For those interested, a second aircraft-related Ideas submission that has a higher likelihood of making it to production is this "aircraft engine workshop":
I'm not an aviation geek, but I love the clearly deep level of aviation geekery on display with this one. The industrial-espionage minifig cracked me up.
I don’t see this happening. Others mentioned IP issues already, but the sell quality is just low:
For playing it does not work, as it is not minifig scale and is only the cockpit so what is there to play. For visuals I am missing the plane and I don’t find the build to be directly recognisable as a very famous plane either. (I am no plane expert, just an adult lego builder).
The outside on its own is a bit odd in my opinion and it is the first thing you see.
I think it works better as an instruction guide / rebrickable for plane enthusiasts than an IDEA set.
This would be for adult and I don’t think they would actually play with the completed kit?
A lot of adults are into aviation and they are probably the target audience.
Personally growing up with lego sets in 80s I prefer kits that do not have too many specialized blocks and parts because it kills composability, so even though I love planes and Lego, I don't think I'd buy this.
As an adult Lego enthusiast, I disagree. I'm probably not the target for this one, but I can see others wanting it. None of my sets are for playing with after built. Like my Saturn V rocket. Try and play with that, and you'll have a pile of bricks very soon. It's for building & looking at, once completed. I'm the sort that loves the model aspect of Lego, especially with a lot of the newer (past 15-20 years) large sets. I have some of the larger Star Wars sets (Death Star, Star Destroyer, Millenium Falcon, etc). None of these can you play with as a kid would. You can't pick up the Star Destroyer or Millenium Falcon and run around a room making pew pew sounds.
Boeing is a military contractor[1], and Lego appears to have a strict policy against doing military sets[2] (unlike Cobi[3]). Here's another company which makes Lego-compatible military sets[4].
I don’t think this is a very interesting design and seems to rely heavily on stickers or printed pieces for a lot of the detail. Without those it would just be a tan panel. There are also exposed plate bottoms on many sides which are kind of an eyesore.
It's where fans can submit their own creations. At 10k supporters Lego takes a closer look (fitness for the Ideas series, cost of production, IP rights etc.).
If Lego decides to build it, the fan gets a share of the profit from the set.
Lego Ideas is the premier adult Lego series, with lots of cool sets at high price points.
Presumably LEGO will raise the limit if they get swamped, but 10,000 is just the bar to get considered by the staff, it confers no guarantee of success and hence isn't super worth gaming.
> Congratulations on reaching the 10,000 supporter milestone! What an achievement it is!
> We now officially advance this project to the Review phase.
> What happens now?
> This project moves from the Idea stage to the Review stage. A "LEGO Review Board" composed of designers, product managers, and other key team members will examine the idea. [...]
That's part of the review happening at 10k supporters.
For all practical purposes the answer is yes. It would have to licensed from Boeing. This set doesn't make sense (at 150 to 200 Euros, based on the number of pieces) without being able to call it a "Boeing 747". Few people would buy a no-name airplane cockpit. So Lego needs the trademark license.
https://ideas.lego.com/projects/224b606d-44d0-452e-9693-88be...