Are Lego Stealing Future Set Ideas? Rejected Sets Are Coming

Do Lego Steal Fans Ideas? What Lego Leaks can we get from rejected Lego Ideas? Let me know your thoughts in the comments.

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[xxnormxx]

I doubt they do steal ideas they probably have it roughly planned out well out in the future, they already have a license deal or the licence owner said no at the time.

It's hard to complain about similarities in licensed things because you are working off the same art.

I mean even if they do we do kinda sign over our idea to them so it's hard to get mad when you have to agree to it. It would suck but it's not something worth getting angry over imo.

[youngbear]

I would not mind LEGO bringing back rejected idea sets, but at least they can be courteous by giving credit to the authors. There does not need to be huge profit sharing or monetary compensation, but acknowledgment would make day and night differences for these volunteers who gave their ideas.

[GamaniacMike]

I would imagine most of them were rejected because they were already working on them

[amyjones]

I don't feel like Lego is copying ideas. The ideas program is popular and you can find submissions based on almost every popular tv show and movie so there's bound to be similar ideas. However, the official Lego sets always have a unique build and graphic design so it's not the same set even if the concept is the same. You can't own an idea alone so the creators of ideas set shouldn't be mad if they see other creators with the same concept or Lego themselves making the same concept.

[Jasonwolf]

With series that Lego is already doing IE NASA, the realistic answer is "we don't need to make this an ideas set because we already have the idea to make more NASA sets". Honestly If I were in-charge I'd have already blocked NASA sets from the site.

[joshslater]

I keep wishing Lego would make the Ratatouille, Wallace & Gromit and Polar Express sets, so it would be nice if they finally made sets for them.

[dgray]

Let me be clear, a lot of not all of the designs are already existing ips. From the snow white house to the Adams family. Lego has to get the rights to make a set in the first place.
For anyone to "build" something they didn't actually create is like making a drawing of Donald Duck. As good as it may be, you don't own Donald Duck. You don't get to hold rights over Donald Duck and can't publish Donald Duck.
If Lego were to take a castle design or a city design and copy it that might be a whole different ballgame.

[DeannaGilbert]

I wonder, has TLG ever approved a set which was based on any sort of IP?

Because I can totally see there being legal issues with approving a set before they actually get licensor approval. And even then, have they ever credited the creator of the Idea if they did approve it?

There’s all sorts of IP land mines.

And the disclaimer about taking ownership is a legal requirement to even HAVE the Ideas program. Because as you say, they could have something in the works already. This is why most creatives will block you on social media if you send them a story or art idea. Because that opens them up to lawsuits, even if you can’t copyright an idea.

[ItzzzBeamo]

I have a suspicion that close concepts to results can likely be due to both the submission and the full set being faithful to the real thing they are attempting to emulate. I mean, with so many bricks in so many colors, and typically a similar scale in mind, I find it hard to see two versions of the same emulated shape looking that different at all.

And then there is the flipside that it is ran by LEGO. I think things like this need to be taken with some salt.

[tomnapper]

Found myself here after going to buy the "Planet Earth and Moon in Orbit" and realizing it was a rejected Ideas set that they've BLATANTLY ripped. At least give the guy credit for the idea! It makes me feel gross.

[brickzburg]

I think they definitely steal sometimes but others don't because its take a while to design and produce a set and if they try to make it accurate to source material, the fan design and lego design will look familiar however for example i think they completely ripped snow white set, timing is about right set was declined 2 years ago which is about what it takes them to fully design and produce enough of them and it looks basically the exact same as fan submission

[ArgentDawn]

This is interesting, but in some examples, I would expect them to look the same if they are trying to be faithful to the material they are replicating.

[For]

After all we have seen with the ideas platform, I can’t believe anyone would make an entry, especially a licensed one.

[tonymclaughlin]

I'm still hoping for the A-Team, Knight Rider and Thundercats

[fractalelf]

No question they take the ideas, as they said, it becomes their IP. Also, not doing an Addams Family set is criminal.

[QuannetSingLeaf]

This is why fake Lego brands are growing at extreme rate. Hard core Lego fans are being discouraged

[RingoandCarlin]

I would like Lego to make that wild west train set and the Roman and Ancient Greek temples. And some more middle ages castles, Ancient China and ancient Japanese temples and buildings, ancient Arabic palace from real arabian history, a Tzar set with ancient Russian palace and figures and Marco Polo set with his travels to China and Mongolia.

[mrjasonjneal]

LEGO RUNS THE CONTEST. LEGO set the rules. If you don't want to play by their rules, don't play. 😂

[ChrisCar-ymds]

All 316 rejected sets, created later are All coincidence 🥴 makes me 🤢 really, as a Lego lover

[jameshunt]

The lego ideas one I really wanted them to make was the old school wwf now WWE 80s set with a backstage and ring/ entrance the figures were awesome plus they could really add to it