Robert8 Posted March 6, 2020 Posted March 6, 2020 (edited) On 2/24/2020 at 2:12 PM, Roebuck said: I read this article and found something interesting:https://www.brothers-brick.com/2020/02/23/our-wrap-up-of-lego-at-toy-fair-new-york-2020-news/ "In front of the booth and along the sides, LEGO has large brick-built sculptures. The two posted near the booth’s entrance were an adorable frog and llama, likely to help emphasize LEGO’s new focus on providing more animals in LEGO sets, which a LEGO spokesperson told us was the result of the company’s market research. Check out our Toy Fair LEGO Friends coverage for a plethora of new animals (including llamas)." I like the sound of that That would explain why the animal costumed CMFs are so popular It seems the CMF designers were way ahead of the wave Edited March 6, 2020 by Robert8 Quote
Digger of Bricks Posted March 6, 2020 Posted March 6, 2020 15 minutes ago, Robert8 said: That would explain why the animal costumed CMFs are so popular It seems the CMF designers were way ahead of the wave If only they each came with an accompanying new animal mold/recolor, then they'd feel a degree more deserving of their spots. Quote
Roebuck Posted March 7, 2020 Author Posted March 7, 2020 18 hours ago, Robert8 said: That would explain why the animal costumed CMFs are so popular Maybe, but I do not think that was what they meant with animals in the interview On the other side if animal moulds are popular that could also make Lego include more animals in other forms like costumed characters or themes like fabuland, chima etc.. Hopefully that means minifigs sets also not just minidoll sets 18 hours ago, Digger of Bricks said: If only they each came with an accompanying new animal mold/recolor, then they'd feel a degree more deserving of their spots. I agree, but that could be said of most of the characters in series 20 in my mind Quote
Ardelon Posted March 7, 2020 Posted March 7, 2020 Hopefully this newfound enthusiasm for animals will manifest itself in a zoo theme down the road Quote
Roebuck Posted March 8, 2020 Author Posted March 8, 2020 9 hours ago, Ardelon said: Hopefully this newfound enthusiasm for animals will manifest itself in a zoo theme down the road That would be fantastic A city subtheme farm or safari would also be a great place to get a lot of animals, but a zoo would probably be best since it can have animals from all over the world Quote
Darth Shadowthrone Posted March 8, 2020 Posted March 8, 2020 3 hours ago, Roebuck said: That would be fantastic A city subtheme farm or safari would also be a great place to get a lot of animals, but a zoo would probably be best since it can have animals from all over the world That would be so great if there was a subtheme like that! The new Lioness safari set is really cool but it seems out-of-place in how there are no similar sets. Being able to have different zoo sets for different continents would be so fun; you could have an arctic section, an Aquarium, a bird sanctuary, Africa of course and maybe even more out-there animals like Pandas or anything from South America or Australia. Quote
Gomek Posted March 11, 2020 Posted March 11, 2020 You can tell from just Bricklink prices that people definitely collect the animals. Quote
TeriXeri Posted March 11, 2020 Posted March 11, 2020 (edited) On 3/8/2020 at 8:48 AM, Roebuck said: That would be fantastic A city subtheme farm or safari would also be a great place to get a lot of animals, but a zoo would probably be best since it can have animals from all over the world If only LEGO did animals like they sold Playmobil for decades now, like a "Lion Family" pack etc. Playmobil has also done many Zoo and Safari sets, certainly would be nice in LEGO form. One exception I wouldn't want to see are wild animals under a Circus theme. Edited March 11, 2020 by TeriXeri Quote
Roebuck Posted March 12, 2020 Author Posted March 12, 2020 10 hours ago, Gomek said: You can tell from just Bricklink prices that people definitely collect the animals. Definitely, 30$ for one goat 8 hours ago, TeriXeri said: If only LEGO did animals like they sold Playmobil for decades now, like a "Lion Family" pack etc. Playmobil has also done many Zoo and Safari sets, certainly would be nice in LEGO form. One exception I wouldn't want to see are wild animals under a Circus theme. Playmobil try to put as many animals as possible in sets, Lego on the other hand closer too as few as possible, but they are getting better. The friends sets have a lot of animals now, not that it do me much good with those minidoll-animals, but slowly the system sets are getting more as well. So I think we are going in the right direction, but we are no where near playmobil quantities yet Quote
Digger of Bricks Posted March 14, 2020 Posted March 14, 2020 It's not a "real" animal, but the upcoming second Harry Potter CMS looks to have a new Phoenix mold... 4 minutes ago, Digger of Bricks said: PromoBricks - LEGO Harry Potter 71028 Minifigures Series 2: First Picture Quote
1Panda Posted March 20, 2020 Posted March 20, 2020 32 minutes ago, K_Tiger said: Hammerhead shark has leaked! Yeah I saw that it looks odd Quote
Accio Lego Posted March 20, 2020 Posted March 20, 2020 In addition to the hammerhead shark and new Friends style sloth has leaked Quote
Roebuck Posted March 20, 2020 Author Posted March 20, 2020 2 hours ago, 1Panda said: Yeah I saw that it looks odd They look odd I wonder if the updated manta ray will leak soon also Quote
williejm Posted March 20, 2020 Posted March 20, 2020 Love the hammerhead - it’s been a long time coming! I hope to see the hammerhead and the existing shark mould in a new colour sometime soon too Quote
UberCorp Posted March 20, 2020 Posted March 20, 2020 2 hours ago, williejm said: I hope to see the hammerhead and the existing shark mould in a new colour sometime soon too Agreed. The shark mold is generic enough that it could work for quite a few species with a palette. Too bad only one set has had it in something other than dark grey. Can anyone else tell what color the hammerhead is? I'm thinking sand blue, but that may just be the lighting. Quote
DarrellBricker Posted March 20, 2020 Posted March 20, 2020 Cool! Aquaman needs some new finny friends .... :D Quote
K_Tiger Posted March 20, 2020 Posted March 20, 2020 1 hour ago, UberCorp said: Can anyone else tell what color the hammerhead is? I'm thinking sand blue, but that may just be the lighting. It definitely looks like sand blue. Quote
Lucarex Posted March 21, 2020 Posted March 21, 2020 Hammerhead looks perfect as expected, love the sand blue colour too. Don’t forget, the existing shark in new colour (spring green) will be in this summer’s Hidden Side submarine set. Quote
williejm Posted March 21, 2020 Posted March 21, 2020 10 hours ago, Lucarex said: Hammerhead looks perfect as expected, love the sand blue colour too. Don’t forget, the existing shark in new colour (spring green) will be in this summer’s Hidden Side submarine set. Oh I had missed the news of that recolour ... it’s er an interesting choice. The tan ‘gator is certainly useful, will be interesting to see how the green shark works Quote
Aurore Posted March 23, 2020 Posted March 23, 2020 A photo of Harry Potter's Hedwig with spread wings has leaked! I think it looks cute - seems to be the same snow owl body we have, but with open wings. Quote
williejm Posted March 23, 2020 Posted March 23, 2020 2 hours ago, Aurore said: A photo of Harry Potter's Hedwig with spread wings has leaked! I think it looks cute - seems to be the same snow owl body we have, but with open wings. I did expect a spread winged owl, happy to see that. Hope we get a few different colours and prints! Quote
K_Tiger Posted March 23, 2020 Posted March 23, 2020 3 hours ago, williejm said: Hope we get a few different colours and prints! That would be great. Quote
doclord Posted March 23, 2020 Posted March 23, 2020 A zoo theme would do insanely well, I'm surprised it hasn't happened yet. Quote
williejm Posted March 24, 2020 Posted March 24, 2020 Looks like the piggy is making a comeback in the new Ideas pirate set. Any eagle eyed viewers spot any other cheeky animals of note in there? Quote
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