German football player CMFs to be announced next week
Posted by Huw,
At the German toy fair in January it was announced that a set of collectable minifigures based on the German football team are going to be released to coincide with this year's Euro tournament which kicks off on June the 10th.
The players to be included was not announced at the time but now zusammengebaut.com has received an invitation to "The smallest press conference in the world," which will take place on April 12 at 10am CEST (GMT+2) at which the 16 figures will be revealed.
The series will be available only in Germany, as you would expect, so those elsewhere will have to resort to the secondary market or find a German buddy in the forum...
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I'm not interested in football and couldn't name you a single German player (or British player for that matter) but I wish that these had been available in the uk. I was anticipating a nice selection of flesh heads and different hairstyles/colours that might have been worth picking up for Mocs.
Thanks to those that showed up my complete lack of football knowledge :-) Article now (hopefully) corrected.!
ebay, here I come...
Now I know how people felt about the Team GB series.
Isn't there anyway that Lego shop at home can accommodate orders outside Germany?
I wonder how they will come up with 16 figures since the team has only 11 members at a given time.
I also have a bad feeling about getting dupes, most figures will most likely come with the mini afro hairstyle and no utensils except maybe a ball.
@Navy Trooper: while there are always only 11 players on the field at any given time (or less in case of red cards :), the EURO team will have 22 or 23 players. So there's plenty to choose from...
Football. Ugh.
One can only hope these are priced accordingly - it is not like they have any great accessories, right? On the other hand, they are licensed content, so they might as well be even more expensive. Ugh. So not interested in these.
On the one hand, keeping certain products country-exclusive is a special kind of a evil... on the other hand, I don't really care about foosball. :P
I'll be interested to see if there are any new pieces in these guys, though.
^ A foosball-themed minfigure series? Sounds bizarre! ;-)
Yawn.
Can't wait! Not the biggest football fan but I still like football. Looking forward to get the german players as minifigures. Especially since I love licensed minifigs.
If anyone wants me to pick some up and ship to you, just let me know. Probably cheaper than ebay.
@UK67Mac - As a huge Bundesliga fan and Germany supporter, I'm very interested. Please contact me for my details. Sorry for posting this public - you don't have your contact form active.
I have mixed feelings about what the figures will look like and I'm not particularly fond of football.
Guess we just have to wait and see what the 16 figures will look like.
So we're getting a whole series dedicated to one football team, but there still hasn't been a cyclist CMF? I mean, its not really that much of a stretch, there was a race car driver in only series 3, and motor racing (in all forms, including F1) can't be that much more popular than professional cycling. There's still plenty of other sports they haven't done CMFs for too, such as rugby, basketball and golf, all of which are really popular.
@UK67Mac I too am interested in help in getting a set of these if its possible!
I'll get all the Borussia Dortmund players :)
@UK67Macalso interested please!
I would be interested in a set as well. I still am missing the gba horse rider. :(
Are they releasing this on 12 Apr or 10 Jun?
@UK67Macalso interested please!
Now you should be able to contact me :)
This kind of news makes me hopelessly wish for a Team Canada hockey minifig series. No chances of happening, really, but given how awful Playmobil's current NHL line is and Lego's unimpressive first attempt (and a decent series 4 minifig), I'd love to see anything, even if I'll file that one under wishful or delusional thinking.
I've always felt a little bad that my CMF collection didn't include the Team GB figs, but now that there's another like this I feel a lot better about that.
Couldn't care less about soccer, or any sports, really. Good for German fans, big old yawn for the rest of us.
Have sent you a PM UK67Mac...would love some of these! My son and I are huge FC Bayern fans and always choose Netherlands (my heritage) or Germany when we play FIFA16!
Thanks from Australia!
Yeah, we're hoping for a full set.
Nice! I missed the GB set, but I'll be in Germany in Jun. Will make sure I stop by the shop on my way out in Munich.
I'm German but not much of a football fan and don't have a fav player (apart from Neuer maybe. :) )
Will most likely get a few of those anyway, there might be some interesting parts (especially hairstyles). Wonder what they'll look like in order to make every minifig special, as I suppose they'll all be dressed in the same way?