Lion King Posted July 11 Posted July 11 29 minutes ago, williejm said: Series 14 was still pretty early in terms of animals: we weren’t really seeing the consistency we have seen in recent years from CMFs, plus this was the first ‘themed’ series - and that black cat was (and arguably still is) a pretty big deal on its own! Series 18 gave us a new and so-far exclusive mouse, an exclusive recolour of the fish, a black spider reuse, and two different coloured balloon dogs. Where we see CMFs featuring ‘stand in’ or ‘pretend’ animals, such as plush toys, piñata etc. we often usually see less *real* animals. Though I have no use for them, the robo dog and space penguin in Series 26 were unexpected, and the same is true of the various Spidey-fied animals coming in the Spiderverse series. To me that speaks more to the normalisation of animal accessories in CMFs overall. I’m trying not to get my hopes up, but I’m cautiously optimistic for the Animal series PS _ this is also where that challenge I set a while back to name the twelve animals to come in a Lego CMF where they’d be the last ever, comes into its own ;) Ah I totally forgot about that mouse mold from Series 18! Although I won’t count recolor IG as “new”, you have a valid point. We sitll don’t know if it’s acutally Aniamls or Animal Costumes series. Ah, I remember tht challenge! …..you know something that we don’t know? Quote
RichardGoring Posted July 11 Posted July 11 3 hours ago, williejm said: ... That’s my assumption too. I’d also bet on either the new fox or the pigeon, or another animal that has shown up only once in CMFs to get a revisit in this series. Recoloured mouse or flamingo? I'd be delighted for both to come back. Coral flamingo and grey mouse would be great. In fact, I'd take just a repeat of the original mouse to be honest. Quote
williejm Posted July 11 Posted July 11 1 hour ago, RichardGoring said: I'd be delighted for both to come back. Coral flamingo and grey mouse would be great. In fact, I'd take just a repeat of the original mouse to be honest. There are a few other browns they could use too. It’s heckin’ cute that wee moose Maybe the mouse can show up with the cat costume character … Quote
Lion King Posted July 11 Posted July 11 1 hour ago, williejm said: There are a few other browns they could use too. It’s heckin’ cute that wee moose Maybe the mouse can show up with the cat costume character … Tom and Jerry time then. Quote
pinar Posted July 11 Posted July 11 On 6/22/2025 at 7:37 AM, Roebuck said: I hope for around 1$, but fear it's 4$+ This seem like a nice blog by the way (just taken a quick look) https://www.bukabricks.com/en/brick-bestiary-the-ultimate-lego-animal-archive/ On 6/22/2025 at 11:38 PM, williejm said: Curses @ that BUKABRICKS blog, now my list of animals I don’t have that I *need* to complete the collection has just grown by a few 🙀 I demand compensation. Either off @Roebuck or whoever at Lego sees fit to produce almost-identical animal variants I'm ashamed to admit I had no knowledge of this thread, but proud that my blog is mentioned here. Thank you for that. I'm taking the curses as a compliment, by the way :)) Quote
williejm Posted July 11 Posted July 11 12 minutes ago, pinar said: I'm ashamed to admit I had no knowledge of this thread, but proud that my blog is mentioned here. Thank you for that. I'm taking the curses as a compliment, by the way :)) It’s definitely how they were intended ;) Quote
Accio Lego Posted July 12 Posted July 12 If the trends we saw with other themed series continues I think we can expect to see things like zookeepers and marine biologists who come with animals in addition to the known animal costumes. Something I’d really like to see is perhaps a minifig based on the real life conservationists who have brought endangered species back from the brink of extinction. Whooping cranes are probably one of the most well known instances of this, but I’ve seen condor hand puppets and pictures of juvenile giant panda caretakers doing it too. Quote
Roebuck Posted July 12 Author Posted July 12 8 hours ago, pinar said: I'm ashamed to admit I had no knowledge of this thread, but proud that my blog is mentioned here. No need to be ashamed, better late than never Welcome to the jungle Quote
williejm Posted July 12 Posted July 12 5 hours ago, Accio Lego said: If the trends we saw with other themed series continues I think we can expect to see things like zookeepers and marine biologists who come with animals in addition to the known animal costumes. Something I’d really like to see is perhaps a minifig based on the real life conservationists who have brought endangered species back from the brink of extinction. Whooping cranes are probably one of the most well known instances of this, but I’ve seen condor hand puppets and pictures of juvenile giant panda caretakers doing it too. Yes to this idea. Maybe a Charles Darwin figure is most likely though - with a giant tortoise? 2 hours ago, Roebuck said: No need to be ashamed, better late than never Welcome to the jungle Yes, welcome @pinar! Someone needs to keep @Roebuck right … Quote
Karalora Posted July 12 Posted July 12 A possibility no one seems to have brought up yet is anthropomorphic animal characters. Thanks to Animal Crossing they have a lot of head molds to play with. Quote
williejm Posted July 12 Posted July 12 (edited) 30 minutes ago, Karalora said: A possibility no one seems to have brought up yet is anthropomorphic animal characters. Thanks to Animal Crossing they have a lot of head molds to play with. I mean, that’s kinda what I was suggesting with something like a boxing kangaroo, or maybe a foray into fantasy animals. I can imagine a minifig version of a Kelpie or a Manticore for example. I still think this will be a series that gives us a mix of things to a broad theme though … but we are all just speculating on very little info! Edited July 12 by williejm Quote
Accio Lego Posted July 13 Posted July 13 11 hours ago, williejm said: I mean, that’s kinda what I was suggesting with something like a boxing kangaroo, or maybe a foray into fantasy animals. I can imagine a minifig version of a Kelpie or a Manticore for example. I still think this will be a series that gives us a mix of things to a broad theme though … but we are all just speculating on very little info! Since the Space series had a Greek mythology connection with the Orion minifig, why not an Egyptian god or goddess since many of them have animal heads? I’d dig an Anubis or a Sekhmet personally. Quote
pinar Posted July 13 Posted July 13 On 7/12/2025 at 8:46 AM, Roebuck said: No need to be ashamed, better late than never Welcome to the jungle 22 hours ago, williejm said: Yes, welcome @pinar! Someone needs to keep @Roebuck right … Hahahaha, thank you both. I'm not sure I'm the one to do that, but there are no words to describe the happiness I'm feeling right now, knowing there's a whole thread about animals that has been going for 200+ pages. It feels like home here. Quote
williejm Posted July 13 Posted July 13 5 hours ago, Accio Lego said: Since the Space series had a Greek mythology connection with the Orion minifig, why not an Egyptian god or goddess since many of them have animal heads? I’d dig an Anubis or a Sekhmet personally. Nice. Anubis crossed my mind as a possibility here too! That Anubis guard figure from Pharaoh’s Quest all those years ago was awesome, but very rare. Quote
Black Falcon Posted July 13 Posted July 13 3 hours ago, williejm said: Nice. Anubis crossed my mind as a possibility here too! That Anubis guard figure from Pharaoh’s Quest all those years ago was awesome, but very rare. Would definitely be one of the highlights of the series, if we would get this. Wouldn´t mind if we would get more in regular series too, like Horus, Bastet, Khnum, Sobek etc. Quote
Roebuck Posted July 13 Author Posted July 13 Even if this goes the worst way and all are costumes we should get a couple of new animals right 2 are a long way from 12+ off course, but better than nothing🙈 Quote
williejm Posted July 13 Posted July 13 51 minutes ago, Roebuck said: Even if this goes the worst way and all are costumes we should get a couple of new animals right 2 are a long way from 12+ off course, but better than nothing🙈 I guess so, honestly though - I’m just trying not to get my hopes up too much… Quote
Lion King Posted July 13 Posted July 13 3 hours ago, Roebuck said: Even if this goes the worst way and all are costumes we should get a couple of new animals right 2 are a long way from 12+ off course, but better than nothing🙈 2 hours ago, williejm said: I guess so, honestly though - I’m just trying not to get my hopes up too much… I can understand why you are very hopeful for animal molds in Series 28 but i never expected to see animal molds in any non-licensed and licensed series. That said, my exepecations for animal molds are very low so I won’t be disappointed. I know it’s highly unlikely that they do it but I always want to see saber-toothed tiger cub, woolly mammoth calf, unicorn foal, griffin cub/chick, etc. Ah well….I keep dreaming. Quote
Lion King Posted July 14 Posted July 14 22 hours ago, Accio Lego said: Since the Space series had a Greek mythology connection with the Orion minifig, why not an Egyptian god or goddess since many of them have animal heads? I’d dig an Anubis or a Sekhmet personally. I like your suggesiotn! Quote
Accio Lego Posted July 14 Posted July 14 3 hours ago, Lion King said: I know it’s highly unlikely that they do it but I always want to see saber-toothed tiger cub, woolly mammoth calf, unicorn foal, griffin cub/chick, etc. Ah well….I keep dreaming. The ‘Space’ series included a realistic astronaut, retro takes on a spacewoman and robot, more modern takes on androids and aliens, two different versions of the ‘aliens disguised as human’ trope, several throwbacks to old themes, a constellation based on mythology, and a presumably normal guy in a fly saucer costume. Given that, the ‘Animal’ series including prehistoric and fantasy animals doesn’t seem like a crazy stretch. Especially since the last three normal series have included dinosaur costumes (we’re due for a brachiosaurus). I’d also love to see a new paleontologist, since the one in series 13 came out a decade ago now and there’s a lot you could do with that archetype. We’ve also gotten two examples of Castle faction members with their faction emblem as an animal companion in the past few years - the Black Falcon falconer and Wolfpack beastmaster. Given that a new griffin faction just got introduced in the Ideas minifigure vending machine, some member of that faction with a griffin chick would be completely crazy. Although given current circumstances, someone from the same faction as the series 20 tournament knight (raven emblem) might be more likely. Quote
danth Posted July 14 Posted July 14 On 7/12/2025 at 7:19 AM, Karalora said: A possibility no one seems to have brought up yet is anthropomorphic animal characters. Thanks to Animal Crossing they have a lot of head molds to play with. This is what I want more than anything. So it won't happen. Personally, I think the Animal Crossing molds are too stylized for general use. The old Chima molds were a little better, but I just want some good, generic animal heads. They would be useful in so many genres. Basically, anything sci-fi or fantasy (TMNT, Red Wall, D&D, etc) can use anthropomorphic animals. And peaceful settings like Fabuland, of course. Quote
pinar Posted July 14 Posted July 14 9 hours ago, Roebuck said: Even if this goes the worst way and all are costumes we should get a couple of new animals right 2 are a long way from 12+ off course, but better than nothing🙈 We're getting 2 "new" animals with the Spider-verse series, so I think if the new series is animals, even if costumed, we'll get some animals. Maybe not brand-new, but I wouldn't be surprised if they were. Lately a lot of animals have been appearing in CMFs first and jumping to the sets later if they're lucky. 6 hours ago, Lion King said: I know it’s highly unlikely that they do it but I always want to see saber-toothed tiger cub, woolly mammoth calf, unicorn foal, griffin cub/chick, etc. Ah well….I keep dreaming. We are getting a unicorn foal, so your dream doesn't seem that far off. CMFs are the perfect place to introduce figures & animals that don't exactly fit, aren't they? Besides, the explorers already found a mammoth and a saber-toothed tiger, and they're in the Arctic again. If they won't come with CMFs, they may appear in some explorer sets in the coming years, I think. Quote
Lion King Posted July 14 Posted July 14 4 hours ago, pinar said: We are getting a unicorn foal, so your dream doesn't seem that far off. CMFs are the perfect place to introduce figures & animals that don't exactly fit, aren't they? Besides, the explorers already found a mammoth and a saber-toothed tiger, and they're in the Arctic again. If they won't come with CMFs, they may appear in some explorer sets in the coming years, I think. Ohhh, I thought it was unicorn adult with two Pegasus foals in Unicorn Castle set? My bad. CMFs are well known for mixture of figures. I have seen caveman and cavewomen but no prehistoric creatures. I have seen dino hunter but no dino baby (I’m not counting Rex Dangervest from TLM@ Seires because it’s a technically licensed series). Space Series recently introduced us robot dog and space penguin - it’s the only series that doens’t include realistic / extranet animals. But yes, prehistoric / fantasty creatures might not fit in new blind boxes. I just feel they might to squeeze saber-toothed tiger cub (like an existing lion cub with new fangs). Dunno about elephant calf from 2021 - rethe size of woolly mammoth calf might be small but too thick. If they are too big for CMF, City theme would be perfect. Quote
pinar Posted July 14 Posted July 14 5 hours ago, Lion King said: CMFs are well known for mixture of figures. I have seen caveman and cavewomen but no prehistoric creatures. I have seen dino hunter but no dino baby (I’m not counting Rex Dangervest from TLM@ Seires because it’s a technically licensed series). Space Series recently introduced us robot dog and space penguin - it’s the only series that doens’t include realistic / extranet animals. But yes, prehistoric / fantasty creatures might not fit in new blind boxes. I just feel they might to squeeze saber-toothed tiger cub (like an existing lion cub with new fangs). Dunno about elephant calf from 2021 - rethe size of woolly mammoth calf might be small but too thick. If they are too big for CMF, City theme would be perfect. Yeah, saber-toothed tiger cub seems to be the only one that would fit in the box. I'd love to have some baby dinos in CMFs, but that seems highly unlikely since Jurassic World sets seem to be dominating everything dino-related (and yes, I agree Rex doesn't count). Maybe they can squeeze in a Dodo? Quote
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