10 hours ago, Gomek said:

I understand the diver is just a big excuse to do the turtle, but could they find another excuse to do a turtle, one that hasn't been done too much already.

I wish the pirate didn't feel so mailed in. I'll get it anyway, but doesn't look nearly as well done as the viking.

 

Couldn’t agree more. That’s why I’m hoping the turtle shows up in the BaM towers eventually. 

2 hours ago, Vindicare said:

Couldn’t agree more. That’s why I’m hoping the turtle shows up in the BaM towers eventually. 

If and when it does, you won’t be able to get to the BAM towers for me and @Roebuck camped out waiting for them ... ?

So, given that Series 20 will be officially hitting shelves within a month from now, could we see official images some time this week, if not today? 

21 minutes ago, Digger of Bricks said:

So, given that Series 20 will be officially hitting shelves within a month from now, could we see official images some time this week, if not today? 

I'm so excited for this series. I will not pay the new price tag, but as proven with the DC series, I do not need to.

I will get multiples of the Viking and Knight, and probably a few Pirate and Power Ranger too.

This is what Historical fans have these days, and I'm going to savour it.

8 hours ago, Roebuck said:

Good idea, the pirate could have gone great with the turtle The price in Norway now is even more than 5$ and to me not one of the figs are worth that, maybe if they had 2 animals each I would be willing to pay it

That's just insane. I swear I still can't wrap my mind about this series pricing. 

14 hours ago, williejm said:

If and when it does, you won’t be able to get to the BAM towers for me and @Roebuck camped out waiting for them ... ?

Haha, thanks for the warning.  My friend & I are always there before the doors open, just have to get there a bit earlier then. 

On 3/3/2020 at 3:50 AM, Vindicare said:

Couldn’t agree more. That’s why I’m hoping the turtle shows up in the BaM towers eventually. 

Speaking of BAM, I was more excited about the Jack Frost BAM figure than all of about two of the series 20 figures.

I assume they needed to put the turtle (and drone for that matter) in a CMF line to justify the mold, but yes, turtle could have totally been a BAM addition and didn't need to take a coveted spot in the CMF line.

I also find myself hoping for more BAM exclusive figures (average of $3.5 per figure) and a lot less excited about paying $5 per CMF.

On 3/3/2020 at 2:59 AM, Digger of Bricks said:

Not sure myself how, when, and where the term came about, but I do know that it's exclusive to AFOL vernacular to denote MOCs that are collections of around five custom minifigures puristically made-up of preexisting official parts and prints. 

Thanks for the explanation!

14 hours ago, Gomek said:

Speaking of BAM, I was more excited about the Jack Frost BAM figure than all of about two of the series 20 figures.

I assume they needed to put the turtle (and drone for that matter) in a CMF line to justify the mold, but yes, turtle could have totally been a BAM addition and didn't need to take a coveted spot in the CMF line.

I also find myself hoping for more BAM exclusive figures (average of $3.5 per figure) and a lot less excited about paying $5 per CMF.

I’m pretty excited for series 20...just not sure how many I’ll get as the $5 is a big turn off. I hope they keep making these fantastic exclusive prints for the BaM towers, I’m loving them. 

With the release date apparently April 1st I’m surprised we haven’t gotten any official promotional pictures of series 20 yet. 

I'd pay $5 for most of @Robert8's CMF, but most of Series 20 seems like $3 figures at best.  Maybe the Viking is worth it.

Have you seen these?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

There’s also images of the backs of the figures as well. 

this screen at the 48th second

 

 

 

Edited March 8, 20204 yr by ARTU

8 hours ago, Lacdaran said:

I'd pay $5 for most of @Robert8's CMF, but most of Series 20 seems like $3 figures at best.  Maybe the Viking is worth it.

Thanks 

8 hours ago, Accio Lego said:

With the release date apparently April 1st I’m surprised we haven’t gotten any official promotional pictures of series 20 yet. 

They will be out at any moment now. Tomorrow is Monday so maybe we'll get them in a few hours

16 hours ago, ARTU said:

Have you seen these?

In that picture, the Athlete looks more like a spear-and-shield gladiator than an olympic gold medal winner...!

Edited March 9, 20204 yr by ArneNielsen

1 hour ago, ArneNielsen said:

In that picture, the Athlete looks more like a spear-and-shield gladiator than an olympic gold medal winner...!

I believe that expression is supposed to be an exertion grimace, as in the face she makes when throwing. I think it has been reported that she has dual face printing.

18 minutes ago, gedren_y said:

I believe that expression is supposed to be an exertion grimace, as in the face she makes when throwing. I think it has been reported that she has dual face printing.

She does

I'm starting to wonder if coronavirus will affect the release of this series. 

Things are looking pretty bleak right now in Europe 

And the fact that they havent posted the official pics on social media yet is starting to be suspicious...

It could. I have read it "only" survives 6 days on surfaces. If that's true, leaving a container in a hall for a weak without touching it should reduce the risk to zero. But if ... let's say "someone" ... posts on facebook things like "lego sells DEADLY stuff to your children for profit!!! Share if you want to burn these monsters!!!!" often enough it will do a damage to the brand and we know there are such persons out there. In Lego's position I'd simply avoid that problem by releasing the series later. The other possible problem i see is when countries close their borders for ships from China but to be honest i can't see that happen in Europe.

4 hours ago, Robert8 said:

I'm starting to wonder if coronavirus will affect the release of this series. 

Things are looking pretty bleak right now in Europe 

And the fact that they havent posted the official pics on social media yet is starting to be suspicious...

You’ve made a really good point here. The very nature of CMF is rifling through the display boxes, feeling the bags etc., instead of simply grabbing a boxed item off a shelf. These could be seen as a potential spread of the virus?

Yeah feeling the bags might be... not the best idea right now. If the person before you has it.... 

56 minutes ago, Robert8 said:

Yeah feeling the bags might be... not the best idea right now. If the person before you has it.... 

And many children open them with teeth...

From a production standpoint, I would have said LEGO would be largely unaffected, at least until the situation in Europe materialized. I follow other toy/collectible lines, and there have already been delay announcements. I'm not so much concerned about Corona living on surfaces, giving general shipping times and as I keep hand sanitizer in the car, plus I can spray bags down with disinfectant at the house.

Gonna be an interesting year.

 

 

Edited March 13, 20204 yr by K_Tiger

Or you could just put on rubber gloves. as if an adult standing in a toy aisle feeling small plastic bags isn’t already odd