LEGO Creator 31171 Majestic Rhino with Birds revealed!
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Detailed models of animals have been some of the best LEGO Creator sets in recent years and another has just been announced: 31171 Wild Animals: Majestic Rhino with Birds!
This set contains 780 pieces and will be released on the 1st of August, costing £54.99, $59.99 or €59.99. Apart from the titular rhinoceros and its accompanying animals, you can alternatively build a hippopotamus or a walrus.
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What do you think of the rhino and what is your favourite Creator 3-in-1 animal to date? Let us know in the comments.
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Cool set. Creator continues to deliver some nice animal builds.
Truly majestic. Yet another great animal set from Creator.
Very nice - as most recent Creator animal sets are. But I am not quite sure if 'majestic' applies to all and every animals. Maybe 'imposing' would be more fitting for the rhino...
Anyhow, I will most likely get this late in the year when it gets on sale.
Nice form. Somehow I liked hipo more. And that walrus seems missing couple of pieces...
Missing an Ace Ventura minifig!
Ah yes, the majestic Rhinopotarus in all its natural splendor.
When I was a kid and my dad saw me building star wars sets, he'd always comment about how there were too many wedges or curves and it was too contoured to look like Lego.
That just happened to me.
Finally, an AT-AT that looks interesting!
Looks great, but does it have a pink flower?
Despite the quality of the set, I doubt that it'll sell well — rhinos and hyppos are not that appealing.
This one is just okay compared to the Giraffe.
Compared to earlier animals, this one looks a bit rough. All three of the builds actually. It probably also doesn't help that it's just all grey, no way to hide any less optimal bits.
And yet, we can't have the horse 010423
I already have 71719 and 76099. But, I don't have a hippo or walrus. Hmm... The collection inflation has to stop somewhere. :(
I rather like this, as a less obvious animal choice. Fortunately I'm not so keen on the 2 alternative builds so I'll only buy one, rather than 3 as with some other 3-in-1 sets!
That hippo looks fantastic, doubly so for a secondary model.
The 3 piece snail is brilliant!
LBG-galore! I see a NCS moonscape already in that hippo ;)
The rhino build should have included a small campfire for it to stomp out rather than the cluster of plants. :)
Also the mini snail in the rhino build is the real star of this set!
Love the birds on the rhino‘s back!
@mafon2 said:
"Despite the quality of the set, I doubt that it'll sell well — rhinos and hyppos are not that appealing."
Maybe not to you, but not everyone shares your tastes.
@StyleCounselor said:"I already have 71719 and 76099. But, I don't have a hippo or walrus. Hmm... The collection inflation has to stop somewhere. :("
Do you have 71420?
@mafon2 said:
"Despite the quality of the set, I doubt that it'll sell well — rhinos and hyppos are not that appealing."
My sister was hippo obsessed growing up. (Still is as an adult, to a lesser degree.) Children can find things appealing that adults might turn up there nose at: - hippos, garbage trucks, dinosaurs, trains, castles, etc... and these things can stick with people as adults and be passed down to their children, thus starting a generational bond. So don't turn your nose up at something you don't understand / appreciate - try instead to have that childlike wonder and look at it through a kid's eyes. LEGO is after all a children's toy!
@Murdoch17 said:
" @mafon2 said:
"Despite the quality of the set, I doubt that it'll sell well — rhinos and hyppos are not that appealing."
My sister was hippo obsessed growing up. (Still is as an adult, to a lesser degree.) Children can find things appealing that adults might turn up there nose at: - hippos, garbage trucks, dinosaurs, trains, castles, etc... and these things can stick with people as adults and be passed down to their children, thus starting a generational bond. So don't turn your nose up at something you don't understand / appreciate - try instead to have that childlike wonder and look at it through a kid's eyes. LEGO is after all a children's toy!"
Hear, hear—well said!
Oh this is great.
No crocodiles, or rhinoceroseses
I only like hippopotamuseses
A ce jour, j'ai préféré le renard. Il ressemble tellement à mon chien.
@Mathieu_Duesy said:
"A ce jour, j'ai préféré le renard. Il ressemble tellement à mon chien. "
Zou het niet handig zijn als we allemaal dezelfde taal zouden gebruiken hier?
We need a highly detailed hippo baby Fiona.
Reminds me of a Christmas song…
@gunther_schnitzel said:
"Reminds me of a Christmas song…"
Yes, this set would make a great Christmas gift, but the recipient would need to only build the B model.
Having formerly taken care of Rhinos as well as Nile and Pygmy hippos, I would normally be all over this. I just think the builds aren't that impressive, especially compared to the recent spectacular Giraffe (x3!), Peacock, Panda, etc.
@Murdoch17 said:
" @mafon2 said:
"Despite the quality of the set, I doubt that it'll sell well — rhinos and hyppos are not that appealing."
My sister was hippo obsessed growing up. (Still is as an adult, to a lesser degree.) Children can find things appealing that adults might turn up there nose at: - hippos, garbage trucks, dinosaurs, trains, castles, etc... and these things can stick with people as adults and be passed down to their children, thus starting a generational bond. So don't turn your nose up at something you don't understand / appreciate - try instead to have that childlike wonder and look at it through a kid's eyes. LEGO is after all a children's toy!"
But garbage trucks, dinosaurs, trains and castles are obviously exciting and interesting...
@mafon2 said:
" @Murdoch17 said:
" @mafon2 said:
"Despite the quality of the set, I doubt that it'll sell well — rhinos and hyppos are not that appealing."
My sister was hippo obsessed growing up. (Still is as an adult, to a lesser degree.) Children can find things appealing that adults might turn up there nose at: - hippos, garbage trucks, dinosaurs, trains, castles, etc... and these things can stick with people as adults and be passed down to their children, thus starting a generational bond. So don't turn your nose up at something you don't understand / appreciate - try instead to have that childlike wonder and look at it through a kid's eyes. LEGO is after all a children's toy!"
But garbage trucks, dinosaurs, trains and castles are obviously exciting and interesting..."
Despite its size, the hippopotamus is one of the fastest land animals. It can reach a sustained gallop of 30km/h, and sprints of up to 40km/h.
It's also one of the deadliest land animals, responsible for some 500 human kills each year. They can use their speed and bulk to simply bowl into their enemies or trample them to death - which they will - but they can also use their teeth to gore their enemies.
For a more defensive weapon, a hippo can use its staggeringly horrible breath to stun assailants. The chance of any attacker getting through its skin, which makes up for roughly a fifth of its entire weight, is already slim - but a hippo can just knock the fight out of the attacker with its rancid breath. It can hold that breath for up to five minutes underwater, making it deceptively stealthy.
All of this combines into a stealthy battletank that could out-sprint Usain Bolt, and knock him flat with a belch before stomping him into soup.
I dunno, man. What's your country's favourite animal again? The bear? I'll take those odds.
The hippo looks hungry.
I think they've done a great job with the rhino and hippo at this scale! The walrus not as much, but I reckon it's a pretty hard one to get right.
Of the ones that I own, my favourites are the three I have on display: the giraffe from 31150, the ara macaw from 31136 and the cockatoo from 31133.
I prefer realism, but I've had 31125 and 31128 out for quite a while as well. That owl and turtle are so cute!
The 3-in-1 animal sets at the top of my wish list would be 31129 Tiger, 31154 Red Fox and 31165 Panda.