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Introducing LEGO® Ideas 21309 NASA Apollo Saturn V
Introducing LEGO® Ideas 21309 NASA Apollo Saturn V
The wait is over! After a year in development we're incredibly proud to unveil and present the first official images of the LEGO Ideas 21309 NASA Apollo Saturn V designed by LEGO Ideas members Felix Stiessen (saabfan) and Valérie Roche (whatsuptoday). You'll be able to find the 1 meter high (approximately 1:110 scale) icon of space exploration in stores from the 1st of June, 2017 for a recommended retail price of just USD 119.99 / EURO 119.99 ...
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10K Club Interview: Meet Terry Fisher of Landrover 4 x 4
10K Club Interview: Meet Terry Fisher of Landrover 4 x 4
We're sticking around in the UK this week as we introduce yet another Englishman whose project hit the 10,000 supporter mark. Please say hi to Terry Fisher, a.k.a Dadandlad, whose love for classic cars led to the Landrover 4 x 4 project and it's numerous iterations. Terry and his family went on quite the wild journey as they promoted their project. Read on to find out more about their adventures! Help us congratulate Terry on becoming a part of ...
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10K Club Interview: Meet Robert Turner of Red Dwarf LEGO
10K Club Interview: Meet Robert Turner of Red Dwarf LEGO
Sci-fi buffs - rejoice! This week's 10K Club member has got your sci-fi cravings covered! Please say hi to Robert Turner, a.k.a Legobob32, whose passion for the cult TV show led to the 7 month long build journey of the Red Dwarf Lego project that gained the 10,000 supporters even quicker than the time it took to build. Help us congratulate Robert on becoming a part of the exclusive LEGO Ideas 10K Club! About Yourself Where are you from? ...
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LEGO Ideas Test Lab has gone offline.
LEGO Ideas Test Lab has gone offline.
From mid-January through mid-April, LEGO Ideas members were invited to help us test a new version of our software platform called LEGO Ideas Test Lab. Test Lab has gone offline today as planned. Thanks to those of you who joined in our little experiment, including new features and a new Challenge format. Introducing the Test Labber Badge As a small token of our appreciation for you being here, every active Test Lab member* who is also a member ...
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LEGO Ideas Test Lab Winners
LEGO Ideas Test Lab Winners
Over the last few months we had the pleasure to host a Fourth Build challenge on the LEGO Ideas Test Lab platform and were astounded by the creativity and results that poured out of the community. All 572 Fourth Builds were impressive in their own way, but as the challenge progressed, the Fourth Builds were narrowed down in various stages until just 10 were left. From these a Kids Vote recently determined the Top 3 winners, whilst a Brick Vote ...
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10K Club Interview: Meet So Youn Kim of Lego Store Modular Version
10K Club Interview: Meet So Youn Kim of Lego Store Modular Version
If you're a LEGO fan, which we're pretty sure you might be if you're hanging around this neck of the woods, then you'll surely have to look carefully as we introduce this week's 10K Club member. Please welcome So Youn Kim, a.k.a kashaka, the book designer turned serious AFOL, who created the dream Lego Store Modular Version that includes everything from a Pick-A-Brick wall to Wall-E, packaged in an intricate exterior design. Help us ...
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Update to LEGO® Ideas Guidelines: Restricting projects based on active licenses
Update to LEGO® Ideas Guidelines: Restricting projects based on active licenses
Since we started accepting your ideas for new LEGO sets, we’ve kept our Guidelines open until we learn something is simply not practical. Early on, we learned to restrict projects that proposed an entire playtheme, new LEGO elements, and ideas that weren’t brick-based LEGO sets. Along the way, we’ve gradually adjusted the scope of projects we accept as we learn what is realistically possible. We will continue to do so as we evolve the LEGO Ideas ...
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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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