Latest news about Lego animal moulds

[williejm]

14 minutes ago, froggy95 said:

We are well over do for a proper squirrel mold. The city modulars are screaming for  some pigeons too. 

The lack of squirrel, pigeon, crow, and also rabbit & small bird in brown is bizarre at this stage. 

[Alexandrina]

36 minutes ago, williejm said:

The lack of squirrel, pigeon, crow, and also rabbit & small bird in brown is bizarre at this stage. 

Have we really never had a rabbit? I could have sworn I had a few white bunnies in a joblot not too long ago.

[williejm]

10 minutes ago, Alexandrina said:

Have we really never had a rabbit? I could have sworn I had a few white bunnies in a joblot not too long ago.

I meant the lack of the rabbit *in brown* 

Also ‘ a few white bunnies in a joblot...’ sounds slightly sinister 

[Alexandrina]

Just now, williejm said:

I meant the lack of the rabbit *in brown* 

Ah. Yes. That's obvious now I read it back! It's certainly an egregious omission, since the animal exists and it's just a matter of colouration. Perhaps there'll be an unexpected Hobbit renaissance that brings with it a Radagast the Brown set... 

On the topic of animals we've never had, I don't recall there ever being a deer. (The reindeer excluded, since that's a separate animal). I have certain creative projects for which a deer is a must.

[williejm]

15 minutes ago, Alexandrina said:

Ah. Yes. That's obvious now I read it back! It's certainly an egregious omission, since the animal exists and it's just a matter of colouration. Perhaps there'll be an unexpected Hobbit renaissance that brings with it a Radagast the Brown set... 

On the topic of animals we've never had, I don't recall there ever being a deer. (The reindeer excluded, since that's a separate animal). I have certain creative projects for which a deer is a must.

I think if Radagast makes a return that the mould for the hare in Harry Potter would be used for his sleigh-pullers.

leaving aside the species complexity and common name confusion over ‘deer’ - the stag introduced as a patronus in HP, then I’m the elf clubhouse is kinda generic, almost a red deer to my Scottish mind. Though @Roebuck deftly describes it as an ‘American Reindeer’, in that it’s more of a made up idea of a deer. In any event - it’s nothing like an actual reindeer /  caribou. 

Seems like there is a reasonable chance the stag mould gets re-used, and I would also think it might appear without antlers as a doe too (at least for HP patronus reasons). 
 

 

[Alexandrina]

1 minute ago, williejm said:

Seems like there is a reasonable chance the stag mould gets re-used, and I would also think it might appear without antlers as a doe too (at least for HP patronus reasons). 

Yeah, I think a doe is essential. But looking at the 'reindeer', I suppose it does fit as a deer - certainly it doesn't have Rudolph's red nose! I think I was sucked in a bit by the knowledge that it is meant to be a reindeer.

[williejm]

2 minutes ago, Alexandrina said:

Yeah, I think a doe is essential. But looking at the 'reindeer', I suppose it does fit as a deer - certainly it doesn't have Rudolph's red nose! I think I was sucked in a bit by the knowledge that it is meant to be a reindeer.

Yeah, I think it passes ;) 

My hope is that the move to have themes including animals persists, and the current slew of underused moulds / animals might be revisited. For example, if we had a Ranger subtheme or something based in North America / Europe we could repurpose the stag, the otter, the hare, the eagle and then add say a squirrel or beaver or something else as a new mould. I hope for this often. Lol 🦌🦦🐇🦅🐿🦫

[Lion King]

23 hours ago, williejm said:

The lack of squirrel, pigeon, crow, and also rabbit & small bird in brown is bizarre at this stage. 

Wait a minute, I thought we don’t have a squirrel mold? 

22 hours ago, williejm said:

My hope is that the move to have themes including animals persists, and the current slew of underused moulds / animals might be revisited. For example, if we had a Ranger subtheme or something based in North America / Europe we could repurpose the stag, the otter, the hare, the eagle and then add say a squirrel or beaver or something else as a new mould. I hope for this often. Lol 🦌🦦🐇🦅🐿🦫

This is what I envision personally. Ranger in North American wilderness subtheme with a lot of animals (bison, deer, moose, goose, squirrel, beaver, fox, etc.). However, I’m not familiar with animals in Ranger in Europe subtheme tho. I will google and see what kind of animals Europe do have! Overall, I totally agree with your suggestion. 

[gedren_y]

1 hour ago, DBlegonerd7 said:

Wait a minute, I thought we don’t have a squirrel mold? 

This is what I envision personally. Ranger in North American wilderness subtheme with a lot of animals (bison, deer, moose, goose, squirrel, beaver, fox, etc.). However, I’m not familiar with animals in Ranger in Europe subtheme tho. I will google and see what kind of animals Europe do have! Overall, I totally agree with your suggestion. 

There's a minidoll squirrel mold, but it is too big. It needs to be closer to the trophy figure size, instead of the old game figure size.

The skunk mold from a while back could make a passable badger.

Edited May 24, 2021 by gedren_y

[Lion King]

1 hour ago, gedren_y said:

There's a minidoll squirrel mold, but it is too big. It needs to be closer to the trophy figure size, instead of the old game figure size.

The skunk mold from a while back could make a passable badger.

Well, i won’t count squirrel if it’s a minidoll-esque animal. 

Hmm... that could be a possibility for skunk mold being rescued as a badger! But it may just need a small modification to make it more like a honey badger tho!

[williejm]

No no no no to ‘passable’ mould reuse. A skunk isn’t a badger!

3 hours ago, DBlegonerd7 said:

Wait a minute, I thought we don’t have a squirrel mold? 

This is what I envision personally. Ranger in North American wilderness subtheme with a lot of animals (bison, deer, moose, goose, squirrel, beaver, fox, etc.). However, I’m not familiar with animals in Ranger in Europe subtheme tho. I will google and see what kind of animals Europe do have! Overall, I totally agree with your suggestion. 

We don’t. Hence the comma separating the first three (need moulds ) from the last two (just recolours) ;)

Edited May 24, 2021 by williejm

[Lion King]

52 minutes ago, williejm said:

No no no no to ‘passable’ mould reuse. A skunk isn’t a badger!

We don’t. Hence the comma separating the first three (need moulds ) from the last two (just recolours) ;)

OH. Whoops! I should read more carefully. Anyways, thanks for clarifying!  :) 

[pancakecrocodile]

I wonder when we'll get a recolor of that badger/otter/thing from that HP set.

[williejm]

22 minutes ago, pancakecrocodile said:

I wonder when we'll get a recolor of that badger/otter/thing from that HP set.

Deffo an otter 🦦

though a digital Lego badger 🦡 does exist in some of the computer games I understand 

[Alexandrina]

I don't know if it's too niche an animal for Lego to invest in a mould, but I would really like to see a pine marten at some point. Apart from being super cute fellas, I think they'd be a good accoutrement to a Forestmen/Robin Hood build

[williejm]

12 minutes ago, Alexandrina said:

I don't know if it's too niche an animal for Lego to invest in a mould, but I would really like to see a pine marten at some point. Apart from being super cute fellas, I think they'd be a good accoutrement to a Forestmen/Robin Hood build

In a rare bout of ‘reuse the mould’ madness I think the skunk mould *could* be reused for a passable marten. Though I would never encourage this, norwant to see it until there were lots of Lego squirrels for the marten to eat 😂

14 minutes ago, Alexandrina said:

I don't know if it's too niche an animal for Lego to invest in a mould, but I would really like to see a pine marten at some point. Apart from being super cute fellas, I think they'd be a good accoutrement to a Forestmen/Robin Hood build

Also, what is niche? We have a hermit crab, a chameleon, a bateleur eagle and at least four identifiable owl species by this point... 

[Alexandrina]

4 minutes ago, williejm said:

Also, what is niche? We have a hermit crab, a chameleon, a bateleur eagle and at least four identifiable owl species by this point... 

Honestly, I remembered reading that it was only native to Scotland now, in the UK - and for some reason thought that meant it was only native to Scotland in the world. Now my hopes are up!

[williejm]

1 minute ago, Alexandrina said:

Honestly, I remembered reading that it was only native to Scotland now, in the UK - and for some reason thought that meant it was only native to Scotland in the world. Now my hopes are up!

No, it’s spread back to wales and some parts of England at least in the U.K. - and prevalent in N Hemisphere in Eurasia and America 

[Karalora]

I don't know if this is what you had in mind, @Alexandrina, but a recolor of the otter Patronus could fit the bill for a pine marten, weasel, ferret, or any of the long skinny mustelids.

[Alexandrina]

14 minutes ago, williejm said:

No, it’s spread back to wales and some parts of England at least in the U.K. - and prevalent in N Hemisphere in Eurasia and America 

That news has made my day! Love me a pine marten.

3 minutes ago, Karalora said:

I don't know if this is what you had in mind, @Alexandrina, but a recolor of the otter Patronus could fit the bill for a pine marten, weasel, ferret, or any of the long skinny mustelids.

Yeah, that'd probably do the trick. Come on, Lego, get recolouring.

[williejm]

12 minutes ago, Alexandrina said:

That news has made my day! Love me a pine marten.

Yeah, that'd probably do the trick. Come on, Lego, get recolouring.

No no no, the skunk, not the otter. Martens need floofy tails!

[zoth33]

6 hours ago, williejm said:

In a rare bout of ‘reuse the mould’ madness I think the skunk mould *could* be reused for a passable marten. Though I would never encourage this, norwant to see it until there were lots of Lego squirrels for the marten to eat 😂

Also, what is niche? We have a hermit crab, a chameleon, a bateleur eagle and at least four identifiable owl species by this point... 

The skunk isn't that close to a pine marten and I know that lego size in animals is usually off but even the skunk tail is too poofy.  I'd really like to see a wolverine someday.  

Also some type of gazelle or antelope would be nice.  

[williejm]

9 hours ago, zoth33 said:

Also some type of gazelle or antelope would be nice.  

Yes. I’m kind of surprised they didn’t make the ‘deer’ mould stylised enough to double as an antelope, and use interchangeable horns and antlers 

[Lion King]

31 minutes ago, williejm said:

Yes. I’m kind of surprised they didn’t make the ‘deer’ mould stylised enough to double as an antelope, and use interchangeable horns and antlers 

I agree with you. And same for reusing a horse mold as a zebra even tho it requires some slightly small changes.

[Lyichir]

7 hours ago, williejm said:

Yes. I’m kind of surprised they didn’t make the ‘deer’ mould stylised enough to double as an antelope, and use interchangeable horns and antlers 

That's probably partly a consequence of how it was originally introduced for the Harry Potter theme to be molded in translucent blue plastic. For a purpose like that, reduced complexity (including lowering the number of components and omitting any sort of articulation) was probably necessary. I certainly wouldn't mind a newer deer/antelope that wasn't under those sorts of constraints.