Ideas Showcase

Of those, the rock raiders and that Alice in wonderland set are the only two that really stand out to me. I have no attachment to the former but it looks nice - doubt it would have the support. I have some mild attachment to the old Alice in Wonderland but also doubt it would have the support. It is a distinctive and creative model though.

The Alice in Wonderland submission is outstanding - so creative. It just got my vote.

Really cool projects, I especially like the Avatar, Tesla's Lab and the UCS Rock Raiders projects

avatar be good by time gets ready movies be out.. imagine pieces

I like Tesla's lab. I would have made the lightning bolts in trans neon green, to make it stand out more. I always thought the lab was in New York. Colorado Springs, wow. Pop. 21085 in 1900. I've learnt something today and I supported the idea.

Let's make Alice happen!

It's so nice to see this showcase article making a return!! I didn't realise that the designers could reach out to you, I thought you simply featured Ideas that had caught your eye - a PM will be sent shortly :)

I think I've already voted for quite a few of these. Avatar is insanely creative, and Alice in Wonderland just looks amazing. Can't believe I missed the symphony orchestra though, I'd love to have that set!

The Tesla one needs to get made. We literally wouldn't have the modern world we live in now without his inventions.

The Princess Bride one is also brilliant. Simple, yet it contains most of the iconic scenes from the movie in a neat little package.

I want that Rockraiders one!

The Alice In Wonderland Build is impressive, but god is her face creepy....dont want that staring at me from a shelf in the middle of the night...

@Fizyx said:
"When I first saw the Alice in Wonderland face I was... not onboard. But the whole rest of the build is really fantastic, and brought me around. Definitely got my support for that one after watching the video!"

Same here. I saw the face and went m’eh. Then I watched the video. It would be a day 1 purchase for me if made

Thank you so much for featuring my project of The Princess Bride!

Don't forget Huwbot!

sure, i'll support the Tesla lab. but i'll be damned if i support another licensed set Idea, more than enough of those already!

Rock Raiders and the Johnny Thunder projects.

Always have been a fan of Tesla. So I voted for it and would definitely buy that set if it was made available.

Alice in wonderland and Avatar get my vote, although Princess Bride is still the better film...

221B Baker Street is a no-brainer modular building for me. The only thing standing against it imo is the similarly themed Detective's Office.

How the heck is there another one?

I resubmitted the Narnia Wardrobe, so maybe you'll find it interesting enough...
https://ideas.lego.com/projects/fcdce334-4222-403a-bf6d-60586e4041ee

Take a look at my Bicycle, Bicycle, BICYCLE! also: https://ideas.lego.com/projects/a356b5ed-b841-4b10-905b-7f608a786ce1

@wildbearbricks said:
"Thank you so much for the feature! And thank you fellow Brickset readers for your support of Tesla’s Lab. I have been a Brickset member for many years and have loved these articles so it’s an honor to be included in one. "

Way to go my friend! I really like your Lego ideas project..very cool. Congratulations and Best of Luck! You have my support for this lovely Lego idea!

These all look pretty good, except for the Wizard of Oz one. I've been aware of the Alice set for a while and I'd love it to be made, if LEGO was willing to make an Ideas set based on a license they already hold...which they aren't.

@Zordboy said:
"It's probably too large, but I love how colourful the Notting Hill Market scene is.

I like the zoo, as well. Lego really should capitalise on all those minifig-scale animals, they have. A single zoo would probably be too big a set, but imagine a wider line featuring some kind of conservation-al preserve in the Lego city limits. "

I really like your idea of a zoo line, it would be the perfect excuse to introduce new animal moulds: lion, hippo, zebra, giraffe, etc. I would be all over those sets, even more if it meant the return of the goat ;)

I go on every now and then to support what I like but I never saw that Tesla set before. That is a must-have for me!

The Ideas website needs major improvement. It would be nice if you could filter out the ones you've already supported so you can just focus on the ones you haven't seen yet.

I'd love to see The Princess Bride made into a Lego set. I don't know if Lego would go for it, but they've done a couple older films so I think it's got a shot.

The Symphony Orchestra has so much potential, I would definitely get it if it becomes an official set. I also liked Notting Hill Market (so colourful) the Castle and the Children of Noisy Village (the other project by the castle creator) which looks really cool.

Supported all of them, congrats to the creators, I hope you reach the 10k!

Thank you FlagsNZ and Brickset for the mention and support! The projects are great, its so fun to see the creative things that the LEGO community creates .

I especially like Nikola Tesla's Lab, Another Dat at the Zoo, the Symphony Orchestra and Notting Hill Market. Good luck to all the projects!

Nikola's Lab is neat, and paying homage to one of the founders of the modern world. Not sure why Wizard of Oz would be made as the figures have already been available, The Castle is neat, but how many Castle theme sets are sitting on Ideas now? As for anyone doing Disney? Well I thought that LEGO said no ideas sets based on licenses they already have (or was that changed)? Avatar? Surprised people still clamor for that. Once was enough for me, but I guess people will not be sick of it until Cameron is done with his 3000 additional movies that he is making. Rock raiders? I get that was a popular line for LEGO back then (my nephew did love it) but being one of the best lines for LEGO in the late 90's early 2000's is not really saying much. Johnny Thunder? LEGO should just redo the Indy line, The Zoo is interesting, but I think LEGO should do a Zoo subtheme/ 'modular series', that is have an exhibit (like Sea creatures, predators, birds, reptiles, etc), as their own set and people can buy the ones they want and connect them together how they wish. I like the Princess Bride one as well Small, many of the main characters. Like the Orchestra as well neat little set and LEGO may then make new molds for instruments.
However, IMO many of these sets are just not going to get made. There are some amazing ideas sets out there, but all in all I still think the best 'idea's' sets are those that are in the 30-100 USB range. Sets larger than that may be popular, but popular can be different than being profitable (IE people like them, but not enough to afford to buy them when they are actually available).
However, IMO many of these sets are just not going to get made. There are some amazing ideas sets out there, but all in all I still think the best 'idea's' sets are those that are in the 30-100 USB range. Sets larger than that may be popular, but popular can be different than being profitable (IE people like them, but not enough to afford to buy them when they are actually available).

That Tesla set is super cool! It definitely is getting my support. I found the Notting Hill, Avatar and Castle of Lord Afol sets earlier and they are incredible! Good luck to all.

Thank you for adding my Zoo to this list! I'm honored!

Jonathan

@jonathan291 said:
"Thank you for adding my Zoo to this list! I'm honored!

Jonathan"

Cheers! Its great! Keep designing :)

Thank you so much for including my project! :)

I don't see many projects that seem like they'd have a chance at being approved. Maybe Peanuts and the orchestra, but that's probably it. However, as someone who has been trying to collect every home video release regardless of format (only missing the original VHS that I know of), the one I'd most like to see go into production is The Princess Bride. I'd probably buy at least three copies of that one. I know it has a huge cult following, but I think what might hurt its chances are the original box office numbers, since it sorta bombed when it first came out. But nobody really knew how to market the film, so very few people were even aware of it (or had any idea what to expect) when it first came out. Since then, it's become one of the most quotable movies ever produced.

@Phoenixio:
Except Ideas has specifically prohibited suggesting themes, or projects that are tied to existing themes. Allowing fans to repeatedly piggyback on something with an annual release may be popular, but so would letting fans design the SW UCS sets. Neither fits the purpose or scope of the Ideas program. Furthermore, people are also complaining about the surge in D2C sets, so people who are barely managing to keep up with the modulars right now would certainly take issue with the idea of doubling their releases regardless of who designs them. SW UCS has, historically, been the only theme or subtheme that has seen two or more releases per year, but now they seem to be trying to split that between one UCS and one MBS set, which eases up on a subset of their target market at least.

Way to many IP's. The zoo and castle together with the orchestra deserve credit.

https://ideas.lego.com/projects/8b153541-1956-42b7-bfec-a8f31755bc7e

have you seen this what-it-called--- huwbot thing? It looks promissing.

I like the orchestra, but the castle is my absolute favorite. I would buy that in an instant.
All the others, especially the IP ones, don't really interest me.
And while I appreciate the cool building techniques for that Alice in Wonderland, the end result kind of freaks me out. But I hate that movie anyway, gave me nightmares as a kid, so would never ever consider buying anything associated with it.

The charm of the Symphony Orchestra is the brick-built instruments - won't be the same inspired innovation or building experience if TLG were to substitute with molded instruments.

@madforLEGO said:
"As for anyone doing Disney? Well I thought that LEGO said no ideas sets based on licenses they already have (or was that changed)?"

As best I can tell, Lego seems to count each Disney property as a separate license. So far, we've also seen projects like Steamboat Willie and Winnie-the-Pooh get picked, even with an ongoing Disney theme; but they seem to have been considered viable since Lego hadn't done anything with those particular films recently.

It does raise the question of where they draw the line... I assume anything based on the princess movies, for example, wouldn't be permitted through Ideas because of the ongoing theme there; same, likely, with models based on the theme parks. But Disney movies that Lego hasn't touched themselves yet seem to be considered fair game otherwise.

@BionicleJedi:
Steamboat Willie is the only Disney-proper project to get approved. They don't own Winnie the Pooh outright, but licensed some of the rights from the Pooh Properties Trust, and bought out their claim on royalties. That still leaves Stephen Slesinger, Inc., which owns the lion's share of the IP rights, and has licensed portions of them to Disney. So, the Pooh set could be based on the Disney franchise (in which case they'll get branding to that effect), or it could be based on the original books (in which case there probably won't be any mention of them at all).

But Wall-E is Pixar, TRON Legacy is a Disney-owned IP, they picked up Home Alone when the FTC let them buy their way into a monopoly in Hollywood, and due to their ownership of the Muppets IP they are now in bed with Sesame Street (even if they don't actually own it). However, if you look at the IP Conflicts page, they do clearly distinguish between the many, many Disney-owned properties that they have (or recently had) in production, and the Disney Castle and first CMF batch were not enough to keep Steamboat Willie from being approved even though all three releases include versions of Mickey and Minnie Mouse.

@Phoenixio said:
" @lynels said:
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On other hand, showcasing a modular building idea is pointless. There will never be a modular building on the Ideas theme. Never. Recently, I got a feeling that Lego considers the modular buildings as a sort of great prize among the designers of the company. A sort of special thing, since there's only one each year.

The early fan-designed modulars were exceptions, nowadays the things are different. Despite generally looking amazing, the Ideas modulars have no chance."

Which is unfortunate, because it's one of the most popular lines with AFOL. Sure they can get costly, but if they went with a policy of one by their designers and one from the fans through Ideas per year, it'd be a great way to support the line and highlight the very best fan-made modulars out there."

Think again. Sesame Street is a modular.

@djtucci18:
So you’ve seen the final design for the set, have you?

Just because it looks one way when the project is first submitted doesn’t mean it won’t change significantly before it hits store shelves. It may be half-depth like Diagon Alley. It may be full buildings but not come with Modular connections (in which case it would probably be easy to add your own, or just pretend they’re there).

@djtucci18_gmail_com said:
"Sesame Street is a modular. "
Not really. It's a building, like the Ghostbusters HQ was. But both are quite different from the Modular "formula".

Avatar is the main one that blows me away, mainly as fantastic and I would never get tired of looking at this piece of art. Its also very intricate suggesting mainly days were spend trying to get the look just right for each creature and then I appreciate how difficult it is to combine them all into a montage which gives the feeling of being on the planet surface. It would also be very popular (already 562 comments on Lego ideas) as near impossible to build yourself as we need TLG to provide all the colorful pieces.

Sorry, but the face of Alice is just too creepy!