BRICKLINK DESIGNER PROGRAM | Series 4 | Five Designs Chosen

Series 4 finalists have been announced. The five designs will be available for crowdfunding in February of 2025. If you like any of these and would like to purchase one, then make sure to mark your calendar. These may disappear fast and they have a very limited run.
00:00 Five New Designs
00:44 Merchant Boat
02:07 Wild West Train
04:35 Medieval Seaside Market
07:00 Siege Encampment
09:25 Riverside Scholars
11:20 Timeline details
12:15 Conclusion
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[@llucky87]

As a designer of wild west train I need to ensure you that it is movable, and will be ready for motorization :)

[@Sinjinator]

Hey that’s good to hear!

[@TheRealFeechLaManna]

All your Western sets look amazing dude. LEGO shoulda taken all your stuff and made it into a new Western line for adults!

[@alexnunes]

Awesome! This will make fans love it even more

[@adamking882]

The Wild West Train is by the same designer (llucky) that did the General Store for Series 1. He actually has a couple other wild west themed buildings (sheriff's office, post office, blacksmith, train station), which together he calls "Lucky Town." Most were already submitted to the Bricklink Designer Program and/or Lego Ideas. The Sheriff's Office's was already rejected from both programs, but is available now on Rebrickable.

[@on_brix]

I was hoping for another building from him, but I got a train 🙂

[@Andrew-ww1hz]

This man is single-handedly bringing back the Western theme

[@MartyMcFly3]

@on_brix Please vote for his Wild West Train Station on LEGO Ideas so we can match this with the Wild West Train. Train station is amazing & needs to become a set.

[@FinleysWorld]

Always excited for trains

[@dylanwhite3383]

Personally i would love to buy that siege encampment and that sea side market

[@MayorBrick]

That Wild West Train is soooooo amazing. I missed out on the Lone Ranger one, so will definitely have to be giving that one my support! Thanks for the overview.

[@JoshStaffieri]

The Siege Encampment already has me picking up the max of two sets!! But I'm with you @Alex, be careful we what ask for - loving me some castle, but our poor wallets! :)

[@Sinjinator]

That merchant house boat is a must buy! 👏👏

[@karens8633]

If the train is able to be motorized, I would need two! One each of the others would be nice! As of now, it’s a moot point, I’m broke! 😢

[@alexnunes]

I am told that it can be motorized. So good news for us!

[@tg1600]

The train is must buy and maybe the seaside market.

[@Dreadwolf3155]

how wide is the train? I can't quite tell

[@telekakos]

No sets for adult lego city builders. It's disappointing :( There were some beautiful modular building submissions, beach bars, cottages. But they haven't been chosen for finalists.

[@tomm2213]

The tent scene would work well for a harry potter quidditch championship moc

[@iAmFranQ]

love the boat and the train. Probably will buy 1 of each.

[@timwaycaster7538]

That siege encampment is very cool and unique as well!

[@tomm2213]

Seaside market is so versatlile. A lot will want it. They should increase from 30k. It would even do great as a regular production set.

[@hanzocloud]

U can only have so many castles, but the siege encampment is awesome!! Would make a great display piece of falcons attacking lion knights castle (the only castle we need tbh)

[@TheBrickTwins2024]

Great designs!! 😊🎉

[@BrickHQ]

I like the boat, train, and siege encampment the most Great point about the train working for Back to the Future The problem is that there are too many huge expensive castle sets, but no small cheaper castle sets The siege encampment is great, but how is it so much pieces? It should be $150-$200 There needs to be a small set every wave, its not good that there isn't one here

[@robertgutheim1984]

There goes your whole under table area hehehehehe

[@alexnunes]

Gone before it even started. haha

[@andreabicego6923]

Btw the Steamboat looks like a great display piece, and do does the train...

[@brickblums]

The Siege Encampment is going to be a fun set for sure. And i like the little waterfall in the riverside scholars. For investment, I am going to wait and see how the ones from series 1 do. I did get 2 of each of those (except the Parisian Street, just too expensive for one that doesn't even sell out).

[@MNeuenswander]

Passing on the boat and scholars; train is a maybe. We’ll see what else the castle sets are competing with next February.

[@josephd27]

Cool sets Alex

[@Breyzipp]

OMG the siege encampment 😍😍😍😍😍😍

[@jwbowl1]

I like the Medieval Seaside Market best, but I don't know if I'll get it since I will be bankrupt if I get the 5 sets I want from Series 2 & 3. (I may forget I said that next February when I'm rushing to pre-order it.) The Siege Encampment seems to have a high piece count for what looks like nothing but side builds. The Riverside Scholars has a very unique look. I like it, but just to look at and not buy. The train and the ship have interesting qualities, but they're not something I will buy.

[@alexnunes]

I will be broke after series one charges hit. I guess it's fun to dream. I hope to pick up the seaside market though. It's only money, right?

[@DesertDwight]

Wish there was more variety. The only one I like is the train

[@csharp57]

I’m getting that train!!!

[@philippe629]

2 very nice medieval sets , must have , but concerning the siege encampment I hope they will include more soldiers and knights ...it seems very poors for a middle age war 😁

[@dd_zzero6827]

I only want the two medieval sets. The others I wouldn't know what to do with other then re-sell.

[@Dreadwolf3155]

seaside market FTW! same for siege camp!

[@screennamemissing]

The Riversider Scholars set gives me Ninjago meets Medieval vibes

[@screennamemissing]

As for what I'd purchase... I'm torn between the Merchant Boat and Siege Encampment. xD I don't have a Medieval or Water scene in my Lego City yet... but maybe I can just put the boat on land. lol Like a retired ship turned eatery.

[@samwise3282]

i reckon the train can be motorised, the technic pieces used all look to be able to swing and move freely.

[@Mardigrasman23]

I like the train. That’s the one for me. The castle sets look really good but it’s a rabbit hole I can’t go down

[@alexnunes]

It's a large and deep rabbit hole. I have already taken the bait! HEEEEEEEELP!

[@bloodymarvelous4790]

The Merchant Boat is going to be around $180. This one's not in my wheelhouse. The Wild West Train around $250

[@BrickTrains]

I think you were pointing at the box car, or maybe the tender? I'm going to have to watch again at home on the computer. 😂😂

[@alexnunes]

The box car! lol, so simple. Thanks!

[@caronmills8983]

Seaside Market and Scholars

[@Ms.BrickOnBrick]

They are cute but nothing for my city and what happened to the one “affordable” set? Week at least I won’t have to budget for Bricklink in February.

[@MartyMcFly3]

How was the Riverside Scholars selected... It has a mediocre look at best & there were just so many other great designs they could have selected instead of this. 3 medieval sets is also too many. We need a variety of different themed builds. I'm all for Medieval sets but create a separate designer program for them.

[@alexnunes]

I have no doubt that these are not the top 5 in terms of fan vote. Other variables impact this that we will never know of.

[@adamking882]

It's shocking that submissions with vastly more interest like the Sushi Restaurant were snubbed. However, Lego has shown a willingness to completely ignore fans with their selections (like how they passed on the library modular in Series 1).

[@memyselftheone]

I agree. Too much medieval stuff. Also, I think they should have included at least 1 small set. These are all going to be super expensive.

[@mgmg3000.]

I like the look of these sets, but I won't be ordering any of them. Lego must be responding to the data they've collected from their earlier rounds with these selections, so it'll be really interesting to see how it goes. I'm also interested in how the "investment set" market will change over the years as there are so many variables to consider. The BDP is a bit of a spectator sport for me😁 Thanks for your thoughts on the sets!

[@andreabicego6923]

Two more Castle sets and they'll be gone as soon as preorders start.❤

[@obi-wankenobi4301]

I’m a college student I can’t afford all of these right now 😅. Hopefully in ten years LEGO castle has sets that are even better than these when I can afford more 😂

[@memyselftheone]

The only one I'll consider buying is the boat. I have zero interest in the two medieval sets or trains in general. The Riverside Scholars set looks nice, but the open back kills it for me.

[@Gigau]

Train definitely, boat probably.... i like the other three as well, but choices have to be made, unfortunately.

[@MightyThorngren]

I was so disappointed with this train. I voted for the Western Town playset. It came with a train and full tracks, along with a full Western Town! It had everything you could ask for in a playset. I'm Heartbroken and really hope it is resubmitted for series 5. Also super disappointed not a single Pirate theme made it through. I really loved tge Imperial Slopp Neptune and the Imperial Trading Post made by the same guy that did the Western Town. Both had great play value I like the Seaside market, but it's awkward shape and large size makes it a pass, even though it's a beautiful build and a fun playset. It very much reminds me of that Viking Village, with its setup and awkward shape. No space for it at all sadly. That said, its very much the winner of the 5 in my book. That Siege encampment is neat, but not something I'm interested in. If I had tons of space/money and more Castle I might, but my Castle collection is small and I'm somewhat picky. I'm happy with the Creator 3in1 Castle. Waiting on a Wolfpack set and hoping it's good. Just not interested in the houseboat or riverside scholars. Really hope that Western Town playset is resubmitted in series 5, along with the Imperial Sloop Neptune and Imperial Trading Post playset.

[@jameshamaker9321]

boat.

[@ferrariforever1]

There is already a series 2 train set, now another train set? In all four series we have zero modular style building. Maybe Lego doesn't want competition to their official modular building sets. So maybe the last modular building from the bricklink program is the Construction site from 1 year ago.

[@joshuakingma6126]

I believe the brick cross train station from series 2 is a modular.

[@karrde593]

This year is my year of lego trains (thanks to harry potter) so the wild west train is the first one of these i've been interested at all. I still am not completely convinced about paying money for a moc though. They seem too good to be lego (same as fake lego etc). Yeah that's it.. id rather buy a fake lego set than an official super priced version for the same experience. Fake lego has the rights to moc builds :)

[@bloodymarvelous4790]

Fake lego doesn't have the rights to MOC builds. They buy the designs from MOC builders. The rights lie with the MOC builders.

[@karrde593]

​@@bloodymarvelous4790I didn't mean literally. Lego simply don't release lego sets that are of same details as moc builds.. so for that reason something feels odd about the bricklink designer sets, by nature.

[@countrabricksbuildcraze8916]

House boat. No. The. Train. Yes. Pleas. 😊😊😊😊😊 The yellow an blue passenger train that's power up. Was $275 when it first came out in Australia. As this. Is the bricklink design program. Manny of the sets are high priced. I'm guessing $325. if it's powered Up ..lol 😅 Alex going. Broke. Damm more castle s mate. The trains got. Me if it's selected. .I'm trying to. .build up more. Money. But. Damm. 😅😅 I'm buying. More. And more. Lego. Hit owe Lego group action. Other night. ..more Mony. Gone lol 😆 it's bad. But good. 😅.

[@MartyMcFly3]

Please vote for llucky's (Wild West Train Designer) Train Station- Wild West on LEGO Ideas. It fits perfectly with the Wild West Train & looks stunning.

[@marknieuwstad2504]

Apart from not having a smaller, more affordable set, they should also not have two or more sets from the same theme. That way people with other interests will have an option to choose and people going for that theme don't have do spend too much on more than one set. I like the harbour set, but with two cows, the siege set is also interesting. Maybe get one of each, depending on the final set and price.

[@CAJUNAFOL]

I guess I’ll be able to save money this go around because none of them interest me.

[@blammers]

Can’t say I’m very excited about any of these. Overall I’ve been disappointed by the designs from this program because they really lack the refinement of the regular sets from Lego. They’re too often just mocs with little regard for what makes a Lego set good.

[@samwalker8893]

Mocs made by fans , experienced and talented lego customers and fans…. Think they happen to know “what makes a lego set good” That said , no one has seen any examples yet.. so you have no ability or experience to comment on “refinement” That said those “refining” the submissions are the SAME people making those “regular “ lego sets

[@bloodymarvelous4790]

@@samwalker8893 TBF, some of the early BDP sets had some stability issues like the mountain windmill. These look to be solidly constructed though. Two repeat designers from Series 1. The train is by the same guy who did the general store, and the siege encampment is by the same guy who did the mountain fortress.

[@samwalker8893]

@@bloodymarvelous4790 yep, but those with issues were not bdp, they were an entirely different program with different development and different standards

[@Bricks_Books]

I don’t like this round, I miss a Lego city set…

[@danahfaren74]

I am going to ignore the BL designer programme. Just feels like a rip off concept to me in times when money already is tight

[@TheSwedishOak]

These designer sets are just alternative builds to me. No new parts/color combination or new minifigures. All re used from other current sets. Not that interested.

[@bz6046]

We already know that there will be no new parts that's what BDP is based on existing parts. If your expecting new parts that would be actual lego sets. This program was not meant for new parts or figs. How do you not understand that by now?

[@TheSwedishOak]

@@bz6046Sounds like you are the one that is not understanding..