Still waiting to hear an update! Was also expecting results by now, but my best guess is that this review cycle is taking a long time because of the record number of entries that achieved support and the number of entries that had licensing implications.Â
So according to an update on the Lego Ideas blog, the results will be released today (December 19th) at 15:00 (Central European Time)
Not sure whether all the new developments on Greta Gerwig taking over Netflix's Narnia project since you first submitted your idea will have helped or hindered your chances from a licensing perspective, but fingers crossed all round!
So it looks like it was bad news 😓
Of the two entries that won, the Botanical Garden is definitely a well deserved winner from the non-licensed entries. It was one of the two I picked out amongst my favourites back in March.
However the Twilight House feels like a tougher one to justify amongst all the other licensed property entries. I can only imagine therefore that it was the low-hanging-fruit of available license deals, since even without my Narnia hat on, there were some much more interesting builds than that.
The Godzilla is pretty spectacular, and the Shrek sets clearly have a lot of popularity given how many keep getting submitted, but the Twilight House looks pretty much just like a generic house. Doesn't feel like there's anything particular novel or iconic about it. If it didn't have a license attached to it I can't see that anyone would be excited by it.
Didn't happen this time, thank you all for the support!
Awww, that's too bad. Even the Botanical garden is not that exciting to me because they just released a Botanical garden this year. I know because I bought it for my daughter for her birthday. Â
@Reepicheep900, well done on your entry anyways. Maybe once the Netflix Narnia comes out, interest will increase!
@reepicheep900 so what should we do now? Can we try again with the Lego submission? We have the argument now that Greta Gerwig is making Narnia productions as we speak. Now would be a great time to get a jump on the Narnia excitement.Â
@reepicheep900 so what should we do now? Can we try again with the Lego submission?
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The same user re-submitted it to the Lego Ideas competition a few months ago. It's got a decent number of votes so far, but probably not gaining the same sort of traction as it did the first time.
https://ideas.lego.com/projects/af1c1033-61d1-4c90-a781-873ee96906b3
Hopefully it gets the necessary remaining votes to get through to the selection panel again, but I reckon it could run into the same problems as before (if indeed it was a copyright issue)
@icarus I checked the submitted idea. So far we'll still need 3145 to reach the 10,000 mark. Hopefully this can be greenlighted soon!
https://beta.ideas.lego.com/product-ideas/af1c1033-61d1-4c90-a781-873ee96906b3
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