LEGO announces Animal Crossing theme!

LOL, I said the villagers would all be popular ones like Rosie and Fauna.

Possibly LEGOs best-selling theme of 2024?

Hopefully theres a few house sets with modularity allowing you to swap roof colors and doors and furniture and all of that easily. Perfect theme for it.

Shoot, now I have to buy another full series. Thanks Lego.

LEGO FABULAND 2

@Brick_Belt said:
"Hopefully theres a few house sets with modularity allowing you to swap roof colors and doors and furniture and all of that easily. Perfect theme for it. "

Would probably be easier and maybe cheaper to buy the colours and pieces you want and then mod the sets or design your own once the form of the sets is revealed.

I'm super excited for this!

And sad knowing there's little chance of Katt or Hornsby getting a spot.

Nice! I've been playing the game every day since I got it a couple of years ago so it'll be great to combine the two things taking up most of my free time. Can't wait.

Slightly worrying that those trees look like 4+ duplo.

I don't know anything about Animal Crossing, so I hope they reach their target demographic.

The great Fabuland revival

But where is Raymond!?

I don't know anything about Animal Crossing other than it exists, but the heads on these look really fun. Fubland haters should just ignore this theme and keep the comments to themselves.

I'm happy when Lego releases themes I'm not interested in so I can focus on my wanted list that grow and grow, but good for those who like Animal Crossing!

Tom Nook is a great representative for TLG.

@Abomasnowcr said:
"I'm happy when Lego releases themes I'm not interested in so I can focus on my wanted list that grow and grow, but good for those who like Animal Crossing! "

That's an awesome view to have on the matter. Thank you!

@RadioAllergy said:
"LEGO FABULAND 2"

Fabuland 3, Chima was second.

New stump wood pieces * U *

Man, I hope the figures are actually produced well.

I love this series, and would love a good model of the starter player house. Fingers crossed.

Also, minifig series to get some lesser-known villagers out there?

Seems to be a bit late to the party. Haven't heard anything about that game since 2020. I'm sure it'll still have some hardcore fans but seems to me that the window of opportunity for maximising on the game popularity has passed. Unless there's a new one coming out? (I don't care for the game so I'm out of the loop on any potential sequels).

Anyway...minifigures for this too. Sure.

Just GOD FORBID they do minifigures for Super Mario...

Another Nintendo franchise? This is promising for the future! I especially would like to see Pokemon too; there's a lot of potential there.

Where does this fit in the Fabuland timeline? is this before or after the great Chima Wars?

Quite a Fabuland vibe from minifigs. Although I never played Animal Crossing I want them all :-) Hoping sets will be equally interesting as minifigs are

I've never heard about Animal Crossing. Is this popular in the US or UK only, or is it worldwide known?

I’d really like Raymond, Punchy, and Bob figures. They’re my three favorite villagers. I’d also love to see a museum set with Blathers.

@Wasthereonce said:
"Another Nintendo franchise? This is promising for the future! I especially would like to see Pokemon too; there's a lot of potential there."

The Pokemon licence is currently run by MegaBlocks, so no Lego for a long time there.

i'd buy a kappn boat or a dodo airport

@bnic99 said:
"Where does this fit in the Fabuland timeline? is this before or after the great Chima Wars?

"

Divergent timeline. At first, all Fabulanders lived in peace. In one timeline, an advanced civilisation emerged and spread across the great seas, giving us Animal Crossing. In another, differences could not be settled, bringing us Chima. Simple as.

@johleth said:
"Slightly worrying that those trees look like 4+ duplo."

not at all! They look brickbuild...

Whelp, this is another collab that I never expected to happen. I know lots of people hate on licensed sets, but if we keep getting interesting collabs like this, I think they are doing way more to push the horizons of LEGO than they are hurting LEGO.

We need a legend of Zelda theme!

Animal crossing: Fabulous Lands

@djcbs said:
"Seems to be a bit late to the party. Haven't heard anything about that game since 2020. I'm sure it'll still have some hardcore fans but seems to me that the window of opportunity for maximising on the game popularity has passed. Unless there's a new one coming out? (I don't care for the game so I'm out of the loop on any potential sequels).

Anyway...minifigures for this too. Sure.

Just GOD FORBID they do minifigures for Super Mario..."

Animal Crossing is an ongoing series. The game in 2020 was the seventh.

I’ll be holding out hope for a one-off Metroid set that includes Samus, her Gunship, and a little Metroid. Perhaps a brick-built Ridley as well.

@frodo26 said:
"We need a legend of Zelda theme!"

NO! My bank account can't handle it!

Fabuland Crossing!

@lordofdragonss said:
" @RadioAllergy said:
"LEGO FABULAND 2"

Fabuland 3, Chima was second."

So to summarize we have:
"Fabuland" (a seemingly nice land where deadly predator's secretly pull the strings)
post-apoc "Fabuland 2: Furry Road" (also known as Legends of Chima)
we have "Fabuland - part 3: The Downfall" (set just before the Chima Wars, and also known as Animal Crossing)

@ickleb said:
"Please give me Gaston!! "

43227-1

@graymattr said:
"I don't know anything about Animal Crossing other than it exists, but the heads on these look really fun. Fubland haters should just ignore this theme and keep the comments to themselves. "

I haven't ever seen any Fabuland haters anywhere on Brickset

Not for me, but very cute, and I'm going to take this as another sign that the Nintendo/Lego relationship is going well so we'll eventually get Zelda. Just need it to hit 10k on ideas a few more times and that should do it...

@R0Sch said:
"Great. Another licenced theme no one asked for but TLG considers an opportunity to be a cash cow. And of course we can get Animal Crossing minifigures but wouldn't get Super Mario ones. Makes no sense."

Another theme no one asked for, yet keeps on coming up in Lego Ideas submissions...

@JavaBrix said:
"I don't know anything about Animal Crossing, so I hope they reach their target demographic."

Already frantically waving cash at the Lego website

@R0Sch said:
"Great. Another licenced theme no one asked for but TLG considers an opportunity to be a cash cow. And of course we can get Animal Crossing minifigures but wouldn't get Super Mario ones. Makes no sense."

Definition of ignorance.

If the sets have references to fabuland, with for example fabuland windows or fabuland roof pieces i will go to Denmark and kiss the designers.

Animal Crossing is like Minecraft a real cool gaming theme that works very well in lego. I can’t wait to build me an island

My personal hope for this theme is that there's a primary house set, and then each set is usually some other amenity like a park, camp, store, etc, but each set comes with a bunch of different furniture builds and the motivation here is to decorate the house set however you want, this would capture some of the spirit of Animal Crossing!

I hope TLC makes a mountain of money from this. As an AFOL, I have zero interest in this, but the more money they make, the more they will be able to keep making large and complex sets for adults.

GO LEGO!

Anyone doubting this crossover has clearly never played an Animal Crossing game before. It’s a match made in heaven as great as Lego Star Wars or Lego Harry Potter. There’s no doubt I’m buying the whole first wave. My dream is to get all of my island’s villagers in Lego form. Hornsby, Bones and Bluebear please!

Soon all of lego city will be in debt to Tom Nook.

Obviously TLG excluded K.K. Slider from the teaser cause he’s the most anticipated character.

Right?

…Where is K.K. Slider?

I was recently stunned to learn that the video game industry is nearly three times the size of the movie industry. I watch movies, but rarely play video games, so my perspective didn't give me any intuition about how much money there is in games. But I bet Lego knows!

That's fine, I didn't need disposable income anyway...

@clkeagle said:
"My spouse and I were just talking about that during lunch... that there are faint rumors, or at least hopes, that a new Animal Crossing game will be out shortly after the Switch 2's release next spring."

I think the hopes for a new console release next spring are INCREDIBLY unlikely and optimistic considering they haven’t officially announced one at all. Traditionally we’d have heard about it through a Direct or E3-esque presentation at least 9 months before. Same for Sony and Microsoft, you need the hype build up leading up to it.
And Nintendo generally don’t have any more directs in a year after the September one. Earliest is usually January or February of next year, and it’d be silly to announce a console a month or two out from release.
Even though they’ve not actively got an Animal Crossing in a “life cycle”, they’re still doing things with the series. There was a collaboration with an aquarium that was announced just last month I think.
All that said, we know they’re working on a new console. They always are as soon as one releases. And it’ll probably be *soon* but not spring next year soon.

Anyway, to the point of the discussion. Very excited that the rumours were true. My wallet, not so much. Hope we get to see some set pictures and more figures soon

@djcbs said:
"Seems to be a bit late to the party. Haven't heard anything about that game since 2020. I'm sure it'll still have some hardcore fans but seems to me that the window of opportunity for maximising on the game popularity has passed. Unless there's a new one coming out? (I don't care for the game so I'm out of the loop on any potential sequels).

Anyway...minifigures for this too. Sure.

Just GOD FORBID they do minifigures for Super Mario..."

Animal Crossing is a game franchise that has a wide appeal outside of the usual video game audience. A lot of people still play it but you're not gonna hear about it as much from "regular" gamers that are playing Fortnite or their yearly Call of Duty or FIFA.

Another big one is the Sims. Absolutely massive game but you don't really hear about it too often.

Despite being a 2020 release there will probably be more playtime put into Animal Crossing this year than 2023 games like Resident Evil 4 remake, Final Fantasy 16, Forza Motorsport, Super Mario RPG, etc . . .

@RadioAllergy said:
"LEGO FABULAND 2"

Yes, please!

@Koentinius said:
" @graymattr said:
"I don't know anything about Animal Crossing other than it exists, but the heads on these look really fun. Fubland haters should just ignore this theme and keep the comments to themselves. "

I haven't ever seen any Fabuland haters anywhere on Brickset"

Ditto. Or elsewhere.

@R0Sch said:
"Great. Another licenced theme no one asked for but TLG considers an opportunity to be a cash cow. And of course we can get Animal Crossing minifigures but wouldn't get Super Mario ones. Makes no sense."

I like the idea that no one asked for it AND it's a cash cow.

@illennium said:
" @R0Sch said:
"Great. Another licenced theme no one asked for but TLG considers an opportunity to be a cash cow. And of course we can get Animal Crossing minifigures but wouldn't get Super Mario ones. Makes no sense."

I like the idea that no one asked for it AND it's a cash cow."

Based on patterns of negative comments by location here I’ve come to the conclusion the Sun must never shine in Germany.

For years LEGO has been trying to produce content to compete in a digital space. It turns out all they ever needed to do was make models of existing game characters. The attraction of owning a collection of tiny dolls of your favourite video game protagonists is irresistible to reasonably large numbers of gaming fans, and clearly outweighs the costs of licensing. And as sets such as The Mighty Bowser have shown, there can be great scope for creativity.

We know that Nintendo have control over what gets made and they didn't want Lego making Mario minifigures as part of the licensing deal.

Pokemon is a licence part-owned by Nintendo and deals have been done elsewhere (Mega Blocks).

There will be a Great Deku Tree Zelda (with minifigures) set coming out next year.

Animal Crossing is a perfect fit for Lego as it's family friendly, fits Lego's ethos and has wide popularity. Can't believe we still get comments like "I've never heard of it, therefore Lego shouldn't produce it".