71046 CMF series 26: Space themed!

[Lion King]

3 hours ago, Artanis I said:

I don't care what TLG calls anything on their website - there's nothing written on the packaging or instructions of these, I'll call them whatever I want to.

Eh? Why should they put minifigures’ names on packaging or instruction when it comes to regular CMF? I mean they are called “BLIND BAG/BOX”…

List of names is too long to put on packaging. Names might be hard to arrange for instruction paper under pictures of minifigures. “Series 26 Space” name is good enough for both packaging and instruction. 

So the names are offical on the website and Im okay. With that. But you can call your minfigures whatever you want. 

But to me the offical names are pretty interesting what Lego calls them. Like…”Imposter”, “Robot Butler”, etc.

Edited April 4, 2024 by Lion King

[R0Sch]

I don't see this beeing discussed here, but we have the first batch of confirmed data matrix codes for the CMF boxes (probably valid for Europe):

12. Blacktron Mutant	6484685
8. Ice Planet Explorer	6484686
2. Imposter	6484687
9. Robot Butler	6484688
10. Alien Beetlezoid	6484689
4. Retro Space Heroine	6484690
6. Nurse Android	6484691
7. Flying Saucer Costume Fan	6484692
5. M-Tron Powerlifter	6484693
3. Alien Tourist	6484694
11. Orion	6484695
1. Spacewalking Astronaut	6484696

Edited April 4, 2024 by R0Sch
changed to official names

[Lion King]

43 minutes ago, R0Sch said:

I don't see this beeing discussed here, but we have the first batch of confirmed data matrix codes for the CMF boxes (probably valid for Europe):

12. Blacktron Mutant	6484685
8. Ice Planet 2002	6484686
2. Alien Robot Suit	6484687
9. Space Robot	6484688
10. Insectoids Zotaxian	6484689
4. Retro Spacewoman	6484690
6. Space Nurse	6484691
7. Alien with UFO Costume	6484692
5. M-Tron	6484693
3. Alien Tourist	6484694
11. Orion	6484695
1. Modern Astronaut	6484696

Thanks for sharing the. Info!

[R0Sch]

A good look at the backs, alternative head prints and accessories of each minifigure can be found here:
https://www.brickfanatics.com/lego-71046-series-26-brings-back-best-feature

Edited April 4, 2024 by R0Sch

[danth]

7 hours ago, AVCampos said:

Speaking of which, I always thought it was officially spelled "M:Tron" with a colon, not "M-Tron" with a hyphen. 

 

7 hours ago, Artanis I said:

Various websites tend to mostly use a dash/hyphen, you could say it's because the colon is not a valid character for file names. The logo has 2 offset triangles between the 'M' and the 'TRON', so I think using a colon is accurate. The catalogues had a colon.

I remembered it that way too! Glad I'm not crazy after all. 

7 hours ago, Artanis I said:

In typical online style, the following page shows every possible manner of hedging-your-bets:

LEGO 6862 Secret M:Tron Space Voyager | Brickset

I guess the actual official set name had the colon.

2 hours ago, R0Sch said:

A good look at the backs, alternative head prints and accessories of each minifigure can be found here:
https://www.brickfanatics.com/lego-71046-series-26-brings-back-best-feature 

Thanks!

[BrickFit26]

On 4/3/2024 at 7:37 PM, Accio Lego said:

jbspielwaren on instagram has detailed shots of all 12 characters uploaded - including disassembled so you can fully see all the elements. 
 

There are some pretty cool details visible in the pics that you can’t see in the official shots - like the head of the insectoid alien becomes transparent towards the back and the Ice Planet Explorer has a fur collar printed under her armor. They also confirm that the antennae and hair on the Robot Imposter are separate parts and the Retro Space Girl’s robot dog is sliver instead of grey (she also seems to have metallic eyeshadow, very chic). 

I love everything about the Alien Beetlezoid. Just an amazing headpiece and how it  does become translucent towards the back. Perfect.

[Lion King]

I understand that there is nothing we talk/discuss about but it’s April 15. Which it means we have about 16 days left. I would be happy if Series 26 is out in the wild here in USA a bit earlier than May 1. 

[karrit]

37 minutes ago, Lion King said:

I understand that there is nothing we talk/discuss about but it’s April 15. Which it means we have about 16 days left. I would be happy if Series 26 is out in the wild here in USA a bit earlier than May 1. 

Several members of my LUG have found some in a local grocery store chain this past week, a subsidiary of Krogers.

[Lion King]

2 minutes ago, karrit said:

Several members of my LUG have found some in a local grocery store chain this past week, a subsidiary of Krogers.

LUG?

[Lyichir]

57 minutes ago, Lion King said:

LUG?

Lego Users Group, organizations for AFOLs to meet up and collaborate with other local AFOLs. Some LUGs are registered with Lego to receive certain benefits like support for collaborative displays, which are called RLUGs (Registered Lego Users Groups).

[karrit]

1 hour ago, Lion King said:

LUG?

What Lyichir said. ;)

[Lion King]

Thanks Lyichir and Karrit!

[Accio Lego]

6 hours ago, karrit said:

Several members of my LUG have found some in a local grocery store chain this past week, a subsidiary of Krogers.

Excellent, the sooner people start finding them in the wild, the sooner we start getting data on this set of data matrix codes. 

[Clone OPatra]

I hope the larger, useful codes make their way to Australia this time.

It will be interesting to see if people still find a mix of large and small codes elsewhere as these start to pop up. Our releases down under have been a month later ever since 2020.

[Artanis I]

3 hours ago, Clone OPatra said:

I hope the larger, useful codes make their way to Australia this time.

It will be interesting to see if people still find a mix of large and small codes elsewhere as these start to pop up. Our releases down under have been a month later ever since 2020.

Has this series been demonstrated to have useful codes? Wouldn't surprise me if TLG repeated what they did when they found out we worked out the early series.

 

The only series 25 boxes I saw were at Coles, and if that code is the large one I'd hate to see how small the small code is. Consequently I didn't try scanning it.

[Clone OPatra]

15 minutes ago, Artanis I said:

Has this series been demonstrated to have useful codes? Wouldn't surprise me if TLG repeated what they did when they found out we worked out the early series.

 

The only series 25 boxes I saw were at Coles, and if that code is the large one I'd hate to see how small the small code is. Consequently I didn't try scanning it.

Yes Series 26 has large codes so far in Europe and the US.

Australia got exclusively small codes for Series 25.

[Black Falcon]

On 4/17/2024 at 5:13 AM, Clone OPatra said:

I hope the larger, useful codes make their way to Australia this time.

It will be interesting to see if people still find a mix of large and small codes elsewhere as these start to pop up. Our releases down under have been a month later ever since 2020.

I highly doubt that. Since you can see when those packs were packed, it was also easy to see when which codes were printed on them. And only the early manufactured boxes had the small codes, while all the later boxes had the big ones. My guess would be, that since they still need to get shipped to Australia those were made first, resulting in your country having only the small codes. But for this year there shouldn´t be such a thing as small codes (unless Lego changes them again ofc).

[Borex]

In one of the minion sets there will be recolored antennas so we can populate more humans as imposters in our cities

[KevinMD]

Found a mostly complete box a few days ago at a Walmart.  Most of the codes were readable but the prints were blurry on a few that made them difficult to impossible to read.  Still ended up with a normal distribution absent the ones previously purchased by someone else.  I also tracked weights in case they do go back to small codes but I doubt that will happen.

Pictures don’t do several of the figs justice.  Aside from the alien tourist and imposter figs I’m really digging the series and will probably load up on several (ice planet, m-tron, and blacktron especially). 

[Lion King]

Good to know that Series 26 is found in Walmart in USa. I will try checking out my local walmart. 

[Classic_Spaceman]

4 hours ago, KevinMD said:

(ice planet, m-tron, and blacktron especially). 

Can you see if the Ice Planet helmet fits with the classic airtanks? The back seems flat enough, but interference is definitely possible (as with the City Space mining helmets). 
 

[KevinMD]

21 hours ago, Classic_Spaceman said:

Can you see if the Ice Planet helmet fits with the classic airtanks? The back seems flat enough, but interference is definitely possible (as with the City Space mining helmets). 
 

It’s a bit tight, but it def fits. Pic isn’t loading, but see here:

https://imgur.com/a/QGiYUlT

Edited April 25, 2024 by KevinMD

[Classic_Spaceman]

58 minutes ago, KevinMD said:

It’s a bit tight, but it def fits. Pic isn’t loading, but see here:

https://imgur.com/a/QGiYUlT

Awesome! 
Would you mind posting some pics of the Minifig with white airtanks in place of the armour? 
 

[KevinMD]

4 hours ago, Classic_Spaceman said:

Awesome! 
Would you mind posting some pics of the Minifig with white airtanks in place of the armour? 
 

Thought I had a few IP figs handy, found them and did a little swapping around. Check out the link-

https://imgur.com/a/8j4F9Yw

sadly, seeing the new fig next to the old makes me even more sad they got rid of trans neon orange.

[Artanis I]

That new helmet is actually disappointing. I will be swapping it out for old ones.