LEGO ideas results Sept 2020 - no castle love
Posted: Wed Sep 30, 2020 3:12 pm
Hi all,
Once again LEGO Ideas has passed over some castle-y goodness. The official choice is a life-size desk globe and a Sonic the Hedgehog set is still in consideration (probably IP negotiations). They also announced an electric guitar set based on a contest they held.
[url=https://ideas.lego.com/blogs/a4ae09b6-0d4c-4 ... ba50cd869f][img]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50401426 ... b1ea_m.jpg[/img][/url] [url=https://ideas.lego.com/blogs/a4ae09b6-0d4c-4 ... ba50cd869f][img]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50401426 ... 5c12_m.jpg[/img][/url] [url=https://ideas.lego.com/blogs/a4ae09b6-0d4c-4 ... ba50cd869f][img]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50401426 ... b007_m.jpg[/img][/url]
There were two castle sets they rejected and one ancient.
[url=https://ideas.lego.com/projects/1dfd211d-88f ... 48da921adf]Legend of Zelda, Hyrule Castle[/url] - No surprise here, they've rejected multiple Zelda sets. I'm guessing they either already have Zelda sets in the works (given their recent relationship with Nintendo), and so won't go with an Ideas suggestion, or else they've already considered and rejected doing Zelda. In either case I think they should just stop going through the motions of considering Zelda Ideas submissions.
[url=https://ideas.lego.com/projects/1dfd211d-88f ... 48da921adf][img]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50401585 ... d45d_w.jpg[/img][/url]
[url=https://ideas.lego.com/projects/94db894f-c51 ... 079eb83ac5]Castle in the Forest[/url] - This would have been the most straight-up castle set, but (sorry to be negative on this) I didn't see anything super special about it. There are tons of similarly-scaled MOCs posted in our forums that are much more interesting, both visually and in building technique.
[url=https://ideas.lego.com/projects/94db894f-c51 ... 079eb83ac5][img]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50401585 ... 4dfc_w.jpg[/img][/url]
[url=https://ideas.lego.com/projects/378bb68b-f88 ... 0846e8f0e0]Ancient Rome[/url] - Interesting, and my favorite of these three, but probably not practical as a set for sale. I think it would be cool if they'd do sets like the Architecture Skyline sets but of historical cities. I could see that being much more viable as a set.
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Personally, and, I know, a betrayal to my castle roots, the Idea that I'm most disappointed they rejected was the [url=https://ideas.lego.com/projects/473e666e-0c0 ... de78e09e7e]Project Gemini proposal[/url]. I love real space stuff.
Bruce
Once again LEGO Ideas has passed over some castle-y goodness. The official choice is a life-size desk globe and a Sonic the Hedgehog set is still in consideration (probably IP negotiations). They also announced an electric guitar set based on a contest they held.
[url=https://ideas.lego.com/blogs/a4ae09b6-0d4c-4 ... ba50cd869f][img]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50401426 ... b1ea_m.jpg[/img][/url] [url=https://ideas.lego.com/blogs/a4ae09b6-0d4c-4 ... ba50cd869f][img]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50401426 ... 5c12_m.jpg[/img][/url] [url=https://ideas.lego.com/blogs/a4ae09b6-0d4c-4 ... ba50cd869f][img]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50401426 ... b007_m.jpg[/img][/url]
There were two castle sets they rejected and one ancient.
[url=https://ideas.lego.com/projects/1dfd211d-88f ... 48da921adf]Legend of Zelda, Hyrule Castle[/url] - No surprise here, they've rejected multiple Zelda sets. I'm guessing they either already have Zelda sets in the works (given their recent relationship with Nintendo), and so won't go with an Ideas suggestion, or else they've already considered and rejected doing Zelda. In either case I think they should just stop going through the motions of considering Zelda Ideas submissions.
[url=https://ideas.lego.com/projects/1dfd211d-88f ... 48da921adf][img]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50401585 ... d45d_w.jpg[/img][/url]
[url=https://ideas.lego.com/projects/94db894f-c51 ... 079eb83ac5]Castle in the Forest[/url] - This would have been the most straight-up castle set, but (sorry to be negative on this) I didn't see anything super special about it. There are tons of similarly-scaled MOCs posted in our forums that are much more interesting, both visually and in building technique.
[url=https://ideas.lego.com/projects/94db894f-c51 ... 079eb83ac5][img]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50401585 ... 4dfc_w.jpg[/img][/url]
[url=https://ideas.lego.com/projects/378bb68b-f88 ... 0846e8f0e0]Ancient Rome[/url] - Interesting, and my favorite of these three, but probably not practical as a set for sale. I think it would be cool if they'd do sets like the Architecture Skyline sets but of historical cities. I could see that being much more viable as a set.
[url=https://ideas.lego.com/projects/378bb68b-f88 ... 0846e8f0e0][img]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50401585 ... 7e2c_w.jpg[/img][/url]
Personally, and, I know, a betrayal to my castle roots, the Idea that I'm most disappointed they rejected was the [url=https://ideas.lego.com/projects/473e666e-0c0 ... de78e09e7e]Project Gemini proposal[/url]. I love real space stuff.
Bruce