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Excellent watches. Love Zoids: NC and SK8 especially. Which of these did you enjoy the most?

This is my thinking. Why add "Classic" and not just refer to it as S29?

That's excellent news! Really, I thought it was weird to have only two throwback characters in one CMF, and nothing more.

Have not seen it yet. My Targets (where I usually buy them) only have a rare occasional s27, some Spider-verse, and a ton of F1s still.

It's usually more concrete and it's deemed reliable by this time. We'd have known for sure what all three themes entailed.

How come we're not getting any concrete news this year? Usually we know what the three CMF themes will be by now.

I remember it being announced in 2011, then it launched in 2012.

I doubt it. I think these will be a one time deal for their respective anniversaries. Sigh.

I'm surprised we still haven't gotten any news on the late 2026 release. Usually all three of them are found out at around the same time.

I think the current line-up for 2026 is... Animal Costumes for Jan, Series 28 (er, 29?) for May, and ??? for September/October. Am I correct here?

Any word on what's coming after the Animal Costume CMFs?

I'm glad. It'd be so disappointing if they just didn't do any CMFs for later this year.

For me, it depends on what colors they use. Though I probably wouldn't try to "complete the set".

Something like that would be epic, and I'm sure would sell. Same with that idea from a year or two from here where they do a CMF set based off minifigures from popular past themes like Ninjago, City, Castle, Elves, etc. Maybe they could throw in some weird, random wildcard stuff like something from Lego Movie or Star Wars or other licensed themes. Just a big celebration of what minifigures are and represent.

I'd really love a Castle themed CMF collection.

I never doubted it. It seemed obvious that F1 was going to be the May 2025 "CMF". Like Black Falcon, I wonder why they didn't just do it alongside a more proper CMF set, but alas. I still feel like I'd prefer four CMFs a year, given how popular they've begun AND situations like this where it seems like Lego wants to do more promotional stuff. Anyway. I wonder what we're getting next year...

Either works for me, really.

I agree. I still feel like the anime market is largely untapped by companies like Lego. There's rumors we are getting a One Piece theme next year, maybe they could do an anime themed CMF as well.

When can we expect some 2025 CMF news?

God, I would definitely love CN and Nick CMFs. So much potential, lots of variety.

I'd love that too! But do they have a master license for Dreamworks? I don't think so, but I might be wrong.

I would really prefer this myself. I'd like a new licensed thing, I just don't know what the options would be aside from the "big" ones like Harry Potter, DC, Marvel, Disney, etc.

I agree about Disney/Marvel for 2024. Doubtful we get either of those anytime soon. As for Fortnite, I'd really love that, but I have a gut feeling that if we get that, it'll be for 2025 at the earliest. Muppets s2 is possible, so is Looney Tunes s2 (unless that one sold poorly or something). I still have a feeling we are getting s26 like what was previously rumored. I don't hate licensed sets, for the record, but something tells me they might not have something concrete ready for 2024. Feels like they might get "experimental" and try fully unlicensed for a year to see how those do.

Yeah, I never thought they'd add anything to them after cutting down on the amount. Sadly, it just seems like they had to downgrade/cute down on them in order to cut costs. It's happening with a lot of things in recent years, including other toy lines and products. It's really bad for consumers, if you ask me. In the case of CMFs, I prefer more variety, not less.

I would not mind that personally, though wasn't there a rumor that Sep 2024's CMF would be series 26?