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LEGO Considering Bondi Blue iMac G3 Set

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LEGO today said the iMac G3 project submitted for consideration on its "Ideas" site has been moved to Parking Lot status, which means it hasn't been ruled out and could still possibly be turned into an official LEGO set.

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On its "Ideas" website, LEGO lets fans submit mockups and suggestions for future LEGO sets. Any project that gets at least 10,000 votes goes to the LEGO Review Board and has a chance to become a LEGO set. Back in August 2025, LEGO fan terauma submitted a recreation of Apple's 1998 iMac G3 in Bondi Blue.

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The LEGO creation captures the distinctive look of the iMac G3, featuring an all-in-one computer design, "hockey puck" mouse, matching keyboard, and accompanying cables. The design uses translucent blue LEGO pieces in a shade close to Bondi Blue, and the interior has details like a cathode ray tube and a circuit board.

The design successfully reached 10,000 supporters to make it to the LEGO Ideas team, and LEGO has been considering turning it into a set. Parking Lot status means LEGO needs more time to review the project, and in this case, LEGO could be communicating with Apple for permission.

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Many Ideas set proposals get early rejections, so it's somewhat promising that LEGO is taking the time to further consider making an iMac G3 LEGO set. The Downton Abbey and The Old Man and the Sea LEGO sets were in the Parking Lot before making it to production.

The third 2025 Ideas review round that the iMac G3 set was in had 75 total qualifying ideas. Three were chosen to become sets, four (including the iMac G3) were given Parking Lot status for further consideration, and the rest were rejected. Projects can remain in the Parking Lot for up to three review periods before a final decision is made.

LEGO will share updates in the future on whether the iMac G3 project will move forward or will be rejected. A LEGO Apple Store proposal went through the same process, but it was rejected outright.

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DocMultimedia said:
Yeah, I don't think Apple will let it happen. But they should. I might buy one. I turned a that exact blue one in to a lamp last year, and now have an orange one which is fully functional. Debating how to use it.
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I'm not sure, but I think the Parking Lot status suggests Apple didn't say no outright. The vintage product sets like Nintendo NES, Atari, Gameboy, and Polaroid have been popular, so I think this has a chance. Not a whole lot of downside for Apple, but who knows.
 
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That is a classic Jony Ive design. Not only was it highly innovative, it was also highly influential to the industrial design industry. So many consumer products unrelated to computers used designs with gum drop-colored translucent plastic after the iMac G3 gained popularity.

Steve Jobs can also be thanked for that iMac G3 design because although Ive contributed far more to the design than Jobs did, Jobs kept Ive’s worst tendencies (such as notches, etc.) in check. Ive had many awful ideas, and Jobs let none of them get through.

After Tim Cook became CEO, he let Ive’s bad tendencies run wild. Cook even put Ive in charge of UI design, which he had no real knowledge of nor experience in, and the result was Ive copying Microsoft’s user-unfriendly flat design, a practice which continues to this day.

Hey Tim, do you ever think Lego will ever create anything paying tribute to any product released under your clueless and mediocre tenure as CEO?
 
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I wish you could open up the rear and put Mac mini inside it, hooked up to a 13 inch iPad screen on the front, and a Bluetooth keyboard.

Or forget the Mac mini. Just mount the 13 inch iPad to the front with a Bluetooth keyboard, and there you go.

To have a modern Mac within a Bondi Blue Lego housing would be... that would be something to talk about for years to come. I like it!
 
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That is a classic Jony Ive design. Not only was it highly innovative, it was also highly influential to the industrial design industry. So many consumer products unrelated to computers used designs with gum drop-colored translucent plastic after the iMac G3 gained popularity.

Steve Jobs can also be thanked for that iMac G3 design because although Ive contributed far more to the design than Jobs did, Jobs kept Ive’s worst tendencies (such as notches, etc.) in check. Ive had many awful ideas, and Jobs let none of them get through.

After Tim Cook became CEO, he ket Ive’s bad tendencies run wild. Cook even put Ive in charge of UI design, which he had no real knowledge of nor experience in, and the result was Ive copying Microsoft’s user-unfriendly flat design, a practice which continues to this day.

Hey Tim, do you ever think Lego will ever create anything paying tribute to any product released under your clueless and mediocre tenure as CEO?
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Worst mouse ever.
 
delsoul said:
I wish Apple would bring back futuristic, edgy designs like this. The boring current designs are really just bland and lackluster.
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I agree. Remember the clamshell MacBook? It seems like we've had the same titanium box for decades, just tweaked a bit now and then.
 
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I was just thinking about this model iMac today. How this brought Apple back on track and became iconic in the process. I’d be all over this Lego set.
 
Looking at the price of LEGO's other licensed builds, I do not want to know how much this will be.
Don't forget to factor the Apple tax!! 🤣
 
ThomasJL said:
That is a classic Jony Ive design. Not only was it highly innovative, it was also highly influential to the industrial design industry. So many consumer products unrelated to computers used designs with gum drop-colored translucent plastic after the iMac G3 gained popularity.

Steve Jobs can also be thanked for that iMac G3 design because although Ive contributed far more to the design than Jobs did, Jobs kept Ive’s worst tendencies (such as notches, etc.) in check. Ive had many awful ideas, and Jobs let none of them get through.

After Tim Cook became CEO, he let Ive’s bad tendencies run wild. Cook even put Ive in charge of UI design, which he had no real knowledge of nor experience in, and the result was Ive copying Microsoft’s user-unfriendly flat design, a practice which continues to this day.

Hey Tim, do you ever think Lego will ever create anything paying tribute to any product released under your clueless and mediocre tenure as CEO?
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My brother... have you forgotten about the G4 Cube and the overheating/cracking? Have you forgotten about how fragile the glass on the iPhone 4 was? Magic Mouse?

Have you forgotten about ANTENNAGATE?

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Jobs let Ive get away with many poor decisions, he chose aesthetic over function many times.
 
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