Future Collectable Minifigures Wishlist

I had heard about the ‘Minifigures’ theme (more commonly called Collectable Minifigures, or CMF by fans) before the first series was even released, but it came and went without me seeing a single one for sale.  (I did get three of them in my stocking that Christmas, evidently procured from ThinkGeek before they sold out). 

I found series two during its run and picked up a handful of them.  It was only during series three that LEGO made enough of them that the LEGO store still had them in stock by time I was able to make that long round trip. 

Sometime between missing out on series one and waiting for series two, I decided to write a letter to LEGO, just in case they were accepting suggestions for future minifigs.  The figure I wanted was a little ridiculous, and so I was going to suggest something a little less ‘out there’ that would get me the same basic result.  But procrastination kept me from writing the letter.  Then they announced the line-up for series three, and I just sat there staring at the internet.  Stunned, I was. 

I was going to suggest that LEGO add a gorilla to a future CMF series, because I thought that suggesting a guy in a gorilla suit was just too much.  But there he was, right on the series three list.  Gorilla Suit Guy.  Huh.  What do you know?

After that, I started keeping a list of minifigs that I wanted to see in the CMF line.  Some of the figures on that list include:  Alien (classic ‘Grey’), Amazon, Bagpiper, Bride (and Groom), Counterculture Man (because even if LEGO made one, I doubted that they’d have actually called him a ‘hippie’), Grizzled late-1800s style Prospector, Judge (classic powdered wig version), Man in Black (because the classic conspiracy theory version was close enough to a Blues Brother that they could do it without infringing on copyright), Motorcycle Gang member, Statue of Liberty, and Waitress (although I was thinking more modern than 50s diner). 

Since then I’ve discovered that everybody and their dog goes online and lists their most-wanted CMF characters on the messageboards.  Usually 16 at a time, as if they were put in charge of their own series. 

So in that tradition, here are the (current) top sixteen CMF hopefuls on my list, presented in alphabetical order. 

Bigfoot

The legendary Sasquatch.  Tall brown legs, like Woody had in the Toy Story sets.  With a matching pair of 1x2 plates and 1x1 tiles to extend his ‘feet’ to proper Sasquatch length.  And while I DO want a bigfoot minifig (really, who wouldn’t?), I’d be buying up an army of them just to swap out legs with Chewbacca and the other Wookiees.  (Can someone please explain to me why the minifig of the 7’3” tall Chewbacca is the same height as the one of the comic-book costumed 5’3” Wolverine?) 

Female Clown

So far we’ve had Clown, Small Clown, Sad Clown, distant clown-relative Jester, plus the black sheep of the clown family: the Mime.  The one thing we haven’t gotten yet is that opposite-gender counterpart that a lot of the early figures have gotten.  And that’s the one I want the most.  I want a female clown.  I don’t really care if she dresses tramp, motley, or just generic ‘clown’.  (Actually, I’d like to see her with striped leggings, but I’m not picky on the rest of the outfit.)  Big purple pigtails.  (We need a new pigtail mold anyway.  LEGO’s last pigtailed minifig was apparently back in 1991.)  Maybe a rubber chicken accessory. 

Janitor

Coveralls and baseball cap.  Mustache (I’m sort of picturing someone like Scruffy from Futurama).  Comes with a pushbroom and a squirt bottle of cleaning fluid. 

Make-Believe Cowboy or Cowgirl

LEGO is all about the imagination.  And so, I’d like to see some minifigs that are all about the imagination.  And what’s more representative of imagination than the little kid playing cowboy?  (Or cowgirl.  I figure it we get one, we’ll eventually get the other anyway.)  The short legs and torso will be decorated in costume-quality cowpoke outfit.  There’ll be a ten gallon hat.  And a stick-horse accessory (the classic plush horse head-on-a-stick that little kids straddle and ‘gallop away’ on). 

Make-Believe Pirate

Similar to the Cow(boy/girl) from the previous paragraph, there should be a little kid pretending to be a pirate.  Pirate costume outfit, eyepatch on the face.  Pirate hat made from folded newspaper.  And a two-pieces-of-wood-nailed-together wooden toy sword. 

Obnoxious Salesman

Here I’m looking for the classic ugly checkered sportscoat and bad hairpiece of the stereotypical salesman.  Anything from used car to bad advertising manager (think Herb Tarlek from “WKRP in Cincinnati”).  His accessory is a clipboard with a contract awaiting signature. 

[Confession time:  I have no real need for an Obnoxious Salesman minifig.  I just think it’s probably the only way we’ll get the checkered sportscoat that I need for my custom Matches Malone figure.  I mean, unless they ever do a Batman: Undercover set…]

Paperboy or Papergirl

The third little kid on my list is the newspaper delivery person.  Normal little kid clothes, baseball cap, bag of newspapers, and a single rolled-up newspaper in the hand, ready to be tossed onto someone’s front porch. 

Pool Hustler

Scrawny guy with the first name of ‘Fats’.  White button-down shirt with the sleeves rolled up past the elbows.  And suspenders.  Pool cue.  Maybe a cue-ball (or 8-ball). 

Press Photographer/Reporter

40s/50s era newspaperman (or woman).  Either a reporter with a PRESS card in his fedora and a steno pad in hand, or a photographer with a PRESS pass around her neck, and an old style camera with the large flash attachment. 

Referee

Currently, none of my minifigures can wrestle professionally, because there’s nobody qualified to referee!  This is a problem that must be addressed.  Black and white striped ref’s shirt, comes with either a microphone or a steel folding chair (closed into the classic ‘foreign object’ position) that he’s just confiscated from a shady grappler. 

Skeleton Costume Guy

Black head, black torso, and black legs, all with the appropriate bones from the classic LEGO skeleton printed thereupon.  Comes with a jack-o’-lantern candy bucket. 

Superhero

I’ve wanted LEGO to produce their own (non-licensed property) superheroes since long before they acquired the Marvel, DC, and TMNT licenses.  Just a generic cape-and-tights figure in nice, bright primary colors, with a masked face, and maybe a trans-colorful energy blast emanating from his hand. 

Supervillain

And if they do a (non-licensed) superhero, just who is he supposed to fight?  Why, the (non-licensed) supervillain, of course!  Another costumed character, this time in darker tones.  For an accessory I’d pick either a sci-fi death-ray looking thing, or a set of blueprints for a bank. 

Troll

The CMF line has given us several characters that would fit right in with some of the past-era themes.  Native Americans and (non-make-believe) cowboy archetypes from Western.  Knights from classic Castle.  Even elves and a dwarf from Castle’s ‘Fantasy Era’.  So one of my biggest hopes is that they’ll revisit that era again, and give us a new sand green Troll figure.  (Which is what most of the LEGO fans I know regard as the ‘true’ orc minifigures, rather than the LOTR versions.)  An updated armor style, and a different troll face.  (Followed up with an opposite gender counterpart a series or two down the line.) 

Uncle Sam

Do I really need to describe him?  You’ve all seen the posters.  Comes with an American flag. 

Walrus Suit Guy

Truth be told, I’d actually rather have Legends of Chima introduce a Walrus Tribe, because I’d rather just have an anthropomorphic walrus than a dude with visible human face in a mascot suit, but… I want me a walrus guy.  (I also want a Star Wars Ponda Baba [aka “Walrusman”] mini, but that’s on a whole other wishlist.)  Fuzzy-looking brown legs and torso, tusked walrus helmet, and a fish accessory. 

…and Others (There Are Always Others)

That’s the current top sixteen on my list.  (Further on down the list we have more kids from the make-believe ‘theme’, along with still more clowns (rodeo, birthday party, and so on).  The reason that an AFOL (with classic blue brick bucket accessory) isn’t on the list is because even after getting the Gorilla Suit Guy, I still think that some of my ideas are really just too far out there for the common consumer.  (But who knows?)