69 projects rejected in the first LEGO Ideas 2023 review

The results of the first LEGO Ideas 2023 review have been confirmed, announcing which submissions didn’t make the cut this time round.

As exciting as two upcoming LEGO Ideas sets are, the first 2023 review round featured a huge selection of projects – a whopping 69 of which have not been approved for an official model at the time of writing.

While some of these may be able to be resubmitted and climb to 10,000 supporters again, for now don’t expect a LEGO Ideas set based on Stargate, Spongebob, Shrek, Portal, ET and more.

LEGO Ideas project	LEGO Ideas user	Date qualified
Dr. Seuss and LEGO	LegoFan_506	January 2, 2023
Sweet Honey	RobertVII	January 4, 2023
The Crown – A Piece of History	Piraten	January 12, 2023
Stargate SG1: Embarkation Room	Starbrick_SG1	January 12, 2023
Roscosmos Soyuz MS Spacecraft	Tom_Brick	January 15, 2023
Motorized Howl’s Moving Castle	ericlego321	January 16, 2023
The Stargate	Captain Mutant	January 16, 2023
Medieval Seaside Market	bricks_fan_uy	January 17, 2023
Brick Boulevard	Pablo Sánchez Jiménez	January 19, 2023
Retro Comic Store	LEGOverwatch	January 22, 2023
Shrek’s Swamp – 20th Anniversary	The Real Ashnflash	January 22, 2023
Baby Green Sea Turtle – Kinetic	QuaintWolf082	January 23, 2023
Humpback Whale	Les Briques de Loïc	January 25, 2023
Shrek’s Swamp	danielbradleyy	January 26, 2023
Brooklyn Nine-Nine: 99th Precinct	Ben Fankhauser	January 27, 2023
LED Lamp	Castor-Troy and Max Brich	January 28, 2023
Bricks Coffee	UTAMARU_BRICK8	January 28, 2023
Ogel Creek Saw Mill	Krackenator4	January 31, 2023
Hollow Knight: Forgotten Crossroad	Ben Osborne	February 1, 2023
LEGO Godzilla	Matthew Esposito	February 2, 2023
Claus Toys	Pablo Sánchez Jiménez	February 2, 2023
Where’s Wally/Waldo?	Iyan Ha	February 4, 2023
V.&T.R.R. #12, GENOA	SgJess	February 9, 2023
River Side Lodge	terauma	February 14, 2023
CATAN – The Game	Christoph Ruge	February 15, 2023
Daft Punk – The Robots	eliot.obrien	February 15, 2023
Monsters Inc: The Door to Monstropolis	HollyonFilm	February 18, 2023
Iljinai Family House	Rock the Brick	February 19, 2023
Multi-Tool	Tall Guy Bricks	February 19, 2023
Portal 2 Quantum Tunneling Device. The “Portal Gun”	Hooded-Blaze	February 20, 2023
LEGOLAND Train Station	Mind the Bricks and Patgeo	February 25, 2023
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial	Marcos Garavelli	February 27, 2023
Amethyst Geode	gman13579	March 3, 2023
The Scream	pacemanship	March 5, 2023
U Liotru – Elephant Fountain – Catania	Giovanni Mirulla	March 6, 2023
LEGO Astronaut – Never Give Up	legotruman	March 7, 2023
The Iron Giant	hachiroku24	March 8, 2023
Bluey! Again!	Monkey Scout	March 13, 2023
Naruto: Ichiraku Ramen Shop – 25th Anniversary	DadiTwins	March 13, 2023
Robotic Mech Factory	The_B3_	March 13, 2023
DuckTales: The Money Bin	sxavalentine	March 15, 2023
BIONICLE: Toa Head Statue	yannickbuildsthings	March 15, 2023
Deejay Chiama Italia	FACEBRICKUP	March 16, 2023
The Metropolitan: Don’t Miss Your Train!	LilBilly	March 18, 2023
Classic Telephone	Brick Dangerous	March 21, 2023
Welcome to Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe 75th Anniversary Set	Reepicheep90077	March 25, 2023
Wednesday: Welcome to Ophelia Hall	Brickmax	March 25, 2023
Parks and Recreation	SJs Workshop	March 30, 2023
Stardew Valley Farmhouse	fourbrickstall	March 30, 2023
Antique Cabinet	terauma	March 31, 2023
Gilmore Girls	marodipietro	March 31, 2023
Cool Runnings: Jamaica Bobsleigh Team	SakaBassoon	March 31, 2023
One Direction: What Makes You Beautiful	SJs Workshop	April 3, 2023
BLACKPINK: How You Like That	By The Power of fusion and BangtanBricks	April 4, 2023
Harry Styles – Harry’s House	BrickHills14	April 4, 2023
Lantern in the Wind	QuangTran1993	April 4, 2023
Addams Family	Yang Yang	April 5, 2023
Spongebob Squarepants – Bikini Bottom	Vaicko	April 8, 2023
BrickLink-LEGO Colour Table	DOC_BRICK	April 9, 2023
The Moon: Earth’s Companion	SharkyBricks	April 9, 2023
Taylor Swift – Lover House	Lucy33	April 17, 2023
Ice Cream Parlor	Pablo Sánchez Jiménez	April 17, 2023
Elf the Movie	Johnathan1986	April 17, 2023
Eda’s Owl House	t-brick	April 18, 2023
Double Helix Coaster	Nachapon_L_e_g_o	April 19, 2023
Wizard’s Hut	piece to piece	April 26, 2023
The Hourglass	Brick Dangerous	April 27, 2023
Small Shrimping Boat	Adwind	April 29, 2023
Vintage Radio	dimexart	April 29, 2023

Out of the staggering list, it’s surprising to see some IP-inspired projects be rejected, especially those which the LEGO Group have a history with. The likes of the two Shrek projects and Bluey present something that the LEGO Group would be partnering with for the first time, which could raise some challenges while determining which models are suitable for a set.

Similarly, while their existing agreements may no longer be in place, submissions inspired by ET, Portal and Spongebob depict licenses that the LEGO Group have released sets for before, though this may be the reason why they were rejected.

No matter what the LEGO Group’s discussions were behind the scenes, we know that a Twilight and Botanical Garden set are coming to LEGO Ideas in the future. You can find out more by clicking here.

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