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LEGO German National Football Team Minifigs

A couple of days ago LEGO revealed a new exclusive line of collectible minifigs, the #71014 LEGO DFB German National Football Team Minifigure Series. The collection will be available starting on May 14th, for €2.99 per packet, but only in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

LEGO German Soccer Team Minifigures

There are sixteen minifigures included in the series, depicting real life members of the team. Because these are minifig versions of real people, this is the first collectible minifig series with realistic skin colors, instead of the usual yellow. The uniforms of the players look identical at the front, however their name and number are printed on the back, making each of them unique. The players are as follows:

  • Manuel Neuer – 1
  • Shkodran Mustafi – 2
  • Mesut Özil – 3
  • Benedikt Höwedes – 4
  • Mats Hummels – 5
  • Sami Khedira – 6
  • Bastian Schweinsteiger – 7
  • André Schürrle – 9
  • Thomas Müller – 13
  • Jérôme Boateng – 17
  • Toni Kroos – 18
  • Mario Götze  – 19
  • Christoph Kramer – 20
  • Marco Reus – 21
  • Max Kruse – 23
  • Joachim Löw – coach

If you are a soccer fan, this is going to be a great series to collect. But even if you don’t care for the sport, these minifigs offer a great selection of unique facial features and a variety of hair pieces and colors. Each of the players will include a soccer ball – perfect for making LEGO GBMs (Great Ball Contraptions), or for using them in the LEGO Ideas Maze set. As you can see from the picture, the coach comes with a printed clipboard. Below is the video-announcement of the series from LEGO’s YouTube channel:

Unfortunately these players are going to be pretty much impossible to differentiate in the blind bags as they are so similar, so it is probably a good idea to get a whole box when the series becomes available. This way you will be able to complete your team, and either use the rest for the pieces, or sell them to other collectors.

LEGO German Soccer Team Minifigs

You might remember that this is not the first time LEGO released an exclusive minifigure series outside of the normal line. Back in 2012 the UK got their own LEGO Collectible Minifigure Series Olympic Team. There were only nine minifigs in the collection, and they were just generic characters with yellow skin, but still they offered some unique prints and pieces (for example it was the only way to get a blue boxer to match the red boxer from LEGO Collectible Minifigures Series 5).

Olympic LEGO Minifigures

So what do you think? How do you like the LEGO German National Football Team Minifigure Series? Are you planning to collect them all when they become available? Or only get your favorite players? Or perhaps just pick up some of the unique pieces and accessories? Feel free to share your thoughts in the comment section below! 😉

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LEGO Star Wars: The Resistance Rises

A couple of months ago Disney XD announced a series of LEGO Star Wars animated films featuring Star Wars: The Force Awakens characters. The pilot episode aired in mid-February on Disney XD, and later was also uploaded to the Disney XD YouTube channel. While it is a bit late to post it, some of you may have not seen it yet, and it is very entertaining – just like all other LEGO Star Wars films. So it’s perfect for a Saturday morning. 🙂

LEGO Star Wars The Resistance Rises

The pilot episode is titled LEGO Star Wars: The Resistance Rises – Poe to the Rescue. It is the first episode in a series of all-new animated shorts that take place prior to the First Order’s attack on Jakku and tells never-before-told stories about Kylo Ren, Han Solo, Finn, Rey, BB-8, Maz Kanata and more. The pilot episode features Resistance pilot Poe Dameron as he comes to the aid of Admiral Ackbar who is being held captive by Captain Phasma. Kylo Ren, C-3PO and BB-8 will also appear.

That was fun, isn’t it? LEGO films always have great animation and humor. Airdates for the additional episodes is not yet known, but will be released at a later date. So keep an eye on your TV schedule. Also, remember that there is another new LEGO Star Wars film series titled LEGO Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures (see: LEGO Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures). And you can also check out the brand new LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens sets under at the Online LEGO Shop.

Shop 2016 Spring LEGO Star Wars

So what do you think? How did you like the LEGO Star Wars: The Resistance Rises pilot episode? Did you enjoy it? Feel free to share in the comment section below! 😉

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