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Ellen Kooijman and Glen Bricker brought different talents to a personal display model, creating an Ideas project with room for seven familiar friends.
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The fan designer’s Beatles tribute paired a bold silhouette with patient refinement, creating a model that gives music fans an inviting way into building.
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Optimus Prime 10302 asks its bricks to do two jobs, turning a familiar character into a small demonstration of mechanical design.
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The Camaro 10304 offers roof, light and stripe choices, making its unused components worth keeping as carefully as the finished car.
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Christmas Stocking 40958 pairs a Nutcracker minifigure with a bold seasonal silhouette and two ways to display it.
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The new 40874 holiday model combines a cheerful Santa sculpture with a reusable countdown, turning a seasonal build into a small daily ritual.
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A robin on a garden fork helped launch the fan project that became LEGO Ideas Birds, a three-species collection with an unusually personal origin.
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A look back at the folding TARDIS proposal behind Doctor Who 21304, and why its signs became part of the mechanism.
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The Milky Way Galaxy 31212 combines a textured surface with five separate panels, giving its astronomical display a social side.
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Notre-Dame de Paris 21061 gives its construction order a historical purpose, with removable sections that keep the interior part of the story.
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A desk review of new LEGO Ideas set 21371, from its fan-designed origins to the expressive details shared between motorbike and sidecar.
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Three compact laboratories, three women scientists and a fan designer with a science career: revisiting the people-centered idea behind Research Institute 21110.
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A look back at the collaboration behind Exo Suit 21109, from a shared love of space builds to the practical challenge of preserving a detailed design.
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The movable planting in LEGO Tranquil Garden 10315 makes arranging the display a small creative project of its own.
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Himeji Castle 21060 uses a restrained palette and a selective view of the grounds to make a complex landmark readable in miniature.
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