I know - I thought the same thing!
I think the animals look good, and I don't have any of them, so even if some aren't new, they are new to me.
That one is not a new sheepdog - it is actually a sheep with candy corns in his wool. I'm trying to figure out what they will call him.
The cat is cool, even if his coloring is similar to the Runic fox.
I'm loving the horse with the purple mane and tail. Neither of these horses looks like Opal for October, I don't think, unless the one with the flaming mane and tail is supposed to be like a fire opal, maybe.
There are a couple that I'm just "meh" about, but for the most part I'm excited about all of them!