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Other names | Lego Cuusoo (2008–2014) |
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Subject | Community Supported Builds |
Licensed from | The Lego Group |
Availability | 2008–present |
Total sets | 63 [1] |
Official website |
Lego Ideas (formerly known as Lego Cuusoo and stylized in start case) is a website run by Chaordix and The Lego Group, 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. [2] It began in 2008 as an offshoot of the Japanese company CUUSOO, named after the Japanese word 空想 kūsō, meaning "daydream" or "fantasy".
Under the name LEGO CUUSOO, the original website was labeled a beta test until rebranding as Lego Ideas and transitioning to the Chaordix software platform in 2014. [3] [4]
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 100 votes in the first 60 days after submission or the project would expire, followed by a year to reach 1,000 votes, another six months to reach 5,000 votes and finally 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 to a maximum of 3,000 pieces (an update on September 30, 2024, raised the element count from 3,000 to 5,000. A minimum element count was also set at 200 elements. This same update also introduced a minifigure-to-element ratio), any project replicating a life-size weapon, and any project based on an intellectual property already produced as a set by Lego Ideas/Cuusoo. [5] Ideas further restricted submissions in 2017 by disallowing any projects based on third-party licenses already being produced by Lego, such as Star Wars and Harry Potter . [6]
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.
Due to the increasing number of project submissions based on ideas that The Lego Group 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. Any theme that relates to alcohol, sex, drugs, religious references, post-World War II warfare or based on a first-person shooter is deemed inappropriate for younger Lego fans. [2] IPs that have been rejected for this reason have been based on Firefly [7] and Shaun of the Dead . [8]
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, [9] 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, [10] and a Sandcrawler set for the Ultimate Collector Series due to The Lego Group's ongoing collaboration with Lucasfilm on Lego Star Wars. [11]
In the first 2015 review, announced in October 2015, no projects were selected for the first time [12] 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.
A record 26 projects qualified for the first 2020 review followed by another record 35 qualified projects in the second 2020 review. [13] [14] Lego cited the sudden increase in projects surpassing the 10,000 vote threshold was likely due to the global lockdown amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. [15] The first 2021 review phase saw yet another record number with 57 qualified projects [16] after one project was disqualified due to an intellectual property conflict. [17] [18]
If the product is cleared for production, it is further developed by Lego set designers and the final model gets 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 and credit and bio in set materials as the Lego Ideas set creator. [3] [19]
As of May 2025, 72 Lego Ideas sets have been produced and 83 sets have been announced, including GWP sets:
Set based on an original idea
Set based on an existing intellectual property
Sets are listed in order of announcement. Bold line indicates when branding changed from Cuusoo to Ideas. Flags represent the creators country of origin.
Cuusoo/Ideas # | Set # | Set name (Project title) | Released | Creator name (username) | Project | Notes |
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#001 | 21100 | Shinkai 6500 Submarine (Shinkai Expedition) | February 17, 2011 (Japan) | ![]() | Link | Only released in Japan. |
#002 | 21101 | Hayabusa (Asteroid Exploration Spacecraft Hayabusa) | March 1, 2012 (Japan) July 11, 2012 (international) | ![]() | Link | First internationally released Lego Cuusoo set. [21] |
#003 | 21102 [22] | Minecraft Micro World (Lego Minecraft) | June 1, 2012 | ![]() | Link | Based on the video game Minecraft . [23] First set released under the Lego Minecraft theme. |
#004 | 21103 | The DeLorean Time Machine (Back to the Future DeLorean Time Machine) | August 1, 2013 | ![]() | Link | Based on the Back to the Future DeLorean time machine. [24] |
#005 | 21104 | NASA Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity Rover (Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity Rover) | January 1, 2014 | ![]() | Link | Based on the NASA Mars Curiosity Rover. |
#006 | 21108 | Ghostbusters Ecto-1 (Ghostbusters 30th Anniversary) [25] | June 1, 2014 | ![]() | Link | Based on the Ecto-1 from the Ghostbusters franchise. First set released under the Lego Ghostbusters theme. |
#007 | 21109 | Exo Suit (Exo Suit) | August 1, 2014 | ![]() | Link | Influenced by the Lego Space theme. |
#008 | 21110 | Research Institute (Female Minifigure Set) | August 1, 2014 | ![]() | Link | |
#009 | 21301 | Birds (Lego Bird Project) | January 1, 2015 | ![]() | Link | Includes models of a blue jay, robin, and hummingbird. |
#010 | 21302 | The Big Bang Theory (The Big Bang Theory) | August 1, 2015 | ![]() | Link | Based on the TV series The Big Bang Theory . |
#011 [26] | 21304 | Doctor Who (Doctor Who and Companions) | December 1, 2015 [27] | ![]() | Link | Based on the BBC TV series Doctor Who . |
#012 [a] [26] | 21303 | WALL-E (WALL-E) | September 1, 2015 | ![]() | Link | Based on the Pixar film WALL-E , a film that MacLane worked on as the directing animator. Re-released twice due to neck stability issues. [29] |
#013 [30] | 21305 | Maze (Labyrinth Marble Maze) | April 1, 2016 [31] | ![]() | Link | A Labyrinth marble game puzzle built from Lego bricks. |
#014 [32] | 21307 [33] | Caterham Seven 620R [33] (Caterham Super Seven) | October 1, 2016 [33] | ![]() | Link | Based on the Caterham 7 sports car. |
#015 [34] | 21306 | The Beatles Yellow Submarine (Beatles Yellow Submarine) | November 1, 2016 | ![]() | Link | Based on the Beatles' animated film Yellow Submarine . |
#016 [32] | 21308 | Adventure Time (Brick-built Adventure Time figures) | December 26, 2016 [35] | ![]() | Link | Based on the animated series Adventure Time . |
#017 [34] | 21309 | NASA Apollo Saturn V (Apollo 11 Saturn V) | June 1, 2017 | ![]() ![]() | Link | Based on the rocket used for NASA's Apollo 11 Moon mission, with the number of pieces matching the year the mission took place. Re-released in 2020 as set number 92176. [36] |
#018 [37] | 21310 | Old Fishing Store (Old Fishing Store) | September 1, 2017 | ![]() | Link | |
#019 [39] | 21312 | Women of NASA (Women of NASA) | November 1, 2017 | ![]() | Link | Based on accomplished women who have worked for NASA. [41] |
#020 [42] | 21313 | Ship in a Bottle (Ship In A Bottle, The Flagship Leviathan) | February 1, 2018 | ![]() | Link | A Ship in a bottle built from Lego bricks. Re-released in 2020 as set number 92177. [36] |
#021 [44] | 21314 | TRON: Legacy (Tron Legacy Light Cycle) [45] | March 31, 2018 | ![]() | Link | Based on the vehicle that appears in the film Tron: Legacy . |
#022 [42] | 21311 | Voltron (Voltron – Defender of the Universe) | August 1, 2018 | ![]() | Link | Based on the animated series Voltron . [48] |
#023 [49] | 21315 | Pop-Up Book (Pop-Up Book) | November 1, 2018 | ![]() ![]() | Link | Based on the classic fairy tales, Little Red Riding Hood and Jack and the Beanstalk . |
#024 [51] | 21316 | The Flintstones (The Flintstones) | March 1, 2019 | ![]() | Link | Based on the Hanna-Barbera cartoon The Flintstones . |
#025 [b] [54] [55] | 21317 | Steamboat Willie (Steamboat Willie) | April 1, 2019 | ![]() | Link | Based on the Walt Disney Studios short film Steamboat Willie . |
#026 [51] | 21318 | Tree House (Treehouse) | August 1, 2019 | ![]() | Link | |
#027 [54] | 21319 | Central Perk (The Central Perk Coffee of Friends) | September 1, 2019 | ![]() | Link | Based on the TV series Friends . A second Friends set was released under the LEGO Icons series in 2021. [59] |
#028 [60] | 21320 | Dinosaur Fossils (Dinosaurs Fossils Skeletons - Natural History Collection) | November 1, 2019 | ![]() | Link | Fossil skeleton models of a Tyrannosaurus , Triceratops , and Pteranodon . |
#029 [62] | 21321 | International Space Station (International Space Station) | February 1, 2020 | ![]() | Link | Based on the International Space Station. |
#030 [64] | 21322 | Pirates of Barracuda Bay (The Pirate Bay) | April 1, 2020 | ![]() | Link | Influenced by the Lego Pirates theme. |
#031 [64] | 21323 | Grand Piano (Playable Lego Piano) | August 1, 2020 | ![]() | Link | Initially qualified for the third review of 2018, but was not approved until the first review of 2019.[ citation needed ] A 25-key keyboard compatible with the Lego Powered Up mobile app. An original sheet music composition was performed in a video made for the concept's submission. [67] [68] |
#032 [69] | 21324 | 123 Sesame Street (123 Sesame Street) | November 1, 2020 | ![]() | Link | Based on the Sesame Street children's television program. [71] |
#033 [72] [73] | 21325 | Medieval Blacksmith (Medieval Blacksmith) | February 1, 2021 | ![]() | Link | |
#034 [75] | 21326 | Winnie the Pooh (Winnie the Pooh) [76] | April 1, 2021 | ![]() | Link | Based on the Winnie the Pooh franchise. |
#035 [78] [79] | 21327 | Typewriter (LEGO Typewriter) [80] | July 1, 2021 | ![]() | Link | |
#036 [78] [79] | 21328 | Seinfeld (Seinfeld 30th Anniversary) [82] | August 1, 2021 | ![]() | Link | Based on the TV series Seinfeld . |
#037 [13] [84] | 21329 [85] | Fender Stratocaster (Legendary Stratocaster) | October 1, 2021 | ![]() | Link | Winner of the Music to our Ears contest product idea review.[ citation needed ] |
#038 [78] [79] | 21330 [86] | Home Alone (Home Alone. McCallister's House.) [87] | November 1, 2021 | ![]() | Link | Based on the Home Alone franchise. |
#039 [89] [90] | 21331 [91] [92] | Sonic the Hedgehog Green Hill Zone (Sonic Mania – Green Hill Zone) [93] | January 1, 2022 | ![]() | Link | Based on the first level in Sonic the Hedgehog . [93] [95] |
#040 [13] [84] | 21332 [96] | The Globe (Earth Globe) [97] | February 1, 2022 | ![]() | Link | |
#041 [89] | 21333 | (Vincent van Gogh: The Starry Night) [99] [100] | May 28, 2022 (USA) May 30, 2022 (International) | ![]() | Link | Based on The Starry Night painting. |
#042 [102] | 21334 [103] | Jazz Quartet (Jazz Quartet) [104] [105] | July 1, 2022 | ![]() | Link | |
#043 [107] | 21335 | (Motorized Lighthouse) [108] [109] | September 1, 2022 | ![]() | Link | |
#044 [102] | 21336 | (The Office) [111] | October 1, 2022 | ![]() | Link | Based on the TV series The Office. [113] |
#045 | 21337 | Table Football (Foosball Table) [114] [115] [116] | November 1, 2022 | ![]() | Link | Winner of the We Love Sports contest product idea review.[ citation needed ] |
#046 [117] | 21338 | (A-Frame Cabin) [118] | February 1, 2023 | ![]() | Link | |
#047 | 21339 | (BTS "Dynamite") [120] | March 1, 2023 | ![]() ![]() | Link | Based on the South Korean boy band BTS and their music video for the song "Dynamite". |
#048 | 21340 | (Tales of the space age) [122] | May 5, 2023 | ![]() | Link | |
#049 | 21341 | (Hocus Pocus – The Sanderson Sisters' Cottage) [124] | July 4, 2023 | ![]() | Link | Based on the 1993 Disney film Hocus Pocus . |
#050 | 21342 | The Insect Collection (LEGO Insects) [126] [127] | September 4, 2023 | ![]() | Link | |
#051 | 21343 [129] | (Viking Village) | October 1, 2023 | ![]() | Link | Partnership with Target Corporation. |
#052 | 21344 | (The Orient Express, a Legendary Train) [131] | December 1, 2023 | ![]() | Link | Based on the Orient Express train. |
#053 | 21345 | (Polaroid Onestep SX-70) | January 1, 2024 | ![]() | Link | Based on the Polaroid Onestep SX-70 camera. |
#054 | 21346 | (Family Tree) [134] | February 1, 2024 | ![]() | Link | Winner of the Target What Does Family Mean to You? contest product idea review.[ citation needed ] |
#055 | 21347 | (Red London Telephone Box) [136] | February 1, 2024 | ![]() | Link | |
#056 | 21348 | Dungeons & Dragons: Red Dragon's Tale (Dragon's Keep: Journey's End) | March 19, 2024 | ![]() | Link | Based on the Dungeons & Dragons media franchise. In commemoration of the fiftieth anniversary of the franchise. |
#057 | 21349 | (Cat) [139] | June 1, 2024 | ![]() | Link | |
#058 | 21350 | (Jaws) | August 3, 2024 | ![]() | Link | Based on the Universal Pictures film Jaws . |
#059 | 21351 | (The Nightmare Before Christmas) | September 3, 2024 | ![]() | Link | Based on Disney Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas . |
#060 | 21352 | Magic of Disney (The Magic of Disney) | October 1, 2024 | ![]() (2A2A) | Link | Based on Walt Disney Animation Studios films. Features Pinocchio (1940), Fantasia (1940), The Little Mermaid (1989), Beauty and the Beast (1991), The Lion King (1994), Lilo & Stitch (2002), and Encanto (2021). |
#061 | 21353 | (The Botanical Garden) | November 1, 2024 | ![]() | Link | |
#062 | 21354 | (Twilight: Cullen House) | February 1, 2025 | ![]() | Link | Based on Summit Entertainment's The Twilight Saga franchise. |
#063 | 21355 | The Evolution of STEM (Knowledge is Power) | March 1, 2025 | ![]() | Link | |
#064 | 21356 | (Western River Steamboat) | April 10, 2025 | ![]() | Link | |
#065 | 21357 | (Disney Pixar Luxo Jr.) | June 1, 2025 | ![]() | Link | Based on Luxo Jr. from the 1986 short film Luxo Jr. from Pixar |
#066 | 21358 | (Minifigure Prize Machine) | June 4, 2025 | ![]() | Link | |
#067 | 21359 | (The Italian Riviera) | August 10, 2025 | ![]() | Link | |
#068 | 21360 | (Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory) | September 18, 2025 | ![]() ![]() (together known as 2PPL) | Link | Based on Allen & Unwin children's novel book Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (1964) by British author Roald Dahl. |
#069 | 21361 | Gremlins (Gizmo) | October 1, 2025 | ![]() | Link | Based on Amblin Entertainment and Warner Bros. Pictures the 1984 film Gremlins . |
#070 | 21362 | (Minerals Display) | TBA | ![]() (ddf72) | Link | |
#071 | 21363 | The Goonies (The Goonies 1985) | TBA | ![]() (Delusion Brick) | Based on Amblin Entertainment and Warner Bros. Pictures the 1985 film The Goonies . | |
#072 | (Floating Sea Otter) | TBA | ![]() | Link | ||
#073 | (Snoopy - Campfire) | TBA | Robert Becker (bossofdos64) | Link | Based on the Peanuts franchise by Charles M. Schulz. | |
#074 | Godzilla (Godzilla) | TBA | ![]() (MattE720) | Link | Based on Godzilla . | |
#075 | The Adventures of Tintin (Tintin - Space Rocket) | TBA | ![]() (tkel86) | Link | Based on the comic albums, The Adventures of Tintin . | |
LEGO Ideas offers contests to fan designers on the crowdsourcing platform.
Prizes include LEGO sets or, in some cases, the possibility of transforming the first prize into an official LEGO set in the form of a GWP (Gift With Purchase).
Currently, 6 competitions have been awarded with such a prize.
Set based on an original idea
Set based on an existing intellectual property
Set # | Set name (Project title) | Year of Release | Creator name (username) | Project | Notes |
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40335 | Space Rocket Ride (Comic Rocket Ride! Coin operated) | 2019 | mjsmiley | Link | Winner of the LEGO Moments in Space contest product idea review. |
40448 | Vintage Car (Aedelsten Deluxe) | 2021 | Versteinert | Link | Winner of the Build a vintage car to cruise the streets of LEGO modular buildings! contest product idea review. |
40487 | Sailboat Adventure (Sailing Ship Aventure) | 2021 | yc_solo | Link | Winner of the Build that holiday into that holiday! contest product idea review. |
40533 | Cosmic Cardboard Adventures (The Adventures of the USS Cardboard) | 2022 | bulldoozer | Link | Winner of the Out of this world space builds! contest product idea review. |
40566 | Ray the castaway (Ray the Castaway) | 2022 | DadiTwins | Link | Winner of the Do you want to go to the seaside? contest product idea review. |
40595 | (Tribute to Galileo Galilei) | 2023 | Firecracker_ | Link | Winner of the Ready, Set, Go STEM! contest product idea review. |
40698 | Books are my Passion (Reading, Reading and Reading) | 2024 | Fr_An | Link | Winner of the "Me, Myself and I" Challenge in 2023 |
40786 | (Micro Rail Command Center) | 2025 | Falkorich | Link | Winner of "Exploring the Cosmos" |
40788 | The Autumn Snails | 2025 | Jagamax | Link | Winner of "Build the Gift of Purchase Set of your Dreams" |
40789 | Vehicle: Moon Car | 2025 | EnchantingNoodle | Link | WInner of Exploring the Cosmos" |
In September 2022, LEGO Ideas opened an invite-only challenge to fan designers on the crowdsourcing platform for digitally designed sets with a limited palette.
In January 2023, 9 designs were selected with them set to be released for purchase on Lego.com throughout 2023. [141]
Set based on an original idea
Set based on an existing intellectual property
Set # | Set name (Project title) | Release date | Creator name (username) | Notes |
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ND | (Cyber Explorers) | 2023 | Beto_Builds | |
ND | (Plant Your Garden) | 2023 | Mind The Brick | |
ND | (Market Stall - Fit For Any City) | 2023 | Boom Brickz | |
ND | (Double-Sided Billboard or Frame) | 2023 | MiniBricks74279 | |
ND | (Wacky Fish) | 2023 | JBBrickFanatic | |
ND | (Modular Motors) | 2023 | nasa105 | |
ND | (Greenhouse Vignette) | 2023 | ThatOneGuy_Steve | |
ND | (Christmas Sock) | Late 2023 | BrickStability | |
ND | (Sugar Skull) | Late 2023 | yop1172 |
In September 2022, The Office (set number: 21336) was awarded "Toy of the Year" and also "Grown-Up Toy of the Year" by the Toy Association. [142]