LEGO Ideas review results to be published tomorrow

They probably wouldn’t make it: but I really want LEGO Asterix and Brooklyn Nine-Nine. I like the Ghibli vignettes as well.

@Diggs2145 said:
""SolarSystem SolarSystem SolarSystem!!!"
as Benny would say"
But would Miss Diane be interested....

@WestonBricks said:
"I know it won't happen but a Stargate set would be cool"

*Insert Teal'c "Indeed" meme here*

I like a lot of these ideas!

I like several - eager to see the results

That orchid base is inspired. I like the official one, but this is a nice touch

Some nice builds but nothing worth buying.

I have no idea which one(s) will make it, I cannot really see any of these as official sets (there are some nice MOCs among them though).

whichever one or two they choose will most likely be out of my price range, so *shrug*

My quick take, (as someone who generally doesn't care for tv/videogame licenses and is unimpressed by the myriad of expensive detailed buildings):
-Coral reef looks excellent, similar to the other floral builds yet distinctive enough to be its own concept. The manta rays and fish add to it, that there is active life here, not just a static scene. (On the floral front, the terrariums look like succulents in a glass case. Easy to ignore.)
-(Johnny 5 looks like a fun build, but I'd think there's too much crude language associated with him for it to pass. Then again, "In a world where James Bond and the Simpsons are popular Lego themes...")
-James Webb telescope look good, and this is the time to announce it, now that JWST actually made it to orbit, opened up correctly, and has us excited for its first images. The only hitch would be if TLG was already working on a JWST internally that conflicts with this. (Edit: The fact that JSWT successfully deployed and began aligning its mirrors by the end of February, during the review process, probably helped make the case that this would be a set representing a successful spacecraft not a dud. Most people don't want a Lego set of a dud.)
-Soyuz looks great, and would be a lot of fun to stand up next to the Saturn V we already have. But I doubt Roscosmos will be eager to share their brand unless it comes with a massive influx of cash, and TLG may be hesitant to endorse anything related to Russia while the conflict in Ukraine continues.
-Union Pacific Big Boy would be a gift to train fans. I'm not a train fan, but it looks good to me.
-Blackbird looks cool, and would be a unique build, but is a "NASA" banner on the tail enough to get it released? As a space build it's bland, and it's only interesting as an airplane, and lots of planes that hit 10K votes have gotten ignored.
-Castle outpost just looks a lot like existing sets, so probably not enough to set it apart as a new set

I would guess that if we don't get another detailed building or tv/film set, we'll get the Coral Reef or JWST, with Big Boy in 3rd. I'd be pleased if any of those 3 got released, though Soyuz would probably be the only one to persuade me to shell out IDEAS-level cash.

@Huw, why does the first letter of most project links go to a set that got 10,000 votes in a previous review period?

Of all of these, I think the Great Barrier Reef has the greatest chance of being selected (although I imagine the final product would be somewhat scaled down).

I LOVE the Ghibli set proposal though, and I would love to see TLG do something with it. Out of all of the licensed ideas on this list, I feel like it has the broadest appeal (outside of maybe the Avatar: The Last Airbender idea).

The Gremlins or It's A Wonderful Life sets could be a fun holiday follow-up to last year's Home Alone set, but I still don't think either one is super likely.

It’s unlikely, but I’d love to see Steampunk Explorers chosen (or better yet made into a theme for a year or two). Revive Time Cruisers and make it a variation on that.

I know I’m just dreaming…

@PixelTheDragon said:
"We could make a whole graveyard of Zelda projects that have gotten denied at this point,

"

Accurate, and sad. I would pay an irresponsible amount of money for official LoZ sets. Clearly, Nintendo and Lego are working together, and the number of Mario sets make me think that line is doing well. I don't get why we haven't gotten other sets for other Nintendo franchises yet. That being said, if Nintendo isn't green-lighting LoZ sets on their own, I don't see why it's even worth the effort of putting forth an Ideas LoZ set.

Quite a few sets I'm interested in this time around.
I'm rooting for Avatar, Stargate, Asterix. The dojo, steampunk explorers, riverside scholars and Gremlins sets are also quite cool.

There are a lot of similar ideas and IP's already on the market, which rules out a few. I have my fingers crossed for Johnny 5, but I think the Magic Bookends has one of the better chances.

Another Hyrule Castle... can Lego maybe just confirm/deconfirm whether or not they're doing one themselves? It's getting old seeing another awesome Hyrule Castle rendition in every Ideas review knowing that it's going to fail again.

EDIT: And this isn't even the best one so far lol

Hoping for Gremlins and/or Moominhouse :)

I'm very rarely interested in licenced products so can't really comment on those. Of the non licenced ones, I think probably solar system has the best chance.

The coral reef is great but it doesn't look underwater. And I don't think they would want to make a set of an underwater scene without some attempt at depicting water. As one of the judges on Lego Masters said, doing underwater scenes in Lego is hard (possibly Brickman in the Australian version?).

I like the garden and greenhouse. But I think it's a very unlikely pick. Although that a frame cabin got picked and it didn't seem likely so you never know.

I think it's fairly safe to say that the botanical ones and the Russian rocket aren't getting selected.

@Robot99 said:
"Another Hyrule Castle... can Lego maybe just confirm/deconfirm whether or not they're doing one themselves? It's getting old seeing another awesome Hyrule Castle rendition in every Ideas review knowing that it's going to fail again.

EDIT: And this isn't even the best one so far lol"

We've seen better versions for sure.

But I think the Link to the Past style would fit the Lego brand even better. The set doesnt have to be huge, just Link, Zelda (maybe his uncle) and their little cottage from the start of the game (plus at least 3 cuccos!)

I wouldn't be surprised to see the Sanderson Sister's cottage be (one of) the winner(s), with the Hocus Pocus sequel coming out in just a few months, so it'll be fresh in people's minds. Beyond that, really couldn't say for sure

Once again, there are a bevy of outstanding creations in there. Personally, the one I would most likely buy is the orrery (Clockwork Solar System). I think my chances are 1%.

I like most of the buildings with the Steampunk being my favourite (apparently Asian architecture is all the rage lately). I guess it would be time now for Lego to do something steampunk - I think there was a little bit of it in Chima a while back. I would go for a whole theme of steampunk - and there is almost no limit at what they can do really. The Wonderful Life is also very good but (to me) the bridge would have to be improved a little bit.

Being a space lover I would obviously like to see the Soyuz Rocket and the NASA SR-71 Blackbird (of course it's better to call it 'NASA - as a research vehicle' than a cold war spy plane) but I know better and I keep my expectations near the ground.

I like the reef but I suppose it would be incredibly tedious to build and a nightmare to dust.

I would also definitely go for an Asterix set - just as a nostalgia thing as I read all the stories. Lego could also develop an entire theme around the Romans/Greeks and I would buy that.

Finally, since what I like hardly ever get picked up (and that's good for the wallet as this year is very expensive already), I will say best of luck to everyone involved!!!

A LOT of good projects this time around. I love the Avatar: The Last Airbender one, the Clockwork Solar System, the Steampunk Explorers, Baba Yaga, and The Meeting Point.

I'm not sure how likely the Avatar project is. It's SORT of a remake of a previous set (though more a recreation of the same scene, this time including Appa the Sky Bison). But the previous version was severely disappointing, and this is a much better take on it. Avatar: The Last Airbender might be a good franchise for Lego to get back on board with with several animated movies and a live-action streaming series in the works. And there might be some confusion with... Lego Avatar, but then, that didn't stop Lego from producing sets based on the TV show Friends while having their own in-house theme with the same name!

Wait, wasnt Baby Yaga house already canceled?
The only one that I think will pass will be the Rubik cube.

My prediction:
The ones I like (and would certainly buy) won't get chosen. And the ones they choose won't interest me.
Going by past experience from recent review results, I would rate the probability of the above happening to be roundabout 99.99 percent.

The remaining 0.01 percent will be that they don't choose anything this time.

@sjr60 said:
" @Diggs2145 said:
""SolarSystem SolarSystem SolarSystem!!!"
as Benny would say"
But would Miss Diane be interested...."

ah, Benny and his woolly hat...
that would be a very niche Ideas set

I am definitely rooting for Steampunk Explorers. That is a genre that seems to have been overlooked by Lego.

Rubik’s cube is really the only one I can see making it. The Johnny 5 looks cool, but it’s too old of a property to draw interest. Lots of cool ideas, just already similar sets available, or not big enough IP’s/

Land ahoy, clockwork solar system and pirate tavern all look interesting and well designed, and I’d be happy with any one of them passing!

JWST is 100% gonna make it, considering this coincides with the first images being released tomorrow (and one today). So that's pretty cool.

This review has so many awesome submissions. Shame that none of the ones I want the most are gonna make it- they never do :(

I'm not sure they will pick any of these. There's definitely a few I like, but I don't think "Wow!" when I seen any.

Unlikely, even though we’ve had one before, but I’d love that McDonald’s.

Baba Yaga (quite cool) and the Solar System (...) are the most likely candidates IMO. I'm a big Zelda fan. But obviously if they were going to do that, they wouldn't shove it in the Ideas theme. They'd do it themselves.

@goldenguy880 said:
"11. James Webb Space Telesceop (JWST) - LEGO seem unwilling to make any space sets not based on the NASA Apollo or space shuttle programs. Not a chance."

Hayabusa, Curiosity Rover, International Space Station, and The Women of NASA would like a word. They have the Ulysses Space Probe and an Exo Suit with them.

It makes sense that the two programs that were flagships of space travel for 40 of the last 60 years would have a lot of space history associated with them.

Oh I want Land Ahoy. I really, REALLY want Land Ahoy. It’s absolutely stunning. It’s unlike anything I’ve seen before with Lego which is what part of the Ideas theme has always been about to me.

I’ve also got a soft spot for The Meeting Place but I don’t think it’ll make it sadly as it’s too similar to the Modulars and Lego don’t seem to appreciate Ideas sets encroaching on that theme. More than happy to be wrong on ghat though.

Unlike previous reviews, I'm actually interested in a few this time:
JWST (I think most likely to win)
Soyuz
Ghibli
'Big Boy'
Asterix (could be improved and potential for great playset)
SR-71 (unlikely)

My predictions: Gremlins, Bookends and Hocus Pocus (since there’s a remake coming soon!)

They maybe could take the idea of the great coral reef and do something very beautiful with it in a different scale…

I'm sure Hyrule Castle will pass this time. I've got a good feeling Lucy is for sure not going to pull the football out at the last moment.
There are some fantastic models here, but not a whole lot of them give me that "likely to pass" vibe. I could see Johnny 5 passing if it weren't motorized. I would hate to be the one in charge of doing the instructions for that choral reef it if passes!

It would likely be Asterix, Gremlins, Land Ahoy. :/

The ones I'd love to see:
- Soyuz
- Big Boy
- SR71
- Ghibli (even when there have been better ones before)
- Clockwork Solar System
- Rubik's Cube
- Johnny 5

But the ones that have a chance:
- Gremlins
- Brooklyn Nine Nine
- Terrariums (maybe)

And as usual so many great MOCs that won't translate well into an actual Lego set.

As good as these sets are (and many are amazing) a lot can be instantly ruled out for various reasons.

Orchids - Look great but already a line of flowers etc
Castle - D’oh, great model, awful timing
Brooklyn 99 & greenhouses - Great sets but too big and spread out (and would a condensed set work as well?)
Etc, etc. A real shame as the kits I mentioned look great (I would snap up a smaller version of the greenhouses in a heartbeat)

Sets that could (or should I say hope) work, Stargate, bookends and Pirates.

@NatureBricks said:
"I'm a big fan of Land Ahoy and the Greenhouses but the greenhouses won't be made and if Land Ahoy is made it will cost $150 by the time it comes out.
"
Ditto

Many licensed theme. I cross my fingers for Studio Ghibli which I love, as a huge fan of Miyazaki's work and animes. A Lego Totoro would be a great crossover of two passions for me...
Edit : as a French, Asterix would be a great winner too of course! Bien sûr!

Rooting for the coral reef and Gremlins! Emergency box is hilarious and the Solar System is beautiful as well but I don't see either of them happening.

Also, people seem to expect the rubik's cube to win but I'm not so sure. I followed the designer's video and while his design is absolutely ingenius, it's also really fiddly and prone to get stuck easily. Likely falls apart much too quick too. So unless they completely redesign it, likely enlarging the model by a lot (and taking away a lot of the magic for me), it's very unlikely to get picked. To me, it belongs in the 'amazing MOC but a bad LEGO product' category.

My top 3:

- Motorized Johnny 5
- Big Boy
- It's a Wonderful Life

However, I think the most likely of those three would be just the Big Boy, but I think it'll be something completely different in the end.

I don't want to get my hopes up, but I could see Stargate making the cut. The Venn Diagram between AFOLs and Stargate fans has to have a lot of overlap.

I can't really see any of these being made into sets, but if that Blackbird were to be chosen... I would be so incredibly happy.

@goldenguy880 said:
[10. Motorized Johnny 5 - Wow, and I thought those last two were niche intrests. This might have sold in the 1960s or whenever that show was airing, but today? Not a chance.]

Johnny 5 was not from a TV show but from the Short Circuit movies in the 80's. One of my favourite robots aside from Wall-E.

Personally I would love either Hocus Pocus or Gremlins but doubt either will end up being selected. Always possible though as I never expected a Home Alone set to be brought out which I haven't got around to buying yet.

Coral reef would be an instant, wait for the time to tick over to nab immediately, buy for me

Can't quite say I'm hyped for any of these, after seeing existing IDEAS projects getting marked up so much. These will be the same, the markup will just be less explicit.

Feel a lot of these have been covered by the 90th anniversary sets and the brinklink program. Great builds but I wouldn’t be surprised if they didn’t pick any.

By the time anything from this wave gets released, the LEGO prices are going to be hilariously unreal, so I don't think any of this matters.

Give Me Moominhouse ?????? Or Give Me Death

I'm surprised how many people don't seem to know who Johnny 5 is. Short Circuit, an 80's classic--I guess it wasn't as popular as I thought? It's not Back to the Future or Ghostbusters, but it's right in the same arena.

That orchid has a really good shot at becoming a set.

@sjr60 said:
" @Diggs2145 said:
""SolarSystem SolarSystem SolarSystem!!!"
as Benny would say"
But would Miss Diane be interested...."

I'd vote for Brooklyn 99, my favourite show.
After Crossroads, of course.

I have a feeling "Gremlins" will be one of them. another 80s nostalgic cash grab, they have a mold for the Gremlins from Lego Dimensions and it's a very known IP.

Ghibli collection or none at all, for me. Though given that several other Ghibli projects have failed to pass, as well as the studio's well-known protectiveness of their properties, I suspect there may be an issue with acquiring the licenses for any such set.

Still, nothing else here that I'd buy, even though a lot of it looks cool.

This just in. Whichever set they choose will be undergoing a price increase.

Pirate Tavern & Asterix The Gaul are my favorite of the bunch.

Best of luck!

I don't think anything here is standout. The Coral Reef seems plausible, but that would be a miserable build and turn into a dust net. Rubik's Cube seems most likely, given Lego's current efforts, plus it can remain a small scale. I've heard Asterik's is popular, so maybe that. Nothing else seems terribly likely though - standard castle, Nintendo item, modular representation, and niche properties which will never be produced.

What I want: Stargate, Gravity Falls, or Avatar

(Stargate and Gravity Falls are dead franchises, Stargate's modern military, they wouldn't have both Avatar franchises on shelves at once)

What it'll be: one if the NASA things again

I like several of these, particularly the coral reef and the train station, but I’m not optimistic about their odds of success.

@Shadowcloner said:
" and niche properties which will never be produced. "

Yes, unlike 1980s Voltron, Stargate's so niche it only ran for 19 seasons and 3 movies.

Whatever this "Studio Gibbley" thing is has nowhere close to the commercial power and merchandising possibilities of Knight Rider or The A-Team or The Goonies.

And how could something as obscure as Avatar: The Last Airbender compare to something as critically acclaimed and culturally relevant as Tron: Legacy?

I want Studio Ghibli and Brooklyn Nine-Nine please and thank you, Lego.

Blackbird, please.

The only ones I would definitely buy would be :
13 — It’s a nice play/display piece, perfect for Lego.
35 — An Absolutely Amazing idea, I’d easily pay $250-$350 if they gave it the Home Alone treatment.

I'd love the Hocus Pocus house or the Asterix one.

So, naturally, LEGO will pick up the most boring of them all (like the Rubik's cube) and still butcher it, as per tradition, while putting a ridiculously overpriced tag on in.

I don't want to be mean, but at first glance, I thought the Solar System was a pile of hot cakes :D

I would throw SO MUCH MONEY at Lego for the clockwork solar system (though this one needs a bit of tweaking, I think) and the Blackbird. SO. MUCH. MONEY.

I doubt either gets picked but let me have my dreams

The only prediction I have is that I'll be disappointed by what gets chosen.

@goldenguy880 said:
"26. Union Pacific "Big Boy" - Not a chance. There may be a reason LEGO didn't make any more train display sets after the Crocodile locomotive."
Or, it could be a great reason to release another locomotive. In the model railroading world, steam engines are significantly more popular than electric ones. I'm not going to hold my breath, but I'm not counting it out so quickly either.

Rinse and repeat!
Some amazing builds here, some really ordinary and/or weird ones where it’s shocking that they got 10,000 votes!

Sadly, 95-99% of these won’t see the light of day, and some of them are blindingly obvious they won’t make it: eg Orchids, castles, most licensed themes.

Prepare all to be disappointed!

The Clockwork Solar System, Steampunk Explorers and The Rubik's Cube are my favorites.

Greenhouse, coral reef, Asterix, bookends in that order

I agree with Huw that the Great Coral Reef would make a great parts pack. I can imagine doing a set draft of it at Brickworld, like we did with the Succulents set.

Fingers crossed for Johnny Five or the SR-71

Would be really good timing if the James Webb Space Telescope was chosen given the release of the first images today.

As a professional sports bettor, I predict that Magic Bookends and Rubik's Cube will be selected.

If Great Coral Reef doesn't make it there's going to be a big plastic fire in my yard tomorrow. The only other set in it's current form that deserves to make it is Sheriff's Office, it's aesthetics and build quality remind me of 21310 Old Fishing Store.

None of these stand out as obvious candidates. Most of them I can easily write off because they're modulars which NEVER pass, too big (Garden & Greenhouse), too similar to existing stuff (plants and castles), unlicensable (Ghibli), or any number of other reasons that makes me question why people even submit other than to get attention for their MOCs.

I do like Downtown Records and Stargate, but don't think Stargate has a chance and don't look forward to having to fight for Downtown Records on Bricklink and getting it in the mail 15 years from now.

JK Brickworks made an orrery but that didn't make it. He ended up working with another manufacturer to get his model produced. Maybe this one will have a shot. I'm still rooting for the Rubik's cube, but I'm cautiously optimistic.

Asterix as a theme would be a real enrichment. The Gallic village, the Roman camp, or the grand entrance of Cleopatra with her parade float and the always unsuccessful pirates. Very, very much potential.

But I could also imagine Asterix, Obelix and the other characters by Goscinny and Uderzo as a minifigure series.

@CCC said:
" @ShilohCyan said:
" And how could something as obscure as Avatar: The Last Airbender compare to something as critically acclaimed and culturally relevant as Tron: Legacy?"

Culturally relevant to who? I remember seeing the original at the cinema but I can't say it is really relevant to my life or culture."

Sarcasm. Look, as an animator I respect the limits Tron 1 pushed. But the sequel was just a movie that came and went. Meanwhile the Last Airbender has only grown in popularity in recent years and is critically near-perfect.