For those of you unfamiliar with the LEGO Ideas program, it is an amazing effort by LEGO to take community-built sets and turn them into official, in-store sets for us fans to purchase. Past sets have included the “Ghostbusters” ECTO-1, and the Delorean from “Back to the Future”, just to name a few. It’s a fantastic program that gets us LEGO collectors all into a frenzy when a new set is announced – at LEGO has just announced the second results from the 2014 review period!
All of the sets submitted for this review were amazing, and honestly, I would have been thrilled with any of these being put into production. However, there are a lot of factors that go into this review process including licensing, cost to produce, etc. and not all can make the cut. But the good news is that this year we will be getting an awesome “WALL-E” set!
Ths set was actually created by PIXAR animator and director, Angus MacLane, which I think makes this LEGO WALL-E even cooler. I guarantee I will be picking this up when it hits retailers!
The good news doesn’t end there though! During the previous review period, it was announced that two “Doctor Who” sets were under further review, and I couldn’t be more excited that the one I was pulling for has officially been announced as a forthcoming LEGO set!
The “Doctor Who and Companions” set includes multiple Doctors and Companions, along with K9, a Weeping Angel, a Dalek, and a TARDIS that opens up to reveal the interior! Now, keep in mind that this is all gleaned from the fan-submitted set, and is subject to change before it becomes an official LEGO set, but I’m just over the moon that we are getting an official “Doctor Who” LEGO set!
Unfortunately, we will have to be patient as no release date or pricing has been announced for either set, but these are just two more amazing sets in the pipeline for 2015 that I know has at least this LEGO fan very excited!
Head on over to the LEGO Ideas Blog for even more info!