Zelda Lego Set Makes Finals Yet Again, Gets The Boot

Whether this is the first time you’ve heard of this or otherwise, I think the child in all of us hoped at some point in our lives for a LEGO adaptation of

The Legend of Zelda. The amount of sets, environments, characters and accessories possible for creation would be enough to keep any fan, young or old, busy in doors for hours. This isn’t a new concept however, it began as part of the LEGO Ideas program and was submitted by Wes Talbott which then went on to garner the 10,000 necessary users in support of it to be qualified for official release. The Legend of Zelda LEGO set was amongst the top finalists in the running along with others such as Back to the Future and Sherlock, none of which eventually made it to the official release, instead being beaten out by the Female Minifigure Set.

While many fans of each fandom cried afoul due to the set never even making it into the finals, I can’t honestly say I’m either surprised or truly disappointed in the decision made by LEGO. Nintendo had chosen in years past to instead partner with the lesser known K’nex, and until that plan is either dropped or cut from their plans, I doubt we will ever see a return of our favorite series to become a LEGO set. While we may have to wait a few years before we can even hope to see a LEGO set for

The Legend of Zelda, we can certainly occupy ourselves as well as our young ones with another exciting new line that follows close to our nostalgic 80’s and 90’s hearts, as the Ghostbusters Ecto-1 set recently went up for sale!

I’ll say this in their defense: LEGO chose to endorse a set that, while questionable in size or scope for customization, brings a female representation to the table that many argue was well needed and opens up the children’s toy to a much larger fan base while empowering young women through sets such as their

Research Institute. On the speculation side of the story, there’s age old bad blood between Nintendo and LEGO over a product battle long forgotten by consumers but not by the companies themselves.

Nintendo once ventured within the children’s toy market, aiming themselves to be a direct competitor to LEGO with the creation of their

N&B Blocks, going as far as even attempting through advertisements to display the more aesthetically pleasing rounded blacks to the squared off one’s we were used to. A large lawsuit later occurred and was actually won by Nintendo, but resulted in the eventual discontinuing of the N&B blocks, and what is likely the reason we may never see anything Nintendo related being released under the LEGO brand.

Source: Kotaku