Asterix & Obelix

(I can't thank you, the supporters and fans, enough!)

As mentioned before, next year, in 2024, there will be an animation series on Netflix based on the first six Asterix comics. And in October this year, the 40th comic will have its release: The White Iris! With this jubilee album and the animation series, Asterix will perhaps be more popular than ever. During the time between these two events, the Asterix & Obelix LEGO IDEAS product idea will be in review, so fingers crossed! 

Our Gaulish heroes have conquered Rome, will they be able to win the hearts of the people of Billund? 

 

Idéfix is a very important character from the Asterix and can’t be left out of course. Today, he even has his own animation series and comic book series (Idéfix et les Irréductibles). In my first LEGO IDEAS Asterix the Gaul product idea, I used the Chihuahua dog figure. Back in those days, the figure did not come in white (only in a light nougat color), so I gave it the white color in Studio. But nowadays there is a white version of it that came with the Rococo Aristocrat from Minifigure Series 24.

For my new Asterix & Obelix project, I used another dog figure for Idéfix that matches him better. It’s a dog design that occurs in LEGO Friends sets 41699 and 41704.

With the help of Péter Szalay, I turned this dog into Idéfix.

But we also had alternative for him: the white Terrier. This was also the alternative for the Chihuahua dog in my previous Asterix the Gaul project.

And here is the Idéfix version of the dog figure:

Some fans of the project have suggested this one but my preference is for the LEGO Friends dog version because it is a smaller dog. Anyway, I still wanted to include this alternative Idéfix figure in the updates just to show you the possibilities for Idéfix.

Asterix & Obelix have 9500 supporters now and we are so close to the last milestone of 10K! Let’s collect the remaining 500 Roman helmets as soon as possible!

To be continued …

P.s.: I created the small park moc in the picture, just for display purposes of the dogs. It is not a part of the Asterix & Obelix product idea.

(Source: LEGO)

(Source: Brick Owl)

No, wait. Let’s put it this way, because Obelix does not like the word thick when it comes to his appearance: the ‘strong LEGO arms’ of Baymax are a perfect suggestion for Obelix’ big arms. This torso could definitely be used for Obelix. By doing so, Obelix could certainly be made into a minifigure and still look like Obelix. 

 

Fans of the project also have suggested that if LEGO IDEAS would pick Asterix & Obelix to become a new IDEAS set, new molds should be made for the heads of the minifigures for the sake of their accuracy. The most important reasons for this are the big noses where Uderzo’s Asterix and Obelix, their friends and the Romans are well-known for. My supporters say – and I agree with these fans – it would be so cool if Asterix & Obelix will get their own typical head molds just like many of the Disney LEGO minifigures have their own specific head molds as well. The fans of the A & O project have also mentioned the LEGO Simpsons and Muppets minifigures as examples. 

I leave these very nice suggestions for the Review Team of LEGO IDEAS! 

 

We are so close to the 10K goal now! It’s some 600 supporters to go! 

 

I promised to add a special update about a suggestion from one of the supporters. 

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It is a bit like the 3+1 Creator sets and more or less the Barracuda Bay LEGO IDEAS set. One has the possibility to build something else from the original or initial builds. This is just an idea like my product idea is ‘an idea’. It is up to the Ideas Review Team for consideration, that is to say, if Asterix & Obelix reach that phase. 

First of all, we need 1000 supporters more to get there, so please share this project on your socials to collect as many Roman helmets as possible! Thanks again for getting this far already, but let’s go on to reach that finish line! 

Here is a short video about the suggestion:

Back Asterix:

Front Obelix:

Back Obelix:

Less than 1400 supporters to go! Let collect those Roman helmets to reach the 10K goal soon!

 

(From: De Roos & Het Zwaard, Dutch version)

I prefer this version because the bars 6L with ring stop (Gandalf’s staff, part 63965) that stick out of the roof resemble the wooden roof of Asterix’ hut at its best. But there’s also another reason why my preference is for this roof and it has to do with the interesting comment from a supporter, that I mentioned in a previous update. This update would actually be about that particular comment but I figured I needed another step in between. It has to do with parts 30137 and 30136. If we collect a thousand helmets more and reach 9K, I will reveal what it is all about! 

Hopefully we will get there soon! Please share my Asterix & Obelix project in order to gain 10 000 supporters … even less than 2000 supporters to go!

 

The term means ‘The White Iris’ and refers to a new Roman school philosophy. It will be a humorous adventure about ‘positive thinking’ and ‘personal development’, stated Fabcaro, the writer of the new comic. Didier Conrad has taken up the drawing pen for this 40th installment of the Asterix series.

(Source: The Official Asterix and Obelix Facebook)

Asterix & Obelix have acquired ¾ of the required supporters! We have collected more than 7600 helmets. Less than 2400 to go. In the meantime, the project has gotten very nice comments like:

“Thank you for your in-depth description of this fantasy comic world! It was very well written and thorough, which is great for those of us unfamiliar with this World. I think the set is very well designed with many details. Good luck to you, as I think this set would be a hit for Lego!” 

 

Someone else wrote:

“We’ve seen several Asterix sets on LEGO Ideas but this one is the most convincing one. Not only does it look nice and close to the books but it also looks like kids could play with it and I think that’s an important thing. So, well done!”