A fan-built Monsters, Inc. scare door with a working scream canister just qualified for LEGO review a second time. LEGO passed on it last round, and the next verdict lands in January 2027.
A giant LEGO version of Boo’s door from Monsters, Inc. has reached 10,000 supporters on LEGO Ideas, putting it in line to become an official set. It’s the second time the same fan design has hit the mark.
The project, called The DOOR From Monster Inc., comes from LEGO Ideas builder Pester78. It qualified on Tuesday, Nov. 10, Brick Fanatics reported, and became the 54th project in LEGO’s third and final Ideas review of 2026.
The first time around, it didn’t make the cut. An earlier version, Monsters, Inc. Boo’s Door Scream Floor, hit 10,000 supporters on May 14, 2025. LEGO announced that review’s winners in April 2026, and the door wasn’t one of them.
What is the LEGO Ideas Monsters, Inc. door?
It’s a supersized, brick-built scare door rig from the Monsters, Inc. Scare Floor. Boo’s door has its pink flowers, and the build includes brick-built Sulley and Mike Wazowski figures, according to Brick Fanatics.
The fun part is the working mechanism. It locks the door into place and holds a scream canister, just like the machines that harvest kids’ screams in the 2001 Pixar movie.
LEGO hasn’t released a piece count, because this is still a fan project. When Yanko Design wrote up the earlier version in April 2025, it estimated somewhere around 800 to 1,000 pieces.
How does a LEGO Ideas project become a real set?
Fans vote for it first. LEGO’s official guidelines lay out a clock:
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100 supporters within the first 60 days
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1,000 supporters within the next 365 days
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5,000 supporters within the next 182 days
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10,000 supporters within another 182 days
Missing a deadline sends a project back to the start. Hitting 10,000 earns a spot in the next review, and LEGO holds three reviews a year.
A review board then weighs things like licensing, existing and planned products, how buildable the design is and expected demand. Projects in the same review don’t compete with each other, so LEGO can approve one, several or none.
What happens if LEGO approves it?
The builder gets the Fan Designer title and works with LEGO’s designers on the final set. The perks:
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1% of the set’s total net sales
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10 free copies of the set
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Credit in the set and its marketing
If LEGO says no, the builder joins the 10K Club for life and gets a LEGO gift of up to three products, worth up to $500 total.
When will we know if the Monsters, Inc. door is approved?
Projects in this round will be considered in January 2027, Brick Fanatics reported. Even with a yes, an Ideas set usually takes many more months to reach shelves.
The odds are hard to call. The last review LEGO ruled on had 146 qualifying projects. LEGO approved three: an Edward Scissorhands display, a National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation set and Amsterdam canal houses, Gizmodo reported. A fourth, The Old Man and the Sea, came from LEGO’s backlog of held projects.
The Monsters, Inc. door has company from other Disney-owned properties this round. Brick Fanatics’ list of qualifiers includes an Incredibles Omnidroid Showdown, the Gravity Falls Mystery Shack, a Kermit the Frog build and a Beaker bust from the Muppets.
Has a Disney LEGO Ideas set been made before?
Yes. 21351 Disney Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas started as a fan design on LEGO Ideas. Brick Fanatics noted the set is now retiring.
Where else can Monsters, Inc. fans get their fix?
At Disney World, mostly. Disney’s Hollywood Studios is building Monstropolis, a new land that [opens in 2027](https://news.piratesandprincesses.net/p/disney-worlds-monstropolis-opens) with a Monsters, Inc. coaster that still has no opening date. The [coaster track keeps rising](https://news.piratesandprincesses.net/p/monstropolis-adds-archways-as-monsters), and the land just got new archways.
The movie also [turned 25 this month](https://news.piratesandprincesses.net/p/monsters-inc-turns-25-boos-voice). It opened Nov. 2, 2001. A working LEGO scream canister would be a pretty good birthday present.
Article compiled and written by Kambrea Pratt (editor-in-chief), Derek Gibbs (beat editor) and the Pirates & Princesses newsroom. Pirates & Princesses is part of WebReef Media.
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Hat Tips:
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Brick Fanatics (Nov. 10, 2026, and May 15, 2025), the project’s second 10,000-supporter milestone, its features, the review timing and qualifying list
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LEGO Ideas (2026), supporter deadlines, review process and fan designer rewards
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Gizmodo (April 27, 2026), the second 2025 review results
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Yanko Design (April 1, 2025), the estimated piece count of the earlier version
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