LEGO fans really want Shrek LEGO to be a thing

26/05/202326/05/2023 Chris Wharfe 6393 Views 1 Comment

The cries for LEGO Shrek are growing increasingly deafening, as yet another Ideas project based on the big green ogre has surpassed 10,000 votes.

Dreamwork’s Shrek Swamp by 19-year-old builder Pedro_RuizMx joins two other 10K projects inspired by the animated movie in the review stage, only one review behind: Ashnflash and danielbradleyy’s Shrek submissions are both currently being considered for production in the first 2023 review, while this latest project will have to wait until the second 2023 review window closes in September.

We probably won’t know the results of the first 2023 review by then (expect that announcement to come in October), but given how similar these builds are – each one depicts Shrek’s swamp – it seems unlikely that the LEGO Group would pass up the other two only to green-light this one. The biggest differences in this build are the presence of a bigfig Shrek alongside the regular minifigure, and brighter and more expressive colours.

With all three LEGO Ideas Shrek projects reaching the review stage within a few months of one another, though, it’s pretty clear that there’s heavy demand for the Dreamworks movie in bricks. And with 2024 marking the 20th anniversary of Shrek 2, we wouldn’t be surprised to see the LEGO Group give one of these projects the nod, bringing it to life as an official product available on store shelves.

We’ll have to wait until at least October to find out for sure, while Pedro_RuizMx won’t learn the fate of their specific build until around February 2024. But if Ashnflash or danielbradleyy get the go ahead in the first 2023 review, this project definitely won’t make the cut.

Every LEGO Ideas project in the second 2023 review

Number	LEGO Ideas project	LEGO Ideas user	Date qualified
1	“Big Boy” Locomotive	Lassehfl	May 2, 2023
2	Retro Arcade	If You Build It	May 7, 2023
3	Spartan Helmet of Leonidas	Delusion Brick	May 8, 2023
4	Alfa Romeo Giulietta Spider	Lego.Ozzy.Fan	May 15, 2023
5	The Muppet Show	BulldoozerBuilder	May 20, 2023
6	Red Bull Racing F1 Team RB18 1:12 Scale	LukasRS	May 20, 2023
7	Scooby Doo Mystery Machine	Let Them Fly	May 20, 2023
8	Western River Steamboat	CTDpower	May 23, 2023
9	Dreamwork’s Shrek Swamp	Pedro_RuizMx	May 25, 2023

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Chris Wharfe

I like to think of myself as a journalist first, LEGO fan second, but we all know that’s not really the case. Journalism does run through my veins, though, like some kind of weird literary blood – the sort that will no doubt one day lead to a stress-induced heart malfunction. It’s like smoking, only worse. Thankfully, I get to write about LEGO until then.