LEGO House exclusive set

[Roebuck]

It seems that the next  Lego house set is Fabuland themed 
I wonder how it would look, even if there is still a lot of Fabuland parts around, none of the figs are
Is it possible to reprint some of the Animal Crossing ones?

https://jaysbrickblog.com/news/next-lego-house-exclusive-set-teases-a-fabuland-connection/

https://www.newelementary.com/2025/02/lego-house-new-for-2025-lego-fabuland.html
 

[MAB]

If they are going to do Fabuland again and include figures, they need to have new moulds for the heads. I wouldn't mind them using regular minifig legs and torsos but the heads are pretty special. They shouldn't just be recoloured versions of existing licensed parts because they are a bit similar.

[BrickBob Studpants]

4 hours ago, Roebuck said:

Is it possible to reprint some of the Animal Crossing ones?

Some licensed parts may enter the general inventory (like lightsaber hilts, the One Ring, and Uruk-Hai swords), but the AC heads will most likely remain exclusive. Nintendo is notoriously protective of their IPs

2 hours ago, MAB said:

If they are going to do Fabuland again and include figures, they need to have new moulds for the heads.

This is a LEGO House exclusive set. We will sooner see new pieces in advent calendars or paper bags before that  Way too niche to be worth such an investment.

[MAB]

1 hour ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

This is a LEGO House exclusive set. We will sooner see new pieces in advent calendars or paper bags before that  Way too niche to be worth such an investment.

There are various other options though - no minifigures but just typical builds of things that used to be in Fabuland, or brick built maxi-figures or larger figures to go alongside scaled up builds, or they might be reintroducing Fabuland and this is a teaser of the theme (unlikely). For example, I could see them doing a fairly large brick built 'holey' tree alongside a larger than original brick built Fabuland style car and possibly a brick built character to go with it. So a bit like they have done in the past, such as the  Classic Pirate was not a minifigure at all but a much larger brick built version of a classic.

I just don't think they would try to do Fabuland with the licensed heads as they are not really right for the theme. The Fabuland vibe was not just the characters heads, but a number of long retired parts such as the car chassis, windows and doors, the weird car doors, the trees. To get the vibe right at minifigure scale, they'd need to reproduce the accessories / architecture. I think it is more likely that this will be scaled up and brick built than trying to reproduce a long retired theme at the same scale with existing parts. I don't think a minifigure with an animal head in a City style car would remind me much of Fabuland.

Edited February 20 by MAB

[BrickBob Studpants]

5 minutes ago, MAB said:

[…] brick built maxi-figures or larger figures to go alongside scaled up builds […]

That’s exactly what I’m expecting. Pretty much the same thing they did for that Bionicle promo, i.e., keeping the original spirit, but with a brick-built solution

[Murdoch17]

It has been revealed over at Brickset! Looks like @BrickBob Studpants and @MAB were correct!

Edited February 20 by Murdoch17

[Brick900]

LEGO House exlusive sets tend to reference or homage LEGO's history. Anyone notice that?

Edited February 20 by Brick900

[MAB]

The reveal on brickset looks pretty good to me. I'm not sure if I would have preferred 1 character plus a car or house and the tree, or the four characters. No doubt someone will release other heads sone in a similar way so the whole crew can be made. It would be fun to see some scaled up brick built fabuland parts too.

[Lyichir]

1 hour ago, Brick900 said:

LEGO House exlusive sets tend to reference or homage LEGO's history. Anyone notice that?

I mean... it's more than "tend to", that's kind of the point of them. All of them reference either the Lego House itself, Lego history, or often, both (in this case, for instance, this set both acts as a tribute to Lego Fabuland and a tie-in with a current Lego House exhibit on the theme's history).

New Elementary has some behind-the-scenes stuff from the reveal including early versions of some of the builds and elements like a vacuum cleaner and scooter that didn't make the final set: https://www.newelementary.com/2025/02/revealed-40506-lego-fabuland-tribute.html. Should be great inspiration for anyone seeking to make a larger display based on these!

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