Pseudo-Poll; what CMF theme would like?

[fred67]

I did not want to make an actual poll because I'm actually hoping to hear your ideas about themes I may not have thought of.

So, if TLG insists on making themed CMF series anyway, what themes would you want, and it would be cool to list at least a few of the figures you'd like to see from those.

To make it more fun, if you don't want to stick to viable themes, just go ahead and do anything.

I can name a bunch of themes I'd like, but in the interest of leaving it up to discussion, I'll just throw out this mostly(*) unviable one:

Horror:

• Michael Myers (Halloween)
  
• Freddy Krugger (Nightmare on Elm Street)
  
• Jason Voorhees (Friday the 13th)
  
• Alien (Alien)
  
• Chucky (Child's Play)
  
• Ash (Evil Dead 2)
  
• Jack Torrence (The Shining... he'd need a Jack Nicholson crazed face and an axe)
  
• Shaun (Shaun of the Dead)
  
• The Fly
  
• Max Schreck (Shadow of the Vampire)
  
• Betelgeuse (Beetlejuice)
  
• Edward Scissorhands
  
• Carrie (blood covered)
  

I think Betelgeuse and Edward Scissorhands, in particular, would actually be viable; I'd think that about Shaun, too, if it hadn't already been shot down.

EDIT: I see I have only one "hero," so I'd add Ripley (Alien), and Ed (Shaun of the Dead). Maybe Laurie (Halloween) and Lydia (Beetlejuice)... and Robert8, I agree... that's why I phrased it "if TLG insists." I liked the Simpsons, but would have preferred them released along with the normal series. I also skipped the TLM series with the exception of a few interesting figures (I did not "collect" them the way I've done other series). Those two were not numbered series, though. Perhaps they should call S14 something else, like Halloween Series or something.

Edited January 25, 2015 by fred67

[Robert8]

I'm 100% against themed CMF series, so I'm doing this just for fun

Collectible Minifigures Circus Series

1. Strong Man

2. Stilt Clown

3. Carnival Barker

4. Bearded Woman

5. Trapezist

6. Clown Girl

7. Harlequin

8. Juggler

9. Hobo Clown

10. Cannonball Guy

11. Hypnotist

12. Hooper

13. Acrobat

14. Rodeo Clown

15. Drummer Bear Suit Guy

16. Fire Eater

[jonwil]

Theme: City Workers. Figures:

1.Electrician with printed 1 x 2 multimeter/test tool and pliers

2.Bricklayer with mortar board and 1 x 2 "brick" brick (in a color it doesn't yet exist in like red-brown)

3.Airline Pilot with the hat from the sea captain in black with the same gold stripe and a gold pilot wings on the front and also a new design suitcase

4.Female doctor with some sort of new medical tool and a nice female hairpiece.

5.Postman with Santa sack as mailbag, new printed 1 x 2 letter tile and postie hat

6.Chef with chefs hat and some sort of fancy food item

7.Fireman with fire helmet and printed 1 x 1 round brick + tap as fire extinguisher

8.Janitor with mop and yellow bucket

9.Gardner with rake and maybe plant

10.Female maid with spray bottle

11.Busker with acoustic guitar and printed busker sign tile

12.Dentist with toothbrush and 1 x 2 toothpaste tile

13.Female teacher with printed book

14.Newspaper reporter with camera and printed tile

15.Bus driver with 1 x 2 bus ticket tile

16.Lawyer with briefcase and tile with legal stuff printed on it

[Dorayaki]

I'm not really sure about this idea so far. It's against the expectations from some FOLs who expect pure diversity in a single series and some expected characters could not really appear in a idea-themed series.

IMO, yes, LEGO can introduce original themes for CMF, but the ideas have to be very trival and specific because they couldn't individually appear in a normal series (well..... unless LEGO won't make normal series anymore). If a single normal CMF series only include the most representive idea, that means a very specific character couldn't make it to the series. For example, Oiwa might be the most trival idea for a Japanese character, she can live in a Japanese-themed series but not in a normal series.

Some of the Halloween characters are qualified because they do have very specific concepts.

City isn't a good one because we've seen individual City workers and personalities in previous series, also this may not appeal the targeted children.

My persnoal vote is for Alexandre's fairytale characters. They're very specific and LEGO wouldn't really make Fairytale a regular theme with buildings.

Edited January 25, 2015 by Dorayaki

[lightningtiger]

Since 'jonwil' took city........I'll suggest Buck Rogers.

1. Buck Rogers in EDD uniform

2. Wilma Deering in EDD uniform

3. Ardala

4. Kane

5. Buck Rogers in NASA flight suit with double sided head (one being frozen)

6. Draconian fighter pilot

7. EDD fighter pilot

8. Dr. Huer

9. Twiki

10. Tina

11. Dr. Goodfellow

12. Hawk

13. Vice Admiral Asimov

14. Tigerman

15. Major Marla Landers

16. Hieronymus Fox (played by the late Garry Coleman)

You get the idea.....though some of the characters might not be as important, but a cool a ray of good guys and a few bad ones too.

[Ogre]

I just commented in the Series 14 speculation thread that I would LOVE to see a Castle themed series.

Yes, I know that Castle is already a viable theme in LEGO sets...BUT...take a look at the last Castle theme releases.

*Yawn*

Boring as heck. 'Kingdoms' was FAR superior, in style AND substance but, even then, we lacked 'MORE'. More lords and ladies, more town folk, more civilian buildings, etc., etc. I don't know about the rest of you but, I'm rather tired of seeing "blacksmith shops" as being practically the only civilian 'buildings' in a Castle theme. So, by doing a themed Castle series of minifigs, we could at least have a correction to ONE of the problems (lack of themed figs NOT in armour, or wearing a crown). Sure, it doesn't do much about the cruddy selection of buildings but, at least in THAT regard, I can build my own.

Can't think of what figs might work well in such a themed series release? Take a walk around a Ren Fest and I'm sure you'll see HUNDREDS of ideas.

[Blakstone]

If LEGO went down this path, I would want Lord of the Rings or Middle Earth CMF. However that is hard to imagine.

So instead they could do Fantasy which would include GreecoRoman characters, King Arthur charcters, some from the Arabian Nights, and possibly Far East myth. You can get a very wide variety under Fantasy that would satisfy a sizable range of collectors.

[legofanatic12]

LEGO City Undercover theme.

1. Civilian Chase McCain

2. Natalia Kowalski

3. Rex Fury

4. Ellie Philips

5. Chief Dunby

6. Mayor Gleeson

7. Frank Honey (Intern)

8. Rose Hayes

9. Dr. Henrik Kowalski

10. Chan Chuang

11. Forrest Blackwell

12. Vinnie Pappalardo

13. Moe De Luca

14. Weather Girl

15. Airline Stewardess

16. Chuck Morrison

Horror:

• Michael Myers (Halloween)
  
• Freddy Krugger (Nightmare on Elm Street)
  
• Jason Voorhees (Friday the 13th)
  
• Alien (Alien)
  
• Chucky (Child's Play)
  
• Ash (Evil Dead 2)
  
• Jack Torrence (The Shining... he'd need a Jack Nicholson crazed face and an axe)
  
• Shaun (Shaun of the Dead)
  
• The Fly
  
• Max Schreck (Shadow of the Vampire)
  
• Betelgeuse (Beetlejuice)
  
• Edward Scissorhands
  
• Carrie (blood covered)
  

Michel Myers? Jason Voorhees? and Freddy Krueger??

Those iconic horror characters will NEVER be made in LEGO due to graphical content and violence especially a blood-covered Carrie. We already got a Halloween themed special series which is coming this October.

I'm 100% against themed CMF series, so I'm doing this just for fun

Collectible Minifigures Circus Series

1. Strong Man

2. Stilt Clown

3. Carnival Barker

4. Bearded Woman

5. Trapezist

6. Clown Girl

7. Harlequin

8. Juggler

9. Hobo Clown

10. Cannonball Guy

11. Hypnotist

12. Hooper

13. Acrobat

14. Rodeo Clown

15. Drummer Bear Suit Guy

16. Fire Eater

Theme: City Workers. Figures:

1.Electrician with printed 1 x 2 multimeter/test tool and pliers

2.Bricklayer with mortar board and 1 x 2 "brick" brick (in a color it doesn't yet exist in like red-brown)

3.Airline Pilot with the hat from the sea captain in black with the same gold stripe and a gold pilot wings on the front and also a new design suitcase

4.Female doctor with some sort of new medical tool and a nice female hairpiece.

5.Postman with Santa sack as mailbag, new printed 1 x 2 letter tile and postie hat

6.Chef with chefs hat and some sort of fancy food item

7.Fireman with fire helmet and printed 1 x 1 round brick + tap as fire extinguisher

8.Janitor with mop and yellow bucket

9.Gardner with rake and maybe plant

10.Female maid with spray bottle

11.Busker with acoustic guitar and printed busker sign tile

12.Dentist with toothbrush and 1 x 2 toothpaste tile

13.Female teacher with printed book

14.Newspaper reporter with camera and printed tile

15.Bus driver with 1 x 2 bus ticket tile

16.Lawyer with briefcase and tile with legal stuff printed on it

These two are much better since LEGO did not made a Carnival Barker, Trapeze Artist, Teacher, Lawyer, and Gardener before.

Edited January 25, 2015 by legofanatic12

[Dragonfire]

CMF Castle Series

- Auxiliary Soldier (shabby armour printing, rusty sword)

- Veteran Footman

- Prisoner

- Nobleman

- Duchess (with hunting hawk)

- Army Commander (with medals etc.)

- Blacksmith (female)

- Classic Queen

- Classic Ghost w/ chains

- Peasant Girl

- Prince (short legs)

- Tavern Keeper

[legofanatic12]

CMF Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu

1. Kai (Blacksmith)

2. Jay (Suit)

3. Cole (Lumberjack)

4. Nya (Rebooted, not in her Samurai X outfit)

5. Ash

6. Bolobo

7. Camille

8. Gravis

9. Jacob

10. Neuro

11. Shade

12. Sally (A girl who saved by Dareth in Rebooted)

13. Master of Fire (Kai's father)

14. Misako (We had her son and husband)

15. Master of Light (Female elemental master, not Invizable from Ultra Agents)

16. Dr. Julien (Zane's creator)

CMF Asian culture series

1. Rice Farmer (Vietnam)

2. Belly Dancer (India)

3. Lady Ninja (Japan)

4. Chinese Emperor (China)

5. Shaolin Monk (China)

6. Oriental Girl (China)

7. Hime (Japan)

8. Mongolian Warrior (Mongolia)

9. Shogun (Japan)

10. Monkey King (China) - Based on Sun Wukong from Journey of the West.

11. Terracotta Soldier (China)

12. Sushi Chef (Japan)

13. Male in Barong Tagalog, a Katipunero-like person (Modeled after Andres Bonifacio) (Philippines)

14. Schoolgirl (Japan)

15. Cosplayer (Japan)

16. Korean Hwarang (Korea)

Edited January 31, 2015 by legofanatic12

[Dorayaki]

I think we might really see a Ninjago series when a movie comes out, however that's the same case with TLM and the topic isn't talking about storywise concepts.

And Castle doesn't work in this case, too. We've seen several classic Castle members already in previous two regular series, so LEGO would just have to do the same thing in later regular series. As for other cultures, we've also seen several cultural leaders so far and the chance isn't very big.

I personally think we can hardly find out a special series idea that isn't storywise, licensed and doesn't have to do with any regular series. Since it's not necessary, I'm fine with TLG keep going with regular series.

[9v system]

I think there should be a viking theme series as I love Vikings so much