1980-Something-Space-Guy

The official pieces now exist to make him! You can get his torso from the S22 Alien.

I think a dream series for me would be a World Cup series with figs from the most iconic teams. Unlikely to happen, I imagine, since it would probably be a licensing headache...

So exciting! Hope Lego keeps giving us retro sets for all iconic space subthemes. I wonder if the vote also gave them good reason to believe in the appeal of retro sets for other subthemes.

The record has been broken again, and this time it looks like it'll stand for a while (assuming it's for unique official figures). It's 9,079 minifigs, from the collection of one Kyle Ugone, who also previously had the record for most completed sets. Assuming this is unique, official figures, which I believe from previous things they've put out on the subject, it consists of 9,079/14,847 minifigures, or about 61% of all existing minifigs. https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/431349-largest-collection-of lego® minifigures You've been proven right! Thanks for sharing! I had never heard of anyone committing to Town figures that much. It sounds like a very challenging collection to complete! Good luck!

I know you've been waiting a long time for this too!

Beautiful job on these! Hope Lego is listening.

I am unreasonably excited about finally getting purple bags!!!!! Just in the nick of time before they switched to boxes. Regarding figures, I am most excited about the spaceman and dinosaur suit guy.

I was so excited to read about this. I don't want to set my expectations too high yet, but we didn't ever get a Sauron minifig...

Oh man, now they are just playing with my feelings. If we ever get those Dino figs I would be so happy... Sadly it's impossible to know right now if this is just a lost prototype or a leak from an upcoming figure.

Interesting. They mention the old gray being perceived as dirty or yellowed. I think that looking at the old vs. the new gray side to side, I find the newer one more pleasant to look at.

Thanks for your insights. I am wishfully hoping that in the same way they were careless about listing sw0788 as an example, they were too quick to jump the gun on claiming these figures are counterfeit. What I do know is that, they have not yet communicated with buyers, who should be their priority. If they have evidence that some figures listed on Bricklink are counterfeit, they should alert the community and provide information so that people can identify these counterfeit figs. It would certainly be nice to hear from them and/or Lego themselves. I am not sure how much Lego has been involved in this process. If they were, I wish they would let us know.

Thanks! I've added it to the main post.

According to a recent Bricklink forum thread, Bricklink sent out an e-mail recently to sellers saying that the "Bricklink Marketplace has recently been flooded with high-profile counterfeit Minifigures". Supposedly, these minifigs are "known to have been made using genuine LEGO elements with after-market (custom) printing". Here is the e-mail: Does anyone have more information about this? Is there actual evidence that the minifigs in question are not genuine? How would we actually know? This makes me worried about minifigs I might have purchased in the past. I guess I have always been aware that this was a possibility, but it's not good to hear about anyways. If Bricklink's allegations are true, how can we possibly hope to identify counterfeit minifigs? Edited to add original e-mail.

That looks incredible!

Interesting! I enjoy the hunt, but for me what I enjoy the most isn't that or the "having" per se, but rather being able to see figures in person and look at them from any angle I want, and place them in interesting arrangements with other figures. At this point I am mostly concerned about normal minifigures now being virtually cloneable. How do I know I am buying the real thing? I can't anymore.

We might be at that point already, to be honest. There is no way to tell.

Interesting development. I also really feel suspicious that 1885 Marty and Doc were left conspicuously out of the time machine set. However, I'd rather get surprised than disappointed, so I won't count on any new sets coming out.

I am so glad I didn't shell out for Mola Ram. This time, I will be sure I don't miss out!

I vote to keep these in the same thread. While I don't collect these made-to-order parts, they are monofigs nonetheless, and I enjoy being able to see all of them at the same place.

Assuming the packages are completely drawn at random, getting the last figure you want will take you 12 tries on average. Completing a full series of 12 figures from scratch, buying packages at random, will take you 38 packages. Keep in mind this is on average, which means you might end up buying much more! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coupon_collector's_problem

I am so glad I have never been tempted to "complete them all". I just get the ones I like. Those satin colors look nice, but I wouldn't be willing to pay a premium for them.

I think this is the feature that the set designers meant to keep secret until people actually went ahead and built the set. Too bad!

I'd rather not imagine what could have been...

That is an interesting perspective. I think the first 10 series were released at a time when we had less variety in non-licensed minifigures. That automatically made the first few series more exciting and fresh. As time has gone by, we now have a huge amount of interesting minifigures in the CMF range, and it makes it harder for us to feel impressed with new figures. At the same time, I personally haven't gotten bored. The S20 Knight and Viking you mentioned are perfect examples of what the theme gives us at its best. I do get annoyed by what feels like "filler" figures to me, and by that I mean figures that seem like they would come in a completely average city set. It makes a lot of sense to buy only what you want. The full collection takes up a significant amount of space (and money), and I would argue there's always at least 1-2 gems that feel like must-haves in each series. I think it's only tempting to buy a full series when you don't want to regret not getting a figure later. I've definitely experienced getting a subset of figures from a series, looking at the rest, and then thinking "well, those are nice, maybe I should get some of those too". It's very possible to get burned out by this theme, or really by anything Lego (or collectibles for that matter). I think a good rule of thumb is buying things only because one can and one wants to, and not out of an obligation to complete something. In that sense, I think you have made some wise choices.

I think this is the part that feels disappointing, at least for me. Perhaps Lego doesn't feel a retro series would sell well enough to warrant one of its regular slots, but how about a smaller, limited run? It's clear at this point that the demand for updated versions of retro figures/sets (see the recent Galaxy Explorer and Castle). I have never really understood Lego's CMF choices for commemorative CMFs (S10, S20, S18, and now S23).