[Nhcoll-l] [EXTERN] Re: Mineral Creations in LEGO!
Dirk Neumann
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Fri Sep 5 08:55:49 EDT 2025
.. know we know the culprit!
:-)
In fact, a themed NH-Lego series really is a very nice idea and definitely suited to attract children for nature. Playmobil (not sure if this is known outside Europe) also had an explorer/animal series: https://www.ebay.de/itm/395817871119?srsltid=AfmBOooy3w5c91quC5LVxQd7_I223RihJxth0JvXMl2OH0llFGFyKeNa
Am 05.09.2025 um 14:43 schrieb Mike Rutherford:
Hi all,
I feel I should share this little communication I had with LEGO a few years ago as a slightly tongue in cheek and totally shameless attempt by me to get a free LEGO NH Museum kit:
Hello,
I'm a lifelong LEGO fan and I passed this love onto my daughter. Back in 2017 she was 10 years old and a big fan of LEGO Friends so the pair of us came up with an idea for the Designer Competition you ran. As I was a zoology curator she wanted to make a museum for her character to visit, (see attached photos). We submitted the idea but unfortunately it wasn't chosen, instead Sienna won with a very nice playground, which we agreed would appeal to a wider audience.
So you can imagine our great surprise and pleasure when the new Natural History Museum kit (10326) was announced, it was lovely to see how close it is to the design we made, from the two storey design with the MUSEUM sign right in the middle (we had to make our own sign of course), to the flowers outside the front window, and from the dinosaur model to the display of helmets and headgear. Ours was a little fancier though as we included a gift shop (museum visitors always want one!). Isn't it fascinating when people think so alike?
As I am still a museum curator and also still a big LEGO fan I would love to have the museum kit, I've even got a spare small case in my Zoology Museum that I think would be great for displaying the model, but it is a bit expensive for me at the moment. Maybe one day I'll save up enough...
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And I’m not claiming that the idea of a LEGO NH museum is such an unusual idea or is totally down to me and my daughters design but it was suspiciously similar 😉 Just be aware of entering design competitions from big companies!
The next day LEGO wrote back and offered me a £25 gift token (maybe I should have held out for more) which I spent on the sea animal set - https://www.lego.com/en-us/product/sea-animals-31158
I still haven’t got the museum kit … maybe one day!
Mike
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From: Nhcoll-l <nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu><mailto:nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu> On Behalf Of Bentley, Andrew Charles
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Subject: Re: [Nhcoll-l] Mineral Creations in LEGO!
This is a pretty cool build - https://www.lego.com/en-us/product/natural-history-museum-10326
Plus there are various dinosaur fossil creations
Https://www.lego.com/en-us/search?q=lego+dinosaurs&mode=DEFAULT<https://www.lego.com/en-us/search?q=lego+dinosaurs&mode=DEFAULT>
Andy
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Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Fw: Mineral Creations in LEGO!
I have already ordered one for my grandson for Christmas.
Now, might SPNHC put forward an idea for a biological collection?
🙂
Rob
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Subject: Re: Mineral Creations in LEGO!
The LEGO Mineral Collection set is now available for pre-order (with modifications from the original proposal).
https://www.lego.com/en-us/categories/adults-welcome/article/lego-ideas-mineral-collection
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On Tuesday, October 13, 2020 at 7:31:47 AM UTC-4 jol... at mindat.org<mailto:jol... at mindat.org> wrote:
Hello SMMP!
If you haven't already seen it, this is a fantastic idea for lego mineral specimens that's been proposed for the LEGO IDEAS system (where individuals submit ideas and winning ideas are put into production by the company).
I'm sure you'll all agree this would be an excellent additional way to introduce minerals to a new generation. I'm also sure many of you would want this yourselves (I certainly do!)
[https://groups.google.com/group/mineralmuseums/attach/2caec04f91598/Screenshot%202020-10-13%20at%2011.49.49.png?part=0.1&view=1]
But this can only happen if it gets enough votes, so if you have a way of reaching out to your own friends and communities to get them to vote on the project, please do!
https://ideas.lego.com/projects/91a8106f-11ab-47df-a2f9-b8c5151ef5f4#&gid=1&pid=4
Thank you! This has nothing to do with mindat or me personally other than I really want to see it happen.
Jolyon
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