Jack Skellington’s Swap-a-roo: Transform the Holiday Worlds of Old!
Idea Intake
It’s time to share your ideas with the community. We look forward to your contribution!
To celebrate the release of our newest LEGO Ideas set ‘Disney Tim Burton’s "The Nightmare Before Christmas”’, we ask you to dive into the enchanting world of Jack Skellington and other characters.
Transform a classic Christmas element into a scary Halloween-themed version using LEGO bricks. Reimagine your chosen Christmas element as if it were part of Halloween Town.
Think twisted branches, eerie decorations, and scary surprises. Use a mix of LEGO bricks and special pieces to bring your haunted creation to life. Incorporate dark colors, cobwebs, and Halloween accessories.
Embrace your inner Pumpkin King and let the haunting holiday magic begin! We can't wait to see your scary transformations!
✨ If you are the Grand Prize Winner of this challenge, you’ll receive the following:
- 21351- Nightmare before Christmas (signed by the designers) - updated on October 21st.
- 43230 - Walt Disney Tribute Camera
- 21332 - The Globe
- 21338 - A-Frame Cabin
- 21346 - Family Tree
🗓️ ENTRY DEADLINE: Submit your entry no later than November 20th 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 – Create and submit your entry before November 20th 2024 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. If your entry is submitted before the intake closing date but is sent back to you for changes, you will have until November 21st 2024 at 6:00 a.m EST to resubmit. Resubmissions after this will not be accepted.
Judging Phase - Our judges review the entries and choose the winning entries by November 26th 2024.
Winners Announcement - We'll share the winners here on LEGO Ideas no later than December 2nd 2024 at 6:00.
💻 How to Enter:
- Submissions may be built 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 a minimum of 4 and a maximum of 10 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.
- Please note, we don't accept videos hosted on 3rd party platforms (like YouTube) in your submission. You can upload your video directly to our platform when submitting your entry.
- Add a title and short description.
- Upload your entry to the challenge using the Submit Entry button on this page.
📜 Rules:
Acceptable Entry Content
- 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/Construction) in your entry. The LEGO elements must be genuine (not cut, glued, or otherwise modified).
- Entries should not contain references to any existing third-party work or creation or infringements of any third-party intellectual property right such as BeetleJuice or Mickey Mouse. You are allowed to reference ‘Disney Tim Burton’s "The Nightmare Before Christmas”’ .
- You may use Minifigures in your entry. Please only use generic Minifigures in your submission, or minifigures from the ‘Disney Tim Burton’s "The Nightmare Before Christmas”’ LEGO set .
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, such as Photoshop, to enhance your entry’s presentation.
- Entries containing photos that are too dark or blurry will not be approved. 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 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 team will choose the winners 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 16 years of age to participate and enter.
- Any and all submissions that feature any AI-generated art in any way, will not be accepted.
- 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 November 26th 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.
🏆 Prizes:
If you are a Grand Prize winner of this challenge, you will receive the following:
- 21351- Nightmare before Christmas (signed by the designers) - updated on October 21st.
- 43230 - Walt Disney Tribute Camera
- 21332 - The Globe
- 21338 - A-Frame Cabin
- 21346 - Family Tree
If you are one of two Runner Ups of this challenge, you will receive the following:
- 21351 - Nightmare before Christmas
- 21334 - Jazz Quartet
- 43230 - Walt Disney Tribute Camera
❓Frequently Asked Questions
For more information, see the Challenges FAQ.