LEGO Collectable Minifigures Future Series Rumours

[FinlayTheFaithful]

4 minutes ago, natesroom said:

i would love a D&D season 2

D&D series 2 would certainly sell like hot cakes, but we might need to wait a few more years for that to happen. Atleast we have a bunch of other games to get CMFs out of

[Accio Lego]

2 hours ago, FinlayTheFaithful said:

D&D series 2 would certainly sell like hot cakes, but we might need to wait a few more years for that to happen. Atleast we have a bunch of other games to get CMFs out of

Licensed series that have sold well in the past have had their series 2 show up just two years later before. So we could easily see D&D series 2 as soon as 2026. 

[hikouki]

4 hours ago, FinlayTheFaithful said:

D&D series 2 would certainly sell like hot cakes, but we might need to wait a few more years for that to happen. Atleast we have a bunch of other games to get CMFs out of

 

2 hours ago, Accio Lego said:

Licensed series that have sold well in the past have had their series 2 show up just two years later before. So we could easily see D&D series 2 as soon as 2026. 

Apart from the popularity of the CMF itself, DnD had some very useful parts for MOCing minifigs. Hopefully this continues. LOL

[Artanis I]

I only just found the first series in stock somewhere yesterday (finally)... not ready for a 2nd quite yet!

[Lion King]

I would love to see something new about CMF - Studio Gihbil series! Seires would focus on main female characters from Howl’s Moving Castle, Spiririted Away, Castle in the Sky, etc etc.

[sylin]

On 12/16/2024 at 10:36 AM, Lion King said:

I would love to see something new about CMF - Studio Gihbil series! Seires would focus on main female characters from Howl’s Moving Castle, Spiririted Away, Castle in the Sky, etc etc.

I agree. I still feel like the anime market is largely untapped by companies like Lego. There's rumors we are getting a One Piece theme next year, maybe they could do an anime themed CMF as well.

[Karalora]

55 minutes ago, sylin said:

I agree. I still feel like the anime market is largely untapped by companies like Lego. There's rumors we are getting a One Piece theme next year, maybe they could do an anime themed CMF as well.

Interesting. Are you envisioning a selection of existing characters from various anime or something more archetypal?

[Lion King]

11 hours ago, sylin said:

I agree. I still feel like the anime market is largely untapped by companies like Lego. There's rumors we are getting a One Piece theme next year, maybe they could do an anime themed CMF as well.

I’m with you! 

[sylin]

On 12/25/2024 at 8:12 AM, Karalora said:

Interesting. Are you envisioning a selection of existing characters from various anime or something more archetypal?

Either works for me, really.

[hikouki]

Pokemon! Sky's the limit with all the characters!!!

My other collecting passion is model (commercial) airplanes. You would think that the only airline license to have a special Pokemon livery would be a Japanese airline, right? But there are actually several across Asia! ANA (Japan) has had a Pokemon livery on several of their planes since the '90s. Nowadays, several airlines across Asia have at least one plane: Skymark (Japan), China Airlines (Taiwan), T'Way (Korea), Garuda Indonesia (Indonesia), and Scoot (Singapore).

https://flying-pikachu.com/en/pika_jet/

With that much following, Lego can't go wrong with that level of demand in Asia alone.

And while on the topic of themed planes, EVA (Taiwan) has had several Sanrio jets! Perhaps Lego could also look into Hello Kitty!

[Accio Lego]

6 hours ago, hikouki said:

Pokemon! Sky's the limit with all the characters!!!

My other collecting passion is model (commercial) airplanes. You would think that the only airline license to have a special Pokemon livery would be a Japanese airline, right? But there are actually several across Asia! ANA (Japan) has had a Pokemon livery on several of their planes since the '90s. Nowadays, several airlines across Asia have at least one plane: Skymark (Japan), China Airlines (Taiwan), T'Way (Korea), Garuda Indonesia (Indonesia), and Scoot (Singapore).

https://flying-pikachu.com/en/pika_jet/

With that much following, Lego can't go wrong with that level of demand in Asia alone.

The big issue with Pokemon as a theme is that they’ve already got a contract with Megablocks, but then again, that was also supposed to be what prevented us from getting Star Trek sets and now *gestures at current rumors* 

The more specific issue of Pokemon as a CMF is that obviously you want several of your characters to come with smaller companion Pokemon. Simpsons, Loony Toons, and Muppets have proven that the budget can tackle each of the characters having a new larger mold with complex printing, but the issue is that you can probably count on one hand the number of molds made for those three series that aren’t new heads, which would make the budget tight for a Pokemon series – where most of the desirable characters would feature a companion Pokemon and new hair. You’d have to roll out the CMF alongside a new theme introduction like Harry Potter did and get similarly creative for which parts used what budget in order to get it to work. 

[zoth33]

On 12/31/2024 at 3:45 AM, Accio Lego said:

The big issue with Pokemon as a theme is that they’ve already got a contract with Megablocks, but then again, that was also supposed to be what prevented us from getting Star Trek sets and now *gestures at current rumors* 

The more specific issue of Pokemon as a CMF is that obviously you want several of your characters to come with smaller companion Pokemon. Simpsons, Loony Toons, and Muppets have proven that the budget can tackle each of the characters having a new larger mold with complex printing, but the issue is that you can probably count on one hand the number of molds made for those three series that aren’t new heads, which would make the budget tight for a Pokemon series – where most of the desirable characters would feature a companion Pokemon and new hair. You’d have to roll out the CMF alongside a new theme introduction like Harry Potter did and get similarly creative for which parts used what budget in order to get it to work. 

That's because Lego gets the Star Trek license and Bluebrixx will no longer have the license.  

[Lion King]

Who is ready for F1 Series??

[FinlayTheFaithful]

You know what, I don't really care about the hate they get anymore, will be a cheaper alternative compared to the speed champions ones anyway