Friday, September 9, 2011

Lego Collectable Minifigure Series 5

So Lego has released their next batch of collectable minifigures, Series 5. Essentially each pack has 1 random minifigure from the series but you can get a good idea of what it is by just feeling the pieces in the package. I got interested in these last series when I went out and got my daughter the Geisha minifigure (or Asian Princess for her). She also wanted a figure skater which I failed to properly identify at the store (ended up with wolf man when opened) so I got her one on ebay.

Now the new series has come out and I knew she would want the Cleopatra figure since she loves ancient Egyptian stuff. So I went out feeling and came back with these three.


I was looking for a Cleopatra, Gladiator, and Evil Dwarf but ended up picking 2 gladiators. Not to bad since the gladiator is just awesome. Follows the style of a Murmillo pretty closely with the helmet, armor style, and gladius sword. Only problem is the circular shield which should be more of a traditional legionar style (curved rectangle).

Even his arm has scale style overlapping plates. I went back to get some more figures at my local target a week later but they had sold all of their shipment except for 1 packet. Turned out to be the Evil dwarf I was looking for earlier. I will still have to get some more of the figures since my daughter wants a few more of the female characters.

4 comments:

  1. The helmet and the gladius make this fig one of my favorites of all the series so far.

    Good snag on the evil Dwarf too, he's pretty awesome, I still need an Elf though...

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  2. I should have gotten more of these when I first say them. They are now pretty much sold through at my local retailers. Maybe they will restock.

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  3. You could always just do what I do and assume that the circular shield means he is a hoplomachus. Or get a brickforge rectangular shield.

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  4. If you switch out the gladius for one of the castle spears he would be perfect as a hoplomachus.

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