LEGO Collectable Minifigures Future Series Rumours

[BrickBob Studpants]

1 hour ago, JohnTPT17 said:

Update from Bricktap on the September CMF:

"I wouldn’t rule out a 2027 movie for the series after 29"

Huh. This sure implies a movie that got somewhat recently delayed, but Shrek would be a strange choice for a CMF series regardless. Why not regular playsets?

[lifeinplastic]

There is a Zelda film coming out next year.

[BrickBob Studpants]

Just now, lifeinplastic said:

There is a Zelda film coming out next year.

Sure, but that was always scheduled for 2027. Unless the original leaker was mistaken and the CMF series was based on a 2027 film to begin with, but that makes little to no sense. Why would a tie-in series be released so far in advance? At that point, the marketing will barely have started!

It's either a 2026 film as initially claimed or one that got moved to 2027, which begs the question why they didn't move the series as well. I know, sometimes licensees can't adjust schedules that quickly, like with the CA:BNW McDonald's toys, but CMF series have a pretty short production cycle I believe, meaning adjustments should be way easier than with playsets

[CloneCommando99]

My theory is that it’s Streetfighter, it’s a film based off a well liked IP that is literally suited for a minifigure series thanks to its roster.

 

What I’d like is a DCU specific CMF.

Edited Saturday at 09:54 PM by CloneCommando99

[BrickBob Studpants]

6 minutes ago, CloneCommando99 said:

My theory is that it’s Streetfighter, it’s the film based off a well liked IP that is literally suited for a minifigure series thanks to its roster.

That's also my best guess, but the recent "a 2027 film cannot be ruled out" comment confuses me. If the leakers know what movie it is, where's the ambiguity coming from?  Or do they know it's based on a franchise, but cannot verify yet if it's the new movie or existing material?

Edited Saturday at 09:52 PM by BrickBob Studpants

[Cyprinus]

35 minutes ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

That's also my best guess, but the recent "a 2027 film cannot be ruled out" comment confuses me. If the leakers know what movie it is, where's the ambiguity coming from?  Or do they know it's based on a franchise, but cannot verify yet if it's the new movie or existing material?

Most likely scenario - leaker/source got told it is a 2026 movie without getting a name and it got delayed later on.

[Renny The Spaceman]

46 minutes ago, CloneCommando99 said:

My theory is that it’s Streetfighter, it’s a film based off a well liked IP that is literally suited for a minifigure series thanks to its roster.

 

What I’d like is a DCU specific CMF.

Well Street Fighter would get you Polka-dot Man I guess

45 minutes ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

That's also my best guess, but the recent "a 2027 film cannot be ruled out" comment confuses me. If the leakers know what movie it is, where's the ambiguity coming from?  Or do they know it's based on a franchise, but cannot verify yet if it's the new movie or existing material?

Yeah, right. I thought it was Street Fighter too but that makes me think Shrek

[BrickBob Studpants]

5 minutes ago, Renny The Spaceman said:

Well Street Fighter would get you Polka-dot Man I guess

Well, the DCEU version of the character won't show up in the DCU, unless multiverse shenanigans get involved, or they just cast Dastmalchian again and ignore the events of TSS. After all, the movie as such is not canon to the DCU, just some events of it. That said, a purist minifig of the DCEU version can still be made this year if a) Mr 3 gets a minifig; and b) he has an alternative faceprint without the goggles

[Black Falcon]

7 hours ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

Dr Seuss in general maybe, but just Cat in the Hat? Does that story even have 12 characters?  There’s the cat himself, the goldfish (which would be an accessory anyway), the two kids, Thing 1 and Thing 2, and who else? I know the movie‘s supposed to be the start of a shared universe, but it still seems like a bit of a stretch. 

Street Fighter would have the opposite problem! But if so, David Dastmalchian could get two minifigs this year

I´ve never even heard from the first and am not sure how popular it really is especially to kids nowadays. Had to Google it and seems like a think especially in the US. 

Streetfighter seems like a quite violent choice IMO, and again, probably not really something the target audience would care that much about.

7 hours ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

No way it‘s Shrek. The movie was delayed months ago, giving licensees plenty of time to adjust. Besides, the implication here is that the CMF is all we‘re getting based on whatever movie it is, and if TLG actually pursued a Shrek license, they‘d definitely release playsets first and foremost.

I think it‘s a movie where a CMF series is its best possible representation, i.e. something more character- than vehicle- or location-driven. Like Street Fighter. Yes, I jumped on that train

They´ve done the same with other licenses though, where they could have also done playsets and didn´t. But who knows if it is Shrek, a CMF doesn´t mean there can´t be also playsets.

2 hours ago, JohnTPT17 said:

My biggest wish if they are going the Shrek route is that the series is "Shrek" and not "Shrek 5". I'd much rather have Farquad and Fairy Godmother over Shrek's kids.

I also wonder what they would do with Donkey - does he get his own slot, or is he an accessory?

His own I would bet. IMO he would be to big to be just an accessory.

2 hours ago, JohnTPT17 said:

Unikitty was at least a buildable figure with several parts - I think Donkey would either be a single mold or a body + head, like Scooby-Doo. In that context, I'm less sure which route Lego would go with.

I would actually hope for something similar to the horse mould, just smaller. Probably no movable legs, but a movable head would be great.

1 hour ago, lifeinplastic said:

There is a Zelda film coming out next year.

It was stated it would be a new License, so we can rule that one out.

1 hour ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

That's also my best guess, but the recent "a 2027 film cannot be ruled out" comment confuses me. If the leakers know what movie it is, where's the ambiguity coming from?  Or do they know it's based on a franchise, but cannot verify yet if it's the new movie or existing material?

Well, that can really mean anything. We don´t even know if the one that wrote that comment knows what it will be and just wanted to be sure, or that some other sources already hinted towards something, or one of them stated that the film it would be based on was changed.

Looking at what movies we can expect this year (well or next) Shrek seems like one of the more plausible themes to me, all the others are either not really suitable for a CMF (because most of the characters are animals), had already Sets, are probably not popular enough or their license should be elsewhere (else I would have said an Asterix CMF would also have a good chance)

 

[Robert8]

29 minutes ago, Black Falcon said:

Streetfighter seems like a quite violent choice IMO, and again, probably not really something the target audience would care that much about.

That's also my opinion

But how "violent" is D&D though? Like, compared with Steetfighter

 

I'd have dismissed Streetfighter right away, but after D&D....

 

[Black Falcon]

11 minutes ago, Robert8 said:

That's also my opinion

But how "violent" is D&D though? Like, compared with Steetfighter

D&D is about Adventure and you usually fight the evil there. And generally it isn´t more violent than Castle or Pirates and all of them are no Match for Star Wars.

The difference to Street fighter is though, that one is basically only about two people fighting each other in the streets. No Story, no Adventure, no nothing (and sure the film will have some kind of Story, but as far as I am aware the Game doesn´t)

[Yoggington]

On 1/7/2026 at 4:20 PM, Yoggington said:

Does this necessarily mean Classic as in 'Classic" themes?

I read it as just meaning "not a themed series" - not F1, or Animals, or Spidermen - just a classic 16 [12] random figs.

Oh how they laughed.

Y'all get your hopes up on the hypes trains too easily - and then get disappointed when it's not.

[Accio Lego]

The ‘new license, never had sets before’ is intriguing, although a little disappointing that it essentially rules out the Legend of Aang movie. 
 

I suppose it’s probably too much to hope for something based on The Odyssey either (although that would be epic). 
 

I’d say the best candidates would be the aforementioned Shrek 5, the new Narnia movies, or Masters of the Universe (surprised no one else has mentioned that one yet). 

[zoth33]

2 hours ago, Black Falcon said:

I´ve never even heard from the first and am not sure how popular it really is especially to kids nowadays. Had to Google it and seems like a think especially in the US. 

Streetfighter seems like a quite violent choice IMO, and again, probably not really something the target audience would care that much about.

They´ve done the same with other licenses though, where they could have also done playsets and didn´t. But who knows if it is Shrek, a CMF doesn´t mean there can´t be also playsets.

His own I would bet. IMO he would be to big to be just an accessory.

I would actually hope for something similar to the horse mould, just smaller. Probably no movable legs, but a movable head would be great.

It was stated it would be a new License, so we can rule that one out.

Well, that can really mean anything. We don´t even know if the one that wrote that comment knows what it will be and just wanted to be sure, or that some other sources already hinted towards something, or one of them stated that the film it would be based on was changed.

Looking at what movies we can expect this year (well or next) Shrek seems like one of the more plausible themes to me, all the others are either not really suitable for a CMF (because most of the characters are animals), had already Sets, are probably not popular enough or their license should be elsewhere (else I would have said an Asterix CMF would also have a good chance)

 

Lego did Stranger things and that is quite violent.  The ending of HP the deathly hallows is quite violent.  Marvel and DC comics are very violent compared to street fighter

2 hours ago, Robert8 said:

That's also my opinion

But how "violent" is D&D though? Like, compared with Steetfighter

 

I'd have dismissed Streetfighter right away, but after D&D....

 

ST is violent, HP is violent especially deathly hallows and Marvel and DC comics are way more violent than Street Fighter.  Also DnD has some very violent and adult things in it.  

44 minutes ago, Accio Lego said:

The ‘new license, never had sets before’ is intriguing, although a little disappointing that it essentially rules out the Legend of Aang movie. 
 

I suppose it’s probably too much to hope for something based on The Odyssey either (although that would be epic). 
 

I’d say the best candidates would be the aforementioned Shrek 5, the new Narnia movies, or Masters of the Universe (surprised no one else has mentioned that one yet). 

Mattel has Masters of the Universe license and they are releasing build block sets for it there is no way Lego is doing Masters of the Universe.  

[Accio Lego]

1 hour ago, zoth33 said:

Mattel has Masters of the Universe license and they are releasing build block sets for it there is no way Lego is doing Masters of the Universe.  

Good to know. I’m not familiar enough with the property to know what merchandise agreements it’s already got going on. 
 

I still think Shrek and Narnia have a better chance than Street Fighter or Hunger Games though. 

[Mandalorianknight]

8 hours ago, Black Falcon said:

Streetfighter seems like a quite violent choice IMO, and again, probably not really something the target audience would care that much about.

I haven't played the more recent games (Aside from playing as Ryu and Ken in Smash Bros) so maybe I'm missing something, but while it's a fighting game, it's not Mortal Kombat. They're punching each other and throwing hadoukens, but they're not gorily massacring each other- I actually don't remember there being blood at all. A quick check shows the games are rated Teen, so it's not anything more violent than Star Wars/the later Harry Potter Books/etc, and it's definitely not as bad as something like Stranger Things.

Street fighter would be fun, I think- I'm not super versed in the lore but it has a lot of recognizable characters, and a variety of different archtypes/outfits.

[Ben S]

It's a long shot, but what about LOTR? The Hunt for Gollum was expected in late 2026 but was delayed to 2027. And strictly speaking, it would mean a new license, since LOTR and The Hobbit were different licenses. Just wishful thinking, I guess 
Edit: Actually, thinking about it, maybe it'd just fall under LOTR. 

Edited Sunday at 09:54 AM by Ben S

[Black Falcon]

10 hours ago, Accio Lego said:

I suppose it’s probably too much to hope for something based on The Odyssey either (although that would be epic). 

I would guess it will be something, that already is well known and popular as a franchise. And while the Story of the Odyssey surely is well known, it is just a movie based on that story and noone knows how that will received really.

9 hours ago, zoth33 said:

Lego did Stranger things and that is quite violent.  The ending of HP the deathly hallows is quite violent.  Marvel and DC comics are very violent compared to street fighter

ST is violent, HP is violent especially deathly hallows and Marvel and DC comics are way more violent than Street Fighter.  Also DnD has some very violent and adult things in it.  

To quote myself:

11 hours ago, Black Falcon said:

D&D is about Adventure and you usually fight the evil there. And generally it isn´t more violent than Castle or Pirates and all of them are no Match for Star Wars.

The difference to Street fighter is though, that one is basically only about two people fighting each other in the streets. No Story, no Adventure, no nothing (and sure the film will have some kind of Story, but as far as I am aware the Game doesn´t)

It is not about violence per se, but really, but basically what I mean, all other franchises of course contain violence, but Street Fighter is mainly just about that.

4 hours ago, Mandalorianknight said:

I haven't played the more recent games (Aside from playing as Ryu and Ken in Smash Bros) so maybe I'm missing something, but while it's a fighting game, it's not Mortal Kombat. They're punching each other and throwing hadoukens, but they're not gorily massacring each other- I actually don't remember there being blood at all. A quick check shows the games are rated Teen, so it's not anything more violent than Star Wars/the later Harry Potter Books/etc, and it's definitely not as bad as something like Stranger Things.

Street fighter would be fun, I think- I'm not super versed in the lore but it has a lot of recognizable characters, and a variety of different archtypes/outfits.

Well, see above. But really aside from that, sure it isn´t impossible to happen still. But Shrek would still be way more plausible to me, as it would be for Kids and Adults, while Street Fighter would probably more be targeted towards adults - and then I would also wonder if it wouldn´t make more sense to base a Street FIghter CMF on the Games rather than a Movie?

2 hours ago, Ben S said:

It's a long shot, but what about LOTR? The Hunt for Gollum was expected in late 2026 but was delayed to 2027. And strictly speaking, it would mean a new license, since LOTR and The Hobbit were different licenses. Just wishful thinking, I guess 
Edit: Actually, thinking about it, maybe it'd just fall under LOTR. 

Yeah, I think they wouldn´t call that a new License. And Probably they would rather make a CMF to the main Films than to the new movies, or a mixed one like with HP/Fantastic Beasts, though some Characters will be in both anyways, but aside from Gollum and Gandalf probably look different.

[zoth33]

10 hours ago, Accio Lego said:

Good to know. I’m not familiar enough with the property to know what merchandise agreements it’s already got going on. 
 

I still think Shrek and Narnia have a better chance than Street Fighter or Hunger Games though. 

I think it will be shrek but would love a Narnia cmf

 

5 hours ago, Ben S said:

It's a long shot, but what about LOTR? The Hunt for Gollum was expected in late 2026 but was delayed to 2027. And strictly speaking, it would mean a new license, since LOTR and The Hobbit were different licenses. Just wishful thinking, I guess 
Edit: Actually, thinking about it, maybe it'd just fall under LOTR. 

That wouldn't be a new license.  I don't think we will see sets from The hunt for Gollum but I would take anything LOTR that is playsets.  

[Black Falcon]

13 minutes ago, zoth33 said:

I think it will be shrek but would love a Narnia cmf

I wouldn´t mind a Narnia one either., but have basically two problems with this. First, Netflix is starting at an other part than the old Films, which is Chronological the first and basically tells the backstory of the other films, but that probably wouldn´t be what people were looking for when they want Narnia figures. They would expecte the 4 Kids, the white Queen, Mr. Tumnus, Caspian and of course Aslan. And that one is basically the second Problem I see, I am not sure if they would include a Lion in a CMF, though it should fit in the box.

[Roebuck]

16 hours ago, Black Falcon said:

Asterix

Would mean a new wild board mould for sure 😁👍

[Lion King]

I’m little confused that the leader called the licensed series “Series 30”?  Is that series based off movie but not very directly? 

[Accio Lego]

2 hours ago, Black Falcon said:

I wouldn´t mind a Narnia one either., but have basically two problems with this. First, Netflix is starting at an other part than the old Films, which is Chronological the first and basically tells the backstory of the other films, but that probably wouldn´t be what people were looking for when they want Narnia figures. They would expecte the 4 Kids, the white Queen, Mr. Tumnus, Caspian and of course Aslan. And that one is basically the second Problem I see, I am not sure if they would include a Lion in a CMF, though it should fit in the box.

Jadis (the White Witch) is actually still the main villain in the Magician’s Nephew. 
 

I also think you’re overestimating/underestimating the average level of Narnia knowledge people have – it’s been long enough since the last set of movies that anyone considering themselves a fan of the series will have read the books and be familiar with the prequel characters, while people only casually familiar with the lore will see Jadis, some kids dressed in period clothes, some adults dressed as royalty, and a handful of mythological creatures and consider it familiar enough, especially if they’re seeing trailers with the ‘new’ characters already. 
 

The bigger obstacle is that two of the most iconic characters to the story, Aslan and Fledge, are large animals instead of humanoids, but considering the people have already been having a similar conversation about Donkey from Shrek I don’t think that should rule them out yet. 

[williejm]

49 minutes ago, Lion King said:

I’m little confused that the leader called the licensed series “Series 30”?  Is that series based off movie but not very directly? 

They just mean ‘the one after s29’ 

2 hours ago, Roebuck said:

Would mean a new wild board mould for sure 😁👍

I’ve lost track of what ideas sets are in the works. Is there an Asterix one? 
The new long moustache part tha debuted with the One Piece sets also gives strong Asterix vibes …

[jonwil]

IIRC Lego can't do an LOTR CMF or battle pack or something else with too many minifigs compared to brick content because of the Warhammer LOTR thing.