LEGO Ideas, formerly known as 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 10,000 supporters, it will be reviewed by the LEGO Group for a chance to be made into an official LEGO product. CUUSOO was replaced by LEGO Ideas.
List of sets
Image | # | Set | Number of pieces | Minifigures | Price | Release |
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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 | Ghostbusters Ecto-1 | 508 | Dr. Peter Venkman, Dr. Raymond "Ray" Stantz, Dr. Egon Spengler, Winston Zeddemore | $49.99 / €49.99 | June 1st, 2014 | |
21109 | Exo Suit | 321 | Pete, Yve | $34.99 / €34.99 | August 1, 2014 | |
21110 | Research Institute | 165 | Astronomer, Chemist, Paleontologist | $19.99 / €19.99 | August 1, 2014 | |
21301 | Birds | 580 | N/A | $44.99 / €44.99 | January 1, 2015 |
Age Restrictions
When LEGO Ideas was known as CUUSOO, users had to be 13 years or older to create an account, but 18 years or older to submit a project. Since April 30 2014, users still have to be 13 years or older to create an account, but now all users have the chance to submit a project. If the project creator is under 18, they require parental permission for their project to be produced if it passes the review.
Notes
- Prior to April 30, 2014, Ideas was named CUUSOO.[1]
- CUUSOO is a Japanese word, pronounced "KOO-soh", that, when translated loosely into English, means “wish” or to “wish something into existence.” [2]
Accomplishments
Sets/Accepted Projects
- 21100 Shinkai 6500 (1st project)
- 21101 Hayabusa (2nd project)
- 21102 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)
- 21108 Ghostbusters Ecto-1 (7th project to be approved, 6th project to be made, 26th project to reach 10,000 votes)
- 21109 Exo Suit (6th project to be approved, 7th project to be made, 16th project to reach 10,000 votes)
- 21110 Research Institute (8th project to be approved, 8th project to be made, 23rd project to reach 10,000 votes)
- 21301 Birds (9th project to be approved, 9th project to be made, 36th project to reach 10,000 votes)
- The Big Bang Theory (10th project to be approved, 10th project to be made, 40th project to reach 10,000 votes)
2nd Review 2014
- Doctor Who (39th project to reach 10,000 votes)
- Doctor Who and Companions (41st project to reach 10,000 votes)
- Assault on Wayne Manor (42nd project to reach 10,000 votes)
- Invisible Hand (43rd project to reach 10,000 votes)
- X-Men: X-Mansion (44th project to reach 10,000 votes)
- LEGO Lightsabers: Darth Vader and Luke Skywalker (45th project to reach 10,000 votes)
- UCS All Terrain Armoured Transport (46th project to reach 10,000 votes)
- WALL•E (47th project to reach 10,000 votes)
- Ghostbusters HQ (48th project to reach 10,000 votes)
- THE HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE (49th project to reach 10,000 votes)
3rd Review 2014
- Avengers Helicarrier (50th project to reach 10,000 votes)
- Labyrinth Marble Maze (51st project to reach 10,000 votes)
- F7A Hornet (52nd project to reach 10,000 votes)
- The Goonies 30th Anniversary - The Inferno (53rd project to reach 10,000 votes)
- The Natural History Museum - Creator Expert (54th project to reach 10,000 votes)
- Lords of the Rings Set: Minas Tirith (55th project to reach 10,000 votes)
- Jurassic Park (56th project to reach 10,000 votes)
- Piano (57th project to reach 10,000 votes)
- Flying Dutchman (58th project to reach 10,000 votes)
1st Review 2015
- The Discworld (59th project to reach 10,000 votes)
- Science Adventures (60th project to reach 10,000 votes)
Current Top 10 Supported
- Disney Princess Frozen: Elsa's Ice Palace (+9,200 supporters)
- Douglas DC-3 (+8,700 supporters)
- 1969 Chevrolet Corvette (+7,700 supporters)
- Bricksauria | Tyrannosaurus Rex (+7,600 supporters)
- Iron Man Hulkbuster Project (+7,400 supporters)
- Medieval Market Street (+7,400 supporters)
- Daft Punk (+7,200 supporters)
- Warsaw City Bus: Ikarus 260.04 #289 (+6,800 supporters)
- RMS Titanic (+6,500 supporters)
- Legend of Zelda: King of Red Lions Play Set (+6,500 supporters)
Rejected Projects
- The Winchester - Shaun of the Dead (4th project to reach 10,000 votes) – 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 a similar project reaching 10,000 first and was used for the final model
- The Road to Oz (29th project)
- 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)
- Modular Apple Store (37th project)
- BTTF - Jules Verne Train (38th project)