Creator

Wild Animals: Tropical Toucan

A little rainforest showpiece that rebuilds into two more creatures without ever feeling like a compromise.

Brick Rated Score

4.2/5

Set 31173 · 2025

Pieces225

Minifigsn/a

Year2025

Set number31173

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The verdict

I love a set that gets more personality per piece than its box art suggests, and this toucan does exactly that.

That oversized banana yellow beak is the whole reason to buy it, it is chunky, it is bright, and it tilts on a hidden joint so the bird actually looks like it is about to say something. Then you crack it open and rebuild it into a tree frog and a fish, and I found myself just as happy with the frog, which was not something I expected going in. This is a shelf piece for anyone who wants a splash of color at their desk, and it is a genuinely good gateway set for a kid who has moved past Duplo but is not ready for a five hundred piece build.

Best for: adults who want a colorful desk build and parents introducing an older kid to Creator 3in1 sets

The full review

What it is

This is the kind of Creator 3in1 set that reminds you why the subtheme has stuck around for so long. The main build is a tropical toucan with a big curved beak, a round little body, and just enough posability in the head and tail to give it some attitude on a shelf. It is not trying to be a display piece for adult collectors the way some of the bigger Creator sets are, it is trying to be charming, and it pulls that off.

The catch

I will be honest about the tradeoff here. Once you have built the toucan and admired it for a week, the fish and frog alternates that come packed into the same 225 pieces are simpler and read more like bonus content than co-equal builds. That is normal for this price point and piece count, but go in expecting the toucan to be the main event and the other two to be a fun afternoon project, not three equally substantial sets in one box.

Who it's for

Grab this one if you want a cheerful, colorful build that does not demand a big chunk of your day, or if you are looking for a low-pressure way to get a kid building past the instruction-following stage into thinking about how a model actually holds together. Skip it if you are chasing piece count or complexity, there are bigger animal builds in the Creator line that will scratch that itch better.

The parts story

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

Building the toucan is a short, satisfying session rather than a marathon. The body goes together in stacked layers around a central frame, the legs use a simple bracket technique to get the toucan standing without a display stand, and the head and beak are built as a separate module that clicks onto a ball joint, which is what lets the finished bird tilt its head like it is watching you work.

The standout piece is that oversized curved beak element in bright yellow, it is doing more visual work than almost anything else in the box and it is the piece that will make people stop and say toucan before you even finish explaining what you built. The body relies on a lot of curved slope and tile pieces in teal, orange and black to fake feather texture without needing printed parts, and for a 225 piece set that is a smart way to get a lot of visual richness out of a modest part count. Nothing here is a rare or exclusive mold, but the color palette alone makes the parts worth having if you build custom creations on the side.

Fun facts

01The Wild Animals subtheme sits inside LEGO's long-running Creator 3in1 line, which has been rebuilding one box into three different models since the early 2000s
02The toucan's signature beak piece uses a hinge and joint system shared across Creator animal sets so the head can tilt after the model is finished, rather than being fixed in one pose
03Creator 3in1 animal sets are designed so all three builds use the exact same 225 piece bag, no extra parts are added or swapped between the toucan, frog, and fish versions
04Toucans are a recurring subject in LEGO's tropical and rainforest themed animal sets because the beak gives designers an oversized, colorful centerpiece to build the whole model around