# LEGO CUUSOO’s Minecraft voting surge

> Minecraft fans supplied 10,000 votes in 48 hours on LEGO’s global idea platform.

- Owner: LEGO / Mojang
- Kind: Activity
- Sector: Toys & collectibles
- Seed date: 2011-12-05
- Milestone date: 2011-12-07
- Date basis: Documented milestone; not a measured attention peak.
- Spread Score: 40 (Notable, provisional), v1.2
- Mechanics: Fandom mobilisation, Platform jump

## Summary

Mojang gave game fans a concrete action: support a Minecraft set for LEGO review. Shacknews carried the invitation on launch day. The 10,000-vote threshold led to review, then a $34.99 Micro World preorder; Mojang offered its royalty to charity.

## Timeline

- 2011-11-14 — koalaexpert (Open web) — Wired reported more than 3,000 supporters for koalaexpert’s fan-created Minecraft proposal.
- 2011-12-05 — Mojang (Open web) — Mojang’s Minecraft proposal was posted on the newly global LEGO CUUSOO platform.
- 2011-12-05 — Shacknews (Press) — Linked Mojang’s official proposal and invited support, reporting high traffic and CUUSOO maintenance.

The full timeline, metrics and sources are on the case page, or via the Pro API (https://howitspread.com/developers).

Canonical URL: https://howitspread.com/cases/lego-cuusoo-crowdsourcing-launch

Cite as: How It Spread (2026). “LEGO CUUSOO’s Minecraft voting surge.” Case HIS-01086. Spread Score v1.2: 40/100. Updated 2026-10-17. https://howitspread.com/id/HIS-01086