Tips for making a winning LEGO Ideas project, from the designers of Ideas 21357 Disney Pixar Luxo Jr.

Designing a winning LEGO Ideas set is a dream for most LEGO fans, but it's no easy task. LEGO Ideas fan designer Toby Brett and Design Manager Jordan Scott, two of the minds behind 21357 Disney Pixar Luxo Jr, offer some of their advice for designing a winning LEGO Ideas project.

From idea to LEGO set: 21357 Disney Pixar Luxo Jr.

LEGO Ideas 21357 Disney Pixar Luxo Jr. undertook a long journey before it could become a LEGO set. Beginning as the idea of fan designer Toby Brett, Luxo Jr. had to earn enough supporters on LEGO Ideas, then face a redesign by the LEGO Ideas team before it was ready for shelves.

How new LEGO bricks helped build 21357 Disney Pixar Luxo Jr.

Luxo Jr, the famous Pixar mascot, is the latest LEGO Ideas set. And despite being smaller than other recent Ideas sets, the little lamp has new LEGO pieces and some funky building techniques sure to dazzle anyone who builds 21357 Disney Pixar Luxo Jr. Model Designer Tom Gerardin and Design Manager Jordan Scott reveal all.