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  1. williejm
    Bee & ladybird exist as printed tiles. Butterfly & spider as moulds. I’m on a peacock specific mission! can’t believe @lifeinplastic hasn’t mobilised for the Turkey costume though ;) Lizardman is the outlier costume to me, but I always saw that as more of a Godzilla homage than anything else. Dammit
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    If you’re prepared to amalgamate llamalpaca, then all of those exist in either Friends, Duplo, or both. peacock doesn’t …
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    I feel like they totally leant into this being obvious / crowd pleaser animals, with the possible exception of the peacock (though it was a shoo-in given the existence of that tail mould) and didn’t really take any risks, or include anything exciting. The peacock is also the only one that doesn’t have an actual Lego animal counterpart. Is that a cheeky hint that one will come soon?
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    Yep. there’s also - dachshund - bulldog - French bulldog - shepherd is used for GSD, generic shepherd, and weirdly the Dalmatian print. (& now ubiquitous shepherd pup, used for wolf pup and Toto) - retriever dog with dual moulded vest & if you’re including wolf, then maybe also the fox mould?
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    These things aren’t mutually exclusive. CMFs could be part of movie marketing _ providing small, grabbable, collectible toys, rather than only having movie minifigures in massive sets. There are plenty custom series idea out there showing just how it could look.
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    But some so definitely do - like Encanto, and the recent Inside Out movie, or any of the Toy Storys
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    I’m surprised that they haven’t yet down tie ins with specific Disney licences to have one single CMF for a movie. Perhaps they will revisit the Simpsons again. Or maybe give us a Smurf CMF alongside the IDEAs set …
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    That’s my understanding too
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    Lions are well known for roasting and eating turkeys too
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    I mean, worse than the cat’s accessory?
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    Not even the clam in a new colour, which is a shame! Though I wish they’d gone with a recolour of the overlooked splendid starfish part instead. Oh well
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    Legit did not expect to see new parts as accessories in this series - so the new bubble & rubber ring are a surprise! Think the dolphin & fish look pretty weird. Slightly disappointed the clam shell isn’t a new colour
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    It does look different - but we should probably wait to see the real thing, renders being what they are
  14. williejm
    Yet the leopard and cougar are the same size as the lion; the ant is bigger than a squirrel, and the anglerfish is almost as big as a dolphin 🫠
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    Since when did relative size matter for Lego animals!?
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    They really should have made the deer mould with detachable/changeable antlers in the first place!
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    So - as it stands - no new moulds required? I’m not massively surprised but I’m also torn on any new animals arising via this licence. Though we have seen most animals from HP sets arrive in unlicensed ways (python, otter, rat, stag, hare ) other moulds, and prints / species have been stuck behind the license paywall.
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    There is *some* logic in making desirable parts, for which people might be tempted to buy a whole set, exclusive by price. But it’s totally at odds with the reality of the cost of producing said parts, and it makes them unavailable for a lot of people who can’t afford, or justify buying, big sets just to get one or two parts. It creates artificial scarcity which helps who? A cynic might say that Lego now owning BrickLink and knowing full well the after sales costs (and geographical complexities) of specific parts is all related. I appreciate we are all AFOLs and have our own disposable incomes to fund our hobbies, but honestly that’s not that different to a wee kid who desperately wants to add some foxes (or whatever) to their collection who simply can’t afford a massive set. I think, whilst recognising it’s a niche issue and a privileged position, to folk who have collected and spent a fair whack of money on Lego over many years, it’s -at best- pretty insulting. I think it also makes a mockery of any sense of fairness to anyone wanting these pieces / animals, and I honestly thought they already had a policy to wait a few months before B&P availability as a specific policy to balance this. At the end of the day, you simply can’t justify in any rational way a small animal like a fox costing almost the same as a large complex animal like the orca*, or costing the same as a couple of horses which are both larger, more complex, and articulated. I see the only logical outcome of this is to drive Lego fans to clone brands for desirable pieces like the animals - and - again - who does that help? *acknowledging the nonsensical situation of the orca needing a separate, vastly overpriced, jaw piece.
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    I would think that Lego would be able to draw conclusions from the territories they are selling them in, though, no? Can’t be rocket science.
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    Apparently they’re putting a lot of thought and time into responding to my complaint, which is why it’s taking ‘a few weeks’
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    So weird that the Arctic fox didn’t go out of stock on Bricks & Pieces yet,. 🙄
  22. williejm
    Calling it now - they’ll reuse that shepherd pup as a patronus again. If nothing else, I’ll be very happy to be proved wrong.
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    Cautiously optimistic about the possible new animals appearing as ‘patronuses’, as they have never been licence-locked in the past. It did, though, take some time for the hare, otter & deer to make it into ‘real’ animal variants, so probably wouldn’t expect those any time soon… couple of years after, maybe? Have to also add that for the first recolour of the new wolf to be in trans glittery blue, ain’t all that useful to me 🤷🏽‍♂️
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    Paws crossed. … meanwhile the dark tan kitten *still* hasn’t showed up on B&P
  25. williejm
    Some amazing parts recoloured in there. Animals wise, the ‘coral’ piece looks to be in at least one new colour - or maybe two. One seems to be the new reddish-orange at least. 🪸
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