TikTok trend could be at the heart of recent LEGO Ideas 10K flood
LEGO Ideas has recently seen a flood of support for a record-breaking number of projects, and the answer could lie in a recent TikTok trend.
The LEGO Ideas second 2025 review round is currently sitting at a record-breaking 81 projects, with well over a month to go before the qualifying window closes. Forty-four of those projects have reached 10,000 supporters in the past five days, following an enormous platform-wide surge in votes – and it looks like a recent TikTok trend could be at least partly responsible.
The first Ideas project to go viral on TikTok was tanuki_brikz’s Pusheen the Cat, racking up thousands of views that appear to have translated into real votes on LEGO Ideas. The model was originally submitted to the crowdsourcing platform in October 2023, and took well over a year to reach 5,000 supporters – but shot over the 10,000-supporter line only hours after circulating on TikTok.
“Thank you all so much for 10,000 supporters, and especially those who shared this on TikTok!” tanuki_brikz wrote on the project page. “It means the world to me!”
In the wake of that project earning a spot in the second 2025 review, LEGO Ideas’ new army of voters proceeded to share other projects they’d stumbled across on the platform, encouraging viewers to back them in the race to 10K.
This would explain why so many projects have rocketed to 10,000 supporters in such a short space of time: many of the featured submissions under the LEGO Ideas tag on TikTok have only reached the review stage in the last three days, including The Rookie, House M.D. and Gravity Falls – Mystery Shack.
Some of the videos have upwards of 500,000 views, and while there’s no way to officially verify that those views have directly translated to LEGO Ideas votes, it’s not difficult to draw that line. (Just look at recent comments on the successful projects, for one thing.)
We’re now looking at the most LEGO Ideas projects in a single review since the inception of the platform, and with another seven projects reaching 10,000 supporters overnight, it’s showing no signs of slowing down. But while more projects means more options for future LEGO sets, the LEGO Ideas team generally only selects two or three new models at most from each review round.
The end result may therefore only be a much harder decision for the review board – and disappointment for those creators whose projects are rejected. They’ll at least receive the consolation prize awarded to every project that reaches 10,000 votes, which is up to $500 worth of LEGO sets. (For this review alone, the LEGO Group will be parting with at least $40,000 in product.)
Here’s a reminder of everything in the second 2025 review so far.
LEGO Ideas projects in the second 2025 review
| LEGO Ideas project | LEGO Ideas user | Date qualified | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Fortress of Bellinzona | ReginaZucchinaEfficiente032 / GeneraleCrominusSorpreso033 / CreatoreFungoScivoloso033 | May 9, 2025 |
| 2 | Jumping Spiders | spiderdude | May 9, 2025 |
| 3 | Planet Express Headquarters | Kyosset | May 10, 2025 |
| 4 | Modular Medieval Village | Albrick | May 11, 2025 |
| 5 | Pantheon 124 AD | CUBETTARO | May 12, 2025 |
| 6 | The Circus | Goannas89 | May 13, 2025 |
| 7 | Clippy | PiotrGierwatowski | May 13, 2025 |
| 8 | Monsters, Inc. – Boo’s Door Scream Floor | Pester78 | May 14, 2025 |
| 9 | This is Fine | eat.sleep.build.repeat. | May 15, 2025 |
| 10 | Ariane 6 on ELA 4 – Complete Version | BrickRocketCollection | May 16, 2025 |
| 11 | Botanical Terrariums | 44th_brick | May 20, 2025 |
| 12 | GLaDOS From Portal 2 | hachiroku24 | May 20, 2025 |
| 13 | Samurai Castle | Distracted Builder | May 25, 2025 |
| 14 | Working Modular Fairground | Baron von Barron | May 25, 2025 |
| 15 | Roman Forum | Brickcar13 | May 30, 2025 |
| 16 | Vintage Rotary Phone | PrehistoricHamster051 | June 3, 2025 |
| 17 | The Hourglass | Airbricks95 | June 4, 2025 |
| 18 | My Neighbor Totoro | Brickasso99031 | June 11, 2025 |
| 19 | Godzilla: Minus One | Enr8gdBoss | June 19, 2025 |
| 20 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | teljesnegyzet | June 19, 2025 |
| 21 | Jumanji Game Board | Airbricks95 | June 19, 2025 |
| 22 | Lake House | P.D.G | June 22, 2025 |
| 23 | Twister | RoyBuilds | June 25, 2025 |
| 24 | Wolf’s Gate | ChillyOrange081 | June 26, 2025 |
| 25 | Elf the Movie – North Pole! | Johnathan1986 | June 28, 2025 |
| 26 | 1800’s Railroading | Bridges and Engines | Shawshank | June 28, 2025 |
| 27 | Phineas and Ferb | Greygo | June 28, 2025 |
| 28 | The Hunger Games: Catching Fire | BrickGallery | June 28, 2025 |
| 29 | Doofenshmirtz Incorporated Building | The_Robin84_Tech_Inc | June 29, 2025 |
| 30 | Working Volcano – With Erupting Lava! | Liam Paradise | June 29, 2025 |
| 31 | Plants vs. Zombies – Diorama | KrafftPunk | June 30, 2025 |
| 32 | Gilmore Girls Stars Hollow Town Square – Autumn Edition | AmyAlasko | June 30, 2025 |
| 33 | Great Blue Heron | FascinatingAnteater044 | July 1, 2025 |
| 34 | Blockbuster | ThomasFV | July 3, 2025 |
| 35 | Meteorological Observatory | Baron von Barron | July 5, 2025 |
| 36 | SpongeBob SquarePants: The Krusty Krab | lanko. | July 6, 2025 |
| 37 | National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation – Griswold House | twrt0es | July 7, 2025 |
| 38 | Lunch Atop a Skyscraper | DallasBricks | July 10, 2025 |
| 39 | SpongeBob SquarePants – 25th Anniversary | Vaicko | July 10, 2025 |
| 40 | Hamilton | MadamGalacticRetox | July 10, 2025 |
| 41 | The Japanese Village | SpacePepsi6709 | July 11, 2025 |
| 42 | Hamilton | BravestThoughtfulSalad | July 11, 2025 |
| 43 | Pusheen the Cat | tanuki_brikz | July 11, 2025 |
| 44 | My Chemical Romance | RamanBro | July 11, 2025 |
| 45 | One Direction: What Makes You Beautiful | SJs Workshop | July 11, 2025 |
| 46 | Motorized Steampunk Airship | Liam Paradise | July 11, 2025 |
| 47 | My Neighbor Totoro 1988 | Petrus Odyssey | July 11, 2025 |
| 48 | Perry the Platypus / Agent P From Disney’s Phineas and Ferb | DragonBuilder01 | July 11, 2025 |
| 49 | Edward Scissorhands | Caster-Troy | July 12, 2025 |
| 50 | Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl UCS | Tobnac | July 12, 2025 |
| 51 | Gravity Falls: The Mystery Shack | rwbricks | July 12, 2025 |
| 52 | Jumanji (1995) – Foldable Board Game | BRICK PROJECT | July 12, 2025 |
| 53 | Black Hole | ups | July 12, 2025 |
| 54 | House M.D. | MajesticMouse064 | July 12, 2025 |
| 55 | Gramophone / Phonograph | Andie16 | July 12, 2025 |
| 56 | Welcome to Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe 75th Anniversary Set | Reepicheep94554 | July 12, 2025 |
| 57 | Medieval Tavern / Inn | HugoJCSantos93 | July 12, 2025 |
| 58 | Spirited Away | TrumanBricks | July 12, 2025 |
| 59 | The Rookie | BRICKUP | July 13, 2025 |
| 60 | Knight Rider – KITT | Jerboa | July 13, 2025 |
| 61 | Pemberley – Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen | TJ Bricks | July 13, 2025 |
| 62 | Amsterdam Canal Houses | Brickmaster_85 | July 13, 2025 |
| 63 | Garfield | WetWired | July 13, 2025 |
| 64 | CRT TV | ejdxjd | July 13, 2025 |
| 65 | My Neighbor Totoro – Studio Ghibli 40th Anniversary | CoolDrillex020 | July 13, 2025 |
| 66 | Coraline: The Pink Palace! | Thebigchicken | July 13, 2025 |
| 67 | Tally Hall: Marvin’s Marvelous Mechanical Museum 20th Anniversary | Mr.PumpkinHead | July 13, 2025 |
| 68 | ATEEZ – ANITEEZ Sail Boat Set | artistnameseven | July 13, 2025 |
| 69 | Balloon Dog | brxstr | July 13, 2025 |
| 70 | Shrek’s Swamp | ZeusBricks | July 13, 2025 |
| 71 | SUBNAUTICA: Wonders of the Crater | megaBRICKS_SD | July 13, 2025 |
| 72 | Operational Muppet Theatre | ProfessorSensitiveDandelion | July 13, 2025 |
| 73 | The Peace Lilly | BriBricks | July 14, 2025 |
| 74 | Seashells Collection | 2A2A | July 14, 2025 |
| 75 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Cowabunga! | P.D.G | July 15, 2025 |
| 76 | Treasure Planet: Captain Flint’s Pirate Spaceship | Masterbuilder Grant | July 15, 2025 |
| 77 | Video Home System | Polar-Angel_UA | July 15, 2025 |
| 78 | Great Minds in Science | ZeusBricks | July 15, 2025 |
| 79 | Open Up the Door | ErfinderEdlerBenny | July 15, 2025 |
| 80 | Gravity Falls – Mystery Shack | Didymos | July 15, 2025 |
| 81 | Black-Faced Spoonbill | bricks.life.idea | July 15, 2025 |
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