If We Could Turn Back Time
Winner Announcement
The winners have been chosen! Thank you for participating and making this challenge great.
We’re talking leg warmers and big hair: this challenge is all about the 80s!
Regardless of if you were around in the 80s or not, there are so many iconic TV shows and films from that era. With a huge amount of nostalgia and the chance to become a LEGO Ideas Fan Designer, could you build submissions that celebrate these shows and films using good old LEGO bricks?
There must be a retro show or film you love from that era that inspires you. A cult classic, something from your childhood, or an old-school action-packed adventure!
Your submissions should:
- Only reference approved intellectual properties (IPs) as disclosed in our IP checking tool.
- If an IP is not listed in our IP tool, then you may submit the creation, after which our evaluation team will evaluate the suitability of the IP. It may therefore be either approved or denied. You can find the IP checking tool by visiting https://ideas.lego.com/projects/create and clicking “Submit Idea”.
- Choosing to base your submission on any current or previous LEGO set with an appropriate IP (Indiana Jones, Seinfeld, TRON) will not be accepted.
- Your submission must be either entirely new creations or expired Product Ideas. Active Product Ideas will not be accepted.
A judging panel consisting of members of the LEGO Ideas Review Board will select all the entries that participate in the Fan Vote.
Just like the ‘What does family mean to you?’ challenge, all entries that reach the Fan Vote phase could be a new LEGO Ideas Product!
For full details on what the judges are looking for, see the ‘Judging’ section of this challenge page.
A maximum of five (5) entries will be part of the fan vote following the judging process.
The winning entry in the Fan Vote will be compensated as a Product Idea prize winner as outlined in the Product Idea guidelines and Terms of Service. Meaning, they will receive the following:
- 1% of the total net sales of the product
- 10 complimentary copies of your LEGO Ideas set
- Credit and bio in set materials as the LEGO Ideas Fan Designer
Entries that are selected to participate in the Fan Vote will receive the following:
- 21314 Tron: LEGACY
- 21328 Seinfeld
- 10300 Back to the Future Time Machine
ENTRY DEADLINE: Submit your entry no later than the 9th of April, 2024 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 challenge will consist of 3 phases:
- Submission Phase - Build and submit your entry before the 9th of April, 2024 at 6:00 a.m. EST. We recommend submitting your entry 3-5 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 a maximum of 5 entries, which will then go forward to a Fan Vote, on the 26th of April, 2024.
- Voting Phase – LEGO Ideas members will then have the opportunity to vote once, for their favorite entry from the 26th of April 2024, to the 3rd of May 2024. UPDATE: The Fan Vote dates originally 16th of April to the 23rd of April, 2024. However, the Fan Vote was then changed to the 26th of April 2024, to the 3rd of May 2024.
- Winners Announcement - We'll share the results of the Fan Vote here on LEGO Ideas no later than the 16th of August, 2024!*
* - Although we would love to keep the original date for the Winner Announcement as June 14th, we still need a little more time to put the pieces together, in order to report back with the results of the Fan Vote and our newest Fan Designer! We will instead announce the results by August 16th, 2024 at the latest. Thank you for your understanding and patience. - The LEGO Ideas Team.
How to Enter:
- Submissions may be in either physical bricks or by using a digital building tool such as Bricklink’s Studio. You’re welcome to use image editing tools, such as Photoshop, to create your images.
- Take up to ten photos of your creation and submit them to the challenge. Make sure to show off all angles and any features or functions of your creation.
- Add a title and short description.
- Upload your entry to the challenge using the Submit Entry button on this page.
Challenge Rules:
Acceptable Entry Content
This challenge will follow the LEGO Ideas Product Ideas Guidelines with minor exceptions or additions to these.
Therefore, make sure you read our Product Ideas guidelines thoroughly to make sure your entry can be approved and is eligible for the challenge and review.
- Your submission must be either entirely new creations or expired Product Ideas. Active Product Ideas will not be accepted.
- 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). Please be aware that using very old elements that may not exist anymore, and which are crucial to your model, may reduce the chance of your model’s potentials success in becoming an official LEGO Ideas set as the element moulds may not exist anymore.
- Entries may only reference approved intellectual properties (IPs) as disclosed in our IP checking tool. If an IP is not listed in our IP tool, then you may submit the creation, after which our evaluation team will evaluate the suitability of the IP. It may therefore be either approved or denied.
- You can find the IP checking tool by visiting https://ideas.lego.com/projects/create and clicking “Submit Idea”.
Entry Quality Standards
- You may submit digital entries using Bricklink’s Studio, which is free of charge to download. You are also welcome to 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 challenge. 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 in pictures you submit. Photos containing people 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 challenge.
- Any cheating or harassment of other participants will result in disqualification from the challenge.
- Your challenge entries and comments on challenge entries must follow the complete LEGO Ideas House Rules.
Submission Requirements
In order to get your submission approved, your submission must include the following:
- A title*
- Photos of your build
- A description*
- Entries may have tags*, if you wish.
* - Submissions should have correct capitalization and not have any spelling mistakes.
Judging
A panel of judges consisting of members of the LEGO Ideas Review Board will select a maximum of 5 entries that will participate in the Fan Vote. Judging for the Fan Vote will be based on:
- Overall coolness and originality: 25%
- Most inspired details: 25%
- Relevance to challenge theme: 25%
- Best use of LEGO elements: 25%
The Fine Print
- You must be at least 13 years of age to participate and enter.
- You may submit multiple entries to the challenge, but only one entry per person will be considered for the Fan Vote.
- At the point an entry is selected to be turned into a LEGO Ideas set, the winning fan will be contacted in advance of the public winner announcement via their email address associated with their LEGO Ideas account. They will need to fill out a necessary non-disclosure agreement and copyright assignment agreement documentation.
- Winners will be contacted on the email address associated with their LEGO ID account after the 3rd of May, 2024. 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.
- Active participation by way of submissions of any kind to this challenge is not open to residents of Iran, North Korea, Myanmar/Burma, Zimbabwe, Sudan, Syria, Russia, or any other country that is subjected to sanctions and where prohibited or restricted by law, for as long as such sanctions remain in place. Submissions in active challenges by residents of Russia will unfortunately not be eligible for prizes as long as sanctions remain in place.
- If you are a resident of Ukraine or Belarus and are selected as a challenge winner, your prizes will be shipped at a later date once shipping resumes normal operation.
- By entering the challenge, you agree to follow the rules on this Challenge Brief page and you agree to the LEGO Ideas Terms of Service.
- This challenge is offered, organized, and run solely by the LEGO Group. Participants should direct all queries and matters relating to the challenge to LEGO Ideas.
Prizes:
The winning entry in the Fan Vote will be compensated as a Product Idea prize winner as outlined in the Product Idea guidelines and Terms of Service. Meaning, they will receive the following:
- 1% of the total net sales of the product
- 10 complimentary copies of your LEGO Ideas set
- Credit and bio in set materials as the LEGO Ideas Fan Designer
Entries that are selected to participate in the Fan Vote will receive the following:
- 21314 Tron: LEGACY
- 21328 Seinfeld
- 10300 Back to the Future Time Machine
Frequently Asked Questions
For more information, see the Challenge FAQ.