Celebrate your favorite Ford Mustang in a beautiful scenery!
Winner Announcement
The winners have been chosen! Thank you for participating in this contest. We've been blown away by all the amazing entries!
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From the classic muscle cars to the high-performance sport vehicles of today, the legendary Ford Mustang has been seen in many different memorable styles over the years. Which model has been your favorite so far? We challenge you to build your favorite Ford Mustang in a scenery where you would take it. So, get ready to head out on a brick-built road trip down memory lane!
The Grand Prize winner will receive the 10265 LEGO Creator Expert Ford Mustang, the 75884 LEGO Speed Champions 1968 Ford Mustang Fastback and a $500 shopping spree on shop.LEGO.com.
ENTRY DEADLINE: Submit your entry no later than April 3rd, 2019 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 April 3rd, 2019 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 the winners by April 16th, 2019.
- Winners Announcement - We share the Grand Prize winner and two Runner Up winners here on LEGO Ideas no later than April 26th, 2019!
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
- You’re allowed to use all LEGO elements in your entry, including LEGO System, LEGO DUPLO and LEGO TECHNIC elements. The LEGO elements must be genuine (not cut, glued, drawn on or otherwise modified).
- Entries should include a scenery with one or more Ford Mustangs of your choice in it and not consist of or contain copies of any other existing third-party work or creation or infringements of any third-party intellectual property (IP) right. This means all entries containing third party IPs, such as printed parts or Minifigures accessories from Marvel and DC Comics™ Super Heroes, Star Wars™, Lord of the Rings, etc. will not be eligible for the contest – this also includes The LEGO Movie.
- The scenery can be brick-built, or you can take your brick-built Ford Mustang out in a real-life setting to show us where you would take it. Just remember not to include any IP related items in your photos.
- You can use Minifigures in your entry, as long as they don’t belong to any third-party IPs, with the exception of Ford. Non-IP Minifigures are allowed.
- No custom artwork (stickers/prints). Entries may only contain official LEGO-made stickers or printed elements from non-licensed sets, with the exception of Ford.
- 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 made by, or on behalf of, someone else.
- Entries must be new creations and not previously posted online or submitted to any other contest.
- 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, such as Photoshop, to enhance your entry’s presentation.
- 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.
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 Creator team and Ford team will choose a Grand Prize winner and two Runner Up winners based on:
- Overall coolness and originality: 25%
- Most inspired details: 25%
- Relevance to contest 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 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 April 16th, 2019. 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:
- One 10265 LEGO Creator Expert Ford Mustang
- One 75884 LEGO Speed Champions 1968 Ford Mustang Fastback
- A $500 shopping spree on shop.LEGO.com
Two Runner Up winners will each receive:
- One 10265 LEGO Creator Expert Ford Mustang
- One 75884 LEGO Speed Champions 1968 Ford Mustang Fastback
- A $300 shopping spree on shop.LEGO.com
Frequently Asked Questions
For more information, see the Contests Beta FAQ.