Now this is a story all about how a ‘90s sitcom is trying to get a LEGO set
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air is the latest ‘90s sitcom vying for a slot in the LEGO Ideas portfolio, reaching 10,000 votes on the crowdsourcing platform to enter the first 2025 review.
IsleOh’s The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air: Banks Mansion has taken its sweet time racking up 10,000 supporters, having first been submitted to LEGO Ideas all the way back in June 2023, but it will now be considered for production as an official set all the same. In that nearly 20 month span, multiple LEGO Ideas sitcom sets have released or retired – including 21328 Seinfeld and 21336 The Office – while other projects have fallen at the final hurdle.
Which fate awaits IsleOh’s Fresh Prince project hinges on how popular the LEGO Group perceives this particular licence to be with its target audience, and it could really go either way. The model as it is here includes roughly 2,000 pieces and eight minifigures covering all the main characters of the show – Will, Carlton, Ashley, Hilary, Uncle Phil, Aunt Vivian, Geoffrey and Jazz – which would make it one of the more expensive LEGO sitcom sets.
We’ll find out whether The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air: Banks Mansion makes the cut when the LEGO Ideas team reveals the results of the first 2025 review towards the back end of this year. For now, it joins a host of other sets in the running in this round – the qualifying window for which closes in May. Check them all out in the table below.
LEGO Ideas projects in the first 2025 review
| LEGO Ideas project | LEGO Ideas user | Date qualified | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Civil Engineering: Types of Bridges – Revisited | MOCingbird | January 7, 2025 |
| 2 | National Lampoons Christmas Vacation | MadamEnthusiasticJay | January 7, 2025 |
| 3 | Booknook: Story Laboratory | Pedro_RuizMx | January 8, 2025 |
| 4 | Go Go Power Rangers! LEGO Megazord | legotruman | January 8, 2025 |
| 5 | Medieval Knight | legotruman | January 11, 2025 |
| 6 | Coraline – The Pink Palace | danielbradleyy | January 12, 2025 |
| 7 | Taylor Swift Lover House | java_beanz | January 14, 2025 |
| 8 | Jellyfish Collection | LeonAwesome | January 16, 2025 |
| 9 | Nolinor Boeing 737-200 | By Design and create | January 17, 2025 |
| 10 | Portal 2: Core Replacement Station | OldSchoolBoy | January 17, 2025 |
| 11 | The Holiday – Rosehill Cottage | Martin_Studio | January 22, 2025 |
| 12 | Ancient Roman Temple | HP_Brixxter | January 22, 2025 |
| 13 | Gilmore Girls: Stars Hollow | BrickinNick | January 22, 2025 |
| 14 | Appa the Sky Bison | Trojada | January 24, 2025 |
| 15 | Grand Central Station | Mind the Brick | January 27, 2025 |
| 16 | “LOVE ENLIGHTEN ME” the Bench of the Lampposts in Love | LeoAdri | January 30, 2025 |
| 17 | Bob Ross – The Joy of Building | Econombricks | February 2, 2025 |
| 18 | Peter Rabbit and the Garden | Chelmade | February 3, 2025 |
| 19 | Disney’s Phineas and Ferb Doofenshmirtz Evil Incorporated | Inevitable Brick | February 5, 2025 |
| 20 | The Muppets: Statler & Waldorf’s Balcony | Howdy Ashley Here | February 6, 2025 |
| 21 | Junkyard with Working Magnet Crane | LEGOParadise | February 9, 2025 |
| 22 | How I Met Your Mother | Dreamnbricks | February 9, 2025 |
| 23 | Ascensor Da Bica | Peter_Designs | February 10, 2025 |
| 24 | Art of Japan | HisBrickMaterials | February 11, 2025 |
| 25 | Brooklyn Nine-Nine | BenFankhauser | February 12, 2025 |
| 26 | The Griswold Family Christmas House | Cityslickr / TheTimmyC | February 13, 2025 |
| 27 | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial | lafabrick | February 14, 2025 |
| 28 | The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air: Banks Mansion | IsleOh | February 17, 2025 |
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