Build Rome in a day with the latest LEGO Ideas 10K project
Rome wasn’t built in a day, but you could one day be putting together a LEGO version in much less time with the latest LEGO Ideas project to crack 10,000 votes.
Krackenator4’s second-ever LEGO Ideas project to progress to the review phase – following Ogel Creek Saw Mill, which was rejected in the first 2023 review – recreates the Roman Forum in its heyday, serving up a slice of LEGO history that’s sorely missing from the current portfolio. Whether it will one day arrive on LEGO Store shelves is now up to the LEGO Ideas review board, who must decide whether to put it into production.
The Forum was the nucleus of a civilisation, once described as ‘the most celebrated meeting place in the world’, and sits at the heart of what was ancient Rome. Originally a marketplace, the Forum grew to encompass shrines, temples and monuments, and acted as a venue for tax collection, criminal trials, public speeches and even gladiatorial matches.
Capturing all that within a single 1,776-piece model is quite the feat, but the builder says they were aiming for a ‘relatively simple model’ which was ‘designed to be a fun display for those who enjoy history from this time period’. The centrepiece of the asymmetrical model is a large temple with a removable roof, positioned next to a triumphal arch and in front of a typical Roman aquifer.
The final build measures 21cm tall, 42cm wide and 25.5cm deep, and Krackenator4 has populated it with six minifigures: a senator, two legionaries, a centurion, a woman of nobility and a statue. Fingers crossed the final set includes a regular citizen or two if it gets the green light – someone needs to pay those taxes, after all.
We’ll find out one way or the other when the LEGO Group announces the results of the first 2024 review, which will likely be in the final three months of this year (based on previous announcements). For now, check out all LEGO Ideas projects in contention for a coveted product slot in this round in the table below.
Every LEGO Ideas project in the first 2024 review
| Number | LEGO Ideas project | LEGO Ideas user | Date qualified |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spirited Away | legotruman | January 10, 2024 |
| 2 | Appa the Sky Bison, from Avatar the Last Airbender | Yarrostudios | January 10, 2024 |
| 3 | Venus Flytrap | Bricky_Brick | January 11, 2024 |
| 4 | Minerals Display | ddf72 | January 12, 2024 |
| 5 | Dreamworks’ Shrek’s Swamp 2 | AshnFlash | January 12, 2024 |
| 6 | Hello Kitty and Friends – 50 Years | Bulldoozer | January 16, 2024 |
| 7 | Dr. Seuss’s The Grinch | BenBuilds | January 19, 2024 |
| 8 | Medieval Tournament | hello_zol | January 24, 2024 |
| 9 | Among Us: The Skeld | BrickRealm101 | January 25, 2024 |
| 10 | Cherry Blossom Ikebana | Brickcea | January 28, 2024 |
| 11 | Roman Forum | Krackenator4 | February 1, 2024 |
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I think anyone that can create an original without instructions is amazing. Yet none of the Ideas for 2024 make me excited enough to want to buy .