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10K Club Interview: Meet Raymond Chow of Hulkbuster UCS
10K Club Interview: Meet Raymond Chow of Hulkbuster UCS
From one Marvel fan to the next. This week's 10K Club member shares this passion with Ryan Rydalch, our 10K Club member from last week. Please welcome Raymond Chow, a.k.a Raychow, whose Hulkbuster UCS project won the hearts of 10,000 loyal supporters. Raymond's success ratio is impressive as well, given this was his first project submitted to LEGO Ideas. Please help us congratulate Raymond on becoming a part of the exclusive LEGO Ideas 10K ...
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10K Club Interview: Meet Ryan Rydalch of Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. The Bus LEGO Set
10K Club Interview: Meet Ryan Rydalch of Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. The Bus LEGO Set
This week we're flying (virtually) to the USA where our next 10K Club member resides. Please welcome Ryan Rydalch, a.k.a Savath_Bunny, the multi-talented administrative assistant who created the marvelous and seemingly modular Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. The Bus LEGO Set that, according to Ryan, would be the perfect plane for any spy mission, be that Marvel related or otherwise. It would turn out to be a tedious building challenge whereby ...
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10K Club Interview: Meet Robert Bontenbal of Boat Repair Shop
10K Club Interview: Meet Robert Bontenbal of Boat Repair Shop
The Third 2016 LEGO Ideas Review is underway and again 12 impressive creations reached the necessasry 10K milestone in early January, when the qualification round closed. This earns them a spot in the LEGO Ideas 10K Club. We're excited to share that we were able to interview all twelve 10K Club members, and we'll be sharing these over the next few months. The first member to be interviewed should need no introduction to many of you, as he was ...
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Top 10 Finalists Selected in the LEGO Ideas Test Lab Fourth Build Challenge
Top 10 Finalists Selected in the LEGO Ideas Test Lab Fourth Build Challenge
Over the last few weeks the LEGO Ideas Test Lab "Fourth Build" Challenge has progressed with over 570 entries received before the deadline closed. Fast forward a couple of weeks and the entries just went through an Expert Panel review, which consisted of LEGO Creator representatives selecting a Top 10 from the remaining 40 entries that were left after the early voting phase. Today the challenge moved into one of the final stages, consisting of ...
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Announcing the winner of LEGO Rebrick Build Your Favorite Adventure Time™ Character Contest!
Announcing the winner of LEGO Rebrick Build Your Favorite Adventure Time™ Character Contest!
What time is it? Winner time! LEGO Rebrick recently held a contest to build your favorite Adventure Time™ character that’s missing from the LEGO Ideas 21308 Adventure Time set. We received a whopping 203 entries … totes sweet! Now it’s time to show you the winners. Grand Prize Winner: APTWE By pix027 Ancient Psychic Tandem War Elephant cannot be controlled, he must let you have control. Runner Up: Island Lady by L-DI-EGO “This island doesn’t ...
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LEGO Ideas Second 2016 Review Results
LEGO Ideas Second 2016 Review Results
As we mentioned in our blog post early this month, we were running a little behind schedule as we were still finalising the results of the Second 2016 Review Results. But the wait is officially over! Over the past several months, the LEGO Review Board has carefully reviewed 12 fascinating projects that reached 10,000 supporters between May and September 2016, our second review qualification period of 2016. Lise, our Marketing Manager, shares ...
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LEGO Rebrick Adventure Time Contest - Deadline 10th February
LEGO Rebrick Adventure Time Contest - Deadline 10th February
We're thrilled to see that over 200 wonderful entries have already been submitted to the LEGO Rebrick "Build Your Favorite Adventure Time™ Character" contest that has been running for the last few weeks. Unfortunately, all good things must come to an end, as the judges do need to decide on a few winners at some point! If you've still got some ideas brewing in your mind, now is the time to get them created in brick form and submitted as the ...
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Second 2016 LEGO Ideas Review - Coming Soon
Second 2016 LEGO Ideas Review - Coming Soon
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 ...
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Creator 3in1 Fourth Build Challenge is live on LEGO Ideas Test Lab
Creator 3in1 Fourth Build Challenge is live on LEGO Ideas Test Lab
Yesterday we launched the LEGO Creator 3in1 Fourth Build Challenge on LEGO Ideas Test Lab. You won't want to miss out on this building challenge with cool LEGO Creator prizes, and a chance to help test new LEGO Ideas features. The Challenge, which is now open, is accepting entries through to February 21st. After that, you can follow the entries through the various phases and help choose the four winning models. Winners will receive LEGO brick ...
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The LEGO Group Launches LEGO® Life - a Safe Social Network for Kids Under 13
The LEGO Group Launches LEGO® Life - a Safe Social Network for Kids Under 13
It's very possible that you've already heard about LEGO® Life over the past months, as it was rolled out in the UK late 2016. Today, however, we're really excited to share its official launch across 8 countries (U.S., U.K., Canada, France, Germany, Denmark, Austria and Switzerland), with availability in more countries to follow in 2017 and 2018. For those of you who don't know, LEGO® Life is a new, safe social network for kids under 13. The app ...
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Winners have been found for The Beatles "A Brick in the Life" contest!
Winners have been found for The Beatles "A Brick in the Life" contest!
The LEGO Rebrick "A Brick in the Life" contest has officially ended as we've drawn a grand prize winner as well as two runner ups, who all created some fantastic and inspirational models based on their favourite Beatles moment! Check them out below! There were over 100 great entries to the contest, which made it difficult for the judges to agree on just 3! We want to say a big thanks to everyone who participated. We hope you enjoyed building and ...
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10K Club Interview: Meet Firas Abu-Jaber of Lamborghini Veneno Roadster
10K Club Interview: Meet Firas Abu-Jaber of Lamborghini Veneno Roadster
Over the past 3 months, we've been very fortunate to have heard fascinating stories from all 10K members from the Second 2016 LEGO Review. The insights and tips they've offered have been truly enriching and motivating and has given us all a better idea of the people behind the otherwise anonymous usernames. The last 10K Club member of this Second 2016 LEGO Review period hails from Jordan, and his burning passion for cars is only outdone by his ...
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The LEGO Ideas Test Lab goes live!
The LEGO Ideas Test Lab goes live!
What’s that now? LEGO Ideas Test Lab? Today we’re launching LEGO Ideas Test Lab, a test version of an updated LEGO Ideas software platform. We’ve emailed invitations to 5,000 of the most active LEGO Ideas and LEGO Rebrick members. Please help us test the new platform between January 18th and April 14th. If you didn’t get an email invite, you’re still welcome! The test is limited to 7,500 people. Head over to LEGO Ideas Test Lab to sign up. On ...
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10K Club Interview: Meet Adrien Sutter of Plum Creek - The Little House on the Prairie
10K Club Interview: Meet Adrien Sutter of Plum Creek - The Little House on the Prairie
This week's 10K Club member comes from Paris, France and is a little bit younger than most 10K Club members we've had the pleasure of welcoming so far. Say hi to Adrien Sutter, a.k.a. SeigneurFett, the 17 year old creator of the Plum Creek - The Little House on the Prairie project. We know what you're thinking! How does a 17 year old come across the idea of building a project based on a TV show that had its heyday before he was even born? We ...
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What time is it? It's Contest Time!
What time is it? It's Contest Time!
That's right! Once again you can call upon your LEGO building talents, as LEGO Ideas and LEGO Rebrick are back with another exciting contest! As you very well might know, there are many fascinating characters and creatures within the Land of Ooo…craft your favorite or create your own as a brick-built figure and show it off in this contest. One lucky grand prize winner will receive a limited-edition Adventure Time electric guitar featuring ...
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10K Club Interview: Meet Stewart Cromar of Lovelace and Babbage
10K Club Interview: Meet Stewart Cromar of Lovelace and Babbage
Say hi to Stewart Cromar, a.k.a. stubot, creator of the Lovelace and Babbage project and this week's 10K Club member. Stewart's monochrome project celebrates the achievements of Ada Lovelace and Charles Babbage, computer pioneers, in what is a detailed and educational design. Stewart shares lots of insightful thoughts about his journey to the 10K mark as well as plenty of great advice for any budding LEGO Ideas member with a great idea.. Help us ...
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Twelve Projects Qualify for the Third 2016 LEGO Ideas Review
Twelve Projects Qualify for the Third 2016 LEGO Ideas Review
The Third 2016 LEGO Ideas Review qualifying period ended this Monday morning, January 9th at 12:00 a.m. Central European Time or GMT+1. It's once again exciting for us to celebrate the fact that TWELVE awesome projects have gathered 10,000 supporters between the months of September 2016 and early January 2017. It's a very impressive achievement seeing that so many projects have qualified and we wish to extend our congratulations to all members ...
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Third 2016 LEGO Ideas Review Deadline – January 9, 2017
Third 2016 LEGO Ideas Review Deadline – January 9, 2017
Happy New Year! With the new year comes the Third 2016 LEGO Ideas Review deadline that is fast approaching. Projects have until Monday January 9th at 12:00 midnight (Central European Time or GMT+1) to gather support if they want to be considered in the Third 2016 LEGO Ideas Review. Make sure you spread the word and help promote your favourite projects that you want reviewed as soon as possible! Projects that reach 10,000 supporters after ...
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10K Club Interview: Meet Aaron Fiskum of Star Wars UCS X34 Landspeeder
10K Club Interview: Meet Aaron Fiskum of Star Wars UCS X34 Landspeeder
2017's first 10K Club member Aaron Fiskum, a.k.a. Psyence-, has a big passion for UCS scale sets, which motivated his first real attempt at a MOC from scratch. This was to become the Star Wars UCS X34 Landspeeder, a speeder that we're sure Luke would be proud of! Aaron, not content with his initial version, kept work and re-working his MOC to mimic the real deal as much as possible. The LEGO Ideas journey certainly also is a learning experience ...
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LEGO® Ideas 21308 Adventure Time - Available Today!
LEGO® Ideas 21308 Adventure Time - Available Today!
We know we said that the fantastic crew of the 21308 Adventure Time set would make their way to shelves on the 1st of January, 2017, but we simply couldn't wait. Initially proposed by Ludovic Piraud (aBetterMonkey), you can now build LEGO® brick versions of eight of your favorite Adventure Time™ characters and role-play scenes from the awesome Cartoon Network show. This set includes Finn, Jake, Princess Bubblegum, Lady Rainicorn, Marceline, ...
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