Robert8 Posted February 17, 2020 Author Posted February 17, 2020 Just now, Canada Eh said: considering May is in the first half of 2020, can we expect to see the set officially revealed at NYC toy fair next week?? Yes. I'd say Series 17 was revealed there (Not sure about Series 18) Quote
Canada Eh Posted February 17, 2020 Posted February 17, 2020 36 minutes ago, Robert8 said: Yes. I'd say Series 17 was revealed there (Not sure about Series 18) actually you are right, looks like 18 was revealed there too... looking forward to next weekend then! Quote
Digger of Bricks Posted February 18, 2020 Posted February 18, 2020 2 hours ago, Canada Eh said: actually you are right, looks like 18 was revealed there too... looking forward to next weekend then! Huh, I was about to say that they didn't, but I guess I've misremembered... The Brick Fan - LEGO Collectible Minifigures Series 18 Officially Revealed Quote We got our first look at the Series 18 LEGO Collectible Minifigures at the 2018 New York Toy Fair just a short while ago but LEGO has officially revealed the minifigures on social media. Quote
Roebuck Posted February 18, 2020 Posted February 18, 2020 Only 4 days then if we are lucky, hope for a lot of animals Quote
Itaria No Shintaku Posted February 18, 2020 Posted February 18, 2020 6 hours ago, Roebuck said: Only 4 days then if we are lucky, hope for a lot of animals You will be disappointed, sorry. There is just one. This series will be very close in appeal and meaning to series 19. It will host minifigures that you will say "Hey, what, couldn't this figure just belong to a normal city set?" like it was in Series 19 for a lot of figures. It will have its costumed guys (three) one of which couldn't be figured and one of which can be useful but jeez... a rehash? It will have again a fair proportion within female and male characters, sport figures, historical figures, and the usual "gender swap version of previously released figures" (four of them will fall in this category). To me, one character fits my top 20 CMFs of all time easily, the rest are ranked from quite nice but not irresistible ones to a total waste of one minifigure slot. No centaurs. Just to be clear, because the HP centaurs may lead people into thinking they can arrive in CMFs too. Maybe another time. The only thing that was reverting from the recent trend is that there aren't all these combo minifig/animal as it happened recently. Sadly enough. The series overall is underwhelming to me. Quote
Roebuck Posted February 18, 2020 Posted February 18, 2020 Just now, Itaria No Shintaku said: You will be disappointed, sorry. There is just one. The only thing that was reverting from the recent trend is that there aren't all these combo minifig/animal as it happened recently. Sadly enough. Only one I will save a lot of money then Quote
Itaria No Shintaku Posted February 18, 2020 Posted February 18, 2020 (edited) 13 minutes ago, Roebuck said: Only one I will save a lot of money then Oh, yes you probably will. I will hoard one figures and take some extas from 3 of the remaining. The rest, to me is useless. No garbage, some of the figures are actually good. EDIT. Some. Some aren't good at all imho. The only one with an extra animal is a rehash of a previous used, with gender swap. Edited February 18, 2020 by Itaria No Shintaku Quote
AnyColourYouLike Posted February 18, 2020 Posted February 18, 2020 41 minutes ago, Itaria No Shintaku said: You will be disappointed, sorry. There is just one. This series will be very close in appeal and meaning to series 19. It will host minifigures that you will say "Hey, what, couldn't this figure just belong to a normal city set?" like it was in Series 19 for a lot of figures. It will have its costumed guys (three) one of which couldn't be figured and one of which can be useful but jeez... a rehash? It will have again a fair proportion within female and male characters, sport figures, historical figures, and the usual "gender swap version of previously released figures" (four of them will fall in this category). To me, one character fits my top 20 CMFs of all time easily, the rest are ranked from quite nice but not irresistible ones to a total waste of one minifigure slot. No centaurs. Just to be clear, because the HP centaurs may lead people into thinking they can arrive in CMFs too. Maybe another time. The only thing that was reverting from the recent trend is that there aren't all these combo minifig/animal as it happened recently. Sadly enough. The series overall is underwhelming to me. So there's nothing special about this series after all? Is it just a regular series? Kind of disappointing... Quote
leafan Posted February 18, 2020 Posted February 18, 2020 46 minutes ago, Itaria No Shintaku said: It will have again a fair proportion within female and male characters, sport figures, historical figures, and the usual "gender swap version of previously released figures" (four of them will fall in this category). May I ask... will Castle fans be happy at this Historical minifigure, do you think? Quote
Digger of Bricks Posted February 18, 2020 Posted February 18, 2020 51 minutes ago, Itaria No Shintaku said: It will host minifigures that you will say "Hey, what, couldn't this figure just belong to a normal city set?" like it was in Series 19 for a lot of figures. Why? Why can't even the Collectable Minifigure theme get over giving modernistic "City" archetypes such prevalence given the potential it has? Quote
Masked Mini Posted February 18, 2020 Posted February 18, 2020 13 minutes ago, leafan said: May I ask... will Castle fans be happy at this Historical minifigure, do you think? seconded! I'm just stoked there will be historical fig(s) at all. Hopefully the animal is a Corgi..! Or a Goat! Quote
Itaria No Shintaku Posted February 18, 2020 Posted February 18, 2020 18 minutes ago, Masked Mini said: seconded! I'm just stoked there will be historical fig(s) at all. Hopefully the animal is a Corgi..! Or a Goat! One... for sure. It's gorgeous. Really, it's my hoard type. I want 100 of that guy. Or so. One maybe. It's just a rehash. You get one more historical minifig and that's good. You get no new molds and that's bad. No mammals. Quote
Falconfan1414 Posted February 18, 2020 Posted February 18, 2020 To me this series would have been better if it wasn’t series 20. It’s fine as it is, there are a few good figures like one that reminds me of a Scooby doo villain but there are a lot of the same stuff we have seen before Quote
Robert8 Posted February 18, 2020 Author Posted February 18, 2020 2 hours ago, Itaria No Shintaku said: No centaurs. Quote
Darth Shadowthrone Posted February 18, 2020 Posted February 18, 2020 2 hours ago, Itaria No Shintaku said: You will be disappointed, sorry. There is just one. This series will be very close in appeal and meaning to series 19. It will host minifigures that you will say "Hey, what, couldn't this figure just belong to a normal city set?" like it was in Series 19 for a lot of figures. It will have its costumed guys (three) one of which couldn't be figured and one of which can be useful but jeez... a rehash? It will have again a fair proportion within female and male characters, sport figures, historical figures, and the usual "gender swap version of previously released figures" (four of them will fall in this category). To me, one character fits my top 20 CMFs of all time easily, the rest are ranked from quite nice but not irresistible ones to a total waste of one minifigure slot. No centaurs. Just to be clear, because the HP centaurs may lead people into thinking they can arrive in CMFs too. Maybe another time. The only thing that was reverting from the recent trend is that there aren't all these combo minifig/animal as it happened recently. Sadly enough. The series overall is underwhelming to me. Thank you very much for sharing this information with us. I know you've said about centaurs but are there any mythological/supernatural figures? Such as the recent Ghost Knight, Monkey King, Ice Queen or Faun? Quote
Itaria No Shintaku Posted February 18, 2020 Posted February 18, 2020 36 minutes ago, Robert8 said: Yes, I felt this way. 27 minutes ago, Darth Shadowthrone said: Thank you very much for sharing this information with us. I know you've said about centaurs but are there any mythological/supernatural figures? Such as the recent Ghost Knight, Monkey King, Ice Queen or Faun? No, there aren't any. Quote
Masked Mini Posted February 18, 2020 Posted February 18, 2020 1 hour ago, Itaria No Shintaku said: One... for sure. It's gorgeous. Awesome! I army build so even the rehashes will be useful to me. A lot of the older historical figs came out while I was in my Ex-Wife enforced dark age. Quote
Itaria No Shintaku Posted February 18, 2020 Posted February 18, 2020 2 minutes ago, Masked Mini said: Awesome! I army build so even the rehashes will be useful to me. A lot of the older historical figs came out while I was in my Ex-Wife enforced dark age. Oh then you will like at least a couple of figures if not three. Quote
Darth Shadowthrone Posted February 18, 2020 Posted February 18, 2020 1 hour ago, Itaria No Shintaku said: No, there aren't any. Drat that's really disappointing! It looks like this series will only be interesting to me for the historical figures and new animal. Quote
lifeinplastic Posted February 18, 2020 Posted February 18, 2020 Only one animal is a disappointment. As a City fan, the CMFs are a perfect way to introduce new parts that aren't readily available in regular sets. I echo the frustration of others when the figures are those that are likely to appear in normal City sets. Itaria, is the animal one we haven't seen before? Also. Any music figures or new instruments? Quote
Robert8 Posted February 18, 2020 Author Posted February 18, 2020 (edited) Itaria Is there a special gimmick this time around? Like the S17 Highwayman or the S18 Policeman? Edited February 18, 2020 by Robert8 Quote
ARC2149Nova Posted February 18, 2020 Posted February 18, 2020 When you say "gender-swapped", I know many in the past were female variants, any in the opposite direction this time? (A male archaeologist?) And is the historical figure a knight? Or something more modern? Are there any Sci-Fi figures? Alien/Astronaut/Robot Last question, is the animal a bird or a reptile? Quote
The Island Chronicles Posted February 18, 2020 Posted February 18, 2020 What about a modern day version of Infomaniac from the Lego Island saga? Quote
Gorilla94 Posted February 18, 2020 Posted February 18, 2020 Thanks for the information one historical fig and one animal is really dissapointing. Will the costumes be at least animal suits or something like the pencil and melon suits in TLM2? Quote
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