Stunning book sculpture fishes for support on LEGO Ideas
LEGO Ideas’ first 2025 review round continues to grow today with the addition of an impressive sculpture based on The Old Man and the Sea.
Iyan ha is back in another LEGO Ideas review round, after five unsuccessful attempts at proposing a set for the popular theme. This time they’ve found success with a sculpture based on Ernest Hemingway’s The Old Man and the Sea. The 1,300-piece model proposes a single minifigure, a boat and the book’s giant Marlin.
Similar to 21350 Jaws, the model is designed so that sub-builds can detach from the main book centrepiece and be displayed individually and LEGO Ideas’ experience with books is extensive too. Provided that there’s no issue with the license for the story, the proposed build would be fairly familiar territory for the LEGO Ideas team with seemingly no major difficulties to approach.
That’s only speculation on our part though and right now, the impressive model has joined many others in the first 2025 review round.
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 |
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