Latest news about Lego animal moulds

[williejm]

Interestingly the logo on the torso of the ‘animal rescue’ character, who comes with the koala, is made up of three animal faces (in their Lego form):

- koala

- toucan 

- chameleon

I know BAM figures can be one-offs, but that seems oddly specific. Would welcome toucan and chameleon making a return in BAM or elsewhere (especially if they get recolours) 

[Karalora]

4 hours ago, williejm said:

About time the koala showed up again! 
now…. Do the flamingo & mouse 

I fully understand the sentiment, but I suspect the flamingo is too big and the mouse too fragile for BAM (it only takes one toddler to rip the tails off every mouse they can grab).

[Lion King]

If there is more sketeal aniamls, then who wants a dead zoo?

[Karalora]

Duplicate post (oops)

Edited March 1 by Karalora

[williejm]

29 minutes ago, Karalora said:

I fully understand the sentiment, but I suspect the flamingo is too big and the mouse too fragile for BAM (it only takes one toddler to rip the tails off every mouse they can grab).

Yeah they should ban kids from Lego shops tbqh 

[Karalora]

53 minutes ago, williejm said:

Yeah they should ban kids from Lego shops tbqh 

I wouldn't go quite that far. They can still be allowed in as long as they wear child-sized boxing gloves for the duration so they can't pick anything up.

[williejm]

52 minutes ago, Karalora said:

I wouldn't go quite that far. They can still be allowed in as long as they wear child-sized boxing gloves for the duration so they can't pick anything up.

Also full face masks to keep the snots in. 😂

on size I don’t think the flamingo is really that much bigger than the pig which has shown up in BAM, or for that matter parts like butterfly wings, surfboards and ghost shrouds. 

That we don’t have by this time flamingos in at least coral or light pink is an outrage, surely? 🦩🦩🦩 Like why even have those colours if you don’t flamingo with them?

2 hours ago, Lion King said:

If there is more sketeal aniamls, then who wants a dead zoo?

Er no thanks, let’s prioritise live ones, not least because the ‘skeletal animal’ route, as evidenced by Halloween decorations every year, is a total mess of misrepresentations 

16 hours ago, SketchBrick said:

Arctic wolf pup and koala coming in April's BAM wave!

Slight shame that the koala didn’t get a recolour to an adjacent colour like dark grey, sand blue or even dark tan. 

18 hours ago, Lyichir said:

Fish skeleton is definitely very cool, first full creature skeleton since the horse. Will be useful for all sorts of scenarios.

Who would ever have thunk we’d have a skeleton fish before we got a rubber chicken!?

[Karalora]

53 minutes ago, williejm said:

on size I don’t think the flamingo is really that much bigger than the pig which has shown up in BAM, or for that matter parts like butterfly wings, surfboards and ghost shrouds. 

Fair point. Maybe the manufacturing process was just finicky enough that they could justify it for a limited-release CMF series but not long-term production? That could apply to the mouse as well. And on the subject of fragility, that long skinny flamingo leg probably wouldn't hold up well in a BAM bin, getting jostled around and bent and stressed in all sorts of ways that make it unappealing for purchase, even if it didn't break.

Maybe this is naive of me, but I tend to assume that if TLG is withholding a popular animal from wide availability, it's for reasons relating to cost-effectiveness rather than, say, spite.

Edited March 1 by Karalora

[Lion King]

1 hour ago, williejm said:

 

Er no thanks, let’s prioritise live ones, not least because the ‘skeletal animal’ route, as evidenced by Halloween decorations every year, is a total mess of misrepresentations 

Say hello to dead zoo in Dublin… not jtotaly misrepresentations.  Or maybe an evil sorcerer summoning army of sketeal animals. 

[williejm]

12 minutes ago, Karalora said:

Maybe this is naive of me, but I tend to assume that if TLG is withholding a popular animal from wide availability, it's for reasons relating to cost-effectiveness rather than, say, spite.

I hear ya, but I’m not gonna stop expecting them to give us more ;)

I think if the moulds are intrinsically overly complex or fragile, then you’d think that would be caught during the design and development stage. Ultimately it makes sense for them to introduce new moulds that are robust and useful. At least, you’d assume so. 

 

[Black Falcon]

On 2/28/2026 at 7:12 PM, Lion King said:

If there is really a sitting cat in CMF Sereis 29, my presumption is correct! I predicted for sitti variation of exisiting animals like cat and dog. It’s always nice to have exisiting animals in different positions (standing, sitting, and wing-guessing (for birdsong I)). 

If they would make sitting, howling wolves, I certainly wouldn´t complain ;)

 

[Shiva]

20 hours ago, SketchBrick said:

Arctic wolf pup and koala coming in April's BAM wave!

I'm a bit lost regarding BAM availability, will those be on pick a brick too?

[williejm]

1 minute ago, Shiva said:

I'm a bit lost regarding BAM availability, will those be on pick a brick too?

The tan pup already is, but BAM parts tend not to be - so I doubt the koala will appear 

1 hour ago, Black Falcon said:

If they would make sitting, howling wolves, I certainly wouldn´t complain ;)

 

This would be nice - but I’m hoping for some recolours for the existing wolf soon. White, black and dark tan, if you’re listening @ Lego  

[Shiva]

Ohh, the pup that was in the set with the wolves?

Well, might have to get the koala from Bricklink.

[Accio Lego]

4 hours ago, williejm said:

Er no thanks, let’s prioritise live ones, not least because the ‘skeletal animal’ route, as evidenced by Halloween decorations every year, is a total mess of misrepresentations 

Ugh, don’t get me started – even beyond all the ones that refuse to recognize that ears aren’t part of the skeleton – I’ve seen spiders, octopuses, butterflies… I even saw a snail once! A SNAIL! 

[Karalora]

59 minutes ago, Accio Lego said:

Ugh, don’t get me started – even beyond all the ones that refuse to recognize that ears aren’t part of the skeleton – I’ve seen spiders, octopuses, butterflies… I even saw a snail once! A SNAIL! 

I share your loathing of the plastic-animal-skeleton-with-ears genre of Halloween decor. I have come to accept the invertebrates, despite objectively being more ridiculous, as projects from a necromancer who had a bunch of little bones left over and said "You know what would be funny?"

[RichardGoring]

15 hours ago, williejm said:

About time the koala showed up again! 
now…. Do the flamingo & mouse 

I'd love either, ideally both. The mouse is so cute, but you could make a nice scene with a flock of flamingos.

[Roebuck]

I fear the mouse and flamingo is in the same boat as the goat.
They have not been in a set for more than 5 years so the mould is destroyed, so it will cost a lot in terms of budget to get them back. If something with a lot of budget like a IP need one of them they might come back, but until that happens BAM is unlikely. Except some new prints it seems like BAM piggyback on other themes and use moulds that show up there. So it is a little strange we get the koala now, it might show up in another set soon, or Lego had a lot in stock they need to get rid of or they do it to keep the mould alive (If BAM can do that it would be great)..

 

19 hours ago, williejm said:

Interestingly the logo on the torso of the ‘animal rescue’ character, who comes with the koala, is made up of three animal faces (in their Lego form):

- koala

- toucan 

- chameleon

I know BAM figures can be one-offs, but that seems oddly specific. Would welcome toucan and chameleon making a return in BAM or elsewhere (especially if they get recolours) 

It's BAM so we can hope, but I do not expect much, if it's been City on the other hand..

[Lion King]

Okay, no dead zoo then…. *grumbling* I still think it’s kinda cool to ahve some sketeal cat, dog, bear, orca, big cat, fox, etc.  But that’s fair they might be misrepresented.

I will still like to see zombie animals (half flesh and half skeletal). 

[Roebuck]

No prints in Match, but maybe the black kitten will show up printed somewhere  

[Lion King]

Since mouse and flanking were overtones in 2018 and 2019 respectively and it’s 2026, it’s definitely likely that their musks had been destroyed. However, they did resurrect the famous goat in 2023 after over a decade. Why can’t Lego keep molds tho?

[Black Falcon]

18 hours ago, Roebuck said:

Except some new prints it seems like BAM piggyback on other themes and use moulds that show up there. So it is a little strange we get the koala now, it might show up in another set soon, or Lego had a lot in stock they need to get rid of or they do it to keep the mould alive (If BAM can do that it would be great)..

Well, not that strange IMO since the mould is there, so it doesn´t cost much for them to use it and wasn´t ther quartermasters bird there too just recently? Also, was there really never a new mould in BAM? Would have thought over the time at least some new accessory would have showed up there.

[Roebuck]

5 hours ago, Black Falcon said:

Well, not that strange IMO since the mould is there, so it doesn´t cost much for them to use it and wasn´t ther quartermasters bird there too just recently?

Yes, it's possible they can just use any mould that have been in use within the last 5 years 
 

5 hours ago, Black Falcon said:

Also, was there really never a new mould in BAM? Would have thought over the time at least some new accessory would have showed up there.

I am not do not think so at least, somebody else with a better memory can help us out BAM definitely have a lot of recolors of parts (even a few animals) and a lot on new prints on minifigures etc.

[rebelpilot]

On 3/2/2026 at 5:43 PM, Roebuck said:

I fear the mouse and flamingo is in the same boat as the goat.

 

What sets the flamingo and mouse apart from the original goat is they're CMF parts, Lego can create a new mould for a CMF part, produce millions of pieces, pack them, ship them and destroy the mould and they've still got their monies worth. 

CMF series seem to have the budget to do that and the mouse and flamingo might just be casualties of that.  

Also, I don't have the flamingo at hand but from memory both the mouse and flamingo have some flexible/rubbery plastic in them so they're made up of two types of plastic, which I assume means the piece is more expensive to produce. So when it comes time to put a mouse in a city set, the budget might dictate choosing to include a cheaper rat over a more expensive mouse.

And I think the flamingo was only meant to be a garden ornament (although would pass for the animal in another colour) so less room for designers to reuse the part. 

So little reuse and expensive to produce one off parts could put them on the top of the Lego cull list. 

 

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They have not been in a set for more than 5 years so the mould is destroyed...

This is often repeated, is that based on the designer (only one part of the production chain) quoting that time frame when answering why the goat hadn't been brought back since 7189? I don't think it's necessarily true, although likely a good rule of thumb most of the time.

The Queen's skirt was introduced in 2016 in S15, it wasn't reused again until 2023 for the S25 Aristocrat and Queen of Hearts. Of course Lego could have destroyed the mould and brought it back 7 years later, it has seen enough use since 2023 to warrant it. 

But another part from S15 and 2016, the crutch from Clumsy Guy was reused last year in BAM. I doubt Lego would go to the cost to reproduce the mould for BAM, especially when a newer piece exists.  

I happy to be corrected on either of those, there's likely other examples but those come to mind.

 

 

[Lyichir]

7 hours ago, rebelpilot said:

 

What sets the flamingo and mouse apart from the original goat is they're CMF parts, Lego can create a new mould for a CMF part, produce millions of pieces, pack them, ship them and destroy the mould and they've still got their monies worth. 

CMF series seem to have the budget to do that and the mouse and flamingo might just be casualties of that.  

Also, I don't have the flamingo at hand but from memory both the mouse and flamingo have some flexible/rubbery plastic in them so they're made up of two types of plastic, which I assume means the piece is more expensive to produce. So when it comes time to put a mouse in a city set, the budget might dictate choosing to include a cheaper rat over a more expensive mouse.

And I think the flamingo was only meant to be a garden ornament (although would pass for the animal in another colour) so less room for designers to reuse the part. 

So little reuse and expensive to produce one off parts could put them on the top of the Lego cull list. 

 

This is often repeated, is that based on the designer (only one part of the production chain) quoting that time frame when answering why the goat hadn't been brought back since 7189? I don't think it's necessarily true, although likely a good rule of thumb most of the time.

The Queen's skirt was introduced in 2016 in S15, it wasn't reused again until 2023 for the S25 Aristocrat and Queen of Hearts. Of course Lego could have destroyed the mould and brought it back 7 years later, it has seen enough use since 2023 to warrant it. 

But another part from S15 and 2016, the crutch from Clumsy Guy was reused last year in BAM. I doubt Lego would go to the cost to reproduce the mould for BAM, especially when a newer piece exists.  

I happy to be corrected on either of those, there's likely other examples but those come to mind.

 

 

Lego molds definitely can be stored for several years without being used, so long as they're not completely worn out from use (which is when they're typically destroyed).

That said, taking an out of production mold out of storage and putting it back into production comes with its own logistical costs in addition to the costs of production and maintaining replacement inventory. And refabricating a worn out mold has costs similar to introducing a brand-new one.

The goat's mold IIRC was a case where the original mold was damaged and could not be reused (needing to be refabricated).