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In regards to the May BAM I noticed twogayafols have names listed for each character so I went back 12 months and checked each release and they all have names. They could be somewhat official/provided by Lego or they could be made up character descriptions. Jul 2025 are quite specific to just be descriptions, there's a spelling mistake in October 2025 (but Lego loves misspelling Arctic - see 76000) and in Feb 2026 coral is used in "Coral Brick Costume Girl with Happy Birthday present", now I could be wrong but Lego doesn't use 'coral', officially it should be 'vibrant coral' if going by what is used in house. And there's the "Balloon Captain with telescope" when it's clearly a sextant. I'm not for or against. I'm just providing the information, make of it what you will. Summer - July (edit: this is when Lego started providing BAM parts to twogayafols to photograph and promote on IG in advance of release) Beautiful fruit seller Talented street musician Cool surfer Halloween - September Mummy with black cat Ghost lady with ghost Witch girl Winter - October Boy Scout Snowboarder Girl Artic Explorer Sleepy Space Fan Gamer Día de los Muertos Catrín Día de los Muertos Catrina Christmas - November Santa’s Little Helper Mrs Claus Golden Santa Claus Ninjago 15th Anniversary - January Dareth Oni Mystake Blue kimono Nya Casual P.I.X.A.L. Kid Lloyd Kid Sora Kid Arin Birthday - February (edit: this is when Lego started providing photography assets in addition to the release info to twogayafols to promote on IG in advance) Coral Brick Costume Girl with Happy Birthday present tile Jester with lute Elephant Costume Guy with saxophone Spring - March Flower Girl with watering can Chick Costume Boy with basket Mushroom Girl with bird No Theme - April Fireman with axe Boy with sunflower lanyard and puppy dog Rescue Ranger with koala Stunt racer girl with tool box Travel - May Backpacker with backpack Airline Pilot with case Balloon Captain with telescope

The usual source. 1 May release. Backpacker with backpack Airline Pilot with case Balloon Captain with telescope The airline pilot torso is new, the above photo looks so overly brightened the pilot suit looks blue but the render shows it as dark blue. edit: this is the head for the backpacker and the cap for the balloon captain if it wasn't obvious.

Now we know the lavender torso is based on modified licensed one: In BAM it's got yellow arms and hands. Kind of like a fleshie licensed torso being reconfigured with yellow hands becoming an often used City torso.

New leak of supposedly May (but possibly later) BAM parts: https://assets.legal.services.lego.com/ecerts/6590530_122857_ukdoc_en_10456937.pdf The theme is travel and some parts old and some new: mini head no 3909 common city head but also used in BAM Q2 2024 knapsack in reddish brown, same used since 2008 new brown leather flight jacket with scarf pilot torso, could be this one or quite similar but the image is too low res to tell sextant in pearl gold medium nougat legs mini wig no 54 in dark red WIG, W/ HAT, NO. 6 in lavender and dark orange suitcase in black mini head no 2141, likely but the image is too low res to tell for sure new lavender torso with possibly a teal bum bag/fanny pack slung across the front

Excellent, thanks again. Thanks Lyichir, I was unaware but that makes sense. Of course New Elementary details the change. But good to know, if I hadn't seen the above photo comparison I wouldn't have placed my own side by side and scrutinised the colours. And if I didn't do that I wouldn't have noticed the injection mould marks. For what its worth, I think the eye and pupil printing has ever so slightly different placement but I can see them being categorised as the same part on Bricklink .

Short answer: I can also confirm it's bright light yellow. Long answer: That's very interesting, thanks for sharing. Just to be clear you mean that for the quarterly releases (seven minifigures) there are 300 heads (x7) 300 torsos (x7) 300 accessories (x7) etc. And for the seasonal releases (usually Halloween, Christmas etc) there are 140 heads (x3) 140 torsos (x3) etc.......?

That's a good resource to have. If you have the opportunity can you ask them how many individual pieces come per bag? In regards to: I was always under the impression it was 200 parts per bag. Something I heard potentially years ago that could be speculation or outdated info. But my last two visits to the Lego store for the last two releases (March - Spring, February - Coral Bricksuit & Elephant) I've picked the parts brand new out of the bags. Already opened in the case of February and opened for me for March. Basically the parts hadn't been put out yet and employees bought them out from the back room for me when I asked about them. At a glance I'd guess 100. Definitely not 200, nor 300. I asked the employee both times, while they were very helpful in getting the parts for me from the stock room, either weren't knowledgable about BAM. There's also no discernable or pertinent information on the bags they come in or the shipping box the bags are packed in. A similar scenario played out for Q2 2024, the new parts weren't put out yet and when I enquired they dumped all the new parts in the bins in front of me. An approximate same amount of parts. edit: Urghh, total brain fade, it says it in the quote right there that the information comes from store employees. I'll otherwise leave my post as is because it could indicate different stores/countries get different quantities.

That's on me, I didn't check. Props to the video for sourcing its info.

That was the case that they were only produced in China. But circa 2019 was when CMF parts began being produced in Lego factories globally.

I think that's because, from my memory, the first time the goat mould was addressed publicly by a Lego representative was around the time of the release of the 21325 Medieval Blacksmith. Back in 2021 when it was revealed AFOLs being AFOLs were like "where's the goat?", LAN members asked the designers during a press event and designer Austin Carlson said: That was interpreted different ways. Some interpreted it as since it hadn't been used in 10 years since Mill Village Raid, Lego destroyed the mould after several years of no use and some interpreted it as it was literally lost while in storage. The answer is true in keeping with their policy for unused moulds, even if it wasn't accurate in the case of the goat. It was later clarified that it wasn't destroyed from lack of use but found to be damaged. But people still remember the destroyed or lost line. Fortunately, they brought back the goat and we don't have to keep hearing about it edit: my memory failed me, I got it backwards. The first time Lego addressed the goat was during the release of 75936 T. Rex Rampage in 2019, designer Mark Stafford said they wanted to include the goat but found the mould was damaged. I thought I better add an edit before I'm corrected. But I think people still remember the Medieval Blacksmith explanation, they really wanted it to include some goats. I don't want to watch a 15 minute video so I'll go one better: Like I said on the previous page I think 5 years is a good rule of thumb but I don't think it's strictly adhered to or there's some leeway. But I'll accept it as Lego's official line.

Absolutely. The point I was trying to make in the first part of my post was not the economies of storing moulds but theorising Lego could treat new CMF parts (which is what the mouse and flamingo are) differently because they sort of pay for themselves in the short term. Whether it's a decision to create a new part or retire it from their inventory.

What sets the flamingo and mouse apart from the original goat is they're CMF parts, Lego can create a new mould for a CMF part, produce millions of pieces, pack them, ship them and destroy the mould and they've still got their monies worth. CMF series seem to have the budget to do that and the mouse and flamingo might just be casualties of that. Also, I don't have the flamingo at hand but from memory both the mouse and flamingo have some flexible/rubbery plastic in them so they're made up of two types of plastic, which I assume means the piece is more expensive to produce. So when it comes time to put a mouse in a city set, the budget might dictate choosing to include a cheaper rat over a more expensive mouse. And I think the flamingo was only meant to be a garden ornament (although would pass for the animal in another colour) so less room for designers to reuse the part. So little reuse and expensive to produce one off parts could put them on the top of the Lego cull list. This is often repeated, is that based on the designer (only one part of the production chain) quoting that time frame when answering why the goat hadn't been brought back since 7189? I don't think it's necessarily true, although likely a good rule of thumb most of the time. The Queen's skirt was introduced in 2016 in S15, it wasn't reused again until 2023 for the S25 Aristocrat and Queen of Hearts. Of course Lego could have destroyed the mould and brought it back 7 years later, it has seen enough use since 2023 to warrant it. But another part from S15 and 2016, the crutch from Clumsy Guy was reused last year in BAM. I doubt Lego would go to the cost to reproduce the mould for BAM, especially when a newer piece exists. I happy to be corrected on either of those, there's likely other examples but those come to mind.

New 1st April BAM: Source New sunflower lanyard kid torso Koala rescue torso New Firefighter torso which oddly doesn't fit in with the modern City theme. Reintroduction of the metallic silver classic firefighter helmet I thought the race car driver torso might be reused for Stuntz and the balaclava head might be from Speed Champions or the F1 theme but that doesn't seem to be the case after a quick check. And obviously the reintroduction of the S24 CMF Koala and reuse of the arctic pup. Good job. I thought that was the torso but couldn't find the reference I saw it in, which was likely the post you linked to