[OFFICIAL] Bricklink Designer Program - "Ominous Isle" - the next OFFICIAL LEGO Pirate Set

[Yperio_Bricks]

Results have just been released and Omnius Isle by jazlecraz has been selected amongst 4 other sets to start into crowdfunding in June 2024 for BDP series 2. The pirate island consists of 2773 parts:

https://www.bricklink.com/v3/designer-program/series-2/734/Ominous-Isle

 

Edited August 23 by Yperio_Bricks

[azog]

Super excited about this one! Not only is it another pirate set, but the design is just beautiful!

[CaptainMoore]

It looks really cool. Now it needs to stay interesting after the refine process, have a reasonable price and needs to be available for reservation for more than 2 minutes

[SpaceM]

Great news! This finalist shows the crowd's interest for Pirates!

[Mister Phes]

11 hours ago, Yperio_Bricks said:

Results have just been released and Omnius Isle by jazlecraz has been selected amongst 4 other sets to start into crowdfunding in June 2024 for BDP series 2. The pirate island consists of 2773 parts:

That's wonderful news!  Thank you for reporting this.

[zinnn]

Honestly I don’t like the design, the skull in particular looks weak, I also dislike the use of sausages for bridges, overuse of the SNOT technique and the brick built white animal skull. The layout of the rock formation looks good, I’m also happy for two seagulls, but overall it’s a pass.

 

edit. All that being said, I like that the pirate theme gets a nod here, I’m sure lots of folks will love it. I just hope the whole structure is stable. It doesn’t look like though.

Edited August 24 by zinnn

[Mister Phes]

4 hours ago, zinnn said:

I just hope the whole structure is stable. It doesn’t look like though.

The design is modular if that's any reassurance... and from September 2023 to May 2024 the designer will be "Working with Model Governance and Building Instructions teams, and making any final necessary adjustments before locking the designs for pre-production."

[Yperio_Bricks]

It's a solid set and there are some nice ideas and details but somehow it lacks the magic or spirit for me. But it is not a set for me anyway since i am not at Bricklink and don't know how the BDP works. Generally i am not a fan of those programs. I want to go into a store and pick up a set from the shelf