Third Planned Updates to LEGO Ideas

It has been a busy last few weeks on the LEGO Ideas blog, first the second planned update to LEGO Ideas were announced a few weeks ago, next the release of the Caterham Super Seven, then the announcement of the results of the First 2016 Ideas review period, just yesterday The Beatles Yellow Submarine was revealed, and now today they are announcing the third and final planned updates to the LEGO Ideas platform for 2016. You can read the official blog post here or at the end of this post after my thoughts.

This planned update does not have as many major changes as the first two updates, which were primarily focused on improving the quality of projects on LEGO Ideas. Instead this update is focused more in streamlining the project supporting and project submittal processes.

Here are my thoughts on the changes:

• It has been so long since I was a new member, that I do not remember this problem, but it seems like it will help streamline things for those who are signing in on LEGO Ideas for the first time.
• I really like this update. It makes it much easier to support a project (not that it was that difficult before, but still, I like this update a lot!). I especially like the "All" button option when choosing who would most likely be interested in the potential set.

• Not a huge update, removing the check box when submitting a project will help streamline things a bit.
• I like that the "Delete"  and "Preview" buttons are moved up to the top right on the project submittal page now.

• The auto save feature will be nice when submitting a project for review. Now people will not have to remember to save their project periodically as LEGO Ideas will do it for them.
• I have not run into this problem personally, but I am sure for people who submit multiple projects in close succession this will be a nice feature.

What are your thoughts on the third planned updates? Let me know in a comment below!

Posted October 13th, 2016 on the LEGO Ideas blog:

Today we’ve released the third and final planned update to the LEGO Ideas website for fall 2016. This time, we streamlined the Support and Submit Project flows:

• New Members Return to Project Page – If a new visitor entered LEGO Ideas on a specific project page, once they create their account and verify their email, LEGO Ideas now returns them to the project so they can support the project. We hope this means more new members convert into actual supports on your projects.
• Support Survey – We’ve removed the images from the supporter survey and tightened it up so it should not need to scroll anymore within the window.
• Submit page – We removed the checkbox confirming your agreement to the Guidelines, and replaced it with a Submit button. You’re still asked to confirm agreement to the Terms on the final page before you submit.
• Submit Flow – The bottom control bar buttons are now more intuitive. Specifically we moved the "Delete Project" and "Preview" buttons to the right column above the Project Tile preview.
• Auto Save – Projects now auto-save when you make a change. You may see a yellow alert banner below the Progress Bar.
• "Save and Exit" button now appears if you submit a new project with another project still Awaiting Approval. A tool tip reminds you that you can save your progress, but have to wait to submit until a moderator has looked at your other project.

This is the last user experience update for a while. But don't worry, we're building the foundation for even more improvements to the LEGO Ideas experience in 2017 and beyond. We're also looking forward to the next wave of 10k Club interviews and building our new Yellow Submarine sets!



Update and Ideas Logo curtsey of LEGO Ideas website.