CUUSOO On a Rampage

The Road to Oz has just hit 10,000 Cuusoo votes and as such made it in for the fall review with just hours to spare.

http://lego.cuusoo.com/ideas/view/43978

Sherlock by Flailx just reached 10,000 supporters on Cuusoo. This makes it the second project to do so for the Winter 2013 Review.

Sherlock was executed expertly with a great MOC for the fanbase, and the fans ran with it.

(From Brickset)

This may be the quickest a set has ever hit 10,000 supports, the shows fan base and easy to get into nature (3 Part Seasons) appear to have lead to an outpouring of support.

The Adventure Time Cuusoo Project will reach 10,000 supporters in the coming hours. We would like to congratulate them on both the successful campaign and the beautiful concepts.

Cuusoo posted this update today:

Updates to the Guidelines, House Rules, and Terms of Service

Today we’re introducing some updates to LEGO® CUUSOO’s Guidelines, House Rules, and Terms of Service based on things we’ve learned over the last two years. These changes will help focus the contents of your projects toward what we’re able to commercialize through LEGO CUUSOO. We’ve seen a lot of great ideas and models from you, but not everything fits what is practical or possible to make and sell.

Now that we’ve been through a few LEGO Review periods, it’s easier to decide what types of submissions work as potential sets and what kinds don’t. In order to nurture a pipeline that’s more in line with what is possible to produce, these changes narrow the scope of what we’ll consider.

What’s changing?

The new Guidelines, House Rules, and Terms of Service clarify and refine what types of submissions we’ll consider as potential LEGO sets. Our goal is to make review decisions more quickly, which means new CUUSOO sets will get into your hands sooner.

Highlights

Here are some changes we would like to highlight:

New Guideline What This Means
Brick-Based Construction Toy Projects Only Please only create projects suggesting standard LEGO sets and not new parts, software, websites, apps, or non-LEGO brick based products (backpacks, mugs, etc).
One Project = One LEGO Set Projects should only suggest single stand-alone LEGO sets, and not a series of products or a playtheme.
No Minifigure Series or “Battle Packs” We no longer allow projects suggesting solely minifigures, minifigure collectibles, “battle packs,” “character packs,” etc.
Only Use Authentic LEGO Parts Please do not include non-LEGO brand bricks in your projects, whether from competing brands or after-market customizers.
No Company Logos or Team Mascots We no longer consider projects consisting of company, team, or organization logos or mascots.
Please Don’t Use Our Logos You may not use the LEGO Logo (or represent it), or any of our other logos in a way that could imply we endorse your project. See this guide for clarification.
CUUSOO Sets and Potential Playthemes

LEGO CUUSOO is set up to evaluate and release single LEGO set concepts that reach 10,000 supporters, and not playthemes, product ranges, or parts. The LEGO Minecraft concept proved so popular that the LEGO Group decided to release more sets as a continuation of our license agreement with MOJANG. This is really exciting because even more people will be able to celebrate their love for building, both with LEGO bricks and in the Minecraft universe!

While this naturally gives hope that your concepts could also make it to “theme status,” our team still sees future scenarios like this as incredibly rare. Nevertheless, it is a possibility, so we’ve also added Guidelines language that clearly states we don’t offer credit or compensation for any potential follow-up sets, since those are developed by us outside of LEGO CUUSOO.

New House Rules

It’s occasionally necessary to remind people of our expectations of respect, etiquette, and fair behavior, so we’re adding these two House Rules:

Respect Privacy. You may voluntarily link to your social media accounts on your profile but please do not share your email address, phone number, or other contact details. Never share someone else’s personal details that are not readily available on their LEGO CUUSOO profile.
One Account Per Person. LEGO CUUSOO is designed for creative people who play fairly and honestly. Secondary accounts will be removed when discovered and users who operate multiple accounts risk being permanently banned from participation. Please refrain from creating “team” or group accounts.
Guidelines, House Rules, and Terms of Service, oh my!

We refer to these a lot, but what is the difference between them? Here’s how these documents relate to each other:



Moving Forward

Our team has learned a lot over the last two years of the LEGO CUUSOO Open Beta. We’ve browsed your great projects and ideas, and have had the privilege of evaluating those that make it into the LEGO Review. We’ve learned volumes about what’s possible to produce and what isn’t within the CUUSOO framework.

As a result of these changes, there are now many existing projects we won’t consider anymore. Many projects that no longer fit will soon be removed and their creators notified. Owners of projects that can be modified to fit the Guidelines will also be contacted. To simplify the administration of this change, projects with over 1,000 supporters will have until December 31 to make the necessary changes, and projects under 1,000 are asked to make the necessary changes before they reach 1,000 supporters.

Know that we can’t express enough how much we appreciate the passion and energy that goes into each and every one of your submissions, even if we’re not able to make them. Thanks again for enthusiastically sharing with us the things you would like to see made into future LEGO products and we’re looking forward to making more LEGO wishes come true as we grow.

The Birds project has hit 10,000 after an epic of a campaign.

It looks like Ghost Busters will be the seventh Cuusoo set to hit the presses!

The modular Apple store has reached 10,000 supporters in the wee hours of last night! If produced this set will certainly help to further thin the wallets of LEGO fans and Apple fans alike!

Back to the Future Jules Verne Train has hit 10000 supporters after a long run. It will be interested to see who this turns out, having already a BTTF set in production, but LEGO has yet to make comment.

Brickset has posted a great article concerning how Cuusoo users are utilizing their new found freedom in the form of Doctor Who set proposals. They show some truly great projects that are actually in the realm of reality, unlike so many others.

2014 Star Wars polybags by Brickset, on Flickr

Brickset has posted some pictures of the really nice 2014 Starwars polybags. Be sure to check them out on their Flickr page! Click the photo above to get there.

A Big Bang Theory project just hit 10,000 votes on Cuusoo. This means that this set will join the ranks of others in being considered in the review this summer to be possibly made into a real set.

Andrew Clark's Doctor Who project has hit 10,000 supporters tonight making it the second Doctor Who project to hit 10,000 this quarter!

Attack on Wayne Manor appears it is going to be the first project to hit 10,000 supporters on the new IDEAS's platform!

X-Men Xavier Institute is the second project to hit 10,000 supports on Ideas! This project was also created by Darthky, creator of the Wayne Manor project that hit just nearly 10 days ago!

DarthKy and GlenBricker,

Well, you’ve done it again! Another beautiful project of yours has reached 10,000 supporters. Being a mutant, or, ahem, “gifted,” isn’t so bad when THIS is your school! Now children from the LEGO world have a safe place to work on their special talents with other such youngsters. And with professors like Cyclops and Wolverine, there’s no chance of a student falling asleep at their desk.

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. We'll build concept models and determine if the concept meets our high standards for what it takes to be a LEGO product. This includes factors such as playability, safety, and fit with the LEGO brand. Every potential LEGO product goes through a process like this and must meet the same standards.

The LEGO Review Begins in September

This project qualifies for the Second 2014 Review, which includes projects that reach 10,000 supporters between early May and early September. For more information about the LEGO review process, please see the Project Guidelines and House Rules.

The review is a thorough process and from its start, and can take several months. When finished, we make a "go/no go" decision to develop and sell a product based on the X-Men: X-Mansion project.

When the review is complete, we will inform you of our decision. If green-lit, this project goes into the longest phase of the project; the Development phase. During this time, LEGO model designers refine the product and develop it for release, we create the product materials (box, instructions, marketing), and get everything ready for a production run. This also takes several months.

We will post follow-up information and our decision here.

It looks like LEGO Lightsabers: Darth Vader and Luke Skywalker will be the next project to hit their goal on Ideas! They made it to 9000 this morning and with 341 days left I am sure they will reach the goal.

It looks like we were correct with our guess that LEGO Lightsabers: Darth Vader and Luke Skywalker was to be the next project to hit their goal! They hit 10,000 this morning to be the first in a series of, I am sure, many sets to be in the next review phase.

Maclane's Walle-E project hit 10,000 supporters today after a recent facelift of the project featuring a whole new example models!

The LEGO Marble Maze project is just a little over 250 supporters away from reaching the 10k mark! Be sure to watch this in the coming days to see the end of a long fought campaign bridging both platforms and finally ending for the winter review!