Minifigures (theme)

Minifigures, more commonly referred to as Collectable Minifigures, is a theme introduced in May 2010. Each regular series consists of sixteen minifigures, which come inside an opaque polybag, with a new series being released every three or four months. As of January 2017, sixteen original series and seven special series have been released, as well as other related sets and accessories.
== Description ==
The Minifigures theme was introduced in May 2010. The first set was glimpsed in the April 2010 LEGO Club Magazine on a poster. Each regular series contains sixteen minifigures drawn from a wide range of different settings: movies, sports, history, everyday life and almost any other source imaginable. They are intended to be collected and traded, and designed so that interesting new minifigures could be acquired without purchasing a whole new set. 
Every minifigure features high detail, often purpose-made, accessories and a black display base. The first two series included spare accessories, a practice since discontinued. Accessories introduced in the theme have since been used in other themes and sets.
The minifigures are sold in individual opaque polybags, meant to prevent buyers from identifying the contents. However, barcodes on the backs of the polybags of Series 1 and 2 could be used to identify the respective minifigure, and in response, subsequent series use a "bump code" along the bottom of a package instead. These bump codes are designed to be much more difficult to distinguish. Each polybag contains 5-11 elements including a minifigure, accessories, a display base, and an instruction/checklist booklet. Each series is only available for a limited time, which is often three to four months before the next series is released and replaces its predecessor.
As well as the regular series, of which sixteen have been released so far, there have been special series based on the British Olympics team, The LEGO Movie, The Simpsons, Disney, the German National Football Team, and The LEGO Batman Movie.
== Notes ==
* Series 10 was the only series to contain more than 16 minifigures, having 16 minifigures and a rare Mr. Gold figure that had only 5000 produced. This was later joined by the Disney Minifigures Series, which has 18 minifigures, and The LEGO Batman Movie Minifigures Series with 20 minifigures.
== List of Series ==
=== Main Series ===
Series 	Colour 	Year
8683 Minifigures Series 1 	Yellow 	2010
8684 Minifigures Series 2 	Blue 	2010
8803 Minifigures Series 3 	Lime Green 	2011
8804 Minifigures Series 4 	Orange 	2011
8805 Minifigures Series 5 	Azure 	2011
8827 Minifigures Series 6 	White 	2012
8831 Minifigures Series 7 	Scarlet Red 	2012
8833 Minifigures Series 8 	Black 	2012
71000 Minifigures Series 9 	Silver 	2013
71001 Minifigures Series 10	Gold 	2013
71002 Minifigures Series 11	Green 	2013
71007 Minifigures Series 12	Yellowish Gold 	2014
71008 Minifigures Series 13	Avocado Green 	2015
71010 Minifigures Series 14	Midnight Purple 	2015
71011 Minifigures Series 15	Orange 	2016
71013 Minifigures Series 16	Yellow 	2016
71018 Minifigures Series 17	Azure 	2017
71021 Minifigures Series 18	Yellow & Orange Radial Stripes	2018
=== Other Series ===
Series 	Colour 	Year
8909 Olympics Collectable Minifigures 	White/Blue/Red (Team GB colors)	2012
71004 The LEGO Movie Series 	Dark Blue 	2014
71005 The Simpsons Series 	Sky Blue 	2014
71009 The Simpsons Series 2 	Sky Blue/Yellow 	2015
71012 The Disney Series 	Teal 	2016
71014 DFB - The Mannschaft 	White 	2016
71017 The LEGO Batman Movie Series 	Black/Yellow 	2017
71019 The LEGO Ninjago Movie Series 	Tan 	2017
71020 The LEGO Batman Movie Series 2 	Dark Blue 	2018
71022 The Harry Potter and Fantastic Beasts Series	Dark Blue 	2018
71023 The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part 	Purple / Colourful Backdrop 	2019
71024 The Disney Series 2 	 	2019
=== Other sets that include Collectable Minifigures ===
* 850458 VIP Top 5 Boxed Minifigures
:Reprints several minifigures from Series 3, with some slight modifications. Colour: Light blue 
* 850449 Minifigure Beach Accessory Pack
:Reprints Hula Dancer, Surfer, and Surfer Girl
* KP008 Minifigure Speech Bubbles 
::Includes Race Car Driver
* 853195 Brick Calendar
::Includes Cheerleader, Skater
* 850486 Rock Band
::Includes Rapper, Drummer, Guitarist
* 850487 Halloween Minifigure Pack
::Includes Witch and recoloured Zombie, as well as a Monster Fighters Ghost.
* 850791 LEGO Minifigure Birthday Set
::Includes Birthday Clown and a Child.
* 60024 City Advent Calendar
::Includes Santa
== Online games ==
Series 1:
* Street Skater
* Dance Master
* Target Zapper
* Brick Builder
* Track Crasher
Series 2:
* Sea Retriever
* Disco Dance Challenge
* Puzzle Hunter
* Spartan Thrower
* Karate Champion
Series 3:
* Space Trap
* Sports Mania
Series 4:
* Brick Builder 2
* Fish Catcher 
Series 5:
* Mountain Ride 
* Tree Challenge
Series 7:
* Danger Waters 
* Viking Flames 
* Carrot Rain 
* Rock and Blocks
Series 8:
* Brick's Yards
* Treasure's Island
* Fairy in the Sky
* DJ Plastik
Series 10:
* Mr. Gold
== Minifigures ==
=== Series 1 ===
=== Series 2 ===
=== Series 3 ===
=== Series 4 ===
=== Series 5 ===
=== Series 6 ===
=== Series 7 ===
=== Olympics Team GB ===
=== Series 8 ===
=== Series 9 ===
=== Series 10 ===
=== Character Encyclopedia ===
=== Series 11 ===
=== The LEGO Movie ===
=== The Simpsons ===
=== Series 12 ===
=== Series 13 ===
=== The Simpsons Series 2 ===
=== Series 14 ===
=== Series 15 ===
=== Disney ===
=== Series 16 ===
=== DFB - The Mannschaft ===
=== The LEGO Batman Movie ===
=== Series 17 ===
=== The LEGO Ninjago Movie ===
=== The Disney Series 2 ===
== Gallery ==
Minifigures series 1 box.jpg|Series 1 - Box stands in shops
8683-1.jpg|Series 1
pics 4 mf.jpg|Series 1 - CGI of all minifigures
8683-Packshot.jpg|Series 1 - packet
8684-2.jpg|Series 2 - Box stands in shops
8684-1.jpg|Series 2
20100827-ti2txekydygbqrr3xquj5w811g.jpg|Series 2 - CGI of all minifigures
LEGO-8684-Collectable-Minifigures-Series-2-www.toysnbricks.com 2.jpg|Series 2 - packet
Series 3 Box.jpg|Series 3 - Box stands in shops
Series 3 lineup.jpg|Series 3
Lego-3308-series-3-collectible-minifigures-group-shot.jpg|Series 3 - CGI of all minifigures
Lego-collectors-minifig-box.jpg|Series 3 - packet
Series4.jpg|Series 4 - Box stands in shops
8804Wiki2pid.jpg|Series 4
8804.jpg|Series 4 - CGI of all minifigures
PicBC4B989357E507477F19CB9AE6242825.jpg|Series 4 - packet
S5Box.jpg|Series 5 - Box stands in shops
Lego-8805-Minifiguren-Serie-5 b2.jpg|Series 5
Lego-8805-Minifiguren-Serie-5.jpg|Series 5 - CGI of all minifigures
Package.jpg|Series 5 - packet
series 6 box.jpg|Series 6 - Box stands in shops
series 6.jpg|Series 6
Series6Pic.jpg|Series 6 - CGI of all minifigures
8827 pack.jpg|Series 6 - packet
8831 alt1.png|Series 7 - Box stands in shops
series 7.jpg|Series 7
Series7Pic.jpg|Series 7 - CGI of all minifigures
Series7redpack.jpg|Series 7 - packet
Olympic minifigs box.png|Olympics Collectable Minifigures - Box stands in shops
8909 alt1.png|Olympics Collectable Minifigures
8909 alt2.png|Olympics Collectable Minifigures - CG photograph of all minifigures
Olympicminifigs.png|Olympics Collectable Minifigures - packet
Minifigure2.jpg|Page from LEGO Club Magazine
Spot the minifigure.jpg|Page from LEGO Club Magazine
8833_alt1.png|Series 8 - Box stands in shops
8833 parade.jpg|Series 8
8833 preview.jpg|Series 8 - CGI of all the minifigures
8833 package.jpg|Series 8 - packet
lego ms8 display case.jpg|Series 8 Storage Case
71000_alt3.jpg|Series 9 - Box stands in shops
71000.png|Series 9
Lego71000-4.jpg|Series 9 - CGI of all the minifigures
71000_alt1.png|Series 9 - packet
series10box.png|Series 10 - Box stands in shops
71001.png|Series 10
Medusa Image.jpg|Series 10 - CGI of all the minifigures
71001-0.jpg|Series 10 - packet
71002-18.jpg|Series 11 - Box stands in shops
71002-500x375.jpg|Series 11
D_71002_detail_2_1000.jpg|Series 11 - CGI off all the minifigures
Minifigbags11.jpg|Series 11 - packet
Lego-movie-minifigs.jpg|The LEGO Movie - Box stands in shops
TLM main lineup.jpg|The LEGO Movie Series
Lego_minifigures_12.jpg|The LEGO Movie Series - CGI of all the minifigures
Series12.png|The LEGO Movie Series - packet
71005-box.jpg|The Simpsons - Box stands in shops
71005-1.jpg|The Simpsons Series
SimpsonsGroup.png|The Simpsons Series - CGI of all the minifigures
71005-bag.jpg|The Simpsons Series - packet
71007box.jpg|Series 12 - Box stands in shops
71007figs1.png|Series 12
71007figs.png|Series 12 - CGI of all the minifigures
71007polybag.jpg|Series 12 - packet
71008box.png|Series 13 - Box stands in shops
71008.png|Series 13
71008CGI.png|Series 13 - CGI of all the minifigures
71008polybag.png|Series 13 - packet
71009box.png|The Simpsons Series 2 - Box stands in shops
71009.jpg|The Simpsons Series 2
Simpsons_CMS_Series2.jpg|The Simpsons Series 2 - CGI of all the minifigures
71009-bag.jpg|The Simpsons Series 2 - packet
71010box.jpg|Series 14 - Box stands in shops
71010-set.png|Series 14
LegoSeries14-1.jpg|Series 14 - CGI of all the minifigures
71010-bag.png|Series 14 - packet
71011-2.jpg|Series 15 - Box stands in shops
71011-1.png|Series 15
71011-3.jpeg|Series 15 - CGI of all the minifigures
71011.jpg|Series 15 - packet
71012Box.jpg|The Disney Series - Box stands in shops
71012.png|The Disney Series
71012polybag.png|The Disney Series - packet
71013box.jpeg|Series 16 - Box stands in shops
71013-set.png|Series 16
71013-3.png|Series 16 - CGI of all the minifigures
71013-bag.png|Series 16 - packet
71014box.jpg|DFB - The Mannschaft - Box stands in shops
71014-set.jpg|DFB - The Mannschaft
71014-bag.jpg|DFB - The Mannschaft - packet
71017Box.jpeg|The LEGO Batman Movie Series - Box stands in shops
71017(1).png|The LEGO Batman Movie Series
71017.jpg|The LEGO Batman Movie Series - CGI of all the minifigures
71017(2).png|The LEGO Batman Movie Series - packet
71018-box.jpg|Series 17 - Box stands in shops
71018-set.png|Series 17
71018-groupshot.jpg|Series 17 - CGI of all the minifigures
71018-bag.png|Series 17 - packet
71019-Box.jpg|The LEGO Ninjago Movie Series - Box stands in shops
71019-Set.png|The LEGO Ninjago Movie Series
71019-21.jpg|The LEGO Ninjago Movie Series - CGI of all the minifigures
71019-Packaging.png|The LEGO Ninjago Movie Series - packet
71024 1.jpg|The Disney Series 2
== See also ==
* Minifigure
* Fabuland Figures
* LEGOLAND Minifigures
== References ==
== Sources ==
* Youtube.com
* Eurobricks.com
* LEGO.com
* Toys "R" Us
== External links ==
* LEGO.com
Category:Minifigures (theme)