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Is there an official release date for season 5?

Now that there are official pic I'll share my thoughts on the whole series, from worst to best minifigure Police Officer: Worst of the series, which is a sad thing since the party is supposed to be in his honor. His just look like an outsider as he doesn't fit with the theme of the series (Party/Costumes) and his printing is way too simple for a CMF. I'll just pretend he doesn't exist so the series has 16 characters and fits in my shelve with the rest of the series. He is not a 0/10 just because of the 1x2 printed tile, but the rest is a waste of a spot in the wave 1/10 Unicorn Knight: I get LEGO needed to reuse some old molds for this series, but this is a gender swap that no one asked for. I mean, it's not as bad as reusing the shark mask as an orca, but still. If they wanted so bad to reuse the horse mask, then a Pegasus costume would have been better, IMO. Just add a wings piece and a greek vase as accessory. Again, it's not a 0/10 because of the shield 2/10 Brick Suit Girl: Unpopular opinion here, I know. But these brick costumes look like way too plain and boring for me. The most interesting thing about them is thinking for any reuse of the brick body in a upcoming CMF series. Also, this is a gender swap that wasn't really needed because you just need to switch heads to swap the gender of the character. 3/10 Brick Suit Guy: This is slightly above the girl version just because I like his hairpiece better. But yeah, meh. 3/10 Cowboy Suit Guy: I like the idea and horse mold but the minifigure is missing the fake cowboy legs to achieve the effect they were going for. The hat is nice and so is the torso. Also, it's nice to get the Unicorn Girl's tail in brown. 4/10 Birthday Cake Guy: I don't what to think of this minifigure. I want to like him, but something it's off here. Maybe is the hairpiece? It's just way too plain for today's standards. The torso is neat and the cake piece (or pieces) are also cool 6/10 Race Car Guy: The guy is just a racer with a car stuck in the middle. The idea of the costume doesn't really work here because the legs are not hidden. But I really like this racer a lot better than the Series 3 one. 6/10 Rocket Guy: His looks nice but we just got a Rocket Boy in series 17, so it feels like a rehash. Also, I find odd that he is wearing sunglasses because the fireworks shows take place during the night. Also, this is the first suicidal CMF because his costume is meant to explode 6/10 Cat Suit Girl: I said it before and I'll say it again. These full mask costumes are way too creepy, just like the Gorilla and Panda. The animal costumes are meant to be funny, not creepy. They just needed to make an open mask mould like the Elephant or the Dragon. Other than that, I love her printing and the teal fish piece. 6/10 Birthday Party Boy: Nice hairpiece. Nice face. And new balloon hairpiece. Great minifigure 7/10 Birthday Party Girl: Just like the boy, but I like this hairpiece better. 7/10 Cactus Girl: I like both the parts and the whole. The mask I don't it can be reused, but if you replace the arms for regular minifigure arms, then you have a cucumber costume. The arms I think might reappear somehow. 7/10 Flower Costume Girl: Again, I love both the parts and the whole. The pot mould will be funny to reuse with the Plant Monster from Series 14 and the flower mask will be useful by itsef. It can easily turned into a monster 7/10 Spider Suit Guy: I like the mask and the neck piece they used for the spider legs. The torso is ok. But what I really LOVE here is the faces. I'm glad they sneaked in a "horror/monster" minifigure in the series, despite being party-themed. 7/10 Birthday Party Clown: I love clowns, so this one is one of my favorites in the series for sure. The balloon animals are just adorable. And the reuse of the Joker tails is a welcomed surprise. The face is kinda a let down, but I love the overall minifigure anyway. 8/10 Elephant Girl: I just love her. The mask is perfect. The new mouse is perfect. The faces are perfect. The tutu is perfect. LOVE her. 9/10 Dragon Suit Guy: Easily the best of the series and one of the best CMFs ever produced. The mask is perfect and so is the tail. I love that they took inspiration from the 2013 Castle dragon. The wings work perfectly for the dragon suit. And he has double face. It can't get any better than that. 10/10 Overall Series 18 is a 5/10 for me. At this point it seems Series 6 won't be dethroned as the best CMF series ever

$30?! That's got to be wrong Also, I noticed they forgot to include different eye colors.

The hourglasses are in the entrance hall. I think there is still chance they will be in the D2C set I bet they will use the infinity stones pieces to make the house points, since the ring mould has 4 stones each

I thinkt they'll use short legs for years 1, 2 and 3 Then long legs for years 4 to 7

LEGO won three awards at the 2018 Annual Toy of the Year Awards. Construction Toy of the Year LEGO Star Wars BB-8 (75187) Specialty Toy of the Year LEGO Star Wars UCS Millennium Falcon (75192) Tech Toy of the Year LEGO Boost Creative Toolbox (17101) Source: The Brick Show

Cho Chang first appearance was in the the Prisoner of Azkaban. She appears in the Quidditch match when the dementors attacked Harry

The CMF series is true. August is the release date and there will be 22 characters

Agree Especially because Hedwig is a molded bird, but Fawkes is brick-built??? I get that Fawkes and Basilisk are meant to go with the brickbuilt creatures from the Fantastic Beasts sets but still.......

You know, I find pretty lame that they are presenting an unfinished/inaccurate model at a Toy Fair....

Star Wars is the reason Star Wars IS a space theme. A licensed one. The thing is, there is a new SW trilogy coming out right now, so LEGO won't produce an in-house space theme to compete against Star Wars

@Tragic Banjo did it again!

The Unicorn Knight quote says he brings the glitter to the party LOL Really LEGO?????

No. You can see the pictures of the actual minifigures in this post:

That thing looks plain awful

She is right there but she is wearing the Invisibility Cloak It's not the same mould. They are introducing both a new rat and new mouse

I saw that but that doesn't actually looks like old Han Solo's hair. His hairstyle in the Episode VII looks closer to the hairpiece he already has This recolor of the new hairpiece has to be for someone else....

Official reveal:

The press release says we'll get 59 new CMFs this year. Batman Movie had 20 characters. Series 18 has 17 characters. Thus, the Harry Potter line will have 22 minifigures

New cloak piece??? I think they'll just reuse the S5 Graduate robe

The NY Toy Fair press release confirms the Harry Potter CMF wave will have 22 characters

The NY Toy Fair press release mentions only 3 CMF series for 2018

I think the theme is done

The official description of the set says that the Basilisk is included

I think the hat can't be reused out if this theme because is clearly molded after the Harry Potter character. It even has the face molded