LEGO Ideas project hits 10,000 votes at the worst possible moment

A LEGO Ideas project a year in the making has reached the second 2024 review at pretty much the worst possible moment.

Liam Spall (also known as LEGOParadise on LEGO Ideas) is no stranger to the crowdsourcing platform, having already taken a working waterfall, bowling alley and mini golf course to the review stage. Following flat-out rejections for all three of those, he’s back with another 10K project in the second 2024 review – but its timing genuinely couldn’t be any worse.

The LEGO Ideas team has just announced the results of the third 2023 review, approving Alex Sahli’s Italian Riviera for production as an official set. And Liam’s latest project to rack up 10,000 votes is… a model of the Italian Riviera. It’s a slightly different take on Italian cliffside towns to Alex’s successful submission, but it’s now doomed to fail regardless given it hews so closely in subject matter to an approved product.

Liam first uploaded his Italian Riviera to LEGO Ideas on August 9, 2023, so it’s taken almost exactly a year to reach the required 10,000 votes to progress to the review stage. By contrast, Alex spent around 18 months gathering support for his build, which moved into the third 2023 review on December 24, 2023. In doing so, the 18-year-old ultimately pipped Liam to the post.

No prizes for guessing which way this one will go in the second 2024 review then, but there at least plenty of other projects in contention this round.

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
17	Blacksmith – Wild West	llucky	July 6, 2024
18	Bluey!!	Monkey Scout	July 8, 2024
19	New Holland CR Combine	YELLOW style	July 24, 2024
20	Wednesday: The Room and The Balcony	Airbricks95	July 25, 2024
21	Lisbon Tram (Elétrico 28)	Ezequiel Alabaca	July 26, 2024
22	Market Village	J.K.Brick	July 28, 2024
23	Modular Post Office in Neoclassical Style	Ubertoys	July 29, 2024
24	Working River Rapids Ride – Fairground Rafting Coaster	Baron von Barron	August 2, 2024
25	Italian Riviera	LEGOParadise	August 6, 2024

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