Kid Builds Giant Lego TitanicThese days, you can find a Lego set to replicate countless famous movie scenes. There’s Lego Star Wars, Lego Batman, and Lego Harry Potter just to name a few. But it wasn’t that long ago that kids had to use their own imagination and bricks from countless other sets to build something from the movies. Lego enthusiast Lasse Ankersø is only a kid, but he successfully built a giant model of the Titanic ocean liner that is nearly twice as long as he is tall. Lego rejects all fan proposals for sets—including ‘Frozen,’ ‘Golden Girls’ See all Editor's Picks This is the first time Lego has never approved a project from a Lego Ideas review period. For the first time ever, Lego has rejected every Lego Ideas project considered for production during a review period. The surprising result shared Friday included projects that were proposed by fans on the Lego Ideas website and received 10,000 supporters between January and May. Once a proposed project reaches this goal it goes to Lego to be considered for production.
Out of the 13 projects that achieved this goal in the first part of 2015 not one will be produced by Lego. This is an especially surprising result because this round of projects included many that had received a lot of attention from fans online. The International Space Station set was shared not only by space enthusiasts but by agencies like NASA on social media. The proposed Science Adventures set was another creation of geochemist Ellen Kooijman, who proposed Lego’s successful Research Institute set featuring female scientists which went into production. The most well-known project in the rejected bunch is the Golden Girls living room and kitchen modular set that went viral earlier this year and would have included mini-figures of the characters Dorothy, Rose, Blanche, Sophia, and Stan. While perhaps lesser known, the other projects would have also made interesting sets. They included Discworld, the Titanic, Legends of Zelda: King of Red Lions, Daft Punk, Tyrannosaurus Rex, Elsa’s palace from Frozen, a medieval market street, and more.
“For a number of reasons, none of the projects that qualified during this period were selected in the Lego Review; this has never happened before and we’re very disappointed to pass on this news, especially because we know the huge amount of effort each member put into creating the models and campaigning for their projects,” the Lego Ideas blog post states. According to Lego, the company cannot state exact reasons why a specific project did not make it through the review process but it did offer the three below examples of why they might have been rejected. Perhaps we can’t come to an agreement with the companies who own the Intellectual Property rights to the models or characters involved, or it is possible companies are just not interested in having a LEGO version of their product. Other projects sometimes come too close to a number of the products that the LEGO Group already has today or has plans for the near future. Some projects can challenge the rules we have on safe and good building experience for all LEGO builders.
We can also have difficulties simply producing some of the larger projects with the production capacity we have for LEGO Ideas. The results disappointed fans of these projects who shared their sadness on Twitter. @CERuge arrrggghhhh very sorry…. did you get a reason for your project ? If you submit it again, i’ll support it again 🙂 — cpamoa (@cpamoa) October 30, 2015 Alas, Lego Discworld will never see the light of day. — Ezim (@ezim93) October 30, 2015 Legitimately salty @LEGO_Group / @LEGOIdeas REJECTED the Golden Girls LEGO set. #legokillingmydreams #goldengirls #bestlegoideaever #jerks — dkline (@dkline) October 30, 2015 This was the first review for 2015. The results of the second review won’t be announced until early 2016. The projects included in that review include Adventure Time figures, Ghostbusters’ Stay Puft Marshmallow Man, Rivendell from The Hobbit, and more. H/T CollectSpace | S Up next after the break: Model citizen Paul Mather has raised thousands of pounds for charity – through his lifelong love of Lego.
The 33-year-old picked up his first brick as a child, rediscovering the hobby aged 19 when his son Brandon was born. His biggest build so far is a 5ft 10ins model of the Titanic which has been with him to 10 community events this year, raising £3,500 for good causes. Designed around pictures of the doomed ocean liner, it took two months to make from more than 4,000 bricks which he had lying around the house. Paul, who describes himself as an independent Lego sculptor, made the model earlier this year in the hope of selling it and buying a new car. When an unexpected windfall meant he no longer needed the spare cash he decided to take the Titanic on tour. He said: “I posted a few pictures on Twitter and I had compliments from Legolands around the world. Legoland Discovery Centre Manchester wanted to put it on display. "It was obviously respected as a model so I decided to use it to raise money for charity.” With ambitions for the future Paul, who works in medical insurance, is now appealing for donations of bricks so he can get started on the next big build.
He has set up a group for Lego enthusiasts and hopes to one day give the region its own show – like London’s ‘Art of the Brick’ exhibition. Paul, who lives in Ashton with wife Lisa, said: “The idea is to have affordable Lego events for families within the north west. “It would always be for charity, that’s how it started and that’s how it would stay.” He added: “I did attempt Ashton town hall but I ran out of grey. I just don’t have the bricks. “My website gives people the option of donating bricks. People have probably got Lego in the loft, under the bed, but I could use that to help more people, more charities and build bigger and better.” Money raised in 2015 will be shared between the Alzheimer’s Society, homeless charity Barnabus in Manchester and Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital. To find out more about Paul’s work and to make a donation, visit his website lhunter2014.co.uk. There is a newer model of this item: COBI RMS Titanic Building Kit by COBI
44 x 5.6 x 32 cm ; Shipping Weight: 1.3 Kg Item model number: 1913 Date first available at Amazon.ca: June 5 2013 #25,741 in Toys & Games (See Top 100 in Toys & Games) in Toys & Games > Building Toys > Stacking Blocks Would you like to give feedback on images or tell us about a lower price? The Titanic model was specially designed and manufactured to honor the 100th anniversary of Titanic maiden voyage. Our designers worked on every detail to create a perfect reflection of this magnificent ship. As the original, the COBI ship has 4 chimneys, numerous decks, lifeboats, masts, and rotating turbines. Additionally, there is a possibility of installing wheels which enable you to play with the ship on the floor. The set contains 450 elements. After being built, the model is almost 40 inches long and 6 inches high. This item is a great addition to the extended COBI Action Town collection!. SuSenGo Building Blocks Titanic ShipBoat 3D Model Educational Gift Toys for Children 194PCS