Animal Crossing

Fly with Dodo Airlines

A tiny airport that nails the feeling of a game that has none of its own real airports.

Brick Rated Score

4.0/5

Set 77051 · 2024

Pieces292

Minifigs2

Year2024

Set number77051

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The verdict

The first time I clicked this one together, I laughed out loud at the little check in desk, because whoever designed it clearly spent real time in Animal Crossing New Horizons and not just a reference photo of it.

This is a small set doing a lot of storytelling in a small footprint, and if you love the game you will recognize Dodo Airlines instantly. It is not a technical showpiece, so if you are chasing clever building tricks, this will feel modest. But as a shelf scene that captures a specific, beloved game moment, it earns its spot.

Best for: Animal Crossing players who want the Dodo Airlines terminal as a physical keepsake rather than a complex build

The full review

What it is

This set recreates the departure lounge every Animal Crossing New Horizons player knows by heart, the little airport run by the Dodo Airlines staff who ferry you between islands. LEGO's take is compact, a small terminal building paired with a buildable plane, and it leans hard into charm over complexity. The dodo minifigure is the star here, printed and posed in a way that instantly reads as the character from the game, and that alone had me smiling before I had even finished the manual.

The catch

I will be straight with you though, this is a modest build. Two hundred and ninety two pieces goes together quickly, and there is not much in the way of clever technique to chew on while you build it. A couple of reviewers online wished for a bit more furniture or detail inside the terminal for the money, and I get that criticism, the interior is sparse compared to how packed the game's version feels. It is a set you build once for the joy of the reveal, not one that keeps giving you fiddly little assembly puzzles.

Who it's for

Grab this if you are a fan of the game looking for a specific, recognizable moment to display, especially if you are collecting the wider Animal Crossing wave alongside sets like Nook's Cranny or Isabelle's House. Skip it if you want a meatier build for your money or you have no attachment to the source material, because on pure piece count and building complexity this will feel slight next to other sets in this price range.

The parts story

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

Building this one is quick and unfussy. You start with the little airplane, which uses a handful of curved and wedge pieces to get that stubby, friendly Animal Crossing silhouette, then move to the terminal building itself, which is really a single wall section dressed up with signage, a check in counter, and a luggage cart. There is no deep technique here, it is more about watching a recognizable scene come together piece by piece.

The standout piece by far is the dodo minifigure, built from specialty bird elements and printed parts that give it the character's distinctive coloring and expression, it is the kind of figure that would be hard to find outside this exact set. The little suitcases and the airport signage add nice flavor too. For collectors, this is a set you buy for that one figure and the compact diorama it comes with, rather than for raw parts value.

Fun facts

01Dodo Airlines is the fictional airline that ferries the player character between islands in Animal Crossing New Horizons, run by two dodo brothers, Orville at the check in desk and Wilbur as the pilot
02This set was part of LEGO's first wave of official Animal Crossing sets, released in 2024 alongside sets like Nook's Cranny and Rosie's House, Bunnie's Outdoor Activities, and Isabelle's House Visit
03The Animal Crossing LEGO line was notable for being designed to be highly buildable and rebuildable by kids, with LEGO deliberately keeping part counts modest across the wave so younger fans could complete builds independently
04The dodo bird design draws on the same real world irony the games lean into, the dodo is famously extinct and flightless, yet in Animal Crossing it runs the only airline on the islands