Lego Is Making an Official Godzilla Set
Lego's Ideas program has been churning out delightful kits based on fan-submitted (and community-supported) designs for years now, to the point that the brick-maker has quite the hefty list of sets that have hit the necessary 10,000 community backers to eligible for review. Case in point? Today Lego announced the results of its review for the batch of sets to hit that threshold back at the end of last year: and the winners are a doozy.
Today Lego confirmed that its latest batch of reviews concluded with two fan-designed sets approved to be made into Lego Ideas sets for general release. The first, by Alexis Dos Santos, is a classic rocket ship build inspired by The Adventures of Tintin, from the beloved comic story 'Destination Moon', where Tintin and his friends help a professor on a top-secret mission to develop the first man-made mission to the moon. The second, however, is a big one, in a literal and metaphorical sense: Matthew Esposito's submission for a massive, brick-built Godzilla.
Inspired by the design seen in Legendary's Monsterverse, Esposito's initial Godzilla design had initially been submitted for review back in February 2023, when it initially hit the required 10,000 votes to be considered for review—but after Lego updated the rules for Ideas projects in September 2024 to allow for larger, more detailed set designs, MattE720 resubmitted an even bigger Godzilla design, which once again quickly re-earned 10,000 backers to go forward to Lego's review stage.
Although there will be changes made between the submitted design and the eventual official set released by Lego, Esposito's design is markedly impressive for its size and scope, featuring plenty of textured detail to replicate Godzilla's skin, an opening mouth, and even a brick-built effects piece replicating his atomic breath attack. Time will tell just how grand Lego's official spin on it will be, but it's good to see that Godzilla is stomping his way into Lego regardless.
There's currently no expected release date for when either the the Tintin Space Rocket or Godzilla sets just yet, and no details on just how much either will cost—but you can start building a titan-shaped dent in your wallet either way.
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