Latest news about Lego animal moulds

[williejm]

Does anyone know if there’s an existing thread about the new ‘fauna’ sets?

[TeriXeri]

2 hours ago, williejm said:

Does anyone know if there’s an existing thread about the new ‘fauna’ sets?

Don't think so, as there's only 1 set for it, 31211: The Fauna Collection - Macaw Parrots .

10331: Kingfisher Bird is an Icons set instead of ART.

[williejm]

3 hours ago, TeriXeri said:

Don't think so, as there's only 1 set for it, 31211: The Fauna Collection - Macaw Parrots .

10331: Kingfisher Bird is an Icons set instead of ART

Is it any wonder it’s hard to keep up …

[Lion King]

I like that Kingflisher set. I feel like animal-themed Icon sets will follow Botantical Collection.  I am interested in seeing more animal sets.

[RichardGoring]

The branding around the Fauna collection is, as you might expect for a new theme like this, a bit of a mess. The Creator 3-in-1 giraffe is superb, but not part of the Fauna collection. I wanted to like the Kingfisher, but the head doesn't do it for me at all, especially the eyes. It ruins the whole thing. Whereas the giraffe is awesome and looks so good. I know a lot of people really like the Creator 3-in1 tiger too, which I'm not a huge fan of as the face looks a bit squashed, but I recently bought one and look forward to seeing how it looks in real life.

Will they do a 'Space' branding across multiple themes but for the Fauna collection? Or will there be specific animals with black bases designed for adult collectors and call only those the Fauna Collection?

[FinlayTheFaithful]

All I really want from TLG is more variety with the extinct animals like Dodo, Glyptodon, Giant ground sloth and anything inbetween

[karrit]

Not being a fan of buildable animals, the 2 dimensional Parrot Art set does absolutely nothing for me.  I think they did a nice job on the Kingfisher set but it isn't something I would buy.  I wasn't wowed by the Tiger 3-in-1 and I'm quite surprised at the amount of people who think the Giraffe set is so great.  Obviously I'm not the target audience for these type sets.  Just give me molded animals in my Pirate, City & Castle sets & I'm a happy camper.  I kind of ignore the brick build ones in the 3-in-1 sets that I do buy which are mostly the summer wave of buildings and such.

[Lion King]

1 hour ago, karrit said:

Not being a fan of buildable animals, the 2 dimensional Parrot Art set does absolutely nothing for me.  I think they did a nice job on the Kingfisher set but it isn't something I would buy.  I wasn't wowed by the Tiger 3-in-1 and I'm quite surprised at the amount of people who think the Giraffe set is so great.  Obviously I'm not the target audience for these type sets.  Just give me molded animals in my Pirate, City & Castle sets & I'm a happy camper.  I kind of ignore the brick build ones in the 3-in-1 sets that I do buy which are mostly the summer wave of buildings and such.

I don’t care about 3-in-1 aniamls myself but Kingfishr is a different story. It does look very nice and it has me wonder if I would see some marina life some days. I’m not inot birds myself tho. Also I really don’t care about Ninjago buildable dragons. I WANT MOLDED DRAGONS LIKE HUNGARIAN HORNTAIL FROM 2005. Ahem, sorr if I yelled. I was just yelling at Lego designers who might read this. 

I absolutely love collecting molded animals but sometimes they are flawed. Like…elephant and Brachiosaurus are NOT posable with their legs. 

[Dream]

18 hours ago, Lion King said:

Also I really don’t care about Ninjago buildable dragons. I WANT MOLDED DRAGONS LIKE HUNGARIAN HORNTAIL FROM 2005.

Same!! I'm disappointed that the gringotts dragon wasn't molded. The next possibility would be barad dur having a molded fell beast. But I know it's unlikely as always.

[Lion King]

19 minutes ago, Dream said:

Same!! I'm disappointed that the gringotts dragon wasn't molded. The next possibility would be barad dur having a molded fell beast. But I know it's unlikely as always.

Agreed. We have several molded dinosaurs parts - legs, arms, tail, body, and head/jaw. But Ninjago and Har Potter dragons just have molded heads and wings, nothing else. 

I love the molded baby dragons (Riku from Ninjago and Norberta from Harry Potter) - they are quite what I looked for. Adult dragons are not likely sadly. 

By the way, welcome to Eurobricks!

[cebelicamya]

For all the lego animal lovers. This site helps me a lot to track my animal collection.  https://www.minifig-pictures.be/controler/c_MenuAnimal.php

[SketchBrick]

Baby Gorilla mould incoming!

lego_minecraft_goat and 1414falconfan are reporting City polybag #30665 (Meet the Baby Gorilla) for the Summer - hopefully this means we'll see adult gorillas in a larger set 

[karrit]

Guess that means the Jungle theme will be most likely be African based again.

[zoth33]

1 hour ago, SketchBrick said:

Baby Gorilla mould incoming!

lego_minecraft_goat and 1414falconfan are reporting City polybag #30665 (Meet the Baby Gorilla) for the Summer - hopefully this means we'll see adult gorillas in a larger set 

There is an adult Gorilla coming in one of the sets 

[SketchBrick]

3 minutes ago, zoth33 said:

There is an adult Gorilla coming in one of the sets 

 Is it safe to assume that set will also contain the baby gorilla? I can't imagine they'd keep the mould exclusive to a polybag.

[Megbricks]

Interesting… can’t wait to find out what other animals we are getting!!!

Any guesses?

I asked google: 

African buffalo

Elephant

Leopard

Rhinoceros

Giraffe

Wild dog

Zebra

Cheetah

Lion

Hippo

Hyena

Wildebeest

Crocodile

Warthog

Bonobo

Gray parrot

Kudu

Aardvark

African hare

Baboon

Colobus monkey

Forest elephant

Jackal

I am hoping for recolors with all the new colors introduced for minifig parts in 2023-2024

Edited January 15, 2024 by Megbricks

[Accio Lego]

20 minutes ago, Megbricks said:

Interesting… can’t wait to find out what other animals we are getting!!!

Any guesses?

I asked google: 

Several of those a not jungle dwellers at all

 

It's also prudent to remember that there’s already a Friends style capybara confirmed as well. So I’d be inclined to say this is less confirmation that we’ll be getting a Congo exclusive jungle sub theme and more an indication that we might see a variety of different locations across the jungle exploration branding. 

Edited January 15, 2024 by Accio Lego

[SketchBrick]

9 minutes ago, Accio Lego said:

It's also prudent to remember that there’s already a Friends style capybara confirmed as well. So I’d be inclined to say this is less confirmation that we’ll be getting a Congo exclusive jungle sub theme and more an indication that we might see a variety of different locations across the jungle exploration branding. 

I think this too, it would probably be easier for them to design sets without needing to keep species specific to just one continent. A city-style capybara is certainly a possibility, and there are plenty of good options for smaller moulded animals from South America as well. I also think Lego knows well that the tiger is incredibly popular, and so I'd be surprised if that isn't brought back from the 2017 wave as a representative of Asian fauna (along with cubs!)

[Lion King]

2 hours ago, SketchBrick said:

Baby Gorilla mould incoming!

lego_minecraft_goat and 1414falconfan are reporting City polybag #30665 (Meet the Baby Gorilla) for the Summer - hopefully this means we'll see adult gorillas in a larger set 

Now it’s Congo jungle then! I can’ wait to see Gorilla infant and more!!

[zoth33]

2 hours ago, SketchBrick said:

 Is it safe to assume that set will also contain the baby gorilla? I can't imagine they'd keep the mould exclusive to a polybag.

All that I've heard so far is an Adult gorilla in a large set it didn't say if the baby was in the same set.  

2 hours ago, Megbricks said:

Interesting… can’t wait to find out what other animals we are getting!!!

Any guesses?

I asked google: 

African buffalo

Elephant

Leopard

Rhinoceros

Giraffe

Wild dog

Zebra

Cheetah

Lion

Hippo

Hyena

Wildebeest

Crocodile

Warthog

Bonobo

Gray parrot

Kudu

Aardvark

African hare

Baboon

Colobus monkey

Forest elephant

Jackal

I am hoping for recolors with all the new colors introduced for minifig parts in 2023-2024

We've already had the Lion and Elephant

Edited January 15, 2024 by zoth33

[jonwil]

I want a hippo.

Also YES YES YES to gorillas.

 

Edited January 15, 2024 by jonwil

[Roebuck]

6 hours ago, Accio Lego said:

It's also prudent to remember that there’s already a Friends style capybara confirmed as well. So I’d be inclined to say this is less confirmation that we’ll be getting a Congo exclusive jungle sub theme and more an indication that we might see a variety of different locations across the jungle exploration branding. 

Interesting news, I am sure more news will pop up soon
It could definitely be a only 2 sets and a polybag from Congo, 2 sets from South America and
 

5 hours ago, SketchBrick said:

I think this too, it would probably be easier for them to design sets without needing to keep species specific to just one continent. A city-style capybara is certainly a possibility, and there are plenty of good options for smaller moulded animals from South America as well. I also think Lego knows well that the tiger is incredibly popular, and so I'd be surprised if that isn't brought back from the 2017 wave as a representative of Asian fauna (along with cubs!)

2 sets from Asia so they could include a tiger and some cubs etc

[Lion King]

I’mso glad we are going to get gorilla. I can’t wait to build a troop. 

I hope we gonna get hippo, recolored elephant, some new animals in Jungle. 

[RichardGoring]

6 hours ago, Roebuck said:

Interesting news, I am sure more news will pop up soon
It could definitely be a only 2 sets and a polybag from Congo, 2 sets from South America and
2 sets from Asia so they could include a tiger and some cubs etc

That would be a great idea. Global adventures across the main jungle regions to bring more diversity of animals and builds.

[Accio Lego]

6 hours ago, RichardGoring said:

That would be a great idea. Global adventures across the main jungle regions to bring more diversity of animals and builds.

I would also better allow them to fully use the molds they already have. For instance, there have been both toucan and chameleon molds introduced since the last time there was a jungle sub theme. The former is a South American animal while the latter is mainly found in Africa with some species appearing in Asia and the more tropical climates of Europe. A world tour would let lego use both preexisting molds while a single location wouldn’t.