LEGO Ideas RNLI Shannon Class Lifeboat makes a splash with 10K supporters
Yet another fan-made LEGO Ideas design has sailed into view, with RNLI Shannon Class Lifeboat proving it has plenty of supporters out there.
The LEGO Ideas process continues to be a source of diverse fan-designed builds, with more such creations making their way into the first review of 2025 on an almost weekly basis. The latest (and 33rd) addition to that lofty line-up is RNLI Shannon Class Lifeboat, the brainchild of TheCrankyBuffalo.
The LEGO Ideas submission has successfully managed to hit its goal of 10,000 supporters and now enters the judging phase to decide whether or not it will become a future physical set at some point.
RNLI Shannon Class Lifeboat is based on the real-world vessel used by the Royal National Lifeboat Institution in the UK. Celebrating the bicentennial of the Angels of the Sea, the LEGO Ideas set faithfully recreates the latest all-weather lifeboat design, a unique craft that can be launched and recovered using SLARS – the Shannon Launch And Recovery System.
The latest version of RNLI Shannon Class Lifeboat now boasts a brighter orange colour scheme (following feedback from supporters), a modular build (with the lifeboat able to split into four sections), two fully directional waterjets, a submersible tractor unit and much more.
We’ll now have to wait until later in 2025 to find out if RNLI Shannon Class Lifeboat makes it beyond the first LEGO Ideas review of the year and which (if any) other fan designs might be along for the ride.
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 |
| 29 | Ohio State University Marching Band | An Interesting Penguin | February 22, 2025 |
| 30 | Kinetic Tin Toy | 4EyesGuys | February 25, 2025 |
| 31 | The Old Man and the Sea | Iyan ha | February 25, 2025 |
| 32 | Smurf Village | The Half Blood Baron | February 25, 2025 |
| 33 | RNLI Shannon Class Lifeboat | TheCrankyBuffalo | February 26, 2025 |
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