Lego Ideas

Lego Ideas (formerly known as Lego Cuusoo) is a website started by Cuusoo and The Lego Group in 2008 which allows users to submit ideas for Lego products to be turned into potential sets available commercially, with the original designer receiving 1% of the royalties.[1]

Background

Lego Ideas was first introduced as an offshoot of the Japanese website Cuusoo, produced as a collaboration between that company and The Lego Group. Titled Lego Cuusoo, the site was labeled a beta site and remained so until the unveiling of Lego Ideas as a finished product.[2]

Process

User submission phase

Users express their idea by combining a written description of the idea and a sample Lego model that demonstrates the concept into a project page. Once the page is published it is viewable to other users. The goal of every project is to be supported by 10,000 different users, which would then make the project eligible for review. At first, projects would be kept on the Cuusoo/Ideas website for up to two years and then taken down if the project did not reach the 10,000 required votes of support. Lego Ideas later changed the threshold to include a minimum number of 1,000 votes in the first year after submission or the project would expire, followed by six months to reach 5,000 and then another six months to reach the 10,000 supported votes.

Originally, project submissions were allowed to be about anything and had no limits on the size and style of project. After sets began to be rejected with stated reasons, Lego Ideas announced restrictions on content including the use of no new part molds, banning intellectual properties owned by competing toy companies, and adult content. Lego Ideas further restricted project submissions in June 2016 by limiting the size of the project, any project replicating a life-size weapon, and any project based on an intellectual property already produced as a set by Lego Ideas/Cuusoo.[3]

All eligible projects are collectively reviewed in the order of whichever projects hit 10,000 supporters within any of the three tri-annual deadlines of May, September, or January.

Review phase

Due to the increasing number of project submissions based on ideas that the Lego Company would reject, Lego Ideas has refined its submission standards over the years.

Since its inception, a number of sets that have reached the 10,000 vote threshold have been rejected during the review for various reasons. Some rejected sets have been based on specific intellectual properties were rejected due to the content matter presented. Anything which contains alcohol, sex, drugs, religious references, post-World War II warfare or based on a first-person shooter is deemed inappropriate for younger Lego fans.[1] IPs that have been rejected for this reason have been based on Firefly[4] and Shaun of the Dead.[5]

Other projects which have been rejected include ones based on My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic due to the property being owned by rival toy manufacturer Hasbro,[6] certain sets based on The Legend of Zelda due to the need to create too many original molds, although Lego did not completely rule out other projects based on the franchise,[7] and a Sandcrawler set for the Ultimate Collector Series due to The Lego Group's ongoing collaboration with Lucasfilm on Lego Star Wars.[8]

In the first 2015 review, announced in October 2015, no projects were selected for the first time[9] as the many projects were rejected for various reasons. Many of these projects would not have met the revised submission standards issued in June 2016.

Production phase

If the product is cleared for production, it is developed and later released as an official set under the "Lego Ideas" banner. Users that have their projects produced receive ten copies of the final set, as well as a 1% royalty of the product's net sales.[2]

Sets

Currently fifteen sets have been produced and eighteen sets have been announced:

     Set based on an original idea
     Set based on an existing theme/license or intellectual property
Bold line indicates when branding changed from Cuusoo to Ideas

Cuusoo/Ideas # Set # Project Title Set Name Released Creator Project Notes
#001 21100 Shinkai Expedition Shinkai 6500 Submarine February 17, 2011 (Japan) At_guy Link Only released in Japan.
#002 21101 Asteroid Exploration Spacecraft Hayabusa Hayabusa March 1, 2012 (Japan)
July 11, 2012 (international)		 Daisuke Okubo[10] Link First announced Cuusoo set to be internationally available.
#003 21102 Lego Minecraft Minecraft Micro World June 1, 2012 Mojang Link Based on the video game Minecraft.[11] First set to be start a new Lego theme Lego Minecraft.
#004 21103 Back to the Future DeLorean Time Machine The DeLorean Time Machine August 1, 2013 m.togami and Sakuretsu Link Based on the Back to the Future DeLorean time machine.[12]
#005 21104 Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity Rover NASA Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity Rover January 1, 2014 Stephen Pakbaz (under alias Perijove) Link Based on the NASA Mars Curiosity Rover.
#006 21108 Ghostbusters 30th Anniversary Ghostbusters Ecto-1 June 1, 2014 Brent Waller Link Based on the Ecto-1 from the Ghostbusters franchise.
#007 21109 Exo Suit August 1, 2014 Peter Reid Link
#008 21110 Female Minifigure Set Research Institute August 1, 2014 Ellen Kooijman (under alias Alatariel) Link
#009 21301 LEGO Bird Project Birds January 1, 2015 DeTomaso Link
#010 21302 The Big Bang Theory August 1, 2015 Ellen Kooijman (under alias Alatariel) Link Based on the TV series The Big Bang Theory.
#012*[13] 21303 WALL-E September 1, 2015 Angus MacLane Link Based on the Pixar film WALL-E.
*Announced as Ideas #011 but released as Ideas #012. Was released before Ideas #011 (Doctor Who set) as it was under review prior to WALL-E but took longer gain approval.
#011[13] 21304 Doctor Who and Companions Doctor Who December 1, 2015[14] Andrew Clark Link Based on the BBC TV series Doctor Who.
#013[15] 21305 Labyrinth Marble Maze Maze April 1, 2016[16] Jason Allemann (under alias JKBrickworks) Link
#014[17] 21307[18] Caterham Super Seven Caterham Seven 620R[18] October 1, 2016[18] Carl Greatrix Link Based on the classic British sports car.
#016[17] 21308 Brick-built Adventure Time figures Adventure Time January 1, 2017[19] aBetterMonkey Link Based on the animated series Adventure Time.
#015[20] 21306 Beatles Yellow Submarine The Beatles Yellow Submarine November 1, 2016 Kevin Szeto Link Based on the animated film Yellow Submarine.
[20] Apollo 11 Saturn V saabfan
whatsuptoday		 Link Based on the rocket used for NASA's Apollo 11 moon mission.
[21] Old Fishing Store Robert Bontenbal (as RobenAnne) Link

References

  1. 1 2 "Project Guidelines and House Rules". LEGO Ideas.
  2. 1 2 Schlagwein, Daniel; Bjørn-Andersen, Niels (2014), "Organizational Learning with Crowdsourcing: The Revelatory Case of LEGO" (PDF), Journal of the Association for Information Systems, 15 (11)
  3. ↑ "Updates to LEGO Ideas Guidelines and TOS". Lego Ideas. June 21, 2016.
  4. ↑ "Congratulations to the Firefly Serenity playset reaching 10,000 supporters! Here's our decision on fit with the LEGO brand.". Lego Cuusoo (archived at the Internet Archive). 2012-05-07. Archived from the original on May 10, 2012.
  5. ↑ "LEGO CUUSOO: The Winchester – Shaun Of The Dead Rejected". smashing-bricks.com. 2012-04-27.
  6. ↑ Sethisto, Sethisto (2012-06-04). "Lego Cuusoo Pony Project Canned". equestriadaily.com.
  7. ↑ Towell, Justin (December 21, 2012). "Legend of Zelda LEGO rejected at final stage". Games Radar. Retrieved 28 July 2013.
  8. ↑ Courtney, Tim (June 14, 2013). "Results of the Fall 2012 LEGO® Review". The Official LEGO CUUSOO Blog. LEGO CUUSOO. Retrieved 27 July 2013.
  9. ↑ "First 2015 LEGO Review Results: A different kind of announcement". Lego Ideas. October 30, 2015.
  10. ↑ Pearlman, Robert Z. (2012-03-03). "LEGO launches spacecraft model chosen by fans". MSNBC.
  11. ↑ Totilo, Stephen (2012-01-24). "There Will Be Official Minecraft Lego Sets". Kotaku.
  12. ↑ Rundle, Michael. "Lego To Make Official Back To The Future DeLorean After Fans' Vote". Huffpost Tech. Retrieved December 21, 2012.
  13. 1 2 "LEGO Ideas Second 2014 Review Results: Announcing LEGO Ideas #011 and #012". LEGO Ideas.
  14. ↑ "Introducing LEGO® Ideas 21304 Doctor Who". LEGO Ideas. October 5, 2015.
  15. ↑ "Third 2014 LEGO Review Results: Announcing LEGO Ideas #013". Lego Ideas. May 28, 2015.
  16. ↑ "LEGO Systems Unveils Hundreds of New Building Sets to Spark Creative Play for Builders of All Ages and Interests". PR Newswire. February 11, 2016.
  17. 1 2 "LEGO Ideas Second 2015 Review Results". Lego Ideas. March 11, 2016.
  18. 1 2 3 "IDEAS 21307 Caterham Seven 620R". Euro Bricks. August 22, 2016.
  19. ↑ "What time is it? The reveal of 21308 Adventure Time!". Brickset.com. July 13, 2016.
  20. 1 2 "LEGO Ideas Third 2015 Review Results". Lego Ideas. June 9, 2016.
  21. ↑ "LEGO Ideas First 2016 Review Results". Lego Ideas. October 6, 2016.

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