Latest news about Lego animal moulds

[FinlayTheFaithful]

16 hours ago, 1Panda said:

arctic wolves sound good too 

What about zombie wolves for halloween?

[1Panda]

1 hour ago, FinlayTheFaithful said:

What about zombie wolves for halloween?

Sounds good 

[williejm]

21 hours ago, 1Panda said:

I’d like to see a humpback whale one day but arctic wolves sound good too 

I’m with you in this, though I do think that if we see more cetaceans, that an orca calf or a narwhal is probably more likely. That said, when was Lego ever predictable within its animal moulds?

[Wolfman_Bricks]

Beluga whales could be an option 

[williejm]

14 hours ago, Wolfman_Bricks said:

Beluga whales could be an option 

Same mould for belugas and narwhal, just have an attachable tusk. 

[Lion King]

I would to see a bigfig yeti since I t’s considered as a ‘creature”…

[Lion King]

Nothing related to animal molds, but are we exciting another 18+ Icon buildable animal in 2025? Like we have Kingfisher. 

[williejm]

On 12/23/2024 at 4:28 PM, Lion King said:

Nothing related to animal molds, but are we exciting another 18+ Icon buildable animal in 2025? Like we have Kingfisher. 

I’d love to see a kingfisher mould in Lego!

Some chat in the BAM thread that a new ‘cheese costume’ figure will come with a “mouse” as an accessory. If it’s just the same old rat - meh. But if it’s a reuse or recolour of the sweeeeeet mouse from CMF series 18 - then YES PLEASE 

[Lyichir]

To be honest I'd forgotten that there'd been a distinct mouse mold (as opposed to the new or old rat). It would be amazing to get that again (especially in other colors), but I sort of doubt they'll be bringing back a mold that has been unused for over five years for a Build-a-Mini figure.

Edited December 27, 2024 by Lyichir

[Roebuck]

10 hours ago, williejm said:

If it’s just the same old rat

It is
The snake looks like it's in a new colour tough; teal

[Accio Lego]

1 hour ago, Roebuck said:

It is
The snake looks like it's in a new colour tough; teal

Maybe I’m wrong and it’s the color balance of the photos, but the rat looks like it might be a new color too. 

[williejm]

15 hours ago, Lyichir said:

To be honest I'd forgotten that there'd been a distinct mouse mold (as opposed to the new or old rat). It would be amazing to get that again (especially in other colors), but I sort of doubt they'll be bringing back a mold that has been unused for over five years for a Build-a-Mini figure.

Yeah it’s also a complicated mould with two colours and materials, so I doubt we would see it in BAM realistically 

6 hours ago, Roebuck said:

It is
The snake looks like it's in a new colour tough; teal

Ye Olde Rattlesnake is coming in lots of new colours lately, which is quite shocking when it used to be so limited. Honestly surprised a new mould hasn’t usurped it, as it’s quite ‘specific’… but creepy crawlies don’t get the same love as cute and cuddly mammals & birds 

By my count it’s gonna now exist in red, green, black, lime, light grey, dark blue, dark green, tan and teal. Getting up there in competition with the frog! 

[williejm]

15 hours ago, Lyichir said:

To be honest I'd forgotten that there'd been a distinct mouse mold (as opposed to the new or old rat). It would be amazing to get that again (especially in other colors), but I sort of doubt they'll be bringing back a mold that has been unused for over five years for a Build-a-Mini figure.

It’s pretty surprising it didn’t get some purposeful reuse though. Baffling like the single-appearance flamingo! Must be prohibitively expensive to produce.

[zoth33]

On 12/27/2024 at 6:06 PM, Lyichir said:

To be honest I'd forgotten that there'd been a distinct mouse mold (as opposed to the new or old rat). It would be amazing to get that again (especially in other colors), but I sort of doubt they'll be bringing back a mold that has been unused for over five years for a Build-a-Mini figure.

Yeah I think I have only 1 or 2 of that Mice mold.  You'd think it would pop up in HP or some other theme.  

 

8 hours ago, williejm said:

It’s pretty surprising it didn’t get some purposeful reuse though. Baffling like the single-appearance flamingo! Must be prohibitively expensive to produce.

I don't have any of the flamingo that's really a missed opportunity by Lego

[Accio Lego]

1 hour ago, zoth33 said:

I don't have any of the flamingo that's really a missed opportunity by Lego

You’d think if nothing else they’d use it for its original purpose and give a suburban house some lawn flamingos. 

[Lyichir]

15 minutes ago, Accio Lego said:

You’d think if nothing else they’d use it for its original purpose and give a suburban house some lawn flamingos. 

I mean Lego doesn't do a lot of suburban house sets in the City theme... if they did one in Creator they'd probably opt for a brick-built one that they could reuse the parts for in creative ways, and if they did one in Friends they'd probably use the Friends flamingo. So sadly the CMF it came in was probably the easiest way to release one overall.

Lot more opportunities for mice though. I guess that given the choice between that and the (presumably cheaper) rat, it'd usually be a no-brainer for designers to opt for the latter and have more budget to use elsewhere in the set for things like minifigures.

[williejm]

13 hours ago, Lyichir said:

I mean Lego doesn't do a lot of suburban house sets in the City theme... if they did one in Creator they'd probably opt for a brick-built one that they could reuse the parts for in creative ways, and if they did one in Friends they'd probably use the Friends flamingo. So sadly the CMF it came in was probably the easiest way to release one overall.

Lot more opportunities for mice though. I guess that given the choice between that and the (presumably cheaper) rat, it'd usually be a no-brainer for designers to opt for the latter and have more budget to use elsewhere in the set for things like minifigures.

Still quite strange to have both of them as ‘one and done’ in CMFs, given they have complex moulds though. I wonder if the toucan will join that group too …?

[karrit]

Based on all the leaks so far I think it's going to be slim pickins for non-Friends new animals in 2025.  Expecting little other than possible recolors of existing Arctic animals.  Personally I wish they would revisit the prehistoric animals in City Arctic from a few years back since I missed out on those.  Hoping for new colored Horses in the rumored Castle sets, black or gray would be much appreciated at this point.  But with the Castle sets being Creator 3-in-1 they could likely be brick built.  Friends will probably get some interesting new animals but City will be severely lacking it seems.  Any dogs in City theme will likely have those molded on harnesses unfortunately.

[Roebuck]

20 minutes ago, karrit said:

Based on all the leaks so far I think it's going to be slim pickins for non-Friends new animals in 2025.  Expecting little other than possible recolors of existing Arctic animals.  Personally I wish they would revisit the prehistoric animals in City Arctic from a few years back since I missed out on those.  Hoping for new colored Horses in the rumored Castle sets, black or gray would be much appreciated at this point.  But with the Castle sets being Creator 3-in-1 they could likely be brick built.  Friends will probably get some interesting new animals but City will be severely lacking it seems.  Any dogs in City theme will likely have those molded on harnesses unfortunately.

Sounds like a bad animal year in City unfortunately, and that has been very good for years now
CMF might not have anything for the rest of the year and the creator Castle probably nothing I agree.
So sounds like slim pickings this year

[FinlayTheFaithful]

1 hour ago, Roebuck said:

Sounds like a bad animal year in City unfortunately, and that has been very good for years now
CMF might not have anything for the rest of the year and the creator Castle probably nothing I agree.
So sounds like slim pickings this year

This, we have wolves, cockatoos, a new cat... that's about it. Looks like Dreamzzz is our only hope this year

[williejm]

5 hours ago, FinlayTheFaithful said:

This, we have wolves, cockatoos, a new cat... that's about it. Looks like Dreamzzz is our only hope this year

Plus two recolours of the classic snake! Slim pickings indeed, it’s like being at the Cratchett’s for Christmas dinner 

[lifeinplastic]

If that's the case I'm going to continue my booing...

Booooooooo!

Booooooooo!

Booooooooo!

Booooooooo!

Just as I thought Lego were starting to understand that there are lots of animals not represented and that Playmobil still outclasses Lego on that front by a country mile! 

Come on Lego, I won't stop moaning until the most recognisable safari animals are available (e.g. zebra, giraffe, rhino & hippo), plus our temperate forests and rainforests are still lacking (beavers, foxes) and the koala and cockatoo need some marsupials to boost the Australian representation (kangaroos and wombats). I also want sea lions and swans. I would expect the summer City sets to provide something more than the rumoured list.

Edited December 30, 2024 by lifeinplastic

[Yoggington]

I would just like the trans-pink Dreamzzz raven/crow in a solid colour please.

[williejm]

13 minutes ago, Yoggington said:

I would just like the trans-pink Dreamzzz raven/crow in a solid colour please.

I mean, I agree. But specifically black 🤣

[Lyichir]

3 hours ago, williejm said:

I mean, I agree. But specifically black 🤣

I think a blend of black and another dark, solid color like dark grey or titanium metallic would also be attractive (since the secondary color molding on the Dreamzzz one already highlights features like the beak and wingtips). The latter could really nicely evoke the shininess of real-world raven feathers.

That said, the Dreamzzz raven mold is quite big—the wingspan is almost six whole studs! So that could possibly limit the number of sets/minifigures it could naturally fit with, compared to smaller molds like the falcon that came with the CMF falconer.