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Máté Szabó’s Steamboat Willie brought an animator’s eye to LEGO Ideas
The Hungarian fan designer studied the original cartoon closely, then simplified its boat into a model that could speak the same visual language.
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Jonathan Brunn’s Dinosaur Fossils connected a childhood fascination with a designer’s eye
The fan creator behind set 21320 worked through the shapes of prehistoric animals before a LEGO specialist prepared them for the building table.
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LEGO’s Harley-Davidson Fat Boy lets a wheel explain the engine
Fat Boy 10269 combines a recognizable motorcycle outline with a mechanical demonstration worth keeping within reach.
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LEGO’s Fiat 500 gives its driver a reason to stop
The little easel beside Fiat 500 10271 changes a vehicle display into a story about a journey—and the person making it.
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New sets
LEGO Build, Paint and Play puts the making of a model inside the model
The new Ideas workbench celebrates miniature-making with a tiny astronaut, brick-built tools and a scene that leaves the creative process on display.
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LEGO’s Classic Defender puts the adventure beneath the bodywork
A retrospective look at 10317 separates its working vehicle features from the little expedition details that give the display a destination.
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LEGO’s Apollo 11 Lunar Lander makes the ground part of the mission
The small lunar scene in 10266 gives its spacecraft a setting, while the separating stages help explain why the lander has two distinct halves.
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BrickBros UK’s LEGO TRON idea found another gear when its wheels could roll
Tom and Drew’s Light Cycle became a collaboration about movement, color and giving a small display more than one way to work.
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Ludovic Piraud’s Adventure Time figures grew stronger with community feedback
The fan behind LEGO Ideas 21308 turned a cartoon’s rounded characters into blocks—and invited other builders into the process.
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Shanghai’s LEGO flower wave turns a collection into a shared creative space
A vast Botanicals installation anchors LEGO’s Bloom Exhibition, with hands-on building and an adult-focused Shanghai pop-up to follow.
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Brent Waller’s Ecto-1 kept its familiar shape through the journey from fan build to set
The original LEGO Ideas Ghostbusters car shows how a recognizable fan design can survive the practical work of becoming an official model.
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Leandro Tayag’s LEGO Voltron gave five lions one shared destination
The fan-designed Voltron 21311 combines a love of classic robots with a building format that can bring several people to the same table.
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Set reviews
LEGO’s Back to the Future car lets the small details choose the destination
A retrospective look at Time Machine 10300, where interchangeable equipment turns one familiar car into three different moments from the films.
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LEGO’s Volkswagen T2 gives the parked camper as much to do as the moving one
Volkswagen T2 Camper Van 10279 becomes a small holiday scene when its sliding door, raised roof and loose camping furniture share the display.
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A father-and-son LEGO idea is becoming part of Daft Punk’s next chapter
LEGO’s new Daft Punk partnership gives a family’s concert-stage project a path toward an official set, with more to come in 2027.
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