Talking about Shrek, it seems the YT algorithm listened, and it looks like one of the big LEGO YouTubers, Ashnflash is now making it big on LEGO ideas with a Shrek set. I hope he gets it through as this is Shrek’s second chance at LEGO.
I really wanted to write about this though as the news sent me down a rabbit hole and now I am quite a bit sad. Remember how this was Shrek’s second chance? Well, the first was with the big crossover title LEGO Dimensions. The game only got two out of the three years it promised, and as such multiple sets were cancelled. Many of which happened to relate to western animation.
LEGO was going all in on animation year 3. Had the year happened, we could have gotten Shrek, How To Train Your Dragon, The Croods, and Captain Underpants from DreamWorks. There was also Despicable Me from Illumination. Nickelodeon had TMNT and Last Airbender. WB was going in with Tom & Jerry and Looney Tunes. British cartoons like Tintin and Thunderbirds were set to appear. Sony was going to give The Angry Birds Movie. Then finally, we had CN with Steven Universe. There was also the Smurfs. It is sad that none of these came to fruition thanks to year two being a mismanaged mess because Tt didn’t know what the audience of the game was.