March 8th, 2014
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Cuusoo Doctor Who Lego Sets – More Designs Roll In
Doctor Who Lego Sets – The Designs Roll In
An update on Lego’s Cuusoo design site suggests that Doctor Who Lego sets are now possible.
You can send in designs for Lego sets and if it receives 10,000 votes or more there is possibility it will be considered for release under the Lego brand.
Doctor Who has always been rejected in the past due to licensing issues – until now
We do not know why this has happened and what this means for Character building. Character currently hold the master toy licence for Doctor Who products.
Click Doctor Who lego Designs to see the entries so far.
From www.legocuusoo.uservoice.com
License Conflicts and Resolutions
Sometimes we have to turn down project submissions that refer to specific brands or licensed properties. We do this to avoid getting your hopes up for something we know we aren’t able to make. In these cases, we already know the LEGO Group can’t secure licensing rights to produce construction toys based on a particular brand or property, due to a conflicting interest with a third party.
If such a conflict goes away, we’ll then be able to accept projects based on a particular brand or license.
The Fine Print:
If your project was previously turned down, archived, or deleted due to a licensing conflict that is now resolved, you may re-submit it as a new project. Supporters from past projects cannot be applied to a future project.
Resolved Past Licensing Conflicts
We now welcome projects based on the following licenses that used to have conflicts:
Doctor Who – February 2014
Last updated February 25, 2014
Have you missed submitting wibbly wobbly timey wimey…LEGO stuff? Doctor Who projects are now welcome. Brilliant! http://t.co/MGzvYQVz9E
— LEGO® CUUSOO (@LEGO_CUUSOO) February 25, 2014
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dalek eternal
February 27th, 2014 - 3:39pmwhat if lego made the sets and cb make the figures
Anonymous
February 27th, 2014 - 3:49pmWouldn’t Work!
GPA
February 27th, 2014 - 2:42pmi think ego is better i also think it would be great for theses to be realised
the paternoster gang
February 27th, 2014 - 2:37pmI hope a Doctor who set is released. With cuusoo already reviewing the possibility of a Lege Sherlock set, we could make Lego wholock!
Dominic Kane
February 27th, 2014 - 11:48amNO NO NO NO NO KEEP CHARACTER BULIDING!!!!!!!!!!
Anonymous
February 27th, 2014 - 3:50pmNO NO NO NO NO GET RID OF CB!!!!!!!!!
booboo
February 27th, 2014 - 3:52pmno lets not, we don’t what another collection to go by the way
daff69
February 27th, 2014 - 11:12amThe Cusoo projects so far all look terrible! i’ll take CB anyday!
Whovastron
February 27th, 2014 - 3:30pmWHAT!? You cannot be serious. The Delorean!? Ecto-1!? Brilliant sets.
TW.
DavidH
February 27th, 2014 - 6:00pmGive it time, once people have enough time to design some really good, intricate sets they could get really good
The Living Shadow
February 27th, 2014 - 8:16pmI think he only meant the DW ones look terrible
The12thDoctor
March 4th, 2014 - 9:33pmNo, the Delorean may look cool, but the build falls apart a lot and has problems when seating minifigs… I’ll take CB any day
Mumble5557 Online
February 27th, 2014 - 6:21amI’d rather have lego than CB, i grew up with lego and I’m still growing. Lego is probably the best invention! Definately would buy it!
Dynamite Doctor
February 26th, 2014 - 10:45pmI would 100% get that! I don’t have many Lego figures of casual looking people or a cb tardis exterior, so it’s perfect!
Trenzalore
February 26th, 2014 - 10:14pmI’m not too bothered about them becoming Lego, so long as they aren’t that awful yellow colour.
Anonymous
February 26th, 2014 - 10:19pmNo certainty not they be like the harry potter and batman etc lego
UDWF1
February 26th, 2014 - 10:11pmThe USC TARDIS looks amazing! I’d be so happy if that was released!
Esmeblabbed
February 26th, 2014 - 9:22pmI LOVE LEGO! I really hope Doctor Who gets picked.
Anonymous
February 26th, 2014 - 9:18pmWe don’t need Lego we have character building practicticly the same!
Sebatron
February 26th, 2014 - 10:09pmNO they are not!
callum simmons
February 28th, 2014 - 11:24pmI concur that’s like saying shreddies are the same as cornflakes! Lego is better quality, more detailed and has lasted longer than doctor who has been on TV. Plus CB sets use poor quality plastic that isn’t moulded correctly and therefore barely holds together. Lego use Danish ABS plastic which makes a Lego brick not only fit but also much more durable and the printing on Lego figures never wears off due to the machines they use for the designs. Lego sets of doctor who would both be show accurate to the smallest detail and very durable.
MadManWithABox
February 26th, 2014 - 7:17pmI wouldn’t get too exited, Cuusso has 100s if not 1000s of different sets and only one gets picked every few months and that’s if it gets the right amount of followers and Lego and The BBC approve of it.
agent1320
February 26th, 2014 - 8:34pmYes but one set got 10,000 supports once but it couldn’t be put through due to the licensing. So if the guy resubmits it then hopefully it will get 10k again.
madmanwithabox
February 26th, 2014 - 10:23pmYeah I know I’m just warning people this isn’t defenent
NCC1701D
February 26th, 2014 - 5:55pmThis is awesome news, but if it is just a one off then I think it will be a set of the latest TARDIS control room with minifigures of the 12th Doctor and Clara and possibly Samuel Anderson’s new character as by the time a set like this is released the likelihood is that series 8 will have been and gone, making those the most recent characters.
100000BC
February 26th, 2014 - 5:50pmI REALLY HOPE THAT CHARACTER BUILDING DON’T GO!
It’s bad enough having to replace 5″ by 3.75″, without replacing CB with LEGO. CB microfigures are a lot better than LEGO and they were going so well!
Whoisthedoctor
February 26th, 2014 - 8:01pmLego is far better than character building
booboo
February 26th, 2014 - 8:05pmsets maybe, figures would disagree, would much rather have CB
Anonymous
February 26th, 2014 - 8:10pmI agree whoisthedoctor LEGO is populer then CB
Anonymous
February 26th, 2014 - 10:08pmI don’t like the Lego figures character building figures are much better
The Funky Chicken
February 27th, 2014 - 1:14pmLego is a lot better than cb
100000BC
February 27th, 2014 - 3:48pmI make my own sets and modify the CB sets but the CB micro figures are the best!
nparker
March 11th, 2014 - 2:31pmLego is much better! I do love Character Building too though, especially the figures. Although I do prefer Lego minifigures.
DavidH
February 26th, 2014 - 4:52pmAll that is certain right now is that CB’s licence will expire, if it has not already been bought out
After that everything is unknown. Lego might or might not release Doctor Who sets. CB might or might not release the sets we saw at the toy fair. Anything could happen right now
I will miss the CB figures though 🙁
Dynamite Doctor
February 26th, 2014 - 3:29pmI think it would be a good idea doing the characters and all, but if Lego made TARDISes and that, they would be more expensive as they are a bigger company, so people would use the leg ofigures with the CB sets.
Tardis’nt
February 26th, 2014 - 3:26pmAs it’s Cuusoo, it’ll most likely be a one off set – like the BTTF Delorean and the new Ghostbusters set…
Sebatron
February 26th, 2014 - 11:41amAwwwwwwwww YEAH!!!!!!
I AM SO EXCITED ABOUT THIS!!!!!!
THIS IS A DREAM COME TRUE!!!!!!!!!!!!
😀 😀 😆
booboo
February 26th, 2014 - 11:42amdon’t get to exited, anything could be months and months away from the 1st set and could even be a one off
Dynamite Doctor
February 26th, 2014 - 3:30pmI dont think it would be a one off, as they would have to pay so much for a lisence for a dalek or a TARDIS that they wouldn’t get enough sales.
However, I agree that, if it did happen, then it would be a long time.
Ian
February 26th, 2014 - 11:35amAs far as I am concerned, Lego had their chance ages ago. But as Dr Who’s popularity has increased since last year they obviously see a market for it.I like the Character Build range, good likeness too, Lego figures tend to all look alike. However this doesn’t mean CO’s Licence is coming to an end, other manufactures produce toys of Dr Who. For CO to stay in the game they need to make sure the next wave of CB figures are released on time and are available in stores, last year it was difficult to get the 50th wave to start with.
booboo
February 26th, 2014 - 11:37amwould have to be a shared licence i would think, the product is to similar.
Anonymous
February 26th, 2014 - 2:11pmOr they’ve had to go through CO to get permission to make them like UT have to for many of their own products (not the exclusive figures, that’s something different).
nparker
March 11th, 2014 - 2:33pmMinifigures are highly detailed, I believe they look great. I would be sad to see the CB figures cancelled though, so if Lego Doctor Who was approved I’d have to start collecting CB figures a lot more!
bigfin20
February 26th, 2014 - 10:11amHmm. I would buy it but in the past (from what I’ve heard) the sets have been rejected because the BBC wouldn’t give LEGO the license or a shared licence. I also think that LEGO would over price the sets (about £150 for thr TARDIS console room) based on how much LEGO Star Wars sets are.
Anonymous
February 26th, 2014 - 11:24amIt was rejected by none other than LEGO themselves because they thought there was absolutely no interest in the North American market. Seemingly now things have changed.
booboo
February 26th, 2014 - 11:27amI think we are a long way of a Lego Doctor Who range, this maybe a way to “test the water”- main concern right now what’s the situation with Characters licence
RobDale
February 26th, 2014 - 11:27amwill there be a lego doctor who the video game
booboo
February 26th, 2014 - 11:28ama very very long way off if at all i would imagine
BRick
February 26th, 2014 - 1:55pmAgree Booboo, we need to know the terms of the Character license, their appetite for pressing on with the Doctor Who CB range or how long we have left to enjoy new CB releases.
Haydenp
February 26th, 2014 - 10:08amhope so
Haydenp
February 26th, 2014 - 10:20amjust realised im 10 so cant enter
Exterminator
February 26th, 2014 - 9:44amMaybe character options licence is coming to an end? If Lego are getting rights to start producing Who toys, maybe there might be another action figure producer in the pipeline.
Diamond select toys would be my preferred option please bbc!
Bicky
February 26th, 2014 - 10:05amI totally agree that Diamond Select would be an excellent choice,the Universal Monster figures they produce are fantastic and i think we need a new Doctor Who figure producer.
Radburn
February 26th, 2014 - 9:34amI think I would be a bit more concerned about the Lego price suddenly ‘sky-rocketing’ or spend £50 on a set to get an ‘Exclusive’ only available in this pack figure type of marketing. Character does it’s own silly thing with all these ‘Super Rare’ CB figures already…
Doctorfan
February 26th, 2014 - 8:00amOut of ten …… 11
The Funky Chicken
February 27th, 2014 - 1:15pmlol
The Silent Silent
February 26th, 2014 - 7:53amHope this doesn’t effect the character building range 🙂
booboo
February 26th, 2014 - 8:09amsome clarity would be good
this could lead to some great sets but personally i much prefer Character Building figures to Lego
James A
February 26th, 2014 - 8:22amLikewise, the CB mini-figures hold more detail to the characters than what Lego could produce with their mini-figures, but it would be cool to see constructable Doctor Who toys open to a wider audience.
BRick
February 26th, 2014 - 8:23amAgreed. The Character Building figures have worked really well in depicting the range of Doctor Who characters. In my view, Lego Star Wars has not always executed alien likenesses as well as CB has for DW.
Roll on Series 4 display brix.
Anonymous
February 26th, 2014 - 8:24amI agree – there is a lot of loyalty to the lego brand due it spanning generations – their sets are as good as any but I hate lego mini figures.
StetsonDoctor
February 26th, 2014 - 8:25amLego Doctor Who? Not thanks.
We already have CB, and although some sets might be a tad bit ‘cheap’ quality-wise, the figures are great.
I just don’t see Lego doing like for instance a silurian head or a cyberman head or dare I say it, even a Dalek…
StetsonDoctor
February 26th, 2014 - 8:26amAlso, would they be ‘allowed’ to have two different Doctor Who construction ranges at once???
booboo
February 26th, 2014 - 9:01amthis is where it would be good to get some clarity on what’s happening with the licence, it will only lead to wild speculation otherwise
Hellbelly
February 26th, 2014 - 10:33amWell this is only in reference to Cuusoo. No mention of anything else. There’s a lot of conclusion jumping going on here.
booboo
February 26th, 2014 - 10:51amwhich is why there needs to be some clarification – you need a licence which is no longer an issue apparently but has been in the past – people are bound to jump to conclusions if they are not give the facts.
callum simmons
February 27th, 2014 - 10:12pmAS for your assumption Lego figures are simple that I’m afraid hasn’t been true since 2011. Nowadays Lego minifigures have moulded hair pieces,double sided faces,superbly detailed torso and leg printing. As for Lego not moulding new pieces there are many notable example when they have done precisely that take a look:
http://img1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20130325092657/lego/images/a/af/ArmouredZod.png
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-_W0W3SMr6Wc/UHbL92wyZoI/AAAAAAAARSI/BxWqCd9AXJM/s1600/TMNT+Lego+1.jpg
http://static4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20131117135550/lego/images/d/d7/10902389583_a574fdabfc_o.jpg
nparker
March 11th, 2014 - 2:36pmI do agree to a certain extent with BRick, I think Lego are OK at making aliens, but not great, and the CB aliens do look better. That said, the human figures would undoubtably for me look better in Lego.
Dorium Maldovar
February 26th, 2014 - 7:32amAwesome!!
Brad
February 26th, 2014 - 7:30amYes!
DalekWolf
February 26th, 2014 - 7:13amDALEK DIPLOMACY HAS SUCCEEDED!
matt9982
February 26th, 2014 - 7:08amAwesome! Hope it happens 🙂
The Silent Silent
February 26th, 2014 - 6:58amCool