LEGO Collectable Minifigures Future Series Rumours

[hikouki]

31 minutes ago, Accio Lego said:

This could definitely work well – there are plenty of instruments that haven’t been made yet, not to mention a few that could do with being brought back (the bagpipes, Keytar, etc.). 
 

There’s also the fact that Vidiyo went defunct rather suddenly, and there are several instruments that haven’t appeared since then, plus we know there are parts made for the unreleased sets that have never been used elsewhere. 

My vote would be either hurdy-gurdy or serpentine since lute has already been done 

There was that brachiosaur head leaked!

I think the Vidiyo characters overall were all fun!

[Lion King]

4 hours ago, Yoggington said:

This is an excellent idea. Allows for a unifying theme but can also be as varied as you like within that. Spaceman with a futuristic instrument, jester with an old timey something or other and so on. I'll see if I can think up a good full series.

Here ya go! I totaly like to see idfferent configures form different time periods with thier own musical infrequencys as theme would focus on music. :) Yes to all you suggest!

[Lion King]

3 hours ago, Accio Lego said:

This could definitely work well – there are plenty of instruments that haven’t been made yet, not to mention a few that could do with being brought back (the bagpipes, Keytar, etc.). 
 

There’s also the fact that Vidiyo went defunct rather suddenly, and there are several instruments that haven’t appeared since then, plus we know there are parts made for the unreleased sets that have never been used elsewhere. 

My vote would be either hurdy-gurdy or serpentine since lute has already been done 

JAgreed with you on Vidiyo musical instrumented, bagpipes and Keytar! I don’t know if wacky-looking musical undetermined form Vidioy will appeal to general audience like ax and anchor guitars.  But I do like those Vidioy accessories. 

[zoth33]

Puss and Boots has leaked and it looks pretty good.  I can see people using it as Khajit's or Taxabi 

[Lion King]

Okay i will ask you a random quesiton. How likely we will see a minifigure with long arms or legs in CMF? Will it break “stardard” rules? Avatar theme has been discontinued and we ahvne’t seen any minifigure with long arms or legs in other themes since then. I really wish that we would get a carnival-themed character like a clown. Or a basketball player. Or a Hallowen trick or treater.  Or a mutant.  

[williejm]

1 hour ago, Lion King said:

Okay i will ask you a random quesiton. How likely we will see a minifigure with long arms or legs in CMF? Will it break “stardard” rules? Avatar theme has been discontinued and we ahvne’t seen any minifigure with long arms or legs in other themes since then. I really wish that we would get a carnival-themed character like a clown. Or a basketball player. Or a Hallowen trick or treater.  Or a mutant.  

I have to say that I generally really like it when they play with the ‘format’ of minifigures. However there definitely seems to be some pullback on that in licensed themes (eg Disney). So CMFs might well be the best chance for something more unusual or complex 

[Lion King]

33 minutes ago, williejm said:

I have to say that I generally really like it when they play with the ‘format’ of minifigures. However there definitely seems to be some pullback on that in licensed themes (eg Disney). So CMFs might well be the best chance for something more unusual or complex 

Yeah, in my option, i think it’s annoying dude there are no releases of new long arms or legs for other themes or CMF after the discontents Disney sets (Avatar and Toy Story). In fact, Toy Story sets are ocming up this year.  Woody’s long arms and legs look genetic rather than IP-locked only if Leog can recolored / print them. It’s jsut fun to see minifigures “evolve” when we ahve a new bird part form One Piece theme - i think that body could be useful for toddlers in CMF. 

[Lyichir]

2 hours ago, Lion King said:

Okay i will ask you a random quesiton. How likely we will see a minifigure with long arms or legs in CMF? Will it break “stardard” rules? Avatar theme has been discontinued and we ahvne’t seen any minifigure with long arms or legs in other themes since then. I really wish that we would get a carnival-themed character like a clown. Or a basketball player. Or a Hallowen trick or treater.  Or a mutant.  

To be honest I'm not really a fan of the long arms and legs for characters unless they're actually unnaturally tall. Even for Woody originally they felt sort of unnecessary, since while he's taller than Buzz he's not that out of proportion compared to what any other cartoon human man would look like. So I could see them working for a CMF if they're some sort of cryptid or something, or maybe a character on stilts (though for that there's a case for making them longer extensions of the legs that can be removed like the fig from the Fairground Mixer set) but I don't know if they'd feel right for something like a basketball player who is tall but not unnaturally so.

[Black Falcon]

1 hour ago, Lyichir said:

To be honest I'm not really a fan of the long arms and legs for characters unless they're actually unnaturally tall. Even for Woody originally they felt sort of unnecessary, since while he's taller than Buzz he's not that out of proportion compared to what any other cartoon human man would look like. So I could see them working for a CMF if they're some sort of cryptid or something, or maybe a character on stilts (though for that there's a case for making them longer extensions of the legs that can be removed like the fig from the Fairground Mixer set) but I don't know if they'd feel right for something like a basketball player who is tall but not unnaturally so.

Totally agree with this. Additionally to what you said, one of the main issues I have with the long legs is that the torso looks so out of proportion compared to it, I think it would look better if the legs would be something inbetween the standard legs and the long ones and there would be a torso that is a bit longer too. 

[Lion King]

Well, sure, long legs or arms might look “unnatural” but i don’t think it will stop Lego from producing those body parts for CMF in future as it’s always fun to see the evolution of minifigures ever since 1978 and CMF and City are perfect candidates for those body parts since they won’t be specific for licensed characters like Woody or Avatar ones. But my quesiton - will they break “stardard” rule for CMF, not about how they look naturally / unnaturally. This discusison is kidna drafted away so….

[Black Falcon]

3 hours ago, Lion King said:

Well, sure, long legs or arms might look “unnatural” but i don’t think it will stop Lego from producing those body parts for CMF in future as it’s always fun to see the evolution of minifigures ever since 1978 and CMF and City are perfect candidates for those body parts since they won’t be specific for licensed characters like Woody or Avatar ones. But my quesiton - will they break “stardard” rule for CMF, not about how they look naturally / unnaturally. This discusison is kidna drafted away so….

If they see the need to include them in CMF they will do so, there is absolutely no reason to think they couldn´t include them if they wanted to.

[Lion King]

16 minutes ago, Black Falcon said:

If they see the need to include them in CMF they will do so, there is absolutely no reason to think they couldn´t include them if they wanted to.

Yeah, we often see different minifigure body parts since CMF S1. So it will be very interesting to see long arms or legs show up in non-licensed CMF series, it might break a “strangled” but it woudl be a “milestone”. 

[Lion King]

I don’t know where to ask for help so I spillover if this is a wrong thread for me to ask. 

But I was re-organizing my CMF collection. After subsiding, I found a plain 1x2 blue tile and it/s not trans. I was trying to reattach which minifigure that has that piece online and it’s not helpful. Do you know which minifigure that 1x2 tile belongs to? 

EdIT: I was told that that ttile’s color seems to be black, not blue. To me, it looks dark blue. Black or blue, I willl reqeust your assurance, please. 

Edited April 26 by Lion King

[Karalora]

1 hour ago, Lion King said:

I don’t know where to ask for help so I spillover if this is a wrong thread for me to ask. 

But I was re-organizing my CMF collection. After subsiding, I found a plain 1x2 blue tile and it/s not trans. I was trying to reattach which minifigure that has that piece online and it’s not helpful. Do you know which minifigure that 1x2 tile belongs to? 

EdIT: I was told that that ttile’s color seems to be black, not blue. To me, it looks dark blue. Black or blue, I willl reqeust your assurance, please. 

Per Bricklink, the black 1x2 tile is used in the Train Kid. I didn't find a CMF mentioned for either the regular blue or dark blue of this part.

[Lion King]

20 hours ago, Karalora said:

Per Bricklink, the black 1x2 tile is used in the Train Kid. I didn't find a CMF mentioned for either the regular blue or dark blue of this part.

Thank you. I just took another look whitish my CMF and found Train Kid. That one does have a plain black tile. I guess the tile i found is from other set.  I appriecate your help!

[Karalora]

4 hours ago, Lion King said:

Thank you. I just took another look whitish my CMF and found Train Kid. That one does have a plain black tile. I guess the tile i found is from other set.  I appriecate your help!

Could it have been a spare that came with Train Kid? They don't usually give us spares of 1 x 2 parts but it's not impossible.

[Robert8]

Let's treat ourselves with a mini guessing game:

 

What will the January CMF series be?

[Lyichir]

32 minutes ago, Robert8 said:

Let's treat ourselves with a mini guessing game:

 

What will the January CMF series be?

Hm... no telling if it ends up being licensed. My top wish for a licensed series based on a current theme would be Animal Crossing maybe (since this has been a light year for it, it'd be nice to see it come back in a big way), but I dunno how likely that is. Possibly more likely would be a Super Mario series since they're rolling out minifigure-based sets next year and a CMF series would be a good opportunity to "jumpstart" that new direction with a wide variety of characters (many of whom might need dedicated molds). There may very likely be another Spider-Verse series next year, but probably not in January, since the next movie in the series is supposed to drop that summer. But again, with licensed series, all bets are off, since often licensed minifigure series revolve around totally new themes.

Next year's first unlicensed series, on the other hand, will probably be a big deal since series 30 (!) will be a big milestone for the minifigures theme. 2027 will also be Lego's 95th anniversary, which combined could be a good occasion for some classic theme references (remember how big they went for the 90th anniversary four years ago). Chances are not every fig in the series will be a classic reference or anything, though, and they could go for some other different sort of commemorative theming even if it IS anniversary-themed (like the costume party series). In terms of individual unlicensed themes with anniversaries next year (a la Bionicle or Ninjago in this latest series), I don't think there's a lot of ongoing themes with major anniversaries next year (except Friends and the modular buildings series, and while I do expect anniversary commemorations for those I don't really expect it in a CMF series). A really FUNNY option would be some sort of Galidor anniversary fig (turning 25 next year), but again, probably not likely.

[hikouki]

Could Series 30 perhaps bring back some classics in minifig form? Just to celebrate the 30th of the series???

[williejm]

My preference is always for a classic series, which is generous on both animals & historic/fantasy type figures. 

I think it’s ’too soon’ for a themed ‘normal‘ series after Space & Animals, so I’d assume a classic series would just have a throwback figure or two.

On licensed series - I wouldn’t be surprised if Simpsons came back as CMFs next year, but my preference would be either series 2 of Muppets or Sesame Street. That said, I think the chances of any of those straight after the Shrek series seem less. 

On balance then, my prediction is a ‘classic’ normal series with a couple of throwback figures to celebrate s30.

[Renny The Spaceman]

53 minutes ago, williejm said:

My preference is always for a classic series, which is generous on both animals & historic/fantasy type figures. 

I think it’s ’too soon’ for a themed ‘normal‘ series after Space & Animals, so I’d assume a classic series would just have a throwback figure or two.

On licensed series - I wouldn’t be surprised if Simpsons came back as CMFs next year, but my preference would be either series 2 of Muppets or Sesame Street. That said, I think the chances of any of those straight after the Shrek series seem less. 

On balance then, my prediction is a ‘classic’ normal series with a couple of throwback figures to celebrate s30.

I suppose but it's worth noting with Space and Animals that it might be a format LEGO is trying to make with 1 licenced, 1 normal and one themed being a pattern they're  growing fond of. If there is a themed I don't think it will be remakes because everyone aways assumes there's gonna be a remakes theme and there never is. If they were gonna do it they'd have held off the 2 in 29 until then

[williejm]

2 hours ago, Renny The Spaceman said:

I suppose but it's worth noting with Space and Animals that it might be a format LEGO is trying to make with 1 licenced, 1 normal and one themed being a pattern they're  growing fond of. If there is a themed I don't think it will be remakes because everyone aways assumes there's gonna be a remakes theme and there never is. If they were gonna do it they'd have held off the 2 in 29 until then

Fair. I agree a series full of retro remakes is the least likely of all. AFOLs like to think they’re the audience that counts, but it still needs general shelf appeal for tiny people. 

[FinlayTheFaithful]

15 hours ago, Robert8 said:

Let's treat ourselves with a mini guessing game:

 

What will the January CMF series be?

I've seen that one april fools post on insta made by carterbricks that jokes about Fortnite being the January CMF and since said post suggested that some stuff might be true, that's what I'm hoping for

[Lion King]

I can’t see that way that Series 30 would be full of classic minifigures form the good old themes - We had a Green Brick Costume wiht a “10” tile in Series 20, a Mr. Gold in Series 10. I would say ONE speical minifigure in Series 30.  It seems many of you keep forgetting that 2028 will be 50th anniveary for minifigures. So - I feel like Seires 30 is more nomral and Series 31 might be a themed series? 

We have Halloween (Series 14), Birthday Party (Series 18), Costume Party (Series 22), Space (Series 24), and Animals Series (Series 28). 

So i can’t tell if Seires 30 will be a themed series yet? If it is, i would gues, i think it dues for Castle series. 

3 hours ago, Renny The Spaceman said:

I suppose but it's worth noting with Space and Animals that it might be a format LEGO is trying to make with 1 licenced, 1 normal and one themed being a pattern they're  growing fond of. If there is a themed I don't think it will be remakes because everyone aways assumes there's gonna be a remakes theme and there never is. If they were gonna do it they'd have held off the 2 in 29 until then

Agreed, shrugged not sure why they did Space series back in 2024 and there were a few classic minifigures like M:Tron, Blacktron,  and Ice Planet (some’ get me wrong but I enjoyed reading space fans compaling about Blacktron mutant). And Leog is well-known for wacky CMF series.  I still appreciate Space and two from Series 29 (Bionicle Cosplayer and Mysterious Ronin). 

Also, I have been hearing that AFOLs want Castle series.  I guess it’s a long overdue. 

[R0Sch]

15 hours ago, hikouki said:

Could Series 30 perhaps bring back some classics in minifig form? Just to celebrate the 30th of the series???

I really hope they don't just re-release old minifigures from first series or so. As a CMF collector who started in S1 I would be very displeased. The only Series I didn't buy is GB Olympics, the German Soccer Team and the F1 cars.