User blog comment:GhostsSpector/Fall Review/@comment-7675347-20130507033820

AG-SYSTEMS, you state that each project takes two months to review individually, but I believe they are all reviewed together. This is why they adopted a quarterly review system. Each project needs to go through a "project manager, model designer, graphic designer, corporate counsel, licensing representative, brand management, and a production manager" (source: http://blog.lego.cuusoo.com/2012/05/21/the-quarterly-lego-review-how-does-it-work/). That's a lot of stages! It is easier to group the projects together from each quarter and present them to each of these stages once rather than to go through all these stages multiple times for each individual project. The disadvantage, however, is that if a single project is delayed at any of these stages, the other projects will also be stalled. With this many stages, there is a lot of opportunity for delay. The alternative of running the projects individually through all these stages at different times would be a logistical nightmare. The LEGO CUUSOO concept is still in beta and I think they are doing a great job of learning what works best and anything could change in the future.

There is really no telling why this review is taking so long, considering the number of projects and number of stages. Maybe it isn't taking so long at all and this is always how long it will take. I can't make any meaningful guess on what project is holding-up the progress, if there is any hold-up at all. If I had to guess, I would say it is the Thinking with Portals Project (which is awesome, by the way). Be advised that this is an uneducated guess. My knowledge of the matter is mostly based upon the opinions of members of various forums with little to no knowledge of licesnsing and the LEGO production process. For all I know, there is no delay and the review process is running quite smoothly, but that wasn't an option in your poll.

I'm as anxious as everyone else about the results of the current review (for obvious reasons) and I check the CUUSOO site almost every day. In the end, I'm just glad that the LEGO group is willing to interact with their fans like this. I like to think of it as an adventure.