{"id":26915,"date":"2026-06-05T00:01:32","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T00:01:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/?p=26915"},"modified":"2026-05-22T17:20:00","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T17:20:00","slug":"lego-animal-crossing-tom-nook-with-balloon-present","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2026\/06\/05\/lego-animal-crossing-tom-nook-with-balloon-present\/","title":{"rendered":"LEGO Animal Crossing: Tom Nook With Balloon Present"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=26912\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-26912\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-26912\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/LEGOAC1-148x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"148\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/LEGOAC1-148x150.jpg 148w, http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/LEGOAC1-296x300.jpg 296w, http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/LEGOAC1.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 148px) 100vw, 148px\" \/><\/a>Animal Crossing is one of my favorite video game series of all time (second only to Pac-Man), so I love the LEGO sets they have for it.\u00a0 We\u2019ve talked about them here at GamerDad.com in the past, with a few of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2025\/02\/28\/lego-animal-crossing-sets\/\"><strong>smaller sets<\/strong><\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2026\/03\/13\/lego-animal-crossing-mini-packs\/\"><strong>mini-packs<\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0 They\u2019re the only ones I can afford as LEGO sets are very expensive.\u00a0 Plus with my vision disability, it\u2019s hard for me to put them together myself.\u00a0 Luckily there\u2019s another mini pack that just came out that I\u2019ll show you all today: Tom Nook with a balloon present!<\/p>\n<p>Here it is in the packaging.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/legoac1-2\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-26912\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/LEGOAC1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"506\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/LEGOAC1.jpg 500w, http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/LEGOAC1-296x300.jpg 296w, http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/LEGOAC1-148x150.jpg 148w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And here it is all put together.\u00a0 It includes the Tom Nook mini-figure with a Bell coin to hold, a little grassy mound with flowers and a fossil, and the balloon present with some clear window LEGOs to make it look like it\u2019s floating.\u00a0 You can open up the present to reveal a little LEGO acorn inside.\u00a0 All Tom Nook needs now is a slingshot!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/legoac2-2\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-26913\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/LEGOAC2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"666\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/LEGOAC2.jpg 500w, http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/LEGOAC2-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/LEGOAC2-113x150.jpg 113w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And here are all my LEGO Animal Crossing sets together.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/legoac3-2\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-26914\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/LEGOAC3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/LEGOAC3.jpg 500w, http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/LEGOAC3-300x240.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/LEGOAC3-150x120.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And that\u2019s all for now!\u00a0 Later!\u00a0 &#8211;Cary<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Animal Crossing is one of my favorite video game series of all time (second only to Pac-Man), so I love the LEGO sets they have for it.\u00a0 We\u2019ve talked about them here at GamerDad.com in the past, with a few of the smaller sets and mini-packs.\u00a0 They\u2019re the only ones I can afford as LEGO 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