Lego’s new Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs set comes with a teensy controversy
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The new Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Lego set. | Image: The Lego Group
Lego has officially revealed its $220 take on Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, coming March 4th, and it looks incredible.
It also looks a lot like a fan design!
This fan design, which twice gathered the required 10,000 votes to become a Lego Ideas set and was rejected by Lego each time:
Image by Hanwasyellowfirst A 2021 Lego Ideas submission.I definitely prefer the more thatched, lively look of Lego's official playset, though - and it's worth noting Lego has repeatedly recognized that particular fan designer in a different way.
Hanwasyellowfirst" also created The Mountain Windmill, which went on to earn its creator well over $100,000 in estimated royalties after Lego greenlit it to become a...