A highland cow, a Helicarrier, and whatever TT Games is cooking

For most of its history, TT Games has worked in one genre: licensed action-adventure. LEGO Dimensions stretched toward toys-to-life; LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight returned to the formula. A LEGO Cities: Skylines collaboration would be the first genuine pivot: a city-builder is a different player, a different session length, a different mode of engagement. If the rating holds, this is TT Games betting on a new audience.

LEGO Ideas started as an open fan-submission platform. The GWP competition format is the tighter, curated version: LEGO sets a theme, fans design to a brief, the community votes, the winner gets production. Highland Hike shows the format at its best. The next question: how often does LEGO run these rounds, and whether they start to replace the traditional GWP pipeline entirely.

The Botanicals theme launched with a clear identity: floral arrangements in pots and vases, designed for display. Woodland Mushrooms is the first real format departure: no vase, no pot, a woodland floor. If this signals a broader shift toward nature scenes, the theme could start overlapping with Creator Expert-style builds and draw a new buyer cohort. The design team interview suggests deliberate evolution, not a one-off.