Reminder: LEGO Animal Crossing Sets Are Out Today, Will You Be Picking One Up?

Was never going to get them, but they seem horrendously overpriced for what you actually get. The curse of an overpriced brand + licensing fees.

These days, Lego set prices can compel you to get a loan from Tom Nook in their own right, at least where I live.

said the guy whose digital Switch library's worth is estimated five digits on Deku😅

Not into lego, not into funko, just 6 amiibos, (Cloud, Bayonetta, Joker, Shulk, Sephiroth and Zelda) I’d rather spend my money on games. Oh… and I don’t have kids so…pass

These are either going to sell gangbusters or be a total flop

I will be buying… the minifigs on Bricklink!

I have more interest with the Animal Crossing sets, so I will keep an eye out.

Legos are cool. I enjoy building the sets. But what do you do with them next? I'm not displaying them.

Also, I believe both Nintendo and Lego is about 2-4 years late on this one.

I also feel the Animal Crossing sets are better than the extra large Mario figure sets.

None of the buildings are even close to complete. I never expected a full size museum but the houses at least could've been a more to scale size.

Wish I could, too bad I’m broke…

I can't afford any of them right now, but I'm definitely putting the Nook and Isabelle sets on my wishlist

Even for licensed Lego these are overpriced. And they aren't very interesting to begin with.

These are quite cute! My (adult) sister is going to love them hehe. I'm not gonna buy any though.

I’ve been getting very into the more intensive Marvel and Mario sets lately (like the Bowser and ? Block) but these are look pretty basic by comparison. I’m not sure any of these catch my interest but if they make any more intensive Animal Crossing sets I’d be interested. I’m not sure what that would necessarily be though since there’s not really any massive buildings in AC, especially nowadays where Nook’s Cranny didn’t upgrade as much in New Horizons.

Kind of underwhelming but bought one for my gf's kid's Easter basket.

Getting one for a birthday. Was afraid that they would mess these up, but they look perfect! Although they ARE a little overpriced.

Lego Fabuland did it better 40 years ago.... but these looks nice anyway.

@JohnnyMind Thing that swings my attention to these much more than the Mario sets is just the figure designs - these seem much close to the in-game look of the characters than I found with the Mario sets.

And while interactivity is indeed attractive and commendable, who actually interacts with any LEGO a week after they've built it?

Fortunately I already have a good amount of animal crossing collectibles. I can’t see fitting this on my shelves. But a K.K. mini fig: that would be a must buy for me.

Well, I would have if my local Lego store wasn’t sold out of them already at eleven in the morning.

...Goddammit Tom! Take my Bells already!

@nhSnork daaaaaang and i thought i had a big library

meh, not for me. Though when that rumored zelda set gets revealed lemme tell ya i'll stimulate the hell out of the economy with that one! now all we need is lego leblanc cafe and ill be happy forever

I ordered them all first thing this morning. Lego VIPs in the US also get the exclusive Maple’s Pumpkin Garden (30662) for spending $50 or more. My local stores didn’t have them available so I gotta wait until next week unless some how I receive them tomorrow.

I'm seriously confused by the comments about the pricing being high. These seem comparable to typical LEGO sets when compared by number of pieces to me. They're actually cheaper than I expected. And looking at reviews (ie Polygon) there's a ton of fun fine detail here for AC fans.

I ordered the Kapp'n set and am looking forward to building it with my favorite six year old.

@stephenmunn True, i read some reviews, on a "Parts per dollar"-basis they're about average, and there's a lot of printed special parts in there, no faffing around with stickers, the sets seem pretty good value to me...

@Lakichu89 no one ask for your opinion either… but (as irrelevant as it is) you had to go and post it anyway. Free speech is amazing isn’t it?

@Kerbalistic07 Bro I can relate.

I got all of them. They look really cool.

I like lego, but not too much into this whole pointless license thing. I never got the appeal of the mario sets and dont get this one. The price is a different matter

I’m sure it’s nostalgia speaking, but Lego doesn’t seem anywhere near as good as the ‘Legoland’ series from the late 80s and early 90s. All this look naff compared to the Pirate Ship, Black Fortress or Formula 1 stuff you could get back then.

They really need to make some Adults Welcome Animal Crossing models, because those just aren't worth my money. I want Marshall, Isabelle and I guess Tom Nook, but I can't spend $100+ just for 3~ mini figures. I can go on Bricklink and order the mini figures secondhand if I'm desperate.

Give us some Zelda sets then we can talk!

I think these are charming and I would probably buy one if Goldie had a toy lol. But I can't help feeling these would have been perfect if they were on tile mats that connected so you could build your own small town.

@Matl they look to much like a duplo sets there are mocs that do this better.

@GravyThief It's not nostalgia. All the older sets had actual buildings, stuff that you could connect to create a greater whole. The only sets that I feel has that now is the Lego Friends range, and those sets are tiny compared to the entire cities one used to be able to build.

Okay, maybe a tiny bit of nostalgia. But honestly, everything was better back then, it's just facts.

@GrailUK My thoughts exactly.

@GravyThief I used to think the same but as my kids have got into Lego I can see the big advantages of the "new Lego".

It relies far less on huge one-off base plates (everything is made from smaller pieces now), there's much more interior detailing on every set and more consideration is given to using different building techniques. It makes the sets more flexible and interesting - even if it makes them look less impressive in profile at first glance.

Lego Animal Crossing doesn't hold any appeal to me personally (I've never played an Animal Crossing game) but it'd be interesting to see how it does. In some ways you'd assume that Animal Crossing has died out because it was so huge in 2020 but I'm not sure. It's obviously not at that same peak but I suspect it's still very very big. A variety of sets (with clear room for more to be added over the next few years) suggests it could become a healthy long term theme.

What does surprise me about modern Lego - and Animal Crossing may have a particular issue here - is that it is clearly targeting two completely separate audiences; children who want a toy and adults who want an ornament/display piece.

These Animal Crossing sets are clearly "toys" but I wonder how many children are really playing Animal Crossing. If you haven't played the games and you're looking at the Lego sets in isolation the aesthetic is "young child" but I have my doubts if they're going to get that market. It feels like the sort of thing that might sell almost exclusively to adult Nintendo fans. In which case a larger elaborate (and expensive) display piece might have made more sense.

Nope. I showed my kids and they had no interest either. I think LEGO messed up the balance between it looking good and being fun. These severely lack fun - both in the build and the play.

@GravyThief the newer series of lego sets they do nowadays are a lot more underwhelming than those of the 2000s and prior, since the new sets condense so many parts into a smaller model that makes you look at the piece count and go "huh?" as you wonder where the parts went.

Add to that there was way less focus on licensed sets and the variety of themes is just so low now. Seriously, there's barely any of the cool original lego themes any more like aqua raiders, exo force, bionicle, etc - nowadays we have Ninjago and that's basically it. A theme that's been going for over a decade. It genuinely sucks.

@AlienigenX free speech is amazing. But apparently Nintendolife don't think so lol. I can't even read what the comments were, that you replied to.
I ordered all 5 sets as I'm both a Lego and AC fan. Though the sets don't look that great to be honest.

@Matl my brother and I also wanted the space sets and there was some artic something or rather with a lot of white and orange pieces that was cool. We also wanted the castle sets but could never afford them.
These days, as boring as it seems, the only generic theme that seems good is the city theme. I too am tired of every set being licensed.