LEGO Collectable Minifigures Future Series Rumours

[Accio Lego]

45 minutes ago, Black Falcon said:

D&D, Disney, Harry Potter, Simpsons, DC - there are so many possibilities.

It could also be something entirely new – this year’s was Spiderverse after all, which is actually a completely different license from the previous Marvel series. 
 

I’m also not expecting anything from Harry Potter, despite it being my favorite licensed theme, it’s well established enough by now that we’ve gotten a lot of characters and can feel pretty secure that the theme will continue on long enough to give up the ones that are missing eventually. 
 

If Simpsons gets a third series (not something I’m personally interested in) it will probably be in 2027 to coincide with the second movie coming out. 
 

D&D, Disney, and DC are all possible. Especially D&D since that was very well received even amongst non-fans and a two year gap between a license’s first and second series is something we’ve seen multiple times before. 

[FinlayTheFaithful]

12 minutes ago, Accio Lego said:

It could also be something entirely new – this year’s was Spiderverse after all, which is actually a completely different license from the previous Marvel series. 
 

I’m also not expecting anything from Harry Potter, despite it being my favorite licensed theme, it’s well established enough by now that we’ve gotten a lot of characters and can feel pretty secure that the theme will continue on long enough to give up the ones that are missing eventually. 
 

If Simpsons gets a third series (not something I’m personally interested in) it will probably be in 2027 to coincide with the second movie coming out. 
 

D&D, Disney, and DC are all possible. Especially D&D since that was very well received even amongst non-fans and a two year gap between a license’s first and second series is something we’ve seen multiple times before. 

I'm personally wishing we get some mobile game reputation in the september cmf

[Black Falcon]

5 minutes ago, Lion King said:

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?

It is not about missing characters really, and I think we all know that there will be many figures that would be just new versions of existing characters. There is no way there wouldn´t be Harry, Ron, Hermione and Dumbledore included. Draco, Neville, Luna are also likely Characters. There are enough new fans now that were very young and not yet interested in the theme when the last Series was out.

1 minute ago, Accio Lego said:

It could also be something entirely new – this year’s was Spiderverse after all, which is actually a completely different license from the previous Marvel series. 
 

I’m also not expecting anything from Harry Potter, despite it being my favorite licensed theme, it’s well established enough by now that we’ve gotten a lot of characters and can feel pretty secure that the theme will continue on long enough to give up the ones that are missing eventually. 
 

If Simpsons gets a third series (not something I’m personally interested in) it will probably be in 2027 to coincide with the second movie coming out. 
 

D&D, Disney, and DC are all possible. Especially D&D since that was very well received even amongst non-fans and a two year gap between a license’s first and second series is something we’ve seen multiple times before. 

Yeah exactly, as I said it could be basically anything, of course something new is very likely too. Personally I would prefer a second D&D series, but in the end, if it is something I am not interested in then I will just skip it and wait for the next one, so no bad feelings there either.

5 minutes ago, FinlayTheFaithful said:

I'm personally wishing we get some mobile game reputation in the september cmf

I am actually not sure I get what you mean. Or better said, I am sure I am not.

[FinlayTheFaithful]

1 minute ago, Black Falcon said:

I am actually not sure I get what you mean. Or better said, I am sure I am not.

It's just that since they made Angry Bird movie sets almost 10 years ago, TLG hasn't done something with phone games since

[Black Falcon]

1 minute ago, FinlayTheFaithful said:

It's just that since they made Angry Bird movie sets almost 10 years ago, TLG hasn't done something with phone games since

Ah, well but what games would you like the get a series from? Right now I can´t really imagine anything that I would need a series of. Not even sure what kind of Phone games are really popular enough for it now, especially ones including minifig-material.

[FinlayTheFaithful]

Just now, Black Falcon said:

Ah, well but what games would you like the get a series from? Right now I can´t really imagine anything that I would need a series of. Not even sure what kind of Phone games are really popular enough for it now, especially ones including minifig-material.

The most likely one that TLG would tackle would be Supercells Clash of Clans

[Black Falcon]

2 minutes ago, FinlayTheFaithful said:

The most likely one that TLG would tackle would be Supercells Clash of Clans

Is that even still as much a thing now? And more like a tower defense game so not sure if any characters there or the game itself would be iconic enough that people would want to have them as minifigs.

[Lion King]

Black Falcon, still, it’s unlikely for another CMF series for Harry Potter.  Missing or not, i feel all variations are covered. Unless if you think there are some “missing” character in their new variations, please name 12 minifigure slots. 

I would love to see Studio Ghibli CMF Series someday, like Castle in the Sky, Howl’s Moving Castle, Kiki’s Delivery Service,  Spiriited Away, etc. 

[Lord_Tyrannus]

I would love a second D&D CMF wave...

[Karalora]

7 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.

Most Disney movies don't have a big enough cast to fill out a CMF with characters that would be widely desired.

[FinlayTheFaithful]

28 minutes ago, Karalora said:

Most Disney movies don't have a big enough cast to fill out a CMF with characters that would be widely desired.

Pixars Cars? /lh

[williejm]

9 hours ago, Karalora said:

Most Disney movies don't have a big enough cast to fill out a CMF with characters that would be widely desired.

But some so definitely do - like Encanto, and the recent Inside Out movie, or any of the Toy Storys 

[MAB]

28 minutes ago, williejm said:

But some so definitely do - like Encanto, and the recent Inside Out movie, or any of the Toy Storys 

Why would they do a CMF instead of a set though?

Take Snow White, you could get 12 characters with SW, 7 dwarves, Prince, huntsman and then the Evil Queen as both a queen and a witch.

So they could do a CMF series OR they could do a one off set with 12 characters plus a load of bricks and charge more for it.

[williejm]

19 minutes ago, MAB said:

Why would they do a CMF instead of a set though?

Take Snow White, you could get 12 characters with SW, 7 dwarves, Prince, huntsman and then the Evil Queen as both a queen and a witch.

So they could do a CMF series OR they could do a one off set with 12 characters plus a load of bricks and charge more for it.

These things aren’t mutually exclusive. CMFs could be part of movie marketing _ providing small, grabbable, collectible toys, rather than only having movie minifigures in massive sets. There are plenty custom series idea out there showing just how it could look. 

[Karalora]

17 minutes ago, MAB said:

Why would they do a CMF instead of a set though?

Take Snow White, you could get 12 characters with SW, 7 dwarves, Prince, huntsman and then the Evil Queen as both a queen and a witch.

So they could do a CMF series OR they could do a one off set with 12 characters plus a load of bricks and charge more for it.

This, pretty much. A licensed CMF works best as an adjunct to an entire line, when the cast of characters (and/or variant costumes) is large enough that it's not feasible to include them all in the set(s). For a single movie (or, more likely, a movie franchise) to get a CMF--but no sets--it would need to not only have enough humanoid characters to fill out all the slots, but have its appeal revolve entirely around the characters with no iconic scenes or locations to use as a "stage" for said characters. I can't think of any examples off the top of my head, and I will note that of@williejm's examples above, Snow White already got a full-fledged set with most of the main cast (with the Villain appearing elsewhere prior), and Encanto was made into a minidoll line. For Inside Out, I think we only got the Brickheadz and that abstract cube thing, but I think the characters as minifigs would be the most appealing in sets that replicate the whimsical design of the mindscape shown in the films.

[hikouki]

I think there are a few IPs out there where the characters do not have a 'home' that can be made into a set. Take Looney Tunes and to some extent, The Muppets for example.

But yes, many wanted characters are better off in a set than a standalone CMF.

[Robert8]

19 hours ago, Black Falcon said:

a Ninjago Series for the Live action movie

I didn't know about this

oof that sounds like it will be a cringe fest

[RichardGoring]

19 hours ago, Accio Lego said:

...and a two year gap between a license’s first and second series is something we’ve seen multiple times before. 

So does that mean we might see F1 CMFs in 2027? Or will it just be that they are leftover series 1 still on shelves? 

[Robert8]

By the way, how did the D&D and F1 series sell?

 

Personally, I didn't like the D&D series (and Im a huge medieval fantasy fan). Some of the minifigure looked knock-offy. 

And, from what I read on social media, the majority of fans seemed to dislike the F1 one. But that doesnt necessarily mean it didnt sell well.

I hope there wont be another one of those both licenses

[Black Falcon]

1 hour ago, Robert8 said:

And, from what I read on social media, the majority of fans seemed to dislike the F1 one. But that doesnt necessarily mean it didnt sell well.

I hope there wont be another one of those both licenses

Well at least for the D&D series, I think we can be quite sure that it sold well and was well received among AFOLs at least. F1 wasn´t well received among AFOLs but as you said that doesn´t have to mean much for the sales. But I got the impression they weren´t going as well as the D&D figures at least.

[Accio Lego]

20 hours ago, Lion King said:

Black Falcon, still, it’s unlikely for another CMF series for Harry Potter.  Missing or not, i feel all variations are covered. Unless if you think there are some “missing” character in their new variations, please name 12 minifigure slots. 

I mean, I could easily throw together a list of twelve, I just don’t think there’s a need to when Harry Potter gets two full waves, a D2C, and an advent calendar every year (plus the occasional book with exclusive minifig). The two Harry Potter CMFs we got came out in a three year period where it was fairly obvious almost everything was pre planed following the reboot. I don’t think the designers were certain the theme would become evergreen until after the twentieth anniversary and the first switch of castle systems, and they wanted to get characters like Trelawney, Moody, Kingsley, and Harry’s parents done when they weren’t sure if the theme would continue, and use the mold budget from the CMF to kickstart the theme with a ton of custom parts. Now, though, it’s one of the better selling themes and they can drop characters like house ghosts, obscure teachers, and Xeno Lovegood at their leisure, so there’s no incentive to use a CMF slot for that. 
 

In contrast, licenses that don’t have any sets at all (Looney Tunes, Muppets), or large casts but only one or two sets (Simpsons, D&D, Spiderverse [yes, there are a lot of Spider-Man sets, but only a couple have been specifically based on the movie, which is centered around there being hundreds of spider people]) can make much better use of the extra characters and mold budget. 

If How to Train Your Dragon didn’t focus so much on the actual dragons, I’d say it was a prime candidate for a CMF (as is, their strange choice to make sitting chibi Toothless might have killed our chances of getting more from that license). I don’t know much about Zelda, but I’m pretty sure that would be a decent candidate too. Star Trek has had multiple generations of shows, all with full ensemble casts and unique alien designs, it’s actually a little surprising we didn’t get something to go with the eminent Enterprise set. And there have been plenty of Ideas themes that would work well (still not sure why the Sesame Street set didn’t turn into a 4+ theme – who knows, maybe Netflix will negotiate something now that it’s under their umbrella).

[MAB]

1 hour ago, Robert8 said:

By the way, how did the D&D and F1 series sell?

Near me,  rarely saw D&D boxes on shelves and when I did it was the same few figures left in the box. Whereas F1, I still see multiple shelf boxes with hardly any taken out. Same for the newer Spiderverse CMF. 

[Black Falcon]

20 minutes ago, Accio Lego said:

I mean, I could easily throw together a list of twelve, I just don’t think there’s a need to when Harry Potter gets two full waves, a D2C, and an advent calendar every year (plus the occasional book with exclusive minifig). The two Harry Potter CMFs we got came out in a three year period where it was fairly obvious almost everything was pre planed following the reboot. I don’t think the designers were certain the theme would become evergreen until after the twentieth anniversary and the first switch of castle systems, and they wanted to get characters like Trelawney, Moody, Kingsley, and Harry’s parents done when they weren’t sure if the theme would continue, and use the mold budget from the CMF to kickstart the theme with a ton of custom parts. Now, though, it’s one of the better selling themes and they can drop characters like house ghosts, obscure teachers, and Xeno Lovegood at their leisure, so there’s no incentive to use a CMF slot for that.

Yeah, well I don´t think we really need a Harry Potter Series, and not saying it is the likeliest to happen but I just wouldn´t rule out that they would still do it again. 

20 minutes ago, Accio Lego said:

If How to Train Your Dragon didn’t focus so much on the actual dragons, I’d say it was a prime candidate for a CMF (as is, their strange choice to make sitting chibi Toothless might have killed our chances of getting more from that license). I don’t know much about Zelda, but I’m pretty sure that would be a decent candidate too. Star Trek has had multiple generations of shows, all with full ensemble casts and unique alien designs, it’s actually a little surprising we didn’t get something to go with the eminent Enterprise set. 

I think the reason is quite simple. There probably aren´t much kids around that would want that. And unlike other series that were made more towards Adults like the D&D one, I don´t see much appeal of a ST series for kids. I mean, D&D had basically a mix of fantasy figures, and while kids surely wouldn´t recoginze Strahd or Tasha, they are easily recognize as Witch or Vampire and they can easily include them into their playworld. Star Trek basically would have 12 Figures where the biggest difference is the colour of their shirts - or a slightly different head maybe. 

[Accio Lego]

1 hour ago, Black Falcon said:

Star Trek basically would have 12 Figures where the biggest difference is the colour of their shirts - or a slightly different head maybe. 

I mean, the kid appeal is debatable (they have actually done a kids show in the universe), but I’m going to have to disagree with you on the outfits. There are multiple different Star Trek series and most of them (and even some of the movies) have their own unique variations on the standard uniforms before you even get into things like dress uniforms. Then there’s space suits and the crew’s civilian clothes (not to mention when they use the holodeck or time travel), and there’s several characters and races that aren’t part of Starfleet and have their own uniforms. It would be pretty easy to fill a twelve slot CMF and not have any of the torso prints be repeats. 

[Black Falcon]

1 hour ago, Accio Lego said:

I mean, the kid appeal is debatable (they have actually done a kids show in the universe), but I’m going to have to disagree with you on the outfits. There are multiple different Star Trek series and most of them (and even some of the movies) have their own unique variations on the standard uniforms before you even get into things like dress uniforms. Then there’s space suits and the crew’s civilian clothes (not to mention when they use the holodeck or time travel), and there’s several characters and races that aren’t part of Starfleet and have their own uniforms. It would be pretty easy to fill a twelve slot CMF and not have any of the torso prints be repeats. 

Well of course, but that doesn´t change that it would be all pretty similar and not really exciting for kids. And how well exactly was Prodigy received by kids? And then again, they would only know the characters from that show, which on the other hand wouldn´t be the ones the adults would want. I just don´t see a ST series happening.