Fan-designed 700-piece Lego iMac G3 seeks 10,000 votes for review

A fan-designed, 700-piece Lego recreation of Apple’s 1998 Bondi Blue iMac G3 was posted to the Lego Ideas website on May 17, and has drawn thousands of supporters as it seeks the 10,000 votes required to trigger an official review. The submission, created by a user known as terauma, reproduces the iMac’s translucent shell, the round "hockey puck" mouse, matching keyboard and the wires that yellow with age, and has attracted widespread attention for its faithful nostalgia.

Terauma’s model includes internal details designed to echo the original hardware, with a small-scale cathode ray tube and a simplified representation of the motherboard visible through clear parts. The build uses roughly 700 pieces, the creator says, and includes a miniature keyboard and USB mouse. "When I was a kid, my brother and I often played games on this iMac," the project author wrote, adding that the set is intended to bring the classic machine back into the hands of fans.

Reports on the project's support totals varied as different counts were cited in multiple postings. At the time of various reports, the submission had accumulated roughly 4,400 to just over 5,000 supporters. It must reach 10,000...