LEGO Ideas Set #15: The Beatles Yellow Submarine

 

The team at LEGO Ideas has just announced the release date of LEGO Ideas set #15, 21306 The Beatles Yellow Submarine by kevinszeto. You can read the full blog post here. The set will be available November 1, 2016 for a MSRP of USD 59.99 / EUR 59,99 / GBP 49.99 according to the post on the LEGO Ideas blog, "including 550 LEGO bricks including the 4 minifigures representing John, Paul, George and Ringo, as well as a Jeremy figure."

Overall, this is a really impressive build with very bright colors. I am not a Beatles fan personally, but I know several people who are, and from what I have heard, this LEGO Yellow Submarine seems to be pretty accurate. LEGO has even posted a video on their YouTube channel recreating in a way the original Beatles Yellow Submarine animated video (included at the end of this post).

The bright golden yellow pieces used in the submarine give it a warm and welcoming appearance, and the torso prints are very much what come to mind of when I think of the Beatles, and the box in itself is quite fascinating. It is one of the most colorful boxes that I remember the LEGO Group producing in the recent past.  I am sure this will be a wonderful set for collectors, both LEGO Collectors and Beatles collectors, though I myself will not be purchasing one due to a lack of interest in the Beatles as mentioned earlier.

 

What are your thoughts on The Beatles Yellow Submarine? Will you be purchasing one for your collection? Leave a comment below!



Results of 2015 Third Official LEGO Ideas Review

The results of the LEGO Ideas Official Review Process for the third qualification period of 2015 were posted today, and they are quite interesting. You can read the official announcement here or in the video below.

 

This time, there were two projects approved to be made into official LEGO sets, and they are Beatles Yellow Submarine by Kevin Szets and Apollo 11 Saturn-V by saabfan and whatsuptoday. Personally, I am not overly thrilled with the results of this review. Don't get me wrong, both projects are very well designed and build and worthy of becoming sets, but I did not support either, and more than likely will not be purchasing either when the official sets are released (Beatles Yellow Submarine because I do not have an interest, and Apollo 11 Saturn-V because it will likely be more than I would want to shell out for that type of set).

Of the two projects, Apollo 11 Saturn-V has the most appeal to me, largely due to the aesthetics of the build, the history associated with this model, and the potential pieces that will be included. It really is a beautiful build with lots of great details and lots of good pieces, but I will have to wait and see what the official set looks like before I say I will purchase it.

I am really disappointed that the National Park Service Centennial Vintages did not pass. Even though it would have been too late for the U.S. National Park Centennial Celebration (the sets will be released end of 2016, beginning of 2017), I still would loved to have whatever vintages they chose to produce and would likely have purchased several of them. Full results of the third 2015 Official LEGO Ideas Review can be seen below.

 

 

Images courtesy of LEGO Ideas.