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Details about the upcomingAnimal CrossingLEGO sets have just been leaked, including their price points and release dates. LEGO has released many building sets based on popular video game franchises, withNintendo’s LEGOSuper Mariolinebeing especially successful. This assortment of interactive board games and expansion packs have paved the way for other notable LEGO sets modeled afterSonic the HedgehogandHorizon Forbidden West, and representatives from both Nintendo and LEGO have teased more to come.
Earlier this month, it was revealed thatAnimal Crossingwould be the next Nintendo franchise to be given official LEGO sets, with the Big N posting a brief trailer of belovedAnimal Crossingcharacters like Isabelle and Tom Nook in cute LEGO Minifigure form. Details about theseupcomingAnimal CrossingLEGO setshad been scarce up until now, leaving fans to wonder exactly which famous locations from the games would be depicted as colorful LEGO models. Now it seems that the wait for new information about the highly anticipated LEGO/Animal Crossingcrossover is finally over thanks to a recent leak from a collection of reliable sources.
Noted LEGO news leaker maxbautede shared a list of the upcoming LEGOAnimal Crossingsets on Instagram earlier this week, with fellow fan account 1414falconfan matching the names with the previously leaked set numbers. Yet a third leaker by the handle of exabrickslegogo_ verified the list and added price points and piece counts for each one. The sets are as follows: Julian’s Birthday Party, Bunnie’s Outdoor Adventures, Kapp’n’s Island Boat Tour, Isabelle’s House Visit, and Nook’s Cranny & Rosie’s House. All five of theseAnimal CrossingLEGO sets will be released on May 12, 2025.
Additionally, eachLEGOAnimal Crossingplaysetwill be built on modular plates that will allow users to arrange them in any order they would like. This is quite on-brand for both LEGO andAnimal Crossing- which has always enabled players to customize and manage their own villages filled with colorful anthropomorphic residents to interact with. The latest game in the series, 2020’sAnimal Crossing: New Horizons, was a massive success on the Nintendo Switch with fans sharing their creations and connecting digitally at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Even before LEGO and Nintendo announced their latest collaboration,Animal Crossingwas one of themost highly requested themesamong shared LEGO and gaming fans - so much so that talented builders have remade in-game locations like Tom Nook’s Cranny on the LEGO Ideas website. Now these dreams are about to become reality thanks to the new LEGOAnimal Crossingline, which will reportedly hit store shelves next March.
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