Creator

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This article is about the theme. For the video game, see 5700 LEGO Creator.

Creator

Years:	2001–Present
Subthemes:	Modular Buildings Designer X-Pod Exclusives
Related themes:	Basic Freestyle Creative Building Bricks and More LEGO Master Builder Academy Model Team Racers

Creator is a theme which focuses on the creative construction of System parts as opposed to playability functions of minifigures as in most other themes. As such, Creator sets are typically based on buildings, cars, or creatures. There are also small sets contained in plastic pods, similar to the way BIONICLE and Hero Factory sets are packaged, but some are regular boxes. The Creator sets didn't include Minifigures until 2011, although many of the older sets are minifigure-scaled. The Creator vehicles were said to have replaced the old Model Team theme.

History[edit | edit source]

Although the name Creator was introduced with the video game of the same name and board game, the first sets of the theme were introduced in 2001. They were continued from the previous Basic and FreeStyle themes, both including buckets of bricks and a few simple models. Creator, Basic, and Freestyle each included 4+ Figure minifigures named Tina and Max.

Tina and Max

This Max is most likely where the well known LEGO Club Magazine's Mascot's Name came from.

These minifigures were discontinued when the Designer theme was introduced. This theme focused on the more specialized models, while Creator became used for sets containing a variety of bricks and pieces that were designed to develop creativity.

When the Designer theme was discontinued in 2006, Creator took over its style of sets, including the X-Pod sub-theme. This produced more complex models and themes, including some animals and vehicles. Meanwhile, Creator's previous sets, such as buckets of bricks, were moved to the Creative Building theme, which later became known as Bricks and More.

The complexity of the sets typically depends on the scale. Smaller models often make use of basic bricks, where as larger models make use of specialized elements and advanced building techniques. A majority of the sets released since 2006 are "3 in 1" sets, or sets that included bricks which could assemble into 3 different ways, with instructions for each assembly included with the set.

The Creator theme also includes the Modular Buildings line (with the exception of 10190 Market Street), which are a series of large, detailed buildings, with flat floors, and mostly have no more than one building. The Modular Buildings also include minifigures, unlike most Creator sets, and the sets are to the standard minifigure scale.

Recently, some Creator sets have been including minifigures, starting with 5766 Log Cabin.

The theme also recently used Technic pieces into sets such as 7347 Highway Pickup (for the base, the functional steering and part of the flatbed tray).

Sets[edit | edit source]

X-Pod[edit | edit source]

Dacta (Educational Division)[edit | edit source]

No.	Set name	Released	Parts	Minifigures
9302	Creator Community Builders	2004	1695	4
9303	Airport Set	2004	1180	4
9304	Fun Park	2001
9306	Bulk Set with Special bricks	2003	610	None
9385	Sceneries Set	2010	1214	None

2008[edit | edit source]

7796 House (unreleased)
7797 Bi-Plane

2009[edit | edit source]

2010[edit | edit source]

2015[edit | edit source]

31030 Red Go-Kart

Other releases[edit | edit source]

No.	Set name	Released	Parts	Type
4006	Brick Tricks: Cool Cars	2000	1	Book
4007	Brick Tricks: Fantastic Fliers	2000	1	Book
5700	LEGO Creator	1998	1	Video Game
5720	LEGO Creator Masterpiece	2000	1	Video Game
5723	LEGO Creator: Knights' Kingdom	2000	1	Video Game
5787	LEGO Creator: Harry Potter	2001	1	Video Game
5817	Constructive Creator (Dutch)	2002	1	Video Game
7383	Creator Watch	2002		LEGO Time
7396	Creator Clock	2002	9	LEGO Time
14555	Creator: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets	2002	1	Video Game
35750	Dinosaur Backpack	2009	1	Bag
35757	Dinosaur Backpack (Small)	2009	1	Bag
35764	Dinosaur Backpack (Roller)	2009	1	Bag
35769	Dinosaur Lunch Box	2009	1	Bag
66188	Creative Building Set	2007		Product Collection
66208	Mr. Magorium's Big Book	2007	324	Product Collection
66373	Fun Favour Pack	2010		Misc.
4212659	Creator Green Photo Frame	2003		Photo Frame
4250339	Build a Robot Clock Set	2004	47	LEGO Time
4250341	Classic Constructor Watch	2006	48	LEGO Time
4288396	Bricks Bedding	2004		Bedding
4552770	PVC Stickers	2008		Sticker
K4916	Mini Pods Collection	2007	298	Product Collection
G08553	Creator Board Game Deluxe	2002	130	Board Game
G31415	Builder Xtreme Board Game	2003	130	Board Game
GA03	The Race to Build It	1999	101	Board Game
W341	Classic Creator Watch	2006	48	LEGO Time
	The Official LEGO Creator Activity Book	1998	1	Book

Gallery[edit | edit source]

Logo
Jake
Max
Tina

Website[edit | edit source]

The Creator website is full of educational LEGO tips and tricks for adults and kids alike. There is also a gallery for users with a LEGO ID to upload their creations in the form of a snapshot. There is also a Designer's blog that one can read and learn about designing new sets and having fun with the LEGO sets. And there is a designers blog so you can see what the LEGO designers think of the LEGO sets.

Sources[edit | edit source]

Creativity themes

Universal Building Sets • Basic • FreeStyle • Designer • Creator • Bricks and More