Exploring The Cosmos
Winner Announcement
The winners have been chosen! Thank you for participating and making this challenge great.
Can you imagine how awesome the spacecraft and bases on planets will look like in 100+ years as humans start to explore the cosmos?
Using LEGO Bricks, we’re looking for our greatest intrepid explorers on LEGO Ideas to build space exploration vehicles and planetary bases!
Space scooters, hoverboards and balloons could work to get people where they need to go. But what about when they get there? We’d also love to see crazy futuristic homes for Minifigures to stay in, filled with futuristic tech.
Your submissions should use between 150 - 250 elements, in order to be accepted in this challenge. No IP references will be allowed, and be sure to start your submission title with either 'Base:' or 'Vehicle:' depending on your submission.
Two winners of the Fan Vote for this challenge will have the exclusive opportunity to see their submission transformed into an official LEGO Ideas Insiders Reward set! One base and one vehicle will be selected.
The Fan Vote for this challenge will feature a maximum of 30 submissions, made up of 50% vehicles and 50% bases.
As a Grand Prize winner of this contest, you will get the exclusive opportunity to have your model transformed into a new LEGO Ideas Insiders Reward set and 10 copies of the final set. On top of that, you will also receive the following:
- 10283 NASA Space Shuttle Discovery
- 21340 Tales of the Space Age
- 42158 NASA Mars Rover Perseverance
- 31152 Astronaut
- 42180 Mars Crew Exploration Rover
ENTRY DEADLINE: Submit your entry no later than the 21st of February, 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 21st of February, 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 30 entries, which will then go forward to a Fan Vote, on the 28th of February, 2024.
- Voting Phase – LEGO Ideas members will then have the opportunity to vote once, for their favorite entry from the 1st of March to the 8th of March, 2024
- Winners Announcement - We'll share the two Grand Prize winners and four Runner-Up winners here on LEGO Ideas no later than the 13th of March, 2024!
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 five 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 blue Submit Your Entry button on this page.
Challenge 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 challenge. 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 challenge.
- 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 NASA.
- 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
- Challenge 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 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* including either 'Vehicle:' or 'Base': depending on your submission.
- 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 Extended Line team, will choose a maximum of 30 submissions for the Fan Vote, based on:
- Overall coolness and originality: 25%
- Most inspired details: 25%
- Relevance to challenge theme: 25%
- Best use of LEGO elements: 25%
These entries will then be put forward to a fan vote, in which LEGO Ideas members can vote for their favorite entry. Members will have two votes, so you can vote for both 1 Vehicle and 1 Base. The vote will be open for one week, from the 1st of March to the 8th of March, 2024. Based on the community votes, there will be two Grand Prize winners and four 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 challenge, 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 the 8th of March, 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 which 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.
- Image credit goes to Delusion Brick and their Andromeda Galaxy submission.
Prizes:
Two grand prize winners will receive:
- 10283 NASA Space Shuttle Discovery
- 21340 Tales of the Space Age
- 42158 NASA Mars Rover Perseverance
- 31152 Astronaut
- 42180 Mars Crew Exploration Rover
Four Runner Up winners will each receive:
- 42180 Mars Crew Exploration Rover
- 21340 Tales of the Space Age
Frequently Asked Questions
For more information, see the Challenge FAQ.