Latest news about Lego animal moulds

[RichardGoring]

2 hours ago, williejm said:

So, where are we at for the tally of NEW revealed animals coming 2026?

is this about right?

City/Normal animals:

- recoloured white pigeon, recoloured tan dog with coastguard vest, new European robin and nuthatch printed small birds, and a plain white butterfly

Friendsified animals:

- new axolotls, new frog, new sitting bunny, and a new ‘banana pose’ seal (and a bunch of recolours / prints for existing animals)

DreamZZZ

- new fantasy treasure creature in four transparent colours

Harry Potter

- existing wolf, cat, otter in plain trans blue colour as ‘patronuses’  

 

is that it? Only Dreamzzz and Friends get new moulds? 

I was very confused looking at this in light mode with white text and not being able to see anything!

[williejm]

27 minutes ago, RichardGoring said:

I was very confused looking at this in light mode with white text and not being able to see anything!

Oh no. What did I do?

[Black Falcon]

1 hour ago, RichardGoring said:

I was very confused looking at this in light mode with white text and not being able to see anything!

Haha, I thought at first he posted a video and it wasn´t loading.

Anyways, HP is trans light satin but aside from that I guess the list should be correct for now, but there are still so many sets for next year there will for sure be more.

[williejm]

Oh I see it now. Or rather I don’t. Still, top secret and only for those in the know 😜

I posted it to the wrong thread initially and then cut and pasted it here, so it must have been a glitch with that. 

[Roebuck]

Apperently the Black parrot is a stand in for a Falcon in the big Ninjago set. Ninjago is really the worst theme when it comes to animal moulds They used the parrot for stand in in the -90 when we did not have anything else, now we have a Falcon after all 

[Lion King]

9 hours ago, Roebuck said:

Apperently the Black parrot is a stand in for a Falcon in the big Ninjago set. Ninjago is really the worst theme when it comes to animal moulds They used the parrot for stand in in the -90 when we did not have anything else, now we have a Falcon after all 

*slamming my poker cards onto table* Damn it all!  That parrot mold is not that exciting to me. I agree - Ninjago Thelma is not a best one for animal molds other than cool weapons and armors. 

[Roebuck]

Seems like there is 1 black parrot as mentioned and quite a few black frogs in the big Ninjago set, I can not see anything else on that picture at least.. It being Ninjago we should not expect much anyway in regards to animals.. I assume we must hope for spring sets to give us something, but not sure they will leak before new years

[jonwil]

Getting the frog in black for the first time would be cool (any new colors of frog are always cool)

 

[RichardGoring]

Pretty disappointing to call that a falcon. Even more disappointing that they didn't take the opportunity to update the parrot mould.

[Lion King]

3 hours ago, RichardGoring said:

Pretty disappointing to call that a falcon. Even more disappointing that they didn't take the opportunity to update the parrot mould.

This. It’s a missed opportunity for sure. But it’s Ninjago so….

I don’t think black frogs are that exciting as it doesn’t exist in real life?

[Accio Lego]

9 minutes ago, Lion King said:

I don’t think black frogs are that exciting as it doesn’t exist in real life?

What are you talking about? There are a few species of black frogs out there. The most popular would probably be the Black Rain Frog, simply because Rain Frogs do the round on the internet now and then because of their silly little faces. And if you add toads into the mix (and thanks to the Harry Potter theme we know Lego does) then you’ve got even more options like the Pebble Toad, which featured on an episode of BBC’s Life series years ago. 

[Lion King]

16 minutes ago, Accio Lego said:

What are you talking about? There are a few species of black frogs out there. The most popular would probably be the Black Rain Frog, simply because Rain Frogs do the round on the internet now and then because of their silly little faces. And if you add toads into the mix (and thanks to the Harry Potter theme we know Lego does) then you’ve got even more options like the Pebble Toad, which featured on an episode of BBC’s Life series years ago. 

Ah ok. Initially, I was unimpressed with this black frogs piece while thinking it’s not existing in our real world. I only think that those black frogs would be useful for iron-wrought metalwork in Lego world. But, prior to the status  of losing my vision, I don’t recall seeing anytime like plainly black frogs in our real world.  I know pebble frogs are fairly dark similar to colors of pebbles, such as dark gray.  But not black rain frog itself. 

[Roebuck]

6 hours ago, RichardGoring said:

Pretty disappointing to call that a falcon. Even more disappointing that they didn't take the opportunity to update the parrot mould.

The parrot is a updated mould, however not new in that set 

[Lion King]

51 minutes ago, Roebuck said:

The parrot is a updated mould, however not new in that set 

No? I mean that parrot mold is slightly updated, nothing else. 

[pinar]

1 hour ago, Roebuck said:

The parrot is a updated mould, however not new in that set 

Just came here to say this. I got it from PaB months ago, though I'm not sure which set it was in first.

Black frogs look cute, though, even though I really don't like the frog mold.

[Lion King]

3 hours ago, pinar said:

Black frogs look cute, though, even though I really don't like the frog mold.

I feel ya - I don’t like that frog mold as well. Although, Lego loves using that frog molds for other purposes. For example, pink frogs for bonsai set, white frogs for Chinese lion dance set,  etc.  as I mentioned above, I think black frogs would be useful for iron wrought builds. Anyways, I wish Lego would introduce a new frog mold in a near future. 

[RichardGoring]

7 hours ago, Roebuck said:

The parrot is a updated mould, however not new in that set 

There is only one decent parrot in my world, which is 81376

I would love an updated mould to the more modern style with printing, eyes, and maybe more detail.

Although I recognize that the current approach gives a cheap animal that can be included more easily in more sets.

[williejm]

19 hours ago, RichardGoring said:

 

Although I recognize that the current approach gives a cheap animal that can be included more easily in more sets.

Which is all fine and well unless you sit it next to a cockatoo or a toucan, then they just look silly and wrong. 

[pinar]

23 hours ago, Lion King said:

Anyways, I wish Lego would introduce a new frog mold in a near future. 

Not a fan of Friends animals, then? 🙄

[Lion King]

42 minutes ago, pinar said:

Not a fan of Friends animals, then? 🙄

Nah! I’m not a friend of Friends animals becuase of their cutesy eyes. 

[RichardGoring]

3 hours ago, williejm said:

Which is all fine and well unless you sit it next to a cockatoo or a toucan, then they just look silly and wrong. 

Well quite. It's why I'd really like a modern style parrot, fish, and crab. They're very common, but really stand out against other animals.

Frogs are so small that they don't bother me as much being in the old style.

[hikouki]

I don't mind the cutesy Friends animals for the likes of Disney but I would really prefer Lego System style animals as standard animal types.

[Karalora]

8 hours ago, hikouki said:

I don't mind the cutesy Friends animals for the likes of Disney but I would really prefer Lego System style animals as standard animal types.

Yeah, same. Minifigures are blocky (and we like 'em that way, they're distinctive and iconic!), their animals should be comparably blocky.

[lifeinplastic]

I think the current fish and crab are fine for now. I’ve been in Alsace this week and although the storks appear to have flown South for winter, walking around the rivers and lake areas made me realise that, now we have pigeons, a proper swan should be the next (non-Friends) Lego bird priority.

[pinar]

18 hours ago, Lion King said:

Nah! I’m not a friend of Friends animals becuase of their cutesy eyes. 

Yeah, I know that feeling. They've been growing on me for the past few years, though, and I'm glad they got rid of the eyelash thing, at least in some of them. 

14 hours ago, hikouki said:

I don't mind the cutesy Friends animals for the likes of Disney but I would really prefer Lego System style animals as standard animal types.

Well, obviously System style animals are the best. But I have a feeling in 50 years or so, Friends may completely replace System - at least on non-licensed themes. Luckily I won't be around to see that