Lego releases first images of Lego Animal Crossing playsets

Lego has released images of the first five Lego Animal Crossing sets.

Nintendo officially announced last week that Lego sets based on its Animal Crossing series are on the way, confirming rumours from earlier in the year.

Now, images of the first sets in the new line of Lego have been published by the Lego Group. The five sets that will make up the first wave are:

• 77046 – Julian’s Birthday Party – $15.99 (170 pieces)
• 77047 – Bunnie’s Outdoor Adventures – $19.99 (164 pieces)
• 77048 – Kapp’n’s Island Boat Tour – $29.99 (233 pieces)
• 77049 – Isabelle’s House Visit – $39.99 (389 pieces)
• 77050 – Nook’s Cranny & Rosie’s House – $74.99 (535 pieces)

All five sets will be released on March 1, 2024, and will be built on modular plates which users can arrange in any order they like to create their own island.

Lego has seen success with its Super Mario line of Lego playsets, as well as its more advanced Lego builds including its Lego NES, Mario Question Block and Bowser sets. Its latest, due in November, is a Lego Piranha Plant.

It’s also released sets for other video game franchises, including Horizon Forbidden West, the Atari 2600 and Pac-Man.

A range based on Sonic the Hedgehog was released in August, and over 100 Lego sets based on Minecraft have been released since the first in 2012.