Tim Courtney has just announced the results of three LEGO CUUSOO review panels which includes projects from Winter 2012, Spring and Summer 2013 and the latest model to become an official set is the Exo Suit by Peter Reid. The Land Rover Defender 110 by Sheepo is still being evaluated and a decision has not been reached yet.
The projects that have been rejected are the Thinking with Portals, Purdue Pete, Space Troopers!, Andy/Bugdroid the Android by Google, Legend of Zelda, Mini Shop Series, Batmobile Tumbler Minifig Scale, and the League of Legends of LEGO: The Raid on Baron Nashor.
The Exo Suit is the first set chosen that does not have an IP behind it and will be available in stores in the middle of 2014. The Fall 2013 review process is already underway and the projects that are being evaluated are Female Minifigure Set, Poptropica: Dr. Hare’s Lair, FTL – Faster Than Light, The Road to Oz, ATLAS Mini Model Education Outreach, Ghostbusters, and Ghostbusters 30th Anniversary. The results of those projects will be available early 2014. Congratulations to Peter for this achievement! What do you think of LEGO’s decision of the Exo-Suit becoming an official set?
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A few things bother me about Lego and this. One, they do three quarters all at once and pick only one item; so why then bother with quarterly cut offs if they mean nothing?
Another with the winner is the project uses many ‘illegal’ Lego connects in its build and in official Lego comments, it is mentioned. The builder ignores it and does no modifications to improve the project; project is still picked. So licensing is really the only thing that matters, then why does Lego bother with official messages?
Though an exo- suit is still awesome but Lego really needsto tighten up their act with Cuusoo…
A few things bother me about Lego and this. One, they do three quarters all at once and pick only one item; so why then bother with quarterly cut offs if they mean nothing?
Another with the winner is the project uses many ‘illegal’ Lego connects in its build and in official Lego comments, it is mentioned. The builder ignores it and does no modifications to improve the project; project is still picked. So licensing is really the only thing that matters, then why does Lego bother with official messages?
Though an exo- suit is still awesome but Lego really needsto tighten up their act with Cuusoo…
I don’t like to be cynical but I would have to agree with you to an extent.
First, it seemed to take Lego forever in finally reaching a decision on last year’s Winter quarter with the most being said was Thinking with Portals is still being considered which has now been rejected without any given reason stated on the project page same as all the other canned ones. I realize at least half of those projects shown probably would have never passed the final phase of review anyway (Legends of Zelda, Google Android, Perdue Pete, so on) but the least they could have done was actually post a legitimate reason as to why the project was rejected instead of the cookie cutter response of “It’s a good idea but we are sorry to inform you that we aren’t doing it” to each one.
Second, it is frustrating looking at all those ideas and only one passed with yet another being ‘considered’. I’m sorry but a Land Rover? It does look like the real thing and features amazing full functions (that will never be part of the actual released product IF it passes) but come on. I’m still waiting for that Vampire GT to hit the review stage.
In the end, I am glad to finally see something which is not related to some intellectual property one way or another to get the greenlight. Still we know Lego will make alterations to the final product so I am a bit leary as to what the Exo-suit will end up turning out to be.
One last though, Lego gave Nick Royer and his Space Marines (oh right, I’m sorry; Space Troopers) project such a difficult time between the name, some of the designs, and then some, to still say “No” in the end. Man, that has to sting like a spiteful woman. Gee, I can’t wait to see what Lego says about his Hyperborea project.