Legend of Zelda LEGO rejected at final stage

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But Back to the Future gets approved in its place

After months of planning, 10,000 votes of support and weeks of consideration, LEGO has decided the fate of the proposed Legend of Zelda themed set... and turned it down, adding the rather blunt line "This project has been reviewed and is not being considered for production" to the project's proposal page. The reason? The bespoke molds needed to make the minifigures would be too expensive.

Results of the LEGO Review for The Legend of Zelda

2012.12.20
First and foremost, congratulations again to MINGLES for reaching 10,000 supporters on LEGO CUUSOO, and toward everyone for all of the support of the Legend of Zelda project! The Summer LEGO Review has concluded and the LEGO Review Board has arrived at its decision about the four projects in review.

The Legend of Zelda project shows broad support among gaming enthusiasts. This project has provided great inspiration and concept work for what could be a very nice product.

However, multiple new element molds would be required to create the minifigures for such a product, and the expense of these molds means that the Legend of Zelda project unfortunately does not pass the LEGO Review on the basis of the business case.

MINGLES has been a pleasure to work with throughout this process and has shown a lot of passion and enthusiasm for his idea and LEGO bricks. We also recognize the intense interest of all of you who supported this project, and we are sorry to deliver this disappointing news.

For further details on the results of the LEGO Review visit the LEGO CUUSOO blog at http://legocuusoo.posterous.com

The LEGO CUUSOO Team

The project that did get the go-ahead was for a LEGO DeLorean car based on the iconic time-travelling automobile from Back to the Future. Which is still cool, but we do feel disappointed that we'll never get to play with... sorry, buy a real LEGO Link.

Justin Towell
Justin Towell
Freelance Writer

Justin was a GamesRadar+ staffer for 10 years but is now a freelance writer, musician and videographer. He's big on retro, Sega and racing games (especially retro Sega racing games) and currently also writes for Play Magazine, Traxion.gg, PC Gamer and TopTenReviews, as well as running his own YouTube channel. Having learned to love all platforms equally after Sega left the hardware industry (sniff), his favourite games include Christmas NiGHTS into Dreams, Zelda BotW, Sea of Thieves, Sega Rally Championship and Treasure Island Dizzy.