Creator

Exotic Peacock

A tiny bird with a tail that steals the whole show.

Brick Rated Score

4.0/5

Set 31157 · 2024

Pieces355

Minifigsn/a

Year2024

Set number31157

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The verdict

I built the peacock in one sitting and kept fanning that tail out just to watch it fold back down, it is a genuinely satisfying little mechanism for a 355 piece set.

This is a Creator 3-in-1 through and through, so you are getting a bird, a dragonfly, and a butterfly out of the same pile of bricks, and each one actually looks like what it claims to be instead of a vague blob with the right colors. It will not challenge an experienced builder for more than an evening, and the price crept up a little since launch, but as a display piece or a gift for a kid who loves animals it earns its spot on a shelf. I would grab it before it fully disappears rather than pay collector markup later.

Best for: animal lovers and younger builders who want a real display piece, not shelf filler

The full review

What it is

I will be honest about what hooked me first, it was not the color scheme, it was the tail. The peacock's feathers lock into a fan that you can spread wide for display or click flat when you want it tucked in, and that hinge does exactly what a good Creator model should do, it turns a static shape into something you actually want to fidget with. The body build itself is quick, blue and teal plates stacked into a believable bird silhouette with a little crest on the head, and it reads as a peacock from across the room, which is the whole point of this line.

The catch

The honest caveat is scale. At 355 pieces split across three builds, none of the three individual models is a long weekend project, this is closer to an evening's build for an adult and a satisfying afternoon for a kid working with a parent. There are no minifigs and no baseplate scene, just the animal itself, so if you want a diorama you will be adding your own display stand or backdrop. And while the set has held close to its original $19.99 to $20.99 range rather than shooting up, it has not dropped either, so there is no bargain-bin discount to wait for.

Who it's for

Get this one if you want a genuinely clever mechanical detail in a small package, if you are building with a younger kid who loves birds or bugs, or if you collect the Creator 3-in-1 animal sub-line and want the tail-fan gimmick in your rotation. Skip it if you need a long build session out of one box, since three quick models will feel thinner than a single 355 piece build would.

The parts story

What the build is actually like, and the pieces worth knowing about.

Building the peacock is a fast, cheerful session, mostly plate and tile stacking to build up the teal and blue body before you get to the fun part, clipping the tail feather assembly onto the hinge at the back. That hinge is doing all the emotional work in this set, snap the feathers together, angle them out, and the whole thing transforms from a simple bird shape into a proper display piece. Rebuilding it into the dragonfly or butterfly means breaking down that same stack of parts into a flatter, winged shape, and both alternates hold together better than you'd expect from a repurposed pile of bird parts.

There is nothing here in the way of printed parts or rare recolors, this is a parts-value set more than a collector's set, the standout is the teal and blue plate and tile selection doing efficient double duty across all three builds rather than any single exotic new mold. At roughly a nickel and a half per piece against the original RRP, it is solidly efficient for a licensed-adjacent animal set, and the feather elements are the closest thing to a signature piece, giving the set its whole identity in a handful of components.

Fun facts

01Exotic Peacock is a Creator 3-in-1 set, meaning the same 355 pieces rebuild into a peacock, a dragonfly, or a butterfly, LEGO's classic 'three models, one box' format.
02The set launched in January 2024 at an RRP of $19.99 / £17.99 / €19.99 and was designed for builders aged 7 and up.
03It carries a strong community rating on Brickset, around 4 stars from dozens of member reviews, unusually solid for a smaller-format set.
04The peacock's signature feature, a tail that fans open and folds flat, is achieved with a simple hinge rather than any complex new mechanism, which is part of why it works so well for younger builders.