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In the past few years, there have been a ton of projects that have hit 10,000 supporters on LEGO Ideas with only a select few actually becoming official LEGO sets. This begs the question, should there be changes made to the platform sooner than later? I’ve done a piece like this a while back and I would like to revisit the topic.

LEGO Ideas began in 2014 after it changed from LEGO CUUSOO and the requirement for review ever since the beginning was that a project had to hit 10,000 supporters in a certain amount of time. Before they had two years to do so but Ideas changed to give tie extensions. Back then it seemed a lot harder to reach the goal but in recent years, 10,000 seems to be trivial now.

Since the First 2020 Review Stage, there have been 213 projects that reached 10,000 supporters with only 8 sets actually being realized. The most recent ones are the A-Frame Cabin and BTS’s Dynamite which were announced last week. Also out of the 213 projects, 31 of them went on to the BrickLink Designer Program where only 15 of those will be made.

LEGO already knows that there are a lot of projects hitting the goal and they’ve already stated that we shouldn’t be expecting any changes to LEGO Ideas anytime soon. I’ve already seen all the comments from raising the threshold to approving more sets. As a business decision, that isn’t hard to do as there are lots of moving parts for one … Continue

The Air Jordan 1 by legotruman is the latest project to achieve 10,000 supporters on LEGO Ideas. The 286 piece build features the iconic Nike Air Jordan 1 that Michael Jordan used during his rookie year. Also proposed are other colorways for the shoes.

The project now joins The Forestmen Secret Inn, The Legendary Concorde, Wild West Mine, LEGO Koala, LEGO Toilet, Mini City Diorama: London with Underground Station!, Steampunk Airship, The Kit-Cat Clock, Tales of the Space Age, The Library, Santa’s Cottage, Mech Patrol, The Polar Express – 20th Anniversary, Boeing 747 Cockpit, Sherlock Holmes – 221B Baker Street, Adventure Box, Wuppertaler Schwebebahn/Wuppertal Suspension Railway, Hanging Flowers, Polaroid OneStep SX-70, The Opera, Lancia Delta Integrale 16V Rally Car (1990), Castle of Brickwood Forest, Gilmore Girls House, Aladdin: Friend Like Me (30th Anniversary Special), and The Market Village as the ones to reach the First 2022 Review Stage.

LEGO has started to kick off their 90th anniversary and there’s a chance for you to be part of the celebration at the LEGO House. They are holding a building contest on LEGO Ideas and if your build is one of the 25 chosen winners across three categories, your model will be displayed at the LEGO House for a year. In addition, there are also some great prizes to be won including the LEGO House (21037), The Brick Moulding Machine (40502), Dagny Holm – Master Builder (40503), and the 90th Anniversary set that hasn’t been revealed yet. The deadline to enter is April 7 at 6am EST.