Nintendo and Lego are planning to launch Animal Crossing Lego units in response to the newest data from dependable Lego leakers on-line. Whereas this information is perhaps thrilling, be mindful none of this has been confirmed by Lego or Nintendo but. Nonetheless, the thought of a Lego minifig model of Tom Nook is making me very blissful.
Lego and Nintendo have already been working collectively for a while now. In 2020, we bought our first official Lego Mario units which included a sophisticated, digital Mario determine. Since then, Lego and Nintendo have launched increasingly more units, together with a large Bowser, a Lego-built NES, and even a buildable Query Mark Block from the Mario collection. That is all effectively and good, however Nintendo has many different franchises which are completely suited to Lego, so it’s good to listen to some credible rumors pointing towards the existence of Animal Crossing Lego units.
Earlier this week, a handful of reliable Lego leakers throughout Instagram, Twitter, and YouTube instructed that Nintendo and Lego had been engaged on 5 Animal Crossing units which are deliberate to be launched in March 2024. Exabrickslegogo was one of many first leakers to report on the units after their rumored IDs appeared on Brickmerge, a web site that scrapes Lego’s backend on the lookout for any new units or adjustments. Whereas Brickmerge’s knowledge doesn’t say what these units are—simply their piece depend and launch window—Exabrickslegogo and Falconbricks have claimed they’re the Animal Crossing units so many individuals have wished for years.
Up to now, these accounts have leaked Lego units months earlier than they had been formally revealed or offered. So once they posted on August 2 that 5 Animal Crossing Lego units had been rumored to be in improvement, the Lego group bought very excited. Different leakers and Lego content material creators have since backed up the rumors and added that Lego is planning to launch minifigs of assorted Animal Crossing characters with new molded heads that ought to look similar to their in-game counterparts.
In response to the leakers, listed below are the 5 units deliberate for launch with their rumored costs and datamined piece counts:
- Set 77046 – $14.99 (170 items)
- Set 77047 – $19.99 (164 items)
- Set 77048 – $29.99 (233 items)
- Set 77049 – $39.99 (389 items)
- Set 77050 – $74.99 (535 items)
In fact, let’s not neglect that plans can change. It’s attainable a number of of those obvious units might get delayed or outright canceled. (That’s occurred previously.) It’s additionally attainable that the toy firm was certainly engaged on Animal Crossing units, as mirrored in its database, however that Nintendo and Lego have already canceled the units and moved on.
Or maybe the Lego leakers are proper as soon as once more, and Animal Crossing Lego units will launch on Could 1, 2024. If that’s the case, be ready for them to promote out very, very quick.