LEGO Cute Bunny 31162 “Alien Facehugger” – alternate build (2025)

I’m certain that normally, the Lego Creator 31162 “Cute Bunny” set would make an adorable centerpiece for your Easter display.  I had no intention of using it as-is.  No friends, for a wise Lego fan realized early on that you can do a complete alternate build with this set, not listed in the instructions.  Normally, with the instructions included, you’d either be building a bunny, a baby seal, or a deer.  With the alternate instructions, you can build a Facehugger from Alien with no additional pieces!

In fact you’re left with enough pieces to perhaps build the decimated remains of an Alien Egg to go with your Facehugger.  Or, at least a carrot and a flower.

The build itself was very Lego-like.  The instructions are laid out exactly like official instructions, each page showing the piece counts for the piece you need to find.  There were a few steps that felt un-Lego like, but I just did those steps in my own way.  My instructions had a few errors and missed pieces compared to the photos, and there was one major error where the pieces were placed in the wrong order.  I had to rip the bottom details apart to get the sides on, because the sides should have gone on first.  It’s impossible to do it the way it was shown in the instructions I used.  (I also added some leftover pieces from mine for more detail.)  Finally, perhaps it was the screen I was using, but greens looked yellow and it was hard to tell pinks from beige in the instructions.

The final toy has some movement in each leg, plus a poseable tail.  It’s fragile.  The legs are as flimsy as they appear, but that is to be expected.  In an official Lego set, there would likely be more flat plates to sturdy them up, but a Lego Creator set always uses only what’s in the main model (the bunny) to build the alternate models.  In that spirit, this set is perfect.

I may never build the bunny.

4/5 stars