LEGO has announced the next GWP set: The Adventures of the USS Cardboard

LEGO has announced the next GWP set

The LEGO Group and the LEGO Ideas Team have announced the winner of the Out of This World building contest on LEGO Ideas, whose project will go into development to become a future GWP (Gift With Purchase) set. This is The Adventures of the USS Cardboard project. Do you like it?



The funny model shows a child piloting a spaceship made with pieces of cardboard boxes that resembles something similar to what we all did at least once during our childhood. The project has received 2,869 votes from fans around the world and sooner or later we will see it arrive on lego.com as a set that will be given as a gift on lego.com itself for purchases of a certain amount and / or linked to the purchase. of a specific set that will be launched in the future.



The model was designed by Ivan Guerrero (bulldoozer on LEGO Ideas), who commented on the victory explaining that the project is his playful revisiting his memories of "space adventures" with his brother when they were children. In case you are wondering why the name Ivan Guerrero | bulldoozer sounds familiar to you, the answer is simple: it is the AFOL Designer who created the project from which the LEGO Ideas 123 Sesame Street set was born (


123 SESAME STREET

The project will be the third GWP (Gift With Purchase) set to be designed by an AFOL Designer through the LEGO platform Ideas instead of an official Billund LEGO Designer. Let's go and discover the predecessors together.

The GWP sets designed by the Enthusiasts

Let's see together which were the two previous GWP sets designed by the Enthusiasts.

The first GWP set to be based on a project created by an enthusiast was the LEGO Ideas set # 40355 Space Rocket Ride (


The announcement of the winning design was made in March of the same year and the set resulting from the winning design of the competition hit the shelves as GWP June 2019 for a minimum order amount of 85 euros. AFOL Designer, author of the Mark Smiley project (mjsmiley on LEGO Ideas), saw another of his projects reach the final step to become a new LEGO Ideas set (that of the Review phase - the Third Review 2019 in his case), but unfortunately it was discarded. This is the CLOCKWORK AQUARIUM project! , an aquarium with mechanical clockwork movement of fish.

The second GWP set to be based on a project by an enthusiast was the LEGO Ideas set # 40448 Vintage Car (


The announcement of the winning design was made in December of the same year and the set deriving from the winning project of the competition arrived on the shelves as GWP on 1 January 2020, again for a minimum order amount of 85 euros. Even the AFOL Designer author of the project Rainer Zufall (Versteinert on LEGO Ideas) saw his project Gilmore Girls - Luke's Diner being discarded in the Review phase (the Second Review 2017).

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Lego Winnie The Pooh Set Announced, Coming Next Month

The Lego Group has announced a new partnership with Disney to release a Winnie the Pooh set as part of its Lego Ideas collection. It's coming on April 1 and is priced at $100. VIP early access to the set begins on March 18.

The new set features classic characters Pooh, Piglet, Tigger, Rabbit, and Eeyore, all gathered around Pooh's hollowed-out tree. It's 1265 pieces in all and recommended for adults with an 18+ age rating. Usually higher age ratings mean complex or multi-phase builds, especially when it comes to collector's items.

In addition to the minifigs, the set includes some iconic Winnie the Pooh imagery based on the classic books and Disney adaptations. Props like Pooh's honey pot, beehive, and red balloon are present in the set, and Pooh's treehouse opens up for interior detail.

$100 | Releases April 1

Though you can't preorder the Lego Winnie the Pooh set just yet, VIP access begins March 18, and the listing is already live if you want to check it out.

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Lego Ideas allows builders to submit ideas and have them voted on by the fan community. Lego Ideas sets have been especially popular for collectors to honor some pop culture icons, as it has led to the production of sets based on Sesame Street, Voltron, Stranger Things, and sitcoms like Friends.