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    The very non-typical stores are the best, but also pretty rare. Garden centres I knew who did them seem to have stopped :(
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    This is awesome! I’d love to see how using curved plates/tiles would work on this too
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    Yeah there’s definitely two strategies to stocking. I’d say most supermarkets and eg B&M here in the UK put them all out at once. Generally there are now fewer small toy stores sadly, as I often found those a great source for CMFs.
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    I think it’s just luck at this stage in the release schedule
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    Thanks @MAB They are inherently very similar @Lion King - in years gone past no doubt Lego would have just used one mould, but these days they seem much keener to produce ones with small variations. And fair play, I’d have very little chance to distinguish them by touch!
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    Part Sméagol / part seagull
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    @aurore have you seen the new pink Pegasus baby? I think Creator sets have only ever had small infrequent animals like cats and dogs I’m taking the new pink foal as a tribute to Chappell Roan’s ‘Pink Pony Club’, but then I’m totally down with the kids.
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    Imagine not knowing about pegacorns
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    Fuzzy pic on Reddit
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    No, that’s unique
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    No, the mould for the raccoon and fox costumes was the same, maybe that’s what you’re remembering?
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    EDIT so the pink transparent creature has leaked. Looks to be about the size of a small Lego dog / the otter. Not sure it’s a realistic axolotl mould, more a kind of fantasy reptile / amphibian?
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    Lego City - until now! They also count in the ‘cute animals that everyone likes’ category along with the likes of red panda, meerkat, sloth, capybaras … and any of those could be contenders to appear randomly in Lego form at any point. I’ve just seen the Dreamzzz animal referred to as a ‘fire chameleon’… hmm. That must be a salamander reference right? Which is closer to an axolotl than a chameleon…
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    The Keith Haring set looks amazing, and quite different to what we have seen from Lego art sets up til now. Very much hoping it’s a Pride tie in as you say @Lyichir and guessing it might also spawn a host of MOCs of Haring’s other with - including the ones that might be deemed more adult/ 18+
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    Also makes sense with the creator set featuring flamingo, and axolotl builds. Haven’t they also appeared as Minecraft ‘animals’ already? Although by definition people’s expectations from what animals to ‘expect’ in a city will vary depending on where they’re from & what they have experienced. Cockatoos, otters, monkeys, snakes, and many as-yet-unreleased contenders like ibises, raccoons, coyotes, flying foxes …
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    Hell - pick a brick can’t even get its animal parts available in proportion. Still have plenty spare gorilla arms to trade … And while we are at it - set 31170 is a real slap in the coral flamingo face
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    Nice - that would be a good way to make sure it was a diversity of figures, both in terms of gender & role Have also thought they could do something along the lines of ‘Myths and monsters’ - with a rolling focus: eg Greek mythology, Egyptian, Norse, Celtic, Native American … I’m aware these are generalisations, but you get the idea. I’m also not sure to what extent Japanese and Chinese audiences feel this is already ‘catered to’ by Monkie Kid & Ninjago themes. I’d say the only one they have touched on from elsewhere is the Vikings theme using mythical brick-built ‘monsters’ as the antagonists. I’d guess that these would be unlikely, certainly if it seemed to celebrate <European> colonisation of the Americas and/or global south. I’d wager there’s a good reason we haven’t really seen any pilgrims or pioneers (save Wiley Fusebot’s hat!) crop up in CMFs. Even things like the generic ‘explorer’ in pith helmet was very early on and long ago now. ( I think a town crier would and could work tho)
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    Something I’d like to see at some point is a themed CMF series or two looking at historical figures. Could either be specific (eg a ‘Roman times’ series) or broader. Other themes don’t tend to touch such figures much - and many of the CMFs representing historic warriors, rulers etc seem popular
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    I think it would at least merit squirrel levels of inclusion
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    The gorilla certainly isn’t huge! But if you look at it as a two year pattern 2021 🐘 2023 🐳 2025 …
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    Don’t get our hopes up but fingers crossed for a narwhal 😜
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    So undead roadkill would be okay? That’s where you’d draw the line…?
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    Yeah agree on this. I’ve been ‘sorting’ my hoarded CMFs this week, and was so happy to rediscover Series 14’s Monsters - so many strong figures that still look great. And you’re right - it’s a theme they could easily tap again!
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    Though I’m not personally a fan of ever more costume figures - a Chinese Zodiac CMF would have a perfect twelve slots. Maybe they will do one in a couple years when most moulds have been made!
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    It’d be about as authentic tbf
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