LEGO Collectable Minifigures Series 13 Rumours and Discussion

[sithewok]

This series seems to be selling really well. Plenty of series 12 and Simpsons still in my area, but 13 is selling out within a day or so of new cases hitting the shelves, it seems.

[Zarana-X]

I think you sadly run into some "left over" from someone who "felt" for those Minifigures inside that box. Lady Cyclops shouldn't be that common. Actually a box contain more Goblins as well Kings and Alien Troopers than Cyclopses.

Regarding the Samurai there are three of her in a full box (but then there is the left over issue, unless you buy a sealed box)

I made few calculations and since I wanted multiple of several Minifigures I came to the conclusion I would have spent less money buying a full box and so I did but, of course, if you want just one of each a full box it would be a very high investment

You're probably right, they had the endcap display, and it was jammed full. This was my third visit to the same Target, and the first two times all I found was an empty endcap and an empty box. The other Targets I checked had series 12 still, or again.

I only want a few figures, and maybe one or more goblins. There may have been a Samurai there, but I was already there 1/2 an hour feeling up bags, and only got about 1/2 way through.

[Faefrost]

OK have almost have a full set, save the Hot Dog guy who seems hard to find. So final impressions with these in hand...

Worst fig of series; Easily Female Cyclops. There just is not much you can do with the fig either as a fig or as parts. And nothing that you could not already do with the male. You may be able to re-purpose the torso as a SW Twileck Slave Girl? But that's about it.

Good but least "useful" for MOC's and parts; The Fencer. Great fig. But a little goes a long way. The parts are a little too purpose specific to use for anything else, so unless you are doing a fencing MOC not much else there.

Best Single fig; Gotta go with the King. The crown, beard and ermine cape sell it. Plus the classic Castle colors going on. He's the King we always wanted.

Best Army Builders; I'm going to say this one is too close to call this time, depending on your preferences. It is a great Army building wave. The Elite Trooper, The Egyptian Soldier, The Goblin, The Alien, all are wonderful in numbers. Even the Snake Charmer can be a good option for the History guys wanting to explore the subcontinent, if you slap some curved scimitars on them.

Most "useful"; Who is the easiest to make use of in MOC, builds or parted out?; a tough call as there are a few great ones this time. I am going to go with the Carpenter however. he's just perfect (I admit to bias as he's a near perfect representation of my Father in Law). Runner up status goes to the Disco Girl for useful parts and the Evil Wizard / Ming, because he is the best most universal villain we have yet seen in any line. You can use him anywhere. Space, Castle, Agents, Ninjago, heck send him on a reign of terror over in Friends. It's all cool.

Near Miss; Goes to the Female Samurai. Almost a great figure, but not quite. While I can understand not doing a new mold for the armor, the old is still kind of yuch. The figure could have been much improved with a Naginata or long bow instead of swords, and a helmet option.

Best New Part; tough call, but if we take the capes out of contention I will go with the Kings Crown as the most long term useful. Runner up goes to the Goblin Hat and Ears which opens up all kinds of useful possibilities in recolors.

Just my 2c.

[MAB]

Female cyclops - you can pull her hands off for a sand blue monochrome figure. That's why I wanted one :-)

[telaruhn]

I go back and forth on the Samurai. She's got great printed armor, but I was kind of hoping to get an updated samurai armor mold. The current version looks dated, and as told by others, it is way too fragile and can be bent when felt in the blind bags. Getting two katanas is nice, though again I was hoping for a new Japanese-style weapon, like a naginata as mentioned before, or possibly a wakazashi-style shortsword. I'm not aware that LEGO has produced historically-accurate Far Eastern weapons other than the katana, and since the Samurai gave us nothing new, I doubt we will be see anything new like that anytime soon.

If there's anything I wish Series 13 had more of, it would be back printing. With only 4 characters with back printing, the back view of many of the figures leave much to be desired. This seems the most glaring on characters like the Sheriff, Goblin and Paleontologist. Characters like the King and Galaxy Trooper are okay without back printing as their armor or capes cover the back. Regardless, it's a little disappointing, and it doesn't seem like it would have cost much more to add back printing to those figures...

[BrickSev]

You're probably right, they had the endcap display, and it was jammed full. This was my third visit to the same Target, and the first two times all I found was an empty endcap and an empty box. The other Targets I checked had series 12 still, or again.

I only want a few figures, and maybe one or more goblins. There may have been a Samurai there, but I was already there 1/2 an hour feeling up bags, and only got about 1/2 way through.

It's very difficult to get what we are looking for when many persons "raided" the boxes for what they were looking for. If you only want a few figures then a full box is not a good investment since it's not cheap and you'll end with more Minifigures you want/need. Good hunting, for the Minifiugures you're looking for, of course

Best Army Builders; I'm going to say this one is too close to call this time, depending on your preferences. It is a great Army building wave. The Elite Trooper, The Egyptian Soldier, The Goblin, The Alien, all are wonderful in numbers. Even the Snake Charmer can be a good option for the History guys wanting to explore the subcontinent, if you slap some curved scimitars on them.

Series 13 has amazing army building capabilities. I even made a sort of "army" out of Hot Dog guys lol

Btw the Snake Charmer can be useful even "out of box" for all those who collect the new Ninjago sets: the enemies are "snake focused" and those Minifigures wouldn't look bad in the "snake army" or whatever they are called

I go back and forth on the Samurai.

I agree with your analysis of the Samurai. Let me add her torso piece is rather disappointing too. They should have used a female torso not a male one (because it really is a male torso piece) it's a bit weird to be honest. Also not even her back armor is printed: the same design of the front would be have been enough but we get just "plain red"

Re the printed back of other Minifigures: personally I'd prefer all Minifigures to have back printing. If I want to remove the armor I'd like to have a detailed printing.

However while it is "acceptable" for armored Minifigures I think the ones coming with cape truly need a back printing. Not only because you may want to use them without the cape but because most of the times the back is not completely covered by the cape and we can actually see part of back.

[8BrickMario]

Not every female needs to have curves, especially not armored ones. I just don't like how weak the plastic on the armor is, since you'll inevitably see white stress marks where it's been squeezed in the bag.

[BrickSev]

Not every female needs to have curves, especially not armored ones. I just don't like how weak the plastic on the armor is, since you'll inevitably see white stress marks where it's been squeezed in the bag.

Well it's biology: a woman's torso is different from a man's one I'm not trying to enter the "curves quarrel" lol but a woman torso is obviously different from a man's one. The fact I may like curves lol is not relevant in this context

[Robert8]

I hate those printed curves in the torsos. They look dumb

[MAB]

Well it's biology: a woman's torso is different from a man's one I'm not trying to enter the "curves quarrel" lol but a woman torso is obviously different from a man's one. The fact I may like curves lol is not relevant in this context

Men's torsos vary wildly (as do women's). Yet all are depicted with the same torso, with the occasionally fat lines (like the sumo wrestler) or muscles if shirtless. I think the Samurai's torso is fine as it is. She doesn't need to be wearing figure hugging clothes or have exposed cleavage.

[Ardelon]

Let me add her torso piece is rather disappointing too. They should have used a female torso not a male one (because it really is a male torso piece) it's a bit weird to be honest. Also not even her back armor is printed: the same design of the front would be have been enough but we get just "plain red"

However while it is "acceptable" for armored Minifigures I think the ones coming with cape truly need a back printing. Not only because you may want to use them without the cape but because most of the times the back is not completely covered by the cape and we can actually see part of back.

Lets not overdo it with the female torsos. Apart from the negative space around the curves looking ugly, its a 1-size-fits-all minifig toro, not human, so theres no need for it to copy the human form so pedantically.

Apart from that, Its actuallly a "female" torso, not male, because of the feminine dress print. Not sure what the style is called, but it is a stereotypical japanese womans garment, as seen in media or even on civilan Nya from Ninjago, for example.

As for back printing,Im from a time where back printing was nonexistent, so Im perfectly fine with no printing and see any back printing as a special treat rather than the norm. It actually feels greedy to me to demand more back printing, which shows me how much like my parents and grandparents I have become .

[BrickSev]

Men's torsos vary wildly (as do women's). Yet all are depicted with the same torso, with the occasionally fat lines (like the sumo wrestler) or muscles if shirtless. I think the Samurai's torso is fine as it is. She doesn't need to be wearing figure hugging clothes or have exposed cleavage.

I was talking about "biological traits" not cleavage.

Lets not overdo it with the female torsos. Apart from the negative space around the curves looking ugly, its a 1-size-fits-all minifig toro, not human, so theres no need for it to copy the human form so pedantically.

Apart from that, Its actuallly a "female" torso, not male, because of the feminine dress print. Not sure what the style is called, but it is a stereotypical japanese womans garment, as seen in media or even on civilan Nya from Ninjago, for example.

As for back printing,Im from a time where back printing was nonexistent, so Im perfectly fine with no printing and see any back printing as a special treat rather than the norm. It actually feels greedy to me to demand more back printing, which shows me how much like my parents and grandparents I have become .

Actually I'm more bothered by the persons here trying to accuse me of being sexist just because I made a critic on the Minifigure design. And since I always respect women a lot, much more than most persons in the world I found the whole polemic a bit offensive to be honest.

For the records let's not forget the most sexist society in the world actually forces woman to not express their wonderful femininity and forces them to cover every inch of them.

I'm not arguing with you, of course

We are just talking about Minifigures but I don't accept implied accusations of being sexist.

Back on topic: I'm a bit disappointed by the lack of back printing in many Series 13 Minifigures. However I appreciate the "side leg printing" of the holster on the Sheriff. It's a classy touch

[8BrickMario]

I'm fine without some back printing, and I think the ones who needed it got it. The Lady Cyclops needed the back half of her top printed, while the Paleontologist didn't suffer from a lack thereof. I don't think it's sexist to want a female fig to have torso curves, but in the Samurai's case, I think they would have been unnecessary. The Kimono Girl's robes are loose enough that they didn't give her curves, so I think the Samurai is justified as well.

[BrickSev]

I'm fine without some back printing, and I think the ones who needed it got it. The Lady Cyclops needed the back half of her top printed, while the Paleontologist didn't suffer from a lack thereof. I don't think it's sexist to want a female fig to have torso curves, but in the Samurai's case, I think they would have been unnecessary. The Kimono Girl's robes are loose enough that they didn't give her curves, so I think the Samurai is justified as well.

I see your point. I just "snapped" lol at the "implied" comments. Beside there was another reason I mentioned the "lack of woman traits" in the Minifigure: future use of that part.

Let me explain. Female Minifigures are indeed becoming more common but there aren't a lot of them, so when I get some duplicate in the Minifigures bags I still hope I can reuse those parts for some custom project. So I just wish I could have gotten another part to use for a "Woman Minifigure" outside the "Kimono Girl" context, that's all

I was speaking more like a MOCer/MODer (in that case Minifig customization ) than reviewer

[8BrickMario]

Having gotten the Classic King, I'm quite impressed. The capes are difficult to put on, but the look is so worth it. He looks properly regal and lavish, and the backwards projection of the cape just makes it look larger and flowier.

[BrickSev]

Having gotten the Classic King, I'm quite impressed. The capes are difficult to put on, but the look is so worth it. He looks properly regal and lavish, and the backwards projection of the cape just makes it look larger and flowier.

The capes are a bit "problematic" to put on but the look it's indeed worth it. I noticed he looks better without the beard. The headpiece has detailed printing and the beard covers most of it.

If he had different clothes/armor I would have used that Minifigure as a "Fantasy hero". However I like the "classic" look and I'm sure I'll find a way to use the duplicates

[Robert8]

I just checked the Minifigures online site.

Some glitches still remain since it was updated back in october, like the S4 Hazmat Guy and the S4 Monster pictures.

I don't recall LEGO being so careless about something like this before

[Venkefedo]

The capes are a bit "problematic" to put on but the look it's indeed worth it. I noticed he looks better without the beard. The headpiece has detailed printing and the beard covers most of it.

If he had different clothes/armor I would have used that Minifigure as a "Fantasy hero". However I like the "classic" look and I'm sure I'll find a way to use the duplicates

With such a nice look w/o the beard, I had no qualms about stealing the beard from my Classic King for use with my dwarves!

[BrickSev]

With such a nice look w/o the beard, I had no qualms about stealing the beard from my Classic King for use with my dwarves!

I was just thinking about the same thing I don't have a lot of dwarves (just those from LOTR Goblin King battle and those from The Hobbit Lonely Mountain) but since few of them have no beard my plan was to give them the King's one

[Itaria No Shintaku]

This is the second game they make, and that's the second flop. I thought that wasn't possible but I got bored after few hours.

[9v system]

I just checked the Minifigures online site.

Some glitches still remain since it was updated back in october, like the S4 Hazmat Guy and the S4 Monster pictures.

I don't recall LEGO being so careless about something like this before

I really hate that game they should just shut it down and continue with real life products.

[legofanatic12]

I went to my local TRU recently and I got the Egyptian Warrior, Fencer, and Unicorn Girl.

I checked each bag and most of them are goblins, carpenters, but no Hot Dog Guy.

Edited February 11, 2015 by legofanatic12

[Master_Data]

I checked each bag and most of them are goblins, carpenters, but no Hot Dog Guy.

Those Hot Dog Guys are very rare and incredibly popular. I was lucky enough to find one in the last packet I felt after searching every packet in my local LEGO Store.

[legofanatic12]

Those Hot Dog Guys are very rare and incredibly popular. I was lucky enough to find one in the last packet I felt after searching every packet in my local LEGO Store.

At least I found Unicorn Girl and Fencer. Maybe next time I'll look for the Hot Dog Man.

[BrickSev]

Those Hot Dog Guys are very rare and incredibly popular. I was lucky enough to find one in the last packet I felt after searching every packet in my local LEGO Store.

They are indeed very popular. Personally I'm not a huge fan of them but it seems the ones I got will be a very rare collectible in the years to come, at least if their popularity does not decrease