Minifigures

71052 Collectible Minifigures Series 29: Early Review

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A display of LEGO minifigures from Collectable Minifigures Series 29, featuring various characters in vibrant outfits, including a chef, witch, and pirate, arranged in a line on black bases.

It’s been a couple of years since we have had a set of collectable minifigures to review here on the blog. In CMF series 29, we have have a set of 12 different minifigures. The LEGO Group sent a couple of sets over for early review. This is not themed like series 26 (Space) or 28 (costumes), or any of the licensed themes we have seen over the years. Instead, it’s a mix of classic and crazy characters, some based on existing themes, and some that are just plain crazy.
The series will be on sale on May 1 (most of the world) and June 1 (Australia/New Zealand). They will be priced at $AUD5.99 / $USD4.99 / £3.49 / 3.99€.

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40921 Upscaled Blue Spaceman SpaceMan SPACEMAN!!!

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A scaled-up blue astronaut minifigure from LEGO, showcasing a friendly smile and wearing a blue space suit with a planet logo. The background is a dark green with a yellow foreground, and text on the left side indicates a review of the model.

This is the fourth in the LEGO Scaled Up Minifigure series, and the first spaceman. Last year, I had the chance to put together the ultra-cute red Baby Spaceman, which had been available as a gift with purchase. This year, we have a blue spaceman. This may polarise some: he’s playing it straight. It’s not Benny with the broken chinstrap and idiot grin. It’s a classic smiley. And it’s blue. I mean, sure, its kind of acceptable: I was there in the beginning, when LEGO Spacemen were red or white. The set, 40921 Scaled Up Blue Astronaut Minifigure goes on sale on the first of March and will be priced at AUD99.99/ USD59.99/ EURO59.99 and £54.99

The box for this set is around 20% larger than that for the ‘regular’ 40649 upscaled minifigure, released in 2023, and it features the silver ‘Space’ sideband that was everywhere space-like in 2024.

LEGO box featuring a scaled-up blue astronaut minifigure with a smile, set against a space-themed background. The box includes the set number 40921, recommended age 10+, and a total of 793 pieces.
Back of a LEGO box featuring a large blue space-themed minifigure with a smiling face, along with images illustrating its features and a small astronaut model.
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LEGO® Education at Home: Four problem solving sets revealed.

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LEGO Education promotional image showcasing four problem-solving sets with brightly coloured packaging and sets included.

LEGO® Education has revealed 4 sets designed to encourage creative problem-solving for kids aged 7+. These sets are the first LEGO Education sets to be marketed at the home market, rather than directly to schools.

The box has been cunningly disguised to look like some sort of a board game, with most of the “LEGOness” hidden behind beautiful printed artwork depicting luscious retro-futuristic space-scapes and polar vistas, and a smattering of bricks tucked in for good measure. To say nothing of the Build-Solve-Invent Mantra tucked in the upper right-hand corner.

LEGO Education Moon Mission Science Kit box featuring a space-themed design, suitable for ages 8 and above, containing 519 pieces for two science experiments.
Box of LEGO Education Antarctic Animals Science Kit, containing 461 pieces, featuring illustrations of a whale, a penguin, and education-themed characters.
LEGO Education Mars Mission Science Kit box featuring vibrant graphics, designed for ages 9 and up, containing 933 pieces for four science experiments.
LEGO Education Arctic Animals Science Kit packaging featuring a polar bear, a seal, and a miniature figure, alongside vibrant graphics and details about the kit.

There is, of course, another path to sales success: two of the sets are space-themed and bring us a new range of City-style Space Explorer Minifigures, with an exciting new colour scheme! These figures build on the aesthetic last seen in the LEGO CITY 60446 Galactic Spaceship- itself presenting as an update of vintage space theme FUTURON.

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Minifigures On Parade (MOPs) Three years On: Updating our collaborative build standard.

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Time flies when you are having fun. Or have a lot going on around you. Or…and so on. I can’t believe it is over 3 years since I published my original description of MOPs – Minifigures on Parade/ Minifigures on Patrol – back in July 2022. MOPs is a modular platform for community participation. I initially proposed an 8×16 plate, on a standardized base, including a raised ‘middle 8’ plate. Advantages of the format include the capacity to start simple, and build up, as well as the scope for storytelling within the space available.

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10354 The Shire: Part 1 The Minifigures

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While not as extravagant as 10316: Rivendell, the upcoming 10354 The Shire still has a lot to cover. While I am finishing the complete review, I thought we might look at the nine minifigures that come with this upcoming set. The Shire brings us nine minifigures: six old characters, and three new. Let’s take a look at how these figures compare with those found in 10316 Rivendell, and the previous wave of LEGO The Lord of the Rings sets, released in 2012-2013.

The LEGO Group provided this set for review purposes. All opinions are my own.

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NEW Build-a-Mini brings us Waking World DREAMZzz Characters: Minifigure Overview

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In which we look at the figures in the build a ministations, compare theme with their existing counterparts and speculate over the next colour of spaceman torso. I think the clues are all there…

While LEGO® Dreamzzz sets focus mainly on the Dream World, a significant part of the action takes place in the waking world: the schoolyard, the kids’ homes and other locations around LEGO Brooklyn. It has been a little frustrating, being unable to get the right minifigures for these settings, until now…

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71047 Dungeons and Dragons® Minifigures Revealed. Preorders Now Available.

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After the release of the LEGO Ideas Red Dragon’s Tale earlier in their year, the LEGO Group are continuing to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the iconic role playing game Dungeons and Dragons with a collectible minifigure series, set to be released in September (Most of the World) and October (Australia). Figures are now available for re-order from LEGO.com (maximum of 12 per customer)

Let’s take a closer look.

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MINECRAFT: 21251 Steve’s Desert Expedition

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Now, I’m not going to lie: I haven’t spent a lot of time playing Minecraft. That said, I cannot deny what it means to the generation of kids currently growing up, even those in their early 20s, for whom it has been an integral part of their upbringing since 2009. That said, I was intrigued when some of the latest wave of Minecraft sets crossed my desk.It’s been a while since I have taken a look at any of these sets, and I’d like to thank the LEGO Group for sending these sets over ahead of time for review. I thought I’d start small, and take a look at 21251 Steve’s Desert Expedition: apparently the first LEGO Minecraft set where the action takes place in the desert biome.

The set has 75 pieces and comes with a Steve mini figure, as well as a baby camel and a flying Phantom. This year we are seeing a slight clawing back of the unfortunate price bump seen in 2022, and this set is one of those that represents the return of the small boxed set to the $9.99USD; $AUD14.99 pricepoint (compared to last year’s $17.99AUD for fewer pieces).

Lets take a quick look…

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40601 Majisto’s Magical Workshop: Finessing the Figures

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I recently reviewed the Castle revival set 40601 Majisto’s Magical Workshop, available as a gift with purchase over the Insiders weekend as well as the upcoming Black Friday sales event at LEGO.com. With a buy in of US$250 / AU$400 / £220 / €250 / CAD$330, it has received some criticism from the point of ‘cost of ownership’ as well as the fact that perhaps some of the elements that defined the look of the Dragon Knights were no longer available – particularly the distinctive halberd, plumes and helmet. There were some elements that could have beeen printed, such as Majisto’s torso, and the addition of the Dragon Knight’s shield.

The old and the new.

I accept that there are reasons for these elements not being included…

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Halloween BAM Figures Spotted in the Wild.

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Here we are on the eve of the final quarter of the year and our local LEGO Certified Store has already put the new Build-a-Minifigure (BAM) elements in the station, and loaded up some new figures into easy to carry 3-packs. With closing time mere minutes away, I didn’t have the time to see if there were any other new figures to be found. You may or may not find any when you next visit your local LEGO Branded store.

There is a distinctive Halloween flavour in the air with some of these figures, even though there are still more than 2 months to that time of the year. Lets take a closer look (Special thanks to Tash for her work on this week’s cardboard cut out backdrop).

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