So Lionel just moved into my town. I'd never even heard of him before hand and I was disappointed when I figured out who he was. However his house is like perfectly inline with my other favorite villagers houses and I kinda like his grandfather appearance.
I had Lionel for a short while.He moved into my cycling town from someone's void and was completely original.I felt bad that he was voided because I liked him and thought he was a good villager(I didn't have any room in my regular town at the time otherwise I probably would have kept him).I did find a good home for him.Like Zebra Queen said his house is very nice and I tend to like villagers with facial hair(I have Gaston,Chops and Beardo).
I knew Lionel from the lion town. But if you think he looks like a grandfather, you don't know Dobie! Dobie is an adorable old wolf villager, at least he looks like that!
But good luck with Lionel.