LEGO Ideas welcomes a Blockbuster blast from the past
Fan of retro movie viewing will have no problems understanding why Blockbuster has just hit the 10K mark in the second LEGO Ideas review of 2025.
Licensed properties being submitted to the LEGO Ideas program are certainly nothing new, with recent fans designs encompassing everything from TMNT and Futurama to Jumanji and Gilmore Girls. Now yet another familiar brand from the past has been recreated in brick-built form, but it might not be one you were expecting.
Blockbuster represents the handiwork of ThomasFV and should definitely bring a pang of nostalgia to the hearts of anyone who grew up in the late ‘80s, ‘90s or ‘00s. The video rental store was founded in Dallas in 1985 and soon became synonymous with home video rentals, before finally giving up the ghost for good in 2014.
The LEGO Ideas model celebrates the entertainment chain with a modular Blockbuster store, complete with a large parking lot for customers. The fan design also comes with the familiar Blockbuster sign, built to represent a movie ticket, as well as exterior dropboxes for customers to return their rentals.
Inside the Blockbuster store is a welcome mat and multiple aisles of LEGO VHS tapes organised by genre, as well as soft drinks, sweets and popcorn to purchase, plus a dedicated games section and two employee minifigures.
There’s certainly a lot to like about the LEGO Ideas submission, but we’ll have to wait until later in the year for now to see if Blockbuster will be checking out of the second review of 2025 or not.
LEGO Ideas projects in the second 2025 review
| LEGO Ideas project | LEGO Ideas user | Date qualified | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Fortress of Bellinzona | ReginaZucchinaEfficiente032 / GeneraleCrominusSorpreso033 / CreatoreFungoScivoloso033 | May 9, 2025 |
| 2 | Jumping Spiders | spiderdude | May 9, 2025 |
| 3 | Planet Express Headquarters | Kyosset | May 10, 2025 |
| 4 | Modular Medieval Village | Albrick | May 11, 2025 |
| 5 | Pantheon 124 AD | CUBETTARO | May 12, 2025 |
| 6 | The Circus | Goannas89 | May 13, 2025 |
| 7 | Clippy | PiotrGierwatowski | May 13, 2025 |
| 8 | Monsters, Inc. – Boo’s Door Scream Floor | Pester78 | May 14, 2025 |
| 9 | This is Fine | eat.sleep.build.repeat. | May 15, 2025 |
| 10 | Ariane 6 on ELA 4 – Complete Version | BrickRocketCollection | May 16, 2025 |
| 11 | Botanical Terrariums | 44th_brick | May 20, 2025 |
| 12 | GLaDOS From Portal 2 | hachiroku24 | May 20, 2025 |
| 13 | Samurai Castle | Distracted Builder | May 25, 2025 |
| 14 | Working Modular Fairground | Baron von Barron | May 25, 2025 |
| 15 | Roman Forum | Brickcar13 | May 30, 2025 |
| 16 | Vintage Rotary Phone | PrehistoricHamster051 | June 3, 2025 |
| 17 | The Hourglass | Airbricks95 | June 4, 2025 |
| 18 | My Neighbor Totoro | Brickasso99031 | June 11, 2025 |
| 19 | Godzilla: Minus One | Enr8gdBoss | June 19, 2025 |
| 20 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | teljesnegyzet | June 19, 2025 |
| 21 | Jumanji Game Board | Airbricks95 | June 19, 2025 |
| 22 | Lake House | P.D.G | June 22, 2025 |
| 23 | Twister | RoyBuilds | June 25, 2025 |
| 24 | Wolf’s Gate | ChillyOrange081 | June 26, 2025 |
| 25 | Elf the Movie – North Pole! | Johnathan1986 | June 28, 2025 |
| 26 | 1800’s Railroading | Bridges and Engines | Shawshank | June 28, 2025 |
| 27 | Phineas and Ferb | Greygo | June 28, 2025 |
| 28 | The Hunger Games: Catching Fire | BrickGallery | June 28, 2025 |
| 29 | Doofenshmirtz Incorporated Building | The_Robin84_Tech_Inc | June 29, 2025 |
| 30 | Working Volcano – With Erupting Lava! | Liam Paradise | June 29, 2025 |
| 31 | Plants vs. Zombies – Diorama | KrafftPunk | June 30, 2025 |
| 32 | Gilmore Girls Stars Hollow Town Square – Autumn Edition | AmyAlasko | June 30, 2025 |
| 33 | Great Blue Heron | FascinatingAnteater044 | July 1, 2025 |
| 34 | Blockbuster | ThomasFV | July 3, 2025 |
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