Review: 60394 ATV and Otter Habitat

Let's hope these little furballs appear in many otter sets.

who cares about odd ATV when you get 2 Otters :P

Nice set and price, might be hard to get if people buy for the otters and more ATV's + mini figure.

I actually think the standing position on the ATV is an improvement for play. Sitting a minifigure while holding the handlebar is quite tricky - this should make it easier to get her into a driving position.
The ATV proportions also seem to suit the heavy duty vehicles I've seen Park rangers riding.
All in all a very nice set.

Nice review. Awesome set for $10. BUT. I will never accept the term "quad bike," even if it's the popular nomenclature, because it is an absolute contradiction in terms!

Of course, LEGO of Europe chose THIS set to be their 10 buck D2C ! Means no discount for the umptieth, ugly, odd, useless ATV!

For kids to play the ATV is ok!

This is one of the few city sets that I might pick up! I love how they have been adding extra foliage recently. The otters have a very nice sculpt as well. I do find it weird that the ranger when wearing the helmet has 3 greens, but I guess they wanted to avoid recolors.

@ForestMenOfEndor said:
"(...) I will never accept the term "quad bike," even if it's the popular nomenclature, because it is an absolute contradiction in terms!"
Quike?

I otter pick this one up.

Ah yes, as some have called it: the Otter Battle Pack.
Can't go wrong with this one to accompany the Tree House and/or the A-Frame Cabin IMO.

What can I say? It had me at "two superb otters".

this is otterly amazing

@bananaworld said:
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@ForestMenOfEndor said:
"(...) I will never accept the term "quad bike," even if it's the popular nomenclature, because it is an absolute contradiction in terms!"
Quike?
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Sounds like an Australian curse word! :) With all respect to our friends in Australia.

As someone who rode Quads/ATV's for work for nearly two decades, I'd say the standing up position is somewhat realistic in a lot of conditions, especially near or in mud/water.

As for the balloon tires, quad tires are usually a bit wider, but with a smaller circumference than the ones on cars, so I don't know.

That said, I still believe the best options for quads with realistic proportions for minifigures was using the old trike mold, such in this shameless self-promotion of a MOC from 2006: https://brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=208818

But yeah, this set is all about the otters. Can we get a beaver now?

This set is OTTERly amazing! I really like that the quad is in my favorite color, too!

Having the back be undecorated is actually a plus if you want to combine two habitats. Considering that this is basically an otter battle pack, I'm sure many will be collecting multiples.

Wait! AND a frog?!?!

@Metalizer7734 said:
"who cares about odd ATV when you get 2 Otters :P"

Those were my first thoughts exactly. It'll probably be the best selling 10 EU/USD set of the year due to the otters or rewarded as one of the best LEGO sets under 40 USD by Brickset.

One of the first set I bought in 2023. It was in the lot I got to get the 40580 - along with a few other sets of course.

There are only 451 persons (still more than for 76210 or 76215 - almost more than both combined!) so far owning this (I know it is fairly early in the year and we are just after the holiday spending). I just hope that if people buy sets with animals, Lego will get the hint and produce more (not just for CMFs). We still need the foxes, raccoons and I would like to see the skunk and flamingo come back. There are of course a lot more but if we get 2-4 per year (and Lego does not stop producing them because of broken mould) then we could get something interesting in the long run.

This brings another point I realised upon reading the comments for the A-Frame Cabin. It seems that many/most people who have a Lego City at their place, do not have a forest or wild area in it - its all fully developed urban sprawling (of course real estate is at a premium and all the wilderness/wildlife has been displaced). I am way far from being a tree huger but It would be nice to see more wildlife segments at the edges of Lego cities - maybe just campgrounds with a few animals around.

"Quad Bike" is just short for "Quadratic Bichael" you know.

This looks like a neat little set! I like the ATV a lot, a pretty simple but cool design, and the otters are cute too. Maybe I'll grab one after I run errands this weekend or something.

@HOBBES said:
"One of the first set I bought in 2023. It was in the lot I got to get the 40580 - along with a few other sets of course.

There are only 451 persons (still more than for 76210 or 76215 - almost more than both combined!) so far owning this (I know it is fairly early in the year and we are just after the holiday spending). I just hope that if people buy sets with animals, Lego will get the hint and produce more (not just for CMFs). We still need the foxes, raccoons and I would like to see the skunk and flamingo come back. There are of course a lot more but if we get 2-4 per year (and Lego does not stop producing them because of broken mould) then we could get something interesting in the long run.

This brings another point I realised upon reading the comments for the A-Frame Cabin. It seems that many/most people who have a Lego City at their place, do not have a forest or wild area in it - its all fully developed urban sprawling (of course real estate is at a premium and all the wilderness/wildlife has been displaced). I am way far from being a tree huger but It would be nice to see more wildlife segments at the edges of Lego cities - maybe just campgrounds with a few animals around.

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I’ve missed a lot of those comments, but I sympathize. My Lego city used to be a lot less developed, but one modular a year (plus Ninjago city and MOCs) adds up over time!

My biggest project ever is a national park area with a train tunnel through a mountain with various natural areas (wooded, volcanic, and snowy with skiing) built atop it, so fortunately I will always have some reserved natural space in my city. I recently had the opportunity to expand the area around it to be more wooded, which has given 10305 a home in a sort of medieval forest. Having done so, the forest area really does add something different and beautiful to the city layout, and I definitely think it’s worth reserving space for… even amid every-growing sprawl. After all, I want my city to be a utopian reflection of what I wish the real world was like, rather than what it is (:

Like you, the otter battle pack was one of my first purchases this year, and fortunately the otters have plenty of choices to live in my city :) There’s always the option of sea otters, too, as in central California!

@Tupperfan said:
"As someone who rode Quads/ATV's for work for nearly two decades, I'd say the standing up position is somewhat realistic in a lot of conditions, especially near or in mud/water.

As for the balloon tires, quad tires are usually a bit wider, but with a smaller circumference than the ones on cars, so I don't know.

That said, I still believe the best options for quads with realistic proportions for minifigures was using the old trike mold, such in this shameless self-promotion of a MOC from 2006: https://brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=208818

But yeah, this set is all about the otters. Can we get a beaver now?"

I just need to say that your MOC is incredible! I’m truly impressed at how it takes the fairly unrealistic-looking trike pieces and turns them into incredibly realistic quads. I salute you! I hope you don’t mind if I use this for all my old trike pieces now, haha

That said, I agree with you that the quad in this set looks fairly realistic to me. I actually like the size, standing position, and stripes of several colors, but I also totally respect the Capn’s opinions too.

I’m also here for some LEGO beavers… hopefully someday soon!

@Balthazar_Brannigan said:
" @HOBBES said:
"This brings another point I realised upon reading the comments for the A-Frame Cabin. It seems that many/most people who have a Lego City at their place, do not have a forest or wild area in it - its all fully developed urban sprawling (of course real estate is at a premium and all the wilderness/wildlife has been displaced). I am way far from being a tree huger but It would be nice to see more wildlife segments at the edges of Lego cities - maybe just campgrounds with a few animals around.
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I’ve missed a lot of those comments, but I sympathize. My Lego city used to be a lot less developed, but one modular a year (plus Ninjago city and MOCs) adds up over time!
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The comments were to the effect that most people liked the A-Frame cabin but they had no places to put it into their layout. Of course, you need a wild area to put it in. An A-Frame cabin next to the Ninjago Tower, the daily Bugle or The Jazz Club would look out of place.

Thanks to HP and now City, I finally have otter and hare Jedi that can become one with the Force while also retaining a shimmering remnant of their former personality and can provide much-needed advice to the other young, force-sensitive forrest creatures.

Great...but the set really should have come out before Christmas...with a washtub...:)

Also: You, You, YOU OTTER KNOW!!! (Thanks Alanis:))