LEGO Collectable Minifigures Future Series Rumours

[Karalora]

1 hour ago, Black Falcon said:

I don´t see the need for it, unless they need it for an licensed set, really. The Hijab is a religious thing and they also haven´t made a kippah for instance.

The "need for it" is so that hijabi girls and women can have representation in LEGO. As for the religious connotations...only partially. It's my understanding that it's more cultural than religious and while there is significant overlap, if a Christian-style wedding ceremony with the white gown and veil can be uncoupled from its religious origins enough to include in a City LEGO set, there's no excuse for excluding minifigures in hijab. It's a style of dress for many millions of women around the world.

Now, if the issue is that they're having trouble figuring out how to design one, that's quite a bit more understandable. Among other concerns already raised, there are multiple ways of wrapping a hijab for a variety of looks. To be really authentic, the piece(s) would have to be produced in a variety of solid colors as well as printed patterns (florals and so on), which would increase production costs. I think it would be worth it for the representation, but I can see why they might be dragging their feet for now.

[Lion King]

Eh, I still don’t care about Spiderverse CMF sereis but i will be interested if there are any animals. I always weomce regular CMF series. 

[hikouki]

I'm big fan of animal costume figs as well as classic/ historical/ cultural figs.

With the three dino costume figs, the fourth one has got to be a brachiosaurus!!! Or they could modify the old lizard costume fig to become a stegosaurus!

I think a hijab-wearing fig makes sense if Lego decides to do a United Nations special! LOL I would like to see more national costumes!

[williejm]

21 minutes ago, hikouki said:

I'm big fan of animal costume figs as well as classic/ historical/ cultural figs.

With the three dino costume figs, the fourth one has got to be a brachiosaurus!!! Or they could modify the old lizard costume fig to become a stegosaurus!

I think a hijab-wearing fig makes sense if Lego decides to do a United Nations special! LOL I would like to see more national costumes!

Lizard costume guy was such an awesome figure! I was always surprised that they didn’t do more with the full length tail piece from the lizard man … would have liked to see it reused or with mould variants. 

[hikouki]

5 hours ago, williejm said:

Lizard costume guy was such an awesome figure! I was always surprised that they didn’t do more with the full length tail piece from the lizard man … would have liked to see it reused or with mould variants. 

I feel like it was way ahead of its time!

[Karalora]

15 hours ago, hikouki said:

I think a hijab-wearing fig makes sense if Lego decides to do a United Nations special! LOL I would like to see more national costumes!

They don't remotely need to go that far. I see women in hijab probably every time I'm in a public place with high foot traffic, like a big shopping center. It's just how some people dress on the daily.

[williejm]

20 minutes ago, Karalora said:

They don't remotely need to go that far. I see women in hijab probably every time I'm in a public place with high foot traffic, like a big shopping center. It's just how some people dress on the daily.

*this* 

I also think it would look neat in Lego city & let the toy speak to wider audiences. For some reason I’m especially picturing the part in coral colour. 

9 hours ago, hikouki said:

I feel like it was way ahead of its time!

I think in general, though seemingly more simplistic in hindsight, the ‘earlier’ animal costumes are taken for granted and not appreciated enough. Gorilla costume and Lizard man are way up there in my estimation 

[Lyichir]

On 2/28/2025 at 1:46 PM, MAB said:

We had a gingerbread woman in the holiday Gingerbread House set a few years back, so I hope we don't get another one as it would be a bit of a waste.

While we have had several gingerbread people before I could think of ways to do one that'd be fairly original... maybe something like a gingerbread nanny and gingerbread baby, or something along those lines.

Edited April 8 by Lyichir

[Lion King]

22 hours ago, hikouki said:

I'm big fan of animal costume figs as well as classic/ historical/ cultural figs.

With the three dino costume figs, the fourth one has got to be a brachiosaurus!!! Or they could modify the old lizard costume fig to become a stegosaurus!

I think a hijab-wearing fig makes sense if Lego decides to do a United Nations special! LOL I would like to see more national costumes!

Personally , I want to see saber-toothed iger or mammoth costumes! 

If you want United Nation seires, they have to be fleshie., not yellowie, just to respect people.  Like - a yellow man dressing up in colorful Indian clothes for Holiday? 

3 hours ago, Lyichir said:

While we have had several gingerbread people before I could think of ways to do one that'd be fairly original... maybe something like a gingerbread nanny and gingerbread baby, or something along those lines.

 

3 hours ago, Lyichir said:

While we have had several gingerbread people before I could think of ways to do one that'd be fairly original... maybe something like a gingerbread nanny and gingerbread baby, or something along those lines.

Or gingerbread kid?

[hikouki]

8 hours ago, williejm said:

 

I think in general, though seemingly more simplistic in hindsight, the ‘earlier’ animal costumes are taken for granted and not appreciated enough. Gorilla costume and Lizard man are way up there in my estimation 

I feel the earlier animal costumes were made to fit in other subthemes and it is only recently that they ‘matured’ to be their own theme.

For example, someone pointed out the the gorilla and lizard costumes could be partly be references to King Kong and Godzilla, respectively. The bunny costume could be an Easter reference. 

[DarrellBricker]

On 4/1/2025 at 10:20 AM, MAB said:

They don't need to appeal to everyone, they need to appeal to enough people that are going to buy enough of them. They are perfect army builders and that type of figure appeals to people that would buy lots of them. Not only that but every figure would be of interest to the same person, so there is no worry about what they get. So fans of the figures would buy complete boxes in the knowledge that every single figure is useful.

I agree with you, they don't have to appeal to everyone, never said they did. Doesn't change the fact that I, for one, wouldn't be interested in an all "classic space" CMF and very likely wouldn't spend my money on it. I would never make so bold a claim as they shouldn't make such a series just because I personally didn't want it, any more than would I pooh-pooh someone else's desired minifigure as a "waste of a slot." Not my style.

Edited April 8 by DarrellBricker
Clarity.

[zoth33]

13 hours ago, williejm said:

*this* 

I also think it would look neat in Lego city & let the toy speak to wider audiences. For some reason I’m especially picturing the part in coral colour. 

I think in general, though seemingly more simplistic in hindsight, the ‘earlier’ animal costumes are taken for granted and not appreciated enough. Gorilla costume and Lizard man are way up there in my estimation 

Ironically, I think Lego was way more inclusive back in the day when you had to use your imagination because there wasn't all these specialized parts now.  Now it just seems people are concerned with  being represented instead of using their imaginations.  

Edited April 9 by zoth33

[Karalora]

2 hours ago, zoth33 said:

Ironically, I think Lego was way more inclusive back in the day when you had to use your imagination because there wasn't all these specialized parts now.  Now it just seems people are concerned with not being represented instead of using their imaginations.  

[zoth33]

53 minutes ago, Karalora said:

I'm just saying back in the 80's and 90's there wasn't all these options we have now a days.  Back then we used our imaginations on what each character was and we had limited parts to build things so you had to be imaginative.  Today we all these parts and figs which is great it just seems to take some of the imagination factor out of things.   

[Artanis I]

4 hours ago, zoth33 said:

Ironically, I think Lego was way more inclusive back in the day when you had to use your imagination because there wasn't all these specialized parts now.  Now it just seems people are concerned with  being represented instead of using their imaginations.  

Blank slates allow for children to use their imagination more.

[hikouki]

2 hours ago, zoth33 said:

I'm just saying back in the 80's and 90's there wasn't all these options we have now a days.  Back then we used our imaginations on what each character was and we had limited parts to build things so you had to be imaginative.  Today we all these parts and figs which is great it just seems to take some of the imagination factor out of things.   

 

40 minutes ago, Artanis I said:

Blank slates allow for children to use their imagination more.

 Have to agree!

[Karalora]

It's in poor taste to raise such a lament in the context of marginalized people wishing for representation. "You don't need minifigures that look/dress like you, you just need to use your imagination." Really?

I mean...really?

[SpacePolice89]

I believe a hijab and other religious clothes are not suitable as Lego toys. Considering that Lego is even actively trying to include more female minifigs it would be very counterproductive to introduce clothing pieces that are used to cover the heads of women because of religious laws. I have previously talked to a Muslim colleague about this and he disapproves of the whole head covering thing and no women in his family wants to wear such stuff. People wear a lot of inappropriate headwear such as MAGA hats that have both a practical and political/religious application and just because enough people are wearing them doesn't make it okay to introduce them as Lego pieces in the name of representation.   

[williejm]

Nice to have all the lads here telling everyone what representation matters. I too miss the old days when we all licked lead paint & huffed asbestos, without it doing us any harm. 

The rather excellent Ovofigures on Insta shared a great looking design incorporating a hijab a while back. https://www.instagram.com/p/C-mjLI2u37f/?igsh=MWhvbXU0azIzZnZreQ==

 

[Karalora]

Not all women who wear hijab (or various other head coverings) are Muslim, and not all Muslim women wear hijab. It's not inherently a religious article of clothing, and many/most of the women who wear it do so out of choice, because to them, it's just normal. And I think that's really what the crux of the matter is--to the anti-hijab folks, it's not normal, it's a scary Muslim costume, and they feel on some gut level that if there are hijabi minifigures then LEGO is being taken over by Muslims or something.

[williejm]

Funny how I’ve never seen a single person object to the existence of a Lego turban … 🙃

[Karalora]

Well, silly, that's because turbans are necessary for scenarios like having Johnny Thunder and Pippin Reed beat up the sultan's guards (they don't have names btw). Without the turbans, how would you know who the bad guys are? But Johnny Thunder isn't about to beat up a women in hijab (she covers her hair in public, clearly she's already being victimized), so she doesn't need to exist.

[Lion King]

16 hours ago, hikouki said:

I feel the earlier animal costumes were made to fit in other subthemes and it is only recently that they ‘matured’ to be their own theme.

For example, someone pointed out the the gorilla and lizard costumes could be partly be references to King Kong and Godzilla, respectively. The bunny costume could be an Easter reference. 

Thankfully, we got a proper bunny mask from Chinese New Year set! The Bunny Costuem Guy has no “face” bunny mask. 

[williejm]

2 hours ago, Lion King said:

Thankfully, we got a proper bunny mask from Chinese New Year set! The Bunny Costuem Guy has no “face” bunny mask. 

Though I’m not personally a fan of ever more costume figures - a Chinese Zodiac CMF would have a perfect twelve slots. Maybe they will do one in a couple years when most moulds have been made! 

[Lion King]

I kinda wish they’re would do another spooky series like they did wiht one in 2015.  There are so many spooky minifigures we would want, such as two-headed mutant, zombie hockey player, ghost with candebra,  female garagyole, grim reaper, female werewolf, zombie king, remake swamp monster, invisible man,  alien costume boy and angel costuem girl

4 hours ago, williejm said:

Though I’m not personally a fan of ever more costume figures - a Chinese Zodiac CMF would have a perfect twelve slots. Maybe they will do one in a couple years when most moulds have been made! 

Agreed. I am little sick of waiting for minifigure every year…  Plus, it looks like Lego is running out of ideas for Chinese New Year sets.