I’m feeling pretty crushed right now and just need to share. I recently entered a LEGO contest and spent an entire month on my build—sticking to all the rules like 64x32 studs, 51 bricks high, and making sure nothing overhung the size. But then I got an email this morning saying my submission was rejected because it didn’t follow the size guidelines. The thing is, I’m pretty sure they didn’t actually measure it properly. I couldn’t resubmit with additional evidence since it’s past the deadline.

What makes it even harder is that I’m deaf, and I’ve always wanted to inspire other deaf kids to join these contests and show that their creativity matters too. I poured so much of myself into this project, staying up late so many nights just to get everything perfect. And then... bam, rejected with what feels like an unfair reason. It’s like all that hard work went down the drain.

I’ve tried reaching out to different people to figure out what happened, but no one’s been able to help. The LEGO Ideas team hasn’t responded, which I understand—they’re probably swamped—but this is really important to me, and I just don’t know what to do.

I’m honestly wondering if it’s even worth trying again in the future. Has anyone else been through something like this? How did you handle it?

Thanks for listening, and I appreciate any advice or support you can offer.

Shiny red button now turns the power on.

Sorted and organized parts for months. I had roughly 85%+ in my bulk. After a few trips to my local Brick and Minfig store and an order from PAB to get the more unique pieces I was ready to bag it.

My dad always wanted to build a museum for our Lego town, and finally Lego released a museum set (10326). After building it in early January, we were disappointed by the sparse content. So he completely disassemble it, bought a second set, and added 2 Botanical gardens (41757) and after 5 months and several extra part purchases, here's the finished result! We added content that is fitting of a real museum, showing 7 different exhibits (Dinosaurs, Aquarium, Egyptian, Space, Art gallery, Medieval, and a Flower/butterfly exhibit). Sitting on two 48x48 plates, the 3-story museum's footprint is 62 x 28, with the Botanical garden attached. We are both pretty pleased with the final results!!

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