Do you want to go to the seaside?
Winner Announcement
The winners have been chosen! Thank you for participating and making this challenge great.
Surely, everyone loves a day on the coast, right?! Could you represent what you love to do, see or you think belongs on the coast in LEGO bricks?
In this contest, we’re asking for coastal builds that remind us of sandy toes and summer adventures to be transformed into a gift with purchase set! You could build sandcastles, beach huts, fish and chips; the possibilities are endless.
This model should be between 150 and 250 bricks/elements. Your entry should also not be related to any current or future LEGO Ideas gift with purchase, these being: Sailing Ship Adventure (Fan submission title), Rocket Ride or the Vintage Car.
As the Grand Prize winner of this contest, you will get the exclusive opportunity to have your model transformed into a new LEGO Gift with Purchase set. On top of that, you will also receive the following:
- The exclusive opportunity to have your model transformed into a new LEGO Gift with Purchase set
- 92176 LEGO Ideas NASA Apollo Saturn V
- 21322 LEGO Ideas Pirates of Barracuda Bay
- 21326 LEGO Ideas Winnie the Pooh
- 40448 Vintage Car
ENTRY DEADLINE: Submit your entry no later than May 11th, 2021 at 6:00 a.m. EST.  If you’re not sure what time zone you’re in, here’s a time zone converter.
How it Works
The contest will consist of 3 phases:
- Submission Phase - Build and submit your entry before May 11th, 2021 at 6:00 a.m. EST. We recommend submitting your entry 2-3 days before the deadline in the event we have to return it to you for changes. 
- Judging Phase – Our judges review the entries and choose 15 entries, which will then go forward to a Fan Vote, on May 18th, 2021.
- Voting Phase – LEGO Ideas members will then have the opportunity to vote once, for their favorite entry from May 18th, 2021 until May 25th, 2021.
- Winners Announcement - We'll share the Grand Prize winner and five Runner Up winners here on LEGO Ideas no later than May 31st, 2021! 
How to Enter:
- Submissions may be in either physical bricks or by using a digital building tool such as LEGO Digital Designer. You’re welcome to use image editing tools, such as Photoshop, to enhance your photos/presentation. 
- Take up to five photos of your creation and submit them to the contest. Make sure to show off all angles and any features or functions of your creation. 
Please submit your photos in as high a resolution as possible so that we can see all the details clearly. If possible, the shortest edge should be at least 1080 pixels. - Add a title and short description.
- Upload your entry to the contest using the blue Submit Your Entry button on this page.
Contest Rules:
Acceptable Entry Content
- Your entry model should be between 150 and 250 bricks
- You must be the original creator of all creative work you submit (the model, images, photographs, description text, etc.) and you must have the exclusive right to submit your model to this LEGO Ideas Contest. You may not submit a model or any other content made by, or on behalf of, someone else. 
- Entries must be new creations and not previously posted online or submitted to any other contest. 
- You are allowed to use any official LEGO element (LEGO System, LEGO DUPLO, LEGO TECHNIC/Constraction) in your entry. The LEGO elements must be genuine (not cut, glued, or otherwise modified). 
- Entries should not contain copies or references to any other existing third-party work or creation or infringements of any third-party intellectual property right such as Ford or Ferrari.
- You’re welcome to use Minifigures in your entry, as long as they don’t contain copies or references to any other existing third-party work or creation or infringements of any third-party intellectual property right
- Contest entries related to the topics below do not fit our brand values and will not be approved for publication on LEGO Ideas: 
- Politics and political symbols, campaigns, or movements 
- Religious references including symbols, buildings, or people 
- Sex, nudity, drugs, or smoking 
- Alcohol in any present-day situation 
- Swearing or profanity 
- Death, killing, blood, terrorism, horror, or torture 
- First-person shooter video games 
- Warfare or war vehicles in any modern or present-day situation, or national war memorials 
- Large or human-scale weapons or weapon replicas of any kind, including swords, knives, guns, sci-fi or fantasy blasters, etc. 
- Racism, bullying, or cruelty to real life animals 
Entry Quality Standards
- You may submit digital entries using LEGO Digital Designer, which is available for download via this link free of charge. Any entries made in LEGO Digital Designer should not show the baseplate from build mode. You may also create digital entries using third-party LEGO CAD software.
- You may use photo editing software and add visual effects to photos of your entry.
- Entries containing photos that are too dark or blurry will be removed from the contest. To ensure easy judging of your entry, we recommend taking pictures on a neutral background free from background clutter, with your model well framed.
- Please do not include people or limbs in pictures you submit. Photos containing such will be removed.
- Please do not overlay any text or logos onto your submitted images. 
House Rules
- Entries containing defamatory or degrading elements will not be eligible for the contest.
- Any cheating or harassment of other participants will result in disqualification from the contest.
- Your contest entries and comments on contest entries must follow the complete LEGO Ideas House Rules.
Judging
A panel of judges consisting of members of the LEGO Design team will choose 15 entries, which will go onto a fan vote, based on: 
- Overall coolness and originality: 25% 
- Most inspired details: 25% 
- Relevance to contest theme: 25% 
- Best use of LEGO elements: 25% 
These 15 entries will then be put forward to a fan vote, in which LEGO Ideas members can vote for their favorite entry. Members will have one vote, and one vote only. The vote will be open for one week, from May 18th, 2021 until May 25th, 2021. Based on the community votes, there will be one Grand Prize winner and five Runner Up winners.
The Fine Print
- You must be at least 13 years of age to participate and enter. 
- You may submit multiple entries to the contest, but only one entry per person will be considered when winners are selected. This means you cannot win as a semi-finalist and as the grand prize winner with two different entries.  
- Winners will be contacted on the email address associated with their LEGO ID account after May 25th, 2021. Winners will be announced on LEGO Ideas when all winners have returned the signed Winner’s Certification Documents. A winner who does not return their Winner’s Certification Document within one week (5 days) of receiving it will be disqualified, and a new winner will be selected.  
- This contest is not open to residents of Iran, North Korea, Myanmar/Burma, Zimbabwe, Sudan, Syria, any other U.S. sanctioned country and where prohibited or restricted by law.   
- By entering the contest, you agree to follow the rules on this Contest Brief page and you agree to the LEGO Ideas Terms of Service.   
- This contest is offered, organized and run solely by the LEGO Group. Participants should direct all queries and matters relating to the contest to LEGO Ideas.
Prizes:
One Grand Prize winner will receive:
- The exclusive opportunity to have your model transformed into a new LEGO Gift with Purchase set
- 92176 LEGO Ideas NASA Apollo Saturn V
- 21322 LEGO Ideas Pirates of Barracuda Bay
- 21326 LEGO Ideas Winnie the Pooh
- 40448 Vintage Car
Five Runner Up winners will each receive:   
- 92176 LEGO Ideas NASA Apollo Saturn V
- 21326 LEGO Ideas Winnie the Pooh
- 40448 Vintage Car
Frequently Asked Questions
For more information, see the Contest FAQ.