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Yesterday, LEGO announced that they will be working with BrickLink to produce LEGO Ideas projects that were made into official set. As of this writing, there are 44 non-IP projects that were not approved to become sets and that number jumps up to 60 if you count the ones that are currently in review. From the list, there were plenty of projects that fans wanted to be real sets but couldn’t and this upcoming program could finally allow it.

Information about the program is still mostly under wraps but more details will be coming early next year. Depending on when that is, it may or may not include the projects that are currently under review and will also depend on when LEGO announces the next wave of winner(s). Now that we know that only select non-IP projects will be under consideration, which ones do you want to purchase if it comes to the BrickLink AFOL Designer Program?

LEGO has announced that they are moving forward with the pilot program with the BrickLink Designer Program to produce LEGO Ideas projects that didn’t become official sets. It will kick off in 2021 where select designers will invited to proceed forward. That’s no any other details at this time but expect more information early next year. What do you guys think about this new LEGO/BrickLink program to allow a second chance for sets to be realized?

Dear LEGO Ideas members,

As you know, LEGO Ideas has historically produced 4-5 new LEGO sets each year based on creative fan concepts that have reached the 10,000-supporter milestone. We love the fact that we are able to offer this opportunity to passionate LEGO fans around the world. However, we must acknowledge that many fan creators and the supporters of these projects have been left hoping their favourite contenders would be available to purchase.

Today we are excited to announce a pilot project in collaboration with BrickLink Designer Program, through which we aim to realize more of these fan projects that have reached 10,000 supporters.

BrickLink Designer Program

Back in 2018, BrickLink launched a pilot program with the LEGO Group to celebrate 60 years of the LEGO® brick and help realize unique fan designs with original themes. Thirteen fan designs were successfully crowdfunded through the pilot, and we have received many questions about its potential its return since then. Would there be a second iteration? If so, when? You will not have to wait much longer because we can happily … Continue

There’s a new rumor going around regarding the next LEGO Ideas set to be released and it is said to be the Medieval Blacksmith (21325). It reached the 10,000 supporter goal last June and was announced as one of the winning projects earlier this year in February alongside Winnie the Pooh. The build was designed by Namirob and the upcoming set is said to be coming in February 2021 and will be priced between $100-$180. That’s a pretty wide price range so we’ll have to see how big it is which will determine the price. As always, these are purely rumors until LEGO announces it.

Late last year, LEGO announced the winner of the LEGO Ideas Vintage Car fan vote in which the winning build would become an official set. Brickset has recently found a Declaration of Conformity for Toys Technical Regulation for the set and we have what appears to be the final box art for the LEGO Ideas Vintage Car (40448).

The winning build was the Aedelsten deluxe by Versteinert and it won the building contest with 1,449 votes, 800 more than the first runner up. As you can see from the images, the final build looks very close to the original submission with some minor differences. The set will be a gift-with-purchase set some time in 2021.