LEGO Ideas project hits 10K for the third time – but looks less likely than ever to pass review
A clockwork LEGO solar system model has just reached 10,000 votes for the third time on LEGO Ideas – but it looks less likely than ever to pass through the review stage.
Chris Orchard and Brent Waller’s collaborative Clockwork Solar System has already been rejected by the LEGO Ideas review board in the third 2021 review and the second 2022 review, but the dynamic duo – steadfast in their ambition to get the green light – resubmitted the model again in February 2023. Almost a year to the day later, it’s now racked up 10,000 votes once again.
That means it passes into the first 2024 review, but the deck is stacked against this mechanical model more than ever. Not only has the LEGO Ideas team expressed a desire to see changes to resubmitted projects – of which there are none here – but the LEGO Technic theme is on the brink of launching something very similar in concept in 42179 Planet Earth and Moon in Orbit.
Orchard and Waller’s working orrery goes above and beyond the scope of that LEGO Technic model, packing in the entire solar system with orbital timing accurate to 99.8%, but it’s difficult to see the LEGO Group finding space for both on shelves (even if 42179 Planet Earth and Moon in Orbit would likely be nearing retirement by the time this set actually released).
Still, you never know: it’s not like we’ve never seen two very similar LEGO sets on shelves at once. (Here’s looking at you, Artoo.) We’ll find out either way when the first LEGO Ideas 2024 review results are announced later this year.
Every LEGO Ideas project 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 |
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