LEGO Collectable Minifigures Future Series Rumours

[Renny The Spaceman]

1 hour ago, JohnTPT17 said:

 

 

Let's not go into a panic yet - this was just a case of "a guy I know repeated something that he heard from another guy," so I'm not taking it with a lot of weight. Just thought it might be fun to add to the speculation... And karma dictates that we might need to have (in my opinion) a bizarre costume series after such stellar D&D minifigs. Though I wonder what costumes they would be able to do...

Ngl the d&d series doesn't even do it for me personally. The only recent series I've thought was great was the Space one. It'd be a shame to see them immediately handicap the next original CMF

[Lion King]

1 hour ago, JohnTPT17 said:

 

 

Let's not go into a panic yet - this was just a case of "a guy I know repeated something that he heard from another guy," so I'm not taking it with a lot of weight. Just thought it might be fun to add to the speculation... And karma dictates that we might need to have (in my opinion) a bizarre costume series after such stellar D&D minifigs. Though I wonder what costumes they would be able to do...

Agreed. I kinda don’t believe this rumor myself until reliable sources say so. 

26 minutes ago, Renny The Spaceman said:

Ngl the d&d series doesn't even do it for me personally. The only recent series I've thought was great was the Space one. It'd be a shame to see them immediately handicap the next original CMF

I thought Space CMF was the great too! But I really love regular CMF series myself. I just think it’s odd that we might get another costume series if there is no celebration in 2025 as I mentioend in my previous post. So I am still skeptical.

[BrickBob Studpants]

There‘s allegedly gonna be a Formula One series. Can‘t say I‘m shocked after this year‘s Space push included a CMF series and next year‘s big multi-theme initiative will be F1-themed. However, it‘s still a rather bizarre choice. I really hope this isn‘t our licensed one for the year

[JohnTPT17]

1 hour ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

There‘s allegedly gonna be a Formula One series. Can‘t say I‘m shocked after this year‘s Space push included a CMF series and next year‘s big multi-theme initiative will be F1-themed. However, it‘s still a rather bizarre choice. I really hope this isn‘t our licensed one for the year 

A Formula One Minifigure Series? That makes... No sense. The cars are the focus, and all of the drivers are just in racing jumpsuits. That series would be just as, if not more redundant than, the DFB series.

Unless if it links up with what I heard about costumes, and there's going to be a lot of mini molded cars, like the Race Car Guy in Series 18? But that doesn't make sense either - would you be able to even see any kind of detail on those cars to make it worth it? And what unique accessories could you have besides molded cars and the same toolset that has been around for years?

The only way it could maybe work is if there is a series like with Mario, and it's actually a mini-build. But, they already have all kinds of cars for $20, which seem to sell just fine, so why make a blind box series of much smaller cars that would have to be more compact that a Microfighter?

If there's a "Year of Formula One," like with space this year, that's one thing. Have more cars, building garages, racetracks, etc. But minifigures make zero sense to me.

[zoth33]

3 hours ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

There‘s allegedly gonna be a Formula One series. Can‘t say I‘m shocked after this year‘s Space push included a CMF series and next year‘s big multi-theme initiative will be F1-themed. However, it‘s still a rather bizarre choice. I really hope this isn‘t our licensed one for the year

This makes no sense whatsoever they would all be the same fig with different printing and maybe different color helmets.  That series would not sell well at all nobody wants mutliples of the same driver. 

[Lion King]

…..Formula…..One…..CMF….Series? I just can’t imagine it. 

Actually I only imagine a very few minifigure that relates to racing car. A recolored racing car costume guy from Series 18? Mechanic? A winning racer with trophy? That’s all they come to my mind. 

[Pop Star c o]

What if it's actually the fourth series sold exclusively in a specific country, like Team GB series or DFB series were?

[JohnTPT17]

9 minutes ago, Pop Star c o said:

What if it's actually the fourth series sold exclusively in a specific country, like Team GB series or DFB series were?

Maybe, but what country/area would they be for? And, better yet, who would be the audience? Again, I feel like people like the Formula One stuff for the vehicles, not the minifigs. So, unless if they're all based on real people (which technically could happen - again, DFB), what would be the draw?

@BrickBob Studpants, where did you hear it from? I listened through Brick Clicker's most recent video, which did mention the Formula one "takeover," but I didn't hear mention of any CMF. 

[Robert8]

That has to be a 4th special series as @Pop Star c osays.

There is just no way that thing is taking a main slot 

 

[Renny The Spaceman]

13 hours ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

There‘s allegedly gonna be a Formula One series. Can‘t say I‘m shocked after this year‘s Space push included a CMF series and next year‘s big multi-theme initiative will be F1-themed. However, it‘s still a rather bizarre choice. I really hope this isn‘t our licensed one for the year

Most years now there's two licensed ones though, I'd rather it be that than eating our likely only original one next year, especially as most licensed CMFs have whole set waves or at least a d2c to give more characters from their media. 

8 hours ago, Robert8 said:

That has to be a 4th special series as @Pop Star c osays.

There is just no way that thing is taking a main slot 

 

Did we have rumours this far out about either of the region exclusive series though? Could be wrong but I remember them dropping much more randomly. 

 

9 hours ago, Lion King said:

…..Formula…..One…..CMF….Series? I just can’t imagine it. 

Actually I only imagine a very few minifigure that relates to racing car. A recolored racing car costume guy from Series 18? Mechanic? A winning racer with trophy? That’s all they come to my mind. 

TBF they did dfb with 15 figures having the same basic accessory, if it is a regional one it would make sense for them to all be so similar 

11 hours ago, JohnTPT17 said:

A Formula One Minifigure Series? That makes... No sense. The cars are the focus, and all of the drivers are just in racing jumpsuits. That series would be just as, if not more redundant than, the DFB series.

Unless if it links up with what I heard about costumes, and there's going to be a lot of mini molded cars, like the Race Car Guy in Series 18? But that doesn't make sense either - would you be able to even see any kind of detail on those cars to make it worth it? And what unique accessories could you have besides molded cars and the same toolset that has been around for years?

The only way it could maybe work is if there is a series like with Mario, and it's actually a mini-build. But, they already have all kinds of cars for $20, which seem to sell just fine, so why make a blind box series of much smaller cars that would have to be more compact that a Microfighter?

If there's a "Year of Formula One," like with space this year, that's one thing. Have more cars, building garages, racetracks, etc. But minifigures make zero sense to me.

But let's consider, I don't know much about F1, maybe I'm way off base here, but is there an obsession with the various drivers in the same way other sports have with baseball or football players? LEGO's whole thing now is trying to tap the market of non Lego fans, what if they see the success of various sports trading card games and are trying to attract that audience. I think as LEGO fans we too often think of how LEGO used to be and forget that in the adults welcome era the demographic that matters most is adults with some pop culture obsession and only a passing interest in Lego, would motorsports fans buy into a blind bag series of various F1 drivers, that is the question that matters most now

[BrickBob Studpants]

9 hours ago, JohnTPT17 said:

@BrickBob Studpants, where did you hear it from? I listened through Brick Clicker's most recent video, which did mention the Formula one "takeover," but I didn't hear mention of any CMF. 

It was on exabricks‘ IG news channel

2 minutes ago, Renny The Spaceman said:

But let's consider, I don't know much about F1, maybe I'm way off base here, but is there an obsession with the various drivers in the same way other sports have with baseball or football players?

Yes, there is! I can kinda see the appeal of collecting minifigs of F1 drivers, but it‘s kinda silly to have them without their respective cars  

[RichardGoring]

If they're doing F1 driver CMFs, is that one per team and two different heads? Two sets of hair? Two helmet designs?

It doesn't appeal to me, to be honest. And I like F1. But the driver overalls never seem to be that interesting, and having figures of all the drivers isn't compelling to me. I hope they do a few good car models, but for something quite specific (unlike space, which is very broad), it feels like a waste of a good few set slots. Oh well, I need to cut down on what I buy, so limiting the options is better! 

[JohnTPT17]

2 hours ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

It was on exabricks‘ IG news channel

Thanks! That's usually a pretty good source, so that means there's a good chance this is real then... Ah, well, money saved on my end!

[Robert8]

The CMF were supposed to "have something for everyone". That's the premise they were born from 

 

The D&D series is the most severe derailment from that original premise thus far. But a Formula 1 CMF might be even worse I fear 

 

 

[lifeinplastic]

A Formula 1 series would be terrible. Just release the cars with the relevant accompanying drivers and release a normal series where there will be something for everyone!

[MAB]

15 minutes ago, Robert8 said:

The CMF were supposed to "have something for everyone". That's the premise they were born from 

 

The D&D series is the most severe derailment from that original premise thus far. But a Formula 1 CMF might be even worse I fear 

 

 

D&D is not really any worse than any other licensed series.

[JohnTPT17]

39 minutes ago, Robert8 said:

The CMF were supposed to "have something for everyone". That's the premise they were born from 

 

The D&D series is the most severe derailment from that original premise thus far. But a Formula 1 CMF might be even worse I fear 

 

 

I don't think D&D is any further from that idea than any pervious licensed series. If you're not a Disney fan, what are any of those characters going to do for you? Or Simpsons, or Muppets, or Looney Tunes, or any of the super hero ones? Sure, there might be individual parts from some of those figs that appeal to you, but I think there's enough in the D&D series that could be used in non-medieval areas (robes for modern day monks, animals in many scenarios, reusing some for aliens in space builds, printed stone baseplates, etc). And, heck, I'm sure if I were to go through all of the regular CMF's, there's probably at least one that just doesn't have any minifigs that don't appeal to me. Though, at the end of the day, it's all subjective, I suppose.

Though if F1 is just racers in jumpsuits/mechanics, I do think it will take the care for the worst CMF (right now I'd say it's DFB, since it's a lot of very similar uniforms and one overly repeated accessory). 

[FinlayTheFaithful]

Gonna be completely honest, not looking forward to a Formula 1 series at all. That budget would have been better off being used for a new gaming IP to get the CMF treatment

[zoth33]

1 hour ago, MAB said:

D&D is not really any worse than any other licensed series.

True.  

 

1 hour ago, Robert8 said:

The CMF were supposed to "have something for everyone". That's the premise they were born from 

 

The D&D series is the most severe derailment from that original premise thus far. But a Formula 1 CMF might be even worse I fear 

 

 

Then the same could be said of the marvel series, DC, HP, lego movie, Ninjago,Looney tunes, Muppets, Disney etc. So I don't think DnD is the most severe derailment.  DnD has mini's that you can buy so a minifig series makes absolute sense in this case because many DnD fans have used lego in the past for their games.  But formula 1 one series with no cars makes absolutely no sense and it's not like the soccer series either because lego has made soccer stadiums.  I think formula 1 done like speed champions would be a better idea not as a CMF.  

Edited July 26, 2024 by zoth33

[Lion King]

12 hours ago, Robert8 said:

The CMF were supposed to "have something for everyone". That's the premise they were born from 

F

The D&D series is the most severe derailment from that original premise thus far. But a Formula 1 CMF might be even worse I fear

I agrree with Zoth and John. So I have nothing to say about D&D series after their points.

But…let’s ignore licensed themes. Space CMF Series is NOT for everyone among non-licensed theme fans like Pirates and Castle fans are not into Space stuff. 

I’m little curious about Forumla 1 - licensed or non-licensed? - i will reserve my judgement for now. 

[Black Falcon]

On 7/25/2024 at 7:36 PM, Robert8 said:

 *pretends to be shocked*

We would first have to see if that is even true. First of all we don´t know if it turns out to be a celebration Series and even less if it will be a costumed one. 

On 7/26/2024 at 12:06 AM, BrickBob Studpants said:

There‘s allegedly gonna be a Formula One series. Can‘t say I‘m shocked after this year‘s Space push included a CMF series and next year‘s big multi-theme initiative will be F1-themed. However, it‘s still a rather bizarre choice. I really hope this isn‘t our licensed one for the year

Well, if that turns out to be true, then I can at least see two positive things there. That could mean that they keep doing headthemes that go over several Lego themes and this would then also increase chances they could do it with Pirates and Castle in future. The second one would be that I would save money since I am not interested in F1 at all.

On 7/26/2024 at 4:03 AM, Pop Star c o said:

What if it's actually the fourth series sold exclusively in a specific country, like Team GB series or DFB series were?

Makes no sense to me. The two series you mentioned would have a highly bigger demand in their countrys obviously, but F1 isn´t something that is made for a certain country since drivers are from all over the world.

17 hours ago, Robert8 said:

The CMF were supposed to "have something for everyone". That's the premise they were born from 

The D&D series is the most severe derailment from that original premise thus far. But a Formula 1 CMF might be even worse I fear

Is it? D&D would have something for D&D, Castle and Fantasy Fans, so no idea why it would be worse than a Muppets or Looney Tunes for example. I would rather say that D&D is probably the licensed series that would have most appeal to people that don´t care about the IP so far. 

[Renny The Spaceman]

16 hours ago, zoth33 said:

True.  

 

Then the same could be said of the marvel series, DC, HP, lego movie, Ninjago,Looney tunes, Muppets, Disney etc. So I don't think DnD is the most severe derailment.  DnD has mini's that you can buy so a minifig series makes absolute sense in this case because many DnD fans have used lego in the past for their games.  But formula 1 one series with no cars makes absolutely no sense and it's not like the soccer series either because lego has made soccer stadiums.  I think formula 1 done like speed champions would be a better idea not as a CMF.  

Disagree with the ones for the LEGO Movies, those were full of characters who could have just been regular CMFs.

I think the only leap between d&d and the other licenses is all the other Licenses have been based on evergreen pop culture characters everyone knows (the one exception there being the Marvel ones as they're based more on corporate synergy and which characters are in this fiscal years crop of streaming shows, though even those have Spider-man and the X-men who escape that) d&d though isn't something where the average person knows any of it's characters whereas with all the other random licenses everyone who'd buy LEGO at least knows of Homer Simpson, Harry Potter, Mickey Mouse, Spiderman, Batman, Wolverine, Bugs Bunny, Kermit the Frog and so on. There is at least one character in all the non-LEGO movie licenses that most everyone on earth could recognise. There is a clear difference there between the two. Doesn't make the d&d cmf bad, but there is an inherent difference in broad appeal between a series featuring at least one of the most famous pop culture icons in it and one based around the classes and a small group of named characters from a series which is only really known by non-fans for how it allows the player to make their own fantasy characters

[zoth33]

10 hours ago, Renny The Spaceman said:

Disagree with the ones for the LEGO Movies, those were full of characters who could have just been regular CMFs.

I think the only leap between d&d and the other licenses is all the other Licenses have been based on evergreen pop culture characters everyone knows (the one exception there being the Marvel ones as they're based more on corporate synergy and which characters are in this fiscal years crop of streaming shows, though even those have Spider-man and the X-men who escape that) d&d though isn't something where the average person knows any of it's characters whereas with all the other random licenses everyone who'd buy LEGO at least knows of Homer Simpson, Harry Potter, Mickey Mouse, Spiderman, Batman, Wolverine, Bugs Bunny, Kermit the Frog and so on. There is at least one character in all the non-LEGO movie licenses that most everyone on earth could recognise. There is a clear difference there between the two. Doesn't make the d&d cmf bad, but there is an inherent difference in broad appeal between a series featuring at least one of the most famous pop culture icons in it and one based around the classes and a small group of named characters from a series which is only really known by non-fans for how it allows the player to make their own fantasy characters

Your missing the point.  All of those licenses have their fans.  I know plenty of people who have no idea what Looney tunes, Muppets, Simpsons, etc are.  Also there will be people that don't know DnD but it is quite popular.  I'm saying that it's not a complete derailment because all of the other licensed cmf's have people that liked them and didn't.  Also like the OP said that the CMF's are meant to be for everyone then why is lego doing Marvel, DC, Simpsons, HP, etc because non fans aren't really going to pick them up unless there is useful parts they can use for their figs.  Your making huge assumptions that people know all of this stuff there are millions of people all over the world that know nothing of HP, Marvel, DC, Simpsons, Looney tunes etc.  

[VinnieCannoli]

I never played DnD and don't know any of those "characters". But I'm a huge fantasy genre fan and so grateful Lego finally gave us a better option than just another "castle set" that gives generic knights and peasants torsos.
DnD is pretty much a stealthy way for Lego to sneak in a cool fantasy CMF line. To me DnD is equal to that old "halloween cmf" where they had zombies and etc. Finally I will have some really neat fantasy-related accessories, legs and torsos. Saying that it's "derailment" is absolutely insane.  I don't understand why anyone would bother trying to figure out what these official characters are when all these figures can be seen just as fantasy hero archetypes.

I was always questioning why Lego makes so many castle stuff but rarely does High Fantasy sets (i don't count current LoTR because those are mostly overpriced collectable sets-not something to buy a lot of to build fun-related stuff). DnD is literally a breath of fresh air. And I waited for such a line for 20 years, not even kidding haha! (nexo knights and their demon minifigures were probably the only time we got anything "real fantasy" related before this cmf during the modern age (i know we had orcs, trolls, vikings and dwarves before but those disappeared before 10s)

I absolutely love that they making mixed stuff to sneak in as many fantasy stuff as possible. For example instead of making a generic warrior they made it a dragon born so we will have a different molded dragon head. And the minifigure can be portrayed with his armor on and without making it 2 separate characters due to torso being super detailed. Forget the "DnD" title. It's just "Fantasy CMF".

Edited July 28, 2024 by VinnieCannoli

[Black Falcon]

2 hours ago, VinnieCannoli said:

I absolutely love that they making mixed stuff to sneak in as many fantasy stuff as possible. For example instead of making a generic warrior they made it a dragon born so we will have a different molded dragon head. And the minifigure can be portrayed with his armor on and without making it 2 separate characters due to torso being super detailed. Forget the "DnD" title. It's just "Fantasy CMF".

I do agree with the rest of your post but the dragon head isn´t a new mould but the same they made for vidiyo - which got pretty expensive since D&D came out.