From June 23 until August 6, LEGO Ideas is holding a build contest with some hard to find and expensive prizes. The contest’s theme is “A Night to Remember in the Shire”, with LEGO calling for fans’ best birthday party ideas set within the iconic peaceful hamlet. Creativity and cleverness is the name of the game, so if you’re interested in entering the contest, you have quite a while to come up with an idea and get to building.
Winners will be announced September 22, which also happens to be Bilbo Baggins’ birthday. Be sure to check out the contest page for full details.
LEGO Ideas Contest Prizes
Other than bragging rights, the main draw to try to win the contest is the prize structure. You can win some of the coolest, most intricate, and of course most expensive LEGO Lord of the Rings sets by making it far enough in the contest. Here’s how prizes will work, taken from the contest page:
If you are the Grand Prize Winner of this challenge, you’ll receive the following:
- 10316 The Lord of the Rings: Rivendell, signed by a designer
- 10354 The Lord of the Rings: The Shire, signed by a designer
- 10367 The Lord of the Rings: Balrog Book Nook, signed by a designer
If you are one of two Runners-Up of this challenge, you will receive the following:
- 10354 The Lord of the Rings: The Shire
- 10367 The Lord of the Rings: Balrog Book Nook
If you are one of the other two finalists, you will receive the following:
- 10367 The Lord of the Rings: Balrog Book Nook
If you’re curious how these sets look throughout the build process, we’ve built both Rivendell and the Shire, with the Balrog Book Nook coming soon.
Contest Details
The contest is broken up into multiple phases to ensure every entry is given equal and fair attention. Here’s how they break down:
The Building Phase
This runs from now until August 6 at 6AM EST, with the possibility of submitting edits until end of day August 7.
The Expert Phase
Once all submissions are in, LEGO experts will review and choose five builds. These five will then move onto the Fan Vote, which takes place August 25.
Voting Phase
LEGO Ideas members will have just one vote to cast between August 25 and September 8, and this will determine the overall contest winner.
Winners Announcement
The results will then be posted onto LEGO Ideas on September 25. Winners will be contacted via email for their LEGO ID, then the prizes listed out above will be sent out.
Myles Obenza is a freelance writer for IGN. Follow him on Bluesky @mylesobenza.bsky.social.
