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Wild Animals: Surprising Spider

A thirteen dollar spider that turns into a scorpion, then a snake, and somehow all three feel like real toys

Brick Rated Score

3.9/5

Set 31159 · 2025

Pieces153

Minifigsn/a

Year2025

Set number31159

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The verdict

I picked this one up expecting a quick, forgettable little build, and the retractable web caught me off guard, that neon yellow string actually shoots out and reels back in like the spider means it.

Rebuild it into the scorpion and the posable claws and segmented tail have real personality too. For thirteen dollars and 153 pieces this is one of the better value plays in the whole Creator lineup right now. It is built for a kid's shelf and a kid's hands, not a display case, and it does that job with more charm than I expected.

Best for: kids seven and up who want a toy that plays as hard as it builds, and parents looking for a cheap, satisfying gift-topper

The full review

What it is

I went into this one bracing for a filler set, the kind of small Creator box that exists just to hit a price point. Instead I got a spider with eight posable legs and a neon yellow string that actually retracts, the kind of small mechanical trick that makes a kid go back to it again and again. Flip the instructions over and the same bricks become a scorpion with snapping claws and a curled, segmented tail that has more attitude than a set this size has any right to. There is a snake build tucked in as the third option too, so you genuinely get three different toys out of one small purchase.

The catch

The honest caveat here is scale. This is a 153 piece set for thirteen dollars, so the build itself is done in well under an hour, and there is no minifigure, no scene, nothing built for a shelf next to your bigger Creator sets. It lives or dies as a toy, not a display piece. I also want to flag that LEGO only prints instructions for one of the three builds in the box, so if you want the scorpion or the snake you are pulling up the app or a separate PDF, which is a small friction point for younger builders working solo.

Who it's for

If you have a kid who likes bugs, creepy crawlies, or just wants something with actual play value for pocket change, this earns its spot. Skip it if you are buying purely for adult collection or shelf display, there is nothing here built for that audience, and skip it if you want a build that takes an afternoon rather than an hour.

The parts story

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

The build itself moves fast and rewards a light touch, this is clearly designed for younger hands and it shows in how forgiving the connections are. The spider comes together first and the string mechanism is the moment that sells the whole set, it is a simple pull and release action but it works every time and it is the kind of detail that turns a static model into an actual toy. Tearing it down to rebuild the scorpion is where the set proves its 3-in-1 credentials, the same brown and black parts read completely differently once they are reassembled into claws and a tail.

Nothing here is a rare or printed piece, this is a set built almost entirely from common Creator-palette elements, and that is exactly why the price per piece lands so low, right around eight cents a piece by most tracking sites, genuinely excellent value in the current Creator lineup. The standout is really the retractable string piece powering the web, a simple but well used mechanical element that a lot of similarly priced sets skip entirely. Fan builders on Rebrickable have already pushed the parts further too, with at least one MOC turning the same 153 pieces into a centipede, which says something about how flexible this little parts palette actually is.

Fun facts

01The set was designed by Morten Graff-Wang and released worldwide in January 2025 as part of the Creator Wild Animals wave
02It carries a Brickset community rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars from more than 40 ratings
03Fan builders on Rebrickable have created alternate MOCs using only the set's parts, including a posable centipede build
04At roughly eight cents per piece, it tracks as one of the better value-per-piece sets in the current Creator 3-in-1 lineup