December 31, 2024

Squeaking into the last day of the year for a final 2024 update. The season has been busy for me, and I hope you have had a happy holiday season. I acquired the rest of the Junior sets currently available in the US and that is the majority of this update.

 There is one new variation I have added. The black cat from the Super Plus set 71584 has eyes that are green rather than the previous yellow eyes. No known part number but probably a new one, so it is on it's own page now.

On the left above, more obvious in person.

Here are the Junior animals added this update. Some are obviously new due to new colors like the lions. Others are harder to tell. In general the white for Juniors is a little more blue that the warmer white used in the 123 sets. Blacks are not as dark as seen in the zebra, though that may have been a design choice.

The one mold difference I noted is that the goat now has 2 udders rather then the previous four. I don't know if this may have changed in later release 123 goats or if it only happened when switching to the Junior line.

Other Junior animals:

Some group photos:

That's it for this final update of 2024.

Most of the photos for the first half of 2025 are online now and I will do an update and blog post about them, hopefully next weekend.

Wishing you the happiest of new years - Tiermann