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The Lego Group is a Danish toy company that has produced many products based on original and licensed properties. The following is a list of products that were unproduced or unreleased cancelled media.
A Phineas and Ferb themed board game was originally intended to release in 2012 as part of the Lego Games theme but went unreleased for unknown reasons. The building instructions for the set later leaked online in 2013. [1]
On July 21, 2020, ten days before its release, The Lego Group recalled a Lego Technic set based on the Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey. In response, The Lego Group cited conflicts with their brand values and pressure from external groups, including peace activists who protested the set as the reasons for the cancellation, stating:
"The LEGO Technic Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey was designed to highlight the important role the aircraft plays in search and rescue efforts. While the set clearly depicts how a rescue version of the plane might look, the aircraft is only used by the military. We have a long-standing policy not to create sets which feature real military vehicles, so it has been decided not to proceed with the launch of this product. We appreciate that some fans who were looking forward to this set may be disappointed, but we believe it's important to ensure that we uphold our brand values."
— The Lego Group [2]
In 2021 a Lego City set was leaked in an advertisement from a Lego Friends instruction manual, depicting a brick building with features such as a brick-built dynamite stick prop on the top of it, as well as a cartoonish bomb print with an exaggerated facial expression to the left side. The building is assumed to be depicting a dynamite factory, with crook minifigures being seen robbing it, and a police helicopter also being included seen hovering over it. [3]
On 23 March the fan blog Brick Fanatics confirmed that after reaching out to The Lego Group for a comment, Lego had confirmed to them they had decided to cancel plans to release the set, clarifying that it went against their brand values and had also provided this statement on behalf of their decision:
"With LEGO CITY, we always aim to represent the reality of the world in a way that is fun, positive and appropriate for kids", the CITY team stated. "With this in mind, we have decided not to launch this product as we no longer feel it is in keeping with the values of the LEGO CITY brand".
— The Lego Group [4]
In December 2021, The Lego Group announced a set based on Overwatch 2 titled Titan, which was scheduled for release in February 2022. [5] [6] [7] [8] On January 11, 2022, The Lego Group announced that the release had been delayed indefinitely while the company reviewed its partnership with Activision Blizzard, following a workplace misconduct lawsuit filed by the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH). [9] [10] As of October 2025, there have been no updates regarding the potential release of the set or the continuation of the Lego Overwatch theme.
In December 2022, the fan site Brick Fanatics reported that a polybag featuring a minifigure in a football uniform, seemingly intended as a tie-in for the rumored game LEGO 2K Goooal!, had been discovered on LEGO.com’s Certifications and Policies page. [11] While other sites have listed the figure, no further information about its release has surfaced, suggesting it may have been quietly cancelled alongside the game.
During development on Lego Island , Mindscape had created a bespoke game engine that they intended to reuse for potential sequels and spin-offs. [12] The first of these follow-ups was a spin-off titled Lego Sea Challenge (also known as Beneath the LEGO Phanta Sea). [13] According to Lego Island's senior producer, Scott Anderson, the game was going to feature "submarines & divers trying to stop a Brickster-type character from upsetting 5-7 different underwater ecologies." [14]
Lego Sea Challenge was canceled shortly after Lego Island's release, following a distribution dispute that caused Mindscape to lose the Lego license. [15]
Another planned followup to Lego Island from Mindscape was Lego Adventurers, (also known as Lego Dig and Lego Explorers). [16] The game would have seen Pepper Roni and the Infomaniac from Lego Island, along with some new characters, exploring the Lost City of OGEL for ancient artifacts.
Simillar to Lego Sea Challenge, the project was canceled when Mindscape lost the Lego license, shortly after Lego Island's release.
In 1998, Krisalis Software began work on a title called Lego Fantasy, intended as a tie-in for an animated series being developed by Vision Scape Interactive, titled Adventures in LEGO World. [17] After the show was canceled, the studio decided to rework their early prototype into a sequel to Lego Island. [18] However, they were later replaced by Silicon Dreams Studio, who restarted development and developed Lego Island 2: The Brickster's Revenge in 2001. [19]
Shortly before the release of Lego Creator and after acquiring the license for Star Wars-themed sets, Lego Media asked Superscape to produce a demo for a potential Star Wars version of the game. After three days of development, Lucasfilm reportedly wasn’t interested when shown the project and declined to give The Lego Group the Star Wars video game license. [20]
Several years later, in 2005, Lego Star Wars: The Video Game was released, the first of several Lego-themed Star Wars games.
In the late 1990s, Lego Media began exploring ideas for a soccer-themed game, with Data Design Interactive starting development on Lego Soccer 2000 (also known as Lego Football 2000) in 1998. The game was canceled the following year, and Silicon Dreams Studio later developed Football Mania in 2002 instead. [21]
A third game in the Lego My Style subseries, alongside Lego My Style: Preschool and Lego My Style: Kindergarten, titled Lego My Style: Parade had started development at Brainchild Studios but was never released for unknown reasons. [22]
Sometime in early 2001 The Lego Group hired the video game development company Saffire to create a game centered around the original 2001 storyline of the Bionicle toyline, involving the Toa Mata as they fight off against Makuta's swarms of evil Rahi that threat the island of Mata Nui. The game would have each individual Toa go onto their perspective region and fight off against the enemies relating to the level. After beating the level, the Toa would progress onto the next level and would be given a new Kanohi mask to help them along on their journey. Towards the end of the level, the Toa would then have to face off against their perspective elemental monster based on their element. The game was originally meant to be released in 2001, but was pushed back to another year to 2002, before ultimately being cancelled. In 2001 the PC port was planned for release, as well as the possibility of a GameCube port early the following year before being scrapped altogether. The gameplay has been described as being in a similar style to that of The Legend of Zelda series, specifically the Ocarina of Time and Majora's Mask entries of the series.
The game was also planned to have included the original orange Kanohi Mask of Time, but due to the games' cancellation, was instead released as a promotional polybag in select Walgreens stores.
Shortly before the company's liquidation in August 2003, reports suggested that Attention To Detail was working on a sequel to Drome Racers, referred to as both Lego Racers 4 and Drome Racers 2. [23] Intended as an open-world title, the game reportedly suffered from significant publisher interference and was canceled as a result of budget disagreements as well as feature creep. [24] [23]
In 2003, Blitz Games began developing a game titled Lego Soccer Adventure (also known as Lego Super Soccer Adventure). Unlike Football Mania, it wasn’t meant to be a football simulator but rather an action-adventure game that used soccer mechanics in puzzle-based levels. Players would guide a soccer ball through themed environments, solving challenges and avoiding enemies that tried to steal it. [25]
The game was canceled due to the budget becoming too high to continue development. [25] A prototype build for the PlayStation 2, dated 6 February, 2003 was later leaked online. [26]
In 2004, an advertisement for a game titled LEGO Racers CC appeared in some Lego catalogs. [27] No further information about the game has surfaced since.
TT Games created a test animation featuring a James Bond minifigure in 2005, along with Indiana Jones and Lara Croft. Although they hoped to produce a LEGO video game adaptation of James Bond, the release of Casino Royale dissuaded LEGO from licensing the "dark and gritty" property. [28]
The test animation that was created by TT Games featured a Lara Croft minifigure (along with James Bond and Indiana Jones), since Eidos Interactive had published LEGO Star Wars: The Video Game and had a good relationship with TT Games. However, TT Games did not feel that a standalone LEGO Tomb Raider game would not be justified, so they approached Lucasfilm with the proposal of a crossover game starring Lara Croft and Indiana Jones. Lucasfilm immediately shot down the concept due to perceiving Tomb Raider as having "stolen" ideas from Indiana Jones. [28] LEGO Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures was ultimately released without any representation from Tomb Raider.
In late 2008, images of some upcoming sets for 2009 were released online. Some of these boxes included an advertisement for a previously unannounced game titled Lego Racers: The Video Game. [29] No further information about the game surfaced until 2013, when an anonymous developer from Firebrand Games shared some screenshots and 3D models they had created for it. [30] [31] They claimed the game was intended for the Nintendo DS, but the screenshots were higher quality than the system could support, suggesting it may have been planned as a dual release for the DS and Wii.
Following the sponsored Lego Hero Factory: Breakout event, the Roblox Corporation and The Lego Group originally had a deal to release another Lego-tie in event on the platform later that same year, but this time, to promote the Lego Star Wars: The Clone Wars line of sets from 2012, that were directly based on the 2008 CGI-animated series of the same name.
The planned event never came to fruition and was ultimately cancelled, and went largely unnoticed for several years until assets, including character models for Darth Vader and a Clone trooper from the event, were discovered via a portfolio site created by Stephen Jobe, a 3D artist contracted by Roblox at the time. [32]
At the London Toy Fair held in January 2014 a DLC covering the events of the final film in The Hobbit series, was reported to be released around the time of the film at the end of that year. [33] Ultimately, no DLC was released. Over a year later, in a correspondence with GameSpot it was revealed that, despite no actual cancellation of the DLC, there were no longer any plans to adapt the film as a DLC, nor to adapt it as another game. [34] [35]
A pitch composed of cutscenes recreating various scenes from the movies was made towards the end of development on Lego Dimensions by the same studio, TT Games. Two different versions of the trailers were leaked onto Discord in late 2024, and its authenticity was confirmed by Paul Hughes, a former tech director on Lego-related projects at TT Fusion. [36]
In April 2025, the contents of a Nintendo Switch development kit from 2017 were leaked online. Among these files, a title screen was discovered for what appeared to be a Lego-themed crossover game with the Civilization series. The game was not playable or bootable beyond this screen, so its gameplay remains unknown. [37]
A mobile version of Lego Worlds had reportedly been in development by Playdemic before the studio was acquired by Electronic Arts (EA). TT Games took over development following the acquisition and the game was quietly canceled sometime after. [38]
In March 2023, a report from Nintendo Life revealed that a Disney themed Lego game that wasn't based on Star Wars or Marvel, known internally as Project Marley, had been in development at TT Games before being cancelled in 2022. [38] The game was set to include characters from several Disney and Pixar animated films, as well as franchises such as The Muppets, Pirates of the Caribbean and The Nightmare Before Christmas.
Gameplay was described as being similar to Disney Dreamlight Valley , with players exploring an overworld alongside dungeons, with the player's main objective being to cleanse each world of a mysterious force corrupting the environment. Reportedly, TT Games had been struggling with the direction of the game and canceled it after about four years of development due to the similarities to Disney Dreamlight Valley which launched in early access the same year. [38]
A Marvel themed game, based on the Guardians of the Galaxy, known internally as Project Cosmic, had been in development by TT Games for around a year and a half before being canceled for unknown reasons. [38]
In March 2023, following leaks the previous year, it was announced that The LEGO Group and 2K Games had formed a multi-game partnership, with the first title, LEGO 2K Drive , released on 19 May 2023. [39]
In June 2023, a rating was discovered on the South Korean ratings board suggesting that the next game would be a football game titled LEGO 2K Goooal!. [40] Around the same time, a listing was briefly published on the PlayStation Store before being taken down. [41] No further information on the game has emerged since, and it appears to have been quietly cancelled, amid other cancellations by 2K's parent company, Take-Two Interactive. [42] [43]
Shortly after the release of Lego City Undercover in 2013, several developers at TT Fusion pitched a sequel but it was rejected for unknown reasons. [44]
In 2009 Universal Home Entertainment released a CGI-animated direct-to-video film, titled Bionicle: The Legend Reborn .
Not much info has been revealed about the sequel, but a general idea of the film's plot through the first draft was posted on the unofficial Bionicle community site BZPower in a blog post by Greg Farshtey (who went under the name GregF on fan-sites), the story writer for the series. [45]
In 2012 The Hollywood Reporter reported that Universal were trying to sign a deal with The Lego Group to acquire the film rights for a live-action film based on the Hero Factory toyline. Michael Finch and Alex Litvak were said to have wrote the film, while Mark Gordon and Bryan Zuriff of The Mark Gordon Company were set to produce alongside Ben Forkner and Dean Schnider of Film 360. [46]
In March 2015 Warner Bros. announced that a third Lego Movie spin-off, titled The Billion Brick Race was in development. Jason Segel and Drew Pearce were signed on to co-direct and write the film. By August 2017, Jorge R. Gutierrez signed on as director, with Pearce stepping down. At that time, the film was scheduled to be released on 24 May 2019, but in 2018 Gutierrez left the project. [47] [48] [49] Following the box office underperformance of The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part , the franchise moved to Universal Pictures in December 2019. [50] [51]
Two additional shorts based on The Lego Movie (franchise) for theatrical distribution were in production alongside The Master in 2016: Contagious directed by Patrick Osbourne, and Emmet Amuck directed by Jon Saunders and Ross Evans. Both ultimately went unreleased. [52] [53] [54]
In December 2018 Chris McKay confirmed that a sequel to The Lego Batman Movie was in development and that he would return to direct the film. [55]
Plans were to have the film be released in December 2022, but this release date was dropped, alongside the entirety of the production on the sequel due to Universal Pictures acquiring the film rights to produce full length Lego films. [56] [57]
In 2021 McKay revealed that the script was being written by Michael Waldron and Dan Harmon. It would have focused on Batman's relationship with the Justice League, particularly Superman, and the main villains would have been Lex Luthor and OMAC. [58]
Around 1997, Mindscape, the developer of Lego Island, pitched a television series titled Lego Pirates to The Lego Group, but it was rejected. [59] The project was later picked up by the BBC, but was never released due to regulations concerning advertising to children. [60] The pilot was later found and uploaded to YouTube in 2018. [61]
Around 1998, Vision Scape Interactive began work on an animated series called Adventures in LEGO World. The show would have followed three children and their dog, Blocko, who use magical watches to travel to LEGO World. Little is known about the series beyond a demo that was once available on Vision Scape's website. [17]
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