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  1. williejm
    Probably
  2. williejm
    Of course. But for this set - the part used wasn’t even the best they could
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    Yeah, surely even a white recolour of the rubber duck would have been better than the small bird?
  4. williejm
    Things were just perfect in the olden days, it’s true.
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    I guess I just don’t get the point of these kind of posts. If everything is so un-awesome - why be here?
  6. williejm
    I think the elephant might fare better, like the triceratops does with the frill , having the ears as a foil
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    I agree on the lions. With the elephants - yeah same mould, think that the head is like the mammoth and some of the dinos, so it will move and rotate
  8. williejm
    Whaddyamean? There’s an ostrich, flamingo, owls, eagles, parrots, penguins ...🦅🦉🦩🦜
  9. williejm
    At the risk of being a total geek, wanted to update that the printed snake is definitely based on an African Rock Python, which has a very identifiable spear shaped marking on its head. to me, Lego have really raised the game with these animals: making sure that they are a realistic assemblage of species, and not just making them generic. Whilst I guess this new monkey mould will be widely used and come in a variety of colours from now on, I think in these sets they represent vervet and samango monkeys, which are the species most commonly found in Savanna and Southern Africa.
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    Yeah, I don’t really agree with any of the complaints. The new animals are simply amazing, and the amount of them in the sets way exceed anything the jungle theme brought. The inclusion of more animals leads these to be more ‘kid friendly’ and hence targeted at lower age groups, which in turn means simpler vehicles. As to the scenery - folks do know this is the African Savannah, right? It’s a bit different from a jungle, so standalone trees, Rocky outcrops and waterholes are all legitimate and accurate. Yes they have chosen a simplistic style on the trees, but it’s a pretty good approximation of a simplified acacia tree imho. Lastly the sets also include a bunch of green and blue bases which are also very useful for landscape building. Bravo to Lego for this wave. 10/10 from me.
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    It really is quite something, and quite unexpected
  12. williejm
    Yeah you can really see it when the wings are out
  13. williejm
    It’s a bateleur eagle
  14. williejm
    Such an awesome set. So happy with the level of detail in the new animals and the amazing reprints. Also - new braided black hair piece!
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    It’s the eagle mould, recoloured and printed to look like a vulture (99% sure that’s what is going on) I take it all back. It’s a bateleur eagle. Not a vulture Wow. I’m shocked at how specific this set is, with the white lion variants and a specific southern African eagle species ... now I’m off to look up monkeys
  16. williejm
    It’s clearly a Scottish blackface sheep ;)
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    You might be right - but I think it’s just the eagle mould recoloured. The photos are so blurry. The eagle mould hasn’t resurfaced or been reused anywhere yet ...
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    Mammoth was, partly because it was several parts, iirc. on the others - not all always were / are available - the standard pink pig, is a notable example. You can get the one with eyelashes though 😜 It was momentarily online I think - but was orderable for a brief while as a phone-in certainly. The sheep may not be easily available since it seems to be first appearing in a licensed set - then it can count as a licensed part, like they did with the lobster to start, and the pink pig still.
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    Indeed. Almost all of the ‘standard’ CMF animals have showed up in BAM later on, and similarly some animals like the dolphin have shown up in CMF after sets. Can definitely see sheep and monkey and the ‘big cat cub’ being in a range of sets (historical, fantasy, city, licensed) or showing up as BAM accessories. Tbh I think white/tan is the most realistic colour variant for lions, the other option would have been a darker body colour and a black/dark mane ... which I’m sure will turn up at some point, but might have been a little on-the-nose in terms of Lion King similarity :)
  20. williejm
    No, but look at what they tend to do - create animal moulds with more than one use. Elephants, big cats and monkeys can be used in various themes; giraffes and hippos are a bit more limited in scope ;) FWIW I think we all had expectations raised and dashed when the Prince of Persia sets gave us ostriches and camels!
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    I mean ... if you have very high expectations then you’re gonna be disappointed. Did we really expect lion cubs, sheep and baby elephant this year, let alone the long-awaited reimagining of adult elephant, monkeys and a male lion? Let alone sets with 5 and 8 critters in them?
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    Yeah, same elephant mould, different ‘tusk’ pieces, the standard horn and ‘tail’ pieces it seems
  23. williejm
    So the two smallest sets “only” have dark tan monkeys the existing off roader has “only” a tan lioness the new 4+ set has a tan male lion, tan lion cub and a printed python (lion and python exclusive) the second biggest set has an adult elephant, baby elephant, green crocodile, and two dark tan monkeys (baby elephant and croc exclusive) the big retail exclusive has an adult elephant, tan lioness, white male lion, one each of tan and white lion cubs, and two tan monkeys (white lions and tan monkeys exclusive) > all three of the new larger wildlife sets have exclusive critters, even if it’s only the colour or printing.
  24. williejm
    It’s a regular sheep 🐑 there are some close ups on Instagram that show it better
  25. williejm
    No need to apologise! Pretty amazing that a Disney set is giving us not only three existing ‘system’ animals (horse, rabbit, and chicken) but also the brand new sheep. Don’t think any of us could have predicted that!
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