Collectible Minifigures Series 8

[MicroJow]

The list, according to Brickset:

Ancient Thespis
Pirate Captain
Conquistador
Enemy Robot
Evil Female Alien
Diver
Vampire
Fairy
Football Player
Trader
Skier
Red Cheerleader
Santa Claus
Boy in Bavarian costume
DJ
Cowgirl

I will with-hold my comments until we see a picture.

- MJ

[Mister Ed]

It's about time they did Santa. They already made a perfect Santa beard in an earlier wave, and they made a Santa torso for Santa Yoda. All they need is a decent Santa hat (which this BETTER have, not the repurposed pirate bandana).

Seriously, though, another Vampire? Does this one sparkle? An awful lot of alternate versions in this wave, if accurate.

[Flynn]

I always liked the original Santa figure, and was always kinda glad they never updated it. Ah, well.

[Mister Ed]

I always liked the original Santa figure, and was always kinda glad they never updated it. Ah, well.

Really? I've always thought it was kind of lame. OK for somebody's homemade attempt to approximate Santa with the pieces available, but rather pathetic as an official LEGO version. The beard was too long, no printing at all, and a red pirate bandana for a hat? Sad, IMHO.

Unless you are talking about some other version of which I'm unaware.

[Marty]

With regards to the list of series 8 mini figures, is this final, as I have seen a picture of 8 figures on a yellow background?
So I was wondering are these the real deal or something else as they don't follow the list above.

http://fabjoueauxlego.com/2012/02/14/fu ... -series-8/

Marty

[bigospedros]

Since that picture is from an article written in 2010 and since the Aquaman & Lady Vampire are now in Monster Fighters and we already had a Sherlock Holmes in Series 5 and that we know the colour scheme for Series 8 is red, I think this looks more like an idea creation rather than any indication of Series 8 to me ...

[Draykov]

With regards to the list of series 8 mini figures, is this final, as I have seen a picture of 8 figures on a yellow background?
So I was wondering are these the real deal or something else as they don't follow the list above.

In addition to the reasons bigospedros has already provided, some of the comments from LEGO regarding "The Winchester" on Cuusoo make me doubt that we're gonna see a drunken hobo anytime soon. While I hadn't seen it before now, I'm reasonably certain that image with the yellow background is not from LEGO. A crusader also seems like an unlikely choice given LEGO's tendency to play it safe.

...we know the colour scheme for Series 8 is red

If we're talking about packaging, I thought it was black. Seven is red.

[Flynn]

Really? I've always thought it was kind of lame. OK for somebody's homemade attempt to approximate Santa with the pieces available, but rather pathetic as an official LEGO version. The beard was too long, no printing at all, and a red pirate bandana for a hat? Sad, IMHO.

I dunno, there was always something so blissfully simple about it that made it endlessly endearing for me. I've always thought simplicity was a huge factor in designing a minifigure, and in that respect Santa won out for me.

[bigospedros]

If we're talking about packaging, I thought it was black. Seven is red.

D'oh, you're quite right ...

[SevFalcon]

Thanks for the info.

Nothing to really army build this time around unless folks are looking for a football team....

[Gooker1]

Thanks for the info.

Nothing to really army build this time around unless folks are looking for a football team....

Or a cheerleading squad.

[crazybirdman]

Nothing to really army build this time around unless folks are looking for a football team....

Thespis might be great for background characters. And I could always use more cowgirls.

[jclusman]

Images of the CMF Series 8...

http://brickfanatics.co.uk/series-eight-minifigures/

[naugem]

I only buy about 2 figures per wave, but from this one only the conquistador seems interesting to me. That evens out with the 3 figs I bought from Wave 7

[ufjason]

[cas]

When I first saw the top pic, I thought the robot was holding the pretzel and the Bavarian had the gun.

[Solo]

Love that diver.

[SevFalcon]

Will this be the last series of the year?

[buriedbybricks]

I hope so.

[Igginz]

everyone on TBB is complaining about this series, but I like a lot of them. of course the diver, even though my GF hates steampunk, so I don't ever do that.