it’s really funny seeing the more modern, cartoony styled animals next to the more simplified, unprinted frog piece. it’s like looking at old vs. new minecraft mobs
So true lol! I'm surprised the frog has lasted as long as it has. There's such a cult following around the piece now that I don't think they'll ever remove it from the parts portfolio now.
@CheeseyStudios I hope they never get rid of it. Opening the bag of 100 pink frogs in the bonzai tree was amazing. Best bag of legos ever made in my opinion
I'm not a huge enjoyer of the frog mold, but I do like all these modern style animals a lot. They are realistic enough to work alongside minifigs, but joyful and playful enough to convey the animals they represent.
@@pinobluevogel6458 I'm not a huge fan of a lot of the old molds, like the old polar bears or the old horses. The frog is probably the only one of the older style that I really do like
@@prons_gaming5083 I love the old horses, even though the new ones are slightly better. I have about 30 of them lying around from both my own and my girlfriends collection when we were young. As a medieval builder, I think it is simply awesome that you can get a pretty decent large animal that is used everywhere in medieval times at a very cheap price. This saves the slightly more detailed and articulate horses for the main characters, bosses and kings. I'm with you on that polar bear though, the new one is superior by a mile.
I have been really enjoying the new animals LEGO has been producing, but it REALLY makes me want a new Capybara (that isn't in the minidoll style), and I hope eventually we'll get some form of a safari-themed wave of sets to get that!
Wouldn't capybaras be in this wave or one like it, they are from the jungles and swamps of south America, and aren't safaris like the semi aired plains of Africa, I could be wrong tho. But yeah capybaras would be really cool, and if they did make a south American wildlife wave, we could get tons of cool creatures and critters. :3
For a new savannah set they should definetly do a rhino, hippo, giraffe and maybe a new zebra color on a horse. Hyena's also could be an intresting addition.
I looked up "zoo" in Lego Ideas and there was only one zoo submission that got 10K votes. There lots of brick built animal submissions, but relatively few zoo submissions.
@@wyk3982 There are zoo sets for Duplo, but I have yet to see anything for minifig style city lego. This is one of the bigger projects I am planning to make, but I've seen several youtubers, commenters and met some lego people in real life that are all doing this (in their own way). So I guess i'm not being very original here :)
I’ve been slowly working on a Lego zoo since high school when they did the first jungle theme with the og tiger and jaguars. I haven’t had time to work on it the past few years, but now I’m out of college and back home I think I’ll work on it again.
Yeah, more detail doesn't always mean better. The more subtle and complex shapes you add, the more it's going to look out of place in a Lego setting. I mean, the body of a minifigure is shaped like a trapezoid. Putting that next to an intricately shaped gator head, it's gonna look a little weird. The classic gator was a good balance between looking like Lego and being recognizable as the right animal, without looking like a generic toy gator. Redesigning these old moulds isn't a bad thing, but I think they went a bit too far. However, I do like how much room is in the new gator's mouth. You can put a lot of different things in there.
The old crocs were very good, like the old sharks. There is something about the basic shapes that makes them work exceptionally well, unlike the monkey mold from the pirates theme. I do have to say, the new crocs have a slightly better comedic value, they seem to 'grin' a little, which I noticed is awesome to make jokes with for little children, ... or large adults on occasion.
@@jk0345 Exactly! Some species of caiman look far simpler and less 'evolved' than more modern looking crocodiles and gators. Just like you have cormorants existing alongside regular 'modern' birds. It is a very effective bird predator who hunts fish, but it looks way more like a dinosaur than almost any normal bird.
I personally think the city branding is starting to feel kind of weird and confusing. Just a simple area-approepiate branding would seen more fitting and clear to me. I'm no executive or child, though, so perhaps this is for the cobranding or a nervousness to make completely new theme?
@titanic_monarch796 yeah, a lot of "City" sets don't feel very "City"-like. like the boats with sea animals kinda fit "City"since you could say the city is on a coast, but these jungle settings don't seem to fit... Maybe a City Zoo sub-theme is in order...
Ooh! Johnny Thunder is back! Im actually really excited for this wave now! Woo! Also, theory; what if LEGO is now using their Lego CITY theme as a platform for releasing all their home brand themes? We already have new Lego Space this way, and with this we now have Lego Adventurers joining it. This might mean we will be getting mych more of returning themes this way! I'm hoping to see some more, especially with Johnny Thunder!
Lego should have done that last year with the underwater exploration sets as well. Making the side builds connect into one big sunken ship. Now that would have encouraged people to collect all the sets to have an extra set in the end.
Im very happy to see more accurate crocodile colors. And i agree a Dark Turquoise frog would be a welcomed addition. Surprised they didnt lean into more frogs than usual with the jungle line
I like the idea of reused lego figures is more so characters getting different occupations for one reason or another. However I wouldn't mind a lego city zoo, heck and maybe for shizzle and giggles, just slowly add like prehistoric animals out of no where.
I love your videos. They are short and to the point, well made, and focus on the actually interesting parts of these sets. And your voice just sounds nice in general
i was not tuned in to these sets and when you just casually mentioned Johnny thunder was leading the expedition you completely blew my mind. also im honestly surprised a lot of these animal molds haven’t shown up yet especially in something like chima.
I really like the Set with the Tiger. The Truck is really cool and the Tiger too also great figures. I will also get the 10€ red panda set for the panda and the Polybag
man... i really want to get some of these... the tiger one catches my interest most since i've had tigers on my mind while building a moc, that set is really affordable too. the gator recolour is also really cool. also kinda hyped for those new dreamzzz sets with even more reddish orange
I wouldn't have known the City Explorers sets had a polybag too if It wasn't for this video. Ordered one immediately since they can be so hard to find the longer they are out. I love at these cute Lego animals and the continuation of that explorers set up. The addition of Johnny Thunder to the team will be perfect to accompany the Dr. Kilroy from the Natural History Museum!
Nice to see what Johnny has been up to. I love the aminals! They are v cute, very well done, distinctly Lego while also appealing to realism. I would be interested in seeing a Panda and more birds.
I don’t even collect Lego City sets, however these new jungle sets are amazing! Especially the new animal molds! Easily the Red Panda is my favorite! It’s cute! I’ll definitely pick up the cheap $11 set just to get the Red Panda. The new Gorilla mold is amazing as well, but I don’t want to spend $100 just to get them.
I really love the new animals and the fact that they're bringing Johnny Thunder back as he's my favorite Original Lego character but I can't help but feel like there was a missed opportunity to include Johnny's Green shirt with tan pants in one of the sets or have updated figures of the other characters like the Dr. Kilroy and Pippin Reed
@@CheeseyStudios Yeah I mean he did have his normal outfit when he went on the jungle adventure in 1999, but I still fell like it should've been in one of the sets, especially since his normal outfit has already 3 updates with this being the 3rd. The others being in the lego movie and as a mystery minifigure.
I'm disappointed with this theme mainly due to Johnny Thunder's inclusion. This feels like a betrayal of the Adventurers theme. We've all been asking for a reboot of that theme for years. So they stick Johnny in a modern city theme? How does that make sense? Seeing Johnny driving these modern blue/orange vehicles just makes my head spin. Johnny's theme existed in the 1920s, he should be driving Model T's and Flying Biplanes and Zepplins. No villain, the rest of his crew is missing, and there is no archeological aspect? That's a huge L from me. Otherwise this theme is great. I pray that Johnny's inclusion here does not exclude him from being included in a true Adventurers reboot.
That definetly is a crocodile, not an alligator. Alligators have an more u shaped head while crocodiles have an v shaped head. Crocodiles also show both layers of teeth while alligators only show the top layer. Also the sabertooth "tiger" isn't an actual tiger, its part of the machairodontinae while tigers are part of panthera.
@@ACLProps If I can nerd out as well, those sets doesn't make any sense connected cos Gorillas are only found in Africa while Tigers or Red Pandas live in Asia ☝🤓
Just wow. Slowly but surely Lego is fulfilling all my Lego wishes. As someone that has an enormous Lego city zoo still in his future project list, this is simply amazing. Having a new tiger is awesome, but also new molds like the gorilla's and red panda are simply loads of fun. Even the olive green alligators look great, despite my first build for their enclosure already containing a dark green and a regular green one. (and a tiny hatchling) I think I should really reward Lego for doing me such an awesome favor and buy a few of these sets. Thanks for reviewing it and point me towards them!
@@CheeseyStudios Yea man, you put out so much value, even going as far as to point out a specific time on a video to explain something. (which you didn't have to do) I'm happy to be able to do a little bit back from my end. You've built a pretty amazing community of nice lego people here. (for some reason Lego people are much nicer) I would hope there would be a zoo line at some point, but as long as they keep all the animals going, we can make our own. Would you consider making one at some point as a large Moc?
I'm looking forward to getting the tiger to add to my Aladdin minifigure set. It'll make a nice Rajah! Besides that though I have a lot of parts collected thus far for a modernized Johnny Thunder Egyptian diorama. Looking forward to the new figure!
I got the set with the elephants from 2 years ago for half off so I’d be so excited to do the same for that gorilla set in another 2 years. I don’t have anywhere to put LEGO vehicles so I could do without them but that’s a big ask for something with city in the name.
For coming with new/recoloured animals, I'm surprised the price per piece is so good in the UK. 92 parts for £9 is about average, 177 for £20 is a little off but still okay. 314 for £25 is average, and 881 for £90 with the two gorillas is ace.
They seem a little smaller, but apart from the gorilla set, which has a massive helicopter, they are all quite affordable. I don't think the pounds conversion is too bad or too good, it's just about the same?
Usually City sets are crazy overpriced in the US, but these didn't feel so bad this time around. I do think there's a lot more smaller pieces throughout the whole City line this wave though.
@@CheeseyStudios They feel a bit overpriced here too in the EU, but I've already seen sets of this line for 3-6 euros (which is around as much as a dollar these days) less, new at the better discount stores. The fact that it is not a lego exclusive usually pushes the prices way down, which is good for us. (maybe not as good for Lego, I don't know)
For a LEGO City set, especially! Usually these are crazy overpriced, but they don't seem all that bad this time around. Even when you compare them to other City sets launching this summer, they're generally better
The newer dinosaur molds from Jurassic park look great. Very colorful and quite detailed. It is a bit expensive of a theme though, I'm trying to find some stuff discounted as you are really paying for those insanely large pieces of plastic :)
So the interset connection thing is interesting. Not because it's a complex or super useful feature, but rather because of how we see it across themes as some kinda standard modular nature system. Avatar sets and the most recent Harry Potter dark forest sets comes to mind. However, looking closer at the avatar sets, it seems like the clip-and-bar connection on those are one plate higher than the Harry Potter ones. I guess Lego had not fully settled on a standard yet at the time of the avatar sets. Are these connections found in other recent sets? Or maybe even some old sets, the same way 80s castles are compatible with Harry Potter castle segments from 2020.
Definitely thought of Harry Potter right away too. The system is relatively new, since the clip pieces themselves are rather recent. Curious to see if anyone knows of other compatible examples though!
@@CheeseyStudios That would be swell! I also could've seen it fitting for the Animal Rescue line from a few years ago, which already had some great choices for animals
As a tiger lover and Indiana Jones fan, I need both Johnny Thunder and that majestic tiger :3 No, not THE Majestic Tiger, I already have that one, this little cute yet menacing tiger, I mean XD
Im very excited for the Gorillas. I always wanted a lego gorilla mold that was accurate, when i built something with gorillas I would use the cmf gorilla costume guy.
Not related to city, but… For your Minecraft display, i reccomend using the red creeper from the small minecraft set (i don’t know the name) and a CMF figure foot piece that puts them at an angle to make it look the the creeper is dying while being hit by a player.
Definatley the tiger.... but the gorilla is a close 2nd... perhaps it is only arm articulation that makes it slightly less so.... BTW can you use your LEGO contacts to whisper in their ear to add a wild boar to the Ideas Wolf pack castle? That would be sweet....
@@CheeseyStudios Yay! I know a wolf seems like a natural inclusion, but I think them hunting a wild boar would actually be cooler and less cliche, and then a wolf mold could be made for a Forestmans set antagonist! We need a whole forest of animals...
it’s really funny seeing the more modern, cartoony styled animals next to the more simplified, unprinted frog piece. it’s like looking at old vs. new minecraft mobs
So true lol! I'm surprised the frog has lasted as long as it has. There's such a cult following around the piece now that I don't think they'll ever remove it from the parts portfolio now.
@CheeseyStudios I hope they never get rid of it. Opening the bag of 100 pink frogs in the bonzai tree was amazing. Best bag of legos ever made in my opinion
I'm not a huge enjoyer of the frog mold, but I do like all these modern style animals a lot. They are realistic enough to work alongside minifigs, but joyful and playful enough to convey the animals they represent.
@@pinobluevogel6458 I'm not a huge fan of a lot of the old molds, like the old polar bears or the old horses. The frog is probably the only one of the older style that I really do like
@@prons_gaming5083 I love the old horses, even though the new ones are slightly better. I have about 30 of them lying around from both my own and my girlfriends collection when we were young.
As a medieval builder, I think it is simply awesome that you can get a pretty decent large animal that is used everywhere in medieval times at a very cheap price. This saves the slightly more detailed and articulate horses for the main characters, bosses and kings.
I'm with you on that polar bear though, the new one is superior by a mile.
I have been really enjoying the new animals LEGO has been producing, but it REALLY makes me want a new Capybara (that isn't in the minidoll style), and I hope eventually we'll get some form of a safari-themed wave of sets to get that!
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Wouldn't capybaras be in this wave or one like it, they are from the jungles and swamps of south America, and aren't safaris like the semi aired plains of Africa, I could be wrong tho. But yeah capybaras would be really cool, and if they did make a south American wildlife wave, we could get tons of cool creatures and critters. :3
For a new savannah set they should definetly do a rhino, hippo, giraffe and maybe a new zebra color on a horse.
Hyena's also could be an intresting addition.
A zebra would be fantastic 👌
i also wonder if this tiger is different from the one used on the Disney line ....
They have to make a Lego City Zoo subtheme, I don't understand why it hasn't been made yet. Imagine you can combine every set to make a full zoo !
That would be perfect! Seems like a no brainer.
I looked up "zoo" in Lego Ideas and there was only one zoo submission that got 10K votes. There lots of brick built animal submissions, but relatively few zoo submissions.
@@wyk3982 There are zoo sets for Duplo, but I have yet to see anything for minifig style city lego. This is one of the bigger projects I am planning to make, but I've seen several youtubers, commenters and met some lego people in real life that are all doing this (in their own way). So I guess i'm not being very original here :)
Zoos are probably to controversial. Many are staunchly opposed to them and find them to be unethical
I’ve been slowly working on a Lego zoo since high school when they did the first jungle theme with the og tiger and jaguars. I haven’t had time to work on it the past few years, but now I’m out of college and back home I think I’ll work on it again.
The new alligators are detailed but nothing will ever replace my no-prints solid-color alligators
Ah, nothing beats those 90s-era animals. To me, that is THE most LEGO-like style.
Yeah, more detail doesn't always mean better. The more subtle and complex shapes you add, the more it's going to look out of place in a Lego setting. I mean, the body of a minifigure is shaped like a trapezoid. Putting that next to an intricately shaped gator head, it's gonna look a little weird.
The classic gator was a good balance between looking like Lego and being recognizable as the right animal, without looking like a generic toy gator. Redesigning these old moulds isn't a bad thing, but I think they went a bit too far. However, I do like how much room is in the new gator's mouth. You can put a lot of different things in there.
The old crocs were very good, like the old sharks. There is something about the basic shapes that makes them work exceptionally well, unlike the monkey mold from the pirates theme.
I do have to say, the new crocs have a slightly better comedic value, they seem to 'grin' a little, which I noticed is awesome to make jokes with for little children, ... or large adults on occasion.
I like to think that they're merely a different species of gator in the Lego world.
@@jk0345 Exactly!
Some species of caiman look far simpler and less 'evolved' than more modern looking crocodiles and gators. Just like you have cormorants existing alongside regular 'modern' birds. It is a very effective bird predator who hunts fish, but it looks way more like a dinosaur than almost any normal bird.
It's quite interesting how Lego seems to be using Lego City to revive old themes without reviving old themes
Indeed. They must feel it needs the co-branding to sell.
I personally think the city branding is starting to feel kind of weird and confusing. Just a simple area-approepiate branding would seen more fitting and clear to me. I'm no executive or child, though, so perhaps this is for the cobranding or a nervousness to make completely new theme?
@titanic_monarch796 yeah, a lot of "City" sets don't feel very "City"-like.
like the boats with sea animals kinda fit "City"since you could say the city is on a coast, but these jungle settings don't seem to fit...
Maybe a City Zoo sub-theme is in order...
That gorilla holding the ice planet chainsaw is the funniest and most cured thing I have ever seen 🤣 OH NO, THEY’RE EVOLVING!!!
I had to quickly find the most absurd and obnoxious accessory and the chainsaw came to mind IMMEDIATELY xD
Planet of The Apes
My mind was racing towards planet of the apes mocs as well
For me the runner up would have been a lightsaber.
APES TOGETHER STRONG
Love how you can connect all the terrain for a larger jungle. And that Johnny Thunder comes in this year's $10 City car set no less.
Right? Usually LEGO would HAPPILY put him exclusively in the largest set. This was such a pleasant surprise!
High quality as always, love to see new critters, that red panda is absolutely adorable
Appreciate it! It's another great lineup of cute plastic shapes, that's for sure.
Ooh! Johnny Thunder is back! Im actually really excited for this wave now! Woo!
Also, theory; what if LEGO is now using their Lego CITY theme as a platform for releasing all their home brand themes? We already have new Lego Space this way, and with this we now have Lego Adventurers joining it. This might mean we will be getting mych more of returning themes this way! I'm hoping to see some more, especially with Johnny Thunder!
It sure seems like you might be right! It's definitely better than nothing.
Lego should have done that last year with the underwater exploration sets as well. Making the side builds connect into one big sunken ship. Now that would have encouraged people to collect all the sets to have an extra set in the end.
That would have been great. I love little coral builds...
Im very happy to see more accurate crocodile colors. And i agree a Dark Turquoise frog would be a welcomed addition. Surprised they didnt lean into more frogs than usual with the jungle line
Not getting a new frog recolor in both this line AND that Galaxy Art set is a crime
I don’t own an original Johnny Thunder figure, so I’m really excited to get him for $11 thanks to your revisiting series
I can't believe they put him in the cheapest set! That's so awesome. Typically they'd lock him behind a $100 paywall.
I like the idea of reused lego figures is more so characters getting different occupations for one reason or another.
However I wouldn't mind a lego city zoo, heck and maybe for shizzle and giggles, just slowly add like prehistoric animals out of no where.
Now with the new olive green crocs, you can build Elvis the Crocodile’s enclosure at the Reptile Park
Forget the fluffy fellas, Johnny Thunder is the only jungle animal I need!
People are going to go nuts for these sets because of him xD That small ATV will be an especially good seller I imagine!
@@CheeseyStudiosNgl, that set would have been even cooler if they brought back the beige vehicle base piece (30149) to use in the car build 👌😩
red pandas are my absolute favorite animal ever so im really happy that theres finally a lego red panda
They did a great job with it too!
I love your videos. They are short and to the point, well made, and focus on the actually interesting parts of these sets. And your voice just sounds nice in general
Shoutout to having an epic voice. Very pleasant and manly.
Ayy, thanks guys! Really appreciate that.
i was not tuned in to these sets and when you just casually mentioned Johnny thunder was leading the expedition you completely blew my mind. also im honestly surprised a lot of these animal molds haven’t shown up yet especially in something like chima.
I really like the Set with the Tiger. The Truck is really cool and the Tiger too also great figures. I will also get the 10€ red panda set for the panda and the Polybag
Agreed! Glad to see a lot of these sets at lower price points
man... i really want to get some of these... the tiger one catches my interest most since i've had tigers on my mind while building a moc, that set is really affordable too. the gator recolour is also really cool. also kinda hyped for those new dreamzzz sets with even more reddish orange
Glad LEGO is utilizing reddish orange as much as they are. The more pieces we get in that color, the better!
These new animals are Fantastic! I really like the use of the new reddish orange color, it just pops! Thanks again for the update Cheesey!
I'm glad LEGO is making good use of the new color! It's awesome to see
I wouldn't have known the City Explorers sets had a polybag too if It wasn't for this video. Ordered one immediately since they can be so hard to find the longer they are out.
I love at these cute Lego animals and the continuation of that explorers set up. The addition of Johnny Thunder to the team will be perfect to accompany the Dr. Kilroy from the Natural History Museum!
Glad I highlighted the polybag then! I know they really do tend to fly under the radar sometimes
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oh hey the panda and tigger were reddish orange did not realize. Olive green, baby sand green great colors
I wasn't expecting all the reddish orange recolors either! It's a cool use of the color though.
Nice to see what Johnny has been up to. I love the aminals! They are v cute, very well done, distinctly Lego while also appealing to realism. I would be interested in seeing a Panda and more birds.
Those are both great suggestions. Surprised that we haven't seen a regular ol' panda yet!
I like the adventure stuff coming back in a limited way i hope we get something closer to the actual adventures theme soon
That would be so cool. Would love to some ancient ruins!
I don’t even collect Lego City sets, however these new jungle sets are amazing! Especially the new animal molds! Easily the Red Panda is my favorite! It’s cute! I’ll definitely pick up the cheap $11 set just to get the Red Panda. The new Gorilla mold is amazing as well, but I don’t want to spend $100 just to get them.
I love that the $11 set has a bunch of new things. The baby gorilla being in the polybag too is awesome
I love these new waves of exploration sets, but I miss the 2017 ones😢
That was a good wave of sets too.
I really love the new animals and the fact that they're bringing Johnny Thunder back as he's my favorite Original Lego character but I can't help but feel like there was a missed opportunity to include Johnny's Green shirt with tan pants in one of the sets or have updated figures of the other characters like the Dr. Kilroy and Pippin Reed
That's true - the Orient Expedition jungle outfit would have made more sense! I suppose this one is just more iconic
@@CheeseyStudios Yeah I mean he did have his normal outfit when he went on the jungle adventure in 1999, but I still fell like it should've been in one of the sets, especially since his normal outfit has already 3 updates with this being the 3rd. The others being in the lego movie and as a mystery minifigure.
Excited for these new sets & animals! Great video & wave!🔥
Appreciate it! Gotta love some new animals!
This theme is awesome! I’m probably going to get the biggest set. It’s so cool that Johnny Thunder is back!
Right? Rather unexpected, but I'm here for it!
You made my day boy, I need the Gorilla so bad! Animals and stuff from castle are my favourites.
So glad we finally got a proper gorilla! Animals always make a set better.
I'm disappointed with this theme mainly due to Johnny Thunder's inclusion. This feels like a betrayal of the Adventurers theme. We've all been asking for a reboot of that theme for years. So they stick Johnny in a modern city theme? How does that make sense? Seeing Johnny driving these modern blue/orange vehicles just makes my head spin. Johnny's theme existed in the 1920s, he should be driving Model T's and Flying Biplanes and Zepplins. No villain, the rest of his crew is missing, and there is no archeological aspect? That's a huge L from me. Otherwise this theme is great. I pray that Johnny's inclusion here does not exclude him from being included in a true Adventurers reboot.
Yeah, they just nostalgia baiting adults into buying these, and you KNOW it's gonna work lol...
Thak you LEGO for picabrick!
Amen to that!
Finally, the legend returns!
I thought we'd be seeing him in a GWP remake first honestly!
@@CheeseyStudios well there was the CMF of him, although I think it wasn't really confirmed then and just named explorer
I do have him! That's a great figure
@@CheeseyStudios pfff, you show-off :P
These are wonderful!! The gorillas are my favourite, but the new dark orange is super pretty
It is a really fun color. I'm glad they're finding all sorts of uses for it!
i love the jungle theme it looks super cool
It's such a great location! Who doesn't love some fun plants and animals in LEGO?
These Lego sets are absolutely fantastic! I own 3/5 of the sets, and I think the helicopter set and the tiger set are the best in my opinion.
They're all quite well done. I'd've gone nuts for these as a kid!
As a DM im way too excited for the terrain builds and the gators lol
I am crying. The BABY ALIGATOR!!! Amazinggg
So cute, right?
Wow, Johnny Thunder's Back in another mainline LEGO theme! Awesome!
Love to see it! He's iconic
That definetly is a crocodile, not an alligator.
Alligators have an more u shaped head while crocodiles have an v shaped head.
Crocodiles also show both layers of teeth while alligators only show the top layer.
Also the sabertooth "tiger" isn't an actual tiger, its part of the machairodontinae while tigers are part of panthera.
ngl I've been dreading this comment's arrival all morning
Also the sets are set in the jungle. Crocodiles do live in the jungle, alligators don't
@@ACLProps If I can nerd out as well, those sets doesn't make any sense connected cos Gorillas are only found in Africa while Tigers or Red Pandas live in Asia ☝🤓
I think it would be cool to have Johnny aged rather than the same, which would almost create a cool timeline for the theme
I could definitely get behind that!
I REALLY like the lego gorilla🦍
It looks super cool! It's a really majestic design.
Когда уже новую Лего минифигурку Ягуара выпустят ?
These sets should be available everywhere by August 1!
I love love love these animals! Fun Fact in 2019 Lego released an EXCLUSIVE tan coloured alligator with red eyes in 70419: Wrecked Shrimp Boat.
That's such a great set. I regret not picking it up
Just wow. Slowly but surely Lego is fulfilling all my Lego wishes. As someone that has an enormous Lego city zoo still in his future project list, this is simply amazing. Having a new tiger is awesome, but also new molds like the gorilla's and red panda are simply loads of fun. Even the olive green alligators look great, despite my first build for their enclosure already containing a dark green and a regular green one. (and a tiny hatchling)
I think I should really reward Lego for doing me such an awesome favor and buy a few of these sets. Thanks for reviewing it and point me towards them!
Ah, that red brick looks lovely next to your name!
@@CheeseyStudios Yea man, you put out so much value, even going as far as to point out a specific time on a video to explain something. (which you didn't have to do) I'm happy to be able to do a little bit back from my end. You've built a pretty amazing community of nice lego people here. (for some reason Lego people are much nicer)
I would hope there would be a zoo line at some point, but as long as they keep all the animals going, we can make our own. Would you consider making one at some point as a large Moc?
@@pinobluevogel6458 Ah, at the very least an aquarium exhibit would be a ton of fun. I love building coral and such!
I'm looking forward to getting the tiger to add to my Aladdin minifigure set. It'll make a nice Rajah!
Besides that though I have a lot of parts collected thus far for a modernized Johnny Thunder Egyptian diorama. Looking forward to the new figure!
Oh, that's a great idea! It's awesome to finally have a proper Tiger.
Very excited to have an olive green croc/gator jaw part to swap out the classic LEGO Batman Movie Killer Croc part to get those yellow eyes!
Dang, I just looked it up, and I forget how cool that Killer Croc bigfig is
3:20 oh no it's got a chainsaw run for it
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I am going to get the animals separately on Pick a Brick and want Lego to add dinosaurs to pick a brick
That's too bad that they don't add the dinos. I bet they'd be crazy expensive though 😭
I think these sets are priced much better than the other city sets to be honest
I noticed that too. I wonder how they dream up those prices
I can definately see the baby gorilla making a great Budha statue if they recolor it in tan or something
I wonder if we ever will see any recolors of any of these.
Frog piece is iconic. What a legend.
It doesn't get better than that!
i like the tiger set, decent looking off road truck with it as well
Honestly not that bad of a price either - I think that one will be popular!
I got the set with the elephants from 2 years ago for half off so I’d be so excited to do the same for that gorilla set in another 2 years. I don’t have anywhere to put LEGO vehicles so I could do without them but that’s a big ask for something with city in the name.
I wish I hadn't missed out on the elephants - those looked awesome!
Mannn those crocs are so cool looking
Glad to see them in more colors!
My reaction: Jonny thunder !!!!
The man, the myth, the legend
Yeah since I saw him I wanted him so I „can“ get him now
I got the tiny plane today ant the red panda set.the car was not in stock…. But they had a discount! Yeah not I have Jonny thunder !😀😀😃😃😄😄
I’m truthfully just thrilled to see Johnny Thunders return.
Ah, me too! He's a legend
For coming with new/recoloured animals, I'm surprised the price per piece is so good in the UK.
92 parts for £9 is about average, 177 for £20 is a little off but still okay.
314 for £25 is average, and 881 for £90 with the two gorillas is ace.
They seem a little smaller, but apart from the gorilla set, which has a massive helicopter, they are all quite affordable. I don't think the pounds conversion is too bad or too good, it's just about the same?
Usually City sets are crazy overpriced in the US, but these didn't feel so bad this time around. I do think there's a lot more smaller pieces throughout the whole City line this wave though.
@@CheeseyStudios They feel a bit overpriced here too in the EU, but I've already seen sets of this line for 3-6 euros (which is around as much as a dollar these days) less, new at the better discount stores. The fact that it is not a lego exclusive usually pushes the prices way down, which is good for us. (maybe not as good for Lego, I don't know)
I really like the red panda and it’s nice to get an affordable tiger!
I'm so glad that most all these sets are priced lower!
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The new animals look awesome, I especially think that the set with the three crocodiles is a very good deal
For a LEGO City set, especially! Usually these are crazy overpriced, but they don't seem all that bad this time around. Even when you compare them to other City sets launching this summer, they're generally better
Great as always kerp it up !
Appreciate it!
Those new animals are SO NICE!! The tiger is my favourite!
It turned out really great!
@@CheeseyStudios Indeed!
nice thumbnail 😊
Thank you!
I'm looking forward to.. getting a new Johny Thunder 😅
Glad he's included in the smallest set, too! I think a lot of people will be quite excited to pick him up
Olive Green gator ? Chima is coming back and no one can change my mind
Ha, I definitely thought the same thing lol
Yes! I've been looking forward to this one!
I'm glad LEGO keeps releasing new animals like this - they're making sure I've got content to make lol
I have the original johnny Thunder set 5986 and used to play every day with it as a kid
Yes! Such a good set. So glad I was able to have that one for awhile.
Gorilla holding chainsaw lol
Born in the year of the tiger, and having it be one of my favourite animals, I'm stoked for the tiger box! Hope its not to expensive!
It's $35 which doesn't feel bad at all to me!
Can you provide a source for the quote from Nik Pauwels about the gators, please? :)
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These new animals look AWESOME…. Although I do more love the lego dinosaurs!!!!!
The newer dinosaur molds from Jurassic park look great. Very colorful and quite detailed. It is a bit expensive of a theme though, I'm trying to find some stuff discounted as you are really paying for those insanely large pieces of plastic :)
More baby dinosaurs would be epic. Those big ones are so cool, but man, they take up a lot of space!
I love them but they are quite EXPENSIVE on bricklink so i prefer juts buying the sets
As a LEGO animal collector, I'm looking forward to all of them!
LEGO animals are just delightful!
They sure are!
I they sold a set that was just the combined habitat with the animals
That would be pretty epic ngl
So the interset connection thing is interesting. Not because it's a complex or super useful feature, but rather because of how we see it across themes as some kinda standard modular nature system. Avatar sets and the most recent Harry Potter dark forest sets comes to mind.
However, looking closer at the avatar sets, it seems like the clip-and-bar connection on those are one plate higher than the Harry Potter ones. I guess Lego had not fully settled on a standard yet at the time of the avatar sets. Are these connections found in other recent sets? Or maybe even some old sets, the same way 80s castles are compatible with Harry Potter castle segments from 2020.
Definitely thought of Harry Potter right away too. The system is relatively new, since the clip pieces themselves are rather recent. Curious to see if anyone knows of other compatible examples though!
red pandas have been my favorite animal since i was 6 there is no way i'm not immediately picking that set up. even has a bonus johnny thunder
So glad you get both in the wave's smallest set! That one is going to be very popular
@@CheeseyStudios for sure. i hope they keep putting desirable animals in the small sets like the seal last year
The eagle would still be good to rerelease since we havent had it since its debut in 2018 in the People Pack
Oh dang, has it been that long? Maybe there'll be a surprise set still, like that one City space set!
@@CheeseyStudios That would be swell! I also could've seen it fitting for the Animal Rescue line from a few years ago, which already had some great choices for animals
Im an animal lover, so for me this is awesome. I have the dark green alligator from the swamp police sets.
It's so great that LEGO City always introduces so many new animals!
These honestly are more detailed than I thought!
The red panda feels especially elaborate! It's super cool
Even cooler, they’re cheap!
I'm going to the Lego store tomorrow and I'm planning on getting the tiger one, the croc one and the turtle boat I havent got yet
Very nice!
As a tiger lover and Indiana Jones fan, I need both Johnny Thunder and that majestic tiger :3 No, not THE Majestic Tiger, I already have that one, this little cute yet menacing tiger, I mean XD
lololol I love it
You don’t understand how much watching this video has helped me today.
It's sooo good to see Johnny Thunder again. Now, when will Sam Sinister return?
True. That would be very cool
Still waiting for a black or dark gray alligator, maybe even with tan on the bottom with duel molding. that would definingly be the most accurate !
Ooh, yeah! That would look really cool
With Johnny Thunder's return we are now one step closer to seeing Clutch Powers return
He shows up in Ninjago every once in awhile for some reason lol! brickset.com/minifigs/njo667/clutch-powers-legacy
I’m so glad they finally made gorillas! They need to make some giraffes though! It’s long overdue!!
So true! And a zebra would be great as well
If it weren't so expensive I'd want the gorilla one. Maybe I'll get it for myself as a treat when I graduate college this year.
I bet it'll go on sale eventually too if you're willing to wait :)
We've been waiting for lego to make gorillas for so, long. I didn't expect to see a lego gorilla baby, it's so CUTE🥹
I'm surprised it took this long too! They did a great job though
Im very excited for the Gorillas. I always wanted a lego gorilla mold that was accurate, when i built something with gorillas I would use the cmf gorilla costume guy.
Now you can make a moc with both these and the costume guy. '... Day 21 and they still don't notice I'm not really one of them. "
lol! I remember that figure. Probably more convincing that Gorilla Grodd at least lolol
Yipeeeeeeee🎉 more Lego animals🎉
Gotta love 'em!
I’m just so excited to see Johnny again
I always love to see some Adventurers callbacks, too
The tiger looks Grrrreat!🐅
😂
Not related to city, but… For your Minecraft display, i reccomend using the red creeper from the small minecraft set (i don’t know the name) and a CMF figure foot piece that puts them at an angle to make it look the the creeper is dying while being hit by a player.
Stay tuned for the next episode, coming very soon 👀
Johnny Thunder found the secrets of immortality
So that's what he was looking for all this time...
really enjoy watching this video
Definatley the tiger.... but the gorilla is a close 2nd... perhaps it is only arm articulation that makes it slightly less so.... BTW can you use your LEGO contacts to whisper in their ear to add a wild boar to the Ideas Wolf pack castle? That would be sweet....
I'll let the powers that be know 👌👌👌
@@CheeseyStudios Yay! I know a wolf seems like a natural inclusion, but I think them hunting a wild boar would actually be cooler and less cliche, and then a wolf mold could be made for a Forestmans set antagonist! We need a whole forest of animals...
Walking Dead fans are going to love the tiger, to be completely honest. (As a Walking Dead fan myself.)
That's going to be a very useful piece. I can't believe we haven't gotten any proper orange tigers in the past!
Finally they are bringing the jungle theme back!
They did a great job with it too. It's a fun batch of sets!
I'm just here for Johnny Thunder
I can respect that lol