LEGO Ideas Galileo fan designer pitches Avatar set
Avatar: The Last Airbender is once again being pitched for a LEGO Ideas set, but this time with the backing of a familiar fan designer.
Firecracker_ has finally joined the 10K club thanks to their Avatar: The Last Airbender project, though they’re an official fan designer already after winning the challenge that brought us 40595 Tribute to Galileo Galilei.
Their experience with working on an official LEGO Ideas set may be especially helpful should the LEGO Ideas team finally approve a model inspired by the element-centric animated series.
The franchise has recently had a resurgence thanks in no small part to the Netflix series and there are plenty of Avatar: The Last Airbender projects on the way that a set could tie in to, including multiple animated movies, a series and more seasons of the Netflix show.
Firecracker_’s project proposes a buildable Appa – a Sky Bison – for a team of four minifigures to ride around the four kingdoms. Those minifigures are all based on the first season of the original series and include Aang, Katara, Zuko and Sokka.
The LEGO Group is no stranger to Avatar: The Last Airbender and released a duo of sets back in 2006 as well as some digital LEGO Styles for Fortnite outfits more recently. There has been no sign of a return to this franchise in physical form though at the time of writing.
For now, the LEGO Group’s focus is on the other popular Avatar franchise with a full theme of sets available now, but retiring soon. Whether there’s room for two Avatar franchises in the LEGO portfolio has yet to be seen. With any luck, Firecracker_ will be able to impress the judges in the second 2024 LEGO Ideas review
LEGO Ideas projects in the second 2024 review
| Number | LEGO Ideas project | LEGO Ideas user | Date qualified |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Claw Machine | 2A2A | May 8, 2024 |
| 2 | Wallace & Gromit – A Grand Day Out | Vaicko | May 11, 2024 |
| 3 | Pioneer CDJ 2000 Nexus Multi Player | Tomasso | May 18, 2024 |
| 4 | Impression Sunrise – Monet | HunshuiMOYU | May 21, 2024 |
| 5 | The Loneliness of the Voyage – NASA’s Voyager Mission | CuteHackler036 | May 24, 2024 |
| 6 | Humpback Whale Breach | 2 by 4 | May 26, 2024 |
| 7 | Tintin – Space Rocket | tkel86 | June 3, 2024 |
| 8 | The Iron Giant in the Forest | hachiroku24 | June 4, 2024 |
| 9 | Tetris Solid | victorvey300 | June 5, 2024 |
| 10 | Working Image Projector “Magic Lantern” | Norders | June 8, 2024 |
| 11 | Popcorn Machine | dimexart | June 19, 2024 |
| 12 | Arsenal F.C. – The Invincibles | PetaS | June 19, 2024 |
| 13 | Sony Walkman | Jimmi-DK | June 27, 2024 |
| 14 | Hydroelectric Power Plant | Baron von Barron | June 30, 2024 |
| 15 | Floating Sea Otter | HisBrickMaterials | June 30, 2024 |
| 16 | Avatar: The Last Airbender | Firecracker_ | July 5, 2024 |
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