LEGO Collectable Minifigures Series 29 revealed - including a BIONICLE minifigure!

Top ten world sports, by participation, still unrepresented in minifig form (including in 29 series of CMFs):
4. Field Hockey
6. Table Tennis
8. Cricket
10. Golf (and no, 71023-12 doesn't count as that's a movie character caricature minifig.)
Bias against South Asia and South East Asia evident here!

Am I the only one who wants to see the Tuba Players torso? It could have great repurposability.

Only one painfully mid charchter? guess im buying the mega box

The Unicorn Elf and Trash Monster are my favourites. I’ll add them to my display collection as sold.

I’ll get the Chocolatier for the dragon, and the Cute Witch, Monster Hunter and Ronin for parts/accessories.

Overall, I reckon this series is OK but not super exciting. It’s better than the all-costume series but that’s not saying much.

@mf_4504 said:
"Is anybody here a marine biologist?! "

Definitely needs a golf ball.

@Nokturn said:
"Gonna need all 6 Toa Mata in minifigure form, ASAP!"

The rate they're going, I'll probably manage to get two, but I don't think I'll be able to stick around until 2151 to get the last one.

@BLProductions said:
"I don't recognize the mold off the top of my head - has that dragon accessory mold been produced before or is it new? "

Originally from the D&D Tiefling Sorcerer (71047-3).

https://rebrickable.com/parts/5829pr0001/creature-dragon-baby-sitting-with-black-eyes-print/

@ACubeInABox said:
[[What does “Unicorn Elf” even mean? She has a unicorn horn attached to her necklace… did she kill it? Is she… an elf that kills unicorns? Is Unicorn Girl from season thirteen okay? I need some answers!]

It’s not pictured but she comes with a unicorn fig.

I had never heard of a Boba cup so I had to google it. Then I had to google bubble tea, never heard of that either. Doesn't sound like I'll need either of those in the near future. Cute figure though.

I'll get as many marine biologist as I can find in the box, I'll also get the Bionicle cosplayer and the Tuba player(might need a few for a marching band). I might consider the trash monster and the chocolatier. The unicorn elf might also be of interest if only for the golden hair. Three for sure, potentially six. The mysterious Ronin is very Lloyd-y! But is has very nice arm prints. I'll see about that one after the review.

Edit: since I read that the unicorn elf comes with a unicorn, that minifig is rising to the ranks!

@psychman7 said:
"Scott Sterling!!!!!"

Yesssssss

BONEY FISH!!!!!!

Ohhh, I do like all of them.

Kind of weird that the official reveal doesn't have more thorough pictures of the Minifigs and accessories but whatever. Originally I fully planned on picking up Lloyd, but the hood mold sticking out to the side really bothers me, so I don't know. Otherwise, I might pick up Tahu(if he can be found), or the Monster hunter. This series is a pretty decent addition overall though!

I love that trash monster just because of how original it is. Also that monster hunter is just a gender-swapped Van Helsing. She'll fit in perfectly with the Monster Fighters.
The Ninjago minifig is a bit cheap though, we already get so many of them every year. I don't think it needed to take a spot in the CMF line.

8/10 series. Drop the Diver (should have been Marine biologist)

A rotten-pumpkin minifig head print was also leaked alongside the trash monster--I assume that's the head under his goop mask, then? That keeps him in the horror genre! The fish skeleton feels so beautifully simple yet overdue. Now that we have it, it feels like we should have sooner!

I'm extremely surprised to see these already. Multiple non-licensed CMF series in one year again??? I never thought I'd see the day! And it's early still for that second unlicensed series! Maybe the licensed series will be for the last third of the year then.

That's fortnite Lloyd right there

Wish the Mysterious Ronin was from classic Ninja and not Ninjago. Enough Lloyds already.

@tmtomh said:
"By May 2, AFOLs with QR code scanners on their phones will have swept through the nation’s Walmarts and Targets like a plague of Bionicle CMF-seeking locusts."

No kidding. CMFs are a near-lost cause with barcodes. During the unmarked foil packet era, the only figure I never found was Mr. Gold. The earliest foil packets had barcodes and got picked clean, and now the marked boxes get picked clean too. I guess I'm grateful they're not in unmarked boxes anymore; those were hopeless and I just gave up.

I like the tuba player in this series. The two fish are both great accessories. Nothing else attracts my attention. I know this is Series 29 and the ideas have started wearing thin, but I also know we have not yet exhausted the world's supply of iconic uniforms, traditional ethnic garb, historical archetypes, and everyday situations. Dog breeds alone could take them for another 3 series.

One of the weakest CMF series. It looks like they are running out of ideas and rely on reworks of the same old same old...

why no one mentions Peter S. Beagle "The Last Unicorn" and Lady Amalthea?

@mf_4504 said:
"Is anybody here a marine biologist?! "

I have a degree in marine biology, but I didn't end up in the field.

@BelgianBricker said:
"One of the weakest CMF series. It looks like they are running out of ideas and rely on reworks of the same old same old..."

Agree. Wish they would take more inspiration from Roberto's awesome CMF Series ideas.
https://www.eurobricks.com/forum/forums/topic/132488-ideas-for-cmfs/

- "The sea was angry that day, my frien..."
- "Have you seen my son?"

I am not getting this series cos nothing here interests me, but I love the attention to details. It’s a reprieve from the last animal mascot series. What I like more are superheroes series

@PurpleDave said:
" @mf_4504 said:
"Is anybody here a marine biologist?! "

Definitely needs a golf ball.

@Nokturn said:
"Gonna need all 6 Toa Mata in minifigure form, ASAP!"

The rate they're going, I'll probably manage to get two, but I don't think I'll be able to stick around until 2151 to get the last one.

@BLProductions said:
"I don't recognize the mold off the top of my head - has that dragon accessory mold been produced before or is it new? "

Originally from the D&D Tiefling Sorcerer (71047-3).

https://rebrickable.com/parts/5829pr0001/creature-dragon-baby-sitting-with-black-eyes-print/"

This is a great series, I love it and will pick up probably half of them (which is lots for me), but I AM STILL WAITING FOR D&D SEASON 2!!!!!!

@StardustOasis said:
" @mf_4504 said:
"Is anybody here a marine biologist?! "

I have a degree in marine biology, but I didn't end up in the field. "
Don’t you mean ‘in the water’? :~P

@BLProductions said:
""Mysterious Ronin"

La-Loyd?

I haven't bought any CMFs since the switch to boxes, but a couple of these do pique my interest for once, including middle-aged Lloyd. I like the tuba, and that chocolate dragon is very nice, even though the minifig accompanying it is extremely boring. I don't recognize the mold off the top of my head - has that dragon accessory mold been produced before or is it new? "

It first appeared in red for the Dungeons & Dragons CMF series

@alLEGOry_HJB2810 said:
"This is a great series, I love it and will pick up probably half of them (which is lots for me), but I AM STILL WAITING FOR D&D SEASON 2!!!!!!"

The Ideas set and the CMF wave were both released as part of D&D's anniversary celebration, which is over. I wouldn't hold my breath on that second series.

There's 11 good figures, and a footballer. Can we stop getting football players? We've had enough. They're ALWAYS the last ones in the case.

APRIL FOOLS DAY EVERYONE!!!

Hmm... its April Fools... but damn that a heck of alot of effort to go to if this is just a trick.

@Nuclearxpotato said:
" @CDM said:
"Trashman for me, and that's it. Huge let down of a series IMO."
Honestly compared to the last three series, there's actually stuff here that could interest me."

For me it’s opposite, I find it less interesting than tree previous non-licensed series, including totally-not-Fabuland from January. But perhaps I’ll pick up some

@Zander said:
" @StardustOasis said:
" @mf_4504 said:
"Is anybody here a marine biologist?! "

I have a degree in marine biology, but I didn't end up in the field. "
Don’t you mean ‘in the water’? :~P

"

I was about to say that fields aren't where marine biology is done...

@PurpleDave said:" @alLEGOry_HJB2810 said:"This is a great series, I love it and will pick up probably half of them (which is lots for me), but I AM STILL WAITING FOR D&D SEASON 2!!!!!!"

The Ideas set and the CMF wave were both released as part of D&D's anniversary celebration, which is over. I wouldn't hold my breath on that second series."

More's the pity.

love that fish piece. both the clownfish and the skeleton

I think I would go for the football goalkeeper. But the marine biologist, chocolatier and trash monster are also pretty cool.

Dang, this is a good series. Even the mandatory Someone Dressed Up As An Object looks interesting.

@moishe11 said:
"While I appreciate all the nods Bionicle gets... c'mon Lego, stop teasing us!"

That’s pretty much the best you can hope for. I got it straight from a LEGO employee that whenever there’s been a poll, everyone votes in favor of their favorite Toa (whoever that may be), and votes _against_ every other Toa. Combine that with how abysmal the G2 sales were (being so expensive everyone could only afford one Toa didn’t help), and there’s pretty much no chance of seeing a relaunch.

@TheOtherMike said:
" @PurpleDave said:" @alLEGOry_HJB2810 said:"This is a great series, I love it and will pick up probably half of them (which is lots for me), but I AM STILL WAITING FOR D&D SEASON 2!!!!!!"

The Ideas set and the CMF wave were both released as part of D&D's anniversary celebration, which is over. I wouldn't hold my breath on that second series."

More's the pity."

Honestly, I’m cool with it. That has been a very expensive theme for me. Got the Ideas set on Day 1, bought 124 CMFs (plus got one “free” w/ $20 entry to a B&M 5E one-shot), and I’ve spent over $1000 building Beholders.

So... is that Boba Fett's daughter or something?

I have a feeling that the part designer who made the tuba got it looking just like he wanted, and then once production started, he was like, "Oh yeah, I guess I should've made it so that when the minifig holds it, the mouthpiece was at least halfway close to his mouth."

@ThatBionicleGuy said:
"I want to like him, and I do kinda, but I really wish that Bionicle minifigure was anyone other than Tahu. While I love my 40581, that was also about as much Tahu as I'm interested in recently; I very much have Tahu fatigue from the way every time Lego acknowledges Bionicle, it's always and only him. Give a different Toa the spotlight for a change!

Also, I would be shocked if no-one beat me to the joke already, but it looks like the marine biologist found Nemo..."

Yeah, give us a Kopaka! In fact, give us the rest of the Toa Mata! And yes, you were the first one to make a Finding Nemo joke.

This is a collection that I will likely get doubles of a few characters to build out some MOCs and swapping heads. there are some really great pieces for mini-fig building here!

@PurpleDave said:
" @moishe11 said:
"While I appreciate all the nods Bionicle gets... c'mon Lego, stop teasing us!"

That’s pretty much the best you can hope for. I got it straight from a LEGO employee that whenever there’s been a poll, everyone votes in favor of their favorite Toa (whoever that may be), and votes _against_ every other Toa. Combine that with how abysmal the G2 sales were (being so expensive everyone could only afford one Toa didn’t help), and there’s pretty much no chance of seeing a relaunch.

@TheOtherMike said:
" @PurpleDave said:" @alLEGOry_HJB2810 said:"This is a great series, I love it and will pick up probably half of them (which is lots for me), but I AM STILL WAITING FOR D&D SEASON 2!!!!!!"

The Ideas set and the CMF wave were both released as part of D&D's anniversary celebration, which is over. I wouldn't hold my breath on that second series."

More's the pity."

Honestly, I’m cool with it. That has been a very expensive theme for me. Got the Ideas set on Day 1, bought 124 CMFs (plus got one “free” w/ $20 entry to a B&M 5E one-shot), and I’ve spent over $1000 building Beholders."

I spent £50-£60 on that CMF series, and I will never regret it.
I just think, if LEGO wants to money-grab, they should release another D&D series; it would convince me to pay them extortionate fees for plastic bitties...

@TheOtherMike said:
" @ThatBionicleGuy said:
"Also, I would be shocked if no-one beat me to the joke already, but it looks like the marine biologist found Nemo..."

And yes, you were the first one to make a Finding Nemo joke."

I’m already thinking of ways I can work Nemo into layouts. Just came up with a third idea.

@alLEGOry_HJB2810 said:
" @PurpleDave said:
" @TheOtherMike said:
" @PurpleDave said:" @alLEGOry_HJB2810 said:"This is a great series, I love it and will pick up probably half of them (which is lots for me), but I AM STILL WAITING FOR D&D SEASON 2!!!!!!"

The Ideas set and the CMF wave were both released as part of D&D's anniversary celebration, which is over. I wouldn't hold my breath on that second series."

More's the pity."

Honestly, I’m cool with it. That has been a very expensive theme for me. Got the Ideas set on Day 1, bought 124 CMFs (plus got one “free” w/ $20 entry to a B&M 5E one-shot), and I’ve spent over $1000 building Beholders."

I spent £50-£60 on that CMF series, and I will never regret it.
I just think, if LEGO wants to money-grab, they should release another D&D series; it would convince me to pay them extortionate fees for plastic bitties..."

What would they do with it, though? Between the CMFs and the big set, they covered all the main character classes and most of the basic races, didn’t they? Sure, there are plenty of monsters they could put in there as armybuilders, but to release a second wave, they really need more player characters. They’d also need more named NPCs, but that’s less of an issue.

Bionic and Robot T-Rex.

@GSR_MataNui said:
"Another thing I love about it is he actually has his pink eyes! Granted they might be a little *too* pink here, but the original Tahu figure had Trans-Dark Pink eyes."

Tahu officially had trans-fluorescent-red eyes. It’s one of the rarest colors, as it was only used for that specific piece, but under UV light the at thing pops more than TNG or TNO. Only trans-bright-green, GitD, and maybe the new Violent colors can match it.

"On the other hand the Kanohi Hau is the most iconic mask of the franchise and a piece of its promotional iconography, so I get wanting to get it right, but having molded greebling on his mask and printed on the torso just looks a tad odd"

He kinda looks like one of those old Halloween costumes with the molded mask and a shirt and pants that more frequently had graphics of the character represented than trying to accurately recreate the outfit…except for trying to do the latter. Still, this guy is going on every layout I do once I get my hands on a few.

"My final gripe is probably the most nit-picky, but we've yet to get a lore-accurate Fire Sword."

*sigh* Yeah.

@R0Sch said:
" @BelgianBricker said:
"One of the weakest CMF series. It looks like they are running out of ideas and rely on reworks of the same old same old..."

Agree. Wish they would take more inspiration from Roberto's awesome CMF Series ideas.
https://www.eurobricks.com/forum/forums/topic/132488-ideas-for-cmfs/"

Well, that was phenomenal viewing. Now I want most of those to exist.

More than a few of them do exist though, almost exactly alike, and I gather this very creative guy doesn't work for Lego. That's both great (for us) and not-great (for him) at the same time. He deserves a nice fat check, and they can just produce these designs for the next 20 years. I know I'd be happy with that arrangement.

P.S. The Flickr album is much more digestible than the Eurobricks post:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/140964690 @N06/albums

@PurpleDave said:
" @GSR_MataNui said:
"Another thing I love about it is he actually has his pink eyes! Granted they might be a little *too* pink here, but the original Tahu figure had Trans-Dark Pink eyes."

Tahu officially had trans-fluorescent-red eyes. It’s one of the rarest colors, as it was only used for that specific piece, but under UV light the at thing pops more than TNG or TNO. Only trans-bright-green, GitD, and maybe the new Violent colors can match it. "

Accidentally discovered that coral bricks glow as brightly as trans green awhile back (we tried out a colour changing light in a room with Vidiyo kits and they lit up like fireworks under purple). We weren’t really expecting any UV effects at all so it was a bit of a shock.

@AllenSmith said:
"More than a few of them do exist though, almost exactly alike, and I gather this very creative guy doesn't work for Lego. That's both great (for us) and not-great (for him) at the same time. He deserves a nice fat check, and they can just produce these designs for the next 20 years. I know I'd be happy with that arrangement."

Several of them already existed well before that post was started. I also see a few that would be impossible to fit inside either size of foil packet or the current box (lances twice the height of a minifig, skeletal horse).

@Hiratha:
One year at BW Chicago, one of the vendors had included a combination laser pointer/flashlight/UV light (single LED each) in the goodie bags, so I came back the next year with a 7-LED UV flashlight to use during World of Lights (when they turn the lights out and let builders show off any lights they built into their MOCs). Wasn't powerful enough. So the next year I went back with a 100-LED UV flashlight. You can find all kinds of weird stuff with a powerful UV light. I've got a Jawsome minifig where some of the orange parts glow, but other parts don't. Someone I know has 1x2 red bricks that have a flame pattern under UV light. And yeah, some stuff looks fluorescent (trans-light-blue) but isn't, and other stuff doesn't look fluorescent (trans-medium-blue) but is.

@PurpleDave said:
" @AllenSmith said:
"More than a few of them do exist though, almost exactly alike, and I gather this very creative guy doesn't work for Lego. That's both great (for us) and not-great (for him) at the same time. He deserves a nice fat check, and they can just produce these designs for the next 20 years. I know I'd be happy with that arrangement."

Several of them already existed well before that post was started. I also see a few that would be impossible to fit inside either size of foil packet or the current box (lances twice the height of a minifig, skeletal horse).

@Hiratha:
One year at BW Chicago, one of the vendors had included a combination laser pointer/flashlight/UV light (single LED each) in the goodie bags, so I came back the next year with a 7-LED UV flashlight to use during World of Lights (when they turn the lights out and let builders show off any lights they built into their MOCs). Wasn't powerful enough. So the next year I went back with a 100-LED UV flashlight. You can find all kinds of weird stuff with a powerful UV light. I've got a Jawsome minifig where some of the orange parts glow, but other parts don't. Someone I know has 1x2 red bricks that have a flame pattern under UV light. And yeah, some stuff looks fluorescent (trans-light-blue) but isn't, and other stuff doesn't look fluorescent (trans-medium-blue) but is."

Shining a UV light on a Transformer toy can be interesting because unpaintable plastic (https://tfwiki.net/wiki/Unpaintable_plastic) fluoresces differently from the other plastic of the same color.

@TheOtherMike said:
" @PurpleDave said:
" @AllenSmith said:
"More than a few of them do exist though, almost exactly alike, and I gather this very creative guy doesn't work for Lego. That's both great (for us) and not-great (for him) at the same time. He deserves a nice fat check, and they can just produce these designs for the next 20 years. I know I'd be happy with that arrangement."

Several of them already existed well before that post was started. I also see a few that would be impossible to fit inside either size of foil packet or the current box (lances twice the height of a minifig, skeletal horse).

@Hiratha:
One year at BW Chicago, one of the vendors had included a combination laser pointer/flashlight/UV light (single LED each) in the goodie bags, so I came back the next year with a 7-LED UV flashlight to use during World of Lights (when they turn the lights out and let builders show off any lights they built into their MOCs). Wasn't powerful enough. So the next year I went back with a 100-LED UV flashlight. You can find all kinds of weird stuff with a powerful UV light. I've got a Jawsome minifig where some of the orange parts glow, but other parts don't. Someone I know has 1x2 red bricks that have a flame pattern under UV light. And yeah, some stuff looks fluorescent (trans-light-blue) but isn't, and other stuff doesn't look fluorescent (trans-medium-blue) but is."

Shining a UV light on a Transformer toy can be interesting because unpaintable plastic (https://tfwiki.net/wiki/Unpaintable_plastic) fluoresces differently from the other plastic of the same color."

Shining a UV light in Peter Quill's bedroom is...a bad idea.

@HOBBES said:
" @tmtomh said:
"By May 2, AFOLs with QR code scanners on their phones will have swept through the nation’s Walmarts and Targets like a plague of Bionicle CMF-seeking locusts."

lol. Why May 2? This should be completed by noon on May 1st!"

Right you are - correction accepted!

What an awesome series!
Will have to buy at least half of them, at some point.

@Darth_Dee said:
"I'm a little disappointed the tuba mold wasn't used in the Shopping Street modular.

Dear Lego,
Please make a trombone, french horn, and clarinet mold please.
Sincerely,

Your favorite Lego loving band director"

A Sousaphone would be fun. Something more in minifig scale than the Fabuland one. But I'll take 8 tubas & 80 figures for a marching band.

Paul Sinasohn
CA, US