We first reported on this in one of our Off The Shelf segments. Now we’re disappointed, but not surprised, to hear that has closed down this LEGO CUUSOO Jurassic Park Proposal. It seems that another company owns the building block license to Jurassic Park. With Hasbro currently producing toys based on the Jurassic Park license, and their ownership of LEGO rival Kre-O, it’s safe to say that Hasbro is the one who owns that particular license. A bummer to be sure, as the set was beautifully designed.
Read on to check out the full statement from LEGO.
Decision on Our Ability to Produce this Project
2013.09.03
First and foremost, congratulations on the well over 5,000 supporters for this project on LEGO® CUUSOO! You’ve created a beautiful 3D rendering of a Jurassic Park scene that could make a great LEGO set and have really rallied a community of fans behind it.
The bad news is, we’ve looked into the possibility of producing a set based on Jurassic Park, and since another company has the construction toy license for this IP, we can’t pursue this further as a potential LEGO set. We’re sorry to be the bearers of this disappointing news.
With any IP on LEGO CUUSOO is that there is the potential of a license conflict, either with an existing license or with a competitive licensor. Still, we think it’s better to be open and allow for possibilities, knowing there will be “no” answers along the way, than shut out the potential of IP-based products altogether. After all, just because this project isn’t a possibility doesn’t mean all IP projects wouldn’t be.
We’ve archived this project now since we know it isn’t feasible, and we’ll also archive Jurassic Park-based projects as they achieve 1,000 supporters. Your project will remain visible on LEGO CUUSOO, but in a status where it can no longer be supported or commented on. This way fans can still admire your creation.
Opening ourselves to new product suggestions invites popular ideas that don’t always work. We are grateful for the spirit behind projects like this Jurassic Park project and for the opportunity to be challenged. It keeps us sharp and looking toward the future of the LEGO brick. We hope to see more projects from you soon.
LEGO CUUSOO Jurassic Park Set Rejected
I don't know what the exact truth behind this is, but I'm not sure if I believe the whole "license" thing.
I'm sure that the whole "license" thing might have something to do with it though, but since Lego already makes products which Hasbro has licensing rights to, such as Star Wars and Marvel, then I don't see why they couldn't do Jurassic Park as well.
I think that this might have something to do with Lego's "Dino" line. They already looked a lot like "Jurassic Park", but they didn't sell too well. I think that they canceled them after the first series, but I could be wrong. I don't recall seeing them in most "brick & mortar" stores anymore.
This is all just my opinion though.
Yeah, this is most definitely a licensing issue. Lego can do Marvel and Star Wars sets because they got the licensing for those properties in their category of product (building sets, or something like that), while Hasbro's licensing for Marvel and Star wars is for action figures. Problem with this is that Hasbro not only has the licensing for JP action figures, but also in the building set category that Lego would have to have licensing under to make JP sets.
I don't know why Lego would even consider this proposal they release a similar set not 5 years ago
Good becasuse this guy and alot of his buddies on there got a Lego reviewer named BrickQueen that had another JP and DC customs and several others the all got together e-mailed and harrased her about being a woman and she didn't belong on the site.
Then the site banned her since they got flagged and Lego won't let her start another account, so basically she spent alot of time on her projects and these jerks got her banned.
Glad they got this done to them.
They did the same thing the Clock Crew used to do on Newgrounds had tons of people that used to vote on their crap animations to get them higher on the lists.
Also, they already decided to tip toe around the theme with their own line that was close enough that I am surprised it got produced.
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