LEGO Collectable Minifigures Future Series Rumours

[williejm]

47 minutes ago, Karalora said:

TYPO ALERT! 

Won’t someone please think of the children! 

[williejm]

18 hours ago, Lion King said:

I think it’s becuase we have so many new knight fractions this year ?

I do think that, at some point, we will get a ‘Castle’ themed CMF.

I also think that it will inevitably be both wildly popular *and* not what hardcore Castle fans wanted at the same time.

I think the reason we haven’t had one yet is a combination of things. Firstly, we have some ‘castle adjacent’ themes, notably HP and the ever-growing castle bits that delivers. We also have large and expensive Castle sets such as Blacksmith and Creator which feed the hardcore fans. Plus we have just had a D&D CMF and exclusive set.

Mostly though, I think the normal CMF series have been an exceptionally rich source of Castle figures, arguably more so than any other subtheme, aside from costume figures, which did not come with an existing fan base. From the earliest series exclusive and desirable CMF figures, often very army-buildable, have been the mainstay of CMF series. They remain popular and a draw to the series as a whole, and are very lucrative/expensive on the after-sales market. Just look up any of the knights, elves, forest folk, or even the questionable centaur. 

All of that suits Lego, keeping the Castle fans fed, but also not having to resurrect a full theme, relying on chase figures and big D2C sets. 
 

 

[Lion King]

4 hours ago, Karalora said:

TYPO ALERT! 

OOPS ROFL!

4 hours ago, Karalora said:

TYPO ALERT! 

OOPS ROFL!

4 hours ago, Karalora said:

TYPO ALERT! 

OOPS ROFL!

4 hours ago, Karalora said:

TYPO ALERT! 

OOPS ROFL!

[Lion King]

6 hours ago, Karalora said:

TYPO ALERT! 

OOPS ROFL!!

5 hours ago, williejm said:

Won’t someone please think of the children! 

Now don’t try get me banned from EB….

 

Also, not sure why I quote Karalora multi times as I had an issue with  a post button. Double oops….

[williejm]

6 minutes ago, Lion King said:

OOPS ROFL!!

Now don’t try get me banned from EB….

We are all AFOLs here, I don’t think you made too much of a boob.

[Lion King]

4 hours ago, williejm said:

I do think that, at some point, we will get a ‘Castle’ themed CMF.

I also think that it will inevitably be both wildly popular *and* not what hardcore Castle fans wanted at the same time.

I think the reason we haven’t had one yet is a combination of things. Firstly, we have some ‘castle adjacent’ themes, notably HP and the ever-growing castle bits that delivers. We also have large and expensive Castle sets such as Blacksmith and Creator which feed the hardcore fans. Plus we have just had a D&D CMF and exclusive set.

Mostly though, I think the normal CMF series have been an exceptionally rich source of Castle figures, arguably more so than any other subtheme, aside from costume figures, which did not come with an existing fan base. From the earliest series exclusive and desirable CMF figures, often very army-buildable, have been the mainstay of CMF series. They remain popular and a draw to the series as a whole, and are very lucrative/expensive on the after-sales market. Just look up any of the knights, elves, forest folk, or even the questionable centaur. 

All of that suits Lego, keeping the Castle fans fed, but also not having to resurrect a full theme, relying on chase figures and big D2C sets. 
 

 

Possibly. I can understand why Lego is doing a lot of knight factions this year. And they released MTS last year. But i think it’s becuase we had D&D series last fall that it’s too close to Castle series? D&D CMF series are very useful for  Castle fans. 

1 minute ago, williejm said:

We are all AFOLs here, I don’t think you made too much of a boob.

Lol, i know. I was just being sassy and sarcastic. :)

[Black Falcon]

On 7/15/2025 at 12:43 AM, williejm said:

I can definitely see future CMFs giving us variations for both the Griffin & Kraken factions!

Hmm, actually, I don´t. If we would get a castle CMF, I would expect them to include remakes of old factions and new castle/fantasy figures similar to what the space series included. But I don´t think the remakes will include any of this years new factions but mainly older, more iconic factions - however, I could totally see them including the raven knight there - but I would at the same time expect it to be the newest faction to get an update.

On 7/15/2025 at 5:45 PM, williejm said:

II also think that it will inevitably be both wildly popular *and* not what hardcore Castle fans wanted at the same time.

Well probably, since not every minifigure will be made for Army building, obiously. But at the same time, I think castle fans are easier to please than space fans, where most of them wanted to just get the old factions back - while castle fans are a lot about new usefull parts/figures for their medieval world.

On 7/15/2025 at 5:45 PM, williejm said:

I think the reason we haven’t had one yet is a combination of things. Firstly, we have some ‘castle adjacent’ themes, notably HP and the ever-growing castle bits that delivers. We also have large and expensive Castle sets such as Blacksmith and Creator which feed the hardcore fans. Plus we have just had a D&D CMF and exclusive set.

Mostly though, I think the normal CMF series have been an exceptionally rich source of Castle figures, arguably more so than any other subtheme, aside from costume figures, which did not come with an existing fan base. From the earliest series exclusive and desirable CMF figures, often very army-buildable, have been the mainstay of CMF series. They remain popular and a draw to the series as a whole, and are very lucrative/expensive on the after-sales market. Just look up any of the knights, elves, forest folk, or even the questionable centaur. 

I actually think not any of those is actually a thing that speaks against a castle CMF - certainly more the other way round, since all those stuff (aside from HP, which IMO doesn´t play any role at all in this) show the demand - and while obviously we wouldn´t get a new castle series right after the D&D cmf, it showed how popular that kind of theme is, so to me it seems just even more likely, the only problem I could see there is, that they might rather make a second D&D series than a castle themed one.

On 7/15/2025 at 5:45 PM, williejm said:

All of that suits Lego, keeping the Castle fans fed, but also not having to resurrect a full theme, relying on chase figures and big D2C sets. 

I don´t see that a castle CMF would change much on the demand on Castle/Fantasy Figures in future normal CMFs though.

[zoth33]

On 7/19/2025 at 11:56 AM, Black Falcon said:

Hmm, actually, I don´t. If we would get a castle CMF, I would expect them to include remakes of old factions and new castle/fantasy figures similar to what the space series included. But I don´t think the remakes will include any of this years new factions but mainly older, more iconic factions - however, I could totally see them including the raven knight there - but I would at the same time expect it to be the newest faction to get an update.

Well probably, since not every minifigure will be made for Army building, obiously. But at the same time, I think castle fans are easier to please than space fans, where most of them wanted to just get the old factions back - while castle fans are a lot about new usefull parts/figures for their medieval world.

I actually think not any of those is actually a thing that speaks against a castle CMF - certainly more the other way round, since all those stuff (aside from HP, which IMO doesn´t play any role at all in this) show the demand - and while obviously we wouldn´t get a new castle series right after the D&D cmf, it showed how popular that kind of theme is, so to me it seems just even more likely, the only problem I could see there is, that they might rather make a second D&D series than a castle themed one.

I don´t see that a castle CMF would change much on the demand on Castle/Fantasy Figures in future normal CMFs though.

I think he's saying in regular CMF's down the line they might do some other Kraken and Griffon knights.  I don't think he's necessarily talking a straight up castle CMF

On 7/15/2025 at 11:45 AM, williejm said:

I do think that, at some point, we will get a ‘Castle’ themed CMF.

I also think that it will inevitably be both wildly popular *and* not what hardcore Castle fans wanted at the same time.

I think the reason we haven’t had one yet is a combination of things. Firstly, we have some ‘castle adjacent’ themes, notably HP and the ever-growing castle bits that delivers. We also have large and expensive Castle sets such as Blacksmith and Creator which feed the hardcore fans. Plus we have just had a D&D CMF and exclusive set.

Mostly though, I think the normal CMF series have been an exceptionally rich source of Castle figures, arguably more so than any other subtheme, aside from costume figures, which did not come with an existing fan base. From the earliest series exclusive and desirable CMF figures, often very army-buildable, have been the mainstay of CMF series. They remain popular and a draw to the series as a whole, and are very lucrative/expensive on the after-sales market. Just look up any of the knights, elves, forest folk, or even the questionable centaur. 

All of that suits Lego, keeping the Castle fans fed, but also not having to resurrect a full theme, relying on chase figures and big D2C sets. 
 

 

The HP stuff I don't think has any bearing on castle and other castle related things like LOTR and DnD.  I mean they literally have all 3 on the shelves right now.  We have castle, DnD and LOTR and all seem to be selling pretty well.   But I do think we will get a Castle CMF sometime in the future and probably another DnD series too with how well that one sold.