LEGO Ideas Third 2026 Review Stage Opens With Eight Contenders
Parks and Recreation has hit 10,000 supporters and entered the LEGO Ideas Third 2026 Review Stage, joining seven other fan projects that cleared the threshold as soon as this latest round opened.
The full lineup: Moby Dick (Iyan ha), Parks and Recreation (JJTheOfficeGuy), The Legend of the Sea Serpent (NicestFairWolf), Earthrise (BuildingDreams), Sebilj - Historic Fountain Sarajevo, BiH (BiH), Stack of Cats (DMWM), The Wizard of Oz (extraevancontent), and The Bollaert-Delelis Stadium (Mirajane62).
Eight projects right out of the gate is a solid start to the stage. Parks and Rec feels like the standout commercial prospect: a 2,515-piece recreation of the Parks Department offices featuring all ten main characters, including Leslie Knope, Ron Swanson, and Li'l Sebastian. LEGO already turned 21336 The Office into a successful Ideas set from the same designer, and the audience who bought that would happily build out Pawnee City Hall.
The Wizard of Oz is another strong candidate with broad name recognition, instantly recognisable characters, and iconic scenes that translate well into brick form. This is extraevancontent's first Ideas submission to reach 10,000, featuring a diorama with the Yellow Brick Road winding through Oz towards the Emerald City.
Earthrise is the one I'd most like to see make it through. BuildingDreams' 859-piece art poster depicts the famous 1968 Apollo 8 photograph - the first image of Earth rising over the lunar horizon, taken during humanity's first crewed mission to orbit the Moon. There's an established audience for NASA-themed LEGO, and a well-executed version could be genuinely striking on a wall. BuildingDreams has also submitted a companion piece, Earthset, based on a 2026 Artemis II photograph, designed so the two panels hang side by side as a 58-year conversation between Apollo 8 and Artemis II.
Moby Dick comes from Iyan ha, the designer behind the upcoming The Old Man and the Sea Ideas set. Their latest submission brings Herman Melville's 1851 novel to life with Captain Ahab's ship on stylised waves and the titular whale rendered in clever part usage.
The review window runs until 4 January 2027, so plenty more projects will qualify before LEGO's internal team begins its assessment. The review process typically takes several months, and only a small number from each batch get the green light. Stack of Cats is charming, Sebilj is the kind of cultural landmark LEGO rarely touches, and the stadium will appeal strongly to supporters of that particular club, but in a crowded field, licensed properties with broad appeal tend to win out.