I think the problem with the M&M one is if children are conditioned to put colourful pieces in their mouth and eat them while playing with lego sets, then they may be tempted to put lego pieces in their mouth and potentially eat them. Especially some of the round lego pieces.
As someone else mentioned and what I thought straight away, the M&M dispenser might be a choking hazard. The legos may be mistaken for candy and could cause choking, if not ruining some poor kid's mouth/playset.
Have you *never* put a Lego in your mouth after you were over that instinctive absolutely-everything-goes-in-my-mouth stage that makes people keep all bricks far away from you anyway? Kids aren't too sophisticated for a while after that, but they aren't totally brainless either; they can figure out what their mouths are telling them. You can detect in an instant that bricks aren't candy or something pleasant to eat... no matter how one looks to the eye. Your senses of sound, smell, taste, and touch say every factor that would spell 'edible' is missing. Your mind is developed enough you'll want to act on the information, and while you're hunting for candy your young brain will make a priority of figuring out what lookalikes to ignore as useless.
for the m&m dispenser, i also think it's possible that lego didn't want to risk the chance of kids eating the coloured lego blocks instead of the m&ms themselves!!
I don't really understand the Portal sets being rejected, considering that Portal was a pretty big part in Lego Dimensions, and I really don't think Valve would care that much if Lego asked them if they could do another set.
The Gravity Falls set was rejected as a result on Disney's part and not Lego. Alex Hirsch himself even wanted the set to be made, but Disney being Disney said no to the idea
My proposed theories for why each set was rejected- M&M Dispenser-Most likely licensing issues with Mars League Of Legends-Not sure, but maybe the content of the game? Portal-Lego Ideas does not allow licenses that already have Lego products Spirited Away-Strider’s reasoning makes the most sene Jurassic Park-Same reasoning as Portal Lego Store Within A Lego Store Within A Lego Store-No idea Coraline-Possibly because it’s a horror movie, but hey, we have Lego Stranger Things, so no clue Indonomous Rex-Same as Jurassic Park and Portal Hulkbuster-There are literally Hulkbuster Lego sets Power Rangers-Lego’s definitely not making sets for a competing company
To be honest about Spirited Away, a theory I have is honestly some of the designs. Namely No Face whose got a very cold and eerie design about him. Given he was a somewhat major character in the movie, not including him would be like not having Luke Skywalker in a set for A New Hope. Also yes, according to Brickipedia, the reason for League of Legends' rejection was due to content. I don't know anything about the game so I don't know what makes it repulsive to Lego but maybe it's the same reason Among Us was presumably rejected. Namely, the latter is about discreetly murdering your friends.
i think the lego lego store probably got rejected because it's too similar to the modulars, i know lego seems hesitant to release any kind of city/town type set through ideas so i think that's why (also theres already lots of lego lego stores, mostly released as promo items when a new store opens)
The hulkbuster is already in a few sets, I think I have one of them kicking around in my basement. Lego probably just doesn’t want too many of them as there are already a few of them
I had to scroll way too far to find this comment. I have the big hulkbuster set from the Lego store, that has the glow brick for the middle. I also know they made a smaller version of it too that featured Bruce banner for Infinity war.
I’ve really been enjoying these Lego videos! Never was a big Lego kid but watching these are so interesting and I find them very fascinating! Keep up the good work strider!
TBH @MadisonM I’ve always been a big Lego kid growing up and still am to this day. Though that has made me man child, but I’m not ashamed of it. I know plenty of people who are man children (or man women).
The reason the hulk buster was rejected is because there are already Lego hulkbusters and since the point of ideas is to bring new and interesting ideas to Lego they probably probably wanted new sets instead of more of the same (no disrespect to the people who made it)
6:35 Unfortunately, there's no such thing as Fair Use in Japanese law. They simply refuse to recognize it. It doesn't matter if you're a reviewer or a five-year-old with a crayon doodle; in Japan, if you use an existing IP, you're a pirate.
Not to mention they desperately wanted to isolate themselves from the rest of the world, but after WW2 they realized that the isolation will probably lead to more conflict since they would think that Japan is hiding away from their responsibilities or some crap like that.
Fair Use does exist in Japanese law, technically, but the Japanese legal system has a habit of deferring to big companies when it comes to intellectual property issues, regardless of what their laws actually state.
@@troodon1096 Hense why companies like Nintendo, Toei, and Shogagukan Productions seem to be infamous for their massive stranglehold on their intellectual property.(I'E Nintendo and shutting down Fangames, and Rom sharing sites, Toei and their attempted nuking of TotallyNotMark's channel, and recently Shogakukan's recent nuking of Suede's channel.)
@@troodon1096 Mangaka and their publishers (the smart ones) generally LOVE fan artists and writers they actively hire from these groups because it's hard to find skilled artists and writers for Manga/Anime that's why Doujinshi is a thing that is allowed for sale at conventions. the creators see free advertising and potential hirelings ...that said huge corporations tend to overlook this potential and stupidly attack fan artists/fan writers... it's a mixed bag. when it comes to stuff like that in Japan... and you are more likely to hear about the negative reactions from IP holders then any positive ones (News Media prefers conflict)
Now what *I* want to see is a PhantomStrider Lego set. You'd build a little video studio with minifigures of Josh, DarkStrider, Boo and special guests who've appeared such as Nostalgia Critic and Hoodoo Hoodlum. There'd probably also be tiny Legos of the Lego sets he reviews in the videos, and maybe little bricks made to look like tapes of the his favourite shows and movies.
The weirdest rejected LEGO Ideas set I’ve seen was a set based on the music video for Welcome To The Black Parade by My Chemical Romance. I’m honestly surprised that actually ended up on the site.
It was a nice looking set, but too niche even for Lego Ideas. It's not even that it's just based on a single band, but on a setpiece from a music video from a single band's song. And it just wasn't very, well, Lego if that makes sense. I'm sure MCR fans would have loved it but I don't think it would have broad enough appeal to justify putting into production.
@@troodon1096 Even as a MCR fan I don't get it, it would be like someone making a LEGO set based off a Radiohead music video or if you wanna go further Nine Inch Nails.
Same I’m watching this as I turn ten this year but I have been a massive Lego fan since 4 years old when I could build it as there are 4+ sets. I am also a pretty big fan of the Lego games that I play on Nintendo switch
The lego candy dispenser might have been rejected because selling m&ms in lego sets will need lego not only to pay for using the brand, but also buy the product, and that (mixed with the youtuber suggestion theory you proposed) means that they would have a very probable loss. Also it could kill pets
My theory for why some sets like the lego store got rejected is that lego has what i like to call 'the nintendo complex' Basically "how dare these fans make something that is just as if not even better than the officcial product?"
I believe that if LEGO does Gravity Falls, it could be in the form of either a cmf Disney series, or a theme that specifically includes animated TV shows as sets. Somewhat similar to LEGO Dimensions but no technology is involved but it includes sets based on different Disney Channel IPs.
The M&M one just had me thinking that Lego didn't want people putting food in sets that can't really be sanitized unless you clean each individual piece. Either they approve the set with a disclaimer to say not to put food in it, or they say to clean the dispenser after each use (but how would you actually do that?).
It's a real shame that the Jurassic Park set got rejected. It looks cool, and I would've loved building it as I'm a big fan of the Jurassic Park franchise. But, I have to say that the reason why it was rejected is reasonable to some extent.
I mean we got two sets way too similar to that idea set. The giant jurassic Park (not based on world) with T-Rex and now now another one with the jurassic Park cars
Save the royalties and make 2 (simular) sets. And with placing it in ideas Lego has all the rights. To be honest, if Lego would have brought out the ideas set and an other company would have made just those 2 sets calling it donisaur forest, Lego lawyers would be hot on it.
There was another made by the same person of the Jeeps, and a cool fold-open playset a second person made of the Visitor's Center. The latter had a lot of minifigures and the rooms you'd need to re-enact scenes from the film... as well as a secret compartment under the front steps with a stash hinting at Site B. Lego Ideas never seems to take even rejected site pitch pages down, so you can still find it.
@@mammutMK2 IP law obviously doesn't work like that: haven't you walked down toy aisle and seen how many shameless knockoffs of popular properties can be safely sold? With a Jurassic World set of something similar already in the works for main-run sustained production, burning a precious Ideas slot to sell it only for a short time would make no sense. And it being set apart in Ideas would give Lego no special privileges with it at all: it's a mere sub-brand of their products, and they need to negotiate any franchise rights for it as normal.
I think I can understand why they might not want to do a Coralline set. When I was little, the film looked interesting to me until near the end when it got more frightening. I haven’t really seen the movie since then, so maybe that was just me, but I always saw it as one of the scariest “kid-friendly” movies that I knew of, so I don’t blame Lego for not wanting to bring attention to it.
Maybe it's the wrong idea about these mysterious rejections, but I feel like the most usual reason for the sets not hitting the shelves might have been the simple reason that some other ideas were better. Nowadays we get more than 30 sets in each review announcement, with often only 2 sets being approved. And with the quality of all of those sets being sky-high, there's no wonder some incredible and popular ideas get left off. Also, I feel like Lego is often hesitant to approve licensed sets due to the unsureness of how relevant the set is going to be when it actually does come out a year and a half later after the approval. Say, for example, the Fall Guys set by Ashnflash, which probably got rejected because of exactly that. And then there's the cases when an idea gets into the review state for multiple times and eventually gets accepted, with Sonic The Hedgehog and The Office sets being prime examples here. At the same time, there's multiple cases of licensed sets getting approved with the first appearance, so in the end, it's tough to comment on. But that's overall the way I see it.
It's really hard to also deny bias in picks as well. In the cases where somethings may be equally good products and have the same projected sales numbers they might just pick something, in most cases some ip, because they prefer it. There's really nothing wrong with this from the lego designers, but it still is extraordinarily frustrating for everyone, for both voters of the rejected sets because they think that set is better or because it's their own personal preference set and the designer who put a lot of effort into their sets to be turned down for that reason. The only thing they can do is try again until it gets accepted, give up or given an official reason to it being turned down. In that case some form of closure is better because you can at least get good feedback and some idea on what to do next, being in the dark about being turned down and only trying again is the worst outcome.
I think the gamer toxicity as a whole may have made Lego nervous about League of Legends. Have you been there or some other MMOs, and really considered what gets onto the chat channels? People get UGLY. They develop a sort of secondary 'Mister Hyde' personality used when they deal with each other online, but it's so 'par for the course' in the culture everyone acts like it's an acceptable thing. Lego is very self-conscious about trying to project a family-friendly image. Although the game content is popular and cool, they might have been nervous about corporate association with such a gameplay environment. The press might have a field day.
Honestly the most logical reason for the MMPR set not being produced is due to the effort Lego would have to go through dealing with the rights to the franchise not just with what Saban Entertainment produced for the show but also the original Super Sentai footage and design rights which are from Japan and an entirely different copyright system than in the US.
Uh, Boo? You're a ghost! And that Indominus Rex looks nothing like Tubbu Blubba! I think you're in the clear! Also, why didn't they do the gold mine set? I think kids would've loved playing with that!
I would LOVE the Gravity Falls set that’s looks amazing, also my dad was a teenager when red dwarf came out and loved it, he’s shown me a few episodes and he’d love any set of it really but I can’t blame Lego for not making it since very few kids now know about it.
The reason the MMPR (Mighty Morphin Power Rangers) set was denied is because of Nickelodeon. They own and have rights to the show and they have a brand deal with Hasbro.
Not really, Nick just aired the show from Samurai through Dino Fury season 1. Hasbro owns the franchise (not just the toys) And produces the show under Allspark pictures from Beast Morphers going forward.
I find it odd how Lego has never made any other video game property sets like Lego Portal outside of Dimensions, especially when much more violent media series like Indiana Jones and Overwatch have sets
And now, with a Horizon Zero Dawn set, could this means LEGO can finally make a set of the brick-buildingly popular Final Fantasy series? We will never know. We will never, ever know until now. And hey, if LEGO Dimensions got a revival in the future, then I bet Cloud would have great interaction lines with Wonder Woman. Or Sephiroth doing the same with Superman.
@@maxleon61702 I just wanna play as Tidus if LEGO Dimensions gets resurrected, I have now realised how good Final Fantasy X is. That or Kingdom Hearts in LEGO Dimensions even despite the licensing issues with that.
I love power rangers, and I never knew about the colours at the time. It was only in the past few years that someone pointed it out. But ever since I've watched it, all the story idea's I've had have a multinational/ multiethnic team as the foundation. So I have PR to thank for the multinational ideas I have. That being said, I agree that the unfortunate colour decision was probably due to the reason it was rejected.
I love the franchise as well but back then they didn’t see a problem with trini being the yellow ranger and zack being the black ranger it was the first season of the franchise after all and and was adapted from the senti in Japan it was based on ( I know the name of it I just don’t want to misspell anything) in the senti yellow was a male hence why the yellow ranger didn’t have a skit and pink did ( to be fair the yellow ranger suit looks way better without a skirt in my opinion plus it made it easier to fight in) a power ranger lego set would be amazing though ( I know we have a Lego voltron but it’s not the same)
@@maxleon61702 I think the rejection of the Lego MMPR set has to do with MegaBlox owning the rights to make Power Rangers into construction toys (they were also the ones who took over the TMNT franchise after Lego's license expired).
@@jeremyriley1238 my mate, only for Hasbro to team-up with LEGO to make a buildable Optimus Prime. What's next? Could we finally get LEGO Power Rangers and Final Fantasy sets in the future? We'll never know.
The only one on here that I find "strange" is the Lego M&M Dispenser. If I were to make a top 10 strangest rejected lego sets list, I would place the M&M dispenser at number 1.
Hey Strider, just a note. Thuy Trang, who played Trini Kwan, the original MMPR Yellow Ranger was actually VIETNAMESE. Not Chinese. Just figured that was something worth pointing out.
I think the actual reason why the Power Rangers set was rejected Strider, is bc (to my recollection) Mega Construx still holds the building blocks license to the IP. I'm pretty sure if that wasn't the case then it could've possibly been approved, even despite the cultural issues.
I won't lie, the rejected LEGO set I was most recently disappointed by was the LEGO Rammstein stage set. I'm a big fan of the band, and I thought it was one of the coolest things I'd ever seen. I can understand why it was rejected, still disappointed by it though.... That mine roller coaster set looks badass too!
I can certainly see the licensing issues with the Studio Ghibli set, and to be fair, it _is_ within their marketing rights to not be forced to be associated with certain companies if they don't want to be. That being said, SG really needs to cool it with the copyright claims and understand what fair use means.
If I may put my 2 cents, I think the likely reason certain sets were rejected were because of possible production costs. While not all the sets are that crazy & there are certainly some complex lego sets out there, those are usually the more expensive kind. While this is mainly a personal theory, it's not that unlikely though I should of course stress that this is just what I think as a baseline reasoning for certain set ideas & less about the more specific reasons for some like the Jurassic Park set in this video
It's entirely possible, but I'm not sure if that's even the biggest contributing factor behind why a lot of these ideas were rejected. I also recall that there are some highly complex sets that were produced by the Lego Ideas system, with 2 in particular that I happen to own being the tree house set with over 3000 pieces, including the ability to swap between green leaves for spring and summer and fall colored leaves. The other set of note being the Lego Voltron set, which even was engineered to be able to go back and forth between the 5 individual lions that make it up and the combined giant robot itself, which I was personally amazed that they were able to pull off, and makes me hopeful that a Lego Power Rangers set could in fact be made one day as well
That's true, personally I hope the real reasons are things besides money cause all of the sets in this video have some real creativity behind them, especially the 2 Jurassic Park/World sets. I'd especially like to see them do PR sets
The Spirited Away set looks cool, and it would have been advantageous for Lego to make sets of all the Studio Ghibli films, as there is a global fanbase for Studio Ghibli.
Would be cool, but most of the Ghibi films are not kid-friendly (especially since the company has a policy forbidding companies who dub the films in America from cutting or censoring the film), and the studio can be overprotective (especially after the horrid dub of Nausicaa known as Warriors of the Wind).
I love how nostalgic Lego videogame music is playing in the background. I heard Lego Marvel Superheros theme Lego Batmans theme and Lego City undercovers theme.
I wanted to get the Blacksmith shop today. It’s one of my favorite LEGO idea sets. Sadly no luck today. Ps: For those who don’t know, the T-Rex and and the two jeeps scene from Jurassic Park is going to be a set officially in April.
I think I have a reason for the Coraline set being rejected. Most people I talk to about this movie remember it as a scary movie. My siblings aren’t into it for this reason.
A possible reason why the Lego Store set got rejected is because they couldnt get the architect of whoever built the building to give them permission. Buildings sometimes have architectural copyrights tied to them. It probably wouldnt have actually gotten them successfully sued even if they went ahead and made the set because its likely different enough in design due to being made out of Lego but I dont think the Lego company would bother risking that, especially since it'd potentially upset the building's owners or cause bad PR.
It like Jurassic World and Hulkbuster were: "Ehh sorry...but we already had plans for our own versions in the pipelines for both licensed films." Still the Lego Ideas judging system is deeply flawed. But people show amazing potential.
Then the bring you a simular set. In those cases I just have the feeling they wanted to save royalties. And then you can't sell that idea to a other companie (even though it would be hilarious when mould king brings out a Lego store set) or just sell it on rebrickable as Lego gets all the rights when it's placed in ideas.
Lucky for you Strider I've got a few ideas: - If you had Lego sets growing up, you could do a top 5 or 6 or 10 of your favorites - You could do reviews on some sets, like ones you've had ( I know you don't usually do that kind of thing on here, but it might be cool) - Also you could talk or have a countdown of some of your own ideas for Lego sets in the future, If you have any ideas that is These are merely just some suggestions for you and I love your videos keep up the good work dude!
Time stamps 0:00 start 0:32 m&m lego set 2:20 lego league of legends set 4:15 lego portal set 5:41 spirted away set 6:54 lego Jurassic park set 8:39 lego modular store set 10:16 coralline pink palace set 11:26 indominus Rex set 13:01 hulk buster set Honorable mention 14:17 gravity falls mystery shack set 15:05 gold rush mine set 15:32 red dwarf set 16:12 chemical plant set 16:38 mini shop sets Last one 17:04 Mighty morphing Power Rangers set 18:19 end That’s all :)
My favourite season of red dwarf would have to be IV, it’s the season I remember seeing the most as a kid and it’s filled with classic episodes, my personal favourite being Meltdown. I do however have a soft spot for the first two seasons for being remarkable character studies and exploring the true existential dread of Rimmer and Lister’s situation (citing The Observation Dome scene from season two, which I find to be the best representation of Rimmer’s pain and it being one of those great moments of friendship between he and Lister).
Yes, I am a fan of Red Dwarf. I love all the seasons, even the new ones. Season 8 is fun just for the new setting but I love 5 or 6 the best, despite the two of them being very different. Can see why they would reject the Lego set but I would buy it. Also love the Lego games and now I wish Lego Red Dwarf was real just so a Lego Red Dwarf game could be real. But I am still waiting on a Lego Ninjago game not based on the movie, so beggers can't be choosers.
Good to see another Dwarfer who also likes Lego, and even more, you like one of the series which often get disowned. Series 5 was the best for me, really like 10 as well..
I would have LOVED the Coraline set. It’s one of my favourite movies Also as someone who is currently watching (and loving) Red Dwarf, I would have loved that set aswell. In response to your question, my favourite season is either Season 4 or 5
That Set Would've Been So Cool To Have, Can You Imagine If LEGO Had A Sailor Moon Or A Godzilla Set? You Could Make Your Own Mini Movie With All Three Sets
So complete speculation on my part, but I remember that MMPR set, and I think it actually got 10,000 while Mega Blox still had the MMPR license. No clue if they still do, but there was a time a few years ago when they were doing I think one Megazord and then blind bags of those slightly more articulated MB mini figures of the Rangers and some villains.
@@AkumaTh ya ask me, they rejected Power Rangers due to Hasbro arguably being either amongst or at the top of the list of Lego's biggest competitors. It's kinda like if McDonald's ran a campaign promoting Burger King.
@@AkumaTh the thing is that Transformers is...well Transformers. It's absolutely guaranteed to get the pennies rolling. As much as I love Power Rangers dearly,. Lego can justify breaking a rivalry for arguably the most famous toyline in history but not the TV show with such a small budget that most of its footage is imported from Japan.
My thought why they didn’t do the cool Hulk Buster was because they’ve already done probably 5 official HulkBuster sets in the last few years. Your reasons given are also possible and probably were additional factors but personally I feel they didn’t want to flood the stores with 20 different versions of the same set
may i just say Strider, that your videos are so interesting that i will still click on them even if the subject matter isn't one that normally interests me. Good job!
A lot of these sets feel like a new lego style rather then the same old style and setup for play, its beyond me why lego wouldn't want to go out and do more with their product.
My opinion with some of these sets being rejected is due to them being too close to something they're already working on, or part of a license that probably prevents them sharing royalties with a third party. As for the Studio Ghibli one, I think I read somewhere that they're a bit like Nintendo; they don't want to dilute the quality of their IPs by leasing the rights to "third party" companies. Sure they'll release a Totoro hoodie here, a Catbus plus there... but there are very few legit Studio Ghibli toys out there. They may operate on the fear that kids might play with their toys "wrong." Kinda like how, when Nintendo finally allowed for a Lego Mario, it's in a manner where you're basically playing Mario with a physical toy, and not a Mario playset where you can potentially give him a gun to shoot things.
I don't know when that Hulkbuster was made, but now there are many official sets of it and the concept is pretty similar to the Avengers: Age of Ultron one, which was the first one.
Most of the problems with sets that get rejected is either not being able to get the license, already make those licensed sets, has a custom mold (which is not allowed, has to use already made pieces then when they get approved they might add new ones), it isn't kid friendly in their eyes, or it's already licensed to another brick building company.
Great Video as always! I would have liked to have seen more commentary about how LEGO ended up making the giant T. rex model despite a very similar one that was submitted to IDEAS!
A speculation on why Lego may not have approve League of Legends sets is maybe there’s a specific thing in their contract with Blizzard entertainment, which is a rival of Riot games, but idk
it's a good day when you're playing MaternalBound Redux (rom hack of Earthbound that translates most of the original Japanese script and puts it in + features) and Strider posts a video
18:00 can somewhat confirm that the ranger color thing was somewhat of an accident. I went to a local convention a while back that had a Q and A panel with Walter Jones (the actor for Zack, the black ranger) and he apparently chose to be the black ranger.
The mystery shack was rejected probably because of the goat which is a notoriously rare piece due to the molds being destroyed in the early 2010s. Lego for some reason will not make a new mold for it. To put this in context a single goat goes for around 120 to 150 usd. Which is insane.
18:07 Uh, why exactly? Yes I can confirm it was an accident as the original Yellow ranger was of Latin American descent but was replaced with Thuy Tran later and from what I've heard Walter Jones has no issue being the Black Ranger, hell he celebrates it most of the time. But what exactly are we saying, that it's an issue that a black person is wearing black and an asian person is wearing Yellow? By that logic it should be a problem if the White Ranger is a White guy. They are just colors, race has nothing to do with it and even the actors themselves didn't have a problem with it so who cares.
In reality the rejection probably has nothing to do with that; it's likely just a licensing issue, as Hasbro has the rights to do Mighty Morphin toys outside of Japan.
For the Hulkbuster set, we got 4 Lego Hulkbusters already. 3 from regular playsets, one from Age of Ultron, one from Infinity War, one from a regular non-movie-related set. The 4th and most relevant one being a giant Hulkbuster collector set that is basically an action figure. So really, it was probably rejected just because it would be redundant.
Yeah, the International Space Station was one that was initially rejected that was later made into a set for the 10th anniversary. So there's still hope for many rejected LEGO Ideas sets, especially if there's a particularly slow review period.
Man, that Red dwarf set would've been so dope! I remember how I was able to catch an episode here and there, and loved it. And speaking of that, now I also want an 'Allo 'Allo Lego set
I wish they'd made a brickbuild Settlers of Cataan board game. A Cuusoo user called Michael first got the ball rolling on that idea in October 2011 with a rather impressive real-world model he'd designed, and a slight variant he made was displayed in the Vancouver Lego Store. A lot of folks have submitted their own Cataan sets since. Most simply don't measure up in one way or another, but Michael's design wasn't _perfect_ . Blending it with some of his successors' ideas would make for a very solid and graceful piece. Even I managed to create _something_ harmless and extra for my personal build: little brickbuilds a player with improvements or achievements would keep on top of the card. With one Nintendo licensing agreement already in place and working now, it also might be easier for Caleirti's "Zelda Board Game" to be produced. It's a simple, fun and family-friendly little set which is easy on the eyes.
I think the problem with the M&M one is if children are conditioned to put colourful pieces in their mouth and eat them while playing with lego sets, then they may be tempted to put lego pieces in their mouth and potentially eat them. Especially some of the round lego pieces.
In short kids like to eat small bright things and lego is one of them so its dangerous
Yeah, they didn't really think this one through...
They should have packaged it with M&Ms in the box if it was released instead of Lego that looks like M&Ms
Yeah, I think that's the main reason. I won't lie, I think it's a really cute idea though.
Oh no!
As someone else mentioned and what I thought straight away, the M&M dispenser might be a choking hazard. The legos may be mistaken for candy and could cause choking, if not ruining some poor kid's mouth/playset.
Have you *never* put a Lego in your mouth after you were over that instinctive absolutely-everything-goes-in-my-mouth stage that makes people keep all bricks far away from you anyway? Kids aren't too sophisticated for a while after that, but they aren't totally brainless either; they can figure out what their mouths are telling them.
You can detect in an instant that bricks aren't candy or something pleasant to eat... no matter how one looks to the eye. Your senses of sound, smell, taste, and touch say every factor that would spell 'edible' is missing. Your mind is developed enough you'll want to act on the information, and while you're hunting for candy your young brain will make a priority of figuring out what lookalikes to ignore as useless.
Fun fact: LEGO is the world’s largest producer of rubber wheels. They produce more than Bridgestone, Goodyear and all other car tyre manufacturers.
100% confirms there are more wheels than doors
Bro you keep commenting that
And Disney is the biggest buyer of explosives, only behind the MILITARY
@@WhyDrinkSoda Just think about all the LEGO doors too...
Huh. That's a fun fact.
for the m&m dispenser, i also think it's possible that lego didn't want to risk the chance of kids eating the coloured lego blocks instead of the m&ms themselves!!
Yeah probably...
I was coming to the comments to say this exact thing.
I don't really understand the Portal sets being rejected, considering that Portal was a pretty big part in Lego Dimensions, and I really don't think Valve would care that much if Lego asked them if they could do another set.
agreed, a portal set would be dope. i love portal myself so itd be great if it were real.
Saame! Ited be so gun to build the test chambers!!
Thing is, they're coming to Switch soon so...maybe it was too soon?
I also don't think it because of it having implied genocide...Because..you have star wars which has a lot of genocide going on..
I want my LEGO GLaDOs
The Gravity Falls set was rejected as a result on Disney's part and not Lego. Alex Hirsch himself even wanted the set to be made, but Disney being Disney said no to the idea
My proposed theories for why each set was rejected-
M&M Dispenser-Most likely licensing issues with Mars
League Of Legends-Not sure, but maybe the content of the game?
Portal-Lego Ideas does not allow licenses that already have Lego products
Spirited Away-Strider’s reasoning makes the most sene
Jurassic Park-Same reasoning as Portal
Lego Store Within A Lego Store Within A Lego Store-No idea
Coraline-Possibly because it’s a horror movie, but hey, we have Lego Stranger Things, so no clue
Indonomous Rex-Same as Jurassic Park and Portal
Hulkbuster-There are literally Hulkbuster Lego sets
Power Rangers-Lego’s definitely not making sets for a competing company
Iirc the Power Rangers set was in Lego Ideas before Hasbro bought the series
To be honest about Spirited Away, a theory I have is honestly some of the designs. Namely No Face whose got a very cold and eerie design about him. Given he was a somewhat major character in the movie, not including him would be like not having Luke Skywalker in a set for A New Hope. Also yes, according to Brickipedia, the reason for League of Legends' rejection was due to content. I don't know anything about the game so I don't know what makes it repulsive to Lego but maybe it's the same reason Among Us was presumably rejected. Namely, the latter is about discreetly murdering your friends.
Sonic got a Lego ideas set and a Dimensions pack
i think the lego lego store probably got rejected because it's too similar to the modulars, i know lego seems hesitant to release any kind of city/town type set through ideas so i think that's why (also theres already lots of lego lego stores, mostly released as promo items when a new store opens)
@@tailsBOOM1992 EXACTLY!!!!
The hulkbuster is already in a few sets, I think I have one of them kicking around in my basement. Lego probably just doesn’t want too many of them as there are already a few of them
I had to scroll way too far to find this comment. I have the big hulkbuster set from the Lego store, that has the glow brick for the middle. I also know they made a smaller version of it too that featured Bruce banner for Infinity war.
I’ve really been enjoying these Lego videos! Never was a big Lego kid but watching these are so interesting and I find them very fascinating! Keep up the good work strider!
I like your profile pic.
TBH @MadisonM I’ve always been a big Lego kid growing up and still am to this day. Though that has made me man child, but I’m not ashamed of it. I know plenty of people who are man children (or man women).
Same
The reason the hulk buster was rejected is because there are already Lego hulkbusters and since the point of ideas is to bring new and interesting ideas to Lego they probably probably wanted new sets instead of more of the same (no disrespect to the people who made it)
6:35 Unfortunately, there's no such thing as Fair Use in Japanese law. They simply refuse to recognize it. It doesn't matter if you're a reviewer or a five-year-old with a crayon doodle; in Japan, if you use an existing IP, you're a pirate.
Not to mention they desperately wanted to isolate themselves from the rest of the world, but after WW2 they realized that the isolation will probably lead to more conflict since they would think that Japan is hiding away from their responsibilities or some crap like that.
No wonder why Nintendo acts like they do
Fair Use does exist in Japanese law, technically, but the Japanese legal system has a habit of deferring to big companies when it comes to intellectual property issues, regardless of what their laws actually state.
@@troodon1096 Hense why companies like Nintendo, Toei, and Shogagukan Productions seem to be infamous for their massive stranglehold on their intellectual property.(I'E Nintendo and shutting down Fangames, and Rom sharing sites, Toei and their attempted nuking of TotallyNotMark's channel, and recently Shogakukan's recent nuking of Suede's channel.)
@@troodon1096 Mangaka and their publishers (the smart ones) generally LOVE fan artists and writers they actively hire from these groups because it's hard to find skilled artists and writers for Manga/Anime that's why Doujinshi is a thing that is allowed for sale at conventions. the creators see free advertising and potential hirelings ...that said huge corporations tend to overlook this potential and stupidly attack fan artists/fan writers... it's a mixed bag. when it comes to stuff like that in Japan... and you are more likely to hear about the negative reactions from IP holders then any positive ones (News Media prefers conflict)
Now what *I* want to see is a PhantomStrider Lego set.
You'd build a little video studio with minifigures of Josh, DarkStrider, Boo and special guests who've appeared such as Nostalgia Critic and Hoodoo Hoodlum. There'd probably also be tiny Legos of the Lego sets he reviews in the videos, and maybe little bricks made to look like tapes of the his favourite shows and movies.
That would be amazing! :D
cant forget lego nin 😌👍
The weirdest rejected LEGO Ideas set I’ve seen was a set based on the music video for Welcome To The Black Parade by My Chemical Romance. I’m honestly surprised that actually ended up on the site.
Well, THAT'S something I thought I'd never hear.
It was a nice looking set, but too niche even for Lego Ideas. It's not even that it's just based on a single band, but on a setpiece from a music video from a single band's song. And it just wasn't very, well, Lego if that makes sense. I'm sure MCR fans would have loved it but I don't think it would have broad enough appeal to justify putting into production.
@@troodon1096 Even as a MCR fan I don't get it, it would be like someone making a LEGO set based off a Radiohead music video or if you wanna go further Nine Inch Nails.
A set based on a music video by BTS just got approved for LEGO IDEAS a few days ago lmao, of course, BTS nowadays is way more profitable than MCR
@@adrianoropeza8558 ...... d uck
If I can be honest, as a kid I was never really the lego fan, but I never realized there were any rejected lego sets
Same I’m watching this as I turn ten this year but I have been a massive Lego fan since 4 years old when I could build it as there are 4+ sets. I am also a pretty big fan of the Lego games that I play on Nintendo switch
The lego candy dispenser might have been rejected because selling m&ms in lego sets will need lego not only to pay for using the brand, but also buy the product, and that (mixed with the youtuber suggestion theory you proposed) means that they would have a very probable loss. Also it could kill pets
So what if the pets die? I just want my goddamn M&M's. /j.
@@HolyGoddessMotherAnne just buy them yourself doofus
My theory for why some sets like the lego store got rejected is that lego has what i like to call 'the nintendo complex'
Basically "how dare these fans make something that is just as if not even better than the officcial product?"
That would be amazing if that was why!
I believe that if LEGO does Gravity Falls, it could be in the form of either a cmf Disney series, or a theme that specifically includes animated TV shows as sets. Somewhat similar to LEGO Dimensions but no technology is involved but it includes sets based on different Disney Channel IPs.
It would be cool if it did Lego Phineas and Ferb, Star Vs The Forces Of Evil, and gravity falls.
Imagine how cursed a Lego Bill Cypher would look 😂😂😂
@@HangryOnPaws eh, who knows?
@@christianparrish6647 I'd be all up for a Lego Mystery Shack, that'd be so fun to build
@@HangryOnPaws that would be interesting
The M&M one just had me thinking that Lego didn't want people putting food in sets that can't really be sanitized unless you clean each individual piece. Either they approve the set with a disclaimer to say not to put food in it, or they say to clean the dispenser after each use (but how would you actually do that?).
It's a real shame that the Jurassic Park set got rejected. It looks cool, and I would've loved building it as I'm a big fan of the Jurassic Park franchise. But, I have to say that the reason why it was rejected is reasonable to some extent.
I mean we got two sets way too similar to that idea set. The giant jurassic Park (not based on world) with T-Rex and now now another one with the jurassic Park cars
Save the royalties and make 2 (simular) sets. And with placing it in ideas Lego has all the rights.
To be honest, if Lego would have brought out the ideas set and an other company would have made just those 2 sets calling it donisaur forest, Lego lawyers would be hot on it.
There was another made by the same person of the Jeeps, and a cool fold-open playset a second person made of the Visitor's Center. The latter had a lot of minifigures and the rooms you'd need to re-enact scenes from the film... as well as a secret compartment under the front steps with a stash hinting at Site B.
Lego Ideas never seems to take even rejected site pitch pages down, so you can still find it.
@@mammutMK2 IP law obviously doesn't work like that: haven't you walked down toy aisle and seen how many shameless knockoffs of popular properties can be safely sold?
With a Jurassic World set of something similar already in the works for main-run sustained production, burning a precious Ideas slot to sell it only for a short time would make no sense. And it being set apart in Ideas would give Lego no special privileges with it at all: it's a mere sub-brand of their products, and they need to negotiate any franchise rights for it as normal.
The Modular Lego Store was rejected because it was modular. Lego makes a modular set every year so they always reject Ideas Modular sets.
I think I can understand why they might not want to do a Coralline set. When I was little, the film looked interesting to me until near the end when it got more frightening. I haven’t really seen the movie since then, so maybe that was just me, but I always saw it as one of the scariest “kid-friendly” movies that I knew of, so I don’t blame Lego for not wanting to bring attention to it.
Maybe it's the wrong idea about these mysterious rejections, but I feel like the most usual reason for the sets not hitting the shelves might have been the simple reason that some other ideas were better. Nowadays we get more than 30 sets in each review announcement, with often only 2 sets being approved. And with the quality of all of those sets being sky-high, there's no wonder some incredible and popular ideas get left off. Also, I feel like Lego is often hesitant to approve licensed sets due to the unsureness of how relevant the set is going to be when it actually does come out a year and a half later after the approval. Say, for example, the Fall Guys set by Ashnflash, which probably got rejected because of exactly that. And then there's the cases when an idea gets into the review state for multiple times and eventually gets accepted, with Sonic The Hedgehog and The Office sets being prime examples here. At the same time, there's multiple cases of licensed sets getting approved with the first appearance, so in the end, it's tough to comment on. But that's overall the way I see it.
It's really hard to also deny bias in picks as well. In the cases where somethings may be equally good products and have the same projected sales numbers they might just pick something, in most cases some ip, because they prefer it. There's really nothing wrong with this from the lego designers, but it still is extraordinarily frustrating for everyone, for both voters of the rejected sets because they think that set is better or because it's their own personal preference set and the designer who put a lot of effort into their sets to be turned down for that reason. The only thing they can do is try again until it gets accepted, give up or given an official reason to it being turned down. In that case some form of closure is better because you can at least get good feedback and some idea on what to do next, being in the dark about being turned down and only trying again is the worst outcome.
I think the gamer toxicity as a whole may have made Lego nervous about League of Legends. Have you been there or some other MMOs, and really considered what gets onto the chat channels? People get UGLY. They develop a sort of secondary 'Mister Hyde' personality used when they deal with each other online, but it's so 'par for the course' in the culture everyone acts like it's an acceptable thing.
Lego is very self-conscious about trying to project a family-friendly image. Although the game content is popular and cool, they might have been nervous about corporate association with such a gameplay environment. The press might have a field day.
Honestly the most logical reason for the MMPR set not being produced is due to the effort Lego would have to go through dealing with the rights to the franchise not just with what Saban Entertainment produced for the show but also the original Super Sentai footage and design rights which are from Japan and an entirely different copyright system than in the US.
I’d actually take a guess that the Hulkbuster was rejected because they were making their UCS version at the time
Uh, Boo? You're a ghost! And that Indominus Rex looks nothing like Tubbu Blubba! I think you're in the clear!
Also, why didn't they do the gold mine set? I think kids would've loved playing with that!
Quite a few of these were rejected because when the sets are chosen only 2 or 3 are picked so others ideas take more priority
I would LOVE the Gravity Falls set that’s looks amazing, also my dad was a teenager when red dwarf came out and loved it, he’s shown me a few episodes and he’d love any set of it really but I can’t blame Lego for not making it since very few kids now know about it.
The reason the MMPR (Mighty Morphin Power Rangers) set was denied is because of Nickelodeon. They own and have rights to the show and they have a brand deal with Hasbro.
Not really, Nick just aired the show from Samurai through Dino Fury season 1. Hasbro owns the franchise (not just the toys) And produces the show under Allspark pictures from Beast Morphers going forward.
@@TheArceusftw ooooh my bad
Ah yeah! I have heard that before! :D
I find it odd how Lego has never made any other video game property sets like Lego Portal outside of Dimensions, especially when much more violent media series like Indiana Jones and Overwatch have sets
What about the Sonic set they recently released?
And now, with a Horizon Zero Dawn set, could this means LEGO can finally make a set of the brick-buildingly popular Final Fantasy series? We will never know. We will never, ever know until now.
And hey, if LEGO Dimensions got a revival in the future, then I bet Cloud would have great interaction lines with Wonder Woman. Or Sephiroth doing the same with Superman.
LEGO made a set out of the Anakin operation scene in Revenge of the Sith.
Did they make a set out of the heart-ripping sacrifice from Temple of Doom?
@@HydraSpectre1138 of course.
@@maxleon61702 I just wanna play as Tidus if LEGO Dimensions gets resurrected, I have now realised how good Final Fantasy X is. That or Kingdom Hearts in LEGO Dimensions even despite the licensing issues with that.
I would by any of these in a heartbeat as they are strange but cool.
Do it then
@@TheNaturalGamer1 "rejected"
Red Dwarf Season 3 is the best for me, every episode is fantastic and I always find myself going back to that season
Agreed! Series 3 has some of the best and most memorable episodes
For the hulk buster, they actually made a hulkbuster set. I saw it all over toy stores in the Netherlands a few years ago
I love power rangers, and I never knew about the colours at the time. It was only in the past few years that someone pointed it out. But ever since I've watched it, all the story idea's I've had have a multinational/ multiethnic team as the foundation. So I have PR to thank for the multinational ideas I have. That being said, I agree that the unfortunate colour decision was probably due to the reason it was rejected.
I love the franchise as well but back then they didn’t see a problem with trini being the yellow ranger and zack being the black ranger it was the first season of the franchise after all and and was adapted from the senti in Japan it was based on ( I know the name of it I just don’t want to misspell anything) in the senti yellow was a male hence why the yellow ranger didn’t have a skit and pink did ( to be fair the yellow ranger suit looks way better without a skirt in my opinion plus it made it easier to fight in) a power ranger lego set would be amazing though ( I know we have a Lego voltron but it’s not the same)
Or maybe, it's because of Hasbro-oh, wait. LEGO and Hasbro are teaming up to make a Transformers set for the very first time.
@@maxleon61702 I think the rejection of the Lego MMPR set has to do with MegaBlox owning the rights to make Power Rangers into construction toys (they were also the ones who took over the TMNT franchise after Lego's license expired).
@@jeremyriley1238 my mate, only for Hasbro to team-up with LEGO to make a buildable Optimus Prime. What's next? Could we finally get LEGO Power Rangers and Final Fantasy sets in the future? We'll never know.
I saw the Lego Portal set come up and I immediately said “NOOOOOOOOOOOO”
The only one on here that I find "strange" is the Lego M&M Dispenser. If I were to make a top 10 strangest rejected lego sets list, I would place the M&M dispenser at number 1.
Hey Strider, just a note. Thuy Trang, who played Trini Kwan, the original MMPR Yellow Ranger was actually VIETNAMESE. Not Chinese. Just figured that was something worth pointing out.
You'd think the name would have been a dead giveaway
@@ZenoDLC Eh, not everybody knows. Strider's a good lad, I'm sure it was an honest mistake.
Oh my apologies. I didn't realise.
@@phantomstrider Hey, it's alright. We all make flubs, yours are just unfortunatley more public than mine XD
@@samwill7259 I didn't actually know she was Vietnamese until you mentioned it, guess we really so learn something new every day.
Man I don't know why but I have been loving Strider new Lego content :]
I think the actual reason why the Power Rangers set was rejected Strider, is bc (to my recollection) Mega Construx still holds the building blocks license to the IP.
I'm pretty sure if that wasn't the case then it could've possibly been approved, even despite the cultural issues.
I won't lie, the rejected LEGO set I was most recently disappointed by was the LEGO Rammstein stage set. I'm a big fan of the band, and I thought it was one of the coolest things I'd ever seen. I can understand why it was rejected, still disappointed by it though.... That mine roller coaster set looks badass too!
I can certainly see the licensing issues with the Studio Ghibli set, and to be fair, it _is_ within their marketing rights to not be forced to be associated with certain companies if they don't want to be. That being said, SG really needs to cool it with the copyright claims and understand what fair use means.
If I may put my 2 cents, I think the likely reason certain sets were rejected were because of possible production costs. While not all the sets are that crazy & there are certainly some complex lego sets out there, those are usually the more expensive kind. While this is mainly a personal theory, it's not that unlikely though I should of course stress that this is just what I think as a baseline reasoning for certain set ideas & less about the more specific reasons for some like the Jurassic Park set in this video
It's entirely possible, but I'm not sure if that's even the biggest contributing factor behind why a lot of these ideas were rejected. I also recall that there are some highly complex sets that were produced by the Lego Ideas system, with 2 in particular that I happen to own being the tree house set with over 3000 pieces, including the ability to swap between green leaves for spring and summer and fall colored leaves. The other set of note being the Lego Voltron set, which even was engineered to be able to go back and forth between the 5 individual lions that make it up and the combined giant robot itself, which I was personally amazed that they were able to pull off, and makes me hopeful that a Lego Power Rangers set could in fact be made one day as well
That's true, personally I hope the real reasons are things besides money cause all of the sets in this video have some real creativity behind them, especially the 2 Jurassic Park/World sets. I'd especially like to see them do PR sets
The Spirited Away set looks cool, and it would have been advantageous for Lego to make sets of all the Studio Ghibli films, as there is a global fanbase for Studio Ghibli.
Would be cool, but most of the Ghibi films are not kid-friendly (especially since the company has a policy forbidding companies who dub the films in America from cutting or censoring the film), and the studio can be overprotective (especially after the horrid dub of Nausicaa known as Warriors of the Wind).
Awww, I love Boo’s sweet little “Josh”. So cute!
I think they should make an adult line of legos with more adult themes. Nothing to heinous but i think there’s an untapped market with adult values.
I'm so glad we are getting more Lego video's from Strider🤣
Kinda bummer that we didn’t get any portal sets!! I think it would cool to have some sets based of portal, especially when you can combine the sets.
I love how nostalgic Lego videogame music is playing in the background. I heard Lego Marvel Superheros theme Lego Batmans theme and Lego City undercovers theme.
Maybe the M&Ms one because it would be lame without candy, which they wouldn’t provide in the set
I love the fact Lego exists. It's so creative!
I wanted to get the Blacksmith shop today. It’s one of my favorite LEGO idea sets. Sadly no luck today. Ps: For those who don’t know, the T-Rex and and the two jeeps scene from Jurassic Park is going to be a set officially in April.
This channel is slowly becoming my favorite!
As a fan of LEGO, I would play with these ones.
I think I have a reason for the Coraline set being rejected. Most people I talk to about this movie remember it as a scary movie. My siblings aren’t into it for this reason.
Always great to see another Phantom Strider video!
A possible reason why the Lego Store set got rejected is because they couldnt get the architect of whoever built the building to give them permission. Buildings sometimes have architectural copyrights tied to them. It probably wouldnt have actually gotten them successfully sued even if they went ahead and made the set because its likely different enough in design due to being made out of Lego but I dont think the Lego company would bother risking that, especially since it'd potentially upset the building's owners or cause bad PR.
Legos are so cool, video just started and I already want the first set lol
I still think that Lego should make a Goosebumps Lego set, I mean imagine being able to build Stines house from the movie... great video Strider! 📓😁👍
I love these LEGO videos so much
They are fun to watch!
It like Jurassic World and Hulkbuster were: "Ehh sorry...but we already had plans for our own versions in the pipelines for both licensed films."
Still the Lego Ideas judging system is deeply flawed. But people show amazing potential.
Then the bring you a simular set.
In those cases I just have the feeling they wanted to save royalties.
And then you can't sell that idea to a other companie (even though it would be hilarious when mould king brings out a Lego store set) or just sell it on rebrickable as Lego gets all the rights when it's placed in ideas.
Ah, a new PhantomStrider video about Legos. Good start to my day.
Lucky for you Strider I've got a few ideas:
- If you had Lego sets growing up, you could do a top 5 or 6 or 10 of your favorites
- You could do reviews on some sets, like ones you've had ( I know you don't usually do that kind of thing on here, but it might be cool)
- Also you could talk or have a countdown of some of your own ideas for Lego sets in the future, If you have any ideas that is
These are merely just some suggestions for you and I love your videos keep up the good work dude!
Yay! Another Strider video! Can't wait to see this one. 😊
The lego m&m set could also be for the basic reason of "Kids would leave m&m's in it causing a melty choclatley mess"
Time stamps
0:00 start
0:32 m&m lego set
2:20 lego league of legends set
4:15 lego portal set
5:41 spirted away set
6:54 lego Jurassic park set
8:39 lego modular store set
10:16 coralline pink palace set
11:26 indominus Rex set
13:01 hulk buster set
Honorable mention
14:17 gravity falls mystery shack set
15:05 gold rush mine set
15:32 red dwarf set
16:12 chemical plant set
16:38 mini shop sets
Last one
17:04 Mighty morphing Power Rangers set
18:19 end
That’s all :)
My favourite season of red dwarf would have to be IV, it’s the season I remember seeing the most as a kid and it’s filled with classic episodes, my personal favourite being Meltdown. I do however have a soft spot for the first two seasons for being remarkable character studies and exploring the true existential dread of Rimmer and Lister’s situation (citing The Observation Dome scene from season two, which I find to be the best representation of Rimmer’s pain and it being one of those great moments of friendship between he and Lister).
Its kinda weird how some of these lego sets were actually accepted when some of them look pretty weird
Considering lego just started their gaming lineup, they could be saving a portal set for that line
Yes, I am a fan of Red Dwarf. I love all the seasons, even the new ones. Season 8 is fun just for the new setting but I love 5 or 6 the best, despite the two of them being very different. Can see why they would reject the Lego set but I would buy it. Also love the Lego games and now I wish Lego Red Dwarf was real just so a Lego Red Dwarf game could be real. But I am still waiting on a Lego Ninjago game not based on the movie, so beggers can't be choosers.
I have favourite episodes rather than seasons my top two being qurantine and pete
Good to see another Dwarfer who also likes Lego, and even more, you like one of the series which often get disowned. Series 5 was the best for me, really like 10 as well..
I would have LOVED the Coraline set. It’s one of my favourite movies
Also as someone who is currently watching (and loving) Red Dwarf, I would have loved that set aswell. In response to your question, my favourite season is either Season 4 or 5
That Set Would've Been So Cool To Have, Can You Imagine If LEGO Had A Sailor Moon Or A Godzilla Set? You Could Make Your Own Mini Movie With All Three Sets
I think lego portal is a great idea! it is a shame it is rejected :(
I loved Lego Dimensions' Portal levels but I wish Portal Lego had gotten at least an Ideas set.
So complete speculation on my part, but I remember that MMPR set, and I think it actually got 10,000 while Mega Blox still had the MMPR license. No clue if they still do, but there was a time a few years ago when they were doing I think one Megazord and then blind bags of those slightly more articulated MB mini figures of the Rangers and some villains.
It was most likely because Mega Bloks had the rights to them. Now that Hasbro owns Power Rangers, that could prevent them from doing so in the future.
@@AkumaTh ya ask me, they rejected Power Rangers due to Hasbro arguably being either amongst or at the top of the list of Lego's biggest competitors. It's kinda like if McDonald's ran a campaign promoting Burger King.
@@lorddrayvon1426 Rumor has it that a future Lego Set is with a certain Hasbro character. Someone more than meets the eye...
@@AkumaTh the thing is that Transformers is...well Transformers. It's absolutely guaranteed to get the pennies rolling. As much as I love Power Rangers dearly,. Lego can justify breaking a rivalry for arguably the most famous toyline in history but not the TV show with such a small budget that most of its footage is imported from Japan.
My thought why they didn’t do the cool Hulk Buster was because they’ve already done probably 5 official HulkBuster sets in the last few years. Your reasons given are also possible and probably were additional factors but personally I feel they didn’t want to flood the stores with 20 different versions of the same set
may i just say Strider, that your videos are so interesting that i will still click on them even if the subject matter isn't one that normally interests me. Good job!
A lot of these sets feel like a new lego style rather then the same old style and setup for play, its beyond me why lego wouldn't want to go out and do more with their product.
Keep in mind these are all lego ideas sets. Lego only make like 4 a year with most being space or some 1 off ip
Never knew you liked red dwarf mate! You're awsome! If you don't mind me asking do you think you can make a video on the show one day?
My opinion with some of these sets being rejected is due to them being too close to something they're already working on, or part of a license that probably prevents them sharing royalties with a third party.
As for the Studio Ghibli one, I think I read somewhere that they're a bit like Nintendo; they don't want to dilute the quality of their IPs by leasing the rights to "third party" companies. Sure they'll release a Totoro hoodie here, a Catbus plus there... but there are very few legit Studio Ghibli toys out there. They may operate on the fear that kids might play with their toys "wrong."
Kinda like how, when Nintendo finally allowed for a Lego Mario, it's in a manner where you're basically playing Mario with a physical toy, and not a Mario playset where you can potentially give him a gun to shoot things.
The power rangers set would've been so cool!
I don't know when that Hulkbuster was made, but now there are many official sets of it and the concept is pretty similar to the Avengers: Age of Ultron one, which was the first one.
Most of the problems with sets that get rejected is either not being able to get the license, already make those licensed sets, has a custom mold (which is not allowed, has to use already made pieces then when they get approved they might add new ones), it isn't kid friendly in their eyes, or it's already licensed to another brick building company.
Hey Strider! Love your videos!
Great Video as always! I would have liked to have seen more commentary about how LEGO ended up making the giant T. rex model despite a very similar one that was submitted to IDEAS!
Hello strider! Nice to see you again
A speculation on why Lego may not have approve League of Legends sets is maybe there’s a specific thing in their contract with Blizzard entertainment, which is a rival of Riot games, but idk
it's a good day when you're playing MaternalBound Redux (rom hack of Earthbound that translates most of the original Japanese script and puts it in + features) and Strider posts a video
Oh yeah totally happens to everyone
18:00 can somewhat confirm that the ranger color thing was somewhat of an accident. I went to a local convention a while back that had a Q and A panel with Walter Jones (the actor for Zack, the black ranger) and he apparently chose to be the black ranger.
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The mystery shack was rejected probably because of the goat which is a notoriously rare piece due to the molds being destroyed in the early 2010s. Lego for some reason will not make a new mold for it. To put this in context a single goat goes for around 120 to 150 usd. Which is insane.
18:07 Uh, why exactly? Yes I can confirm it was an accident as the original Yellow ranger was of Latin American descent but was replaced with Thuy Tran later and from what I've heard Walter Jones has no issue being the Black Ranger, hell he celebrates it most of the time. But what exactly are we saying, that it's an issue that a black person is wearing black and an asian person is wearing Yellow? By that logic it should be a problem if the White Ranger is a White guy.
They are just colors, race has nothing to do with it and even the actors themselves didn't have a problem with it so who cares.
In reality the rejection probably has nothing to do with that; it's likely just a licensing issue, as Hasbro has the rights to do Mighty Morphin toys outside of Japan.
For the Hulkbuster set, we got 4 Lego Hulkbusters already. 3 from regular playsets, one from Age of Ultron, one from Infinity War, one from a regular non-movie-related set. The 4th and most relevant one being a giant Hulkbuster collector set that is basically an action figure. So really, it was probably rejected just because it would be redundant.
Cool
That M&M Dispenser should've been accepted by lego. They may have been sitting on a gold mine
Each Lego Ideas wave, 20-30 models pass the 10k mark and only 1-3 get chosen. These weren't really cancelled sets :)
Yeah, the International Space Station was one that was initially rejected that was later made into a set for the 10th anniversary. So there's still hope for many rejected LEGO Ideas sets, especially if there's a particularly slow review period.
Great video.I think lego didn't make the hulk user because they already made some hulkbusters in the Marvel line
Man! That Lego Spirited Away, Jurassic Park and Indominus Rex are absolutely stunning!
I wish they were approved.
Man, that Red dwarf set would've been so dope!
I remember how I was able to catch an episode here and there, and loved it.
And speaking of that, now I also want an 'Allo 'Allo Lego set
It’s pretty obvious why the M&M one was rejected
( This set should have been titled chocking hazards in an nutshell )
I wish they'd made a brickbuild Settlers of Cataan board game. A Cuusoo user called Michael first got the ball rolling on that idea in October 2011 with a rather impressive real-world model he'd designed, and a slight variant he made was displayed in the Vancouver Lego Store. A lot of folks have submitted their own Cataan sets since. Most simply don't measure up in one way or another, but Michael's design wasn't _perfect_ . Blending it with some of his successors' ideas would make for a very solid and graceful piece. Even I managed to create _something_ harmless and extra for my personal build: little brickbuilds a player with improvements or achievements would keep on top of the card.
With one Nintendo licensing agreement already in place and working now, it also might be easier for Caleirti's "Zelda Board Game" to be produced. It's a simple, fun and family-friendly little set which is easy on the eyes.