When CMF Series 27 launched, I put together a list of twelve minifigure mascots and icons that needed a remake in the vein of the Collectible Minifigure line. The community response was overwhelming—so much so that many readers offered suggestions for who should appear next. This follow-up is for you. Here are the original 12:
The lineup from the last CMF Draft
Back by popular demand, this is the Next 12 LEGO Characters Ready for a CMF Remake.
Ground Rules
Like with the previous series, I have a set of ground rules I’d like to try and adhere to as much as possible when it comes to entry selections.
Minifigures who’ve received a redesign sometime in the last decade will not be on this list. For example, themes like Adventurers are very much on the minds of the designers at LEGO right now. Johnny Thunder has received two major redesigns recently. The same goes for his fellow explorers, Dr. Kilroy and Pippin Reed. If a specific character has received a remake recently, don’t expect to see them here.
Given the recent resurgence of the Castle theme through Icons, this list will not include any remakes of Castle factions from 1980-1997, as the process of remaking select figures from this era is most likely well underway. Will we see every faction represented in the next few years? Probably not. But this rule helps to ensure a diverse list of entries.
Similarly, Classic Space minifigures from between 1979 and 1993 that have yet to receive a redesign will not be included. Arguably, the major factions from this era have all been given a contemporary rework (M-Tron, Ice Planet, Space Police I, and Blacktron I and II).
All minifigures on this list will be major representatives for the themes or other IPs they are a part of. If we’re paying tribute to a retired theme, then the character in mind has to be closely tied to said theme.
In an attempt to remain consistent with the previous series, new entries from themes previously represented will be found here in an effort to create pairs of characters. Think of the Disney CMF Series 2, which provided a companion figure for the entries in the first series. I’ve also taken into consideration the suggestions for entries made in the comments of the previous article.
With these guidelines out of the way, let’s get started. In no particular order, given this is a series and not a ranking, these are the twelve LEGO icons that need to be in the Classic LEGO Characters CMF Series 2.
1. Jack Stone – Jack Stone/4 Juniors
Our first entry on this list is just one of several suggestions for the draft, and a suggestion that had been cut from the initial lineup: Jack Stone!
Jack Stone is not remembered fondly in the LEGO community, wherever you may be. The figures of the 4 Juniors sets of the early 2000s are certainly something. For starters, they share very little in common with the now iconic minifigure, and the lack of any customization given that the figures were one piece made for very unappealing and (in today’s market) uncollectable items.
Me, however? I like Jack Stone.
There’s a real charm—albeit an awkward, clunky, overproduced charm—to Jack Stone that I can’t help but appreciate. He was supposed to be The LEGO Group’s next big hero who could easily be used in many play scenarios. Dare I say, he was supposed to be theme-agnostic, much like another LEGO mascot I love.
A proper minifigure remake of Jack Stone would be just plain cool, and he could find his way into many adventures. The ninja of Ninjago need help in the Spectral Lands? Can do, will do! Mateo, Izzie and friends need help in the Dream World? Can do, will do!
There’s nothing Jack Stone couldn’t do if he was given the proper CMF minifigure treatment, which is why he’s our opening entry on this list.
2. Baron Typhonus – LEGO Universe
Our second entry is both another reader suggestion and the first of several figures on this list that directly pair with an entry from the first draft: it’s Baron Typhonus from LEGO Universe.
Duke Exeter, who was the face of LEGO Universe, was my second entry on the previous list. I’m very glad Typhonus was suggested as Duke absolutely needs another character paired alongside him, and the antagonist and catalyst for the fate of the LEGO universe is the best pick.
3. Hikaru – Exo Force
Exo-Force receives representation again with arguably the second most recognizable character from the theme after Takeshi: it’s Hikaru.
Hikaru in my mind is the leader of the Exo-Force. However, this is not the case in reality. However, he does pilot what I would consider to be the most iconic mech from the line: 7700 Stealth Hunter (which received a remake in 60421 from City). With the remake of the Stealth Hunter inside the Robot World Roller Coaster, it only seems right to update its pilot.
4. Gorm – Galidor
Gorm is the main antagonist of Galidor, and that is why he’s on this list.
Much like Baron Typhonus is the companion figure to Duke Exeter, Gorm is the companion figure for everyone’s favorite glitching hero: Nick Bluetooth. Gorm’s main goal is to take Nick Bluetooth’s glitch energy (I’m not making this up), so that he can take over the entirety of the Outer Dimensions… I can’t fathom how Galidor didn’t do well.
Gorm has an interesting design that has aesthetic choices echoing far better villains like Darth Vader, and Emperor Palpatine. Gorm however gets some bonus points for pulling off the strange mask look Tom Hardy would have as Bane in The Dark Knight Rises a decade later.
In the modern LEGO world, every hero needs a villain—even if they’re quite goofy—and that’s why Gorm has a place in our second draft.
5. Sky Lane – LEGO Island Xtreme Stunts
I had no idea that Sky Lane was in LEGO Universe… This is really cool. In fact, I had no idea there was as much information about this character as there is before I started researching for this article. Consider this entry as the representation for both LEGO Island Xtreme Stunts and LEGO Universe, I guess.
Though not Sky Lane, two characters are prototypes for the character. The first being an unnamed pizza girl in the LEGO Island 2 video game, who I assume is Pepper’s girlfriend. I don’t think anyone would rush the dude with the food with hearts floating from her hair after he saved the island like she does if she weren’t his girlfriend.
The second prototype for Sky Lane is Luna Rom – Pepper Roni’s companion in the online LEGO Island Comic Adventures. Luna, according to an old LEGO gaming forum is confirmed to be an early version of Sky Lane.
Sky Lane made an appearance in my last CMF draft alongside Ogel in the pages of LEGO Magazine in the 2000s. She would make occasional appearances as illustrations and as her physical figure across several issues. And speaking of the LEGO Magazine our friend the Amazing Redini and his Foolproof Fortune Teller predicts that Pepper and Sky would have a child: Macka. Macka Roni…
I miss old LEGO naming conventions and humor.
As already mentioned in the lead-in to this entry, Sky Lane is featured in LEGO Universe, now a member of the Venture League (which was a faction of pirates and daredevils players could join). Sky could be found in the game’s tutorial world.
I had no idea there was as much history about a minifigure from Xtreme Stunts I used to discount as a dime-a-dozen City figure. So here’s to you Sky Lane, one of the most prolific entries in this draft.
6. Dr. Cyber – Time Cruisers
Someone needs to get Timmy out of trouble on adventures. And who better to do that than the man who invented the Hypno Cruiser himself: Dr. Cyber!
There’s a rich history behind the Time Cruisers line. Both Dr. Cyber and Timmy have gone through some drastic development since their first appearances. There’s a great forum on Eurobricks that documents some of the history of the Time Cruisers, including translations of the original German comic series. According to these early comics, Dr. Cyber is a brother to Dr. Kilroy.
The original design of Dr. Cyber is pretty iconic and very quintessential 90s LEGO. The simplistic design of Dr. Cyber would lend itself to numerous interpretations for a reimagining. Is he wearing a lab coat? Is he wearing a dress shirt with a bowtie? Like with Timmy’s design, there’s a lot of potential.
7. Cedric the Bull – Knights Kingdom I
Let’s throw another villain into this list.
I really like the designs for Knights Kingdom I’s villains. Cedric the Bull and his trusted bandits, Weezil and Gilbert the Bad, have unique face prints that are quite distinct from the lineup of minifigures at the time, and yet adhere to the same principles that informed the designs of Timmy and Dr. Cyber. Cedric the Bull has the distinct privilege of having grey colored eyes. This unique eye color came about far before LEGO Star Wars began giving select force-users differently-colored pupils.
Cedric the Bull doesn’t seem like much of a threat. If it weren’t for the fancy chrome armor and weapon pieces that could be found in select Knights Kingdom I sets, I don’t think King Leo and Princess Storm would have anything to worry about.
And yet, even without the chrome armor, a redesign of Cedric would be a nice addition to the growing list of Castle remakes. Basil the Batlord turned out so nice, I can only imagine the level of detail a new figure of Cedric could receive.
He may never be able to take King Leo’s Castle, but Cedric the Bull could certainly take home the honor of receiving a remake in a CMF line.
8. Takanuva – Bionicle
Finding a companion figure for Tahu who was included in the last list was a challenge. Bionicle has a very large cast of characters—many of whom are deserving of a minifigure. But given the limitations of the CMF, this series’ representation of Bionicle had to be just as recognizable and important as Tahu.
In comes Takanuva.
Takanuva—known initially as Takua before donning the Mask of Light—was the main protagonist of Bionicle: Mask of Light. Taking a look at his original set, I’d say it’s just as recognizable and iconic as Tahu, if only just for the gold Mask of Light he wears. Takanuva also appeared on the cover of the Bionicle video game from 2003.
I suppose as a second suggestion for this entry, Takua could be considered, if only to mirror my favorite GWP 40581 Tahu and Takua in this CMF line. Regardless, either form of this cool Bionicle would be a worthy fit for this CMF line.
9. Jet – Rock Raiders
I said in the last article that it was a struggle to find many notable female minifigures in The LEGO Group’s early catalog of themes.
I don’t know how much can be said about Jet. She’s one of the members of the Rock Raiders crew and made an appearance in seven sets, and that’s not including her release as a keychain.
I like the designs of the Rock Raiders. Each one of them is quite distinct and a remake of any one of them would make for a cool new minifigure. Jet in particular, with her cool helmet that was used later in the Life on Mars series, would make for a really nice contemporary figure, much in the same vein as the Ice Planet 2002 figure from Series 26.
10. Antares – Life on Mars
This entry and the next one are both based on recommendations left in the comments of the last article.
Selecting an alien to represent Life on Mars (LoM) is difficult because I like all of these aliens. Each one has a unique personality conveyed through their prints and distinct colored torso and legs. I selected Antares to represent the LoM as he’s the pilot of 7314 Recon-Mech RP—a set that I think is decent mid-size set that represents the theme as a whole.
Life on Mars is a theme that I wish I had been able to experience at its release. The color palette alone makes it extremely appealing to me now with its old purples and sand purples—two colors I wish LEGO would bring back to its broader palette. Not to mention the builds in these sets—though certainly nothing to write home about today—were integral in the evolution of space and mech sets moving forward.
11. Gray Overlord – UFO
Our penultimate entry is the Gray Overlord from the UFO subtheme of space.
I don’t have too much to say about this reader-selected character beyond that he’s cool. The Overlord did make an appearance in the early Timebuster comics, joining alongside Timmy and Basil the Batlord to defeat Willa the Witch. The artist’s rendition of the Overlord without his helmet is really neat. This whole comics-style brings a new perspective to some very familiar classic minifigures from the late 80s and 90s.
12. Chase McCain – LEGO City Undercover
I’m not showing anymore restraint when it comes to omitting my personal favorite LEGO icons from these lists. It took a lot of restraint not to include him in the previous list, but now it’s fair game. My final entry for the second LEGO Icons CMF series is Chase McCain.
Chase McCain is definitely the most contemporary selection for this list—if you call 2013 contemporary at this rate. Chase is an undercover cop in LEGO City who, for a brief time, was the mascot of the LEGO City theme at the release of LEGO City Undercover. I wrote an entire article about Chase McCain on the site documenting the several physical appearances he made in sets and other promotional items.
One of my hopes as a kid was to receive a variant of Chase as a physical minifigure in his civilian wear, so consider his space on this list the place where 12-year-old me’s dream can come true.
There have been numerous faces of the LEGO City Police subtheme since 2013, but none have the same staying power in my mind as Chase McCain—but that just might be my nostalgia speaking there.
Classic LEGO Characters CMF Series 2
And there we have it, that was 12 more LEGO icons and characters that I’d like to see remade in a CMF. Like the first lineup, this isn’t a ranking—just twelve deserving icons that could fill out Series 2 of LEGO’s Legacy CMF line.
LEGO’s history is packed with forgotten heroes, quirky villains, and experimental ideas that deserve a second chance to shine. Paying tribute to the themes and properties of The LEGO Group’s history, I think, is very important.
Who did we miss that should be included in Series 3?
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