pass on all. The ideas theme needs a thorough overwhaul, because there were some good sets that made that review which deserve more consideration than they got given.

The Jumanji link leads to the monster ideas.

The only set I was really hoping would be approved was The Adventurers - Return to Egypt. I can only hope that Lego has an alternative plan to bring back the theme in some capacity but I really don’t trust them very much these days!

@Al_S said:
" @Kre_O said:
"I think to be eligible you have to have actually built the set yourself, not a CGI render."

Nah, this is a bad take as it limits eligibility to those with a large collection or the funds to buy the parts and dismisses the possibility of recolours of parts (where that might fit with unreleased ranges). There's little to no chance of a good idea made from a rainbow of mismatxhed colours being at all succesful.
Allow renders lowers the financial barrier to entry and allows more creativity."

Perhaps then it will stop people submitting $400 sets all the time?

These submissions are becoming very close to being AI generated, with prompts like "Create image of [this sitcom] [old movie] building with minigures to the [left] [right]."

And people relying on fans of old TV show/Movie just voting for the set.

Soon, the Lego Ideas selection process will change: Lego will give me a call, they will provide me with a list of ideas sets that reached 10K votes. I will let them know which ones I like. Then they will proceed to market every single ones on the list except the ones that I like.

That's the first time I see so many sets being produced. Lego is branching out so much, eventually they will surely make them all... All the better for all the tastes in nature.

Edit: I did not realized some were put in parking lot and are not official ... yet.

Yet again, no AtLA or Princess Bride. I especially liked Princess Bride because it would have been fairly accessible in price, at least compared to most ideas sets. Hopefully they'll get through one of these days.

@SJPlego said:
"My heart is broken that "Adventurers - Return to Egypt" did not pass review. My wallet is celebrating."

My wallet is celebrating too.

Jumanji has potential, but the Monsters set is the most exciting Ideas set in a long time.

@HOBBES said:
"Soon, the Lego Ideas selection process will change: Lego will give me a call, they will provide me with a list of ideas sets that reached 10K votes. I will let them know which ones I like. Then they will proceed to market every single ones on the list except the ones that I like.

That's the first time I see so many sets being produced. Lego is branching out so much, eventually they will surely make them all... All the better for all the tastes in nature.

Edit: I did not realized some were put in parking lot and are not official ... yet."

In case you are busy, they might call to me and ask which submission is worst and they produce it.

With every wave Ideas theme is weaker IMHO :(

Come on Bob's Burgers! I love that the submitter even included Little King Trashmouth the raccoon.

Hollow Knight is the most excited I've been for a potential Ideas set in a long time, but this one looks a bit rough. If it does end up getting released, I hope they seriously overhaul the character builds.

Hopeful for Naruto, but it's been rejected before (maybe multiple times?)

I think the Monsters set could have potential. I loved them as a kid.

Bob's Burgers being in the parking lot is interesting. I already built my own version of their restaurant/apartment, but having an official one might be neat since the figures. But it makes me not want to ever build anything since LEGO could just come along and build their own better version of it since they have access to stickers/endless pieces and multiple designers. I've had to scrap multiple projects because LEGO was releasing their own version of it while I was in the middle of my own. The problem becomes when showing it at a convention people always just think it's the set instead of your MOC. It's frustrating and annoying, so that's why I stopped building things once LEGO is rumored to build the same thing. Thankfully I already did my own Christmas Vacation house, so likely wouldn't need the official version.

As for other potential sets, a lot of licensed IP, so those could be cool, but I also don't know how badly I need any of them since only have so much money. I guess IDEAS just gets the money instead of their other themes. *shrug*

Has anything in the "parking lot" ever not gone on to become a set? I know that feature is still somewhat new.

Not bad, honestly. All three have potential to be pretty cool sets, though I'm mostly interested in the Universal Monsters and Kimonos.

But what really surprises me are the parking lot sets. Hollow Knight is one thing (and I'd totally buy it), but Naruto? Lego really is starting to dip into anime.

You had me at Universal. The build could be completely terrible, I just want my bois. The rest look good as well. Congrats to the original designers.

@CC said:
"Not sure why Daft Punk decision is still delayed. It seems like they could be added to the Editions theme. When they were added to Fortnite they received minifigure renders, similar to Olivia Rodrigo."

My guess is it has less to do with the minifigures and more to do with the light components to make the concert work.

The announcement of a live action Naruto film the other day made me think a Lego collab was inevitable. I’d love the ramen shop to become a real set, but I’m going to need about a dozen more minifigures if Lego is obtaining this license. Naruto himself needs to be a collectible minifigure if there’s any hope of him performing shadow clone jutsu.

Thanks, but no thanks. If I want a proper castle set I have at least 5 from BDP to choose from, which were made with real passion in mind and not how to cut corners and release an overpriced mass market set.
I think I'm also covered with real boardgames and not needing a fake one.
The geisha statues are even more niche than La Catrina.
So yet another bad round for Ideas.

Ooh, happy to see Hollow Knight has made it as far as the parking lot, at least! We'll see if it gets any further (and how much Lego changes it up if it does), but for now I'll keep an eye on it; I enjoy the aesthetic of that game (although didn't get super far into it...!) and would definitely be interested if the end result isn't too expensive ^^

The Monster one is a maybe but the rest are of zero interest to me. The Jumanji game is an interesting set but not something I would buy.

I think it's safe to predict the iMac isn't happening. In the unlikely event that Apple even returns Lego's phone call, they'll probably demand a model that looks exactly like the real thing. But that isn't happening without a bunch of new curve pieces, which would make it a less interesting model. And the model will cost $1200 and come glued together, because Apple.

Kudos to the builder for trying to evoke a very difficult shape. It brought back a lot of sweet memories.

@SJPlego said:
"My heart is broken that "Adventurers - Return to Egypt" did not pass review. My wallet is celebrating."

Ideas has just turned into another licensed theme, so sadly not surprising.

Universal Monsters sounds fantastic!!

@8BrickMario said:
" @Crushmaster said:
" @SJPlego said:
"My heart is broken that "Adventurers - Return to Egypt" did not pass review. My wallet is celebrating."

Ideas has just turned into another licensed theme, so sadly not surprising."

We just got the reveal of a non-licensed IDEAS set design yesterday. Unlicensed projects are still being voted in and produced."

Sure, but the ratio is getting terrible.

The Jumanji film gave me nightmares as a kid - and I still can't re-watch it to this day due too several scenes. So, it's safe to say I won't be buying that set - no way, no how.

If they ever did another Chris Van Allsburg based project, I want a Polar Express set. Hopefully one day, the bell will ring true for all of us and LEGO will give us that iconic 2-8-4.

The Kimonos have my attention but after seeing the finalized La Catrina model, I don’t want to get too excited just yet. The Universal Monsters is an interesting pick as well.

Good call Huw adding the three tables at the end of the article. Is there a tag that would allow this information to be retrieved quickly? Every time I search for your latest update article it takes me a long time to find it. Thanks

Bro I would love garfield

The Jumanji set is not for me, but I'm not too surprised by it getting picked, and will probably sell well. It does look like a rather boring and tedious build though...

The Monsters set though....kinda surprising indeed considering the recent reveal, and also yet another castle. Kinda surprised it's only 2250 pieces, but seems like quite a lot big ones. Wouldn't be surprised if this gets completely overhauled by the Lego designers.

The kimono set is a nice surprise though, and if they don't mess that up completely (either by redisign or pricing), that would be a set I'd probably buy.

As for the parking lot: Never cared for rotten apples, have no clue what Hollow Knight or Bob's Burgers are about, let alone if the latter would warrant a €300 set.

As a manga/anime fan I obviously do know about Naruto, though really never cared for it. But even disregarding the IP, the restaurant looks pretty good on its own. One thing I do wonder about is that similar sets have been available from Chinese brands for many years, though I don't know if any of those was actually licensed, or if it's (probably...) all been good old bootlegging.... And another thing: Playmobil also has Naruto sets, and apparently those sell like crap. Now Playmobil failed pretty hard in finding the lucrative adult audience in general (and I can see why) so that's not just a Naruto thing, but I can imagine Lego being hesitant to go all in with this.

And as for the ones that didn't make it, mostly sad for the Japanese Onsen (but seems perfect for BDP!) and the Train Bookends. But overall was a rather week round, and not mad about the sets that got picked.

iMac & Hollownight, Classoc Monsters are also great but the castle looks a bit bleak imo.
Let‘s see what get‘s a pass :)

@MLF said:
"Anyone else check out of Ideas a long ago?... "

Yes, me too. Actually jumanji and universal monsters both look mildly interesting but I can't work up much enthusiasm with the massive number of submissions, the time it takes sets to actually appear, and the inevitable changes meaning the final product could be completely different.

"At this point I wouldn't be sad if Ideas was wound down. Move original MOCs to the BDP, and just do polls for for licensed sets."

Here though, I disagree. I'm not interested in BDP because I value the effort put in to make a polished building experience and a robust final product. I'd rather the opposite, keep Ideas only for non-licensed products and push anything with IP into another channel...

@Tereglith said:
"I wonder if the Universal Monsters set will end up being modified at all to resemble the Monsters Unchained ride facade at Epic Universe. That is the main ongoing concern that Universal has an interest in promoting with the Monsters brand these days."

Does this ride include the Creature from the Black Lagoon? If so, then I approve of this plan, and I’m proud to be a part of it.

@kfr said:
"Now, an invisible man should be easy to include, shouldn't it? :)"

https://hotwheels.fandom.com/wiki/Invisible_Jet

@Snowy_Tabbert said:
"Lego won't be using the Universal Monsters Ideas set to substitute a midnight Valley Collection set, right? LOL"

Ideas is allowed to result in the creation of a new theme (though that can’t be the intention of the submission). It’s not allowed to piggy-back on one. Active themes are off limits to the Ideas team. It is a bit weird that Universal Monsters _didn’t_ get blocked by Midnight Valley, though.

Universal Monsters is interesting!

In 2020 we got a single brickhead (40422) and at that time it seemed like the kind of one off set Lego is just waiting for someone to post on ideas. I am surprised it took this long and the timing now seems odd for a couple of reasons.

In part because we they just approved an arguably similar looking set, with Edward Scissorhands. I said at the time it was an odd choice for a £200+ gothic castle/mansion and I was thinking something like Universal Monsters gives you way more scenes and minifigures.

And as @Huw say, Lego have just started a new line with Midnight Valley. I think this may mean that Lego are planning to continue with the generic spooky people (which don’t need new molds) to make the theme more cohesive. That would leave room for other monsters here. On the other hand we have seen Christmas ideas sets like Home Alone sit alongside the winter village.

Anyway I hope Lego downsize the Edward Scissorhands set and go all out for this and include all the monsters with a room/scenes in the castle for each one. I would love this to be the spooky equivalent to the Disney castle.

Stoked for Universal Monsters! Excited to see what Lego does with this... I thought Castle Dracula was a much nicer build but getting all the classic monsters in one set is definitely cool!

That Naruto build looks great already, and I hope the universal monsters one gets a bit of a glow up but I'd love a monster castle.

Lego UNIVERSAL MONSTERS is finally happening ??????
Wonder if they can do a CMF wave for it, maybe with black & white variants!!

@Harold_of_Vortech said:
"Wonder if they can do a CMF wave for it, maybe with black & white variants!!"

Does this include the Creature from the Black Lagoon? If so, then I approve of this plan, and I’m proud to be a part of it.

As someone who is a HUGE Godzilla Fan and also watched he original MMPR those are the sets I am anxiously waiting on. If Lego is somehow able to pull off the mode of the Zords in their "tank mode" I'll need to buy 3 sets.

I actually really like the Kimonos.

Very happy for Hollow Knight and Ramen Shop from Naruto

I'm really curious about whether we'll actually see the Ramen Shop.
After all this exact design has been available (officially licensed) by an alternative manufacturer for quite some time. Not sure whether it's currently still available though.

Hope Hollow Knight pulls through.
Might become the first video game that I've played that could be represented by a LEGO set.
Nope, never played Mario, Sonic, Pokemon... none of the Nintendo games. :|

Don't really get the Jumanji box, not very interesting compared to the house https://ideas.lego.com/product-ideas/e3f5ca07-9b6d-4b1f-b9bb-152d674e4b93

@AustinPowers said:
"I'm really curious about whether we'll actually see the Ramen Shop.
After all this exact design has been available (officially licensed) by an alternative manufacturer for quite some time. Not sure whether it's currently still available though. "

There was a bit of controversy over one of the early BDP sets that the designer had also sold to a competitor, resulting in the model being pulled from the BDP lineup after it had been announced. Are you saying this is a similar case, or are you suggesting someone cribbed a competitor’s retail set and submitted it as their own design?

@PurpleDave said:
" @AustinPowers said:
"I'm really curious about whether we'll actually see the Ramen Shop.
After all this exact design has been available (officially licensed) by an alternative manufacturer for quite some time. Not sure whether it's currently still available though. "

There was a bit of controversy over one of the early BDP sets that the designer had also sold to a competitor, resulting in the model being pulled from the BDP lineup after it had been announced. Are you saying this is a similar case, or are you suggesting someone cribbed a competitor’s retail set and submitted it as their own design?"
I actually don't know the behind the scenes info, I just saw reviews of the set years ago and even contemplated buying it at some point. In the end I didn't, but maybe I should have.

@Harold_of_Vortech said:
"Lego UNIVERSAL MONSTERS is finally happening ??????
Wonder if they can do a CMF wave for it, maybe with black & white variants!!"

A series would be great, but might be the only case where filling even 12 slots might be a challenge. That's enough to do whichever color palette the IDEAS set doesn't use for the Monsters, perhaps also including any Monsters the set omits, but the human characters are far less visually interesting or iconic, and perhaps only Henry Frankenstein (the movies' version of Victor) would be worth making outside the monster icons. I'd eat up a Dr. Pretorius minifigure myself, with a printed clear 1x1 round brick accessory depicting a homunculus jar, though I have no hope of that becoming a reality.

A design I voted for hasn't won in over 10 years.... Hard to stay excited for these when I always get let down.

@8BrickMario said:
" @Harold_of_Vortech said:
"Lego UNIVERSAL MONSTERS is finally happening ??????
Wonder if they can do a CMF wave for it, maybe with black & white variants!!"

A series would be great, but might be the only case where filling even 12 slots might be a challenge. That's enough to do whichever color palette the IDEAS set doesn't use for the Monsters, perhaps also including any Monsters the set omits, but the human characters are far less visually interesting or iconic, and perhaps only Henry Frankenstein (the movies' version of Victor) would be worth making outside the monster icons. I'd eat up a Dr. Pretorius minifigure myself, with a printed clear 1x1 round brick accessory depicting a homunculus jar, though I have no hope of that becoming a reality."

1 - Mr. Hyde
2 - Hunchback
3 - Phantom
4 - Dracula
5 - Frankenatein’s monster
6 - Mummy
7 - Invisible Man
8 - Bride of Frankenstein
9 - Werewolf
10 - Dracula’s daughter
11 - Son of Frankenstein(‘s monster)
12 - The Invisible Woman
13 - Wolf Man
14 - Invisible Agent (son of Invisible Man)
15 - Son of Dracula
16 - She-Wolf
17 - Creature

That’s just going by the titles from the original run of films, and checking one synopsis (Invisible Agent) to make sure I wasn’t repeating a character. Four of these are female, which gets a 12 series to at least 2:1 gender split, which is better than Looney Toons or Muppets managed after the number series had already hit 1:1. And this skips humans entirely, including Van Helsing, Dr. Jekyl, Frankenstein, Igor, and whoever the Phantom was creeping on in that film (I mostly only know the ALW opera version).

Love the Universal Monsters set, looking forward to picking that one up next year.

That naruoto set looks fun. I dont really care for naruto but the shop could easily be worked into a lego city park.