LEGO Cuusoo / Ideas: Already 13 boxes in six years

With the announcement of the thirteenth set of the LEGO Ideas range, I ask myself an existential question that is well worth a Sunday discussion: Who collects these boxes considering the Cuusoo / Ideas theme as a full range?

In the beginning was the Cuusoo concept, a service de through crowdfunding / crowdsourcing Japan that LEGO relied on in 2008 to launch its participatory platform before the manufacturer regained full control of what has since become LEGO Ideas.

For those who do not follow, the principle of the concept LEGO Ideas is simple: The creator deposits his project on the dedicated space, the fans vote and if the project gathers 10.000 supporters, it is examined more closely by LEGO who decides (or pas) to make it an official set.

Five sets were released under the Cuusoo label between 2010 and 2014 (21100 Shinkai 6500 Submarine, 21101 Hayabusa, 21102 Minecraft Micro World, 21103 The Delorean Time Machine et 21104 NASA Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity Rover) and it was in 2014 that the first set stamped with the LEGO Ideas logo was released: 21108 Ghostbusters.

It has since been joined by seven new references: 21109 Exo-Suit, 21110 Research Institute, 21301 Birds, 21302 The Big Bang Theory, 21303 WALL-E, 21304 Doctor Who et 21305 Maze.

Two years later, this theme, which has become a melting pot of very different universes, still has only one common thread that the plebiscite to which all the concepts resulting from the same participatory project have been the object. 

Some of the sets marketed under the LEGO Ideas banner have since been joined by other boxes on the same theme: This is the case for reference 21102 Minecraft Micro World released in 2012 with the launch in 2013 of a complete range of sets based on the favorite video game of a whole generation or the Ecto-1 of the set 21108 Ghostbusters who (almost) found their garage this year with the box 75826 Ghostbusters Firehouse Headquarters.

What are your purchasing criteria for LEGO Ideas sets? Are you buying the label or the content? Do you collect this "range" or are you content to choose from among the references offered according to your desires and your areas of interest?