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CMF Series 8

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  • Steve_J_OMSteve_J_OM Member Posts: 995
    ^ Cracking find. We're obviously getting a Xenomorph minifigure in Series 8 :-P
  • andyscouseandyscouse Member Posts: 365
    edited June 2012
    ... Ok, ok, I'm joking.
    Add "laweyer" to the list ... 2nd oldest 'profession'!
  • sidersddsidersdd Member Posts: 2,432
    I've heard of a French designer who is now working for LEGO. Here are some of his work. It looks like we've already seen a lot of his ideas be created.

    http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IV9W5sKJdTg/TGWEuB-PTjI/AAAAAAAAASo/9CjCv4oSe4I/s1600/CharacterDesign08.jpg
    I think this was covered earlier in another thread.
    http://www.bricksetforum.com/discussion/comment/48971/#Comment_48971
  • andheandhe Member Posts: 3,941
    The first sight!!
    image

    Hideously stolen from the thread on eurobricks but thought people would appreciate it shared here. Looks like a nice gold cutlass.
  • RobbRobb Member Posts: 144
    ^ Such a tease! If they are out in September, surely someone could (officially) leak a pic of all the figs. After all, the Haunted House is due out in September and we already have tonnes of pics and now a video.
  • SpaceCakeSpaceCake Member Posts: 291
    ^ Well stolen sir! I salute you!
  • SparkyHamSparkyHam Member Posts: 141
    Someone Welsh!

    We already have an English beef-eater (royal guard), an Irish Leprechaun and a Scottish bag-pipe player. Surely it's time for a Welsh mini fig...

    I'm guessing a pretty young Welsh lass in a stove-pipe hat : )
  • CCCCCC Member Posts: 20,526
    Or sheep-man?
  • cheshirecatcheshirecat Member Posts: 5,331
    Rugby fan with an inflatable sheep?
  • andyscouseandyscouse Member Posts: 365
    Coal-miner? (or his daughter?)
  • yys4uyys4u Member Posts: 1,093
    Finally!!! I've been waiting for LEGO to put a pirate in the CMF line, really excited to see more!
  • BoiseStateBoiseState Member Posts: 804
    I'd like a football player.. You know, the REAL American kind :).
  • GraysmithGraysmith Member Posts: 15
    I'd like a football player.. You know, the REAL American kind :).
    I think you mean hand-egg player.

    :P
  • Brewer51Brewer51 Member Posts: 248
    I'd like a football player.. You know, the REAL American kind :).
    You mean like Landon Donovan? ;)
  • CCCCCC Member Posts: 20,526
    ^ in padding, unlike the rest of the world's rugby players.

    I think it was already on this thread. You could have an american footballer for the US market, and remove his protection to turn him into a rugby player for the rest of us.
  • BrickDancerBrickDancer Member Posts: 3,639
    ^But then he would only be playing for 'brownie points' instead of multi-million dollar deals in contracts and sponsorships.
  • BoiseStateBoiseState Member Posts: 804
    edited June 2012
    And you could put a tutu on him for our European soccer fans :). J/K, just messin with ya guys. Weird how soccer is so popular globally, but you can't pay people to watch it here.
  • BrickDancerBrickDancer Member Posts: 3,639
    edited June 2012
    ^Its also true vice versa. My european colleagues who ex-patted to the US are big rugby and soccer guys, played it their whole life growing up and still do time to time even in their mid-upper 40's. So they've given football a chance and watched a couple seasons worth, but show no real excitement when we talk about it. I think its because football inherently has a lot of rules and technicalities. We see it as adding skill & complexity, others see NFL as touch-rugby for cry babies. Unfortunately, the lack of global appreciation what makes it so unlikely that we'll finally see a proper Pro Footballer in CMF form anytime soon. Unlike Baseball & Basketball.
  • SparkyHamSparkyHam Member Posts: 141
    edited June 2012
    Or sheep-man?
    This is the closest I came... took this photo at a Diamond Jubilee Party:

    image

  • andheandhe Member Posts: 3,941
    I'm guessing the welsh national dress (or a welsh themed figure) would probably be less internationally recognised than a grenadier guard, bagpiper or leprechaun.

    The pirate picture gives me hope that we might start to see series 8 pictures soon, either official or leaked (assuming that the figs are already in production? not too sure how long these things take to manufacture and distribute for a september release). The new pirate hat (blackbeard) would have been nice, but I'll settle for this.
  • CCCCCC Member Posts: 20,526
    I think also the stereotypes are internationally recognised. It makes me wonder if we will get other nationalities - not just our (UK) home nations. After all, Lego is not British. The Viking just about covers Scandinavia. Baseball - the US.

    So what about ...

    Onion seller - France
    Lederhosen man - Germany
    Pizza chef - Italy
    Rice paddy man / woman - China, but covers lots of Asia
    Snake charmer - India

  • andheandhe Member Posts: 3,941
    ^I think the lederhosen guy is a cert. A snake charmer would be good, I just think they get into a tricky situation when a fig should obviously be not yellow, though I guess it could work.
  • CCCCCC Member Posts: 20,526
    edited June 2012
    The only downside of the Lederhosen Man would be the beer stein - alcohol related. Even better would be a Lederhosen woman, with two jugs. Ahem.
  • cheshirecatcheshirecat Member Posts: 5,331
    ^ Would help with my never-gonna-happen where eagles dare MOC too.

    image
  • SpaceCakeSpaceCake Member Posts: 291
    Even better would be a Lederhosen woman, with two jugs. Ahem.
    Epic boob-joke high five!
  • yys4uyys4u Member Posts: 1,093
    Off topic much? :)
  • SpaceCakeSpaceCake Member Posts: 291
    edited June 2012
    Off topic much? :)
    You mean this thread isn't about boobs, alcohol and lederhosen?!

    *scrolls up to read title*

    Oops...
  • TheBigLegoskiTheBigLegoski Member Posts: 1,437
    Ah! Well if we are going down that road then I suggest that in one of the next CMF series TLG put a traditional Dutch girl, wearing some sort of traditional/folklore dress and one of those typical white hats with flaps, mirrors etc. AND of course on her feet actual Lego 'klompen' (Dutch word for wooden clogs) carrying a bunch of tulips.

    But then again as I am an Amsterdammer and a 'city slicker' and have never even had a pair of clogs on my feet, might I suggest for series 8 or the next series to include a pothead, a hooker, and a pimp. Or perhaps a combination of all the above mentioned?!
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  • andheandhe Member Posts: 3,941
    Not sure about the smoking, but the classic dutch girl I could see. They could reuse the riding hood basket as well. Clogs could be tricky though.
  • SpaceCakeSpaceCake Member Posts: 291
    ^^ My dream girl.

    LOL.
  • cheshirecatcheshirecat Member Posts: 5,331
    where's the edam?
  • graphitegraphite Member Posts: 3,275
    So what about ...

    Onion seller - France
    Doesn't the Mime cover France? =)
  • CancanCancan Member Posts: 31
    You could give the Lederhosen guy a big pretzel (sorry, not making a big sausage joke.)
  • LegobrandonCPLegobrandonCP Member Posts: 1,917
    A Canadian Mountie would be nice. ;)
  • byolegobyolego Member Posts: 114
    Chinese warrior just like the terracotta warriors or Chinese emperor.

    BTW if you are a CMF collector, there is a recent DK Lego sticker book out, it contains all CMF from series 1 to 7. It was really fun playing with the stickers. There are lots of extras to stick elsewhere too.

    http://amzn.com/0756692512
  • byolegobyolego Member Posts: 114
    How about a plain housewife/mother or father with a baby on baby bjorn or a stroller? That's most of us AFOLs ... when we're not playing with Lego. (or that's what I assume anyway).

    That way we'll get a baby lego minifigure!
  • LegogeekLegogeek Member Posts: 714
    Ah! Well if we are going down that road then I suggest that in one of the next CMF series TLG put a traditional Dutch girl, wearing some sort of traditional/folklore dress and one of those typical white hats with flaps, mirrors etc. AND of course on her feet actual Lego 'klompen' (Dutch word for wooden clogs) carrying a bunch of tulips.
    Actual this idea would be pretty cool and could even go a step further.... think of "It's a Small World" and that international cast of characters. A male & female representation in a variety of ethnic/cultural outfits.

  • LostInTranslationLostInTranslation Member Posts: 5,572
    ^^ Like

    ^ Like but now I have the song in my head... thought I'd suppressed all knowledge of it now that it's 8 years since I worked at Disneyland Paris and heard it ad nauseam...
  • graphitegraphite Member Posts: 3,275
    ^ "suppressed" is the correct word for it. You never lose it.. it just pops up every now and then to drive you crazy.
  • KLOKRIECHERKLOKRIECHER Member Posts: 253
    LEGO has announced the first minifig of series 8. It's going to be a pirate:

    http://lego.wikia.com/wiki/8833_Minifigures_Series_8
  • LegogeekLegogeek Member Posts: 714
    Come on, sing along with me...
    It's a world of laughter,
    A world of tears.
    It's a world of hopes,
    And a world of fears.
    There's so much that we share,
    That it's time we're aware,
    It's a LEGO world after all.

    CHORUS:
    It's a LEGO world after all
    It's a LEGO world after all
    It's a LEGO world after all
    It's a LEGO, LEGO world
  • CCCCCC Member Posts: 20,526
    ^^ Like

    ^ Like but now I have the song in my head... thought I'd suppressed all knowledge of it now that it's 8 years since I worked at Disneyland Paris and heard it ad nauseam...
    So would you go for this idea?

    http://www.bricksetforum.com/discussion/comment/61732/#Comment_61732

  • LegogeekLegogeek Member Posts: 714

    So would you go for this idea?

    http://www.bricksetforum.com/discussion/comment/61732/#Comment_61732

    It would be banned from my house, but I think it'd be a neat idea and give it a thumbs up.

    But speaking of CMF, I really think a lot of people would be all over a Small World series of minifigs.... I mean, you have all the Disneyphiles out there that would buy them up. Plus, I think Disney and LEGO would both win if they collaberated on Disney character minifigs (and playsets).

  • CurvedRoadPlateCurvedRoadPlate Member Posts: 257
    Like Pirates of the Caribbean? Oh wait...
  • LostInTranslationLostInTranslation Member Posts: 5,572
    It gets in your head and won't go away, it's like a virus!!
    Actually though, It's A Small World is not so infectious as the parade theme I had to endure day in day out (I worked in a shop on the parade route) - "Dancin' - A Catchy Rhythm" - anyone know it??
    For some unknown reason, I bought CDs of both songs before I left - there must've been a subliminal brainwashy message hidden in there...

  • RobbRobb Member Posts: 144
    ^^ If they had a LEGO set with (classic yellow) minifigs sitting in a mini-boat going through the PoTC Disneyland ride, I would actually consider buying that. However, the actual PoTC sets... not so much.
  • khmellymelkhmellymel Member Posts: 1,313
    edited June 2012
    ^^^^ I know that LEGO already does some Disney Princess themes with Duplo, but it would really rock my socks if they came out with, like, Cinderella's Castle or something like that - as long as they do real minifigs and not minidolls!
  • SpaceCakeSpaceCake Member Posts: 291
    No! No more Disney/LEGO frankenthemes!!!

    It is heresy!!!!
  • CurvedRoadPlateCurvedRoadPlate Member Posts: 257
    I want a Hall of Presidents set. We need a Lincoln mini fig.
  • andheandhe Member Posts: 3,941
    ^The famous vampire hunter? Wouldn't that fit more with Monster Fighters? :P
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