Animal Crossing - Rumors & Discussion

[Borex]

40 minutes ago, Lyichir said:

EDIT: One last thing I forgot to mention is it's a little bit of a shame that the airport includes Wilbur but not Orville, since there's not too many sets other than the airport that he'd be well-suited to.

Yeah, let’s hope they will make an AC cmf series with Orville in it. I like Orville better than Wilbur. 
 

 

[Maaboo the Witch]

Also great to see the wolf mould! Whitney when?

[JohnTPT17]

I really do think the only way Lego is going to deliver a satisfactory representation of Animal Crossing characters is going to be through a CMF. There's just a lot of characters to go through, and if we only get 1-2 new ones per set, there's no way Lego can produce a huge number of them to cover all of the villagers and NPC's people want. So, hopefully January or May next year!

[Lyichir]

JB Spielwaren has bigger pics of the two sets:

https://www.jb-spielwaren.de/lego-77052-k-k-spielt-auf-dem-festplatz/a-77052/

https://www.jb-spielwaren.de/lego-77051-flieg-mit-dodo-airlines/a-77051/

Not a ton of pics, but the back of box pics give a better look at the inside of the buildings and how the RV opens up (confirming that the top contains storage for K.K.'s gear and merch). The inside of Resident Services features an ABD (Automatic Bell Dispenser) machine, as well as the lost-and-found bin. The interchangable, customizable flags in both sets are also a neat touch.

[El Garfio]

I see more completed the Airport than the Plaza.

I can't understand the price difference between them

[JohnTPT17]

32 minutes ago, Lyichir said:

JB Spielwaren has bigger pics of the two sets:

Nice find!

Golly, Resident Services looks tiny from the back. It's only 18 studs across, compared to Fauna's house which is 14, and I think it's only a stud or two deeper. There's not even room for the desks! It's also too bad there doesn't seem to be any easter eggs on the bulletin board... A note from Redd, Blathers, Joan, or Lief would have been a cool nod. And, if I get to continue to nitpick, I think having two clips on the flag would be preferable to one. That just feels like it's asking to break as-is.  Overall, this one feels a little underwhelming to me, and probably should have been two separate sets with the RV as a stand-alone. Then again, Rosie and Nook were together, so it's not unheard of. At least it has lots of little "bits" to play with, with the cupcakes, music box, and instruments, but I'm pretty underwhelmed, especially as an $80 set.

That being said, the airport is even more laughable. That interior is not super good looking - especially the plant. I do like the exterior slightly better than Town Hall, though, and the sea plane is fine for what it is. I do feel like it's missing a little heart, though. Maybe a fishing pole, so you can fish off of the pier? Introduce some fish shadows to go in the water? Some wildlife other than just a generic crab? (At least the Kapp'n Marshall set had a much cooler hermit crab) I dunno, but something feels a little off to me.

Overall, I think these two sets are much weaker than the first wave. I feel like the first wave had a lot of heart to most of the sets, with lots of fun little details like fossils, Bells, and DIY cards - just something do do and explore. I feel like these sets are really missing some of that charm. At least the figures are as solid as ever, and hopefully I can get a couple of them on Bricklink without completely ruining my wallet. Overall, though - I feel pretty "meh" compared to Wave 1. 

 

[Maaboo the Witch]

16 hours ago, Lyichir said:

The inside of Resident Services features an ABD (Automatic Bell Dispenser) machine

You mean the Nook Stop?

[AD_Bricks]

On 4/26/2024 at 11:56 PM, JohnTPT17 said:

I also find it interesting that the Dodo Airlines sign is printed in English, especially compared to Nook's Cranny, which didn't have any writing on it's sign.

If Nook's Cranny indeed didn't have text on it due to them not wanting to print it in different languages for non-English speaking countries, perhaps they were okay with just English for the airport because seeing airport signs in different languages is something that kids can potentially relate to, so it probably won't be as weird for people building the set who don't speak English. Perhaps they can have fun using google translate to read the sign, as they may have done in a real airport?

Anybody have any other hypotheses that would make sense?

[Bobdapeach]

41 minutes ago, AD_Bricks said:

If Nook's Cranny indeed didn't have text on it due to them not wanting to print it in different languages for non-English speaking countries, perhaps they were okay with just English for the airport because seeing airport signs in different languages is something that kids can potentially relate to, so it probably won't be as weird for people building the set who don't speak English. Perhaps they can have fun using google translate to read the sign, as they may have done in a real airport?

Anybody have any other hypotheses that would make sense?

no, it’s literally because that IS the logo in all regions.

The Nook’s Cranny logo changes based on which region the game is in - English logo is English, Japanese logo is Japanese, Korean logo is Korean etc… makes sense for the Lego set not to have any text so they don’t need a new print for every country

https://www.reddit.com/r/AnimalCrossing/s/R3zgL9PYlm

Dodo airlines on the other hand is in English in every region, it’s English in Japanese, it’s English in Korean, it’s called Dodo Airlines or DAL for short. 

[AD_Bricks]

2 hours ago, Bobdapeach said:

no, it’s literally because that IS the logo in all regions.

The Nook’s Cranny logo changes based on which region the game is in - English logo is English, Japanese logo is Japanese, Korean logo is Korean etc… makes sense for the Lego set not to have any text so they don’t need a new print for every country

https://www.reddit.com/r/AnimalCrossing/s/R3zgL9PYlm

Dodo airlines on the other hand is in English in every region, it’s English in Japanese, it’s English in Korean, it’s called Dodo Airlines or DAL for short. 

Ah, that's quite interesting. Thanks for the info!

[Maaboo the Witch]

On 5/2/2024 at 3:22 AM, Bobdapeach said:

The Nook’s Cranny logo changes based on which region the game is in - English logo is English, Japanese logo is Japanese, Korean logo is Korean etc… makes sense for the Lego set not to have any text so they don’t need a new print for every country

Same deal with Able Sisters, so a set version would probably feature a similar, catchall sign graphic.

Edited July 14, 2024 by Maaboo the Witch

[BrickBob Studpants]

4 sets in 1HY 2025, according to exabricks  Can‘t wait to hear more!

[Maaboo the Witch]

1 hour ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

4 sets in 1HY 2025, according to exabricks  Can‘t wait to hear more!

Oh, one of them HAS to be Able Sisters!

The only other specialized building is the Museum, so I'm thinking TLG is gonna branch out. Redd's Treasure Trawler would be great!

[bRICK99]

I would love to see Celeste since I’m sure her brother is coming in the summer. 

[Lyichir]

Able Sisters and the Museum are definitely top of the wish list. Beyond that I expect we'll probably see at least one set containing a house—I was honestly a little surprised when neither of the summer sets used either the new window or door builds from the two house builds released in the first wave, since I'm sure they plan to make more use of them. There's gotta be at least one smaller set among the releases too, since the latest wave was two bigger sets—maybe something like Leif's flower cart would make a good small-ish set?

Also, I hope we see some fall and winter-themed sets before long, since they haven't been represented in sets yet. Fall might be unlikely for the 1HY wave since it'd only really be timely for the southern hemisphere, but winter might still be close enough to maybe feature, with details like snowy trees or snowpeople.

And of course, something like a Minifigure series would be highly desirable as always! But if we get something like that it might not be revealed alongside the rest of a wave since those often operate on their own separate schedule. A Minifigure series would be a great opportunity to get not just characters, but also potentially some new accessories. Easy additions would be things like printed K.K. albums, but I wouldn't mind some things like tools as well—a lot of the tools in the sets so far have used generic existing parts in existing colors like the shovel, net, and watering can, but I'd really appreciate some of those could get new molds or recolors that better resemble the in-game versions.

Edited July 19, 2024 by Lyichir

[bRICK99]

9 hours ago, Lyichir said:

Able Sisters and the Museum are definitely top of the wish list.
 

I definitely think we are getting Able Sisters since I feel LEGO is saving the Museum till Summer 25’. 
 

I wonder how the sign of Able Sisters is gonna look since it won’t include the name similar to the Nook’s Cranny. 

[Maaboo the Witch]

10 hours ago, Lyichir said:

Also, I hope we see some fall and winter-themed sets before long, since they haven't been represented in sets yet. Fall might be unlikely for the 1HY wave since it'd only really be timely for the southern hemisphere

77052 includes an autumnal tree.

34 minutes ago, bRICK99 said:

I definitely think we are getting Able Sisters since I feel LEGO is saving the Museum till Summer 25’. 
 

I wonder how the sign of Able Sisters is gonna look since it won’t include the name similar to the Nook’s Cranny. 

I dunno; the Able Sisters sign is pretty iconic, so I have a feeling that it'll feature the English lettering. If not, it'll possibly be an image of a sewing machine, since Sable is sat at it all day.

[BlueLanturnCorp]

Getting only one of the Dodo brothers was a little disappointing, honestly. I know villagers are gonna be popular ofc, but I genuinely think they could have included both brothers and place Tangy elsewhere and it'd still sell.

 

Unless they're gonna do a pack with Orville and alternative colours for the plane/airport.

[Lyichir]

6 hours ago, BlueLanturnCorp said:

Getting only one of the Dodo brothers was a little disappointing, honestly. I know villagers are gonna be popular ofc, but I genuinely think they could have included both brothers and place Tangy elsewhere and it'd still sell.

 

Unless they're gonna do a pack with Orville and alternative colours for the plane/airport.

I don't really expect differently colored plane/airport sets to be sold, but if a minifigure series comes about as people have been hoping for, that'd be an easy way to release the other brother.

[BlueLanturnCorp]

My two summer sets arrived this morning, gotta make space to display em.

[Maaboo the Witch]

I can definitely see one of the upcoming sets being a fishing tourney hosted by C.J.

[BrickBob Studpants]

Surprisingly, we now have pictures of three January sets already

The minifigs are again amazing, Leif and Celeste in particular! Too bad we only have one of the be three Able sisters though

Edited August 21, 2024 by BrickBob Studpants

[Maaboo the Witch]

Aside from the Able Sisters shop (where's Sable, though?!), these sets are severely disappointing.

Minifigs are indeed amazing, however - Poppy is my standout fave!

[TheBrickPal]

Started the 2025 thread here!