Happy New Year, BrickNerd fans! This time around the sun is the Year of the Rabbit (well, starting January 21st for the official Lunar New Year), so just like last year’s ambush of tigers today we’re going to look at a fluffle of rabbits! That’s right, this is a rabbit round-up of these furry little critters!

Why are we jumping the gun a bit this year? Well, LEGO sent us this little bunny and they just started to multiply! 40575 Year of the Rabbit will be available starting January 15th as a Gift with Purchase (GWP) from LEGO. But before we take a look at the set, let’s see what wascally wabbit MOCs we can find first.

Rabbit by car-mp

First up, we’ve got this handsome fellow by car_mp. Looks innocent enough, with those big eyes and all. Little do you realize he just tore through your vegetable garden. What a rascal!

Mecha Rabbit by Mitsuru Nikaido

We can’t have a MOC round-up without a mech of some sort. Mitsuru Nikaido came up with this crafty design, continuing his theme of mechanical creatures. Luckily for this guy, carrots are chock full of iron! Get it? Iron, robot? Nevermind…

Lightning Rabbit by Lego 7

Was that last rabbit mech too cute for you? Well, behold this tank of a creation complete with ears and teeth. You’d never know this was built by Lego 7, the same fan designer of the LEGO Ideas Jazz Quartet! But enough mechs, we need to go up, up and away…

Astro Rabbit by Joffre Bricks

Annnnd of course we needed a Space Rabbit! Or Astro Rabbit in this particular case, by Joffre Bricks. Waving to his fans, it would seem, after some kind of hare-raising adventure.

An Earful Ending

So there you have it, gang! A nice little MOC round-up to commemorate the Year of the Rabbit. But we still have that GWP set to show you, so on second thought, it might be nice to change things up a bit and do a dramatic music video of the build instead of an in-depth review like our friend Rambling Brick did.

This masterpiece was filmed by my son, Alex, and features the musical score The Shape of Things to Come by Bear McCreary from the Battlestar Galactica (BSG) soundtrack. We took a winter journey around a small farm in Vermont to build LEGO in some unusual and breathtaking places. So let’s hop to it! Brought to you without commercial interruption!

So in spite of the gusty wind and frigid temperatures, you can see I was able to complete the build (with only a 1X3 plate blowing away). Not bad, all things considered! It’s a fun little set, and it even came with a nifty red envelope, presumably for some cash or a LEGO Store gift card.

I eagerly wait to see all of your LEGO-building music videos to come in the Year of the Rabbit. Hop to it!

DISCLAIMER: This set was provided to BrickNerd by LEGO. Any opinions expressed in this article are those of the author who most certainly needs to ink a deal to help make the next Piano Guys video.

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