LEGO Collectable Minifigures Future Series Rumours

[Renny The Spaceman]

4 hours ago, Accio Lego said:

After series 26 was Space themed there weren’t any space characters in series 27 (the closest being the jet-pack racer), so I wouldn’t be surprised if the May series doesn’t have any animal costumes (with maybe an exception for a new Dino costume since the January series doesn’t seem to have one). 
 

Hopeful news for those of us who want actual animals and other new accessories in a cmf. 

I wouldn't count on it, we've had 2 Costume CMFs before and the next and previous still had 3. Series 25 was also absent of Space figures so if it was gonna be the same 27 wouldn't have a costume character

[williejm]

4 hours ago, Renny The Spaceman said:

I wouldn't count on it, we've had 2 Costume CMFs before and the next and previous still had 3. Series 25 was also absent of Space figures so if it was gonna be the same 27 wouldn't have a costume character

We should definitely know by now not to try and apply logic to the CMF line up 

[Renny The Spaceman]

3 hours ago, williejm said:

We should definitely know by now not to try and apply logic to the CMF line up 

True, but I think rule one though is multiple costume figs will be in every non-licenced series, that's seemingly the most popular CMF niche with kids, LEGO loves them and they've not only never sat out an original CMF lineup for about a decade but I think there's at least 2 for every series for the longest time

[Lion King]

14 hours ago, Accio Lego said:

After series 26 was Space themed there weren’t any space characters in series 27 (the closest being the jet-pack racer), so I wouldn’t be surprised if the May series doesn’t have any animal costumes (with maybe an exception for a new Dino costume since the January series doesn’t seem to have one). 
 

Hopeful news for those of us who want actual animals and other new accessories in a cmf. 

What about Astronomy Kid from Series 27? That would consider as “Space” and “City”

[Lion King]

2 hours ago, Renny The Spaceman said:

True, but I think rule one though is multiple costume figs will be in every non-licenced series, that's seemingly the most popular CMF niche with kids, LEGO loves them and they've not only never sat out an original CMF lineup for about a decade but I think there's at least 2 for every series for the longest time

(In quiet voice) I love animal costumes.  And I’m not a kid. 

@Robert8 Just finished making the guessing game for Series 29. :) 

[Renny The Spaceman]

14 hours ago, Lion King said:

(In quiet voice) I love animal costumes.  And I’m not a kid. 

@Robert8

Haha, of course it's not exclusively kids into them, but it seems they they're the main niche kids gravitate too

[FinlayTheFaithful]

On 9/15/2025 at 7:50 PM, Lion King said:

@Robert8 Just finished making the guessing game for Series 29. :) 

Awesome! Do you have a link? I can't find it through searching for some reason

[Lion King]

23 minutes ago, FinlayTheFaithful said:

Awesome! Do you have a link? I can't find it through searching for some reason

That’s a weird thing because i can’t find it somewhere but you can click “Speical Lego Themes” at the top of this webpage. This will show a list of topics! :)

[Lion King]

I see more and more minifigures with tattoos in both CMF and City sets.  It makes me wonder - when will we see face piercings? I thought Spooky Boy form Series 16 was the first person to have piercing around  his mouth but it was  actually a fang.  And I was informed that one character from Friends do have a nose piercing. (I forgot who has it…). Sure minidolls do have noses but still no face piercings for minifigures (other than nose piercing).  I feel parents are okay with tattooed minifigures so face piercings should be fine too.  A lip piercing should be perfect for Spooky Boy in first place….

[Karalora]

Facial piercings on punk or goth type characters would be cool, but I'm not sure how well they could "read" at such a small scale of printing.

[Lion King]

14 hours ago, Karalora said:

Facial piercings on punk or goth type characters would be cool, but I'm not sure how well they could "read" at such a small scale of printing.

  I wonder if Lego could Jsut print a small gray circle at bottom or  one of the eyebrows.  Or a gray dot reprensts as a metal ball.  I am pretty sure Lego is enough clever to come up with facial piercing prints.  Also, fiscal piercings should not be limited to punk or goth characters.  My boyfriend is neither punk nor goth, he had a nose piercing  and several earrings around his ears .

[Karalora]

2 hours ago, Lion King said:

Also, fiscal piercings should not be limited to punk or goth characters. 

This is a fair point, but minifigures tend to be more archetypal than real people, in no small part because they have to be very simplified at their small scale.

[Lion King]

16 hours ago, Karalora said:

This is a fair point, but minifigures tend to be more archetypal than real people, in no small part because they have to be very simplified at their small scale.

I disagree with the  firsthalf of this quote and I agree with the second haf. I feel facial piercings should spread widely just like tattoos. For example, officers from 2024’s City Space subtheme have/had facial tattoos rather than lower ranks or even civilians like fitness instructor from recent CMF series have tattoos. No stereotypes for goth and punk minifigures. But i do agree with you on simipifion at a small scale. 

[Lion King]

On 10/11/2025 at 4:13 PM, Karalora said:

This is a fair point, but minifigures tend to be more archetypal than real people, in no small part because they have to be very simplified at their small scale.

By the way, I forgot about two characters from Spderverse CMF Series (Spider-Gwen and Spider-Punk). They do have facial piercings, yet not in non-licensed series. 

[Robert8]

Im surprised they didnt release a tie-in CMF regular series to go with the new Mario LEGO Party game like they did with Series 12 and the MMO

 

[Lion King]

19 hours ago, Robert8 said:

Im surprised they didnt release a tie-in CMF regular series to go with the new Mario LEGO Party game like they did with Series 12 and the MMO

 

Eh, sorry but not sure what you are trying to say?

[RichardGoring]

Series 28 Animals is out on Reddit (released through a retailer). It's the full marketing photos, and I think they look great, for costumed figures. A missed opportunity for actual animal moulds, and for a wider range of figure types, but they are executed well. Some lovely new prints.

I think I'll probably get these. They're fun. My children will like them. And they're well executed.

[Lion King]

9 minutes ago, RichardGoring said:

Series 28 Animals is out on Reddit (released through a retailer). It's the full marketing photos, and I think they look great, for costumed figures. A missed opportunity for actual animal moulds, and for a wider range of figure types, but they are executed well. Some lovely new prints.

I think I'll probably get these. They're fun. My children will like them. And they're well executed.

I do not think it’s a missed oppoourity for actual animal molds as they make budget toward animal costumes and  a few new accessories like bubble piece, rubber ring, etc.  they rarely include new animal molds like they did with a mouse up with Elephant Costume in Seires 18, i think that’s it.  Maybe Seires 29 will have new animal molds? Only Man Upstiars knows. 

Anyways, this new series look very cute! I love it!

[FinlayTheFaithful]

1 hour ago, Lion King said:

Maybe Seires 29 will have new animal molds? Only Man Upstiars knows. 

Anyways, this new series look very cute! I love it!

Red fox and roo come to mind

[sylin]

I think the current line-up for 2026 is... Animal Costumes for Jan, Series 28 (er, 29?) for May, and ??? for September/October. Am I correct here?

Edited October 31 by sylin

[williejm]

13 minutes ago, sylin said:

13 minutes ago, sylin said:

I think the current line-up for 2026 is... Animal Costumes for Jan, Series 28 (er, 29?) for May, and ??? for September/October. Am I correct here?

That’s my understanding too 

[Robert8]

1 hour ago, sylin said:

I think the current line-up for 2026 is... Animal Costumes for Jan, Series 28 (er, 29?) for May, and ??? for September/October. Am I correct here?

Correct

The third series is almost guaranteed to be licensed. 

I wonder what it could be. It's been a while since the last Disney series....

[williejm]

1 hour ago, Robert8 said:

Correct

The third series is almost guaranteed to be licensed. 

I wonder what it could be. It's been a while since the last Disney series....

I’m surprised that they haven’t yet down tie ins with specific Disney licences to have one single CMF for a movie.

Perhaps they will revisit the Simpsons again. Or maybe give us a Smurf CMF alongside the IDEAs set … 

[Black Falcon]

5 hours ago, sylin said:

I think the current line-up for 2026 is... Animal Costumes for Jan, Series 28 (er, 29?) for May, and ??? for September/October. Am I correct here?

Animal Costumes is Series 28, so 29 for May. And yeah, as @Robert8 mentioned the Septermber Series will be very likely licensed.

3 hours ago, Robert8 said:

The third series is almost guaranteed to be licensed. 

I wonder what it could be. It's been a while since the last Disney series....

D&D, Disney, Harry Potter, Simpsons, DC - there are so many possibilities. Could aswell be a Ninjago Series for the Live action movie - though there is no date for that yet, so might aswell be released in 2027. 

2 hours ago, williejm said:

I’m surprised that they haven’t yet down tie ins with specific Disney licences to have one single CMF for a movie.

Perhaps they will revisit the Simpsons again. Or maybe give us a Smurf CMF alongside the IDEAs set … 

I wouldn´t expect the Smurfs Set to be released that early though. 

Edited October 31 by Black Falcon

[Lion King]

Black Falcon, when you mentioned “Harry Potter”, how come you think there would be CMF to cover characters when we already have so many characters since 2018?  Like who are we missing characters?