Collectable Minifigures Series 23 revealed!

Knight looks good, with the exception of short legs... Snow globe looks interesting... Everything else is just... bad...
IMHO

Cardboard Robot is easily my favorite, but like I said in that earlier topic, it would have been even better if it was a Lego Danbo!

It’s a lot of minifigs in (animal) suits these days

I thought the popcorn boy was wearing a peruke :P (a judge wig or George Washington hair)

Hard pass, looks like it's time to catch up on some of the ones I missed from past series that are more interesting to me than this.

Only interesting to me is popcorn guy and Ferry captain, without ferry

Hmm... only the nutcracker, sea captain, and dragon are "for-sure" purchases for me, but I'm still happy to have another "normal" series, and I need to budget for the 90th anniversary castle so I'm okay with this. Might get the elf just for her snow globe.

Going to get me as many of those knights as possible.

Do wish they could've reintroduced the visor from the yellow castle or a close approximation of it. I've been curious for a while if the original is compatible with the new "classic space" helmets introduced with Lego Movie 2, but don't own any to check.

@Yorick It'll be kind of like a watermark, so it's obvious if the image is stolen I would think.

I like these. Mostly they won't be useful in my city but they're cute.

@Yorick
Good catch!!

I'm going to get the Knight, Green Dragon, Robot, Elf and Nutcracker. Maybe the Captain too if he has a nice suit under that ship.

Cool set of figures.

These are nice.

I have been hoping for more colour variations of the Super Warrior.
Perhaps in the next wave.

I want them all! Least favorites are the Fairy, Popcorn Guy & Ferry Captain but I'll probably be getting at least two of most of them. Looking forward to individual pictures of all of them.

Definitely want the Popcorn guy, robot and knight. The is useless Christmas crap.

I have been focusing on the costumed collectible minifigures. Looks like I might as well buy a box this time.

Boring. How is this theme still around? Ok, b/c people will buy them. But it's getting stale and many ideas reused. Why not just do series 1 and reverse all genders...

To be more serious, why not a series of castle figures?

The Snowman and the reindeer is a must have for me! Nice little array of figures in this series

@lordofdragonss said:
" @Binary_Code said:
"Let's all welcome the Pink Crown faction!"

It was here since yellow castle. also its Magenta :D"

did the color really need to be disputed?

Definitely wanting to grab a good amount of those Crown knights!

Little disappointed in the ship captain, thought it'd be a pirate captain. Oh well, no big deal :)

So we have the Yellow Castle Knight; "and the rest..."
(...are here on Gilligan's Isle)

they are running out of ideas, everything except for the Christmas ones are just redesigns, repeats, or very similar to old figures.

this could be the last numbered series.

Not too bad of a selection, even if I'm not a huge fan of costumed figures. The Knight, Snowman, and Nutcracker are the highlights for me, and the Green Dragon isn't bad. Wish the Wolf Costume guy had a better headpiece that could have made him double as a werewolf.

@sjr60 said:
" @Bri3k_b01 said:
"Why are 5 of the minifigures Christmas themed?"
Because June is practically Christmas... Tree should be up by now!"

Who celebrates Christmas? At least I don't.

Will have to get the turkey for sure. Imported from Maine, ideally.

I want the cardboard robot, the wolf, the knight, the dragon and possibly the snowman

Soddit. I'll just have to make another display case.

I feel like they should have made it a full Christmas series. Costume minifigures aren's my favorite, so I won't be getting a full series this time.

Wow, this is the best non-licensed CMF set I've seen in awhile! I love almost all of these. Can't wait for individual closeup pictures!

I think multiples of the ship Captain's torso are in order. One for every officer on the Titanic, as it's quite clearly Captain Smith. Then, you'd need a copy of 10294 to put them in front of.

I can't help but hear him saying: "well Mr. Murdoch, let's stretch her legs!"

Scrolling down the main page I saw the knight and thought maybe this wave would tie directly to the 90th sets.
Disappointed to be wrong, and that the knight has short legs, but I do like most of the figures. Will get the snowman and knight for sure (and find some adult legs for the knight).

As for the repetition people complain about, there are plenty of kids in their LEGO prime who were to young 5-6 years ago...

Captain Highliner must have been hit hard by the times to take on a ferry job.

My wallet will appreciate this series.

I appreciate The Addams Family Values Pugsley!

I love the cute, wacky look of all these minifigures - they seem to be a staple of every minifigure series.

However, I wish they didn't fill an entire theme with these minifigures, as they have very specific looks and are not as versatile as other minifigures within the theme.

I liked the Space Police minifigure from last year because it was army buildable!

I'm a bit disappointed. Only 1 is suitable for my city layout.

Oh man, if that little holiday elf didn't have the red collar printed on the torso, that torso piece would be 100% perfect for a Toon Link minifigure.

Love that we finally have a reasonable looking snowman!

Not bad. I do wish they made a Rat King to go with the Nutcracker, though.
Not sure I'll get any of these. Maybe the Turkey guy to display for Thanksgiving. Otherwise, I think I'm good on Christmas related figures (except maybe snowman, I like him) and the rest don't do much for me.

Why would they put a woman in a knight's costume?

It's strange to see so many negative comments on these. I don't know that I'll be picking up any for myself, but my kids are going to love them! There are lots of fun little details, but I think my favorite is the brick-built snow globe.

Need more Halloweeny and Monsters... Christmas has more than enough support with Winter Village.

Yay for a decent snowman minifig, after all these years of advent calendars !

i mean, two costume fis per series seems like a rational ratio. So did they waste ideas for later in this series? Does it mean they're out of ideas and from next year on we'll only get one licensed series per year?

The popcorn guy is not holding any popcorn? At least they could cast the ‘ice cream’ element 6254 in pale yellow if not giving us another version of a popcorn carton brick or another instance of the current design.

I'm going to have to get hold of a Knight, especially as there's a tie-in (matching shield) with 10305 - which I simply have to accept I cannot resist buying.

My wallet is grateful this series that none of the others interest me too much.

Knight, Dragon, Reindeer, Robot, Elf, and Fairy are all female
Turkey, Wolf, Popcorn, Nutcracker, and Captain are all male.
Assuming the Snowman is also male (no eyelashes, lipstick, skirt, or other signifiers, plus a top hat, so it’s a reasonable assumption), that makes a 50/50 split. Is this the first CMF wave with gender parity?

@jjr_2009:
I used the 2pc bubble helmet to make a snowman snowglobe years ago, so it doesn’t have nearly as much impact on me.

@Minifig_Jez:
There was one good SW snowman with a printed face that included a carrot. Unfortunately, it stayed exclusive to that set, so if you wanted multiples, you had to clear our Advent Calendars, or try to buy that day’s set on the secondary market. The first HPAC also had a decent one, even if it had no face. I’m kinda leaning towards using this head with an Advent body, as this looks more like Frosty’s cousin.

@jkb:
Currently, they’ve been doing two licensed themes with one numbered wave that matched the year of release for a few years:
2021 - DC, S21, HP2
2020 - S20, Looney Tunes, Marvel
2019 - TLM2, Disney 2, S19
2018 - TLBM2, S18, HP1
2017 - TLBM1, S17, TLNM

And you have to go back to 2016 with S15, Disney 1, and S16 to get two numbered sets in the same calendar year. Frankly, I’d have preferred another licensed wave to keep the series numbering matched to the year.

This also isn’t the first time they’ve done a full costumed series. S14 was all Halloween costumes (or, technically, one costume and the rest were actual monsters), and except for the two birthday kids, the Vintage Police Officer, and possibly the dude jumping out of the cake (unless he was dressed as a cake), S18 was all costumes as well.

@PurpleDave I know. There's nothing wrong with a thematically consistent costume theme. I just wanted to point out that making half of the wave costumes looks very much like the end of original ideas. The rest was pure speculation.

@Ridgeheart Be aware that asexuality is defined by the lack of desire for any sexual interaction. Did you mean genderlessness?

Some great costumes and Christmas themed figs are a favorite of mine. I’m going to need a handful of the Nutcracker, Snowman, Reindeer, knight, and a couple of Popcorn guys. Definitely getting all the rest except the Wolf. I’m on the fence about the Sugarplum fairy; I don’t love it but want that candy cane. More accessories would have sealed my interest.

@Ridgeheart:
It’s not a standard carrot, and likely dual-molded into the head. But in minifig terms, since Pirates introduced alternate faces, eyelashes and lipstick have been two constant signifiers of female gender. You can even determine age by eyelashes, as seen on the girl in the fairy princess costume, where her eyelashes are barely evident.

The opposite can therefore be inferred. Since they always use eyelashes, and often lipstick, to denote females, the lack of both indicates a male (except where classic smileys are concerned). Also, it’s a snowman, not a snowperson.

@jkb:
Considering this is the first year since 2016 which will see two numbered series, and the size of each release has been reduced from 16 to 12 in that time, I wouldn’t worry too much. They may well have a backlog of ideas for non-licensed minifigs, seeing as how they’ve gone from designing 48 original minifigs per year to one quarter that amount. The question is if they’re releasing two numbered sets this year because they don’t have a second licensed theme lined up, or if it’s because one dozen original minifigs per year isn’t enough.

And “asexual” originally referred to reproduction methods like fission (bacteria), budding (Mogwai that get wet), or fragmentation (earthworms that are cut in half). It was borrowed into the other definition, where it’s more a psychological state of someone who may still be physically capable of reproduction.

Agree that the captain is definitely a rendition of Captain Smith of the RMS Titanic. No doubt many will display this minifig with the larger model.

Well I think they are great!

I’m not looking at resell value or unique parts, I’m just looking at them aesthetically and they make me smile…

Anything, in these times, that brings a smile to my face is a big thumbs up from me.

From a easily pleased AFOL and CMF collector.