The Saturn V is the first set I ever paid over $100 for and is my favorite Lego set. Second favorite Ideas set is Pirates of Barracuda Bay. A more distant third is either Home Alone or Medieval Blacksmith (which I still love). It might have been Sesame Street if they had included the Count.
I can feel that. I really really want to build it because a lot of the builds are excellent looking, it’s just not something that I personally want to display in my setup so it makes the purchase decision very difficult. You can send it to me to build and I can send it back lmao 😝
I bumped into it in store and fell in love ❤️ i love jazz, and music. and it looks awesome. I am. Cerise, what alternative build can somone do with it :). I have an idea for a project, i am going to ass speakers and make a music player in my living room from rhis set :) Btw, i love builds with mechanisms. So i have to get the piano and the type writer. And some technic car with gear, like the bugatti. Also, i am a sucker for type writers and keyboards. The lighthouse looks sick !!!. Also, i wanted some cheaper Lego, so i found the technic 911rsr with light and motors at a good price. Not original lego. I am waiting for it. Hope it will be good.
@@dvdganon0812 nice I am glad you found some love in the Jazz Quartet and many other of these sets! Thanks for the comment and have fun building these!
00:39 it maybe “just another mech” but I think it’s actually one of the best Mech Sets LEGO has produced. It’s just a shame it was for an Ideas set and now costs a lot to get.
I agree, it's certainly one of the best mechs. Also, whilst a lot of the others are more battle mechs, this was more of a 'power loader' like the one in aliens so it's a much different feel to any other lego mach
I personally think that branded sets take away some value from raw Lego and avoid them as much as I can. That mech looks way cooler than Z-blob thing they have now
You really missed out on the Pirate Bay. I got the original set back in 1989 and have it on display ever since, so this was a must for me and building it was just constant joy bringing back all the memories just with all the pieces reappearing.
Even though I have never watched Voltron myself, I own the Lego Ideas model (I got it as a Christmas present) and I love it! I have always loved giant robots since I was a kid (Power Rangers used to be one of my favorite shows back then), and getting Voltron was quite the treat. What impressed me the most is that it's able to either be combined into Voltron or you can display it as the individual 5 lions that make it up, and even if the transformation is pretty simple, it still shows quite a feat in engineering that it can pull this off at all
The Lego Ideas book is very underrated in my opinion. It looks good on display, and opening the book lifts up the giant beanstalk with the giants castle at the top. Still not quite a top 10 set, but definitely should be higher up in my opinion.
I could see that for the functionality. I think I would personally do the red riding hood one if I owned it but yeah, maybe I will address this list again in the future 🤔
I understand that it’s completely personal preference but it irks me when people rate a set based on how “cool” it looks, I think the point of Lego ideas is to bring to life the concept of pop culture in Lego for the most part and you can’t expect them to be extremely colourful and also look like it does in the show.
omg! The dinosaur fossil set also ended my "LEGO dark ages"! And even though I am now about 30 sets into my reborn LEGO obsession, the fossils were still one of the most fun builds
My favourite is the Saturn V just love how it splits into different modules and is a great display model. Your list was great though and you justified your picks very well in a short amount of time. Earned a sub!
Thank you very much, I really appreciate your praise and the sub of course. I tend to be very long winded about things I love so I have to cut it down in editing lol! Anyhow I am proud to call you apart of the Brickafide family! 👊🏼 thanks again
Thank you for the compliment, I appreciate it. Blacksmith is really good though, especially if you were one of the lucky ones to find it at a Random Costco for like $60 bucks!
@@2810Mad yes that’s not bad at all, but random Costco’s in US got it in stock and we’re selling for around $60 bucks. I checked everyone in the tri-state area and no luck but congrats to the one’s who did!
Interesting list. Personally I love the blacksmith but I understand it’s hard to rank when so many of the sets are that good. I usually only collect Star Wars but there’s a couple ideas I definitely want. Keep up the great videos man
Lego Ideas is what got me back into collecting Lego. I have a few OG Space Lego sets from the late 70's and one of the first 3-1 technic sets from the early 80's but I didn't get another set until 2010 with the Star Wars Lego Millennium Falcon. After getting The Big Bang Theory set it wasn't long before Voltron caught my eye... several years later and I'm at 90 sets now. Quite a few Ideas Sets round out that number. Personally, I would have put Voltron first and Wall-E second... that is one set that got away from me sadly. For third place, the Ghostbusters Ecto-1 for the figures that pair nicely with newer Ecto-1 they released in the larger scale.
Hey that’s an awesome! Without giving it much thought previously, you’re right. Lego ideas is definitely a thing to bring in pop culture and build the lego theme for people who may not be interested in the normal City, Star Wars, Ninjago, etc. also I can completely agree with you’re list, Voltron is awesome, WALL·E is awesome, and I can see the Ecto-1, just like almost anything in this list being someone’s favorite. It’s all personal subjectivity and what brings you the most happiness and emotion! Thank you for the comment, I really appreciate your insight!
I’ve built the ISS, it’s not annoyingly repetitive build and it’s already really big, the ISS is massive and this model takes up lots of space due to it shear span of its solar panels.
I absolutely love the WALL-E set. I forked over the money for it about a year ago, but I absolutely love it. It's perfect size for me and looks great on my desk. I also love the movie, so that's just another reason to love it. I'd sometime like to somehow build an EVE model as well thats similar in size, but that'll probably take some work. Love the channel by the way!
Thank you for the kind words, it truly means a lot! Yes WALL-E is epic, both the movie and the set. I need to get my hands on it soon for sure. I will say thought, an EVE would be pretty challenging to make with those smooth edges and curves but I would love to see it done!
@@brickafide I’ll have to do some research online and see how other people do it, then but the necessary pieces individually. Hopefully I can get it done in a timely manner!
For me, my favorite was The Ecto-1. I still have that set and I remember the Christmas I got it. As a kid (and still now) I was a huge Ghostbusters fan and this was huge for me.
As someone who has built both the ISS at lego ideas scale (1:220) and at Saturn V scale (1:110), I can safely say that its placement on this list is justified. I display my 1:110 scale one at lego shows often and it always gets great reviews, the official lego version unfortunately became a parts set for me. As for the Saturn V, I bought 3 of it as its just so awesome! My top 5 is Voltron, Barracuda Bay, Wall-E, Saturn V and the Fishing Store. The only one of those I don't still have built is the Fishing Store.
Interesting. That was before my time but I swore I've seen older lego boxes from the era that didn't have that Legoland Stripe on them, so I figured they were exclusives. Good information though so thanks for correcting me!
Respectfully, it seems like you've done an Ideas ranking video when you own very few of the sets? As I'm sure you're fully aware, so much of ones opinion of the set is formed from the actual build experience, so I'd like to see an updated ranking one day if you ever do get all/most of these sets, see how the rankings change 👍 Also, your pronunciation of Caterham was hilarious 🤣
Lighthouse is number 1 for me. I was discouraged by the price but the build is unlike any other and is just a spectacular display piece. Saturn V is a close second, incredible looking build and great price to pay l part ratio. Third would have to be medieval blacksmith, it looks so good, the build was immensely satisfying and the features are awesome
I can completely feel where your coming from! I have yet to buy the light house, thinking about it this weekend for the delivery truck promo… so maybe I will have it soon! 😎😎😎
@@brickafide it was absolutely worth the price. I've gotten a lot of the large display pieces from Lego and the lighthouse might be my favorite. Granted I'm from a beach town and my house is filled with beach decor so it just goes so well
@@brandongrazioso love that. My grandparents house is the same in terms of decor, based on where they live. I want to buy one for myself and my grandfather
Gotta say man, if you eventually buy the Stratocaster and build it, it will absolutely shoot up the list. It's one of the best build experiences I've had, ever. Would say my top 5 is: 1: Van Gough 2: Stratocaster 3: Wall-E 4: Doctor who 5: Dino Fossils
I respect your list and I really hope I will love it @Mr Fibble, I really do. I'll look forward to the experience and let you know when I have built it!
Voltron is my favorite, with Pirates and the Blacksmith a close 2nd and 3rd. I'm fortunate to have all 3, the only set I really want that I missed was the old fishing store. I took a small break from collecting when it came out so I just missed it, oh well
If I could pick only one of these, it would be the "Home Alone" one. I love that movie and the Lego set looks very nice. I specially appreciate the red hot door knob. Should I pick three, I'd pick the Saturn V and the Caterham besides the Home Alone one.
Ok the Exo Suit is one of the best lego ideas sets, it's a unique designed by a huge lego fan and famous moccer that wouldn't have been made in any other way, yes we get a lot of mechs but all of them are using fairly basic pieces are easy to build, they're also all less posable, it's an extremely impressive model, not to mention the GREEN ASTRONAUTS, just because it's not based on an existing ip doesn't mean it's bad, in fact you could argue that the best of ideas are sets that are unique 'ideas' as in new and not just based on a sitcom lol
I understand, I’ve gotten a lot of comments about the Exo Suit. I have definitely come around on it and it will be higher in an update version of this list in the future. But at the time of recording I had never known about it and I was pretty tired of mech builds with all the recent lego releases so it did get the crap end of the stick in this ranked list go around
owning botht the piano and the typewriter, the piano is def more worth it and the typewriter frequenly needs to be 'fixed' in order to actually work again after being on the shelf for a long time.
I love it. I’ve been trying to buy it at my local lego store but it’s never in stock. I don’t generally like lego art sets because I feel like they would be boring builds but the great wave really fits my homes aesthetic. So I would need some context in what list it would be apart of but overall I would rate it a 9/10 on it’s own accord
To get enough support for an Ideas set it has to be huge which makes it expensive and an adult toy. The licensed themes make the price even higher. The problem I have with the theme is there is no reason given for denial of a project. I think the Pirate ship, Sonic, and Back to the Future are the right size set for this theme. Interesting themes, not to big. They denied a mini putt project, and something that turned into there mech series of figures is the reason why I don’t create or support projects anymore.
It technically is not a numbered Lego Ideas set. There’s some controversy about how lego did not give the original ideas submission credit, but yeah it doesn’t have an official idea number.
Barracuda Bay is so good. O have mine as the ship atm but I kinda want to convert it to the island base again. I just need a shelf or table that actually fits it. lol
@@brickafide true, there was a book I got that had a whole story and it was by the creator of the exo suit, he built a really cool space ship moc with weird aliens. If I find the name of it I will send it to you
Interesting list. Some of the ways our tastes differ are expected: different age, different pop cultural touchstones. Others were more surprising. I can’t argue with taste-like what you like-but I will quibble with one reason you gave. You knocked the Exo-Suit for not being timely or pop-cultural. I would say referencing Lego Classic Space is at least as strong of a pop cultural connection as Pirates of Barracuda Bay or Medieval Blacksmith have (to Lego Pirates and Lego Castle, respectively). (And you also slotted a significant number of sets above it that aren’t really tied into anything ,like the Typewriter, Treehouse, and Birds.) No quibble with you not liking it, I just don’t think it’s accurate to say that it doesn’t have pop cultural significance or doesn’t refer to anything else.
I fully understand your criticism, but my point was mech’s. Literally every single marvel wave recently has 3 mech’s and now there’s rumors of Star Wars mech’s. Mech’s are just running rampet right now in lego. So nothing against classic space, if it’s truly classic space it obviously gets a pass but like lego blacktron cruiser was 1987/88, and this mech came out in 2014 (if im not mistaken), so I don’t think it gets a pass for being classic space, personally.
Woah! Your channels really cool! I only really use Lego for stop motions so I never really comprehended the enjoyment of buying sets outside of that, but after checking out the new rivendale set reviews, I really appreciate these plastic bricks and can totally see why you love lego! Great vid!
Thank you for the praise and I am glad that you have found a new love for Lego. I will warn you that it is the beginning of a dark path full of bad financial decisions lmao
@@brickafide I actually started ogling that Saturn V when it first came out. Lego-wise i still regret not picking it up. I might not have missed all the nice ideas and other amazing sets that released between the Saturn and the fossils. Meanwhile a second version of the Saturn V is patiently waiting next to my desk to be build 😏
It’s the time that you weren’t into Lego! Generally it’s the time between when you had lego growing up and then stopped buying in high school/college/etc. until you found your way back!
I own a handful of these sets. Yellow submarine, ecto 1 (and the new one I need to build), tron, home alone (amazing), Optimus prime, but my absolute favorite is the blacksmith. I don't have a nice setup to display so they're all on 2 shelves, but that blacksmith has such unique building ways I've never seen, but I just got back into Lego last year after stopping for many years.
I went on bricklink a few years ago and made a wish list of all the parts in the WALL-E set to see what it would cost to buy all the parts as opposed to paying like $250 for one, and I was able to get all the parts for just a bit over what it retailed for!
Used to collect the Idea's set but stopped when the sets got bigger and more expensive. Glad I've got WallE and Dinosaur Fossil Sets 1& 3 spot. But favourite has to be WallE followed by Saturn 5 and then Ghostbusters (small) car which I own.
I have wall-e and the typewrighter and i was so happy when you put wall-e at number 3, it's one of my favourite set of all time and the movie means a lot to me, i'm so lucky to have it before it retired and Now seeing it going up in price makes me so much happy and valorise A LOT my investment
The lego dino fossils has the hidden feature of being able to build a fossil for just about anything, seriously look up all the alternate builds on rebrickable! I currently have the set built into a godzilla fossil
Interesting, I found it was ok. Now if your looking for something fragile. Try the 2019 UCS Star Destroyer. That things is my favorite but an absolute pain in the arse!
Ooooo, well my wife really likes hocus Pocus and I used to watch it on Disney Channel as a child all the time myself. I also like nice building that can integrate in a LEGO city somewhat soooo without reviewing the video again (it’s been many months since making it) the number 8 spot feels right to me!
I feel bad for you my friend, this is one of the best times to come out of a dark age in terms of cool sets available but a bad time because I hope you got a big ole pocket of cheddar… because sets are freaking expensive now!
Man the blacksmith & Voltron sets are my personal favorite! I sadly missed out on the blacksmith set. Had other purchases on my mind. The voltron set made me so happy even though modeled after the 1980s show. I loved Voltron force as a kid
Is it a Idead set? Didnt watched the video completely but I love the set with the dinosaurs fossils for a museum I like the details and the home alone set I mean it has 24 bags you can use it as a advent calendar
A full table layout. Trying to work out sizing for under drawers and such. A lot to plan for and pay for. I’ll have the funds after tax return hopefully, so working on it for the next couple months! P
@@brickafide haha I commented this before I finished the video and then realized that you mentioned the dark ages multiple times. There’s probably quite a few more sets I could think of that I wish I didn’t miss lol
@@daltonrothchild6569 but I am glad you enjoyed it enough to watch it till the end! I know it’s a long video, that not everyone can sit through, but I appreciate that it seems like something you enjoyed, so thank you for that!
I’m an OG Home Alone guy too but I am hoping for a follow up of the NY brownstone from 2. Just purchased the Home Alone set last week with the great Rakuten cash back offer.
Yeahhhhh, I really hated having to put it where I did but it is what it is. I was really hyped on it when the rumors came in and it was a 100% purchase in my mind. Then it released, I took a look at it and was like nahhh I’m good. It’s sort of like the friends apartment. I love central perk for 60 bucks but the apartment at 150 and now 180 I believe is just too long and big to display and overall somewhat boring. Albeit it is very accurate, same goes for the office. Great sets in that regard but just blahh verses other things you can do with lego
Oops i bought that fishermans house and the Wall E from Aliexpress years ago without knowing it was original Lego ideas. I have nothing against fake Lego as long if it is a original design. On Ali they have like 5 different kind of that serie so did Lego made more then 1 of that building?
My fav might have been at the bottom of your list but stepping back I get it. I just wanted the green space mini figs. The build was fun but lacked much color that could have been used to tie it to the classic space style.
After hearing many different comments about the set maybe I was a bit too harsh on the exo suit, it’s not terrible or anything like that. Just at the time I was really getting tired of mechs from lego, so I left a sour taste in my mouth!
I'm a huge fan of the space sets but I think the ISS is definitely the weakest of the space sets from Ideas. The scale of the shuttle is off, and the station's thin and lengthy structure causes the trusses that hold the solar panels to slightly bend down over time (which, strangely enough, was one of the reasons this set originally didn't get accepted by Lego, and they seemingly never came up with a sufficient fix). The build also just wasn't super interesting compared to the others.
I am glad you mentioned this! I had fear that I was going to cause an uproar with the ISS placement but your points are items I figured into my placement. I also just really don’t like repetitive or super tedious tasks. Although I do own the UCS Star Destroyer…. Haha
Hahaha I really appreciated that comment, made my morning while I had to get back to my 9 to 5 after the holiday weekend! I’m glad you enjoy the videos and psst… I have a Dino video coming very soon, I am editing it now!
"Big baseplate full of people" describes my feelings towards the show sets pretty well, Doctor Who aside because that one has pretty iconic builds. The others though mostly are just random buildings with furniture and little references and lots and lots of minifigures, which is just very uninteresting for me. I'd like to see ones with iconic vehicles or big buildings, less interiors.
@@brickafide it almost was, there was a bit of drama surrounding that because they rejected it on Lego Ideas and then released their own version of it without giving the slightest mention to the fan designer, who got upset for good reason
Let me know what your Top 3 Lego Ideas Sets!
My favorite is the Saturn 5 Rocket I want but its expensive
@@reidsmith5257 I feel you. 120 isn’t terrible for recent LEGO sets, unfortunately
Why do you like the titanic?
@@tanyapies6432 Rose…
The Saturn V is the first set I ever paid over $100 for and is my favorite Lego set. Second favorite Ideas set is Pirates of Barracuda Bay. A more distant third is either Home Alone or Medieval Blacksmith (which I still love). It might have been Sesame Street if they had included the Count.
The Jazz Quarter was one of my favorite builds EVER, looks phenomenal.
I can feel that. I really really want to build it because a lot of the builds are excellent looking, it’s just not something that I personally want to display in my setup so it makes the purchase decision very difficult. You can send it to me to build and I can send it back lmao 😝
I bumped into it in store and fell in love ❤️ i love jazz, and music. and it looks awesome. I am. Cerise, what alternative build can somone do with it :). I have an idea for a project, i am going to ass speakers and make a music player in my living room from rhis set :)
Btw, i love builds with mechanisms. So i have to get the piano and the type writer. And some technic car with gear, like the bugatti. Also, i am a sucker for type writers and keyboards. The lighthouse looks sick !!!.
Also, i wanted some cheaper Lego, so i found the technic 911rsr with light and motors at a good price. Not original lego. I am waiting for it. Hope it will be good.
@@dvdganon0812 nice I am glad you found some love in the Jazz Quartet and many other of these sets! Thanks for the comment and have fun building these!
@@brickafidethe building experience is sublime, could not recommend more
00:39 it maybe “just another mech” but I think it’s actually one of the best Mech Sets LEGO has produced. It’s just a shame it was for an Ideas set and now costs a lot to get.
I agree, it's certainly one of the best mechs. Also, whilst a lot of the others are more battle mechs, this was more of a 'power loader' like the one in aliens so it's a much different feel to any other lego mach
Not to mention that it was made long before we got like 10 mechs every year
To this day I still display the 620R, it’s a fantastic set
It’s also the Classic Space mech that we always imagined but Lego never made.
I personally think that branded sets take away some value from raw Lego and avoid them as much as I can. That mech looks way cooler than Z-blob thing they have now
You really missed out on the Pirate Bay. I got the original set back in 1989 and have it on display ever since, so this was a must for me and building it was just constant joy bringing back all the memories just with all the pieces reappearing.
Excellent! That’s what lego can do to us, fun and can bring back so many great emotional memories
Wally
Moral of the story : most Lego sets are way too fkn expensive
Ali baba/ Ali expresss 😉
I got overtime at work the other week and I’m already thinking of what Lego sets I want to get 😂 it’s truly a drug
Even though I have never watched Voltron myself, I own the Lego Ideas model (I got it as a Christmas present) and I love it! I have always loved giant robots since I was a kid (Power Rangers used to be one of my favorite shows back then), and getting Voltron was quite the treat. What impressed me the most is that it's able to either be combined into Voltron or you can display it as the individual 5 lions that make it up, and even if the transformation is pretty simple, it still shows quite a feat in engineering that it can pull this off at all
Love this comment! I am glad you own that set, I am sure it is great in person!
Yes it’s amazing
The Lego Ideas book is very underrated in my opinion. It looks good on display, and opening the book lifts up the giant beanstalk with the giants castle at the top. Still not quite a top 10 set, but definitely should be higher up in my opinion.
I could see that for the functionality. I think I would personally do the red riding hood one if I owned it but yeah, maybe I will address this list again in the future 🤔
I understand that it’s completely personal preference but it irks me when people rate a set based on how “cool” it looks, I think the point of Lego ideas is to bring to life the concept of pop culture in Lego for the most part and you can’t expect them to be extremely colourful and also look like it does in the show.
omg! The dinosaur fossil set also ended my "LEGO dark ages"! And even though I am now about 30 sets into my reborn LEGO obsession, the fossils were still one of the most fun builds
Wow, That’s Awesome! It’s a really great set! Love the channel btw
My favourite is the Saturn V just love how it splits into different modules and is a great display model. Your list was great though and you justified your picks very well in a short amount of time. Earned a sub!
Thank you very much, I really appreciate your praise and the sub of course. I tend to be very long winded about things I love so I have to cut it down in editing lol! Anyhow I am proud to call you apart of the Brickafide family! 👊🏼 thanks again
An actual good realistic list that I can agree with, except maybe the medieval blacksmith. I would place it way higher
Thank you for the compliment, I appreciate it. Blacksmith is really good though, especially if you were one of the lucky ones to find it at a Random Costco for like $60 bucks!
@@brickafide 60 bucks? Damn, I remember buying it for 135eur. Still a good deal if you ask me.
@@2810Mad yes that’s not bad at all, but random Costco’s in US got it in stock and we’re selling for around $60 bucks. I checked everyone in the tri-state area and no luck but congrats to the one’s who did!
Is home allone set really retire this year😢😢😢
I respect your listing, my favorites are the blacksmith, piano, home alone, Winnie the Pooh, and lighthouse ( into particular order ).
Thank you 😬 Nice list too, those are great sets!
Bro the piano is so boring tho
@@randombrickfilms1253 not if you really enjoy playing piano:) it was really fascinating to me!
Yeah 100% the home alone should be #1
Interesting list. Personally I love the blacksmith but I understand it’s hard to rank when so many of the sets are that good. I usually only collect Star Wars but there’s a couple ideas I definitely want. Keep up the great videos man
Thank you very much! I appreciate the support and I hope to keep up the good content!
I actually prefer the smaller, mini-fig scale sets like the Ecto-1 compared to their larger, significantly more expensive version.
Lego Ideas is what got me back into collecting Lego. I have a few OG Space Lego sets from the late 70's and one of the first 3-1 technic sets from the early 80's but I didn't get another set until 2010 with the Star Wars Lego Millennium Falcon. After getting The Big Bang Theory set it wasn't long before Voltron caught my eye... several years later and I'm at 90 sets now. Quite a few Ideas Sets round out that number. Personally, I would have put Voltron first and Wall-E second... that is one set that got away from me sadly. For third place, the Ghostbusters Ecto-1 for the figures that pair nicely with newer Ecto-1 they released in the larger scale.
Hey that’s an awesome! Without giving it much thought previously, you’re right. Lego ideas is definitely a thing to bring in pop culture and build the lego theme for people who may not be interested in the normal City, Star Wars, Ninjago, etc. also I can completely agree with you’re list, Voltron is awesome, WALL·E is awesome, and I can see the Ecto-1, just like almost anything in this list being someone’s favorite. It’s all personal subjectivity and what brings you the most happiness and emotion! Thank you for the comment, I really appreciate your insight!
I’ve built the ISS, it’s not annoyingly repetitive build and it’s already really big, the ISS is massive and this model takes up lots of space due to it shear span of its solar panels.
I am glad you enjoy the set!
Would love to see an updated list! I don't agree with everything but absolutely respect all your placements.
I absolutely love the WALL-E set. I forked over the money for it about a year ago, but I absolutely love it. It's perfect size for me and looks great on my desk. I also love the movie, so that's just another reason to love it. I'd sometime like to somehow build an EVE model as well thats similar in size, but that'll probably take some work. Love the channel by the way!
Thank you for the kind words, it truly means a lot! Yes WALL-E is epic, both the movie and the set. I need to get my hands on it soon for sure. I will say thought, an EVE would be pretty challenging to make with those smooth edges and curves but I would love to see it done!
@@brickafide I’ll have to do some research online and see how other people do it, then but the necessary pieces individually. Hopefully I can get it done in a timely manner!
@@bradyfox1221 Hey, have you seen the new EVE & WALLE Brickheads, think they just released today for March 1st!
@@brickafide I have, and I’ll be ordering mine soon!
@@bradyfox1221 NICE!
For me, my favorite was The Ecto-1. I still have that set and I remember the Christmas I got it. As a kid (and still now) I was a huge Ghostbusters fan and this was huge for me.
Nice! It’s a pretty good set
The Typewriter was a really fun build and its a great display piece. It's one of my favorite sets. I'm so glad it was on this list.
I’ve always really wanted it myself!
For me it has to be Wall-E. it’s cute but how it captures the look is perfect
As someone who has built both the ISS at lego ideas scale (1:220) and at Saturn V scale (1:110), I can safely say that its placement on this list is justified. I display my 1:110 scale one at lego shows often and it always gets great reviews, the official lego version unfortunately became a parts set for me. As for the Saturn V, I bought 3 of it as its just so awesome! My top 5 is Voltron, Barracuda Bay, Wall-E, Saturn V and the Fishing Store. The only one of those I don't still have built is the Fishing Store.
I really appreciate your comment! Have you ever been to brickfair Virginia in McLean/Dulles VA?
@@brickafide no, sorry, I'm actually from Australia, but one day I hope to get over to the US
@@DanFallon1981 nice!
20:23 That's not what Legoland meant. Legoland was basically what they called Lego System before it was Lego System
Interesting. That was before my time but I swore I've seen older lego boxes from the era that didn't have that Legoland Stripe on them, so I figured they were exclusives. Good information though so thanks for correcting me!
Redoing this yearly would be fun on seeing them get mixed up with the amount of new sets
Respectfully, it seems like you've done an Ideas ranking video when you own very few of the sets? As I'm sure you're fully aware, so much of ones opinion of the set is formed from the actual build experience, so I'd like to see an updated ranking one day if you ever do get all/most of these sets, see how the rankings change 👍 Also, your pronunciation of Caterham was hilarious 🤣
I know the British pronounce it “Cay-Ter-Um”
One does not simply 'Watch Seinfeld from the start'. Skip a few seasons and come back to us.
Lol will do
Lighthouse is number 1 for me. I was discouraged by the price but the build is unlike any other and is just a spectacular display piece. Saturn V is a close second, incredible looking build and great price to pay l part ratio. Third would have to be medieval blacksmith, it looks so good, the build was immensely satisfying and the features are awesome
I can completely feel where your coming from! I have yet to buy the light house, thinking about it this weekend for the delivery truck promo… so maybe I will have it soon! 😎😎😎
@@brickafide it was absolutely worth the price. I've gotten a lot of the large display pieces from Lego and the lighthouse might be my favorite. Granted I'm from a beach town and my house is filled with beach decor so it just goes so well
@@brandongrazioso love that. My grandparents house is the same in terms of decor, based on where they live. I want to buy one for myself and my grandfather
@@brandongrazioso It's truly an elite Lego set
Gotta say man, if you eventually buy the Stratocaster and build it, it will absolutely shoot up the list. It's one of the best build experiences I've had, ever. Would say my top 5 is:
1: Van Gough
2: Stratocaster
3: Wall-E
4: Doctor who
5: Dino Fossils
I respect your list and I really hope I will love it @Mr Fibble, I really do. I'll look forward to the experience and let you know when I have built it!
I just got the strat and I love it
My favorite is the Saturn V. The size of the model and number of pieces compared to the price is insane, it’s an amazing deal and looks great!
It really is a great Lego deal and an a amazing set! I’m glad you enjoy it!
ISS that low is criminal man, even if it’s a little repetitive it blows the items ahead of it out of the water in terms of looks
Thanks ! I really enjoyed that ! There is a Hardware Store in Lego Ideas which is a lot like your top Sets !
I have the Lego Maze, super hard to get. This is a classic and maybe first to be catered to adults.
Voltron is my favorite, with Pirates and the Blacksmith a close 2nd and 3rd. I'm fortunate to have all 3, the only set I really want that I missed was the old fishing store. I took a small break from collecting when it came out so I just missed it, oh well
Love ranking videos! Great job😎
Thanks!
My 5 favorite sets are the Lighthouse, The Tree house, The Voltron, The Saturn v and The Home Alone House. No particular order.
All very great options! I appreciate the comment
If I could pick only one of these, it would be the "Home Alone" one. I love that movie and the Lego set looks very nice. I specially appreciate the red hot door knob.
Should I pick three, I'd pick the Saturn V and the Caterham besides the Home Alone one.
That’s a very nice list you got there!
3:26 that didn’t age very well.
Wow, I see what you mean...
That's exactly what I was thinking 😅😅😂
How do I get Lego ideas? Is it a website?
Ok the Exo Suit is one of the best lego ideas sets, it's a unique designed by a huge lego fan and famous moccer that wouldn't have been made in any other way, yes we get a lot of mechs but all of them are using fairly basic pieces are easy to build, they're also all less posable, it's an extremely impressive model, not to mention the GREEN ASTRONAUTS, just because it's not based on an existing ip doesn't mean it's bad, in fact you could argue that the best of ideas are sets that are unique 'ideas' as in new and not just based on a sitcom lol
I understand, I’ve gotten a lot of comments about the Exo Suit. I have definitely come around on it and it will be higher in an update version of this list in the future. But at the time of recording I had never known about it and I was pretty tired of mech builds with all the recent lego releases so it did get the crap end of the stick in this ranked list go around
@Brickafide oh ok I understand
Just picked up a Voltron set… 😮
That's Epic! I just saw one used and already built at a Brick's and Minifigs for I think $380. But that was too rich for my blood for that condition 🙃
1. The Office
2. A-Frame Cabin
3. Home Alone
Can someone tell the meaning of the number 7? On the jazz quartet. Also, where can i see the original piece?
Sorry for the late reply but honestly without looking it up, I’m really not sure
Wall-E without power functions is maybe top 30. Wall-E with RC and powered up app... all time best seller.
owning botht the piano and the typewriter, the piano is def more worth it and the typewriter frequenly needs to be 'fixed' in order to actually work again after being on the shelf for a long time.
Oh interesting, do you have a good sense of why it needs to be fixed or what is happening to it?
nice list, great choice for #1, something that is significant to you, the way Lego is
nice video, where would you place the great wave set
I love it. I’ve been trying to buy it at my local lego store but it’s never in stock. I don’t generally like lego art sets because I feel like they would be boring builds but the great wave really fits my homes aesthetic. So I would need some context in what list it would be apart of but overall I would rate it a 9/10 on it’s own accord
Nice I will probably pick this one up for myself too
To get enough support for an Ideas set it has to be huge which makes it expensive and an adult toy. The licensed themes make the price even higher. The problem I have with the theme is there is no reason given for denial of a project. I think the Pirate ship, Sonic, and Back to the Future are the right size set for this theme. Interesting themes, not to big. They denied a mini putt project, and something that turned into there mech series of figures is the reason why I don’t create or support projects anymore.
Nice video ! Thank you
You're very welcome! Thank you for the comment!
Where is the ghostbusters hq???
It technically is not a numbered Lego Ideas set. There’s some controversy about how lego did not give the original ideas submission credit, but yeah it doesn’t have an official idea number.
Barracuda Bay is so good. O have mine as the ship atm but I kinda want to convert it to the island base again. I just need a shelf or table that actually fits it. lol
14:01 good taste
I LOVE the Tron Legacy set. It’s the only LEGO set where I’ve kept the box and the instructions
Nice! Sorry I ranked it so low lol
I think the exo suit is really cool, all the details are awesome and no Lego mech comes close to it
I can see that, I have gotten more comments on this mech then most other sets. I feel like it didn’t give it the love that it deserved!
@@brickafide true, there was a book I got that had a whole story and it was by the creator of the exo suit, he built a really cool space ship moc with weird aliens. If I find the name of it I will send it to you
@@the_prophet_micah93 NICE! Thanks, always looking to learn more to bring better content!
Interesting list. Some of the ways our tastes differ are expected: different age, different pop cultural touchstones. Others were more surprising.
I can’t argue with taste-like what you like-but I will quibble with one reason you gave. You knocked the Exo-Suit for not being timely or pop-cultural. I would say referencing Lego Classic Space is at least as strong of a pop cultural connection as Pirates of Barracuda Bay or Medieval Blacksmith have (to Lego Pirates and Lego Castle, respectively). (And you also slotted a significant number of sets above it that aren’t really tied into anything ,like the Typewriter, Treehouse, and Birds.)
No quibble with you not liking it, I just don’t think it’s accurate to say that it doesn’t have pop cultural significance or doesn’t refer to anything else.
I fully understand your criticism, but my point was mech’s. Literally every single marvel wave recently has 3 mech’s and now there’s rumors of Star Wars mech’s. Mech’s are just running rampet right now in lego. So nothing against classic space, if it’s truly classic space it obviously gets a pass but like lego blacktron cruiser was 1987/88, and this mech came out in 2014 (if im not mistaken), so I don’t think it gets a pass for being classic space, personally.
Congrats for the video! I think you should have included Lion Knights's Castle and Eiffel Tower in this.
They sadly aren’t lego ideas sets!
Woah! Your channels really cool! I only really use Lego for stop motions so I never really comprehended the enjoyment of buying sets outside of that, but after checking out the new rivendale set reviews, I really appreciate these plastic bricks and can totally see why you love lego! Great vid!
Thank you for the praise and I am glad that you have found a new love for Lego. I will warn you that it is the beginning of a dark path full of bad financial decisions lmao
those fossils were the first set i bought in years as well! Deserved number 1 spot!
Definitely!
@@brickafide I actually started ogling that Saturn V when it first came out. Lego-wise i still regret not picking it up. I might not have missed all the nice ideas and other amazing sets that released between the Saturn and the fossils.
Meanwhile a second version of the Saturn V is patiently waiting next to my desk to be build 😏
@@iskariot3180 NICE!
What does ur legos dark ages mean
It’s the time that you weren’t into Lego! Generally it’s the time between when you had lego growing up and then stopped buying in high school/college/etc. until you found your way back!
Yes, when I seen the Lego voltron I the Lego store I bought it. It was about $174.00
I own a handful of these sets. Yellow submarine, ecto 1 (and the new one I need to build), tron, home alone (amazing), Optimus prime, but my absolute favorite is the blacksmith. I don't have a nice setup to display so they're all on 2 shelves, but that blacksmith has such unique building ways I've never seen, but I just got back into Lego last year after stopping for many years.
Excellent! Those are great sets and I am glad that you are back into the Lego-mania!
I went on bricklink a few years ago and made a wish list of all the parts in the WALL-E set to see what it would cost to buy all the parts as opposed to paying like $250 for one, and I was able to get all the parts for just a bit over what it retailed for!
Nice! I haven’t thought about doing it for that particular set but now I have a clear path forward to one of my favorite sets! 😍
Used to collect the Idea's set but stopped when the sets got bigger and more expensive. Glad I've got WallE and Dinosaur Fossil Sets 1& 3 spot. But favourite has to be WallE followed by Saturn 5 and then Ghostbusters (small) car which I own.
Hey that’s a pretty good list there! Thanks for the comment!
¿Dónde dejaste el set de Stranger things?
Desafortunadamente, el conjunto de Stranger Things no se consideró un conjunto de la marca LEGO Ideas. Fue más un juego único.
Wow glad to be one of the first suscribers, I cant wait for your lego city!! I hope you go viral dude!!
Thank you for the support! Going viral would be scary but awesome for sure! Haha
I have wall-e and the typewrighter and i was so happy when you put wall-e at number 3, it's one of my favourite set of all time and the movie means a lot to me, i'm so lucky to have it before it retired and Now seeing it going up in price makes me so much happy and valorise A LOT my investment
Excellent! I am glad that you enjoy your set! Wall-e is a great movie and means a lot to me as well!
The lego dino fossils has the hidden feature of being able to build a fossil for just about anything, seriously look up all the alternate builds on rebrickable! I currently have the set built into a godzilla fossil
That’s awesome! I’m definitely looking into this!
It’s not Saturn V rocket, it’s Romanian number 5 🤦🏻♂️
I have a sealed set of the Dinosaur Fossils that I can resell for a lot higher than what I paid for it. I’ve been holding onto it for almost 2 years
The only one I really disagree with is the Saturn V I owned one for a while and it was just such a pain to have because it was fragile
Interesting, I found it was ok. Now if your looking for something fragile. Try the 2019 UCS Star Destroyer. That things is my favorite but an absolute pain in the arse!
You could make a forest area on the outskirts of your lego city and include the treehouse and the A Frame cabin
I have thought about it, just space is always a concern. It would definitely look good but not sure if I can make it work in my space.
@@brickafide in that case I would suggest making the a frame cabin into something like a camping/fishing store in the city
@@skinnyj123 That's a great suggestion!
I was fina throw hands if my boi WALL-E wasn't up there 😂 love the vids ❤
LMAO Thanks!
Great video! So many many cool sets!!!
Thanksss!
Cool video.
Glad you enjoyed it!
I’m really sad I missed out on the wall-e I wish maybe they could bring it back but I know they won’t :(
Where would you rank the Hocus Pocus set?
Ooooo, well my wife really likes hocus Pocus and I used to watch it on Disney Channel as a child all the time myself. I also like nice building that can integrate in a LEGO city somewhat soooo without reviewing the video again (it’s been many months since making it) the number 8 spot feels right to me!
I also missed picking up Voltron. I'm only coming out of my dark ages now.
I feel bad for you my friend, this is one of the best times to come out of a dark age in terms of cool sets available but a bad time because I hope you got a big ole pocket of cheddar… because sets are freaking expensive now!
But I am glad that you are back!
i own the dinosaur fossil sets,and was waiting to see where it was placed just to found out it was one of the best purchases ive ever made
Ayee, it was a great purchase, for sure!
Man the blacksmith & Voltron sets are my personal favorite! I sadly missed out on the blacksmith set. Had other purchases on my mind. The voltron set made me so happy even though modeled after the 1980s show. I loved Voltron force as a kid
It was a great show for me as a kid as well!
I totally share your pain not getting 21317. Such a beautiful set I should've not let slip away.
It just floated right by me
@brickafide Lol right!
Is it a Idead set? Didnt watched the video completely but I love the set with the dinosaurs fossils for a museum I like the details and the home alone set I mean it has 24 bags you can use it as a advent calendar
Yes all of these are ideas sets!
The Stratocaster and the lighthouse will not disappoint
I will be picking up the light house before the end of year, very excited!
you mentioned creating a lego city a few times, does this mean you'll make a table layout eventually or just keep them to the shelves
A full table layout. Trying to work out sizing for under drawers and such. A lot to plan for and pay for. I’ll have the funds after tax return hopefully, so working on it for the next couple months! P
@@brickafide great, looking forward to seeing what you create
@@TreeSpire me too 😅
Man I really felt your Lego dark age comment. The Palace Cinema came and went during mine and I really wish I’d gotten it.
It’s literally the WORST!
@@brickafide haha I commented this before I finished the video and then realized that you mentioned the dark ages multiple times. There’s probably quite a few more sets I could think of that I wish I didn’t miss lol
@@daltonrothchild6569 my original comment response says it all. No additional comment required haha
@@daltonrothchild6569 but I am glad you enjoyed it enough to watch it till the end! I know it’s a long video, that not everyone can sit through, but I appreciate that it seems like something you enjoyed, so thank you for that!
@@brickafide Of course! As I appreciate the replies!
I’m an OG Home Alone guy too but I am hoping for a follow up of the NY brownstone from 2.
Just purchased the Home Alone set last week with the great Rakuten cash back offer.
Excellent!
I have the Caterham set and while it's a nice display piece its so delicate that you can't even touch it without it falling apart :(
Oh really! Looking at it I would assume it’s a pretty solid build. Didn’t even know it existed for some reason until I started researching this list
Exactly the same set got me back into lego, glad to see it get some love here!
Yesss! That’s awesome
I totally agree with the museum set at number 1. Going to buy it soon and I wish that they made more dinosaur sets like this.
100% agree
There is a moc using the fossil set for a mosasaurus skeleton on rebrickable
Nice! I’ll have to check it out because that’s my wife’s favorite “Dinosaur”
TBH your so right about the office so regrettable now that I’ve had it for months
Yeahhhhh, I really hated having to put it where I did but it is what it is. I was really hyped on it when the rumors came in and it was a 100% purchase in my mind. Then it released, I took a look at it and was like nahhh I’m good.
It’s sort of like the friends apartment. I love central perk for 60 bucks but the apartment at 150 and now 180 I believe is just too long and big to display and overall somewhat boring. Albeit it is very accurate, same goes for the office. Great sets in that regard but just blahh verses other things you can do with lego
u need a bigger audience, ur videos r rlly good
Thank you! It really means a lot!
Oops i bought that fishermans house and the Wall E from Aliexpress years ago without knowing it was original Lego ideas. I have nothing against fake Lego as long if it is a original design. On Ali they have like 5 different kind of that serie so did Lego made more then 1 of that building?
No there was only one version of the building officially
My fav might have been at the bottom of your list but stepping back I get it. I just wanted the green space mini figs. The build was fun but lacked much color that could have been used to tie it to the classic space style.
After hearing many different comments about the set maybe I was a bit too harsh on the exo suit, it’s not terrible or anything like that. Just at the time I was really getting tired of mechs from lego, so I left a sour taste in my mouth!
I absolutely get that. I’m just a massive fan of classic space so I would have picked up any build to grab the green figures 😅
Wall-E😍 Wish I could get my hands on that in Norway but can’t find it anywhere.
New rank 1: insect collection
Honestly I actually really liked the minecraft micro worlds, I don’t really have much explanation I just think they’re neat
That’s totally fine, I can see how people could like it, just not really my vibe personally
I'm a huge fan of the space sets but I think the ISS is definitely the weakest of the space sets from Ideas. The scale of the shuttle is off, and the station's thin and lengthy structure causes the trusses that hold the solar panels to slightly bend down over time (which, strangely enough, was one of the reasons this set originally didn't get accepted by Lego, and they seemingly never came up with a sufficient fix). The build also just wasn't super interesting compared to the others.
I am glad you mentioned this! I had fear that I was going to cause an uproar with the ISS placement but your points are items I figured into my placement. I also just really don’t like repetitive or super tedious tasks. Although I do own the UCS Star Destroyer…. Haha
The more I watch your videos the more I realize you’re literally me bro big dinosaur lover I was sure I’d be a paleontologist at the age of 5 😂😂
Hahaha I really appreciated that comment, made my morning while I had to get back to my 9 to 5 after the holiday weekend! I’m glad you enjoy the videos and psst… I have a Dino video coming very soon, I am editing it now!
@@brickafide already watched them haha definitely getting that Lego idea Dino skeleton set 🔥
The lego dinos set is my only ideas set for a reason- it's so cool!
It’s epic!
"Big baseplate full of people" describes my feelings towards the show sets pretty well, Doctor Who aside because that one has pretty iconic builds. The others though mostly are just random buildings with furniture and little references and lots and lots of minifigures, which is just very uninteresting for me. I'd like to see ones with iconic vehicles or big buildings, less interiors.
Ghost Busters HQ anyone!? Haha
For some reason I original thought GB HQ was an ideas set but my research begged to differ
@@brickafide it almost was, there was a bit of drama surrounding that because they rejected it on Lego Ideas and then released their own version of it without giving the slightest mention to the fan designer, who got upset for good reason
@@Brixxter oh yeah! I remember hearing that now, thanks for the info!