LEGO Collectable Minifigures Future Series Rumours

[1Panda]

15 hours ago, Robert8 said:

After getting a dolphin in a CMF series, what other "big" animals would you expect to see in upcoming CMF waves?

A goat with a Farmer Girl?

A cow with a Milkmaid?

 

A baby elephant with a male zookeeper.

[Faefrost]

7 hours ago, gedren_y said:

The goat won't happen because of its manufacturing complexity.

Is there some story behind that? We know they have a Goat tooling/mold . But only used it for one set Mill Village Raid. It would be real nice to see it again. 

[gedren_y]

No story, just that I know enough about over-molding and printing to know that it would be cost prohibitive to sell the goat in a CMF.

[x105Black]

37 minutes ago, gedren_y said:

No story, just that I know enough about over-molding and printing to know that it would be cost prohibitive to sell the goat in a CMF.

I wonder what would be different about the goat versus the pig, skunk, or other similar animals.

[williejm]

1 hour ago, x105Black said:

I wonder what would be different about the goat versus the pig, skunk, or other similar animals.

Yeah I was gonna ask just this. Or the bulldog, or cobra, or seagull ... Maybe the goat we previously got was complex printing but the scope of what’s been in cmfs has changed a lot since it was released and the same mould could be used with simpler colouring quite easily. 

[rob-ot5000]

Did the goat not have moveable pieces? I don't have one, so I dunno, but I thought they did.

[x105Black]

8 hours ago, rob-ot5000 said:

Did the goat not have moveable pieces? I don't have one, so I dunno, but I thought they did.

No movable pieces.

[williejm]

16 hours ago, rob-ot5000 said:

Did the goat not have moveable pieces? I don't have one, so I dunno, but I thought they did.

No. It’s similar sized to the alsation / husky. Has eye printing and spots on the flanks in different colours, and I think the horns are a different colour dual mould. So that may be the complex bit. 

[Digger of Bricks]

As far as "regular" CMSs go, I know many would hope to see the next one (a.k.a. Series 19) be a less specialized, non-themed lineup; but still, wouldn't a Christmas themed series be kinda cool, much like how Series 14 was a Halloween/Monsters themed lineup? If so, would there be enough archetypes to fill sixteen slots? What archetypes could they be for that matter?

[x105Black]

2 hours ago, Digger of Bricks said:

As far as "regular" CMSs go, I know many would hope to see the next one (a.k.a. Series 19) be a less specialized, non-themed lineup; but still, wouldn't a Christmas themed series be kinda cool, much like how Series 14 was a Halloween/Monsters themed lineup? If so, would there be enough archetypes to fill sixteen slots? What archetypes could they be for that matter?

No, not really.  I don't care much for Christmas, and there would be little for me in the series.  Unless they did a Krampus, maybe.

[Digger of Bricks]

10 minutes ago, x105Black said:

No, not really.  I don't care much for Christmas, and there would be little for me in the series. 

Asking you this, perhaps the answer would be pretty obvious, but, what sort of themed "regular" series would you especially appreciate?

[parsom]

Christmas series... What minifigures could be in it? Normal Santa, Vacation Santa, Mrs. Claus, Vacation Mrs. Claus, two or three elves and vacation versions of them. Reindeer Suit Guy, Christmas Tree Suit Guy, Christmas Decoration Suit Girl, and maybe finally SNOWMAN. Or at least snowman suit guy.

Speaking of themed series - I'm waiting for something from Ancient Greece/Rome (mythological creatures, philosophers, warriors etc.).

[Digger of Bricks]

5 minutes ago, parsom said:

Christmas series... What minifigures could be in it? Normal Santa, Vacation Santa, Mrs. Claus, Vacation Mrs. Claus, two or three elves and vacation versions of them. Reindeer Suit Guy, Christmas Tree Suit Guy, Christmas Decoration Suit Girl, and maybe finally SNOWMAN. Or at least snowman suit guy.

Also, perhaps Carolers, Gingerbread Girl, Victorian Christmas archetypes (i.e. Scrooge), Nutcrackers, Female Holiday Elves... Those are at least a few other archetypes I could think of. 

[parsom]

Nutcrackers! Ok, you made it - I want this.

[Digger of Bricks]

7 minutes ago, parsom said:

Nutcrackers! Ok, you made it - I want this.

I'm surprised we haven't seen such a CMF yet! 

[x105Black]

1 hour ago, Digger of Bricks said:

Asking you this, perhaps the answer would be pretty obvious, but, what sort of themed "regular" series would you especially appreciate?

Well the obvious answer would be Castle themed, but I'd also appreciate a Pirates themed or Space themed series.  That said, I tend to prefer the non-themed series.

[Digger of Bricks]

Just now, x105Black said:

That said, I tend to prefer the non-themed series.

Absolutely, since it offers something for almost everyone. 

[K_Tiger]

I'd probably buy at least some (or all) of a Christmas themed wave, but would prefer LEGO to just do a figure-heavy advent calender.

[koalayummies]

Oh yeah for an all space theme they could wait around until the anniversary of the classic space guy and then put one per box again that'd be freaking awesome.

[Digger of Bricks]

10 hours ago, K_Tiger said:

I'd probably buy at least some (or all) of a Christmas themed wave, but would prefer LEGO to just do a figure-heavy advent calender.

That would be one pricey advent calendar! 

But hey, joking aside, what archetypes would you wish for from a Christmas themed series? 

[williejm]

1 hour ago, Digger of Bricks said:

That would be one pricey advent calendar! 

But hey, joking aside, what archetypes would you wish for from a Christmas themed series? 

A Christmas theme could be widened to encompass ‘winter’ for broader scope... 

[K_Tiger]

2 hours ago, Digger of Bricks said:

That would be one pricey advent calendar! 

But hey, joking aside, what archetypes would you wish for from a Christmas themed series? 

Or it would actually justify the price of an advent calender, for once. 

I am up for anything, really. A traditional depiction of Sinterklaas would be nice, and we are long overdue for a snowman minifigure. I'd echo the call for a Krampus, too.

1 hour ago, williejm said:

A Christmas theme could be widened to encompass ‘winter’ for broader scope... 

This, too.

[x105Black]

I don't want a theme based on a major religious holiday.

[koalayummies]

12 minutes ago, x105Black said:

I don't want a theme based on a major religious holiday.

Agreed. And Lego should really think hard about this as they continue to branch out to new Asian markets.

Little Hindi/Islamic/Taoist/Jewish/Buddhist etc. girl to father: "Daddy, how come there are no Legos (sic) of our holidays?"

[1980-Something-Space-Guy]

14 hours ago, koalayummies said:

Oh yeah for an all space theme they could wait around until the anniversary of the classic space guy and then put one per box again that'd be freaking awesome.

Hehe, so 10 years from now? He's also from 1978.