@@TheBrickQuestit’s made by Pixar. But I’m guessing the main thing is that they own different ip’s for their different franchises and ratatouille is apparently one of those they didn’t give permission for.
I don't think ip is the problem i recken that they probably dont think it would sell as much as they want it to plus come on guys its lego there the biggest toy company on the planet im sure they could get any ip they want
Disney Owns lego now...not an issue. I think it's because of the woke virus. It was "Offensive" to Italians. Like when they removed Jabbas Temple...They won't do it because it offends people but then will do Queer eye sets? If not doing it because it offends, why then do sets that offend
Most of those weren't approved due to the fact that Lego doesn't own them. They'd have to get Disneys permission to make the Ratitoue one, along with Night at the Mueseum, The Karate Kid, and probally that last one. As for why the ship wasn't approved, its probally because it doesn't really make sense to have it bend upward.
The Karate Kid one is more annoying because it failed twice and once was Lego's fault. The first time it got rejected like you said. Then Lego selected it for the recent Lego Ideas 80s contest and people started voting for it. Then Lego got rid of it because they had selected 2 submissions by that creator for the contest.
About Asterix => Maybe they have problems with the licence. As I know "Playtive Clippys" (competitor of lego) has the licence and the have released some sets. Its for me also hard, because as you I had nearly all comics and watched the movies as a kid. I think its also a topic with other cool sets about the licence (like Dragonball, etc..).
ALL of them would have been amazing to build!! Such a shame we don't have them now but maybe, hopefully one day we will have at east one of them?? Personally I cant decide if I like the Karate Kid set or the Ratatouille set most. Great video!
The first one had a pretty easy reason why they didn't, because its an already existing IP owned by disney. Same goes for the Karate Kid one and The Night at the Museum.
Night of the Museum got canned probably because of licensing issues and there was already a museum set, with another one in the making, because the location in the movie is a real location, pretty sure Lego has to pay the establishment even after paying Disney, so that's 2 checkmarks they have to get through, and the Haunted House was released one month after the initial idea was published that year, why yes, it's weird thought process but hear me out, the haunted house has a lot of attributes to a museum especially when the house decorated with a lot of artifacts technically classified it as a museum set, and lastly, the recently release Natural History Museum last December 2023 was probably in development during 2022 before or after June, because set modeling do take time, and the same with product making.
All good points. I guess the multiple fees on a set like this would present a problem. I like the Natural History Museum but the Night at the Museum set just looks so good. Would have been nice to see it come to life!
the problem with the 3rd ratatoile set is that linguini, in the movie, looks out of his apartment at the restaurant, so his apartment being on the 3rd floor is inacurate
I don’t think that’s that big of a deal for Lego. For example, in 2018’s Sanctum Sanctorum set, they had the Sanctum Sanctorum right next to Peter Parker’s apartment, even though one is in Brooklyn and the other is in Queens.
I remember salivating over that Land Ohoy-set. It would have been an insta-buy for me! All the others are based on IPs, so I can understand why LEGO didn't do it, but Land Ohoy? What a miss!
Are you planning to make a video discussing other brick brands besides Lego , I mean Lego can be very expensive in some countries so most people choose other brands as alternatives with more affordable prices
It seems that Lego wouldnt want to release such a huge set for a possibly 1 off project such as Ratatouille. Look at the up house. Thats a decent build, captures the film and doesnt have too many pieces. With something like snow white house its a fairytale classic and has wider appeal. Ratatouille is fantastic, but as a business it doesnt seem like a good idea to to realease a less accessible product no matter how "detailed" or "perfect" the final design is, it just needs to be a lot smaller
tbh the only one they should have made was probably the ship/map one, the ratatouille one felt like it was doing too much maybe just the kitchen, night at the museum; they just made the natural history museum, plus the movie isn’t popular enough to be a priority ideas set, the asterisk one nobody would buy that tbh, never even heard of those comics im 24. the ship one was cool because it was unique but also it was universal
A lot of these sets seem like a legality issue for lego. They’re sets built around a theme of an ip that lego doesn’t own, so making them into sets would require negotiations with the companies that own those ip’s and would cost the company too much to implement
Most of these are licensed properties so there could be a thousand behind the scenes reasons why they didnt go ahead. Or of course as most decisions do they probably figured there was more potential profits in other sets.
Most sets that get denied usually have a similar pattern. Either it's ip issues (example the ratatouille one would have involved Disney and in the end the set would have been heavily altered in some way), another is what pieces are used. Most cases if a piece doesn't exist in a certain color or the piece itself is long retired then it's a sure fire shot down by Lego or a major call for a complete overhaul. The last thing is playability. Lego looks for sets that are playable and not display use only. An example of #2 (part not existing) Is the Orient express. Ideas submission used a LOT of retired pieces and it's competitor was the polar Express. During the set's development stages after orient express won, Lego had to contact the company that owned the O.E property and in the end the end product is the set we got today. Which ironically looked like the train company that owns O.E and the Lego group wanted to make the train realllllllly want to look a lot like the polar Express so it ended up looking a lot like O.E and P.E had a child in a way (honestly nothing against O.E but with how heavy it was modified maybe Lego should have went with the polar Express since the set was also slated to release in December which tbh would have been the perfect Christmas gift when you think about it.)
They can't make everything and expecting reasons for every submission is ridiculous and might throw some of their partners under the bus which they'll never. You get 40+ submissions regularly so it's understandable that most of them will be rejected.
@@gta71000 Some of that is just BS. IP issues can be a problem but involving Disney is not. They've made sets like Winnie the Pooh, Steamboat Willie and Tron Legacy, all through Ideas. Also retired pieces are not an issue. They don't copy the fan model exactly so they can just redesign it to use other pieces. And Orient Express set was made to look like the current Orient Express that people can go on. Nothing to do with Polar Express. Of course the IP owner is going to want to promote the real life thing so people are encouraged to pay to go on it
@@joevictor53 i mean if a design wins by votes would it hurt lego to say why they have not been accepted even via email, obv some sort of bias against ratatouille so why not tell the designer that they got denied because of blah blah blah. Unless you mean 40+ submissions win by votes, even then why deny so many times making the designer do so much work instead of saying “we dont want a ratatouille set”
For me the saddest rejection is the solar system orrery. It’s both a work of art and a wonder of engineering. I would easily pay $300 for it. It was rejected at least twice despite easily getting 10k backers. I would love to know the reason why.
The thing is, I think Lego would’ve put this set out to the public the first one, but maybe Disney didn’t let them
Possible. Maybe because it’s part of Pixar.
Probably the same with the second one too, big companies don’t like collaborations huh.
@@Tallerthanusualthey have Pixar sets tho stuff like Toy Story and inside out 2 brick heads
The project with the ship.. amazing
I know! What a miss.
great sets but lets face it: most of them didn't make it due to issues with LEGO getting rights to the IP probably
True! The ratatouille set is a puzzle to me because that is just a Disney set like every other set. They already have the IP so make the set.
@@TheBrickQuestit’s made by Pixar. But I’m guessing the main thing is that they own different ip’s for their different franchises and ratatouille is apparently one of those they didn’t give permission for.
Yeah but it doesn't make sense because they have done pixar sets before like toy story
I don't think ip is the problem i recken that they probably dont think it would sell as much as they want it to plus come on guys its lego there the biggest toy company on the planet im sure they could get any ip they want
Disney Owns lego now...not an issue. I think it's because of the woke virus. It was "Offensive" to Italians. Like when they removed Jabbas Temple...They won't do it because it offends people but then will do Queer eye sets? If not doing it because it offends, why then do sets that offend
Most of those weren't approved due to the fact that Lego doesn't own them. They'd have to get Disneys permission to make the Ratitoue one, along with Night at the Mueseum, The Karate Kid, and probally that last one. As for why the ship wasn't approved, its probally because it doesn't really make sense to have it bend upward.
Ok got it. I was hoping at least Ratatouille would fall under the Disney license they already have.
That one in the thumbnail looked clean 😊
@@bigeatiedrawings5870 definitely! Awesome set!
The Karate Kid one is more annoying because it failed twice and once was Lego's fault. The first time it got rejected like you said. Then Lego selected it for the recent Lego Ideas 80s contest and people started voting for it. Then Lego got rid of it because they had selected 2 submissions by that creator for the contest.
I know. They need to pull it together. I’m hoping this set will come back around again because of the mess ups.
About Asterix => Maybe they have problems with the licence. As I know "Playtive Clippys" (competitor of lego) has the licence and the have released some sets. Its for me also hard, because as you I had nearly all comics and watched the movies as a kid. I think its also a topic with other cool sets about the licence (like Dragonball, etc..).
ALL of them would have been amazing to build!! Such a shame we don't have them now but maybe, hopefully one day we will have at east one of them?? Personally I cant decide if I like the Karate Kid set or the Ratatouille set most. Great video!
I agree with you. These would be AWESOME sets to have.
The first one had a pretty easy reason why they didn't, because its an already existing IP owned by disney. Same goes for the Karate Kid one and The Night at the Museum.
Ok good to know! Thanks for the info
The Night at the Museum would have made such a great set
Totally!
It's a real bummer that even just submitting a build for Ideas prevents you from selling the instructions for maybe 3 years
That does suck. They should lower that to 6-12 months.
It's a bummer... if someone finds out
The last one might be because Asterix And Obelix already has Toy Brick sets with Lidl
Oh. I didn’t know that. That sucks.
And Asterix also got Playmobil sets.
Night of the Museum got canned probably because of licensing issues and there was already a museum set, with another one in the making, because the location in the movie is a real location, pretty sure Lego has to pay the establishment even after paying Disney, so that's 2 checkmarks they have to get through, and the Haunted House was released one month after the initial idea was published that year, why yes, it's weird thought process but hear me out, the haunted house has a lot of attributes to a museum especially when the house decorated with a lot of artifacts technically classified it as a museum set, and lastly, the recently release Natural History Museum last December 2023 was probably in development during 2022 before or after June, because set modeling do take time, and the same with product making.
All good points. I guess the multiple fees on a set like this would present a problem. I like the Natural History Museum but the Night at the Museum set just looks so good. Would have been nice to see it come to life!
Need the night of the museum! 🤩
Same here! Amazing set!
Funny how later Lego ended up making a museum set.
@@tjmartinez1505 😂
GREAT content Lucas! Sad to see these did not make it through…
Thanks Steve! Definitely would have like to have seen these become sets.
the problem with the 3rd ratatoile set is that linguini, in the movie, looks out of his apartment at the restaurant, so his apartment being on the 3rd floor is inacurate
I didn’t realize. Good catch. Was his apartment away from the restaurant?
Yup but I'd think if he lives there at the middle as the main cook it would be okay
I don’t think that’s that big of a deal for Lego. For example, in 2018’s Sanctum Sanctorum set, they had the Sanctum Sanctorum right next to Peter Parker’s apartment, even though one is in Brooklyn and the other is in Queens.
i like the first edition of the ratatouille cause of the kitchen and the mini rag restaurant
The first addition was pretty epic!
WOOOOOW, the karate kid one was soooo good! i would buy it
Most of these were probably rejected due to licensing issues
I remember salivating over that Land Ohoy-set. It would have been an insta-buy for me! All the others are based on IPs, so I can understand why LEGO didn't do it, but Land Ohoy? What a miss!
Ya that Land Ahoy set is epic! Awesome build techniques that make for a really cool display piece!
I wish Lego would have explained why Land Ahoy was rejected, what a beautiful piece!
might have been considered illegal technique because the bend squeezes the pieces together sideways.
@@patrickkeller2193 oh, that explanation makes sense... still though, i wish they could come up with a similar design based off it!
The Lego Aurora project from Subnautica was probably my favorite lego ideas set ever, unfortunately Lego rejected the idea
That is a great looking set!
I feel like I've seen an alternative brick company selling the land ahoy set. Or at least it was something really similar.
Really. I hadn’t seen that! Good to know
Are you planning to make a video discussing other brick brands besides Lego , I mean Lego can be very expensive in some countries so most people choose other brands as alternatives with more affordable prices
That might be something I do in the future. I do understand the cost difference.
It seems that Lego wouldnt want to release such a huge set for a possibly 1 off project such as Ratatouille. Look at the up house. Thats a decent build, captures the film and doesnt have too many pieces. With something like snow white house its a fairytale classic and has wider appeal. Ratatouille is fantastic, but as a business it doesnt seem like a good idea to to realease a less accessible product no matter how "detailed" or "perfect" the final design is, it just needs to be a lot smaller
I want to riot over the ratatouille one
Given that these sets were denied, it was probably because the ideas were either too complicated or they could not secure the licensure for the IP
tbh the only one they should have made was probably the ship/map one, the ratatouille one felt like it was doing too much maybe just the kitchen, night at the museum; they just made the natural history museum, plus the movie isn’t popular enough to be a priority ideas set, the asterisk one nobody would buy that tbh, never even heard of those comics im 24. the ship one was cool because it was unique but also it was universal
You’re probably right! I wish differently. I think enough people liked the ship set that it would have sold very well.
A lot of these sets seem like a legality issue for lego. They’re sets built around a theme of an ip that lego doesn’t own, so making them into sets would require negotiations with the companies that own those ip’s and would cost the company too much to implement
You might be right but would be cool to see these come to life.
They need to state reasons why they don’t let them release these
I agree. That would also help future creators.
Wow very cool designs! They should go to bricklink design program!
Good idea. That would be a great place for these sets to end up.
Most of these are licensed properties so there could be a thousand behind the scenes reasons why they didnt go ahead. Or of course as most decisions do they probably figured there was more potential profits in other sets.
Now I cannot rest until I get to build a Lego French kitchen. 😭
They didn't do the ship one because the flurfers would be like, "SEEEE!!!!! LEGO KNOWS THE TRUUUUTH!!! IT'S NOT A GLOOOOBE!!!!" 🤪
The problem with the third iteration of ratatouille is the modular format, Lego has even killed bdp modulars.
Pass on Ratatouille
Fair! I can see it not being for everyone.
What about the mystery shack?
Please send this IDEA to LEPIN , Chinese will produce same design with half price of LEGO , Probably , they already produced and ready to sell ;D
True. They probably already have.
Yeah the one I wanted the most the toa head statue was also not approved
That was a really cool idea as well! Maybe it’ll come back around.
why does lego deny sets without saying why
@@discovdr good question! Some amazing set designs out there that never made it.
Most sets that get denied usually have a similar pattern.
Either it's ip issues (example the ratatouille one would have involved Disney and in the end the set would have been heavily altered in some way),
another is what pieces are used. Most cases if a piece doesn't exist in a certain color or the piece itself is long retired then it's a sure fire shot down by Lego or a major call for a complete overhaul.
The last thing is playability. Lego looks for sets that are playable and not display use only.
An example of #2 (part not existing)
Is the Orient express. Ideas submission used a LOT of retired pieces and it's competitor was the polar Express. During the set's development stages after orient express won, Lego had to contact the company that owned the O.E property and in the end the end product is the set we got today. Which ironically looked like the train company that owns O.E and the Lego group wanted to make the train realllllllly want to look a lot like the polar Express so it ended up looking a lot like O.E and P.E had a child in a way (honestly nothing against O.E but with how heavy it was modified maybe Lego should have went with the polar Express since the set was also slated to release in December which tbh would have been the perfect Christmas gift when you think about it.)
They can't make everything and expecting reasons for every submission is ridiculous and might throw some of their partners under the bus which they'll never. You get 40+ submissions regularly so it's understandable that most of them will be rejected.
@@gta71000 Some of that is just BS. IP issues can be a problem but involving Disney is not. They've made sets like Winnie the Pooh, Steamboat Willie and Tron Legacy, all through Ideas. Also retired pieces are not an issue. They don't copy the fan model exactly so they can just redesign it to use other pieces. And Orient Express set was made to look like the current Orient Express that people can go on. Nothing to do with Polar Express. Of course the IP owner is going to want to promote the real life thing so people are encouraged to pay to go on it
@@joevictor53 i mean if a design wins by votes would it hurt lego to say why they have not been accepted even via email, obv some sort of bias against ratatouille so why not tell the designer that they got denied because of blah blah blah. Unless you mean 40+ submissions win by votes, even then why deny so many times making the designer do so much work instead of saying “we dont want a ratatouille set”
Can the people who made these not just put them out as MOCs after they get rejected?
Came for the Wave, Love the Way and would have purchaed at $149.99-169.99. Too bad for me.
For me the saddest rejection is the solar system orrery. It’s both a work of art and a wonder of engineering. I would easily pay $300 for it. It was rejected at least twice despite easily getting 10k backers. I would love to know the reason why.
Bricklink!
Let’s hope.
yeah, sucks. would have loved a Asterix lego set. Instead we got Asterix Playmobil... -.-
Same here! I can’t do playmobil
All of them should be out
So disappointing of Lego, always the great creaions that get rejected.
Lego needs to stop remaking sets, especially the Manilium falcon.