The problem with Lego Castle Minifigures and how to fix them

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[@RazHolly]

The PROBLEM is scalpers and army builders. You guys can’t be happy with 3. You HAVE TO have 30!

[@WhiteWolf-gx8ll]

honestly I only want about a dozen of the wolfpack figure but have only been lucky enough to find 2 so far

[@panboi7490]

@@WhiteWolf-gx8lla dozen is wayyy too much. 2 is plenty enough, I haven't been able to find even one.

[@SkyKid002]

​@panboi7490 is the problem the people buying or the people selling it not making enough? If lego would just do what they know is right then it wouldn't be a problem. They KNOW WAYYY more people want this wolfpack minifig than someone in a hamster suit. But they made equal amounts of them. If lego makes enough of the sought after minifig then it doesn't matter if someone buys 30 of them. They need to come up with a better way to sell them.

[@danielmcbride6413]

My problem isnt with the CMF line; my problem is the absence of alternative options. CMF is not as bad as gambling, but it certainly isn’t designed to be an army builder. Lego creates 12 minifigures that they think are really cool; contrary to popular belief, they don’t create the train kid or the Olympian to upset castle fans. They create a cast of characters in which most kids can buy a box, be surprised by what’s inside, and have a cool new figure for their collection that not all of their friends will have seen before. They can add them to their Lego town or build something to go with them; I used to do this as a kid. AFOLs, myself included, have taken to using CMF as a means to army build cool characters, but if you look at the characters they include, they are meant to be unique one-offs. Frightening knight was meant to be a mercenary, but if you’d bought Lego Kingdoms sets at the time, he was a great compliment to your army. Black Falcons were in two sets and on PAB online before the falconer was released, and look at that hair piece! The intent is that you have one CMF falconer to go with your army of knights. The black Raven knight is awesome; I have five, but he is explicitly called a tournament knight. He’s not one of many knights in an army; he’s landed or unlanded gentry fighting in a tournament, which is why he has such bright colors. And at the time, pre the pseudo revival of castle in 2021, Lego couldn’t have predicted his popularity five years later. The orc is awesome, but even as a GM for TTRPG, unless I’m trying to kill my party, I don’t need an ARMY of orcs. I need a few orcs and many more goblins. Now, to the beastmaster: yes, he is cooler than the Wolfpack character from the medieval town square, but he is not the only way to army build Wolfpack. He is specifically a beastmaster, maybe the leader of the faction. The idea is that a kid would be STOKED to pull him at random and an adult could get one or a few and put them in their larger Wolfpack faction. The fact that people are scalping them is a difficult issue to solve when you can’t stop people from buying a certain quantity in retail stores. I think the solution is not to remove exclusivity from the CMF line though. Let kids still get cool stuff from the cmf line, and adults too, but as a compliment to a greater army. I believe the solution is for Lego to introduce a proper castle theme with battle packs. If they sold battle packs and other sets for various factions with other cool characters, scalpers would have to choose which to purchase. But as it currently stands, child, scalper, and Castle AFOL alike have one option to get castle figures outside of PAB online, customs, or massive Icons sets: CMF. And so the supply is low and the demand is high.

[@kentslocum]

Good analysis; I use my imagination to skirt around the need to army build with rare or exclusive or expensive minifigures. These are meant to be special figures for our armies, not the normal ones.

[@mikes9753]

​@@kentslocumdo you build armies with PAB?

[@kentslocum]

@mikes9753 Not really; I build armies with the minifigures that came in LEGO sets. I've gotten a few specialized torsos and legs from PAB, but my collection is mainly composed of identical knights that I've swapped heads and helmets to make unique. Each faction I've created has a unique color of armor and weaponry to set them apart.

[@clopec]

An even simpler solution than army packs would be to just release the parts on the pick-a-brick store, like they have done with the minifigures from larger sets. This would kill scalping, at least this moronic behavior in stores.

[@Brickbandito]

@@kentslocum how does one build a Wolfpack army cheaper than buying Beastmasters? I’d like to know

[@PocoLypso]

cmf's are ass. its kinda stupid when u walk into a store which yesterday didnt have cmfs and today it got 8 boxes and all wolfpacks gone. I mean u cant just camp there for a whole month and check the lego aisle every 10 minutes

[@seantu1911]

that's me...T.T

[@pajvader]

Simple the toy store employee does take them out. To get them their own or just sell them to friendly public. The trick is to get in touch with them.

[@SleepyHylian]

Japan has plenty out here, no one is obsessed yet, i got 3 ones last week

[@amyschultz44]

I went through 4 cases, at the Lego store that all the employees said were just put out. I asked if it was ok if i scanned them. I advised I was looking for the wolf for my child's bday in order to add the wolf to our zoo. I was hoping for more than 1 so we could have at least a mom & dad. All 4 cases, not 1 wolf. 1 employee felt badly and pulled a wolf from the back that he was going to buy himself. So at least I got 1. But driving home I got upset that the employees lied to me that they were new cases and let me scan them like an idiot.

[@Brickbandito]

@@amyschultz44 yeah they did this to me too. I could tell they knew there were none in there though 😂 They do all sorts of shady stuff in my experience

[@miharu654]

definitely agree. the sad part is these blind boxes are probably more profitable over all than making battle packs at least on paper. meanwhile i feel if they actually made some packs theyd probably have trouble keeping them on shelves because building large medieval armies is fun.

[@manoelguidialvares6903]

That's why I'm buying knock-off minifigs. You can buy the crow knights for a ridiculous low price, which sometimes have better print than Lego! Like SIDE LEG PRINTS!

[@dylanwhite3383]

i would probably do the same if the quality was better because i bought some knock off Legos at a dollar tree to use to make a small fort but most of the parts broke after a short time unfortunately

[@wesandell]

@@dylanwhite3383 when it comes to "knock offs" there is a range of quality. If the bricks are sourced from manufacturers like Gobricks, then they are pretty much 1-1 identical with Lego. They have minimal mold markings, they have that "softer" feel that real Lego has and the clutch is excellent. Other than the lack of the Lego logo on the stud, they are almost indistinguishable. But, Gobricks are more expensive (though not as expensive as Lego). Then, there is the medium grade which will often have more pronounced mold marks. The quality is...decent, I'd say 80-90% Lego quality. The clutch is usually okay, but sometimes it's off (particularly technic has issues of either too tight or too loose). Colors also are sometimes not as consistent with this grade. Then you have the lower grade which you find at dollar stores in the US. These are the crap quality bricks that give alternative bricks a bad name. They break easy, are very hard plastic, the clutch is terrible, etc., etc. The irony is that the better quality brands are often cheaper or at least the same price as the dollar store brands if you source the better quality ones straight from China through online vendors. When it comes to figures, the same is true. There are pretty high quality ones that are...90-95% of Lego. Some of these are amazing, though face prints can sometimes be a problem. Then you have a majority of the off brand/knock off figures which are decent quality, probably 70-80% Lego quality. The joints/clutch of heads/legs sometimes have issues of being too loose, face prints aren't often good. Then, you have the lower end brands, which have the same issues, but more often. Newer knock off figs are usually much better quality than older ones (alt figs have improved significantly in the last 10 years), but sometimes newer figs have issues too.

[@rogue_newtype4364]

Amen brother! I only buy knock offs for figs I missed out on for army building. The knock offs are getting better & better all the time

[@BlackScream77]

The tournament knight really stings. He's the coolest castle fig to me. I want one. I have zero. And I cant get him for a price I can stomach...

[@counturblessings1179]

Then trade for it. I didn't want to pay the price so I found some BTS groups and traded for mine and got rid of inventory

[@BlackScream77]

I have like 9 small lego sets total, most are polybags... and some cmfs. so a trade is unlikely. but still i might want to find such a group. What did you trade for it? and how do you find such a group?

[@counturblessings1179]

@@BlackScream77 I traded Star wars sets that I had (people always bought them for me growing up and never liked Star wars or seen any of the movies). Also cash is king I low ball everyone and 9/10 times saying you have cash and will pick up right then will do the trick

[@BlackScream77]

@ yeah i dont have any star wars, also was never into it. I might just go with a fake, the chances of someone having one for pickup are next to none, and I cant really spend even half his going price. thanks anyway

[@counturblessings1179]

@BlackScream77 always keep an eye on market place you'll eventually find gems for dirt cheap. Tip of you see someone selling Legos in tubs by the weight just zoom in and try to identify some pieces. Usually it's people just trying to get rid of stuff and don't care what they have that's how I found some of my trolls/Lord of the rings sets

[@neilrusling-je6zo]

This issue can be fixed very easily. Lego has to stop promoting gambling to children as a sales tactic, it needs to start selling the figures with the picture on the box. If there is the picture on the box then they know for sure which are the figures selling and they can make more and so increase supply and this issue is solved. It is the gambling sales tactic that is causing this problem, with normal Lego products if they sell well they make more but if there is no sales info on which are selling because of the lack of a picture on the box then they cannot make more.

[@jamesmorgan3623]

This completely. Just sell them like action figures.

[@Waresy23]

...or you can just scan the box with a minifigure app like everyone else. It's super easy.

[@jamesmorgan3623]

@@Waresy23 Sure, if you want to pay shop prices. But most people now shop online.

[@Waresy23]

@@jamesmorgan3623 It might not be the same case for some, but they're actually cheaper at my local store than through LEGO.

[@jacobe1942]

To do it that way would add a lot to the logistic cost within stores to try to restock just the beast masters.... It would have to be its own SKU, packed in its own box.

[@wsbchk_]

Even easier: Castle Battle packs for 14,99 like for Star Wars

[@Brickafit]

Good fix

[@Brickbandito]

These would sell like hotcakes. I’d say they’re gonna make them soon, it’s a no brainer

[@seantu1911]

In Taiwan, convenience stores stocked them at midnight on Lunar New Year (2/9), and many scalpers braved the cold to sweep stores across the island. Wolfpacks were originally priced at NT$129 (~$4 USD), but by the next day, people were already selling them on Facebook for NT$450 (~$14 USD). How profitable it is!

[@verry-_-susmikey6984]

The regular display boxes that sit on the shelf only have 3 wolf packs in there and the ones that hang up on the wall have 6

[@StoccoPschiozzoLego]

My solution would be to have a theme for each CMF series. The space one was good as all the characters were space related. Not all was excellent but still. But if TLG would make castle CMF series it would sell a lot.

[@Brickbandito]

It would sell out every figure But in economics things tend to one winner, there will always be one most desirable figure that people buy up

[@HowIamDriving]

I do faction building. It's like army building but a lot smaller. 5 to 15 figures per faction. And they don't all look the same. Some original figures, some MOC figures and some design-by-me figures. I create medieval designs and had them printed on torsi/torsos. Pretty expensive, but cheaper than army building, and much more variable then just using original figures.

[@Brickbandito]

Are you doing a Wolfpack faction? It doesn’t make sense to order parts when they’re going for $5

[@HowIamDriving]

@@Brickbandito I have some of the original Wolfpack figures and some new ones. Including the beastmaster (3x). In total maybe 10 figures. That's enough for a pack. They don't need a whole army. I bought the beastmaster for 12€ each online. After all a good price.

[@Brickbandito]

@@HowIamDriving sheeeesh that’s steep. In Australia they sell in most grocery stores for 3 euro. You do have to be quick but they’re readily available

[@HowIamDriving]

@@Brickbandito In my area CMFs are rare and I don't have time to drive around to find nothing. The scalpers are faster and everywhere. And since I'm not army building I don't need 20 or 30 figures. So 3 expensive figures are not that bad.

[@zakkoehler6820]

I'd sell those Raven Knights in a heartbeat at $50 a pop.

[@octav1600]

I disagree that lego would make less money, as shown by the DnD CMF line. Because everything was good (except the lady of pain, still can't figure out what to do with more than a couple of them) a lot of people just like myself bought 2-5 sealed boxes to get as many of all the minifigs as possible. Now imagine Lego would sell the CMF packs as a known quantity. They would just produce as needed (and as the orders go for the castle CMF) and make extra money. The other CMFs will sell anyway, but slower. You can't use too many cat boys or astronomer kids, but there are people like me who might go for 100 of the castle CMF if it wasn't such a pain in the A to find them. As things stand now, only the scalpers are getting a benefit, while lego is annoying everyone else to be honest. I am having quite the issue with the Wolfpack warrior, and I think I might just skip it (will get a box, not bother getting more than the 3 in there and be done with it). That's money lego isn't getting from me, a customer that usually adds to his purchases to get the GWP of the month when getting these and while they are getting money from scalpers, Scalpers are disloyal beasts. They won't buy CMF series 28 if there is no extra lucrative CMF in it. a satisfied fan would.

[@jacobe1942]

If you can get 2-5 cases of minis I would think the beast master would be worth the hunt. It is magnitudes better than anything in the DnD line. The steam punk guys and pirate girl are great too. I am turning the furry beast body of the boogey man into a space alien. There are actually a lot of great parts that can add the right touches to other minis with these parts. I still would not pay scalped prices at this point it is way too early. Grocery stores are still trying to sell through DnD stock. More will be on the way and people will be on the next thing.

[@octav1600]

@@jacobe1942 What I wanted to say is that I bought the DnD boxes gladly, because I wanted around 20 of each for various reasons. I clearly don't want 20 of either minifig in CMF series 27 other than the Wolfpack warrior. And I am not in the mood to waste my time selling them afterwards. Even if you didn't like the DnD CMF line, just look at the torsos and legs and imagine how many fancy things you can do with them - from mercenaries to cultists to an entire faction of blue golden dragon knights.

[@Brickafit]

Good ideas

[@jacobe1942]

@ THe DND line does have some nice parts but as a theme is just a bit too weird of fantasy and I wonder if it is even appropriate or LEGO to go down that line. But I did get about half of them to use in medieval stuff with swapped out tones. I just think of it as a missed opportunity to do a good castle line... which is still useful to DND people but doesn't need to be some strange and dark lore. I try to keep my wolf pack faction small, but I have upgraded most of them with new armor prints for arms and legs and have a wild wolf pack for a forest. The arm and leg prints enhance so many minis... look good on the dnd dwarf warrior too. Happy building!

[@octav1600]

@@jacobe1942 One doesn't have to exclude the other. I (as well as many other fans) would love to have a Castle CMF line and a DnD (or second DnD) one. We would still buy them.

[@benparker1822]

Makes me wonder if Lego could get away with online exclusive 'army packs' that can only bought via their online store.

[@Brickbandito]

100% they’d sell out so fast

[@Just.fun.and.games.]

Just give us a Castle CMF... 3 to 4 Knights of different factions with each their squire (each having the cool accessory, to make them as cool as the knight) and then 4 villagers, like a Tavern wench, a farmer, a trader and an entertainer... But basically Lego would just have to balance their CMFs. Just like CCGs they need to look at the "power" balance... This latest one it seemed like they didn't even try...

[@Brickafit]

Yeah I agree this would be a great solution!

[@40kknight]

I don't agree the tournament knight is in the same category with the rest of these. The reason its price is high is mainly due to the color scheme. if you look back at Lego Castle from the 80s to now, we always get red or blue figures being mainly a dragon or lion faction. This figure was completely unique having yellow/black and a bird that while similar to Black Falcons, a different pose and very cool looking among those colors. Also, its older/retired which is more 'justified' in its inflated price. The aftermarket has recently seen with the wolfpack and dnd paladin, where these figures that should only cost $5, are immediately going for 3x, which didn't used to be the case. I understand as figures become older and more rare, the price is likely to rise, but to see the starting point so high for something readily available is insane. But its us castle fans that are to blame as we encourage scalpers by paying them. Look at Bricklink's purchase history and you can see people buying 50-100 of them at $20 a piece. This isn't going to get better until that behaviour stops. The reason the frightening knight is not as popular is because the bear does not look that great. For anyone who had 2010 Castle with the green dragons, this torso/legs were perfect, but it was not very popular at the time of release. The only thing keeping its price high currently are those shoulder pauldrons in that titanium metallic color since they are exclusive to this figure. Next, the fright knight, not popular at all and could be had on bricklink for same as msrp at the time of release. I think what makes figures popular is their overall appearance and this figure was lacking, likely due to the choice of helmet and the head. This figure had truly amazing print detail on the torso/legs and is very usable as a generic knight that can be used in any Lego castle faction. I think its price spiked because of the Series 25 newer bat knight.

[@Brickafit]

I still think Lego could give us other options. Your right that crow night is in a different league from the rest of them.

[@Brickbandito]

The tournament knight is iconic, and gives people a clearly distinguished new faction. It’s expensive because of its scarcity, there is only one fig

[@seanbryant8240]

Weird but I've looked that rogue up on bricklink, but they said it's a fox, not wolf?

[@Brickafit]

Interesting

[@mightyraptor01]

Well the Wolf Pack will be getting a Castle hideout base set in late 2025.

[@Brickafit]

Yep it looks so tight

[@Brickbandito]

This increases the Beastmasters popularity as well, people already anticipating needing an army for their castle

[@Demonanimator]

If people are charging this much much for these figures, then i have no regrets buying all the Wolfpack Beastmasters from my local Walmart...

[@Brickafit]

Same if I could find them!

[@Brickbandito]

Same 😂

[@badassdanthepowerman6438]

Just gotta throw it out there, bootlegs do exist and some of them are great. I can’t remember the name of the company, I think it’s Pogo or WMBricks, but they have awesome medieval Knight minifigs and armoured horses if anyone reading this is interested and hasn’t seen them they wouldn’t be hard to find.

[@counturblessings1179]

Bootlegs are trash never the same consistency in terms of clutch ability and color. Sorry rather pay to have official Legos and not break the Legos I have

[@BlackScream77]

This is the way!

[@Brickbandito]

Bootlegs aren’t worth anything to collect and resell eventually. Even the most avid collectors want to let go of pieces/sets or trade up every now and then, and there is simply no market for off brand LEGO. There is only one winner in block building toys and LEGO has already won

[@badassdanthepowerman6438]

@@Brickbandito I know what you’re saying but for me I don’t care about any of that, I just want to have fun making displays and building and bootleg minifigs are fantastic for that, especially when it comes to Lord of the Rings.

[@Brickbandito]

@@badassdanthepowerman6438 thats fair enough then bro. Personally I prefer to play the game within the confines of the lego world as I enjoy the economic aspect of it too. Knowing I’m buying and holding things that are not just enjoyable to play and build but if chosen right will continue to hold their value over time

[@michaciemniewski9791]

Thing is LEGO spread the CMF series' value unevenly between figures. They make a more expensive figures like Wolfpack and cheaper ones like astro girl. People get that and hunt for those most expensive. I was looking for my Wolfpack in several stores and wolfpack was always the first minifigure missing in even newly opened 24 blister boxes. Pirate quartermaster and steampunk dude were next to get picked up. I get that it is based on sentiment BUT when You combined most expensive figure (in terms of production value) and most sentimental one... People start HUNTING them down and re-selling.

[@Brickafit]

True

[@Brickbandito]

People just love castle and don’t like little kids in toy costumes or camp men holding cats, it’s not surprising

[@michaciemniewski9791]

@@Brickbandito LEGO is not only for 40+ men. I know a lot of people who liked hamster and plush creatures the most from that series. Thing is those womens/girls are not reselling those figures. Wolfpack is hunted for one reason. To get it FAST and re sell. Everyone knows you can rip off those 40+ old men with money. I see crazy number of offers on auction sites for wolfpack.

[@Brickbandito]

@@michaciemniewski9791 fair enough, it is for everyone. And those kids who love those figs will have no trouble getting them. But unfortunately if you like castle you gotta pay castle prices. Also it’s not just scalpers driving up the prices, it’s army builders mainly. Buyers are just as much to blame as sellers imo. Anyway if you’re just a pure cmf collector and only want one beastmaster you should be able to find one. Or just pay $10-$15 for it if you want it that bad

[@SimplyEricc]

Good video. Thank you. If Lego wanted to make more money, they'd do the castle CMF but they obviously don't care about the money. Sad.

[@Brickafit]

I think you might be right about that.

[@Brickbandito]

Id say it’s coming

[@RandomAussie-dx9fj]

The real problem is how they're all in uniform

[@Brickafit]

Yeah true it would be cool if they made a lot of variants on uniforms.

[@drzander3378]

@@Brickafit I don't army build in the conventional sense, preferring variety over quantity. So I only have 3 or 4 of each 'army building' Castle CMF. Typically, I'll display one as sold (or almost) and another one or two as MOC variations. Then I'll keep one or two for parts just in case. Sometimes I come across a desirable CMF in a store - the Wolfpack Beastmaster and Dragonborn Paladin for example - and don't buy it. If I've hit my target, I've hit my target and that's it.

[@simonstoffels1878]

The real problem is 10 out of 12 figures are people dressed as vegetables dinosaurs or cheerleaders. Make half the figures historic and you have a better chance to get good ones. Stop making those stupid ass figures that nobody wants

[@drzander3378]

@ I suspect that the ones that don't sell well to AFOLs such as the costume characters appeal to the majority of CMF buyers: kids and adults buying for kids (parents, grandparents, older siblings etc). Not only that, but I reckon that LEGO has done its market research and knows that so will continue to include minifigures that collectors like you and me find undesirable.

[@lestersmiley1781]

The rouge is part wolf pack and part forest men.

[@Brickafit]

Thanks for the lore

[@jasonktoo]

CMF released in Japan 2/1. I went through 4 boxes at two places, and all the Wolf Pack and Boogeymen are already gone. The struggle is real.

[@banaantje9142]

Same here, went in 30 minutes after opening and only the wolfpack were gone. Tbh I suspect it's store employees as well. Mercari is filled with them at 5 times the price. Second store still had all though.

[@seantu1911]

Same in Taiwan. Scalpers cleared out stores across the island overnight.

[@benparker1822]

The CMF series does have a problem for any Johnny-come-lately like myself. Not that I'm new to Lego Castle. But, I went through a phase where I couldn't justify keeping up with the latest trend in certain Lego themes. Whether it was due to personal income, or space limitations, I missed out on a lot of things between 2010 and 2020. And, I don't want to exactly army build factions. I probably don't need more than 6 to 10 figures of a uniform at most. What I'm interested in is variety for roleplaying adventures, like in DnD or pathfinder. The customization possible with Lego Minifigs and their being readily painted makes them a great source for PCs and NPC enemies alike. So, I want a variety in just enough quantity. The Orks, or earlier fantasy trolls, combined with the goblin micro-figure statuettes from Heroica, or the fantasy skeleton army, or maybe something outside like the Nexo Knight enemies are all out of print and hard to find. But they would be nice to have in some quantity for filling out a dungeon or encounter. And, what I wish they would do is keep certain torso/body prints, well, in print. There was a generic 'chain/scale mail' torso print from the nineties that they used to populate both Black Knight and Lion Knight troops. There are the different peasant and forest man torso prints that could, when put on different colored torsos, be used to build peasantry and civies. (Minifig.Me used to do a bespoke program. If I could afford it, I want to propose those prints to them.) But, a generic armor body print that they perpetually kept in print would be nice. A friend had mentioned how Magic: the Gathering maintains a 'core set' of cards that are always in print and work with a wide range of sets in a run. Lego could do well with something like that.

[@waltherltd]

The generic torsos from viking village have been available on PAB for a while now. They serve very well as generic men at arms or knights.

[@seanbryant8240]

I find 2. Also got Dwarf Barbarian with a male head im going to change it to make a second one.

[@JoMARKESE-o1x]

The Viking was the frist one that went up in price. A friend wanted 4 of them.

[@pajvader]

Easy fix. 2 month after retirement. put parts on pick a brick. Maybe a bit more expensive to buy the parts apart. But at least people could get their value for their collection

[@diatonicdelirium1743]

Count it out for this figure: it'll be 10 euro's because of the cape, shield and wolf. This particular one [in the Lego world] is really value for money at retail price.

[@Brickafit]

Agree

[@Brickbandito]

I don’t understand why everyone wants a dismantling of the LEGO economy, it works fine as it is. If you want a part then buy it when it hits the shelves and not 5 years later for a price that you expect it to be

[@diatonicdelirium1743]

@ Did you miss the little point of not being able to get it because of scalpers? Please tell us how you reliably buy Beastmasters without buying complete boxes.

[@Brickbandito]

@@diatonicdelirium1743 I’m not a scalper and I’ve got 20+ already. I visited the shops on the morning of launch and picked up whatever I could. I’ve made a video about it if you want to see how it’s done ;)

[@danielmcbride6413]

The main reason the bear knight isn’t more expensive probably isn’t that people weren’t into castle when it came out. The figure actually matches the green kingdoms dragon knights quite well, and I’ve seen lots of people build big armies of it because of that. I think the reason it’s not more expensive is that Lego put the torso and legs in Build a Minifigure a few years ago, so people were able to amass hundreds of torsos and legs.

[@Brickbandito]

It’s just not that great of a colour either compared with the tournament knight for example

[@jacobe1942]

The problem is that these are meant to be highlight characters but since there is a giant Vacuum of castle products released they become the parts that build factions. If they made some more Raven knights then yes like you said would not make this one as desirable. I did take some beast master arms and legs and put them on some of my vintage and other prints to fill out the faction, and I must admit, my wolfpack looks like my most complete faction now, and almost all to a cmf level. And a pack of wild wolves for the forest... So its also a nice solution to be able to use some of these parts.... which I have unexpectedly used many cmf parts even in minis I was not seeking.

[@Brickafit]

Lego needs to fill the whole of Lego castle!

[@Brickbandito]

This is indeed the problem, castle figures are scarce so it’s no wonder everybody eats them up when theyre so readily available and cheap

[@jacobe1942]

@@Brickbandito It is so nice to have them in the CMF line! they have done wonders to enhance my collection. CMF is kinda the best thing lego does, my favorite is actually the Muppets.

[@JeffBarrack]

It’s very disappointing trying to find the Wolfpack guy. Just like the D&D CMFs, employees of stores are holding them in the back, buyers taking them all or straight up stealing them. Markup online is insane and LEGO refuses to put these on Pick a Brick. The smart and more profitable option for LEGO is to put the torsos and legs as well as the wolf familiars on Pick a Brick six months to a year after release for decent prices. Folks can buy in bulk and LEGO makes more money.

[@Brickafit]

Agree

[@kamilkachnic7360]

In Magic The Gatheting we call it reprint, in Lego I dont know ho to say it.. remodel it, remade it, remold it... you know what I mean

[@alphonsesuitperson]

Timed exclusivity, they are in stores in CMF for the Traditional price, and then $7 on PAB 5 months after the CMF release where retailers are done. Keeps it down. Add to that if need be, Lego should start doing crowdfunding of battlepacks, or Minis for Castle, SW, etc etc for things out of print, or for specific ones. If people preorder to a threshold, they all get made, if they don't crowdfund, then they don't.

[@diatonicdelirium1743]

Agreed, battlepacks are the way to go. Couple of months after the CMF series ends, and Lego knows for absolutely sure what is hot. Kills the scalpers, feeds the army builders and Johnny-come-late.

[@Brickbandito]

Why would Lego want or need to keep prices down? They thrive off a booming secondhand market and inflated prices

[@TwinCastleBricks]

You missed the remake of The Yellow Knight-girl

[@pawenazwisko5025]

Its haram

[@TwinCastleBricks]

@ 🤔

[@Martin-ux8du]

@@pawenazwisko5025Allahu akbar

[@WarBrickIsSick]

I have a question, what machine do you have to UV print on your figures?

[@tmybsfh]

uv printer, but the quality is not as good as the pad printer, lego uses the pad printer, the cost is higher

[@WarBrickIsSick]

@ thanks!

[@WearilyCorrect]

My issue is Lego overcharges and under delivers. A small bundle of plastic from China should not cost five dollars or anything close to that.

[@Brickbandito]

If you break everything down to its base parts you can make anything sound overpriced. Lego is very reasonably priced for what it is, and especially so if you properly adjust for inflation

[@samkerr6029]

I don't like that the solution should be to offer customers new figures at a lower quality. As others have suggested as with all original sets the parts should be added to the PaB a few months after their release.

[@RioBricks]

Great video I made a similar one about this issue last week. At the end of the day the core issue is a supply and demand mismatch between how many of the cool new castle figure fans one and how LEGO produces the same amount of that figure as the other 11 not as sought after figures. I like your idea of releasing a cmf along with a castle set that has a similar figure so even if you can't find the cmf you can still get something similar. You have a good point with the falconer, imagine the black falcon parts were never made or put onto pab she might be like a 25 dollar figure now if she was the only way to make black falcons. Also nice tournenament knight army!

[@bunnybbunnyb9049]

Wat prob i have 55 beastmasters

[@Brickafit]

Nice willing to sell any lol?

[@Brickbandito]

Nice, I’m 20+ atm, they just keep coming and I can’t stop 😂

[@WarBrickProduction]

Where are the Thursday night lives ?

[@Brickafit]

@@WarBrickProduction there coming back in February! Has to take a break from it.

[@trinidaitobago2]

Lego city cope

[@JoMARKESE-o1x]

You know would help all this? Lego getting back to making castle sets.. where we could get varent of thise characters. There rear.. becuase people wanted to have an army of them.

[@Brickbandito]

This would only fuel people’s desire for more unique castle figs lol