LEGO Ideas just dropped what is possibly one of the biggest surprises (to me) of 2019 so far in their latest Review Results.

Two Ideas submissions have passed the review process – Steamboat Willie by szabomate90 AND The Central Perk Coffee of Friends Mric76 have both been greenlit and will be turned into LEGO Ideas sets.

The Steamboat Willie set is based on the iconic and historic cartoon of the same name which you can watch on Youtube, and should be a huge hit with Disney fans.

I’m particularly very excited by the prospect of getting mono-chromatic Mickey Mouse.

Friends is one of THE biggest and most important Sitcoms of all time, and perfectly encapsulates the mid-90s to early 2000s.

The television series was a massive hit and cultural phenomenon at the time, and I’m personally really pumped to own the set and finally own an official Chandler Bing minifigure.

Definitely one of the weirdest sentences I’ve typed on the blog, but hey, there’s always a first.

This one was a surprise for me, but I’m quite glad it passed as Friends is such a huge cultural pillar and it will be great to see it come to life in LEGO. Here’s hoping no one gets cut and we get all the characters PLUS Gunther in the set.

I hope the designers do both sets justice. There are no release dates for these sets yet, so stay tuned as the LEGO Designers now need to transform these submissions into actual designs.

Also, I can’t wait to replace all the minifigs with Friends minidolls. Surely I can’t be the only one that thought of that.