Most of you are aware of the newest LEGO CUUSOO set Back to the Future. But even less of you know who the man behind the model is. Who is he? Masashi Togami.
He's the founder of the LEGO CUUSOO Back to the Future Team. He's got quite a few models on CUUSOO now, and plenty more on the way.
I had the opportunity to get an interview with him over email. He let me know a little about his love for BTTF, his model design process, and he sent me some info and pictures of his upcoming models.
He's got some great stuff going on. You should definitely click the button below to read the interview. Or if you don't have the time now, read it later.
LEGO has revealed the final verdict of the Summer 2012 CUUSOO Review. The four projects under review were Modular Western Town, BTTF - DeLorean Time Machine, Legend of Zelda, and EVE Online Ships - Rifter.
After much review, the next LEGO CUUSOO project to become a LEGO set will be:
What a great project. Masashi Togami did a great job recreating this vehicle. I'll be very excited when these start hitting stores (or online stores).
But what about the other 3 CUUSOO projects in the review? What will happen to them. Well, LEGO has said that the projects that don't win the review will either be archived, or put aside for the next review.
Modular Western Town: Has been archived. LEGO has said they will not produce this set due to it conflicting with an ongoing project at The LEGO Group. Lone Ranger anybody?
Legend of Zelda: Has been archived. Due to the great amount of new molds needed for this project to be made, LEGO has decided to archive this project.
EVE Online Ships - Rifter: Has also been archived. The amount of supporters with this project has made LEGO consider the gaming world more. But this project has a more challenging business case when considered alongside other products.
A very big disappointment with the archived projects. Modular Western Town was one of my all time favorite CUUSOO projects. It's sad to see it go.
Remember those CUUSOO projects that passed the 10,000 mark 6 months ago? If you don't. It's okay, it's been awhile. The Summer 2012 review has finally ended. LEGO will unveil the the chosen project on the 20th of December. The four projects are:
Modular Western Town
BTTF - DeLorean Time Machine
Legend of Zelda
EVE Online Ships - Rifter
Which project will LEGO choose? We only have to wait a couple of days to find out. All these projects are great, so it'll be a hard decision. I don't think any of them will get rejected, just put on the shelf till the next review.
Keep your eyes peeled on this site the next couple of days for the results.
Masashi Togami, creator of the Back To The Future DeLorean Time Machine on LEGO CUUSOO, has created Team BTTF. They are trying to create a BTTF LEGO theme through LEGO CUUSOO.
After the success of their first project, Team BTTF made two other BTTF models: Hill Valley Courthouse, and UCS DeLorean Time Machine.
Masashi has put an amazing amount of work into these projects. You don't have to be a fan of BTTF to like these. You just need to be a LEGO fan that realizes what an insane amount of work it can take to get these models right. And Team BTTF has done an excellent job.
