CUUSOO is a Japanese partner of The LEGO Group. They work with the LEGO Group to produce community supported sets. If an idea submitted to the website gains 10,000 (originally 1,000) supporters, it stands a chance of being produced as an official LEGO product.
Background
CUUSOO and LEGO started working together in 2008 and the scheme was launched worldwide on April 23 2011. Originally, it was based solely in Japan, and LEGO CUUSOO projects required only 1,000 supports to be considered for production. In October 2011, it was announced that, starting in October, anyone could upload a creation to lego.cuusoo.com, and if their creation receives enough (10,000) supporters, it will be reviewed by the LEGO Group for a chance to be made into an official LEGO product. Recently, it was announced that you have to be 18 to submit a project. The website is currently in open beta.
Notes
- According to legocuuso.uservoice.com, CUUSOO is a Japanese word, pronounced "KOO-soh", that, when translated loosely into English, means “wish” or to “wish something into existence.” [1]
Minifigures
Accomplishments
Sets/Accepted Projects
- 21100 Shinkai 6500 (1st project)
- 21101 Hayabusa (2nd project)
- 21102 LEGO Minecraft Micro World (3rd project)
- 21103 Back to the Future Time Machine (4th project to be made, 6th project to reach 10,000 votes)
- 21104 Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity Rover (5th project to be made, 13th project to reach 10,000 votes)
- Exo Suit (7th project to be made, 16th project to reach 10,000 votes)
- 21108 LEGO Ghostbusters (6th project to be made, 26th project to reach 10,000 votes)
Fall 2013 Review
- Female Minifigure Set (23rd project)
Winter 2013/14 Review
- Macross VF-1 Valkyrie +Fast pack / Armored parts (30th project)
- Sherlock (31st project)
- Legend of Zelda: Iron Knuckle Encounter (32nd project)
- Japanese old style architecture (33rd project)
- The Adventure Time Project (34th project)
- BTTF - UCS DeLorean Time Machine (35th project)
Jan-May 2014
- LEGO Bird Project (36th project)
- Modular Apple Store (37th project)
- BTTF - Jules Verne Train (38th project)
- Doctor Who (39th project)
- The Big Bang Theory (40th project)
- Doctor Who And Companions (41th project)
Rejected Projects
- The Winchester - Shaun of the Dead (4th project) – Rejected due to subject matter
- EVE Online Ships - Rifter (5th project) – Rejected due to licensing
- LEGO Legend Of Zelda (7th project) – Rejected due to the use of complex new moulds
- Firefly Serenity playset (8th project) – Rejected due to subject matter
- Modular Western Town (9th project) – Rejected due to conflict with a current theme
- STAR WARS DARK BUCKET (10th project) – Rejected due to licensing
- UCS Sandcrawler (12th project) – Rejected due to licensing
- Thinking with Portals! (11th project)
- Purdue Pete (14th project)
- Space Troopers! (15th project)
- Andy/Bugdroid the Android by Google (17th project)
- - The Legend of Zelda - (18th project)
- Mini Shop Series (20th project)
- Batmobile Tumbler Minifig Scale (21st project)
- League of Legends of Lego (22nd project)
- Land-Rover Defender 110 (19th project)
- ATLAS mini model - education/outreach project (24th project)
- FTL: Faster Than Light (25th project)
- Poptropica: Dr. Hare's Lair (27th project)
- Ghostbusters (28th project) – Rejected due to similar project reaching 10,000 in the same review period first, and the other project was used as a basis for the final model
- The Road to Oz (29th project)
Current Top 10 Supported
- Invisible Hand (+8,800 supporters)
- LEGO Lightsabers: Darth Vader and Luke Skywalker (+7,900 supporters)
- Assault on Wayne Manor (+7,900 supporters)
- Labyrinth Marble Maze (+7,200 supporters)
- X-Men: X-Mansion (+7,200 supporters)
- Warsaw City Bus: Ikarus 260.04 #289 (+6,200 supporters)
- Piano (+6,200 supporters)
- Douglas DC-3 (+5,100 supporters)
- The Goonies 30th Anniversary - The Inferno (+5,000 supporters)
- MINECRAFT TooManyItems! (+5,000 supporters)
List of sets
| Image | # | Set | Number of pieces | Minifigures | Price | Release |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 21100 | Shinkai 6500 | 412 | N/A | February 17, 2011 | |
 | 21101 | Hayabusa | 369 | Junichiro Kawaguchi | $49.00 / €49,99 | March 1, 2012 (Japan) July 11, 2012 (Shop@home) |
 | 21102 | Micro World | 480 | Creeper, Steve | $34.99 / €34.99 | June 1, 2012 |
 | 21103 | Back to the Future Time Machine | 401 | Marty McFly, Doc Brown | $34.99 / €39.99 | July 18, 2013 (Comic-Con only) August 1, 2013 (Standard release) |
 | 21104 | Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity Rover | 295 | N/A | $29.99 / €29.99 | January 1, 2014 |
 | 21108 | LEGO Ghostbusters | 508 | Dr. Peter Venkman, Dr. Raymond "Ray" Stantz, Dr. Egon Spengler, Winston Zeddemore | $49.99 / €49.99 | June 1st, 2014 |
Video
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