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New Pink Bear Costume Comes with a heart, so I guess is meant to be for St Valentine's Day

I've always wanted to dissociate the so called beauty standards from specific hair colors Like I don't like how blondes are portrayed in certain way, so I tried to include more professional looking females with blonde hair, like the Series M Art Restorer or the Series S Fashion Designer. Also, I tried to include "fierce" females with hair colors other than dark brown, like the Series U Treasure Hunter I even tried giving blonde hair to some other characters like both steampunk females or the Series V Monster Hunter..... but it just doesn't work. I swear they just look off. Maybe because it throws off the color scheme (combined with the yellow skin), because most "fierce" women called for darker color schemes. Also, I didnt have a lot of chances of doing this because around the middle of this project I started to deviate more towards fantasy characters (seeing how TLG was starting to include more and more city characters in real CMFs). And most fantasy characters call for wacky hair colors like Magical Girl, Evil Mermaid, Alraune, Arachne, etc....

I consider this one a strong series. Some archetypes like Centaur and characters like Cupid and Monster Bride have been in my wishlist since the beginning of the CMFs back in 2010. They only need to change the Monster Bride looks enough to avoid any legal trouble with Universal. Stork Suit Guy.... Let's just say it's a fake baby. It makes things a lot easier. I have only presented Renaissance males... could a female be in the future? Hmmm Who knows... I have to say I quite like how the Centaur and Monster Bride came out... Among my favorites ever I don't really like the full bear mask TLG uses.... It's almost creepy. I hope they will release an open face mask at some point. Retro Wrestler was supposed to get an opponent at some point, but then again.... not enough spots The Gunslinger cape is meant to be a reuse of Captain Phasma's from Star Wars Working on these at this point was coming a faster process to me, because I already had a vast collection of already drawn pieces. So, in some cases, like the, Archaeologist, Physicist and Shepherd, I only had to copy/paste all the accesories from a different file. Also, because I'm only one person working on these, well I don't have anyone else's input and my style was starting to get repetitive. Around this point I started to notice how similar they were starting to look to each other. Like the Gungslinger feels similar to the Celtic Battler or the Gladiatrix from former series. I don't think I was ever able to fix that in later series In my personal ranking, this series goes under Series K but above Series O. Top 3 for me SERIES F SERIES K SERIES R SERIES O SERIES M SERIES Ñ SERIES C SERIES I SERIES P SERIES Q SERIES E SERIES L SERIES J SERIES G SERIES A SERIES N SERIES B SERIES H SERIES D

Ninjago is slowly becoming Fantasy Era II

It pains me so see so many AOFLS wanting an Adventurers reboot, and LEGO is just ignoring it. Sure they have brought back Johnny Thunder here and there, sut still.... Anyway, your pieces are in mint condition. It shows to take care of them. At this point a lot of my Adventurers pieces are very dusty, yellow-ish and even broken I'll be checking around to see the next MOCs

I wish someone will post at least concept art, or maybe even prototypes of those sets listed It would be very interesting to see the goth witch and the goth carriage

The thing I remember the most from this series was how rushed the whole process was. The Advent Calendar was coming next and I needed some extra time to work on it because that had 24 minifigures. Some of these I don't even know how came to happen in such a short time. What a question... I used to have notes. Lots of notes. About the pieces and accesories and what order I needed to introduced them. Like the Gondolier, Masked Hero, Barbershop Singer and Carnival Barker having all the same hat. I had that maped out since the beggining. About medium legs for the Jockey.... I thought he would look out of proportion in a regular LEGO horse. ---------------------- Prince Charming was one that was completely transformed from the original version. He was orginally for Series N, the one with all the animal accesories, and had a Swan Lake color scheme, and of course, he came with a swan as accesory. Something like Barbie's version: Voodoo Doll, another one that was going to be part of the Spooky Calendar, but I already had a lot of characters listed for that project. I was going to give him a new molded head. And I sometimes I think I should had. Expectant Mom is the one I'd like to see becoming real the most. Other toy companies have released pregnant women serveral times with no issue whatsoever, like, again, Barbie. I was going to make a trick-or-treater version of the Expectant Mom, with the belly being incorpored as part of the costume somehow, similar to the idea of Matching Costume Dad/Mom, but then again, not enough spots. Ninja Girl is inspired by like Mortal Combat or stuff like that. I thought that was the only way to make her different enough from Ninjago. My favorites from this series are Expectant Mom, Prince Charming, Mr Stars and Stripes and Steampunk Adventurer. Also, I really liked how the alien version of the Classic Space logo looks. Really struggling to rank this series.... but I think under above Series E is the right place for this one SERIES F SERIES K SERIES O SERIES M SERIES Ñ SERIES C SERIES I SERIES P SERIES Q SERIES E SERIES L SERIES J SERIES G SERIES A SERIES N SERIES B SERIES H SERIES D

The matter does appear to be settled then But if LEGO is at fault for whatever reason, I hope they'll come up with something better than get a toy and shut up If they bring back the characters for keychains or something, I assume they'll be more careful about what they are wearing. Same with all the sitcom sets they release

Whoa whoa whoa They actually offered him a free set and told him to shut his mouth about the whole thing?? What is this??? They almost made it look like the designer was a toddler throwing a tantrum or something They didn't check about reproducing designer clothes and I get it. I mean, that's a mistake. But responding like that..... I know a picture of the cast appears in the leaflet. If someone is actually wearing that jacket or whatever on those pictures, it could be an issue yes

A series that it's just above "ok" for me This is probably my favorite chess piece of them all. Monster Hunter was my favorite. At some point I thought about making him a "she", but back then I already had in my mind the Monster Fighter idea that came to happen in Series V, so it would have been too similar. Monster Hunter must be of the strongest characters I've made in terms of design Matching Costume Dad was such a hit lol Even now, I see it being used as profile picture on IG. Honestly surprising to me. Also, at some point I thought about about making "sequels". Like the same dad and baby in different matching costumes. But that would have made this one feel less special. Less unique You're right about the Musician tile. Got me on that one. This will be also an issue with Mozart. Ventriloquist Dummy is just creepy. I wanted him to be. Like that doll you're almost sure follows you with their eyes. Or you could swear you saw it moving with your peripherical vision that one time..... At some point Ventriloquist Dummy was considered for the Spooky Calendar. That goes to show the idea behind the character. And the Thief was a rather abrupt ending for the famous paintings subtheme, which was going to happen every other series. I also had listed Art Collector, Art Critic and Gallery Curator to be included in later series with famous paintings included. But those paintings just take so much work.... I also remember the Polymath was in this series. So you would get Leonardo and the Mona Lisa together in a series. But I switched him with the Musician. I can't rememeber why From this series my favs are Dark Fairy, Matching Costume Dad, Monster Hunter and Automaton From these, Dark/Evil Fairy feels like the more likely to made by LEGO I'll rank this series above Series E but under Series I SERIES F SERIES K SERIES O SERIES M SERIES Ñ SERIES C SERIES I SERIES P SERIES E SERIES L SERIES J SERIES G SERIES A SERIES N SERIES B SERIES H SERIES D

LEGO is being sued for reproducing designer clothes in this set

VIDIYO has been officially cancelled

The calf, piglet and lamb are all new (I think)

3 new animal babies

Thanks for the supportive comments when I said Im one for the smaller ones I meant I dont have a YouTube channel and stuff like that. About Series O. I didnt even recall how much I like this series. One rare occasion when everything came out just exactly as I imagined it About DUPLO Alien Boy, The costume is meant to be one piece all molded together. I was going to call him Cosplayer Boy. Thinking now, I doubt they'd name DUPLO a nonDuplo product. It might be confusing I wish I started with Egyptian Mythology earlier than this. Same with norse mythology. I guess greek is my fav and it shows. Shower Time Guy is another one that came to happen and looks very similar to what I made. Other ones I can see being actually made are Hippie Girl, Muse, Pilgrim Woman and Summer Camp Boy Very solid series IMO. My favs are Hippie Girl, Venusian, Giant, Marionesttist and DUPLO Alien Boy. This series goes under Series K but above Series M SERIES F SERIES K SERIES O SERIES M SERIES Ñ SERIES C SERIES I SERIES E SERIES L SERIES J SERIES G SERIES A SERIES N SERIES B SERIES H SERIES D

Funny discussion about the letters, because when I first started I was using the greek alphabet, which is even shorter. So Series A was called Series Alpha lol Anyway, about series Ñ: another series that I really liked. Valkyrie still remains as one my favorites ever. My first attempt for the character was in Series B, but it looked awful. Later, I tried again for Series H (I think) but still not good enough. You're right about the Southern Belle. Maybe the wide dress was better. I don't recall if I even thought about it back in the day. Snowman and Clown Girl are the ones I can't believe haven't been made in a CMF line. My favorites from this series are Loch Monster Guy, Snowman, Valkyrie, Writer, Circus Acrobat and Adventurer I'll rank this series under Series M but above Series C SERIES F SERIES K SERIES M SERIES Ñ SERIES C SERIES I SERIES E SERIES L SERIES J SERIES G SERIES A SERIES N SERIES B SERIES H SERIES D But I live in Costa Rica. So.... kind of far from there hahaha Also, I'm chemist. I don't have a degree on graphic design or anything of the sort I dont think they know about my work honestly. At this point there is just too many people doing CMF drafts, and I'm one of the smaller ones

Can't wait until someone posts on S@H: "I tried it and it didnt work"

@CMFanatic Glad to see you're back! It'll be interesting to read how many of the ones I've posted have been made by TLG

I'm not sure what to think of this series.... This is only attempt I made to a themed regular numbered series. The theme was animals. Every minifgure from this series was supposed to come with an animal. Either real or scifi (like the alien with the Alien Tracker). But I didn't like how it looked all together, and ended up backpedaling with that. Blue Boy with lamb was originally from this series. So was Pilgrim Woman with turkey, Snorkeler with turtle, Socialite with a (expensive breed) dog, etc... Overall, I'm still not sure about how it came together. Some ideas could been better excecuted, like the Witch Doctor or the Jousting Knight. My favorites from this series are the Cosplayer, Supervillain I guess, but nothing really to call home about Not proud about this one. And, as expected, Series N goes pretty low in the ranking. Between Series A and Series B SERIES F SERIES K SERIES M SERIES C SERIES I SERIES E SERIES L SERIES J SERIES G SERIES A SERIES N SERIES B SERIES H SERIES D

Another series I really liked. The selection of character is the strongest point of this one. The Executioner might be too dark for TLG? Hmmm they included Mcnair in a Harry Potter set. And with the victim included. At least this one in the CMF would be victim-less, so that might help. I honestly shocked Mrs Claus hasnt been made in a CMF at this point. Like. What are they wainting for? Either something like the one I made or the one in the cancelled GWP set, I hope we'll her at some point. Lady Justice is another one Im baffled hasnt happened yet. From this series, a few have been made in one way or another. Slime Monster, Pizza Man, Rugby Player, and the gigantic minifigure head was made for Marvel I think. I think at this poiny I started to realize I had too many ideas listed for the remaining series. My favs are Orc, Lady Justice, Mrs Santa, Slime Monster, Spooky Doll I'm ranking this series above Series C but under Series K. Top 3... for now SERIES F SERIES K SERIES M SERIES C SERIES I SERIES E SERIES L SERIES J SERIES G SERIES A SERIES B SERIES H SERIES D

Just Muppets and Series 23 in a different box size Up until Series 22, these smaller boxes had their own numbering, but from Muppets onwards, they will part of the normal CMF numbering So, 71033 and 71034 are both Muppets, just different box size And 71035 and 71036 are both Series 23, just different box size

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Series L is one of those series I don't have much else to say. Pretty straightforward if you will Calaca originally had long hair, but I also wanted to make a Frida Khalo minifgure somewhere down the line, and I needed the piece to fit her, so I went with the short one. At some point I thought about making her as bride with black clothes, but I also needed her to match with the Festive Mariachi from the first "character encyclopedia" so I went with a similar color scheme Chaos Lord also had an alternate version (read and black) similar to what I did with the Dragon Suit Guy. I figured it looked too similar to Ares, a character I wanted to make at some point. The Puppet took a lot to figure it out. And it seems people either love it or hate it. Like, there is no middle point. Very strange. A lof of minifigures from Series L were setting up counterparts for later series (Puppet, Mutant, Cookies Seller, Dino Boy, Red Card Guard, and more but those ideas never came to happen) My favs from this series are Calaca, Actor, Mutant, Chaos Lord and Puppet I'll put this series right in the middle of the ranking SERIES F SERIES K SERIES C SERIES I SERIES E SERIES L SERIES J SERIES G SERIES A SERIES B SERIES H SERIES D

Thanks I'm really glad I'm able to get comments like this even at this point of the game. Thanks a lot Correct. Something you'd find in a fantasy game or something Thanks for your recommendations. Glad you're sharing them with us. I have Series Y ready and Series Z list already decided, but I'm going to post a list of characters from my wishlist that I coudln't make in this project, in case someone wants to take from here. I'm going to included these for sure