The LEGO Minecraft theme is based on the video game Minecraft and a collaboration between Mojang and the LEGO Group. Minecraft is a sandbox indie game originally created by Swedish programmer Notch (Markus Persson) and later developed and published by Mojang / Microsoft. The official release occurred in 2013 with the first set, Minecraft: Micro World: The Forest, released under LEGO Ideas and was created by Mojang through the Lego CUUSOO program in 2012. At MineCon 2013, LEGO announced brand new minifigure-scale Minecraft sets.
2015 LEGO Sets
In 2105 LEGO celebrated its 60th anniversary. This was the year if many reintroductions in addition to a number of new themes being released. In 2015 LEGO released Dimensions, Elves, Jurassic World and one of our collector's favorites, Scooby-Doo. LEGO also reintroduced sets for BIONICLE and Pirates. Also that year, LEGO City celebrated its ten-year anniversary and Star Wars released sets for Episode VII The Force Awakens. However, LEGO did retire two licensed themes Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and The Hobbit.