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
The logo for LEGO Cuusoo
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. On April 30 2014, 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]
- Although, LEGO rejected the Tumbler, The Wizard of Oz, Ghostbusters Firehouse HQ, The Goonies, and Portal projects; they did create sets of the Tumbler and Ghostbusters Firehouse HQ, and also had The Wizard of Oz, The Goonies, and Portal as subthemes in LEGO Dimensions.
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, 12th project to be made, 47th project to reach 10,000 votes)
- 21304 Doctor Who (12th project to be approved, 11th project to be made, 41st project to reach 10,000 votes)
- 21305 Maze (13th project to be approved, 51st project to reach 10,000 votes)
- Caterham Super Seven (14th project to be approved, 73rd project to reach 10,000 votes)
- 21308 Adventure Time (15th project to be approved, 72nd project to reach 10,000 votes)
- Beatles Yellow Submarine with Yellow Submarine movie minifigs (16th project to be approved, 84th project to reach 10,000 votes)
- Apollo 11 Saturn-V (17th project to be approved, 86th project to reach 10,000 votes)
1st Review 2016
- Fossil Museum (90th project to reach 10,000 votes)
- Gingerbread House (91st project to reach 10,000 votes)
- Modular Train Station (92nd project to reach 10,000 votes)
- Old Fishing Store (93rd project to reach 10,000 votes)
- Jedi High Council Chamber (94th project to reach 10,000 votes)
- Particle Accelerator (95th project to reach 10,000 votes)
- Jurassic Park Visitor Center (96th project to reach 10,000 votes)
- Rolling BB-8 !! (97th project to reach 10,000 votes)
- Johnny Five (98th project to reach 10,000 votes)
2nd Review 2016
- Voltron - Defender Of The Universe (99th project to reach 10,000 votes)
- Spaceballs - Eagle 5 (100th project to reach 10,000 votes)
- Addams Family Mansion (101st project to reach 10,000 votes)
- Merchant's House (102nd project to reach 10,000 votes)
- The Large Hadron Collider (103rd project to reach 10,000 votes)
- Lego Observatory - Mountain View (104th project to reach 10,000 votes)
- Modular Construction Site (105th project to reach 10,000 votes)
- Women of NASA (106th project to reach 10,000 votes)
Current Top 10 Supported
1st Place
- Lamborghini Veneno Roadster (9,600+ supporters)
2nd Place
- Star Wars UCS X34 Landspeeder (9,500+ supporters)
3rd Place
- Lovelace & Babbage (9,400+ supporters)
Runner Ups
- Plum Creek - The Little House on the Prairie 4th Place (8,700+ supporters)
- Hulkbuster UCS 5th Place (8,500+ supporters)
- Marvels' Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. "The Bus" LEGO Set 6th Place (7,900+ supporters)
- Vintage Tram 7th Place (7,800+ supporters)
- LEGO Starbucks Café Modular 8th Place (7,500+ supporters)
- 1950's Diner 9th Place (7,300+ supporters)
- Venator-Class Star Destroyer 10th Place (7,300+ 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 more than one set
- 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 more than one set
- 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) - Possibly rejected due to licensing
- 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 due to 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) - Probably rejected for proposing more than one set
- BTTF - UCS DeLorean Time Machine (35th project) - Rejected due to licensing
- Modular Apple Store (37th project) - Likely rejected due to size of concept
- BTTF - Jules Verne Train (38th project) - Rejected due to licensing
- Doctor Who (39th project) – Rejected due to a similar project reaching 10,000 in the same review period 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) - Rejected due to licensing
- 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) - Possibly rejected due to size of concept
- Lords of the Rings Set: Minas Tirith (55th project to reach 10,000 votes) - Rejected due to licensing
- 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)
- 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) - Rejected due to licensing
- 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) - Possibly rejected due to licensing
- 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) - Probably rejected due to minifigures only
- F7A Hornet (52nd project to reach 10,000 votes)
- Modular Library (74th project to reach 10,000 votes) - Rejected due to size of concept
- Lothlorien (75th project to reach 10,000 votes) - Rejected due to licensing
- LEGO Physics (76th project to reach 10,000 votes)
- Ghostbusters: Stay Puft Marshmallow Man (77th project to reach 10,000 votes) - Rejected due to licensing
- The Hobbit-Rivendell (78th project to reach 10,000 votes) - Rejected due to licensing
- Indominus Rex (79th project to reach 10,000 votes) - Rejected due to licensing
- The Little Prince (80th project to reach 10,000 votes)
- Jurassic Park Explorer (with minifigs) (81st project to reach 10,000 votes) - Rejected due to licensing
- 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)
- HSM Beagle (85th project to reach 10,000 votes)
- National Park Service Centennial Vignettes (87th project to reach 10,000 votes)
- Concorde Display Set (88th project to reach 10,000 votes)
- Victorian London Christmas (89th project to reach 10,000 votes) - Rejected due to size of concept
Video
What is LEGO CUUSOO?
What is LEGO Cuusoo? (Old Trailer)
What is LEGO CUUSOO?-0
What is LEGO CUUSOO?