Collectible Minifigure brainstorming session

[NIGELTTF]

Yeah, I know, I just think it would be cool and I wouldn't have guessed we would get a gangster, maybe they will be a little more lenient on the rules with CMF Series since they are individual figs not full on military sets. But I know its not likely.

But what acessory would it have but a M-16 or M-203? That's the issue. Now if you had one in Dress Uniform with no gun...I think they'd get away with that with very little disaproval. Funny that the garrison hat could be be done in green for army, white for short order cook, blue for air force, and tan for boy scouts, and red for a VFW parade guy.

[vynsane]

Okay, so let's keep score here on what we've called.

• A rockstar/Punk-rocker
• 1920's gangster
• Werewolf
• Frankenstein's Monster (to continue the set with the zombie and 'Dracula')
• Surfer girl (to go with the guy from ser.2)

[SpaceNinjaDino]

I would like to see follow ups to the most popular characters:
A new zombie variant with a brain accessory
An Elf Elder (think Elrond)
Goblin (versus Elves)
Spartan enemies from 300

Others:
Waitress/Hostess
Judge with gavel
Dog walker with new dog(s)
Cake decorator
BMX Bike Trickster
Overnight Delivery

[Mantisking]

Okay, so let's keep score here on what we've called.

• A rockstar/Punk-rocker
• 1920's gangster
• Werewolf
• Frankenstein's Monster (to continue the set with the zombie and 'Dracula')
• Surfer girl (to go with the guy from ser.2)

You should add all these too.

• Race Car Driver
• Mummy

• Alien could come with rubber molded head

• Cyberpunk. Possibly cyborg looking, half machine/half human

• Werewolf
• Rocker: Guitar
• BeefEater: Tall fuzzy hat and rifle

• Tennis player with racket
• Baseball player with glove and/or bat
• Something Elf-like!!! to go with the dwarves and orcs!

And that's just from the first two pages.

[vynsane]

You should add all these too.

I was just adding what I called - those were for everyone else to brag about - but thanks for compiling it all! ;)

[Mantisking]

I was just adding what I called - those were for everyone else to brag about - but thanks for compiling it all! ;)

Looks like I missed one.

• Zoo keeper (with printed owl?, cat or parrot)

He should have said monkey. :)

[NIGELTTF]

I would like to see follow ups to the most popular characters:
A new zombie variant with a brain accessory
An Elf Elder (think Elrond)
Goblin (versus Elves)
Spartan enemies from 300

Others:
Waitress/Hostess
Judge with gavel
Dog walker with new dog(s)
Cake decorator
BMX Bike Trickster
Overnight Delivery

The Waitress would be good. The Judge "wig" would work with the new POTC license as well as my Baron/Baroness CMF ideas. New Dogs.....unlikely. What would exactly seperate the Cake Decorator with the done to death chef minifig. The Biker would need a bike....also more than lego wants to invest. Overnight Delivery with the brown shorts would be very cool.

[legohunter]

1) How about U.S. Navy SEALs' Team Six who hunt down Osama bin Laden? I will use parts from Prince of Persia set to make a Bin Laden minifig for a MOC, when I have time.

2) Ancient Greek and China philosophers.

3) Terracotta Army which was found from the tomb of Qin Shi Huang, the first Emperor of China, now located at the eastern suburbs of Xi'an, Shaanxi Province
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[cowbug]

Bigfoot with the tall Woody legs in brown and a chewbacca/ewok type body/head piece with a small kitten or camera.

[InfectiousZombie]

A Greek/Roman in a toga.
A Innkeeper/Barkeeper with a mug/food.
French maid with a feather duster.
Dog trainer with a dog.
Golfer with club.
Card Shark / Card dealer with card tile.
Old lady with cat.
School teacher with book and apple.
Dog catcher with net/dog.
Hair dresser with brush/scissors.
Salesman with briefcase.
Janitor with broom/mop.
Butcher with meat/knife.
Snake Charmer with flute/snake.
Runway model with cloth dress.
Photographer with camera.

[NIGELTTF]

give infectious zombie credit for the butcher


As to the photographer, I'd like to see it done historical, Ether Edwardian iwth a formal suit and flash bar, or 1930 with the camera having the big flash parabola and a printed fedora with the press card

Other ideas
Half Man-Half Woman Circus act
50s Girl in poodle skirt
Farie Queen
Scarecrow with jack-o-latern head

[unclephn]

Things I'd like to see (off the top of my head):

- a 'Creature From the Black Lagoon'-type monster (to continue the Monster theme)
- a 'Man-Bat'-type creature w/ wings (again, to continue the Monster theme)
- Pizza Delivery guy w/ pizza/pizza box
- an Egyptian prince or princess (to continue the Egyptian theme)
- female Elf

I think that if themes were continued, it would make all of minifigs from past series that much more collectable. People would have more of a reason to hunt them down and collect multiples, as opposed to just buying (for the sake of completing the series), and being done with it. It would also be a good way for TLG to gauge interest and come up with ideas for future potential full themes and sets.

[NIGELTTF]

More Ideas:

Guy in Lion Mascot Costume
Zombie Bride
Tatooed fire eater circus act.

[slacker]

football player - use hockey player's helmet and pads
BMX rider - going with the x game theme
roller blader - same as above
male ice skater -
Elvira - going with the monster theme.

[Legobrandon]

Looks like Playmobil joined in and is now producing 'girl and 'boy' mystery figures...

[legogod]

What about making the figure accessories random? Everyone is thinking of their favorite person to make into lego form. I'd like to see some differences in the details which would make it a bit more mysterious of what you're going to get. I'll use the angry dwarf from this past set for an example. Every one I opened had a black beard. Wouldn't it be cool if there was a red one? An orange one? Sure-you can feel for what it is-but there's still an aura of "which one?"

Some of the easy ones came to mind for the different colors.

Cheerleader-pom poms and uniform
Disco Stu-different album cover
Fisherman- fish
Artist-different color paint on the end of the paintbrush. Must he paint green for eternity?

Sure, it'd be a pain in the butt to implement and will most likely never happen. Just imagine for a moment if it did-how cool would that be? I could see dropping more money to collect every last piece-so that would be the bad part.

Just thinking.
Jared

[ncbarrett]

What about making the figure accessories random? Everyone is thinking of their favorite person to make into lego form. I'd like to see some differences in the details which would make it a bit more mysterious of what you're going to get. I'll use the angry dwarf from this past set for an example. Every one I opened had a black beard. Wouldn't it be cool if there was a red one? An orange one? Sure-you can feel for what it is-but there's still an aura of "which one?"

Some of the easy ones came to mind for the different colors.

Cheerleader-pom poms and uniform
Disco Stu-different album cover
Fisherman- fish
Artist-different color paint on the end of the paintbrush. Must he paint green for eternity?

Interesting idea.
I'd both like it and hate it.

[TClone]

What I'd like to see along these lines is new, different-colored versions of the most popular, army-builder characters: a blue Spartan (like in the Minotaurus game), an Elf with different hair, an Evil Dwarf with gold armor, etc. These would be popular, and they could just phase them into upcoming waves.

What about making the figure accessories random? Everyone is thinking of their favorite person to make into lego form. I'd like to see some differences in the details which would make it a bit more mysterious of what you're going to get. I'll use the angry dwarf from this past set for an example. Every one I opened had a black beard. Wouldn't it be cool if there was a red one? An orange one? Sure-you can feel for what it is-but there's still an aura of "which one?"

Some of the easy ones came to mind for the different colors.

Cheerleader-pom poms and uniform
Disco Stu-different album cover
Fisherman- fish
Artist-different color paint on the end of the paintbrush. Must he paint green for eternity?

Sure, it'd be a pain in the butt to implement and will most likely never happen. Just imagine for a moment if it did-how cool would that be? I could see dropping more money to collect every last piece-so that would be the bad part.

Just thinking.
Jared

[natelite]

well, a female elven warrior or princess has been on quite a few suggestion lists, so i would say that's a very high likelihood for series 7. perhaps even more mythical creatures like maybe a faun. since we already have minotaurs, just waiting on centaurs and fauns to complete the narnian army.

[cowbug]

What about making the figure accessories random? Everyone is thinking of their favorite person to make into lego form. I'd like to see some differences in the details which would make it a bit more mysterious of what you're going to get. I'll use the angry dwarf from this past set for an example. Every one I opened had a black beard. Wouldn't it be cool if there was a red one? An orange one? Sure-you can feel for what it is-but there's still an aura of "which one?"

Some of the easy ones came to mind for the different colors.

Cheerleader-pom poms and uniform
Disco Stu-different album cover
Fisherman- fish
Artist-different color paint on the end of the paintbrush. Must he paint green for eternity?

Interesting idea.
I'd both like it and hate it.

I think it would definitely help sell more figs. I am sure they are still selling well because they keep making new series, but they aren't exactly flying off the shelves anymore, at least not in my area. To have multiple color schemes for outfits and accessories would bring more of an element of surprise. I personally do not care about getting full sets, I just collect the figs I like but I could see people that want complete sets wanting sets in every color. They could have standard colors and rare colors (and even super rare colors

For example: 6/10 Zombies have gray suits, 3/10 have brown suits and 1/10 has a black tuxedo.