LEGO Ideas 21376 Orange Cat revealed!
Posted by CapnRex101,
21349 Tuxedo Cat was introduced to acclaim in 2024 and was clearly extremely popular, as another cat is coming soon! The press release follows:
21376 Orange Cat
1,755 pieces, rated 18+
$99.99 / £89.99 / €99.99
Available to pre-order on LEGO.com and released on 1st March 2026
Create your own adorable, brick-built cat decor with this LEGO Ideas Orange Cat craft kit for adults (21376). The purr-fect treat for yourself or a gift for other cat lovers, this lifelike (and allergy-friendly) Orange Cat figure comes with a choice of green or brown eyes.
Spend quality time recreating the cat’s distinctive markings and tufts of fur in LEGO style. Turn the cat’s head, open and close the mouth and adjust the ears, paws and tail to customise your display. If you want to add another LEGO cat to your household, look out for the black and white Tuxedo Cat (21349, sold separately), which makes a fine feline companion for your creation.
What do you think of the Orange Cat and its slight updates relative to the Tuxedo Cat? Let us know in the comments and via our poll.
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Can’t wait for “The Feline Collection” becoming a theme on brickset if they make more of these
This is not what I think of when I think of an orange cat.
It doesn't appear to come with blue eyes, despite what the press release says?
Main differences seem to be the colors, a few exchanged parts to make it look fluffier, the mouth now opens, and the tail is flipped. Nothing major, but nice to see some improvements.
I find myself bizarrely tempted by this, I already own the Tuxedo Cat, but that was before I could have anticipated they would do something like this. I much prefer the colour of this one, although I think the black hid a few flaws that are more apparent in a lighter colour. I guess I'll see if I can budget for it...
Not an orange cat. They usually have textures like tabbies. Textureless parts worked on tuxedo but it doesnt work for this set. Not for me at least.
I really don't get the appeal of cats, but at least this one won't try to leave partially disembowelled things on the doorstep
Well it isn’t an orange cat, but it is cut overall. Probably not something I’ll get.
Am I the only one who clicked the link and instantly said, "that cat isn't orange"?
I'm not a cat person, so what do I know. But I would think an orange cat should be more orange in color.
It’s brown.
@Pavell said:
"I really don't get the appeal of cats, but at least this one won't try to leave partially disembowelled things on the doorstep "
Or climb up your trouser leg, panic and widdle (my memory of young orange cats)
Interesting how the color is much more saturated and "orange" in some of these product images. lol
@Rollabar said:
"Can’t wait for “The Feline Collection” becoming a theme on brickset if they make more of these"
It'd need a press release beforehand and then two total sets released over three years.
I still find the announcement of the Restaurants of the World collection and its singular set really funny (then they reused the name for unrelated GWPs lol), at least the Fauna collection got two Art sets in on top of it's Ideas and Icons sets.
What colour is this, actually? I thought it was dark orange at first, but I've just realised it can't be...
Has anyone documented the Slight changes? May try to improve the Tuxedo. They do need to make the Green Eyes available somewhere for those with the Tuxedo, and I'm not a Cat expert but can "orange" cats also have the Blue eyes that came with the Tuxedo?
This should be called "Orange Cat Rolled in Dirt"
Fire will save our Clan...
No thank you.
not orange, probably a cost saving measure on their part. It's like a weird tan colour. Tuxedo FTW
Yay kitty! :)
Looks like a ginger cat.
definitely a brown cat. An orange cat looks more... Garfield?
It appears to have some slight differences to the tuxedo but looks basically the same. Give us a rosetted bengal with brick-built rosettes!
Does it have a single 1x1 pink plate as a brain cell?
It's neither Garfield nor Heatcliff, so hard pass.
Interesting to see this is still credited as an Ideas set. I guess it's because it's so heavily derived from the original set, but does the fan designer get a cut or a credit for this one too?
I’ll stick to my real and lovable ones thanks ;-)
Billund, 2028 - The LEGO Group is proud to announce the decision to focus solely on Botanicals, Pets, Star Wars Smart Play, and of course, F1 going forward. We will not be taking any questions. Thank you.
While the price tag of the first overpriced cat could be hand waved away with research and design costs, what excuse does the recolor have to command the same price tag?
Inflation again? Raise of minimum wage? Oil prices?
it is almost an exact replica of 21349
Looks like 'medium nougat' to me but that's not really a species...
I already did an MOC version in dark grey using and adapting bits off Bricklink at enormous expense (probably 2.5 times the official set) but they all look great to me with the bonus of zero spraying...
This feels like someone was given homework 3 months ago and woke up this AM, realized they didn't do anything, and just sloppily copy and pasted it hoping no one would know. It's the wrong color, it's basically a duplicate of the Tuxedo, and it has the wrong texture, and just looks lazy as hell. I'm all for having different breeds of cats but do it right man. Animal lovers deserve more than this, and I gotta imagine someone who owns an orange cat would be insulted by this. Now I'm worried about what the Calico is going to look like.
Maybe I misremember the older posts, but when an Ideas set is announced, isn't there usually a mention of the creator and a link to the original Ideas submission for comparison?
I think Lego could now also start creating traditional dishes to fill the shelves of homes or restaurants; they'd have an incredible array of sets. After pets and plants, all that's missing now are food plates. Thousands of women can't wait to photograph them and post them on WhatsApp. Really, what has become of Lego? They should change their name to ACME...
@Huw - did we ever get feedback from LEGO on the UK color swap trial? Could this set (and the parrots, etc) imply that the trial showed promise?
It would be pretty diabolical if they released a second set variation and didn’t still credit the fan designer. This also must be one of the most popular Ideas sets ever. What LEGO should really do going forward is to stock the primary set but then allow you to place custom orders online for a limited number of different variants. That would be an interesting experiment.
All the F1 fans waking up this morning and feeling vindicated
@crazylegoman said:
"Maybe I misremember the older posts, but when an Ideas set is announced, isn't there usually a mention of the creator and a link to the original Ideas submission for comparison?"
Yes that is typically the case, but this set is an updated recolor for 21349 which released in 2024.
It worries me a bit that maybe down the line TLG introduces 1:8 supercars in multiple colours....
@8BrickMario said:
"Interesting to see this is still credited as an Ideas set. I guess it's because it's so heavily derived from the original set, but does the fan designer get a cut or a credit for this one too? "
This question was raised at Fan Media Days and the answer is yes, the fan designer will stil receive credit and the standard percentage of revenue.
I saw it and said “I have zero interest in is, just like its friend.” Then I thought… the value of this Medium Nougat parts pack is insane! I’m constantly running dry of it (it’s one of my favorite colors) for my MOCs. Surprisingly, I will likely pick this up!
GWP: Kitty Litter Tray
I'm waiting until they do either a calico or a blue
Decent parts pack
waiting for the light nougat palette swap for Sphinx Cat.
wait for someone on Rebrickable to make an alt build combining this with the tuxedo one to make a calico version
I said that as a joke but it actually sounds like a really good idea
Waiting one-day for the Lego Ideas Garfield cat to reach 10k, at least it will be orange.
LMAO a Lego orange cat would be like the Firefox logo or a Minecraft lava cat. It would look ridiculous. This looks pretty close to realistic, if missing a few stripes.
I think a different pose (perhaps lying down?) would have made this a bit more displayable alongside the other cat, if people wished to. Having two cats in identical poses is a bit 'egyptian tomb-ish'.
Amazed they are still giving the ideas creator credit and revenue (but great for them). Does that only apply to the shaping, or to the general concept of 'lifesize cats' I wonder?? (Which is another reason you might have expected LEGO to change the pose).
Eh, looks way too similar to the tuxedo cat. Could have least put it in a different pose, give us a loaf!
@yellowcastle said:
" @Huw - did we ever get feedback from LEGO on the UK color swap trial? Could this set (and the parrots, etc) imply that the trial showed promise?"
We never get any information about sales or the success or otherwise of any initiatives, sadly.
This comments section is weird.
@501stLegionClankerFighter said:
"wait for someone on Rebrickable to make an alt build combining this with the tuxedo one to make a calico version
I said that as a joke but it actually sounds like a really good idea"
I'm sure you could do two calicos, with differing patterns.
Just like the Golden Retriever Puppy, this has infinitely more chance getting into my house than the real thing!
"Sold separately"
What a troll! :D
Is it April first already? Seriously, was not expecting this to be a set, and given how its pretty much identical to the Tuxedo cat, you could wonder if this was a cheap AI colour swap.
As for the set itself, i don't like it as much as the original. Firstly its light brown rather then orange, and secondly, most 'Orange' cats I know and had seen personally tend to be stripey, which this set fails at being.
Not a cat person, but cool I guess.
@dimc said:
"Does it have a single 1x1 pink plate as a brain cell?"
Harsh, but fair.
I could absolutely see collecting these if they took different positions, but it looks like almost a straight re-color. It'd be cute to have a few shelves with a half-dozen cats in natural positions, maybe curled up asleep, or batting at something beneath the shelf--but all identical, staring out like statues, that would just be weird.