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Even if the Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff characters are unnamed, it would still be good to have more included in sets. You can’t really have a Hogwarts just with Gryffindor students. It is expensive to build up a collection of torsos from the other houses, plus there is also the black robes variation and the quidditch uniforms.

Now I'm worried there was an invisible man planned for the next official regular CMF series that has just been scrapped as Lego know it isn't as good as this version!!

I agree with the above comments. I understand why each set has at least one of the main trio included, but it would be good to have more of the other houses included and not just the grey jumper torso but Hogwarts robes and quidditch uniforms.

Looking forward to this, Robert! Your Trick-or-Treat characters are some of my favourites!

Hi All, I'd like to learn to drive and have had some experience of lessons in a manual car but wondering if I should just learn in an automatic. In the UK, you can take the test in a manual which allows you to drive both once you pass, or you can do it in an automatic but you would only be qualified to drive an automatic. Does anyone have any experience of both? Which type do you drive and what would you recommend? I'm not really a confident driver but just want to get on with it, as I'm sure once I pass the lack of confidence will soon disappear. Many thanks

As others have pointed out am before, the one reindeer isn’t sufficient to justify buying this set at the estimated price. Also, disappointing the elf figures are all the same where it wouldn’t have been difficult to provide new coloured headgear, torso prints.

At £370 I can't see many parents forking out to buy this for their kids and the price is no doubt a step too far even for many AFOLs. Presumably the Lego accounts team have done their homework about price points but I do wonder if this set couldn't have been broken down into smaller, more affordable sets in a more suitable price range for more consumers and in turn would turn out far more profitable. For example, I won't be buying this set for me and I can say with complete certainty my sister won't be buying this for her kids, so no sales made for either and we will quite easily go and buy a non-Lego product instead. Smaller buildings would then allow more variety within the general HP line as each year a new addition to Diagon Alley would become available rather than another remake of the Hogwarts Express, Privet Drive, Flying Ford Anglia. I suppose they have to include most of the shops together as each one as an individual building is perhaps less appealing and integral to the story. There is no doubt a good selection of parts, which you would expect from the number of bricks included but not enough for me to personally justify buying this set and the number of stickers really doesn't make this a must-have item that I intend to buy.

Great thread @Karalora - I'd personally prefer a regular mixed series as then everyone gets something they like, although there are some excellent ideas mentioned above. I was going to come up with a music one too. However, as you have just done one I'll only add that I'd love to include a violinist from an orchestra, an Elvis impersonator and a barbershop singer to the series! I'd also love to see more animals and would love to have a zoo themed series (hopefully to accompany regular City sets with larger animals that wouldn't fit in a minifigure packet). It might seem a bit boring to get a zookeeper figure every time, although they could make new hair pieces and new facial prints to make them more enticing and hopefully by limiting the variation in the minifigures themselves, they could focus more on detailed moulded animals as the accessories. One advantage would be they could even out the male to female ratio of characters too. The printing on the bags could be a zebra print! 1) Zookeeper with sea lion 2) Zookeeper with tapir 3) Zookeeper with toucan 4) Zookeeper with koala 5) Zookeeper with meerkat 6) Zookeeper with baby hippo 7) Zookeeper with hyena 8) Zookeeper with wallaby 9) Zookeeper with lemur 10) Zookeeper with sloth 11) Zookeeper with baby giraffe 12) Zookeeper with vulture 13) Zookeeper with aardvark 14) Zookeeper with red panda 15) Zookeeper with peacock 16) Zookeeper with capybara

Really good to see something quite unique being built for a Lego town, @Lepralego and even better to see a tribute to Craven Cottage (home of the greatest team of all time), which is particularly evident in the brick façade and arched windows. The statue in front of the stadium is also a reminder of the Johnny Haynes one. I like the attention to detail, with all the sponsorship around the ground, the tanoy system and the merchandise available in the gift shop, as well as the colour scheme reflected in the seating. You'll have to build another stand opposite with 'OBU' written! I have always wanted to try a minifig-scale replica of CC. May I ask if you have been there and how you know about Fulham, given you are in Spain and they aren't one of the 'big' teams?

Me too - I'd be moaning about it pretty much non-stop! The regular CMF lines give us so more to add to the Lego universe by including things that wouldn't get made into regular sets. Just think of all the special moulds that have been made for music instruments, sports equipment, animals (not to mention how many of these items that still don't exist). These things wouldn't be included in a regular set as the parts that make them worthwhile just wouldn't be deemed essential to justify increasing the cost of each set. I find the licensed series rarely offer much that couldn't be included in a regular set (in my view super hero themes generally are just collectible figures with added bricks included). I acknowledge I'm generalising here and it's cool that we have all the Star Wars/Batman/Avengers main characters but I'm just not that interested in seeing 101 variations of Batman suits. Don't get me wrong, I'm not anti-comic books or against Lego having licenses - we all like different things after all. However, I just don't want licensed themes to monopolise the Lego brand and don't see why certain figures can't just be released with regular sets.

eHi All, I hope everyone is keeping well. Just wondering if anybody could help or provide suggestions with a technical issue I have. It's just a bit of fun for some friends of mine, who I can't meet up with at the moment (for obvious reasons). I want to take very small snippets of pop songs (preferably from i-tunes) and combine them into a short track, playing consecutively one after the other. The aim of the game will be to identify which tracks the snippets come from. The samples will be too brief to identify using 'Shazam'-style apps, so nobody can cheat. I store my music using i-tunes but want to be able to post the tracks using Whatsapp? Any advice or suggestions will be much appreciated. I'm not overly technical so explanations in simple language would be very helpful! Thanks

Great work again, Robert. Always grateful for you sharing your talent with us - just a pity as usual that these aren't the official Lego designs! Love the variety here - a series that caters to every fan. My personal favourite is the violin girl, although the halfling, Rastafarian and vampire boy are the others I'd most like to see make an official Lego CMF series.

Yes, I much preferred the original parrot to the current blurred colours, which looks awful in my opinion. I would like to see the original parrot as a blue macaw and also the original red parrot refashioned (like they did with the horses) where the figure looks like the original but with wings spread out like the seagull. Also, the revers of the seagull would be good (e.g. no wings spread out).

Nice to see an Adventurers MOC - great job @Peter1999 - I particularly like the bridge. Just been reading about Nepal and Tibet too so your build encapsulates the spirit of adventure perfectly!

Looking forward to this @LegoMathijs !

I think if we are only now getting one regular series a year, any future recolours of the brick costume should be made via Build-A-Minifig in stores. I'm not saying they shouldn't be done but it would take the place of something much better. I echo the comments above about some of the figures being worth the amount we are charged for them if they do not offer anything new or commonly available. I would also love to see the return of 3 regular series a year. Each series should include something to please the castle fans, space fans, costume fans, sports fans, music fans, etc. The licensed sets are often of zero interest to me.

A shame there don't appear to be too many new moulds, as the licensed figures seem to lack these. I'd still much prefer multiple regular series each year as there is always something that will appeal for everyone. Hopefully we'll all still be here in 30 years time with a full minifigure orchestra available, a full zoo of new animal moulds and still playing Itaria's guessing games and solving his clues, with comments like 'we are long overdue an axolotl suit guy'!

A disappointing series for new animal moulds, although pleased about the turtle. It's a shame as the CMF series is usually the most appropriate place to see new moulds for smaller animals. I'd still like to see a koala, toucan and sea lion in future series. The introduction of licensed figure series has been a real disappointment as it means only one regular series per year and usually this means a lack of new moulds for generic, everyday items (sports equipment, musical instruments, etc). I suppose there could be some new animals in the Harry Potter series but these may also be fictional animals like the niffler...

Only one animal is a disappointment. As a City fan, the CMFs are a perfect way to introduce new parts that aren't readily available in regular sets. I echo the frustration of others when the figures are those that are likely to appear in normal City sets. Itaria, is the animal one we haven't seen before? Also. Any music figures or new instruments?

Some nice ideas above. Particularly more inclusion of animals to match the emergence of more new moulds appearing in recent regular series. Hope the Lego Group are taking note! Itaria, I assume as you can't take part you possibly have some indication of what we can expect to see. I know you understandably won't reveal any of the figures but could you perhaps hint if there is much potential for @Roebuck 's 'New animal mould' thread to have any additions? Anyway, my guesses... 1) Air Hostess 2) Ancient Greek 3) Bear/Teddy Costume 4) Canadian Mountie 5) Dark Elf 6) Diver 7) Dog Costume 8) Fisherman 9) Gondolier 10) Hotel Bellhop 11) Marie-Antoinette style character 12) Orchestra Member (violinist) 13) Shepherd/Shepherdess 14) Zoo Keeper 15) Zorro-style character

Any news on this year's people packs? There were two last year - personally hoping for Fun on Safari, Fun at the Zoo, fun at the Orchestra or fun at the Ice Rink

DJ hair (with headphones) in blonde Classic flowers in purple and orange (not the current 'blocky' flowers) All cutlery (knife, fork and spoons) in a grey or even better, metallic grey Other colours of sports team players (e.g. American footballer, Ice Hockey, Baseball, Footballer) Cheerleaders with every letter of the alphabet and new colours of pompoms Alternative 'golf' torso (like President Business) Christmas Jumpers Christmas Elf Helper's hats, torso and legs New coloured scarf pieces Black round-neck T-Shirt torso print (with short sleeves)

Wow - 300?! If only the Lego Group could churn out such quality and so frequently. I really hope someone who recruits for them looks at all your threads Robert. I have said it before but you are extremely talented and I wish all your designs were actual figures!

A shame in my view that a valuable CMF slot has been taken by DC. There doesn't appear to be much new or any figures that you wouldn't expect to appear in a regular set. Roll on summer...

Hi All, Do any of you technical people have any suggestions to help. I am trying to take some photos of minifigures and superimpose them against a picture showing the backdrop of a TV show for a game with some friends. How can you just transfer the outline of the figure without any background showing. The MS Paint way of manually cropping the picture by free-form is untidy and difficult to do accurately? Any sensible suggestions much appreciated!