Push play at LEGO Ideas for a potential new retro set
Another LEGO Sony Walkman has cracked the review stage at LEGO Ideas, presumably attempting to capitalise on the success of 21345 Polaroid OneStep SX-70 Camera.
Retro objects are in vogue once again at LEGO Ideas, and at the forefront is Marc Corfmat’s 21345 Polaroid OneStep SX-70 Camera, which landed on shelves in January. Four days later, LEGO Ideas user Srta.JirafaEnfadada uploaded their Sony Walkman project to the platform – and it’s now racked up 10,000 votes in a little under three months.
That means the retro music player will now progress to the first 2024 review, in which the LEGO Ideas review board will consider whether or not to produce it as an official set. This pitch includes the WM-22 Walkman in red, along with a pair of headphones and two cassette tapes (plus two other colour options), the latter of which can each be placed inside the opening Walkman.
“I think it would be a great LEGO set because it brings back a historical object that has marked the lives of many people and revives a lot of experiences and memories lived in the past,” the builder explains on the project page. But this isn’t the first time a LEGO Sony Walkman has reached the LEGO Ideas review stage: almost two years ago, Polish fan builder Jaroslaw Ksiazczyk (also known as Jerac) took a similar design to the second 2022 review.
The LEGO Group opted not to move forward with that project, but that doesn’t mean all hope is lost for this new iteration. The Ideas team has said before that the selection process is often just a matter of timing – and the sales data from 21345 Polaroid OneStep SX-70 Camera might just be enough to convince the board to release another retro brick-built object. (It’s actually already tested the waters with an unlicensed tape player at a smaller scale in the Insiders Rewards Centre.)
We’ll find out along with the results of the first 2024 review towards the back end of the year. For now, check out every project in the running in this round below.
LEGO Ideas projects in the first 2024 review
| Number | LEGO Ideas project | LEGO Ideas user | Date qualified |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spirited Away | legotruman | January 10, 2024 |
| 2 | Appa the Sky Bison, from Avatar the Last Airbender | Yarrostudios | January 10, 2024 |
| 3 | Venus Flytrap | Bricky_Brick | January 11, 2024 |
| 4 | Minerals Display | ddf72 | January 12, 2024 |
| 5 | Dreamworks’ Shrek’s Swamp 2 | AshnFlash | January 12, 2024 |
| 6 | Hello Kitty and Friends – 50 Years | Bulldoozer | January 16, 2024 |
| 7 | Dr. Seuss’s The Grinch | BenBuilds | January 19, 2024 |
| 8 | Medieval Tournament | hello_zol | January 24, 2024 |
| 9 | Among Us: The Skeld | BrickRealm101 | January 25, 2024 |
| 10 | Cherry Blossom Ikebana | Brickcea | January 28, 2024 |
| 11 | Roman Forum | Krackenator4 | February 1, 2024 |
| 12 | The Wizard of Oz – 85th Film Anniversary | The Wizard of Oz | February 3, 2024 |
| 13 | Interstellar | Minibrick Productions | February 5, 2024 |
| 14 | Working Suspension Railway | Baron von Barron | February 6, 2024 |
| 15 | Metallica M72 World Tour | MetalliBrick | February 6, 2024 |
| 16 | Suitcase Express! | UsualBuilder | February 7, 2024 |
| 17 | Outer Wilds | Minibrick Productions | February 8, 2024 |
| 18 | Medieval Inn by the Gatehouse | _nightbricks_ | February 14, 2024 |
| 19 | Clockwork Solar System | ChrisOrchard | February 14, 2024 |
| 20 | Brooklyn Nine-Nine | BenFankhauser | February 15, 2024 |
| 21 | My Neighbor Totoro | danielbradleyy | February 20, 2024 |
| 22 | Tower Chess | Ferbrick1 | February 24, 2024 |
| 23 | Medieval Bee Farm | J.K. Brick | March 1, 2024 |
| 24 | LEGO Gundam | legotruman | March 2, 2024 |
| 25 | Dancing House, Prague | paranoider | March 3, 2024 |
| 26 | Rocky Reef Restoration | uPawelek | March 3, 2024 |
| 27 | The Wizard Peaks | CozyBricks | March 3, 2024 |
| 28 | Finding Nemo – First Day of School | Dani_Fus | March 6, 2024 |
| 29 | Coraline – The Pink Palace | danielbradleyy | March 8, 2024 |
| 30 | Vintage Record Player | AmbassadorDexterousPsyclone100 | March 10, 2024 |
| 31 | The Highland Cow | Stormpathes | March 14, 2024 |
| 32 | Scooby-Doo! And the Ravenwood Mansion | Tobnac | March 14, 2024 |
| 33 | Greek Holiday | ponuryy | March 16, 2024 |
| 34 | Men in Black: Agent K’s Transforming Jet Car | PeeDeeZee | March 19, 2024 |
| 35 | Széchenyi Chain Bridge (Budapest) | hello_zol | March 21, 2024 |
| 36 | The Great British Bake Off | timothy_e_e | March 23, 2024 |
| 37 | Ancient Egyptian Temple | GJC15344 | March 25, 2024 |
| 38 | Sony Walkman | Srta.JirafaEnfadada | March 27, 2024 |
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Cassette tape should come with a pencil side build.