LEGO Collectable Minifigures Series 20. Rumors and discussion

[leafan]

12 minutes ago, Harkonen said:

It will be very rare like Mr. Gold. 

*mic drop*

[Grover]

40 minutes ago, Harkonen said:

It will be very rare like Mr. Gold. 

That’s really disappointing except for scalpers.  Oh well, one more figure I won’t have.

[Gorilla94]

I am starting to believe the guys at Lego making such decisions are running in circles all night long just thinking about how to make people stop collecting...

[Digger of Bricks]

Do you @Harkonen happen to know by any chance how many CMF this Series will be comprised of? If there's a Mr. Gold-like "chase figure" so to speak, I'd presume there's at least seventeen? 

1 hour ago, Grover said:

That’s really disappointing except for scalpers.  Oh well, one more figure I won’t have.

As long as it's just another gimmicky figure like Mr. Gold rather than a desirable, actually-useful archetype, I'll be good over here.

[DarrellBricker]

A rare Mr. Gold-like figure? Have they learned nothing, or do they simply not care what kind of bad PR this has generated for them?

[Digger of Bricks]

Heh, just came across this hypothetical CMF Draft on YouTube speculating on Series 20. The artwork ain't half bad... 

 

[ToaIruini]

I’d be down if the re-made figures were new archetypes rather than being direct copies upgraded. 

[1980-Something-Space-Guy]

Thanks for the info. This is incredibly disappointing. There is a great appeal to completing a series (they even prompt you to do so in the advertising), and this makes that close to impossible for most. I thought Lego had started to realize what a bad taste artificial scarcity creates in its customers.

[Digger of Bricks]

11 hours ago, ToaIruini said:

I’d be down if the re-made figures were new archetypes rather than being direct copies upgraded. 

The approach I'd want to see in remaking/redesigning any of the CMF from Series 1 would follow something along the line of this proposal I made a little while ago...

On 7/18/2019 at 9:31 AM, Digger of Bricks said:

Though it'd greatly upset completionists, the Ms. Gold approach is best for those hoping for further yet-untouched archetypes. However, I don't think a Series 1 redux would be the end of the world if done right. For instance...

• Tribal Hunter >>> [Just different type of Indian, more specific to a more particular Native American tribe]
• Cheerleader >>> [Simple, a Male Cheerleader, much like @Robert8's design]
• Caveman >>> [How about a "Cave-Kid" similar to The Flintstones' Pebbles & Bam-Bam?]
• Circus Clown >>> [Hey, how 'bout a gender-swap?]
• Zombie >>> [Again, just gender-swap this one, much akin to Robert8's take on such]
• Skater >>> [Make this one a kid this time, perhaps with the newer medium legs]
• Robot >>> [Hey, if Series 1's take took after Robby the Robot, why not be a little more on-the-nose this time?]
• Demolition Dummy >>> [Um, maybe make him Flame Yellowish Orange rather than just Bright Yellow? I don't know...]
• Magician >>> [Either a simple gender-swap, or something more particular within that vein]
• Super Wrestler >>> [Hey, another gender-swap, why not?]
• Nurse >>> [Either just a gender-swap, or a different kind of healthcare worker]
• Ninja >>> [As Series 13's Samurai was to Series 3's Samurai Warrior, so could this CMS be to Series 1's Ninja]
• Spaceman >>> [Simple, give us a bubble-helmeted spaceman from the '50s!]
• Forestman >>> [Honestly, I'd just like a richer-colored redux of this exact archetype that isn't Series 16's Rouge]
• Deep Sea Diver >>> [How 'bout a Snorkeler this time rather than a Scuba Diver?]
• Cowboy >>> [How 'bout a modern ranch hand this time, perhaps wearing a Duster?]

 

[Darth Caedus]

2 hours ago, BrickHat said:

Thanks for the info. This is incredibly disappointing. There is a great appeal to completing a series (they even prompt you to do so in the advertising), and this makes that close to impossible for most. I thought Lego had started to realize what a bad taste artificial scarcity creates in its customers.

Agree 100%. Hoping that the scarcity rumor is incorrect, it will really ruin the series for many people. 1/60 rares like the Policeman and Graves were just fine - not too hard to find but rare enough to be cool. Anything rarer than that is a no-go. 

[Digger of Bricks]

So I read a rumor that one of summer's upcoming Harry Potter sets (75967 Forbidden Forest) is supposed to be giving us our first-ever Lego Centaur figure (if you aren't counting that one from Trolls World Tour). Could we perhaps see one come to Series 20 in conjunction? 

P.S. It's quite ironic that this rumor should come about the same day @Robert8 debuts his own rendition of a Centaur CMF. 

[Robert8]

3 hours ago, Digger of Bricks said:

P.S. It's quite ironic that this rumor should come about the same day @Robert8 debuts his own rendition of a Centaur CMF. 

 

I know right? What a coincidence....

[Itaria No Shintaku]

I came now on this forum to tell the very same thing: centaurs are finally happening!

[Gorilla94]

Would be nice to get one. I'd probably buy one. Lego missed the point where i would have gotten an Army of them. I am happy with my Brickforge centaurs now.

I love Robert's hairpiece design :D That would be a great piece for Fantasy Mocs.

[Robert8]

6 hours ago, Itaria No Shintaku said:

I came now on this forum to tell the very same thing: centaurs are finally happening!

In Series 20?? 

[makoy]

6 hours ago, Itaria No Shintaku said:

I came now on this forum to tell the very same thing: centaurs are finally happening!

Thank you for sharing this very good news!

[Itaria No Shintaku]

36 minutes ago, Robert8 said:

In Series 20?? 

No. In harry potter. But who knows!

[Digger of Bricks]

Just now, Itaria No Shintaku said:

No. In harry potter. But who knows!

I bet there'll for sure be one, as a Centaur was the first thing everyone thought of when larger blind bags became the new precedent for the Collectable Minifigure theme. 

[Itaria No Shintaku]

If they do, it will be a return of army building for me, which was abandoned with the Rogue from Series 16

[Digger of Bricks]

Just now, Itaria No Shintaku said:

If they do, it will be a return of army building for me, which was abandoned with the Rogue from Series 16

They'll be $5 a pop this time though, yet I can see how that price hike can now make the Series more accommodatable for such.

[DarrellBricker]

That young man had some nice ideas with his draft series!

 

[Digger of Bricks]

4 minutes ago, DarrellBricker said:

That young man had some nice ideas with his draft series!

Surprisingly so, especially given both of the collaborators' ages from the looks of it! 

[ToaIruini]

Centaurs? I’ll take 20. 

[notpennysboat]

About the Mister Gold alike minifigurine, the rare one, I would say a wooden minifigurine, mini version of the big one from Originals theme.

The centaur of Robert8 is absolutly fanstastic, thank you Robert8 for these incredible ideas ans visuals !

[KevinMD]

Maybe it’ll be a gold centaur chase fig.