Legend of Zelda Among Us and Animal Crossing LEGO Sets Arent Happening
The fan-created LEGO sets inspired by video games get declined by the LEGO Ideas team, despite having more than 10,000 supporters.

Video game fans will be disappointed to hear that a number of gaming-related LEGO sets will not be making their way onto store shelves any time soon, according to a recent announcement from the LEGO Ideas team.
Between the months of January to May 2021, people were able to vote on a number of fan creations added to the LEGO Ideas website, with those reaching 10,000 supporters being considered by the company’s decision-makers to become official LEGO products. A number of video game-inspired creations reached the 10,000 milestone, including Hyrule Castle from The Legend of Zelda, an Animal Crossing: New Horizons set, Samus’ Gunship from Metroid and a replica of an Among Us map. However, none of these submissions made the cut.
LEGO Ideas Design Manager Samuel Johnson and LEGO Model Designer Laura Perron discussed the various criteria the company’s review board considers when deciding which submissions will make it onto store shelves. These factors include products currently on sale, new products that are in development, licensing possibilities and many others, which can be viewed in full in a video announcement on LEGO’s website.
Out of the 57 ideas, only 2 have been officially approved: a set based on the television series The Office and a model of a jazz quartet. Meanwhile, a Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs set entered a state of proverbial limbo, as Laura stated, "We can still reveal that Snow White and the Seven Dwarves by Harry Hanwasyellowfirst [Harry Finkel] is still being reviewed by the review board. We’ve seen a version of this model before in a review, and we’re happy to see it again reach 10,000 votes. Unfortunately, a lot of things had to go into consideration when choosing this to go into production, and we haven’t quite ticked off all those boxes yet, so it’s still in the process, and we’ll give you an update in early 2022."
This is the second time the Snow White set has gone under review, which will give video game fans hope that the creations LEGO declined this time around could still find their way onto shelves in the future. Nevertheless, it seems they will have to wait until next year to be resubmitted, as the company already revealed its next batch of fan-proposed ideas, which will be under review until early 2022. Although, sadly this selection does not feature any video game entries. However, during the announcement, it was confirmed that a Sonic Mania set is currently in development, although a release date is not yet confirmed.
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