LEGO has approved the development of an official kit for the Caterham Super Seven. The decision was announced last week, and it is the result of a proposition submitted by a fan of the famous British sports car.
The future kit from LEGO will allow other enthusiasts to build miniature versions of the Caterham Super Seven. The user who proposed this model and created a prototype is Carl Greatrix, and he submitted two versions of the kit car for other Lego fans to vote.
The famous toy manufacturer has a program called Lego Ideas, where any user can submit a design for a new LEGO kit.
For a project to reach the official review board of the company, a proposition requires 10,000 votes within a year. Once the Lego Review Board examines the proposed design, it gets developed for production, and then goes to retailers.
As Autoblog points out, the final design that will be sold as an official LEGO kit might not feature all of the details showcased on Car Greatrix’s proposition. Also, it is unclear which of the two versions of the Caterham Super Seven has been chosen by the review board to become an official LEGO product.
Mr. Greatrix is lucky to have his project turned into an actual LEGO kit, as reaching 10,000 votes is no small feat. However, as it turns out, there are cases when LEGO might decide to extend the time limit for projects to reach 10,000 supporters.
But only the proposals which received over 1,000 supporters in the first year since they were posted managed to receive an extension of 182 days, and those who already had 5,000 supporters by April 15, 2015, were given the extra time to reach the 10,000 supporter base.
Mr. Greatrix’s proposition already had over 5,000 supporters by the time LEGO Ideas decided to extend the deadline for projects to attain the required number of supporters in order to be sent to the review board.
The famous toy manufacturer has a program called Lego Ideas, where any user can submit a design for a new LEGO kit.
For a project to reach the official review board of the company, a proposition requires 10,000 votes within a year. Once the Lego Review Board examines the proposed design, it gets developed for production, and then goes to retailers.
As Autoblog points out, the final design that will be sold as an official LEGO kit might not feature all of the details showcased on Car Greatrix’s proposition. Also, it is unclear which of the two versions of the Caterham Super Seven has been chosen by the review board to become an official LEGO product.
Mr. Greatrix is lucky to have his project turned into an actual LEGO kit, as reaching 10,000 votes is no small feat. However, as it turns out, there are cases when LEGO might decide to extend the time limit for projects to reach 10,000 supporters.
But only the proposals which received over 1,000 supporters in the first year since they were posted managed to receive an extension of 182 days, and those who already had 5,000 supporters by April 15, 2015, were given the extra time to reach the 10,000 supporter base.
Mr. Greatrix’s proposition already had over 5,000 supporters by the time LEGO Ideas decided to extend the deadline for projects to attain the required number of supporters in order to be sent to the review board.