Summary
- LEGO's partnership with Nintendo is expanding with non-tech sets like Animal Crossing, aimed at different audiences.
- The new 2025 sets feature iconic Animal Crossing locations and characters like Celeste and Leif.
- The sets range in price, with Celeste's being $9.99, Leif's being $29.99, and the Able Sisters' being $39.99.
The partnership between LEGO and Nintendo continues to strengthen, with this year's Animal Crossing sets cementing those ties in a whole new way. 2025 promises more Animal Crossing sets, with three already confirmed.
LEGO has been continually releasing Super Mario Bros. Sets since 2020, but only recently has its partnership with Nintendo delved more into traditional sets. The toy brand's Mario sets are based on a gizmo version of the iconic plumber, with the surrounding bricks meant for course design rather than play. LEGO eventually delved into non-tech Nintendo products, such as the Bowser and NES sets, but have been aimed squarely at those interested in big-ticket display items.
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Three New Animal Crossing LEGO Sets Are Confirmed For 2025
This was changed not only with LEGO's new Zelda set (which, though still priced high, is a playset with minifigures) but the Animal Crossing line, which has so far focused entirely on regular sets aimed at LEGO's core audience. Though based on the same circular plates introduced by LEGO's Mario sets, designed for modularity in course design, Animal Crossing's sets focus on typical system builds without a digital gimmick.
Their smaller price tags, though still a tad inflated thanks to a myriad of new head molds and the Nintendo license fee, make for great offerings as sets for kids and fans of the IP. 3 new sets have been confirmed for 2025, with details and official pictures collected by fanmade database site Brickset.
Stargazing with Celeste (77053)
This cute set will feature the first LEGO incarnation of Animal Crossing's Celeste character as its one-and-only minifigure. It will retail for $9.99 and contain 75 pieces, depicting the owl in her element—watching the stars through a telescope. Situated next to a cutout moon and tree, Celeste's telescope resembles the one she has in New Leaf. She also holds a constellation map, perhaps a reference to the mini-game in Animal Crossing: Wild World (the title in which she first appeared).
Leif's Caravan & Garden Shop (77054)
Introducing Animal Crossing's Leif and Poppy to minifigure form, 77054 features exactly the caravan and garden shop referenced in its title. This is the exact mobile home and shop Leif is shown to have in New Horizons, with the former able to open up like a dollhouse in its brick form. The set will contain 263 pieces and retail for $29.99. It's notable here that Leif will use the movable short legs LEGO introduced a few years back, while Poppy will have the same classic-style immovable short legs.
Able Sisters Clothing Shop (77055)
The Able Sisters Clothing Shop is the biggest set of this wave, though there are a couple Animal Crossing sets from this year that surpass it in size and price. Retailing for $39.99 and containing 322 pieces, the set depicts the Able Sisters' shop from Animal Crossing: New Horizons—albeit with some stylistic liberties. The set's colors are generally more saturated here, and its door frame is curved rather than a rectangle with corners. Moreover, it lacks the text seen in the game, replacing the words 'Able Sisters' with a logo denoting the store's tailoring services.
The set will also include two minifgures, although only one of Animal Crossing's Able sisters, that being Mabel. The other minifigure is the rabbit villager Sasha, who is also present in New Horizons. Interestingly, both Sable and Label have yet to appear in minifigure form, though there's plenty of time in 2025 for them to appear in later waves. Given that LEGO is using the same plate system as found in the Mario line here, encouraging building a village by bringing sets together, an add-on in the future is certainly possible.
Animal Crossing is a Nintendo-exclusive life sim franchise spread across numerous Nintendo consoles. Featuring anthropomorphic villagers, strong customization, and a real-time day cycle, the Animal Crossing series offer unique and varied gameplay.
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