LEGO Ideas GWP competition winner announced

Really COOL!!!

Very nice! Congrats to the winners and a wonderful job by all builders involved.

Pretty cool!

Yessssssss!!!!!

This was my favorite, glad it won.

I'm really happy to have been a part of this contest, and I'm so excited for the winner!

I LOVE this set! Can't wait to get it!!!

Awesome!

Curious what they are going to do for the box lids given that they don’t make that hinge anymore (or do they?).

Looks delightful though!

A rare occasion when my pick wins :) Excited to see the final product, including number of stickers vs. prints and a few parts that will require re-colors (Benny's helmet and CMF Robot head).

Such a great looking set. Swap the cat out for a goat and people will go extra nuts, but in a good way!

@Glacier_Phoenix said:
"Man this looks to be a great GWP. Even if they do stickers instead of prints, lots of fun parts and a great final product. Super inspiring and fun set too."

TBF stickers could be true to the theme in this case.

@FSLienad said:
"I'm really happy to have been a part of this contest, and I'm so excited for the winner!"

I wonder whether yours would have won if older AFOLs like me hadn’t been prevented from voting by LEGO. While the winning design is cute, I would have voted for yours if I could have.

There seems to be an opened box and I wonder if the hinged parts are all currently available bricks.
What is the 2x4 hinged element plate, please?

@PaulieReynolds said:
" @Lordmoral said:
"It looks cool but man do these Classic Space Fans take ownership on every voting poll, what gives?"
We love our classic space that’s why :D
"

I respect that but give other things a breath.

All of these are great! I love 1 and 4 most.

I need that cardboard robot, no question about it. Hope it's part of the final release. I've never been particularly compelled by a GWP before, but this may be it.

I hope the real thing is as detailed as the concept, it looks great

That's the one I voted for!

It'll go faster with an Awesome Express sticker on it!

(extra points if you recognize the reference)

That's my son wanted..

Oh man I want bags and bags of those glow stars.

Well, it's Classic, and it's Space, soooo... all the checkboxes are checked!

There were so many other great candidates, though--I wish we had a way to see them, too.

Great set. It shows everything that LEGO stands for. Children build their imagination and dreams with LEGO. I can well imagine that a child somewhere has already built a space rocket like this with LEGO.

I mean, I’ll definitely get one of these, but there were at least three other entries I would have picked first.

@Lordmoral:
Wait, are you complaining that a space set won a poll for “which space set would you like,” or are you complaining that it specifically ties into _Classic_ Space, as compared to Something Else Space? Anyways, this is clearly an unlicensed Toy Story set.

@CCC:
Two bathrooms? Best to just stop thinking about it, there, before you ask the next question...

@Daveismyhero:
Space Goat: Coast to Coast!

@biffuz:
Only the most scientifically accurate sci-fi series of all time, which had three PhDs on the creative staff, and an original mathematical proof solved to show that one episode was possible. But you’d have to paint it red, if you’re going to put that sticker on it. Spray-painted cardboard smells nasty.

There were a lot of great choices for this poll. I did actually vote for this winner. It was a tough choice because I did find it very similar to the previous Space Rocket Ride but in the end I thought it was definitely the most imaginative entry. There were several others I would have been happy with but I'm really glad this one won.

I just want this set for the minifigures tbh...

This wasn’t the one I voted for, but I dig it a lot. I’ll be picking it up for sure.

I voted for Classic Space, but I like this one too.

My favourite of the bunch! :)

Now if they only do the rest of the Classic Space uniform in cardboard (hint, hint)

I voted for Ursa Major, but this was my second choice. If it stays close to the original design, I will certainly try to get it.

I add myself to the list of people who are very happy with the outcome :)

@CCC said:
"I'm not sure why a kid would have a sink / toilet plunger, let alone two!
"
From around the house? Or maybe his mother is a plumber?

Yes a good way to get plungers!

@Lordmoral said:
"It looks cool but man do these Classic Space Fans take ownership on every voting poll, what gives?"

Yeah, its like Classic Space is popular, or something, right?!

As for others complaining they cannot vote based on old VIP accounts. I have a fairly old VIP account and can access Ideas and vote on sets. If anyone is having such problems I recommending calling LEGO CS and not just assume there is discrimination occurring.

@Zander said:
" @Johnny__Thunder97 said:
" @Zander said:
" @FSLienad said:
"I'm really happy to have been a part of this contest, and I'm so excited for the winner!"

I wonder whether yours would have won if older AFOLs like me hadn’t been prevented from voting by LEGO. While the winning design is cute, I would have voted for yours if I could have.

"

Don't know if I'm missing something, but in what way were older AFOLs 'prevented' from voting by LEGO???"

If, like me, you were among the first wave of VIPs, your LEGO ID prevents you from signing up to Ideas. You cannot vote for Ideas projects or other Ideas-linked competitions. You also cannot take part in them as a contestant. As the earliest VIPs are likely older, there is almost certainly an age-related bias.

I don't know and have no way of knowing whether it would have changed the outcome of this or any other vote. But it's worrying that it exists at all. LEGO is aware of the issue. It just chooses not to do anything about it. Apparently, the '18+' demographic is important to LEGO so long as as you're not too '18+'!"

Sounds more like a glitch than anything.

It wasn't the one I voted for, but it was one of the five I really liked, so I will definitely pick it up.

For sure! It’s a great GWP which I hope doesn’t stray too far. I understand not getting the robot head, but I need the cat! More cats! It’s a very fitting little set for a children’s(and beyond) toy that has a focus on imagination. Let’s just hope the threshold isn’t crazy.

I am excited for this one, its totally different and unique :)

It is charming and I will place an order when it becomes available as a GWP.

I really like it. Can’t wait to see the final model.

It looks cute and charming vibrant, absolutely, but I don't know, I could have done without another freckly kid evoking classic space.

Oh well. I won't be disappointed to own it, if that happens

Absolutely adorable.

Yaaay!! So happy that the entry I voted for won!

This is such a neat little set, and captures so much imagination and nostalgia. Congrats bulldoozer!

@Zander said:
" @Johnny__Thunder97 said:
" @Zander said:
" @FSLienad said:
"I'm really happy to have been a part of this contest, and I'm so excited for the winner!"

I wonder whether yours would have won if older AFOLs like me hadn’t been prevented from voting by LEGO. While the winning design is cute, I would have voted for yours if I could have.

"

Don't know if I'm missing something, but in what way were older AFOLs 'prevented' from voting by LEGO???"

If, like me, you were among the first wave of VIPs, your LEGO ID prevents you from signing up to Ideas. You cannot vote for Ideas projects or other Ideas-linked competitions. You also cannot take part in them as a contestant. As the earliest VIPs are likely older, there is almost certainly an age-related bias.

I don't know and have no way of knowing whether it would have changed the outcome of this or any other vote. But it's worrying that it exists at all. LEGO is aware of the issue. It just chooses not to do anything about it. Apparently, the '18+' demographic is important to LEGO so long as as you're not too '18+'!"

Very strange- I had no idea this was a thing... What evidence is there that LEGO knows about the issue? And how many people does this affect? And lastly, how old exactly are these VIP accounts...?

@Zander:
You know, @BrickRandom has a point. It’s not ageism if they aren’t specifically prohibiting you from making a new account, or if people who are older than you can sign up right now and have no problems.

Sometime after you registered your account, they made a change that’s not fully compatible with your account. It didn’t break it outright, but it didn’t exactly work with it either. I’ve got a six-digit VIP number with an account that I got started during Brickworld Chicago in June of 2009, and I didn’t have any problem. Either this didn’t consistently break older accounts, or only the first handful to register had this same problem. Either way, it’s likely affecting a very tiny subset of VIP members. Of those, it would only impact any who actually try to use the Ideas site, so an even tinier subset. Some, like @BrickRandom, have figured out a workaround, thus removing themselves from that group and making it even smaller.

To do anything about this, you’d need to find someone with the skill to really dig into things the authority/autonomy to decide to invest the time necessary, and in the end it would need to involve a fix that doesn’t violate company policy. This isn’t the first, or even second time I’ve seen you mention this problem. You have before you a workable cheat, which does not appear to be a ToS violation (or at least hasn’t been treated as one), but by now you’ve invested more time and effort into explaining the issue to people who are wholly incapable of fixing it than it would have taken to use that cheat to just sidestep this problem. Maybe it’s time to consider doing so?

@Snaz:
Try more like a year. On 12/31/2020, every single Ideas set that was on tap had been approved in 2020, and every single Ideas set that had been approved in 2020 was still in development except what was due to be released on 1/1/2021. I fully expect that when we reach the end of 2021, every 2020 approval will be released, and the first 2021 approval will be announced with a 2022 release date.

This is such a nice model. It reminds me of those Calvin and Hobbes strips where he turns a box into a spaceship, a transmogrifier etc. And I have dim memories of making a big box into a boat when I was little...

Looks good enough, but I’m very disappointed none of the Classic Space ones did not win.

This is a nice idea (pun intended, I suppose), but the set itself? No thank you. It's just kind of looks like a bunch of garbage thrown together.

As for Classic Space, LEGO is really missing out by not relaunching (again, I guess pun accidentally intended) a Classic Space line of sets. I mean, they'd get multiple generations buying that stuff. Seems like an absolute no-brainer!

Yes! I wanted this one to win!

Honestly don't even remember seeing this set. Looks great, though.

That’s where my vote went. Excited for this!

This is a good GWP, but honestly I hoped for one of the other models. Maybe LEGO will do a vote like this again

Excellent choice, got my vote. Has a real nostalgic feeling of simpler times!

The cardboard robot is adorable, fingers crossed the final version looks as good if not cuter

Congrats to the winner, even though I do admit this entry wasn't my favorite (and still isn't) by a mile. Don't understand why this was so popular. Looks more befitting a Simpsons set than what I would call Space related. Seriously, what's with that cardboard box, what has that got to do with space? I just don't get it.
At least this time I don't feel the need to buy an overpriced set at S @H just to get a GWP.

@AustinPowers said:
"Congrats to the winner, even though I do admit this entry wasn't my favorite (and still isn't) by a mile. Don't understand why this was so popular. Looks more befitting a Simpsons set than what I would call Space related. Seriously, what's with that cardboard box, what has that got to do with space? I just don't get it.
At least this time I don't feel the need to buy an overpriced set at S @H just to get a GWP. "

TLG probably didn't want people to think the reason for not picking it was the new rule (where you can't have digital text on the thumbnail, because it's not a lego part). Maybe they felt bad for introducing that new rule. But that's just my theory. As you can see in the picture, the creator put a digital cardboard piece with the model, so it's wrong.

But now I can't remember if I voted for this or the TV. I'm 95% sure that it was the TV, but I could be wrong, so I'm sorry for my possible choice, you gotta admit that it's cute though, right?

Wahooo!!! I guessed right :-D

@CaptainVictoria:
That rule only applied going forward. Any Ideas projects that had already been submitted by the stated date were grandfathered in. Since this contest was posted with submissions that had started before the announcement, it's likely that some of these got in under the wire.

@BrickRandom said:
"I had a similar problem when creating my account last year. Had an Ideas account, but could not sign-up for VIP on the same one. LEGO customer service couldn't figure out what caused the problem. I ended up just using a diferent e-mail address to create a second account. Now I have one for voting and one for buying, problem solved."

I thought of that when I first realised I couldn't join Ideas. Problem is the consequence if (when) you get caught by LEGO for creating multiple identities through which to vote. It isn't your intention to double vote for Ideas projects? Best of luck trying to convince LEGO's enforcers of Ideas' rules of that. There is a known issue of non-integration of LEGO IDs and Ideas accounts? We, the Ideas ToS enforcers, are unaware of any such issue and are not incentivised to find out if that is really the case. As far as we are concerned, you are not telling the truth. We are the right hand of LEGO. We are unfamiliar with the left hand of LEGO. You cannot talk to us directly. LEGO's CS cannot talk to us directly. Your communication with us is mediated through multiple sections. Your chances of getting this resolved is small to non-existent. We are banning you indefinitely from Ideas and suspending your LEGO ID until further notice.

@Johnny__Thunder97 said:
"Very strange- I had no idea this was a thing... What evidence is there that LEGO knows about the issue? And how many people does this affect? And lastly, how old exactly are these VIP accounts...?"

It's been discussed online before in other AFOL fora and I have received PMs about it from other AFOLs. I have been told by others that they have tried over a long time (years?) to get this fixed by LEGO only to be told by CS that the IT team is aware of the issue. Nothing ever seems to be done about it though.

I don't know how many people are affected: 60, 600, 6000, 60000? No idea.

I first joined LEGO's loyalty scheme when you got a yellow cardboard stampbook and a stamp in store each time you spent a certain amount. You initially didn't have to provide contact details. That came later. VIP cards and accounts came after that. So a long time. I don't recall which year each stage occurred.

@PurpleDave said:
" @Zander :
You know, @BrickRandom has a point. It’s not ageism if they aren’t specifically prohibiting you from making a new account, or if people who are older than you can sign up right now and have no problems.

Sometime after you registered your account, they made a change that’s not fully compatible with your account. It didn’t break it outright, but it didn’t exactly work with it either. I’ve got a six-digit VIP number with an account that I got started during Brickworld Chicago in June of 2009, and I didn’t have any problem. Either this didn’t consistently break older accounts, or only the first handful to register had this same problem. Either way, it’s likely affecting a very tiny subset of VIP members. Of those, it would only impact any who actually try to use the Ideas site, so an even tinier subset. Some, like @BrickRandom , have figured out a workaround, thus removing themselves from that group and making it even smaller.

To do anything about this, you’d need to find someone with the skill to really dig into things the authority/autonomy to decide to invest the time necessary, and in the end it would need to involve a fix that doesn’t violate company policy. This isn’t the first, or even second time I’ve seen you mention this problem. You have before you a workable cheat, which does not appear to be a ToS violation (or at least hasn’t been treated as one), but by now you’ve invested more time and effort into explaining the issue to people who are wholly incapable of fixing it than it would have taken to use that cheat to just sidestep this problem. Maybe it’s time to consider doing so?"

Sure, it's not active ageism. But given that someone, somewhere within LEGO knows this is an issue, it is passively ageist.

I know that some LEGO employees are Brickset discussion readers. It may also be that LEGO formally monitors AFOL sentiment through new media. I am hoping that by shining a light in public on this issue that LEGO will do something about it. Thus far, going quietly through CS has achieved nothing.

@Zander:
Hadn't considered any issues with owning multiple accounts. The question is if you'd actually get flagged for it if you were only using one account for Ideas, and a different account for VIP. However, you're the one who bears the penalties if they do catch you and decide you did something wrong, so I understand the reluctance.

Is it possible to close out the current account and open a new one? If it's already shut down, that should take care of any issues with dual accounts. I'm pretty sure they've had to do this in the past. There was a time when, if your card got worn out, they were unable to issue you a new one with the same number, so the only solution was to close the previous account and transfer the points to a new one.

As for the timing, I can provide a window. I attended House of Bricks 2 in 2006. At the time, they were doing punch cards. I remember this because I made my first purchase at a LEGO Store that weekend, and handed off the card because that was the closest LEGO Store, and I didn't expect to have an opportunity to finish it. I don't remember anything about having to register for an account then. The next time I was back was 2009, when I got one of the laminated VIP cards with the metallic red print. This time I did have to register, but my account still works fine.

Great GWP - I actually voted for this one! Very creative.

Also-- do we know what the GWP will be for April? I plan to pick up the Discovery Shuttle and I'm hoping for a cool GWP. . .