Ready to build a legend that has been retold for three thousand years? Designer Jucherz has brought the ancient world to the brick with Greek Mythology: The Siege of Troy, a 2,104-piece LEGO® Ideas project that packs a wooden horse, the gates of Troy, and a chariot of the gods into one glorious battlefield. It currently has 1,904 supporters, and the story of Troy is only just getting started.

The star of the show is, of course, the Trojan Horse. Jucherz built it to look like a heavy wooden contraption, with layered planks, a rough handmade texture, and big rolling wheels. Here is the best part: the whole thing opens up so a squad of Greek soldiers can hide inside (just as the myth demands). There is even a secret weapons compartment tucked into the base, because sneaky heroes need somewhere to stash their spears.

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Facing the horse stand the Gates of Troy, and what a defensive wall they make. Columns, battlements, ladders, shields, torches, and flags all pile up around a large central gate that feels like it has held off an army for years. Have you ever wanted to recreate the exact moment the Trojans wheeled that strange gift through their own walls? Now you can.

The mythological side gets its moment too. Athena and Poseidon back the Greeks, while Apollo and Ares support Troy. Poseidon charges in aboard a golden chariot pulled by hippocamps, mythical sea horses that gallop straight out of the waves. Nine minifigures round out the roster, including Achilles, Paris, and Helen of Troy, plus Athena's owl and Ares's battle dog.

This is a clever bit of building, and it gives you endless ways to stage the story. Wheel the horse to the gates, defend the walls, or let Poseidon shake the earth from the sea, there is no single right way to arrange the siege. Head over to LEGO® Ideas and lend Jucherz your support. Will you help storm the gates, or will history repeat itself brick by brick?