LEGO Ideas Discussion

[lightningtiger]

2 hours ago, Sven F said:

The chances overall are slim on average for a project to reach support,  but from the few that end up in the 10000 club,  the majority are still not ideas material. 

There is this misconception that a really good moc makes a great set,  yet it does not.   I find that most projects,  although great looking,  aren't thought through with being an actual set.  I can't quite put a finger on it and say "this is what's wrong",  but I can see when a project is doomed no matter how much support it gains. 

I agree, a great MOC doesn't mean it would make a great set. My designs are using designed with Lego City or Creator in mind as well as a few of my friends there on Ideas working both in brick and digital.

Like I wrote if a project doesn't reach it's 100 rapidly then it's doomed......I can see a time when there might only be a hundred projects to support on ideas and then people won't bother with it anymore.

[Robert8]

Vintage Tram, by kevinszeto, achieved the 10000 supporters like a week ago

Edited December 7, 2016 by Robert8

[Exetrius]

7 hours ago, Robert8 said:

Vintage Tram, by kevinszeto, achieved the 10000 supporters like a week ago

Well-deserved, in my opinion: nice model for display and play, with a lovely range of parts and serving a practically unfilled niche. Hope it makes it into a set! 

Edited December 7, 2016 by Exetrius

[Sarah]

11 hours ago, Exetrius said:

Well-deserved, in my opinion: nice model for display and play, with a lovely range of parts and serving a practically unfilled niche. Hope it makes it into a set! 

Yes. I would have voted for this if I had seen it

 

[jonwil]

That tram is great, its definatly something I would be interested in.

 

[Robert8]

Recently 3 projects achieved the 10k supporters milestone!

 

Ship In A Bottle, The Flagship Leviathan, by JakeSadovich77

 

 

UCS Rey´s Speeder, by Robert Lundmark

 

 

1950's Diner, by pix027On

 

[AFOLguy1970]

Glad to see the diner finally make it.  I remember voting for it a while back.  It could be a successful project especially if the Fishing Store does well on release.  

[Faefrost]

The Diner is a wonder that I so want. The Ship in the Bottle is so unique that I can see it passing easily. Rey's Speeder will never make it past day 1 review. (unspoken rule of licensing. If Lego has made the specific licensed subject as a System set, there is virtually no chance of it being made under Ideas. It is already on the books under the authoritative license.) 

[Artanis I]

Ship bottle would be too fragile. Nice display piece though.

Speeder was oversized in system scale, you would have to put constraction Rey on that thing. Doomed anyway.

Jury is out on the diner.

[legonerd54321]

I'm afraid for the Iron Giant, if it makes it into this review. It has some tough competitors...

[Robert8]

The Iron Giant, by BrettCuv in the last project to achieve the 10k supporters this year

 

And probably the last one for this batch

 

Edited February 3, 2017 by Robert8

[Actor Builder]

I've been holding off on purchasing any large sets until I see the Saturn V. 

I hope it's cool. Do you guys think it will be cool?

[AFOLguy1970]

3 hours ago, Actor Builder said:

I've been holding off on purchasing any large sets until I see the Saturn V. 

I hope it's cool. Do you guys think it will be cool?

Yes, as long as it closely resembles the original design.  Hopefully, it is structurally strong and they do not feel the need to use stickers for any of it.  My rewards points are being set aside for it so that it will be affordable when it is announced.  Lately, there has not been much mention of the set.  It was approved in the same round with Yellow Submarine, and that has already been released.  

I think the project also had two minifigures in addition to a microscale lunar lander (the LEM).  If they keep the minifigs, my guess is they will represent Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin.  It would be nice if they could include a third for Michael Collins to have the complete flight crew as he often gets ignored due to the fact that he remained in orbit around the moon.  Anyway, yes, this is a much anticipated set, and the expectations are high on this one.  

[Faefrost]

I rather suspect that the Saturn V will have some stickers. The flags and USA markings at a minimum. Heck we will be lucky if it doesn't require the dreaded STAMPS. 

[AFOLguy1970]

Looking at the approved project, it is difficult to tell what part(s) the designer has placed the decals on.  If it is a series of stacked round plates, then this is going to produce a dilemma.  If STAMP's were to make its appearance, I could only imagine the outcry.  It would be a reaction similar to the UCS Assault on Hoth.  In that case, I might refrain from applying the stickers.  It looks like the flags, "USA", and "United States" are the only details that need printing or stickers.  They might consider doing a print for the command module as well.  

[Blondie-Wan]

It's true the very first two CUUSOO sets used stickers, way back when these sets had much more limited runs than they do now (the Shinkai 6500 was only ever released in Japan, and Hayabusa was also Japan-only for a while until they decided to give it a global release). Since then, though, they appear to have adopted a tradition of directly printing any element decoration needed for a CUUSOO / Ideas set - only one set since then has had stickers at all.

Almost every set released after Hayabusa has had decorated elements (the Curiosity rover and the Maze are the only ones with none at all), often in pretty substantial numbers - the Doctor Who set has about fifty printed elements, including the minifigure parts. And out of all these decorated elements, the only post-Hayabusa ones that use stickers are a couple parts in the set for The Big Bang Theory, and those appear to be parts they just aren't set up to print on.

As long as the Apollo 11 Saturn V set doesn't use any element decoration on pieces they've never printed on, then, I think it'll be sticker-free. The entire CUUSOO / Ideas line has only had three sets with stickers ever, two of which were first produced only for release in a single country, and the third using them on just a couple of rarely- or never-printed parts. And they've never had STAMPs in the line at all. Maybe I'm being unduly optimistic, but I don't think they're going to start now.

[Faefrost]

Be careful in assuming patterns and policies where none exist. Remember the Modular Buildings absolutely positively never ever used stickers... until they did. What we see as patterns and rules are to TLG, simply production design decisions. We might get some nice big printed pieces. We might end up with stickers. It will all depend on the production resources and budget. 

[Robert8]

First project to achieve the 10k supporters in 2017!

The Blues Mobile by Kai Einfeldt

 

[Lyichir]

9 hours ago, Robert8 said:

First project to achieve the 10k supporters in 2017!

The Blues Mobile by Kai Einfeldt

 

 

Hadn't been aware of this model, but I don't really see any substantial reason it shouldn't pass. While The Blues Brothers did include a few things that could possibly be considered inappropriate for sets (Nazis, religion, drinking), none of those are represented here, and in general the absurd humor of the movie is not particularly objectionable. The model itself looks great and could probably be improved further by Lego's designers.

[Alpinemaps]

I was just thinking this morning, "when is the Ideas announcement coming?" as I'm getting anxious to hear the results.  Ideas posted this today:

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We know that, as with all review result announcements, you all are waiting in anticipation and counting the days until the next one. While we strive to be able annouce these results at consistent dates throughout the year, bumps in the road do occur when dealing with things that are outside of what we can influence and control. 

This means we're a little behind, as we would have liked to reveal the results around the end of January or start of February. Don't worry though, the results are coming. In fact, we'll be shooting our video in early February and expect to have the video and results ready for your viewing pleasure toward the end of the month! 

The good news is...we've got good news! ;-)

Stay tuned!

 

[Robert8]

So, there will - at least - 1 project approved

[Faefrost]

I've lost track. Which projects are in this review? 

[Alpinemaps]

1 hour ago, Faefrost said:

I've lost track. Which projects are in this review? 

[Faefrost]

Hmmm? Nothing that intuitively says "this will pass". I lean towards the Observatory and Little House on the Prarie being strong possibilities. Being a robot/Chogokin Collector as well I would kill for that Voltron. (I also don't rule it out completely. I have heard through the grapevine that WEP, the licensor is impressed with it. The only thing worrying is the size.) 

[jonwil]

Personally, I am hoping for the Lamborghini but I suspect it will be rejected due to the size and due to their existing license with VW (who own Lamborghini).

As a computer geek, Lovelace and Babbage would be awesome but its probably too niche to be viable.

I think Woman of NASA stands a good chance of being approved (they have a relationship with NASA and the Woman of NASA set is totally different from the Apollo Rocket or the Mars Rover or other previous NASA related items) and I would probably buy one if it was.

Voltron would also be cool, I love that cartoon (and its the Lion one which is the good one :)

I am not convinced Little House on the Prairie or the Observatory are small enough (even given the Old Fishing Store that got approved last time) or that the Little House IP makes sense for TLG given the sort of people who watch that sort of show.

Addams Family is definatly too big (its bigger than the Haunted House)

Spaceballs will never happen for licensing/IP reasons.

Merchant's House also looks too big and detailed.

As for the Large Hadron Collider, I consider myself a science geek and a fan of the LHC and the cool things they are doing with it but even I have zero interest in that as a set.

We know the UCS land-speeder wont happen (even ignoring the SW license its just too big)

As for the modular construction site, that is something I would be interested in but I suspect its too big and it crosses over into too many places TLG does their own things for (modulars, City construction sets etc).