LEGO's First Official Yu-Gi-Oh! Set Is Exodia
The five-way vote for LEGO Ideas' first Yu-Gi-Oh! set is over. The Heart of the Cards: Exodia, by fan designer Step_on_a_Brick, won, with the character emerging from brick-built cards. It's also the only finalist without minifigures. The design now heads to LEGO's Ideas team for refinement toward an eventual release.
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Yu-Gi-Oh!'s debut set arrives the same week Downton Abbey completes an identical trip from fan project to official 4,711-piece set, LEGO Ideas' two clearest wins of the year. Exodia's card-built display skips minifigures entirely, betting the franchise's appeal survives without them. If it works, expect more trading-card IP to follow the same path.
