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 began 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. 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
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)
- 21302 The Big Bang Theory (10th project to be approved, 10th project to be made, 40th project to reach 10,000 votes)
- 21303 WALL•E (11th project to be approved, 47th project to reach 10,000 votes)
- Doctor Who and Companions (12th project to be approved, 41st project to reach 10,000 votes)
- Labyrinth Marble Maze (13th project to be approved, 51st project to reach 10,000 votes)
3rd Review 2014
- F7A Hornet (52nd 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)
- Medieval Market Street (61st project to reach 10,000 votes)
- Disney Princess Frozen: Elsa's Ice Palace (62nd project to reach 10,000 votes)
- Douglas DC-3 (63rd project to reach 10,000 votes)
- Bricksauria | Tyrannosaurus Rex (64th project to reach 10,000 votes)
- International Space Station (65th project to reach 10,000 votes)
- The Golden Girls Living Room and Kitchen Modular Set with Dorothy, Rose, Blanche, Sophia, and Stan (66th project to reach 10,000 votes)
- Legend of Zelda: King of Red Lions Play Set (67th project to reach 10,000 votes)
- RMS Titanic (68th project to reach 10,000 votes)
- 1969 Chevrolet Corvette (69th project to reach 10,000 votes)
- Small YELLOW (70th project to reach 10,000 votes)
- Daft Punk (71st project to reach 10,000 votes)
2nd Review 2015
- Brick-built Adventure Time figures (72nd project to reach 10,000 votes)
- Caterham Super Seven (73rd project to reach 10,000 votes)
- Modular Library (74th project to reach 10,000 votes)
- Lothlorien (75th project to reach 10,000 votes)
- LEGO Physics (76th project to reach 10,000 votes)
- Ghostbusters: Stay Puft Marshmallow Man (77th project to reach 10,000 votes)
- The Hobbit-Rivendell (78th project to reach 10,000 votes)
- Indominus Rex (79th project to reach 10,000 votes)
- The Little Prince (80th project to reach 10,000 votes)
3rd Review 2015
- Jurassic Park Explorer (with minifigs) (81st project to reach 10,000 votes)
- 20.000 Leagues under the Sea NAUTILUS (82nd project to reach 10,000 votes)
- Toyota Landcruiser 40 Series (83rd project to reach 10,000 votes)
Current Top 10 Supported
- Lego Golden Girls Kitchen (+8,600 supporters)
- HSM Beagle (+8,500 supporters)
- Beatles Yellow Submarine (+7,700 supporters)
- Fossil Museum (+7,700 supporters)
- Bricksauria | Stegosaurus (+6,900 supporters)
- Gingerbread House (+6,900 supporters)
- Particle Accelerator (+6,800 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 molds
- Firefly Serenity playset (8th project) – Rejected due to subject matter
- Modular Western Town (9th project) – Rejected due to a conflict with a current theme (The Lone Ranger)
- 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) - Possibly rejected for proposing a full theme
- Andy/Bugdroid the Android by Google (17th project)
- - The Legend of Zelda - (18th project) – Probably rejected due to the use of complex new molds
- Mini Shop Series (20th project) Rejected for proposing a full theme
- Batmobile Tumbler Minifig Scale (21st project) – Rejected due to licensing
- League of Legends of Lego (22nd project) Probably rejected due to subject matter.
- 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) – Likely rejected because of legal issues with Harmony Gold
- Sherlock (31st project)
- Legend of Zelda: Iron Knuckle Encounter (32nd project) - Probably rejected due to the use of complex new molds
- 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)
- Doctor Who (39th project) – Rejected due to a similar project reaching 10,000 first and was used for the final model
- Assault on Wayne Manor (42nd project) – Rejected due to licensing
- Invisible Hand (43rd project) – Rejected due to licensing
- X-Men: X-Mansion (44th project) – Rejected due to licensing
- LEGO Lightsabers: Darth Vader and Luke Skywalker (45th project) – Rejected due to licensing
- Ghostbusters HQ (48th project)
- THE HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE (49th project)
- UCS All Terrain Armoured Transport (46th project) – Rejected due to licensing
- Avengers Helicarrier (50th project to reach 10,000 votes) - Rejected due to licensing
- 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) – Rejected due to a conflict with a current theme (Jurassic World)
- Piano (57th project to reach 10,000 votes)
- Flying Dutchman (58th project to reach 10,000 votes)