Was CMF Series 25 Worth The Wait?
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- čas přidán 12. 01. 2024
- Every year Lego Fans look forward to New CMF lines and 2024 was no different! With new figures like Basil the Batlord and the Goat Herder fans were very excited for Series 25. But in the end was it worth the wait?
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I really hope the space cmf series will result in a castle cmf series.
We can only hope!
I would love a castle CMF wave. So many factions Lego could choose from.
We are only getting a space cmf because the hard space push
@@BuildLego You are right which makes me sad.
That would be a dream come true. Surely TLG realizes that the Castle/Historic figs are always the ones that end up being the most coveted after they release. I hope that happens too, but I’m not holding my breath.
Leg printing, dual molded legs, arm printing and a cape... thats impressive for a mini series.
Right!
You are paying 4 bucks for it… I‘d say its the bare minimum
Yeah but it is still a lot from a cfm series
I love that the frights knights or as they called vampire knight was done so well, seriously couldn´t have been better done.
Exactly they knocked it out of the park!
Wouldnt it be cool if they got a army pack with a bat themed vehicle or mini outpost
My dad came home with 3 packs. I got the goat guy, the train kid, and the best one of the series: basil the batlord. Notice how all the retro throwbacks are the best
Let’s go!
Love the new Basil Figure and I have picked a bunch up for a small group Fright Knights but if I had one small nitpick with the figure, I wish the shield had silver instead of grey background like the Fright Knight from series 19 and the 1990s Fright Knights. Other than that one small thing, the figure itself is *chefs kiss* perfect.
Yeah that would have been nice but I don’t think it takes away from the figure.
@@BrickingUpBradYeah, it is a super minor critique, but I'm still super happy with the minifig and it'll be really hard to find something that tops it in 2024.
I just wanna say this: THANK YOU FOR PRONOUNCING BASIL'S NAME CORRECTLY! A lot of videos I've come across pronounce Basil's name as in "basil" the herb. It was kinda a pet peeve for me.
And I do like Basil's updated minifigure. Honestly, I think the only thing that could have made his minifigure better, would be a black breastplate with the Fright Knights insignia on the front, similar to the Spooky Knight's breastplate, but black instead of silver. Would kinda give him a more warlord type look.
I always try to pronounce his name right because of that😂 I hear it the other way all the time.
I wonder if we will get a remake of Willow from fright knights!
I’m wondering the same thing!
I would kill to get Willa remade so I can sleep lol
Really good point about the goat herder! He’s got a great outfit and will be an excellent addition to the upcoming market set!
I'm waiting, because there is a chance he (or similar) will be in it I guess.. 😄
I would say for the updated basil alone it’s worth it
True!
I got 6 boxes so far and got 6 figures! I got the vampire knight, dog groomer, train kid, barbarian, film noir and mushroom kid!
Nice! No duplicates is always a win!
Swap dog groomer with goat herder and you'd have gotten my top choices!
On fire with these vids lately!
I thought this was an overall pretty strong CMF line, lots of really great figs. Basil and Goat Herder are for sure the main reasons, but the others aren't bad in the slightest.
Can't wait for the space line!
Thanks so much!
That space line is going to be fire!
I was a little bit disappointed that there were no si-fi figures in this series but that is completely understandable because there will be another series dedicated to space figures.
That’s exactly how I felt!
Well, you can switch the head in Triceratops to a black or a red plain one and get yourself a mutant dinosaur creature.
Checked three whole boxes of the figs. Couldn't find one Bat Lord, Barbarian woman, or goatherder in any of them. Found plenty of sprinters, muscle mommies, and gamer girls, though, so I can see what figs are popular and which ones everyone would rather toss in the trash. Maybe the ones I want were in the boxes with the small dot matrix codes, but I'm not making any blind purchases.
You can wheigh boxes with scales. Both Vampire and Goatherd are between 19 and 20 grams
@@DUNDOM5 Identifying them by weight is unreliable. Glue isn't applied equally to the boxes, meaning you can get different values out of the same figure, and worse, see increased weight overlap with other figures.
The Vampire Knight and The Goat are THE BEST!!!!
100 percent!
I think it was worth the wait. Numerous great new pieces and accessories,and I'm really fond of the figures. I especially have a soft spot for that vampire lord ( i think that's his name). One of the best series in my opinion.
I agree! It was worth the wait!
I bought like twelve of these, got the goat herd, harpy, two detectives, two Basils, and six warrior women. trying to get at least a dozen Basils, gonna make an army.
Series 11 Barbarian: Legally distinct Conan the Cimmerian
Series 25 Fierce Barbarian: Legally distinct Red Sonja
I'm basically always into any sort of historical/fantasy warrior, spellcaster, monster, or animal costume character. So the standouts for me are the train and the noir detective, which are outside my usual wheelhouse but still appeal strongly to me.
Unless they just want to go to the last remakes (chronologically), getting a Frightnight set is not what they are likely to do - I think if they will do anything, they will do Dragon masters and Black knights now (and most likely wolfpack). Here's hoping to a Willa and some random fright Knight / man at arms in the Medieval village to build an army for Basil.
Worth the wait!
I was so sad to see that they used the jedi hood for the goatherd because that means the mold for the old villager cowl was destroyed.
Yeah it was probably destroyed a while ago but I think the Jedi hood was still a good fit!
There is the open cowl introduced in the Star Wars line and this closed one, and I think this one is pretty close if not identical to the og
What is cowl bricklink id?@@edoardom3677
not necessarily, the jedi hood looks better in this case specifically. The old villager cowl isn't any less iconic for LEGO castle as the forestmen hats or the bucket helm IMO. The Wolf Pack has it as their main hat. I don't know how much space it takes to keep one of the molds, but surely they must have 1 backup left *somewhere*.
In fact, we didn't see the goat mold until this series since LEGO kingdoms. Kingdoms also had the villager cowl in the blacksmith attack set. Keep hope.
@@JohnDoe-wt2zz they discontinued the old conical helmet with chinguard too, that was iconic
I bought the 90th anniversary Lion Knights castle to go with my goat sheperd.
Nice!!
With the Triceratops figure, my friend said he's going to use it as a mascot character in the Museum set, which I think is brilliant.
That’s a really good idea!
I honestly prefer him as the vampire knight because then i can army build them as knights whos armor is designed after their past king and obviously ive made a vampire king to lead them
That is a good point calling him a night gives you a better option for army building!
Personally i have so far bought 4 boxes from this series which is 1 workout woman and 1 gamer girl and 1 mushroom sprite and 1 vampire knight
That's a good selection!
@@BrickingUpBrad well part of my main goal for this current series 25 sets is to build up an army of the bat lord figure and also collect as many of the goatheard as possible before the whole series gets taken off the shelves early like how series 24 was taken off the shelves before i could aquire an army of the black falconers
@@dylanwhite3383 that makes a lot of sense! Trying to do the same thing!
I was so pumped to get two Harpy's! Fury's to lure my pirates!
I love this new set. There's only three of the 12 that I would only want one of, but none that I wouldn't want at least one of. I've already built a whole Bat Lord family and henchmen using the torso, legs and cape. Its versatile. Also, the collar from the Noir Detective can be used with the cape to give it extra flare. All Hail The GOAT!
Oh I didn’t even think about trying to detective collar with the Batlord!
Just went in with a scale and got 5 goat herders and 3 basils!
Can you do a tier list ranking all the cmf Lego series waves we’ve gotten so far?
Hey brad i just wanna let you know I discovered your channel last year and you are an amazing person you truly brighten my day thank you so much🙂
Thank you so much!
Great set of minified 😊
So true!
Such a good series for us Castle fans. Taking that and how awesome 24 was, I look forward to actual series 26
I know series 26 will be amazing!
I have a cyclops army that I use as 'Orcs'. I have them riding dinosaurs, and the triceratops mini would work perfectly as a rider's helmet!
CMF Series 25 was a fun series for my 9yo Daughter and I to Build and animate together. We highly recommend them! We made a #short ahead of our full length long form video coming out in the next few days. #bricktimebuilds
I was gonna buy some of the basil figures for army building from my local store and right when i walked i saw some guy leaving with all the boxes 😭
I've not bought a CMF in YEARS but this wave is tempting me, espeically the Esports gamer and Mushroom girl :D
You got to do it!! You especially need that e sports gamer!
Basil being back? Oh yeah was worth it!
I think you forgot about Basil being referenced with the Evil Knight from Series 7 where his bio says he once worked for Basil as well as Vladek and Cedric the Bull (Lego please bring Cedric back!)
Willa playing a part of why Basil is the way he is actually canon in some versions of the lore. A US Lego Mania Magazine says Basil was once a regular knight of unknown origin and Willa turned him into the Bat Lord with her magic after he ended up at her manor/castle to shelter from a storm cuz he was lost or something. Lego Legacy Heroes Unboxed also went with Willa turned him into the Bat Lord but she also had him under a mind control spell which Basil eventually broke free of and hates her for it. Maybe the effects of Willa's magic after all these years has finally turned him full vampire. Or maybe he actually got killed and Willa used her magic on him a second time to resurrect him only he came back as a vampire.
I actually got one of those recently- I was hoping for the mushroom girl but I got the film noir detective. Either way, I wasn’t disappointed- this set doesn’t have any duds in it
That is also a great figure!
The Goatherd is a great figure 😊 and I got five 😅 - Technically I got five of the new Goats and one Goatherd 😉
😂😂😂
I have 14 Vampire Knights and 12 Goatherd. I am still not done with hunt.
The quest is never over 💪🔥
40346 is on BrickLink, with 2 sellers in the U.S. wanting $100 for it. Thought you'd potentially be interested in it, for a certain RollerCoaster that's part of the set, Brad.
As 1 watcher in your latest stream the next day I bought a goatherder COMPLETELY by luck 🎉👍
LETS GO!!!
Lego will never admit it, but the barbarian minifig was definitely inspired by Red Sonja comic and movie character.
If the Forest man is supposed to be Robbin Hood, Goat Herder is Little John!
Also, I like to think Basil because a vampire due to his own actions, preforming some unspeakable atrocity that forever damned him into the state you see before you!
The flatcap comes in dark green in the tiny plants set
The reason goats never came in other sets is because Basil had been sacrificing them to the bat gods! Now he is immortal as a vampire
😂😂😂
Baisil the Bat Lord, Detective, Barbarian, Goat Heard, the dog, and the sprite. My children like the train figure, triceratops costume, sprite, and detective. If they were going to put a space figure I would prefer a classic one.
Yeah a figure going calling back to classic space would have been great!
6:45 - you forgot about green hat from plant set
I slapped on some pear dark grey shoulder armor and yeah the bat lord looks even more bad ass!
I bought seven today. I got THREE train-boys and THREE of the workout-women. I'm so annoyed.
Dam that’s unlucky
THE RETURN OF THE GOAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The one and only!!!
New drinking game take a drink every time you hear Basil the batlord........seriously don't do this you will die😂
Yeah I may have gotten a bit to excited for that one😂😂
I still need the batlord, and the goatherd
I like/Love the Mushroom Sprite's Legs & have a Moc Idea for thim, It's Cupid,
Im all for throwbacks to classic lego themes. Just wish they did it more for some of the more obscure things that lego has done in the past. It was worth the wait in my opinion.
Yeah it would be really cool to get like power miners or Atlantis ones!
Well covered, sir. Agreed on every single point.
Thank you! Much appreciated!
Im thinking the reason why basil dkdnt look like a vampire was because before 2003 they only used yellow skintones.
Yeah for sure
If they made a castle cmf series I’d blow hundreds of dollars on it.
SAME!!!
OK, so is it just me or basil the bat lord or the new one comes with another arrow like it comes with an extra arrow is it just me or did I put it on the other side of the attachment to make it longer? I think it looks way cooler
The detective, goat herder for the goat, and the mushroom girl for a Mario toad are the highlights for me
The boxes is the worst part
Boxes hurt for sure but those figures are worth it!
Hail Basil the Bat Lord :D
This series is packing. I'm quite surprised.
Right! They did great with it!
I ended up with the Fitness Instructor and the dog groomer, the two worst figures, trying to get the Barbarian.
Oof that sucks
In my AU (alternate universe) Basil wanted immortality. When Willa refused he had her burned at the stake. In her dying breath she gave Basil what he wanted. He was immortal, but Willa turned him into a vampire as punishment. Now Basil, stuck as a vampire and deserted by his men seeks revenge against a revived Willa and the kingdoms surrounding his domain
Ah yes the barbarians, Conan and Red Sonja
My top 3 :
- Basil the Vampire Lord
- Goatherd w. Goat
- Female Barbarian
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Honorable Mention :
- Detective Noir and the Red Herring
- Gamer Girl
- The Harpy
- Mushroom Girl
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Great list!
Only ones im getting is vampire knight and goat farmer
Both great figures!
@@BrickingUpBradGot basil and 2 goat farmers
Got to say I am thrilled with both
The shroom is just a hat bro 😅
Are the heads in CMF unique?
I got a job just for these figures they better be worth it
😂😂😂
1 month's salary is enough, pull out when you're done
Well, i looked forward to the serieus... but damn those boxes. Hate it, even with the qr code scan. Still hate it.
Favorite ones are the goatherder... and i like him for the figure... not so much for the goat.... if it would with sheep... i also would love it.
Basil is my seconds one i really want... i need a few more to build a little sqaud. But everywhere i go. He is gone.
The barbarian is not a medieval figure for me... its more viking theme linked, but the print is beautifull!!
Yeah the boxes have made it difficult but i have just been dealing with it.
I agree if we had gotten like a black sheep or normal one I would have been just as thrilled.
Yeah she is not medieval and more Viking but in my head i just out them all together as fantasy.
I’m surprised no one has picked up on comparisons between Basil the bat Lord and Vlad the Impaler
Vlad was the inspiration for Dracula, ruled over Wallachia southern Romania) during the Middle Ages and is associated with spikes
I think it’s safe to say Lord Basil is Lego’s take on Vlad, toned down naturally for a childrens toy, but still the implications are enormous.
You weren’t wrong Brad by calling Basil and endgame level threat, cause if Basil is anything like Vlad, entire armies will runaway rather than face him or his wrath
Vlad III Dracula was also the son of Vlad II Dracul ("The Dragon")
The goat
Steam punk train-boy army building here we goooooo
😂😂😂
I love tha Basil is now a confirmed vampire. This moves the Fright Knights closer and closer to being the "undead" faction in Lego Castle. He fits perfectly with the Fright Knight from CMF series 19. I'm gonna put him on a black dragon leading 3-4 of those ghostly Fright Knights and a bunch more skeletons into battle.
I wish I'd be able to get more goatheards to customize villagers but unfortunately scalpers got to them in my area. Now the local e-mart is full of those figures for 2-3x their retail price. I blame the goat for which I have no love. The sheeps and cows looks better in my opinion.
I will be honest tho, I do not like the material of the new cape. I liked the Falconess cape material over Basil.
I do agree sheep or cows are in a way better. It would have been cool to get a shepherd with like a black sheep.
I actually much prefer the material used because they wouldn’t have done printing if it was the material used for the falconer
@@BrickingUpBrad Lego wouldn't have done printing, which is a shame. We have a guy in Poland who makes custom capes, flags and sails with prints and the fabric used is much closer in feel to the falconer/ork cape than the paper-like printed Lego capes. I was literaly afraid to put the cape on Basil because it felt like it would tear any second, and it felt like I was puting a waterproof poncho on him :D
I bought 2 of the 6 box packs and just so happened to get both "6 pack variants" so we got the entire series in one go. one of each figure, plus the 1 barbarian woman I bought the pack for in anticipation for when we'd do the big unboxing (barbarian woman being in my top 3 of the series). I surprisingly feel very underwhelmed with the Basil remake, I'd much rather have the original and I hate that they made him a literal vampire. The yellow skin and simplistic eyes poking through the helmet holes despite him trying to be epic are for me his most distinctive features along with his helmet. Og Basil is kinda cute in a way. New helmet is worse too.
Bro you can treat them as two different figures😂
I love the series! The minifigs tell so much story, and with some of Lego's minifigs, they feel like archetypes of people I've met IRL if that makes sense.
I don't fully agree about the barbarian. Yes, it has great printing and is good army builder but IMO this figure just lacks value - it looks more as BAM figure, 5 elements and the end. It should have at least some shield or maybe additional weapon. Comparing to Basil which has cape, shield and multiple-piece weapon, barbarian looks cheap.
I agree too. I did get a second one but it really lacks accessories
There wasn't much of a wait to begin with
I mean last non ip cmf wave was a year ago
Gg
@Bricking Up Brad, Great review! Thanks for that. A couple of nitpicks: Someone who farms goats is a goatherd, not a ‘goat herder’ just as someone who keeps sheep is a shepherd, not a sheep herder. Also, Count Batlord’s witch companion is Willa, not ‘Willow’.
Ahh you learn something every day. I did not know that about the goatherd😂
I did know the Willa part but my brain always says willow 😅
Like this cmf is so mid in my opinion and the only 2 I kinda like is the fright knight and the barbarian
What about the detective