What do you think of bug/fish statues?

[CodyYuki]

Been thinking of collecting them or seeing if they sell or worth more than just having rare bugs and fish. Is it worth getting them and having them? or are they just a novel item to show off and not worth it in the long run? I Just Like having the ones that look the coolest while not keeping them in a cage.

 

[Sharksheep]

I've seen people use the bee models for honey stands. Some of the butterflies are really nice. The Q. Alexdander Birdwing is gigantic

 

[Imbri]

I have the common bluebottle outside my house. It's a nice size and looks good tucked in among flowers. I'm planning to get a purple emperor for my yard, as well.

I hadn't thought about the bee model, but that could be cute near my hive.

 

[RhinoK]

I really like the bug ones!!!

Can't say the fish ones impress me but I'll continue collecting them

 

[Sheep Villager]

Kind of addicted to them not gonna lie.

I didn't like them at first but I begrudgingly kept ordering them whenever CJ or Flick showed up and well. Now I have a room for them.

Oops.​

 

[Le Ham]

I started doing it for fish I liked because having kept a betta fish irl for a few years made me feel a bit uncomfortable with the tank size relative to the fish, i.e. how they can't turn or swim around. (Not that I have anything against the design choice there, just made me decide I didn't want a fish tank in my house. Or anywhere.)

I've been planting bug models around different places in my foresty mountain campground area - a friend gifted me an ant, I now have a purple emperor, a peacock butterfly, and a mantis and I'm hoping to get more. I might start putting my favorite fish models on the beach - I've got barred knife-jaws saved up, red snapper...

 

[Xara]

i don’t really care for them but i think the butterfly models look nice!

 

[Cethosia]

I might or might not be collecting all the butterfly models. The details and size is amazing. The fish models on the other hand... they are pretty disappointing. Why is a sturgeon model smaller than any of my butterfly models?

 

[meggiewes]

It is just a fun collectible you can collect. I really like the butterfly statues. I'm also collecting scorpions to get a scorpion statue. They remind me of the little fossil statues that Cyrus would make you in NL that I never got around to getting.

I don't have any of the fish models, so I don't have an opinion on those yet. Other than I am disappointed that they are different from the mounted fish you can get on the wall. That was a missed opportunity!

 

[Uffe]

If you have some kind of jungle look in your house, then having the bug models would be great to have. Same with the fish models, except if you were to make an ocean room or something.

 

[Beady]

I love them

Perfect I think for a trophy type room and displays!
Such a fun and interesting item to own

Some of the sizing choices confuse me, and have meant I've had to change a few ideas involving a statue. I have the snail and it's almost bigger than my coelacanth model!

However they are all wonderfully designed and I will enjoy finding uses for them

 

[Sheando]

I love them! I agree that the fish are disappointingly small, but I still enjoy decorating with them. I’m saving all my rare fish and butterflies in storage so I can accumulate three of each for the next Flick or CJ visit.

 

[seularin]

depends on how i use them!!, other than that, i have no problem with them

 

[Rasha]

Some of them are too small and some are huge! Like, if not all of them has the accurate size of the real thing then why can't we choose the size? I'd love a huge seahorse model!

 

[Imbri]

If you have some kind of jungle look in your house, then having the bug models would be great to have. Same with the fish models, except if you were to make an ocean room or something.

Hmm, I'm going to make my main room a sort of New England saltbox look. Some of the fish models would be perfect for that.

 

[voltairenism]

I like to ask for one everytime I see them. I like the fish ones, I use them in stalls because in reality you dont see fishes being sold in tanks, so the statue looks better. Also the butterflies are pretty. I have a peacock butterfly one and I thought about making a shrine for our all-might money maker that left us so soon

 

[kojuuro]

I don't really use them, but I'm also not hurting for bells so I commission something when I can. Sometimes I forget Flick or CJ is on my island though

 

[Cadbberry]

I don't really use the commissions, I got the lady bug model which is cute but it didn't fit my house well. I think they are very niche, what works for some people, may not work for others kinda style

 

[virtualpet]

Because we really, really love bugs we're currently trying to get all the bug statues, but we also want a couple of the deep sea fish statues like the barreleye and oarfish.

 

[mirukushake]

I really like the butterfly ones. I'm planning to decorate the area around my museum with them. The fish ones are meh, but I made "Nemo" and "Dory" ones for my daughter to put in her house since she's obsessed with them