LEGO Ideas review results

Keen on the Jazz Quartet

TOTAL DISAPPOINTMENT FOR THE RESULT!

"Jazz Quartet"
"The Office"

and a review of "Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs" ...

Perhaps the only understandable is that of Jazz. The others just don't. Without words. Many more promising projects have been discarded, as usual.

I get it, but still think it's a pity no Castle, Modular or WV-like creations were picked. These have very little interest to me - might be worth looking into WVizing the SnowWhite-set if and when that might become available.

Disappointed with the choices. But my wallet is happy. Won't be spending anything on these sets.

Those sitcom/reality show sets must be selling really well. Jazz Quartet was more or less expected. Neither interests me much, Snow White would though. Hoping it gets through in a reasonable final form.

Can't say I'm exited for these, maybe "Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs" if it makes it, for the bricks...

That will save me money then!

Love the Jazz Quartet, that's a real Ideas set and a great choice. Not worried about the office but I guess it continues the trend for sitcom-based sets, which seem to be popular. Perhaps we could have a Frasier one next? That I would buy.

I like the Jazz one for being different but not a fan of the music so unlikely to buy it (or any of the others).

Really? The office? The succulent garden would have worked so well in Lego's lineup (with the bonsai and everything). Then again, Lego will probably rip that one off down the line, without acknowledging the creator, so that's nothing new.

Ha, this time around Lego listened to me :)
Unless they mess it up completely, I'll be buying the jazz quartet day one! I think it's a really great display model, showing lots of creativity and possibilities. Next to the typewriter it's one of these Ideas set I'm actually excited about in a long while.

I don't care a bit about the office, on the other hand. But that's fine; others can have it :)
The dwarf house looks like a nice build, we'll see about that.

@eMJee83 said:
"I get it, but still think it's a pity no Castle, Modular or WV-like creations were picked. These have very little interest to me - might be worth looking into WVizing the SnowWhite-set if and when that might become available."

Lego has no reason to pick any of these - they have just released a Castle themed one, while Modulars and WV are ongoing themes.

Really really pleased Jazz Quartet is there.. Classy, unusual, and stunning to look at. Well done Lego Ideas and the designer... Hope the final model manages to keep the natural fluid stance of the figures.

When doing an ideas I always say Marvel, Dc, star wars and Nintendo theses are always a no :( but still wont stop me from submitting my Ideas set haha

I can see the Jazz Quartet being a rather classy Lego set; I can't wait to see the finished product. Not surprised The Office has finally gotten a set, either. Snow White is something I can take or leave: I'm sure Lego would make a good job of it, but they've also covered that kind of ground quite a bit lately.

Seriously more sitcom? Anyway I hope for the Snow White set to be approved!

Love the Jazz Quartet. The Office doesn't do it for me (my kids will love it): Snow white looks like it could be fun.
HOWEVER: If I love every Ideas submission they go-ahead to develop, they are doing it wrong!

I think the Jazz Quartet is going to need a lot of changes to make it stable enough for a set.
I have zero interest in The Office, but it will be interesting if it's popular enough to sell well.
Snow White might turn into a very nice set.
It was entirely predictable that no modular, winter village or castle sets were going to get approved. LEGO do not choose ideas that interfere with existing lines - it's part of the selection criteria. And they've already made it clear there will not be more castle stuff beyond the Creator line.

Well, it is true that the Office has reached 10 000 votes several times, and Lego seems to have good sales from all the other sit com sets. They aren't for me, but they seem to have appeal. The Jazz Quartet should be really interesting. I hope some version of Snow White comes out. Thanks for the news!

Hey, if the office was picked, there's still hope for "Frasier"

The Jazz is nice, will have to wait for final product and price.

But... very disappointing that the VIA train wasn't picked. Show more train love, Lego!

The Office… a set that nobody, not even the hardest of hardcore LEGO fans need or even really want.

I'm happy for the Jazz Quartet. It's not my music genre, but I really liked it. I don't know if I'll buy it though; too muche expenses already.

I'm sorry for Asterix and Obelix. I thought that they would sell well to grown-ups. Maybe some conflicting IP?

I feel as though 54 projects cried out in terror, and were suddenly silenced. I fear something terrible has happened.

*looks at list of projects that made it through*

I have a bad feeling about this...

The Office is awful, give me a Frasier set any day

Happy with the Jazz Quartet, it’s so dynamic.
Not familiar with the US Office, but I’m a sucker for the sitcom sets so I’ll probably end up with it.

I hope Snow White gets through the hurdles (including I’m sure the Disney licensing) but I have a funny feeling Lego will make it a minidoll version, although I badly want a minifigure version.

There were a few strong designs this time round but delighted Jazz got through, really looking forward to seeing that. But then I am also still waiting for the Globe...

I don't see the point in passing yet another set based on an old sitcom. The Friends ones currently a shelf warmer at my local Smyths with a reduced price and a dozen on the shelfs. They've still got a bunch of the Stranger Things set too which shows just because its a somewhat popular show that gets the support, doesn't mean it'll sell.

The Jazz set has zero appeal for me, and i think its going to be incredibly niche for the people who do buy it as I don't think the overlap between LEGO fans and jazz fans is going to be very large.

Snow White set is very much going to depend on Disney and what they say... which makes me wonder why LEGO lets so many licensed sets into review? You can pretty much guarantee that if its a set for a license they don't have it'll not get made.

Happy for the winners, but yet another "nope thx" for me. Not interested in building humans with Lego, and The Office is yet another of these similar TV show sets and will be very expensive.

Had high hopes for sets like the Viking ship or the succulents, bookends or marine life, but sadly Lego took the familiar road again.

Can't Lego just provide us with a large "Sitcom 20 in 1 set", so everyone will be happy, and they don't need to sacrifice all these other nice ideas? I like the Jazz Quartet, and even the Snowwhite. But so much is discarded for what I assume commercial reasons, which is a shame.

The more sets Lego produces, the more projects are in the Ideas review, the more strange Lego choices are, the less I'm interested in it.

@Huw said:
"The problem with The Office is that it will depict the US version which, while mildly entertaining, is nowhere near as good as the original UK version."

Not a fan of The Office myself, but literally everyone I know who does like it, even American's, say the UK version is better. So basing it off the US version seems like another poor choice to me.

Yes!!! The one I really wanted!!! Congratulation to Jazz Quartet by Hsinwei Chi!!!

@Huw said:
"The problem with The Office is that it will depict the US version which, while mildly entertaining, is nowhere near as good as the original UK version. Many other countries have their own versions as well, so the set, as LEGO will model it, will appeal primarily to one nation only.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Office "

I'm active in quite a few, very different internet communities made up of people from all around the world, and when the topic of The Office comes up, it's always the US one. Obviously that's just my personal experience, but from where I seat, no matter if it's better or worse (haven't seen the UK one, so can't say), the US version is definitely the most popular and recognizable, and in my opinion will appeal too many more nations than the UK version would.

I enjoyed both the US and UK Offices, so no qualms about the nationality of it. What I find weird is that people actually get credited with thinking of the idea for it - all the Office submissions I've seen have been very basic and quite frankly uninspiring builds. Lego should just have gone straight to NBC and asked for the licence rather than considering it an 'Ideas' project - whilst this might annoy people who submit it, they don't own the IP.

Love the Jazz quartet, couldn't care less about another tv-series set.
Disappointed that again no trains made it through. Was really hoping for the Lisbon tram.
Oh well...

How Lego Dark Ages begin.

We’re going to run out of sitcoms people actually care about at some point right? Or at least get to some ones I actually like to watch?

I'm happy about these results - because they help me stick to my decision of no more LEGO sets from 2022 onwards (or at least as few as possible).

I hate Jazz as a music style, and even though the submission looks awesome from a technical and aesthetic standpoint I have simply no connection to the subject matter.

I love The Office, but the UK version. Not interested the least in the US characters, plus the build looks as boring as the original The Office set does by design.
Incidentally, I would be so LMAO if this The Office set would go the same route as the Adventure Time set did, i.e. being hyped before as being so attractive to fans yet failing to sell even at 60% off in the end.
All the other sitcom sets are shelf warmers over here as well and among the only Ideas sets to be heavily discounted all the time.

Snow White, if indeed chosen, will certainly find its fans. I'm not one of them and that's totally ok.

I figured from the get-go that the submissions I would have bought day one are far from what LEGO wants to produce. Whatever. Moving on.

jazz quartet is cool, wonder what the final version will look like. ditto snow white.

the best thing about "the office" passing? we finally will stop seeing the f*****g things show up on ideas submissions

I don't think one needs to be a fan of Jazz to appreciate what the Jazz Quartet set does - it presents Miniland style brick built figures so prominently for the first time in my memory in a visually striking set, hopefully exposing less experienced fans to new ways Lego can be used to create interesting models and depictions of people. I'm not a jazz fan, but if the set has the same character and look as the submission, I would very well be tempted. I'm super happy and surprised it got selected.

And as someone who can see the Forth Bridge from my family's home I am a little disappointed it didn't get selected, but in all honesty didn't think it would.

Pretty satisfying result, to me:

1) a franchise that reached 10K multiple times and by different people got through
2) a beautiful non-licenced set made it through too
3) huge batch review with more than one winner

I should note that I wasn't looking forward to any particular project. I am interested in castle or that viking ship, but I just know that they are not going to pick those (because Medieval Blacksmith, and the Creator line), and *if* they did, the set produced would probably be too large for me to purchase anyway.

Lego has increasingly become a minifigure-collecting hobby instead of a construction toy, which is why I strongly dislike the Office getting picked. I do love that the jazz quartet was picked, it looks very creative. More interesting buildings and constructions, less Marvel, Star Wars and collectible minifigures, please. But I figure I'm in the minority, looking at sales.

Whoa! I LOVE jazz! It's wonderful to see the Jazz Quartet being made into a set. It did catch my eye in the last post but I simply didn't have the energy to root for any one set among so many.

Congratulations to the winners!

@Huw said:
"The problem with The Office is that it will depict the US version which, while mildly entertaining, is nowhere near as good as the original UK version. Many other countries have their own versions as well, so the set, as LEGO will model it, will appeal primarily to one nation only.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Office "

What you described as a problem I get as an advantage. The US version is way more involving than the original UK one and is on pair with the humor and memorable gags. And everywhere in the world except UK the US version is vastly more popular judging by the "wars" of streaming services to have it exclusively. I am VERY happy to get The Office in Ideas form aswel as the Jazz Quartet. Both projects were the ones i supported.

IDEAS - Music, Sitcoms and Disney - boring.

Now, I understand Pirates and Castle got their big sets in 2020/2021 and there's still some hope 1 castle gets passed over to the Bricklink program, but the main issue with the 2021 Castle are lack of figures and horses, or lack of minifig/horse smaller sets.

Ridiculous.

I would actually have given The Office the least chances to get an official LEGO set, but of course it got an official LEGO set. :)
Seems LEGO just loves licenses and loves the money they can get out of it.

A slap in the face for all other contributors who did actually creative entries.
So poor.

@CCC said:
" @Reg said:
"The Office… a set that nobody, not even the hardest of hardcore LEGO fans need or even really want. "

Except for the 10K people that voted for it. And the one before that. And the one before that ...
"

Very true. I have no interest in it (will probably be the first Ideas set I skip in quite some time) but I recognize it is a hugely popular show.

I’m glad my favorite of this bunch, the Jazz group, is being made.

Snow White would look so good next to Winnie The Pooh

@CCC said:
"
Except for the 10K people that voted for it. And the one before that. And the one before that ...
"

If some twitch streamer with 10-50k viewers would send them to IDEAS, any project probably could reach 10k in hours, like the goose game, votes really don't mean as much as they used to.

Princess Bride would have been one of my most anticipated ever Lego sets, so obviously I’m disappointed. Would also have been very happy with the post office or literally any of the castles, heck, even that farm set. The jazz quartet is a fine model and well deserving, just probably not for me unless the final execution lives up to its potential and I can find it on a sale.

As for the Office... I know how much success the Friends set has had outside usual Lego fans, so I can’t say I blame them, but for me it’s a total flatline. I’m sure it will sell well, but I would have probably preferred literally any other submission.

At least Snow White is still in the running. Not a huge fan of the film, but the model has some crossover potential for a Castle village.

@sipuss said:
" @Huw said:
"The problem with The Office is that it will depict the US version which, while mildly entertaining, is nowhere near as good as the original UK version. Many other countries have their own versions as well, so the set, as LEGO will model it, will appeal primarily to one nation only.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Office "

I'm active in quite a few, very different internet communities made up of people from all around the world, and when the topic of The Office comes up, it's always the US one. Obviously that's just my personal experience, but from where I seat, no matter if it's better or worse (haven't seen the UK one, so can't say), the US version is definitely the most popular and recognizable, and in my opinion will appeal too many more nations than the UK version would."

I agree. I'm in the UK and have enjoyed both the UK and US versions. The US one branches off and becomes a very different show. Both have their merits, but I have enjoyed the US more than the UK one. I've definitely watched it more often.

I know lots of people that have watched the US version so I imagine the set will be popular. I will definitely get it if it has a similar level of detail to the Friends one.

Sitcom sets are the worst thing to have happened in Lego-verse in years. IDEAS started out with a few licensed sets, but then there was a wonderful period of great original sets – or at least licensed ones that were still creative (Yellow Submarine etc.).
Now, it seems like every review round we get another boring square box of pop-culture references for the kind of consumer who has a shelf for funko pops.

Big disappointment for my part, but then again it's becoming rather common. The number of sets passing the 10k bar is growing bigger and bigger each time with some truly awesome ideas and they decide to release yet another sitcom filming set similar to Friends or Big Bang Theory (and another that came out recently I forgot the name of).

The Jazz set is cool in itself but I don't like the blocky nature of the players. Sure it's Lego, you should expect blockiness but given this isn't gonna be a toy really, more like a display piece, I hope they improve on the design somewhat.

There are so many abandoned castles now in the list of rejected ideas sets it's starting to look like a Scottish landscape...lol

@Orange_Jooze said:
"Sitcom sets are the worst thing to have happened in Lego-verse in years. IDEAS started out with a few licensed sets, but then there was a wonderful period of great original sets – or at least licensed ones that were still creative (Yellow Submarine etc.).
Now, it seems like every review round we get another boring square box of pop-culture references for the kind of consumer who has a shelf for funko pops."

LEGO produces 700+ new different sets EVERYyear. Tell us more how a couple of sitcom sets that were chosen by thousands of other lego fans have ruined your experience in Lego-verse.

@Orange_Jooze said:
"Sitcom sets are the worst thing to have happened in Lego-verse in years. IDEAS started out with a few licensed sets, but then there was a wonderful period of great original sets – or at least licensed ones that were still creative (Yellow Submarine etc.).
Now, it seems like every review round we get another boring square box of pop-culture references for the kind of consumer who has a shelf for funko pops."

That's because the sets sell...money talks. I used to buy almost all the ideas sets up to 2019...now its dropped drastically.

I'd be interested in the snowwhite if it's the original version, not a Licensed Disney-Fied version.

The snow white story is over 200 years old, and was published more then 110 years before Walt Disney was even Born.

Pretty happy with both of these -- the jazz quartet because of its creativity and great execution, and The Office it deserves a place in the sitcoms collection that TLG seems to be going for. It's also worth noting that the US Office is one of the most watched series on Netflix, so as much as I love the UK original, it's been surpassed in terms of international recognition

Hopefully BL Designer Program will be continued to allow the castles come to fruition there eventually!

"It's apparent to us how much desire there has been for a set like this after numerous submissions reaching review over the years."

Ha, I think they threw this line in just to anger the castle fans.

These results show the best and worst of Lego Ideas:
Jazz Quartet is an original idea, clever and skillful build, and brings us something we wouldn't have gotten from standard Lego themes.
The Office is an unoriginal idea, nothing interesting about the build, and it's something we've already gotten from Lego.

Not excited by the winners at all.

To echo others, hopefully my faves will make it through to the BL designer process

Well, nothing lost.
Edit: and money saved

@Orange_Jooze said:
"Sitcom sets are the worst thing to have happened in Lego-verse in years. IDEAS started out with a few licensed sets, but then there was a wonderful period of great original sets – or at least licensed ones that were still creative (Yellow Submarine etc.).
Now, it seems like every review round we get another boring square box of pop-culture references for the kind of consumer who has a shelf for funko pops."

I get what you're saying but LEGO the business probably loves it. I'd imagine those are some of the top performers out of the IDEAS theme. The idea of licensed sets in IDEAS is actually what brought me out of my dark ages with sets like Back to the Future and Ghostbusters and now I spend way too much on it.

Guessing, at this point, The Office isn't released until early 2023. Will there still be demand for it at that point? Who knows!

What LEGO doesn't understand is that a lot of people like the *idea* (pardon the pun) of these sets-- lots of social media love for a Seinfeld apartment set ("OMG guys did you see this??"), but that doesn't necessarily translate into people rushing out to actually buy it.

@thor96 said:
"LEGO produces 700+ new different sets EVERYyear. Tell us more how a couple of sitcom sets that were chosen by thousands of other lego fans have ruined your experience in Lego-verse."
IDEAS stood out among the line-up because it allowed for large, AFOL-focused sets with *fresh ideas*. There is nothing *fresh* about yet another TV show diorama.
Sure, there's plenty of sets coming out year after year but what, in your opinion, is another series that comes close in concept to what IDEAS was like circa 2017-2019?

And yes, the sets were chosen by thousands – I'm not deluded enough not to realize there's plenty of demand for the Office set. But my question is: why does it need to be an IDEAS set in the first place? If there's such high demand for Friends, Seinfeld, TBBT, etc., why not simply launch those as separate series akin to The Simpsons – and keep IDEAS as a place for genuine, unabashed creativity?

I dunno, it just feels sad when sets borne entirely of their authors' imaginations or that offer a twist on the usual licensed set (check out that map of Middle-Earth!) lose out so something so blandly predictable.

I am Jazzed for that Quartet! I've been a jazz fan since way back, so definitely getting that one.
With all the sitcoms they've been doing, I'd love to see Lego do a set based on a classic sitcom from the '60s or '70s. Maybe even the '50s. (I might well buy an I Love Lucy set.)
If the Snow White set gets made, it might look cool next to 21315. You could at least use the minifigs from both sets for fairy tale crossovers.

@Brick_Master said:
"The jazz quartet is interesting and unusual, and I'm looking forward to seeing what comes out of the design process.

…

Actually I'm beginning to think Lego should split licensed Ideas vs original ideas and review and produce them separately. To me the original ideas are the best....."

Agreed!

I was so worried that jazz quartet would get relegated to BrickLink designer program. It belongs up with old fishing store and treehouse

Paying attention to Ideas projects and voting is pointless. Best to just wait to see what gets approved and then decide if you want to buy it or not at that point.

No point in paying any attention until then as you will just be disappointing if (or when) a set that gets the votes doesn’t proceed.

Better to not even know the Ideas project ever existed in the first place.

Though just an extra note on my thoughts for the sets.

The Jazz Band looks like fun! I could see this adding a ton of personality wherever it’s set up. Might be fun to have next to a Bluetooth speaker or record player.

The Office is... another sitcom set. I think this one really just depends on whether or not you like the show. I personally don’t watch it, so it’s just not appealing to me. The build itself is... an office. I could complain about it being bland, but I don’t know what more could be done to spice up an office space.

The seven dwarves set looks nice! Might be too expensive for my budget, but I can see going the same route as the Winnie the Pooh set. Could also be handy for some non-Disney fantasy settings now that I think about it.

But yeah. While I’m disappointed that Metroid didn’t make the cut, that’s just a personal thing. Congrats to the designers and hope those asking for these sets get to enjoy them.

Anyone buying that The Office-set has no joy in their lives.

Hmmmmmmm.....

Don't mind the jazz quartet.

Truly do not understand this obsession with doing TV show models though. Is it because they have money to burn so just want to pay for the rights to yet another show? - It is just a single level building with a bunch of mini figures, I can do that myself.

SW and the Dwarfs - meh

Out of the 57, I think there were so many better choices.

In true UK Dragons Den style, "I'm out".

Oh look, finally, The Office! Only took them like 5 or so 10K submissions to get the message.

@easter_house said:
"Truly do not understand this obsession with doing TV show models though. Is it because they have money to burn so just want to pay for the rights to yet another show?"
It is because they sell like hot cakes, plain and simple.

As a music teacher and trumpet player, I am OVERJOYED that the Jazz Quartet is picked. I've never watched The Office but I will say I'm milquetoast on yet another sitcom IDEAS set. They sell, though, that's for sure.

Jazz Quartet will be on my desk at school on Day 1. Curious to see the finished product.

Stop all of the complaining. If you don't like it then don't buy it. The Office for the win!

@Lamarider said:
"Anyone buying that The Office-set has no joy in their lives."

we are literally arguing over licensed plastic, over something we knew eventually was going to happen... do you know how many times the office got 10k votes and still failed?, like 3 or 4 times, to say that the people that are going to buy the set have no joy in their lives, is like saying that the people that are going to buy the medival castle (if there were) ideas set are a bunch of morons that need to get over there nostalgia but it's not true, a lot of good people want an ideas castle as do I, keep your shitty opinions to yourself, I don't want to hear them, the other people on this site probably don't either.if you don't like a set, you don't have to buy it, its your money, not mine.

The Jazz Quartet is artistically very well done and you have to look twice to make sure it is made of Lego. I like the roof in snow white, but it looks like a complex and detailed build for those into fairy-tales, whereas Claus toys, house of chocolate or other buildings would have had a far wider appeal at probably a similar price with a far more interesting detailed internal layout. The office is probably one of the most uninteresting out of all 57 which anyone can build themselves from a spares bin, whereas the Bently Blower, Chitty, Polar Express train and Venice tram would be far more difficult to do.

@CCC said:
" @AustinPowers said:
" @CCC said:
"And what LEGO does understand is sales figures. They know how well TBBT sold. They know how well Friends sold. They produced another Friends set. They clearly imagine Seinfeld will sell well. Will picking the top streamed show of 2020 on Netflix be a disaster? I doubt it."
I wouldn't count on it. TLG have proven time and time again that they are perfectly capable of producing one flop after another.
Look at their annual reports to see what actually sells and accounts for their massive profits.
If their cash cows like Ninjago, City, Technic, Star Wars or Harry Potter wouldn't rake in the money that they do, TLG would never waste resources on potential shelf warmers that are more of an experiment like this The Office set (or entire theme experiments that tanked, like Vidiyo, Hidden Side etc.).

I can totally picture the board meeting that greenlit this decision:
"What the heck. Do it. If it happens to sell, great. If it doesn't, who cares, at least it will have shut up future submissions on the subject". "

I do look at their annual reports. However, I read nothing into a small theme that has only 3 or 4 sets per year is not among the top five selling themes.

Do you think the decision to produce another FRIENDS set was because the first was an utter flop? Or might it be that it sold well, and to people that don't normally buy LEGO.
"

And a real Office lego set is going to blow the Friends Ideas set out of the water in terms of popularity and sales. People don't understand how popular this show is for some reason. Friends set got me out of the dark ages in 2020, and can only imagine how many new lego fans this will bring in.

@CCC said:
" @Reg said:
"The Office… a set that nobody, not even the hardest of hardcore LEGO fans need or even really want. "

Except for the 10K people that voted for it. And the one before that. And the one before that ...
"

probably the same 10k people

@DavidBrick said:
"it amazes me how much LEGO fans lie to themselves that the lies seem like fact to people like you.

Large AFOL sets? So Ideas should only be made for AFOLs? Also large sets? The smallest Ideas sets came out between 17-19.

Tron, Sesame Street, Flintstones. Why so many licenses? Wahhh. I want Castle, wahhh.

You don't like the IDEA sets then don't buy them. Really simple."

First off, there is no need for that kind of tone in this discussion.
Secondly, that is a whole bouquet of assumptions you're making even though you could instead focus on the things I *did say*.
And finally, "don't like it - don't buy it"? Come on, that's such a cheap cop-out. Just because I'm not buying it doesn't mean I'm forbidden from sharing my thoughts on something.

Another Ideas review results announcement, another barrage of "I have no idea why this massively popular IP that I personally don't care about got approved but not the incredibly niche and complex model that I voted for"

(and then when the more niche models like blacksmith and typewriter ARE produced, it's always "why is this final model not the exact way I want it????")

it's like Groundhog Day every review cycle.

If sitcom sets are a thing then Lego should class them as an evergreen and break them out from Ideas - same as minecraft - and then leave space in Ideas for other original submissions.

The Jazz Band is not my thing at all, but I can admire the originality, skill and artistry that’s gone into it and it’s those elements that Lego Ideas should be encouraging

Once again, LEGO has let us all down and ruined our hobby and made terrible decisions and something else bad and something else bad. A dark day for us all. I think I will be qui....Squirrel.

@eMJee83 said:
"I get it, but still think it's a pity no Castle, Modular or WV-like creations were picked. These have very little interest to me - might be worth looking into WVizing the SnowWhite-set if and when that might become available."

They’ll never ever pick a modular. Not gonna happen.

Not the office. I feel like you can find an office moc on any Lego site. Office mocs are so stupidly popular.

@LEGO___ said:
"Not the office. I feel like you can find an office moc on any Lego site. Office mocs are so stupidly popular."

The sitcom sets aren't for me, but it's certainly understandable that a company would want to release a product that it knows will be "stupidly popular" among its users.

Shocked and thrilled to see The Office finally approved! Really surprised by the negativity, sitcom sets are a big seller, and The Office itself has reached review like five times? I assume the only reason it wasn't approved before was some licensing issue.

Jazz Quartet is a very nice build, and was my number one pick to pass. It's super dynamic, with a unique style and design. Not interested personally, but I think it'll be very popular.

Snow White was also on my list, it's a good build and pretty reasonable size. I'm guessing the delay is due to licensing trouble. Technically Disney is already a license by Lego, along with Snow White herself in the Princess theme. So I think the only question is whether they can approve a project for the Snow White film on its own.

@brick_mason said:
"Also, I've seen reference to it in these comments, but what it "WV"?"

Winter Village

I genuinely thought The Castle of Brickwood Forest had a huge chance of getting approved after what happened with the Bricklink Design Program. Guess not. :/

As a Band teacher, I'm ecstatic about the Jazz Quartet. As a teacher of teenagers, I can say good luck finding The Office set when it is released. It is hugely popular with that age group. My students regularly play the office theme song and there are always Dunder Mifflin memes floating around.

I'm really hoping the train bookends hits the Bricklink designer program.

Now that The Office is out of they way, brace yourself for all the Squid Game submissions...

@Reg said:
"The Office… a set that nobody, not even the hardest of hardcore LEGO fans need or even really want. "

Except for the tens of thousands of people that continuously voted for it through multiple review stages...

Bingo!

I've got:
'Why didn't they make Zelda?'
'They should make Classic castle/pirates/space instead'
'Lego steals ideas and doesn't credit'
'Why did they reject this [modular building/winter village/other set in line Lego came up with and still makes once a year]?'
and "[Set X] isn't selling because I saw one in a shop near me once"

@TeriXeri said:
" @morvit said:
"I was hoping for “ It's apparent to us how much desire there has been for a set like this after numerous submissions reaching review over the years. This time we had the opportunity and we jumped on it” on a castle set. Surely there has been more castle submissions than the office"

At this point a smaller Castle accesoires / Figure / Horses set would be nicer then waiting 2 years for some IDEAS or Bricklink Designer Program.

Not much wrong with the 3-in-1 Castle, great parts pack, but it lacks figures, horses or different faction.

IDEAS Blacksmith isn't a bad set either, but I think Castle fans would want figures, horses or different faction in smaller sets right now, and not just big buildings with few figures. (even while the Falcon figures are nice)"

Agreed. Don't get me wrong, I'll buy all the Blacksmith, Castle 3-in-1, and BL medieval sets I can, but at the end of the day the bricks needed to build castle and medieval are readily available. Just need the minifigure prints for factions and peasants, royalty, horses, barding, ect. And I think the only way we will get all of that is a proper theme.

I'll be buying the Jazz Quartet if LEGO doesn't ruin it. Agree - don't change a thing!

My poor Chitty...

And I loved the train bookends. I would have bought them in multiples for my home, office, friends...

Hm. I'm happy for the Jazz Quartet, at least, and the Snow White set could be interesting. Neither incarnation of The Office is dear to me, but both have their strengths and it's undeniable that the US version has developed a fanbase who strongly identify themselves around the show, so of course it was chosen. I think the more goofy tone of the US version can also make for a more interesting set to display with more props and written gags that will liven up the scene. Besides, the submission was based on the US version, and, correct me, but I don't recall any of the Office projects in review being based on the UK one. The fanbase has to come in in numbers to make the project viable, and it seems clear that it's been Office US fans each time. It's totally fine if you prefer the UK version, because I understand why. But your personal preference shouldn't render it illogical that the set being made isn't the one you like.

YAY to the Jazz Quartet!
BOO to the Office!

I actually dislike jazz quite a bit as a musical style, but as a lego set, this is creative and intriguing.

On the other hand, I do rather like The Office as a TV show, but as a lego set, it does nothing for me and I have zero interest in it.

OMG!!!

I'm so jaded I never thought the sublime Jazz Quartet works be picked.

I dislike static display sets to the point of even irritating myself when I post about it. But this set.. this set is something else.

Even as a static piece, it exudes motion. You know that a second before or a second after the image would be different. Something is being played. What is it?

The set is silent and static but it's a set of sound and motion.

An A+ set. Day one and I'm betting it'll be on my list of greatest sets ever.

If I don't check Brickset early in the morning the avalanche of comments becomes insurmountable. I doubt another comment will add anything new. :D

I think we underestimate the difficulty of the Lego Ideas approval process. It's a strange beast if you think about it. Unfortunately there will always be disappointment. But I think the history of Lego Ideas is a net positive and has produced some great stuff.

Regarding the sets: The Jazz one looks lovely. Although I love The Office as a show, I have no interest in a set based on it.

Congrats to the designers!

@CCC said:
"Real castle fans already have a load of prints for different factions, horses, peasants, etc. It is only the Johnny come lately fans that don't. :-)
"

That's some seriously toxic gatekeeping right there.

Edit: I should also add that I've been working on restoring older castle sets over the last year and those parts are exceedingly expensive. Forestmen hats alone are $3-5 apiece. Shields regularly go for $5-10. Bardings can easily be $20+ unless you want one that's broken. Don't even get me started on plumes.

The last serious slate of castle sets was *2013* and if you want to pick up a red dragon now, they're easily $40+

Want a dragon from the Elves line? That was only a few years ago and they're also stupid expensive.

Ive said from day 1 that IDEAS needs to ban the use of 3rd party IP. lets make it about creative originality and let LEGO sort out which licenses to partner with or not.

I wouldn't have expected that Jazz Quartet set to make it, but it is a very pleasant surprise. If they do a good job on it, this is certainly gonna be on my shelf!

I don't care much for the other two, though those are much less of a surprise, and both could definitely sell well.

Unfortunate (though not really surprising for most) that the Train Bookends, Chitty, Totoro, Marine Life, Lisbon Tram or the Astronaut didn't make it, any of those would have been my favorites.

I do feel however that Lego should do something about their definition of an "Idea" and which submissions they accept. I mean, all of these are pretty good MOCs, no complaints about that. But after several very similar TV-show based sets, is doing the exact same thing simply with another property still an "Idea"? At least give an original spin on it. Same thing with another rocket, even when I would probably buy every single one they launch. The great thing about Ideas IMHO always was that it gave us sets Lego probably would never have come up with themselves. Like the maze. The Yellow Submarine. The Pop-up Book. Or recently the Typewriter. If Lego believes there's a market for a big castle set they will do so, they don't need a MOC as inspiration for that. And even if they would pick it, they'd probably change so much everybody would still be complaining ;-)

My two pence for what it’s worth, the Jazz set looks incredible. Don’t think I’ll buy it, but happy something so striking and inventive will be produced. It’s so different to anything else I’ve seen in Lego form. It sums up what Ideas, in my opinion, is about.

I see a lot of complaints about Legos choices, but I think you should be directing your complaints elsewhere. Lego is not to blame in the case of these three sets.

The creators of The Office are clearly the biggest problem here. Isn’t it enough to call the show “The Office”, did they really have to have it take place in an office? Had the show taken place in a castle then problem solved.

As for Snow White, did the dwarves really need to live in a cottage? Had they lived in a blue spaceship with trans-yellow windows then it would have been such a better story, not to mention more believable.

As for the Jazz Quartet, clearly this is a very generic quartet. Why not just base it on the greatest jazz band never to play jazz, The Rolling Stones. An accurately attired Kieth Richards minifigure would have made all the pirate fans happy. The blame in this case clearly falls on the fan designer for depicting a jazz band that actually plays jazz.

So thanks a lot sitcom producers, fairy tale writers, and fan designers, you have officially ruined Lego forever, until they release something that I love. Also I still need to buy the Seinfeld set and a few Star Wars sets, but Lego has been ruined by outside forces!

@Huw said:
"The problem with The Office is that it will depict the US version which, while mildly entertaining, is nowhere near as good as the original UK version. Many other countries have their own versions as well, so the set, as LEGO will model it, will appeal primarily to one nation only.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Office "

Speak for yourself. Seasons 2 through 5 of the office are some of the best comedy TV ever to air.

I knew it was a long shot but I’m gutted for no LEGO X-Files :(

If I would have been the first person to submit an "The Office" set, I'd be pretty pissed. The platform is called "LEGO Ideas", but after multiple submissions it's hardly a new idea anymore. Basically anyone can copy previous ideas and apparently one day the stars may be aligned and LEGO can make a set out of it. The same thing happened with the Fossil Museum idea. I think they should keep ideas that could be sets, but were rejected based on temporary restrictions such as licenses on the side and produce them when restrictions are lifted and honor the original idea poster.

@Alatariel said:
"If I would have been the first person to submit an "The Office" set, I'd be pretty pissed. The platform is called "LEGO Ideas", but after multiple submissions it's hardly a new idea anymore. Basically anyone can copy previous ideas and apparently one day the stars may be aligned and LEGO can make a set out of it. The same thing happened with the Fossil Museum idea. I think they should keep ideas that could be sets, but were rejected based on temporary restrictions such as licenses on the side and produce them when restrictions are lifted and honor the original idea poster. "

That's exactly what I was thinking, when I wondered if the folks behind prior submissions might feel miffed that their earlier ideas were rejected. Thank you for your comment.

So here's me adding to the whining (for posterity, because I'm way too late to the conversation for anyone to read my entire comment);

This is the first time in years I'm not entirely disappointed at the results.

I was really hoping for the Jazz Quartetet, and I had a feeling it had a solid chance due to it's undeniable brilliance (though some tasteless people here are in fact denying it).
Now I'm just anxious to see whether they'll take all the soul and character out of the model in order to get it ready for a wide release. Worst case I can still just build the original by myself, but at least they still made an interesting choice.

Now for the opposite of an interesting choice: The Office.
It was crystal clear the project was gonna make it this time, because apparently just like some of ya'll, the Ideas team needs it really hammered in how popular The Office US is.
"EVERYONE AGREES THE UK VERSION IS BETTER"-Doesn't matter. The US version was way more popular and always will be.
"IT ENDED 8 YEARS AGO" Friends ended 17 years ago and Seinfeld ended 23 years ago, both before The Office US began airing.
Personally I really dislike the show. Jim and Pam suck and the writing isn't anything special like people say it is.
And as Ideas set it's of course disappointingly another sitcom (? laugh-track, btw) set. At this point they might as well just release these sets under Creator Expert and stop wasting Ideas slots.
Also they chose the one that is 3-4 times larger than the other one, which of course means it's 3-4 times larger than it needs to be. Scummy, but we're used to that by now.

Kinda neutral on the Snow White set. The dwarfs would make fun figures, but of course the set looks way bigger than it needs to be.

Now, regarding the six to seven Castle sets that were rejected - STOP WHINING.
Yes, Castle is in a dry spell right now, but it'll undoubtedly be back eventually.
Classic Castle fanboys are the most boring people. Seriously.

And honestly? They should just omit modular buildings from being submitted. They're never gonna be chosen. Modulars are their own, expensive, process-ridden thing, and with how many fell through the reviews so far, it's doubtful they're ever gonna be chosen. I'm sure the Creator-designers have plenty of their own ideas for modulars and TLG wouldn't release an Ideas modular to compete with their other yearly release.

Closing thoughts on this comment nobody will probably read; hoping like just how they got the message with The Office, they'll get the message of us wanting more LotR sets.
And since they're already working with Nintendo, here's hoping Zelda sets are not too far away, though sadly I don't expect any Metroid sets before Billund and Kyoto are both entirely underwater.
The next review looks pretty boring. My favourites are Carls House (though this particular model is far form my favourte version) and Outer Solar System Explorers. And I feel like both have a decent shot based on previous approved Ideas.

Hello! To begin with, sincere congrats to the winners. I am active on Ideas and despite many more set hitting the 10k lately I swear it’s not easy to get there!
I believe the program is a wonderful opportunity for us fans and builders to give it a try and be under the limelight so I don’t share the general negative feelings when a castle or modular project is not picked … Lego can make those and quite well I shall say. Ideas is a platform which allows Lego to have a free market research on new subjects. They know already people love castles, they don’t need 10k to have it confirmed … on the other hand, it’s interesting for them to see Jazz Quartet make it to 10k in few weeks! My only suggestion is that Lego should probably filter more at the start, not allowing projects which are surely not going to pass the review stage, as for their existing IPs. It would be easier for everyone! Also, the algorithm which ranks the most popular ideas is quite obscure… asterix and obelix (which I don’t like at all) and Tutankhamen (which I like a lot) have ranked in the first page for months getting far less votes than other projects. So I wonder why Lego would keep them there if they then discard them… yet Ideas is still fantastic and I love the Jazz quartet!!!

There is mileage in people adapting The Office set to their own offices. I'm not an Office fan but I could see me buying this to recreate my own office.

@windjammer said:
"There is mileage in people adapting The Office set to their own offices. I'm not an Office fan but I could see me buying this to recreate my own office."

Mate, I think you've broken the record for how many times one can use the word "office" in a single comment.

I don't know how to break it to some of you guys but just because a set doesn't personally appeal to you it doesn't mean it was a bad choice. The Office is literally one of the most popular tv shows of all time. Streaming platforms are willing to put millions of dollars into streaming rights for it. And the jazz quartet is a no brainer considering the recent success of other adult oriented display piece type kits LEGO has put out recently. I'm sorry but your expectations were completely ridiculous. Some of these sets would be not only massive and expensive but also niche and difficult to sell. You have to keep in mind that this site's community makes up a minority of a minority of people who purchase LEGO. What you want is not what reflects the wants of the larger community.

For everyone complaining about The Office getting picked, look at it this way…you’ll NEVER see another set from The Office up for contention again.

@alice_ said:
" You have to keep in mind that this site's community makes up a minority of a minority of people who purchase LEGO. What you want is not what reflects the wants of the larger community."
So true. I can imagine the Lego Ideas team checking the Brickset comments section after an announcement and saying, 'They hate it... we've got it spot on!'