When playing with LEGO as a child, even the most wild and imaginative ideas could be realized. Now, that creativity is becoming reality, as LEGO will launch its first-ever crossover set featuring Star Wars and Marvel.
Titled "Assemble Hope," LEGO unveiled this unprecedented crossover project at the 2026 New York Comic Con, placing the design rights for the sets in the hands of fans. This event is part of the LEGO IDEAS initiative: community members submit design proposals, which are then voted on by both the player community and LEGO officials. The most popular design will ultimately be produced as an official physical set for sale.
This design challenge is divided into three categories: Vehicles, Characters, and Scenes. This means you could design iconic moments such as Darth Vader snapping his fingers with the Infinity Gauntlet to eliminate Thanos, or Doctor Doom sitting on the Emperor's throne aboard the Death Star, served by Stormtroopers. As long as your submission meets the design guidelines (with the core requirement being that the content is suitable for all ages), you can submit any imaginative idea to the LEGO "Assemble Hope" event page. It seems like it's time to browse through LEGO's Marvel and Star Wars series for some inspiration.
Voting for submissions will begin on December 8, 2026, with the winners announced next year.
Actor, director, and Marvel Comics writer Kevin Smith announced this news at this year's New York Comic Con. He stated, "Participating in the creation of the Star Wars/Marvel: Assemble Hope comic series has been incredibly exciting, and this LEGO IDEAS design challenge continues the spirit of creativity inspired by these two classic IPs. This challenge gives fans the opportunity to participate in this unprecedented crossover, and I can't wait to see everyone's imaginative Star Wars-Marvel collaborative works!"
It's worth noting that fan-submitted IDEAS sets are nothing new; many highly acclaimed LEGO sets originate from community designs. These include The Nightmare Before Christmas set (one of my personal favorite LEGO Halloween sets), the beloved new Wallace & Gromit model, and even the Downton Abbey set released just this month, all of which were born from this project.
If you want to understand the entire process, you can refer to the recent LEGO Yu-Gi-Oh! Exodia set: the design was originally submitted as an entry for a challenge event and successfully made it to the finals after receiving ten thousand fan votes. After review by LEGO officials, it stood out from five candidate designs and will ultimately be produced as a physical set for sale. Although winning designs are typically adjusted and optimized by the LEGO design team for practicality reasons (as seen in the differences between the initial draft and final version of Wallace & Gromit), the final product usually remains highly faithful to the original submission. In other words, perhaps one day a set you designed could actually appear on store shelves.