Review : LEGO 71025 Collectible Minifigures Series 19 (Part 1)

Today we are interested in new collection of minifigs (ref. 71025) with its 16 unseen characters in sachets sold for € 3.99 each. At this price, I think it is also legitimate to be even more demanding than usual about the originality and the finish of each of these figurines accompanied by some accessories.

There is nothing to philosophize about for hours on these minifigs: if you collect the different series, you will need them all, otherwise, you will have to go in search of the one (s) whose theme interests you. I will therefore be satisfied simply to give you here some thoughts on each of these minifigs to discover in these new bags and in the process to make you win a complete series.

The various series already marketed so far have regularly given pride of place to costumed characters with more or less wacky outfits that make collectors happy. This is also the case with this 19th series of bags and so we get here a guy disguised as ... pizza.

Those accustomed to these series of figures in sachets will have recognized the coin which was already used for the type disguised as watermelon from the series based on the movie The LEGO Movie 2 (ref. 71023). The pad printing of the pizza slice is very successful, a pity that LEGO has not made the effort to print a pattern on the back of the piece to represent the crust and dress the character a little more. As it stands, it's a bit empty.

Under the slice of pizza, you have to be content with a neutral green torso, I would have liked a more graphically elaborate piece with for example the buttoned collar of a polo shirt. The pad printing of the checkered pattern on the legs is perfectly aligned and the supplied sign makes it easy to stage this character in the streets of a diorama.

The girl dressed as a fox, who makes a cameo in The LEGO Movie 2, joins the club of characters dressed as animals seen in different series. His outfit is convincing but the pad printing lacks a bit of consistency on the torso and on the character's mask: the layer of white is a little pale on these two orange-colored pieces, and only the tail benefits from a truly white area. As usual, official visuals based on 3D renderings are often far too optimistic on certain technical details and the return to reality is sometimes a little disappointing.

The new version of the hen, delivered here in beige (tan) will appeal to anyone who wants to brighten up a chicken coop that already contains the white version and the dark beige model (Dark Tan) existing.

This 19th series of collectible characters also allows us to obtain a mummy that combines pretty much all of LEGO's know-how in pad printing. The bandages, the mask, the loincloth on the legs injected in two colors, the jewels with metallic reflections and the headdress worn by the character clearly benefited from special care on the part of the designers.

By the way, I note that LEGO obviously knows how to pad print over the entire length of the arm, one less excuse for not having made an effort on the new Harry Potter minifigs whose jacket never features the colored bands seen in the screen.

The face of the head that presents the real face that is under the death mask of this mummy is the detail that makes this figure my favorite of this series, even if on a closer look, the white area that covers the beige loincloth at the knees to create the drape effect is a bit sloppy. The official visual of the character gave hope for a more successful finish on this point ...

This new series also includes a character from Chinese literature: the monkey king. Sūn Wō Kōng, main hero of the novel The Pilgrim Monkey has since become an inexhaustible source of references used in many manga, animated series and video games. The minifigure has above all the merit of being really very accomplished on the technical level with a beautiful relief effect on the torso, a double face, a hairstyle that integrates the two ears of the character and a pair of nicely worked legs. Here too, LEGO is highlighting all its expertise and the result is impressive.

Return to a more contemporary theme with a fan of video games and a developer / programmer whose attributes are bordering on caricature, even if the two characters are visually consistent with the passion or the profession they insistently embody.

Le Gamer features several references that LEGO fans will appreciate: on closer inspection, the character's shirt is dressed in logos Classic Space, M-tron et Blacktron colors and the packaging of the video game features the Cyborg from the 16th series of collectible characters released in 2016 (ref. 71013). It's fan service, but we like it.

The green hair with integrated headset is not new, it is the one seen recently in a more classic color on the heads of Poe Dameron and Nodin Chavdri in the LEGO Star Wars range. The controller is however new and not to offend anyone, it has the shape of an Xbox controller and the look of a Playstation controller ...

On the programmer side, the manufacturer here adopts a somewhat strange technique, as for the mummy, to propose the shirt tied around the character's waist with legs injected in two colors, part of the red area of ​​which is covered with gray ink. It's moderately convincing with a noticeable shade difference and the usual problem of the junction between the rounded area and the lower leg not being completely covered.

The character comes with a laptop that first appears in white and a little robot that makes good use of the blaster seen in the LEGO Overwatch range. You probably already know that the binary code on the young woman's t-shirt means LEGO.

There are two sportsmen in this new series. The girl who rides a mountain bike is fashionable with her ultra-colorful outfit and her blue bike identical to the one seen in the LEGO CITY set 60202 People Pack: Outdoor Adventures (2018). The hair is here attached to the helmet, the legs are embellished with a pattern on the sides and there is even a bandage on the character's left arm. It is in my opinion very successful and this bag is easy to identify: it is the biggest of the box.

The rugby player is a little disappointing with a helmet that seems too thick to represent the protection used by some players. The character's outfit is simple but correct with a nice pad printing for the elastic of the shorts and the ball has a handle to slip into the hand of the minifig.

The accessory is misleading from certain angles and it was difficult to do otherwise anyway, except perhaps by inserting the handle directly into the body of the ball. The alternative face of this rugby player is well in the theme ...

At this point, I think we can already say that this new series of collectible minifigs is a great demonstration of LEGO know-how, both technically and creatively. It's varied, well executed and many new accessories are introduced into the LEGO universe through these different characters.

We meet quickly for the rest of this "Review "with the eight other characters of this 19th series.

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Note: During this first part of the test, a first complete series of 16 characters (provided by LEGO) is brought into play. To participate in the raffle, simply post a comment on this article before September 10, 2019 at 23:59 p.m.. You have every right to disagree with me, this is not eliminatory.

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