LEGO Ideas Second 2026 Review adds 12 projects including Ponyo and Paddington

For this 12:10 KST LEGO and hobby scout, we picked the large weekly increase in LEGO Ideas 10K projects. In its July 5 update, The Brick Fan summarized that 12 projects had newly passed 10,000 supporters over the past week, bringing the number of projects in the Second 2026 Review Stage to 45. At Game Sunakku, we are treating this not as news of confirmed official releases, but as hobby news showing what kinds of creations are reaching the LEGO Ideas review table.

Ponyo and Paddington are the kind of projects IP fans may notice first

Ponyo and Paddington Bear are the most immediately recognizable IP-based projects in this group. Both can be checked as having 10K Support status on their official LEGO Ideas project pages, while any official product decision will be made later by the LEGO Review Board.

The important point here is not “confirmed release,” but which characters and scenes fans have pushed up inside official LEGO Ideas as real set candidates. Ponyo brings the sea, the house, and character scenes into view at a glance, while Paddington leans strongly into a display mood built around a station, street setting, and character props.

Fire Lookout Tower, Hanging Basket, and Toaster Bakery lean strongly into non-IP hobby builds

Fire Lookout Tower, Hanging Basket, and Toaster Bakery are projects where the build concept and display mood stand out before any IP name value. A forest lookout tower, a wall-hanging plant, and a toaster-shaped bakery are the kind of ideas that make you think, just from one photo, “So this can be done with LEGO.”

Even if these projects do not become actual sets, they show a direction for adult hobby LEGO. Rather than only vehicles and buildings, everyday objects, plants, small shops, and dioramas continue to gain strength.

The key point this time is that 12 projects arrived together

This update includes Fire Lookout Tower, Hanging Basket, Toaster Bakery, Naples Corner, Paddington Bear, The Summer I Turned Pretty, Hybrid Theory Album Cover from Linkin Park, Hamlet’s Skull, Capybara’s Happy Place, Ponyo, Wayne’s World Basement Studio, and Old Hangar.

Looking at the list, the range is wide: character IP, a music album cover, a cute animal, architecture, shops, and an aircraft hangar. That is why this article is not about saying you “have to buy” any one project, but is closer to a useful early look at which tastes will compete in the next LEGO Ideas review.

For now, the thing to do is not buy, but support and observe

Passing 10,000 supporters on LEGO Ideas does not mean a project immediately becomes an official set. This stage is the door through which the LEGO Review Board examines product feasibility, licensing, safety, price range, and production viability.

Even so, it is worth watching for hobby readers. It lets you check which projects might be the most convincing if they later become official sets, and how much strength your favorite IP, object-based build, or display-style LEGO taste is gaining inside Ideas.