by Thita (admin)
on December 22, 2022
You might remember that back in August there was a contest on LEGO Ideas in collaboration with Target stores with the theme, “What Does Family Mean to You?” After hundreds of submissions, and the fan vote phase of the contest, the LEGO Ideas team announced the winner; Your Family Tree by a LEGO fan who goes by the name Bulldoozer.
The winning submission will join the previously announced Viking Village project also in collaboration with Target and will join the other upcoming LEGO Ideas sets currently in development. (You can read all about how the Viking Village was selected here: Target-Exclusive LEGO Ideas Set & New Contest!)
The runner-up winners were also great projects, including the Station Wagon Vacation by Cryptic Albatross, A Little Moment Of Happiness by Seb_E, and Build Your Family Picture by Finello76.
What do you think? Did you participate in the contest by either entering your own project or voting? And how do you like the selected winner? Is this a set you’re looking forward to? Feel free to share your thoughts and discuss in the comment section below! And to check out the currently available LEGO Ideas sets, visit the LEGO Ideas section of the Online LEGO Shop.
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by Thita (admin)
on December 20, 2022
Back in 2021, LEGO invited a selection of LEGO Ideas members with projects that reached 10,000 votes but wasn’t selected as LEGO Ideas sets and gave them the opportunity to participate in an initiative to release their projects under the BrickLink Designer Program. Although some really interesting sets were released through this pilot program, it was not clear if the initiative will continue. However, a few days ago, the BrickLink team made the following announcement.
“We’re proud to share that the BrickLink Designer Program will live on! We’ve learned from the BDP 2021 Invitational, and the program is here to stay. Series 1 is the first in the new, permanent program. We’ll continue learning and adjusting to make each future series better.”
WHAT CALLING IT “SERIES 1” SAYS ABOUT THE PROGRAM’S FUTURE
The BrickLink team is committed to helping you realize your ideas through the BrickLink Designer Program. By calling this iteration Series 1, they are indicating the BrickLink Designer Program has matured from the one-off 2021 Invitational into a program they can sustain over time. With this and each future series, they’ll issue a fresh brief and submission guidelines. This way, the program can evolve as the team learns from experience during each series.
NEXT STEPS FOR ASPIRING FAN DESIGNERS
Do you have what it takes to create the next BrickLink Designer Program set? Submissions are accepted from February 1-28, 2023. The best designs have the chance to be Series 1 sets, so get those creative juices flowing!
What do you think? Did you participate in the pilot stage of the BrickLink Designer Program? Do you have any of the sets released through the program? How do you like them? And are you excited that the program will continue? Feel free to share your thoughts and discuss in the comment section below!
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