Itaria No Shintaku

I have been telling THIS since the very beginning but someone in this topic was really so stubborn telling we should have called them Series 12... I am glad the topic name has been fixed now. I am sorry if I seemed to be too angered about the fact, but I always KNOW what I talk about (either I usually shut up), and I really was upset by getting this argument even in front of mere facts.

Agreed, as I always do with Fangy

If you see it I linked this in my last post. Btw this part of the topic has been asked to be ceased, and I agree that we are asked to have polite and funny talks. Nobody is committing any crime in calling something the wrong way, let's live with it :)

Yet they are FAR too big.

When someone wants to be right, you must tell him he's right. So you would call Mrs.Scratchmen and "Where are my pants" guy like "Generic Woman" and "Generic guy with pants in his hand"? Do you want me to tell "This is series 12, last year castle is Kingdoms 2, Galaxy Squad is Space Police 4." ? This is not the 12th series released as 16 characters: series 10 had 17. This is not the 12th series sold everywhere: series 11 wasn't sold in northern europe. This is not the 12th series released: it's the 13th. Unless Lego calls it series 12, I wont refer that as series 12: it's a custom interpretation. One should stick to what LEGO says and not saying his own version: it spreads confusion. Here on LEGO site: http://www.lego.com/en-us/movie/products/products/71004 you have a lot of text but NO mention to the number 12. They could have written "Series 12 will feature characters from the movie" but no, no 12 anywhere. I have my sources. You will have hard times to find this in Europe. Maybe in Germany or UK, but surely not in northern or southern europe.

Actually this IS the reason why this is not Series 12. Is it written somewhere? No. So this is the answer. You can call it whatever name you want, but the official name is something like "The Lego Movie Collectable Minifigures", or whatever, but no 12 in any way. Why don't you count "normal series" Team GB then? MMORPG minifigures will probably be Asia/US exclusive. No, my logic has no flaws. Yours has. When you say that team GB was exclusive to GB, I can say that series 11 was exclusive to US/Asia/Southern Europe. If someone doesn't get it it is indeed an exclusive, as it EXCLUDES someone from getting it. (This is basically what EXCLUSIVES are). I don't really find a valid logical reason foro calling this SERIES 12. It's not it. It's like you would call this castle KINGDOMS 2. It's not kingdoms 2. Compared to previous series, there are only 5 characters that could fit! Not the three robots. Not Emmet, Business, Pants Guy, WyldStyle, mrs. Scratchen-Post and Gail. Very hardly: Shakespeare and Lincoln. The only ones who could fit previous series are the Taco guy, the Panda suit guy, the cop, the barista and the mermaid, and three out of this five are re-uses. Every single thing that I could think about it leads me far from series 12...

For the same reason you didn't consider Olympics as "Series 8". They came in the midlle between S7 and S8, but no one considered them S8. By the way in September you won't have S12 or S14 or anything. That will be "The Minifigure MMORPG CMF" as much as this is not series 12 but "The Lego Movie CMF" and in may you'll have "The Simpsons CMF". Imho CMF ended with series 11, OR they are taking a break of one year. And Series 11 hasn't been released in most northern Europe. Your logic doesn't simply work. This is not Series 12. There's no "Series 12" anywhere. Period.

This is not Series 12 then. There's no "Series 12" written anywhere.

I agree with above. This is why they had to re-use the sombrero.

Alas, it will be for sure.

This for sure.

A mariachi? We already had one. A mermaid We already had one. A cop? We already had one. TWO construction workers? :( Really disappointed.

I thought it was confirmed an eighth book.

Well, I can tell you in my little, which is not counting as a valid example of course, but just for the sake of arguing I'd tell: I have bought about, say, a couple of thousand of collectible minifigures. This make roughly 100 minifigures per series. I have bought all twice, + army building the ones I love most. For S13, I will buy only 16, the 16 base figures. Which, in my case, is a loss of 84% of sales. BUT if they did LOTR CMF, I would have bought approx 300 minifigures per series. So IMHO it depedns on what theme they will have in mind to produce. I can also say that apart from the head probably you'll have standard minifigures and new torsos and legs that can be useful. I am not that disappointed, though I really think they lost the chance to make a BETTER serie with standard minifigures of course. I will judge S13-The Simpsons as a very poor series, just that.

I quote anything you say, but I still find it difficult to find that stuff appealing. I bet a dime they will appeal little kids, what Lego is for, but that theme won't drag any afol into it, I suppose.

The more time it passes, the more I recall... Correct me if I am wrong...

At the present time, stakes are high that we will have a revamp of the classic space guy, with purposelly broken chinstrap and different face. IMHO.

Actually, Taskmaster should be included in this set.

I beg pardon. I really didn't have to embed a picture marked as confidential. I really forgot to. Sorry, really sorry, that's my first time.

No, but I already told you that S12 will be some kind of electric/metallic dark blue. Ok here you are... it's confidential so I hope I am not damaging anyone just in showing a color. http://i39.tinypic.com/qs7fxx.jpg

In the retailer catalogue the lines, in a very bad italian (surely roughly translated by someone not able or an automatic program) say more or less this: S13 You can identify the exclusive and very well known characters Impulse set, can be used as prizes for children Characters make collectablity more appealing Surprise bag make minifigure trade possible

In the retailer catalogue, the lines, in a very bad italian (surely roughly translated by someone not able or an automatic program) say more or less this: S12 Get the bags and exchange them with your friends Fantastic minifigures extracted from the last Lego movie A tested lego theme Marketing support from studios partner

I can tell the numbers for the bag box: 6059270 for Series 12 6059279 for Series 13 I cannot tell the number for the single bags. The lines, in a very bad italian (surely roughly translated by someone not able or an automatic program) say more or less this: S12 Get the bags and exchange them with your friends Fantastic minifigures extracted from the last Lego movie A tested lego theme Marketing support from studios partner S13 You can identify the exclusive and very well known characters Impulse set, can be used as prizes for children Characters make collectablity more appealing Surprise bag make minifigure trade possible

Ok, set for "The Simpsons House" number could be 71006. At least, there's a 71006 blank set with the same blue color used for minifigures Series 13 planned to be out in may. I have been asked to post these very little pieces of infos here, so here I am.

That's partially true. Maybe TLG and Megablocks have two different licenses. I really don't know but that's an option.