Latest news about Lego animal moulds

[williejm]

17 minutes ago, gedren_y said:

News from Promobricks on an as yet unseen upcoming Disney set, 10775 Mickey and Donald's Farm. It includes a SHEEP! Big hope it isn't brick built.

Or Disneyfied. 

[Lion King]

10 hours ago, williejm said:

Or Disneyfied. 

Yup, i agree. Just like Eeyore’s mold is very Disney-ish, rather than realistic donkey

 

Edited March 11, 2021 by DBlegonerd7

[Roebuck]

On 3/10/2021 at 2:44 PM, gedren_y said:

News from Promobricks on an as yet unseen upcoming Disney set, 10775 Mickey and Donald's Farm. It includes a SHEEP! Big hope it isn't brick built.

On 3/10/2021 at 3:02 PM, williejm said:

Or Disneyfied. 

On 3/10/2021 at 4:06 PM, DBlegonerd7 said:

Yup, i agree. Just like Eeyore’s mold is very Disney-ish, rather than realistic donkey

Yes, but Eeyore is a character, this is just general animals right
I think it is a good chance they are Disneyfied, however there are a horse and a chicken in the set and it is unlikely they will get 3 new mould in the set so that gives me hope. There was a horse in toy story, but that was also a character so unsure if they can use that in the set as a generic horse Have there been any Disney chickens or sheep in the past they can use?

[williejm]

7 minutes ago, Roebuck said:

Yes, but Eeyore is a character, this is just general animals right
I think it is a good chance they are Disneyfied, however there are a horse and a chicken in the set and it is unlikely they will get 3 new mould in the set so that gives me hope. There was a horse in toy story, but that was also a character so unsure if they can use that in the set as a generic horse Have there been any Disney chickens or sheep in the past they can use?

The other point, of course, is that if a long-awaited ‘normal’ sheep does show up in a Disney set - then, like the pink pig and the brown owl it might be considered ‘licensed’ and not easily available ;)

[Lion King]

1 hour ago, Roebuck said:

Yes, but Eeyore is a character, this is just general animals right
I think it is a good chance they are Disneyfied, however there are a horse and a chicken in the set and it is unlikely they will get 3 new mould in the set so that gives me hope. There was a horse in toy story, but that was also a character so unsure if they can use that in the set as a generic horse Have there been any Disney chickens or sheep in the past they can use?

Agreed. It’s a shame to not include a sheep in City’s Tractor set!

1 hour ago, williejm said:

The other point, of course, is that if a long-awaited ‘normal’ sheep does show up in a Disney set - then, like the pink pig and the brown owl it might be considered ‘licensed’ and not easily available ;)

Quite agreed.

[Roebuck]

9 hours ago, williejm said:

The other point, of course, is that if a long-awaited ‘normal’ sheep does show up in a Disney set - then, like the pink pig and the brown owl it might be considered ‘licensed’ and not easily available ;)

Well it is better than noting, but they will cost a pretty penny  However if the moulds turn out to be normal, the print is probably not, but then it most likely will be reused in a minifig set with normal printing sooner or later
From what I read this should be a 4+ set, but with all the animals included it sounds more like a duplo set  

[Lion King]

7 hours ago, Roebuck said:

Well it is better than noting, but they will cost a pretty penny  However if the moulds turn out to be normal, the print is probably not, but then it most likely will be reused in a minifig set with normal printing sooner or later
From what I read this should be a 4+ set, but with all the animals included it sounds more like a duplo set  

I have been wondering about that Duplo part. But we will see about it.  

[Roebuck]

4 hours ago, DBlegonerd7 said:

I have been wondering about that Duplo part. But we will see about it.  

Another option is minidoll animals, there is both horse and sheep, but no chicken I think. They are normally not used with minifigs, however this is Disney so anything can happen I guess

[jonwil]

Technically there are minidoll chickens in the form of https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?P=28586pb02 and https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?P=28586pb01 :)

 

[Lion King]

We are halfway through March now and I’m starting to get excited about the official images of Wildlife Rescue sets! I think the official images may be turned out next month but I may be wrong. 

[Roebuck]

9 hours ago, DBlegonerd7 said:

I’m starting to get excited about the official images of Wildlife Rescue sets!

I have been existed since I heard about the sets

There are coming 13 old ideas sets for sale on BL, however since the designers must use only parts in production I do not think it would give us any good animal part packs unfortunately 

[thekeeperofthereaper]

since i like the moulds i decided to get my first ever duplo set 10949 farm animal care i especially like the duck and sheep

[Roebuck]

The latest goat news!
Nick Vás do not only love Lego frogs, apparently he likes other animal moulds as well and have been trying hard to include a goat in several sets

I recommend listening to the hole interview, but in the clip it start playing with the goat info in the end..

[jonwil]

Maybe we need to convince the people at Marvel or Lucas to put a goat into the next MCU or Star Wars film in a scene where the goat is essential to the scene and the scene is essential to the movie...

 

[Roebuck]

12 minutes ago, jonwil said:

Maybe we need to convince the people at Marvel or Lucas to put a goat into the next MCU or Star Wars film in a scene where the goat is essential to the scene and the scene is essential to the movie...

The people in Lego that decide this are really stubborn about not bringing back the goat, but if we keep up the pressure both from outside and within sooner or later they will come to this conclusion:

#BringBackTheGOAT

[jonwil]

I think its simply that there has yet to be a set design situation where the high cost of the goat (both making the mold either for the old goat or a new design and the cost of actually producing the part and putting it in the set) is justified and where existing parts (i.e. some animal they already have) aren't a suitable option.

 

Edited March 25, 2021 by jonwil

[Roebuck]

8 hours ago, jonwil said:

I think its simply that there has yet to be a set design situation where the high cost of the goat (both making the mold either for the old goat or a new design and the cost of actually producing the part and putting it in the set) is justified and where existing parts (i.e. some animal they already have) aren't a suitable option.

Might be the case, but then when we get the goat back we will also most likely get an amazing farm and/or castle set so win-win

[Lyichir]

I don't know if I've mentioned this here, but there's a part of me that would love to see animal molds (new and/or recolored) in the Monkie Kid theme to represent some of Monkey King's various transformations. In the show, when Monkey King transforms he retains general aspects of his appearance like his color scheme, and it'd be neat to get molded animals to represent those. For some of those that we've seen (such as a bear or tiger), molds that would work for those already exist. For others, such as an ox or bull, they do not, and could be used to introduce a mold that could later be reused for "normal" versions of said animal. I certainly wouldn't expect to get all of the ones that appear any time soon (since Monkey King ostensibly has a whopping 72 transformations, so numerous that they're unlikely to all appear in the show let alone in sets), but I think a selection of them could make for an interesting "collect them all" type gimmick in a future wave of sets.

A part of me also hopes that Chinese culture could potentially offer an opportunity to get a new version of the long-desired goat in the future—perhaps in 2027, the next "Year of the Goat". That's of course if they choose to feature an actual animal in a set tied to that (possible, though far from guaranteed), and assuming we don't get one for a different sort of set in the interim (which is also entirely possible).

[Roebuck]

A new owl has leaked, looks a little like a barn owl

[BrickBob Studpants]

A reptilian-looking creature hatching out of an egg has leaked as well. Probably a baby croc 

Edited March 27, 2021 by Lego-Freak

[pancakecrocodile]

Man, where is everyone finding all these leaks?  I don't have Instagram, Facebook, or any other social media platforms. Anywhere else?

[Roebuck]

1 hour ago, pancakecrocodile said:

Man, where is everyone finding all these leaks?  I don't have Instagram, Facebook, or any other social media platforms. Anywhere else?

I do not have Instagram either, but about half the time if you google it you get in and can look at the newest pictures before they ask you to log in

[pancakecrocodile]

Just now, Roebuck said:

I do not have Instagram either, but about half the time if you google it you get in and can look at the newest pictures before they ask you to log in

Thanks! 

[zoth33]

10 hours ago, Lego-Freak said:

A reptilian-looking creature hatching out of an egg has leaked as well. Probably a baby croc 

That's a baby Dinosaur from Jurassic world sets coming soon.  I believe. 

[gedren_y]

2 hours ago, zoth33 said:

That's a baby Dinosaur from Jurassic world sets coming soon.  I believe. 

I've seen it suggested that it's Norbert from Harry Potter.