Latest news about Lego animal moulds

[williejm]

I take it that’s AI?

[Darth Phallus]

49 minutes ago, williejm said:

I take it that’s AI?

Yes it is, I just asked to change color 

[williejm]

1 minute ago, Darth Phallus said:

Yes it is, I just asked to change color 

Sweet. Yeah I’d assume a recolour for a red fox would also have white printing on cheeks & chin, as well as end of tail

[Lion King]

A regular fox would be great, robably next year? But Arctic fox looks very nice in that color scheme. 

I can’t wait for kitsume someday….  

[SketchBrick]

New snail mould in the Animal Crossing line! It's unprinted, but has a stud on the back for attaching an ice cream swirl (aka poop) piece as the shell 🐌

[RichardGoring]

4 minutes ago, SketchBrick said:

New snail mould in the Animal Crossing line! It's unprinted, but has a stud on the back for attaching an ice cream swirl (aka poop) piece as the shell 🐌

Nice!

Not an animal, but is that a new pear mould in the Creative Houses AC set too? Something for the snail to eat.

[Wolfman_Bricks]

New Animal Crossing sets leaked and we are getting a snail

[Roebuck]

There are some other animals in the AC sets, could also be a fish and scorpion in a new colour, but hard to see behind the glass.

The fox look great 

The unicorn foal is similar to the normal mould, but with a longer tail, I wonder if the horn is removable

There are some small animals here and there, but nothing else new that I have seen. Must wait for the rest of the set especially City to drop (tomorrow?)

[BrickBob Studpants]

Kinda strange we’re getting arctic foxes before their orange counterparts, but I’ll take it! Next year maybe  Not the first time we get a rare/unusual colour before a more familiar one

[lifeinplastic]

Let’s hope the cubs come next year too!!

[williejm]

4 hours ago, Roebuck said:

There are some other animals in the AC sets, could also be a fish and scorpion in a new colour, but hard to see behind the glass.

The fox look great 

The unicorn foal is similar to the normal mould, but with a longer tail, I wonder if the horn is removable

There are some small animals here and there, but nothing else new that I have seen. Must wait for the rest of the set especially City to drop (tomorrow?)

The new pear is cute. Not sure about the snail … as far as I can see the other animals are all reuses.

The unicorn horn looks detachable, though I wonder why they bothered with that, unless they have other plans for the mould & connections 

[Black Falcon]

4 hours ago, Roebuck said:

The unicorn foal is similar to the normal mould, but with a longer tail, I wonder if the horn is removable

It surely is, the horn is the normal small horn they use for years now, quite unlikely they would make an exact copy into a moulded figure.

7 minutes ago, williejm said:

The unicorn horn looks detachable, though I wonder why they bothered with that, unless they have other plans for the mould & connections 

For various reasons. First of all it is Lego and as the horn is a standart part in production anyways, it makes total sense to use it. Secondly, otherwise they would have had to either print or dual-mould it, which would surely have been more expensive to them (and even more for people that want to order them from Pick a Brick).

And last but not least, it is also a fast way to add some variation. Lets say they would want to use it again in an other set, but this time use two of them and could easily place one with a white and one with a golden horn inside, without the need for a second variant.

[hrdknxbrix]

Friends set 42674 Pool Party is rumored to include a "small" unicorn.  Don't know if it's the same one or not.  Also a flamingo-shaped pool float.

[Roebuck]

3 hours ago, hrdknxbrix said:

Friends set 42674 Pool Party is rumored to include a "small" unicorn.  Don't know if it's the same one or not.  Also a flamingo-shaped pool float.

Maybe, but strange if Friends include a horse like that, they have their own animals usually

[Lion King]

5 hours ago, hrdknxbrix said:

Friends set 42674 Pool Party is rumored to include a "small" unicorn.  Don't know if it's the same one or not.  Also a flamingo-shaped pool float.

Unicorn at a pool party? Maybe that’s an unicorn-themed tube?

[Stereo]

The unicorns in the Creator set also have 2 different hairstyles, I wonder what those pieces look like separate from the body (if it's not prints).  Maybe 2 of them have a moulded-in small horn and the other one gets pegged onto the head by the actual horn piece?  Or alternately they attach with the mini pegs and then that one has a bar-hole for the horn.

Edited May 1 by Stereo

[williejm]

9 minutes ago, Stereo said:

The unicorns in the Creator set also have 2 different hairstyles, I wonder what those pieces look like separate from the body (if it's not prints).  Maybe 2 of them have a moulded-in small horn and the other one gets pegged onto the head by the actual horn piece?  Or alternately they attach with the mini pegs and then that one has a bar-hole for the horn.

No, it looks like the two ‘Pegasus’ foals are the existing foal we have, in new colours. It’s a dual moulded piece: the body is one colour, the mane and tail another. 

The ‘Unicorn’ is new, and I assume it’s all so dual-moulded, for the mane and tail to be different colours as the existing foal. It also has a hole in the forehead for the horn attachment, but the mane doesn’t look different in the photos we have seen - just that it’s down one side of the neck. 

Edited May 1 by williejm

[SketchBrick]

So the arctic science truck has two regular grey wolves (nothing new there,) and a puppy recolored from the existing dog pup in tan with white face markings.

Also the pigeons look great!

[hikouki]

6 minutes ago, SketchBrick said:

So the arctic science truck has two regular grey wolves (nothing new there,) and a puppy recolored from the existing dog pup in tan with white face markings.

Also the pigeons look great!

If the wolf pups are beige colored (recolored puppy), then are the two white canines on the arctic train actual arctic foxes???

[RichardGoring]

The pigeons look great!

[zoth33]

Pigeons do look great and the Wolves will be on PAB for sure now that's excellent.  

[RichardGoring]

Pandas in the Friends Panda Sanctuary set 42648. One adult, one cub. They're pretty reasonable as minifigure pandas too. I can't see the eyes very clearly though, which is where it sometimes falls down.

[Roebuck]

11 hours ago, Lion King said:

Unicorn at a pool party? Maybe that’s an unicorn-themed tube?

It is just brickbuildt, another Friends set has a adult Winged unicorn, but Ithink it is just the normal Friends horse mould..

2 hours ago, hikouki said:

If the wolf pups are beige colored (recolored puppy), then are the two white canines on the arctic train actual arctic foxes???

Yes! 

Other then City not much animals at all in other themes. I must say Ninjago is really the worst when it comes to animal moulds, with all those sets and never anything of interest basically

[SketchBrick]

Looking at this picture now, is the pigeon dual moulded with black and grey? It doesn't even really look like it has printing, just details in black plastic. Not a bad choice, I'm just curious what everyone else sees.

[williejm]

1 hour ago, SketchBrick said:

Looking at this picture now, is the pigeon dual moulded with black and grey? It doesn't even really look like it has printing, just details in black plastic. Not a bad choice, I'm just curious what everyone else sees.

It can be hard to tell with these renders, I’d say it’s dual moulded and only the eye is printed.

Yay for wolves & recoloured pup (which, honestly, I think works fine).

Slightly dissapointed that the wolves still have the ‘angry’ eyebrows, and assuming that this means they are identical to the CMF wolf: if you look closely there are inconsistencies in the render pics with the grey printing on the muzzle - sometimes it’s there, sometimes not 

4 hours ago, hikouki said:

If the wolf pups are beige colored (recolored puppy), then are the two white canines on the arctic train actual arctic foxes???

Yes. Thought we had established that? Still seems slightly odd to me to have wave that gives us both though 

I take it nothing of note has  surfaced in any Dreamzzz sets?