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I wanted to get loads of Shakespeare, but that looks unlikely given he is a 2.
That is what I had suggested too, earlier on this thread, as it indeed makes more sense to call it The Lego Movie CMF series, since that is what they are.
EDIT: just checked back, yeah I asked for it on 5 November. It seems admins don't read this thread! :)
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This is How Lego is Explaining it.....
Lego Collectable Minifigures: Series1
Lego Collectable Minifigures: Series2
Lego Collectable Minifigures: Series3
Lego Collectable Minifigures: Series4..ect.
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Lego Collectable Minifigures: GB Olympic
Lego Collectable Minifigures: The Lego Movie
Lego Collectable Minifigures: Simpsons
Lego Collectable Minifigures: Superheros???
So far no one knows IF there will even be a ..
Lego Collectable Minifigures: Series 12
I certainly wouldn't complain if we saw "themes" that weren't actual LEGO themes. Imagine collectible minifigures themed around different seasons... for instance, a "Winter Fun" series that included an ice hockey player, a snowman, an arctic explorer, a Polar Bear Man, an Icetronaut (à la Ice Planet 2002), some kind of snow fairy, etc.
I'd also love to see some other in-house LEGO themes get series of their own, like Ninjago or Hero Factory. The former is quite possible and even perhaps a bit likely — after all, like the LEGO Movie, Ninjago is full of playful anachronism that would allow figs from different genres to be represented, like Captain Soto (pirate captain) Mother Doomsday (comic shop guy) Misako (archeologist), Dr. Julien (the inventor who created Zane), and of course the Mailman (recurring comic relief character).
A Hero Factory series is considerably less likely, because while there are a lot of diverse characters, they all occupy the same science-fantasy genre, and besides that, the Collectible Minifigures rarely venture outside the traditional minifigure build. There hasn't even been a skeleton in the collectible minifigures, and that's the most classic non-standard minifigure design around!
PS, there was never a "Lego Collectable Minifigures: GB Olympic". There was "Lego Collectable Minifigures: Team GB" though.
In contrast, in the CMFs, the variety of characters is the most important part of the budget, hence why they tend to have so many more unique molds and prints than any other theme. More of the budget going towards characters means more opportunities for unique designs that wouldn't be essential in a typical line of model sets.
If Lego did a cmf line, I see them putting lead characters in it. Like the movie series, the Simpsons, etc.
And is the Simpsons series all lead characters? I figured it would be a mix of lead characters and side characters, kind of like the LEGO Movie series.
That's one of the beautiful things about the blind packaging for the collectible minifigures. All it takes is a few super popular and recognizable figs to generate demand, whereas the rest can be "riskier" figs that don't have as much inherent demand to them. As much as some AFOLs might criticize "crash test dummies", I can't think of any other way we'd be likely to see a crash test dummy minifigure EXCEPT in the CMFs.
And it's not just the figs that AFOLs dislike that might be "risky". Note that the CMFs have better gender ratios than a lot of themes (at least in terms of number of unique figs — overall quantities of female figs versus male figs to a package can still be a little underwhelming). The LEGO Group's core audience of young boys traditionally favors male characters, but the CMFs can afford to include more female designs because of the blind-packaging. Likewise, certain genres might not be "cool" or "trendy" enough at the moment to merit an entire theme, but they can still get CMFs.
I think a Ninjago collectible minifigure series would probably be best if it had a certain number of alternate costumes for the main characters in addition to secondary characters. There are about eight main recurring characters in Ninjago — the five ninja, Sensei Wu, Garmadon, and Nya. So it'd be easy to assemble a series that was half main characters and half supporting characters.
Of course, a Ninjago CMF series would probably be based on the movie or the current season of the show, so the contents of those would play a big role in defining what figs get included (and vice-versa).
CMF Lego movie - has set number: 71004
CMF series 12 - has set number: 71005
Where does this info come from?
From eurobricks review ...
http://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=88428
I thought this thread would be awash with comments, but none.
Did not get to open them until after my return home that night. Turns out I got at least two of every fig except for Shakespeare, which had just one in the box.
Glad I took the whole box because I did want to get all 16 figs. My favorite so far is Panda Man; most of the others are really cute, too. I am not into drones or robots or construction workers, but there are some interesting parts on each of the figs. And those parts cost too much on BL, so it is cheaper to buy the fig rather than a pigtailed hardhat, etc.
This set definitely is a winner. With the movie behind it, they should sell a zillion of this series of figs.
Guess it was my lucky day as I was doing a good deed celebrating Christmas at a lunch with my late mom's three friends…the first Christmas in 90 years without my mom around. And driving over 200 miles was worth it after the wonderful lunch and my find at TRU.
That is the reason I truly do not want the CMF's to disappear. This is one of the only ways for us to get interesting female characters and just interesting characters in general. There are so few options in typical lego sets for female minifigs.
6/16 female minfigs per box is a wonderful number.
Of course that is only 14/60 females per box, simply because five out of six females are set to a distribution of 2.
Despite the very low numbers from the last few series (meaning most female minfigs being given the dreaded 2/60 allotment) , I have been able to get the females we need. As long as I can do that, then I can deal with the 2/60 allotments, but it is a pain when I have two girls that each want at least one of the same female minifig.
CMF adds a ton of variation to my girls play and the creative scenes we make, since they almost never keep CMF's as they are, but mix and match the parts to create their own unique female characters. There simply is not that availability through sets to get enough female characters to do that. It is doable with male minifigs. It is doable with Friends ladyfigs, but the lack of female minifigs in sets, make it very difficult. The CMF's have at least given our family some sort of remedy to the consistent lack of female minifigs in sets.
As for series 11, while I did not buy the entire set ( skipped out on 1-2 characters), I bought multiples of characters.
Lots of elves, a number of gingerbread men, extra yetis/Bavarian girls/grandmas/female scientists, and two scarecrows, and one of many of the others.
If you can't find the torso in the color wanted, sometimes just turning a printed torso backwards does the job producing a solid torso in a nice color. This works with male torsos with bare chests, which are a bit harder to turn into women!
90% of my male figs are now women after this simple exchange. CMS figs have lots of wonderful parts that can be used to make female figs. Have fun! (As we all keep hoping for more female figs in those &^$@&())&% sets with so few!!)