Record-Breaking Six LEGO Ideas Sets Given the Official Seal of Approval

With over 3,000 fan-made Product Ideas listed on LEGO Ideas, just deciding which projects to support can be a full-time hobby. But voting for your favourites is crucial to help them reach the coveted 10,000 supporter milestone, also known as the 10K Club.

Three times a year, the LEGO Ideas Review Board carefully considers every suggested set in the 10K Club. Those that make the grade go forward to be developed into a commercially available LEGO set.

It's not a competition - after each round of reviews, the board might pick none, one, or several sets to develop. But until now, they've never selected six from a single review.

A record-breaking crop of LEGO Ideas

During LEGO Ideas Review Announcement 2025-1, host Jordan Scott dropped the bombshell that an unprecedented six sets had been chosen from the 57 Product Ideas to reach 10,000 supporters this time around.

We'll look in more detail at each of these below, but they include:

• Downton Abbey: Highclere Castle by Sebastian Veselka, aka BRO3
• T. The Extra-Terrestrial by Richard Lemeiter, aka Lafabrick
• Go Go Power Rangers! LEGO Megazord by Truman Cheng, aka TrumanBricks
• La Catrina by Jose Miguel Medina Perez, aka Yop1172
• Smurf Village by Robin Schenkelaars, aka The Half Blood Baron
• ラーメン。Ramen by Michal Duda, aka Micdud

Another four ideas have been put in 'The Parking Lot' for future consideration. That means that they reached the 10K milestone and haven't been rejected, but can't currently go into development. LEGO will consider them again for a maximum of three review rounds.

These ideas include:

• Camping Trip by Fuma Terai, aka terauma
• Daft Punk Concert by Patrick Harboun, aka RobotRock
• Golden Girls by Marcin Konofalski, aka Martin_Studio
• The Old Man and the Sea by I-Yan Ha, aka Iyan ha

That means that right now, there are ten sets in total that are either going into development, or are due to be considered again when the time is right. It's a huge win for the LEGO Ideas community!

What are the six approved LEGO Ideas?

LEGO Ideas are often some of the most creative, iconic, pop-culture-inspired sets, and this round's six approved LEGO Ideas are no exception to that rule.

Downton Abbey: Highclere Castle by Sebastian Veselka, aka BRO3

Magnificent castles make great LEGO sets. The mighty 6,020-piece LEGO Harry Potter Hogwarts Castle (71043) and the gorgeous LEGO Architecture Neuschwanstein Castle (21063) are proof of that.

So BRO3's detailed Downton Abbey Highclere Castle LEGO Ideas proposal would likely be a popular addition to the list. The design was put forward to coincide with the 15th anniversary of the show, and includes a whole host of interior rooms.

The suggested interiors in BRO3's original proposal are:

• Carson's office
• Dining room
• Guest room
• Kitchen
• Lady Mary's room
• Servants' room

Another five empty rooms in the towers can be decorated by the builder and could give LEGO some spaces to create small modular add-ons, like the modular Hogwarts series. There's also Lady Mary's bench as a standalone bonus bit of brick-built scenery.

With 15 unique LEGO Minifigures, including the Crawley family and the servants, this set would cover most of the main cast of characters. Whether all 15 will make the commercially available set remains to be seen!

E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial by Richard Lemeiter, aka Lafabrick

Some LEGO Ideas do an incredible job of capturing iconic characters. Terauma's LEGO Ideas Gremlins: Gizmo (21361) did it well, and now Lafabrick's E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial continues the 1980s movie nostalgia.

The proposed posable figure stands over 30cm tall, about a third of E.T.'s real height, but this extends to 38cm thanks to a gear on the figure's back, which extends his neck just like in the movie.

LEGO E.T.'s head, lips, arms, hands, fingers and feet can all be moved to adjust his pose, enabling the figure to express an impressive range of emotions. And pushing a button on his side illuminates E.T.'s chest, like in the film's finale. He'll be right here...

Most of the detail in this build is in E.T. himself, with a total of 2,662 pieces in the proposed design for the Extra-Terrestrial. In addition, there's a 318-piece recreation of the pot of colourful flowers that represents Elliot's emotional connection with the alien, and a 10-part trail of candy to entice E.T. out of the garden shed!

It's a gorgeous set and if it stays around 30cm tall once it's in production, it would be a fun companion for the 20cm LEGO Gizmo as the ultimate 80s movie creatures double act.

Go Go Power Rangers! LEGO Megazord by Truman Cheng, aka TrumanBricks

Jumping forward a decade, Go Go Power Rangers! LEGO Megazord is one for all the 90s kids out there. The proposed design by TrumanBricks contains five Power Rangers LEGO Minifigures (Black, Blue, Red, Yellow and Pink Rangers) along with a 1,225-piece brick-built Megazord figure.

It's actually genius to design a Mighty Morphin Dino Megazord out of LEGO, as the finished build has plenty of posable parts, including its head, shoulders, hips, elbows, wrists, knees and ankles.

The Megazord can also split into five individual Dino Zords:

• Mastodon
• Pterodactyl
• Saber-Tooth Tiger
• Triceratops
• Tyrannosaurus

Each of these also has posable limbs. The potential for play with this set is huge and the aesthetic of the smaller zords is so perfectly 90s, it hits all the right nostalgia triggers.

This isn't TrumanBricks' first attempt at this set - a previous submission reached over 7,000 supporters, but fell short of the coveted 10K. With some design tweaks to match the TV Megazord more closely, it's great to see this improved version get over the line AND make the six-set shortlist for commercial production.

La Catrina by Jose Miguel Medina Perez, aka Yop1172

This one is very cool. La Calavera Catrina is a character dating from 1910-12 which is now a central part of the Mexican culture around the Day of the Dead. Originally an illustration, La Catrina often takes 3D form as a clay sculpture, and that's what Yop1172 has paid tribute to.

An impressive brick-built figure containing 2,894 pieces, La Catrina uses no stickers to achieve a highly decorated finish, instead doing it all with different shapes and colours of LEGO bricks.

The proposed build stands nearly 90cm tall when complete (the same height as the real-life E.T.!) with realistic human proportions from head to toe. Flexibility in the joints means the arms can be posed at the shoulders, elbows, forearms, wrists and fingers, while the neck, head and jaw can all be adjusted too.

Yop1172 originally designed this set digitally, but was inspired to build a physical model too. It has to be a good sign when the original designer felt compelled to turn their virtual idea into reality. This should be an impressive sight once it hits the shops.

Smurf Village by Robin Schenkelaars, aka The Half Blood Baron

From one cultural icon to another, Smurf Village contains around 2,700 pieces which assemble to create several separate structures:

• Chef Smurf's bakery
• Handy Smurf's workshop
• Papa Smurf's house
• Smurfette's house
• Riverside rowboat
• Village bridge
• Village well

Again there's an ambitious list of 15 LEGO Smurfs Minifigures, including 14 Smurfs and Gargamel, plus an Azrael cat figure. With plenty of accessories for the Smurfs to hold, this would be a great play set for fans of all ages.

One of the most impressive things about this set is the way The Half Blood Baron has managed to fit tiny decorated interiors into each of the Smurfs' mushroom houses. There's a small reception room in the 'stalk' and a ladder up to a bedroom in the 'cap', making Smurf Village feel inhabitable.

The initial proposal says: "The Smurfs was one of my favourite comics during my childhood and I hope to bring this feeling of nostalgia for the franchise into LEGO." Mission accomplished, Robin!

ラーメン。Ramen by Michal Duda, aka Micdud

And finally on the list of six, we have the bilingually named ラーメン。Ramen, a set that pays tribute to noodle soup (and looks good enough to eat!).

Micdud has crammed a lot into this brick-built noodle bowl, including:

• Ramen noodles
• Chashu bacon
• Nitamago eggs
• Naruto Maki fishcakes
• Cooked shrimp
• Panko shrimp
• "Many variations" of mushrooms
• Pak-choi cabbage
• Nori algae
• Corn
• Chives
• Broth (in three different colours)

The standout stroke of genius among all of that has to be the brick-built cooked shrimp, which are actually constructed on LEGO Brick Separator Tools. It works so well and it's a fantastic use for an iconic but under-appreciated piece.

Along with the 'food' the set also contains a brick-built blue ceramic bowl, a roll-out bamboo pad, a chirirenge spoon, and a pair of chopsticks in decorative 'paper' wrapping.

The idea is for the builder to decide what to place in their noodle bowl, which means every LEGO Ramen display will be different. It's a cute way to allow you to express your own personal tastes in this set and to create a LEGO display like no other.

The Parking Lot Projects

With four projects in The Parking Lot, it's still possible that this round of reviews could hit double figures in the future.

Those parked projects are:

Camping Trip by Fuma Terai, aka terauma

Hot on the heels of LEGO Ideas Gremlins: Gizmo (21361), Terauma has another set in contention for commercial production. Camping Trip would be a gorgeous LEGO display with a split-level forest scene.

The lower level features a parked off-road vehicle, while the higher level contains a tent, fireplace, sleeping bags, hammock, lanterns and other camping gear. Stone steps connect the two levels, which are backed by trees.

It's a super cute scene and it's not immediately obvious why this one got parked. Maybe LEGO think it's too soon to approve another Terauma design, but either way, this pretty little set deserves its shot.

Daft Punk Concert by Patrick Harboun, aka RobotRock

After winning the Grand Prize in LEGO's Music To Our Ears! global competition, and then seeing Daft Punk's appearance in the LEGO movie Piece By Piece, RobotRock decided it was time to submit this concept as a LEGO Ideas proposal.

It's an incredibly dynamic build, with a motorised rotating box built of transparent bricks, inside a pyramid illuminated by dangling lights, and all based on Daft Punk's Alive 2007 stage.

The animated images that accompany this idea must have played a part in getting it into the 10K Club. Hopefully, LEGO can figure out the licensing and Daft Punk say yes to putting it into full production!

Golden Girls by Marcin Konofalski, aka Martin_Studio

It's sweet that this design not only recreates the kitchen from the classic American sitcom The Golden Girls, but also has the rigging and lights on top to pay homage to the studio where the series was filmed.

The kitchen itself is absolutely amazing, and you can almost hear the four LEGO Minifigure Golden Girls - Rose, Blanche, Dorothy and Sophia - chatting at the table over coffee or breakfast.

Another deeply, deeply nostalgic set, it would be awesome if this kicked off a whole LEGO Golden Girls theme, as Martin_Studio suggests a living room set to relive even more laughs in "a fun and interactive way".

The Old Man and the Sea by I-Yan Ha, aka Iyan Ha

Looking like a pop-up book version of Hemingway's classic novel, The Old Man and the Sea has a really striking aesthetic and would be a welcome tribute to literature.

Iyan Ha writes: "This novel by Ernest Hemingway tells the story of man's spirit of challenge who is undaunted by defeat. My project is also like that." The project has already succeeded in joining the 10K Club - now it just needs the final approval from LEGO's Review Board.

The scene itself contains three mini-builds - the old man's boat, the marlin and the sea. Combined on the open-book base, they create a diorama rich in detail. If this one gets the nod, it will be a must-have LEGO bookshelf display for any fan of classic literature.

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Which LEGO Ideas winning sets do you like best? Did you vote for any of the lucky six? Let us know in the comments!