71052 Collectible Minifigure Series 29 LEGO Review - CMF, 2026

A return to themeless theming.

TL;DR:

• Original Price:  $4.99 (each)
• Pieces: 8 (more or less)
• Minifigure(s): Yes
• Sticker Sheet: No
  
• Pros: Good variety, exceptional printing, some new molds
• Cons: Plain baseplates, one or two misses

As before, I had secured my pre-order from Minifigures Plus, which shipped quickly as soon as the sets officially released on May 1, arriving yesterday. As always they have been wonderful to work with, and I look forward to pre-ordering more complete sets from them in the future.

I also used the Minifig Scan iOS app (which has been updated to include this latest CMF) to confirm each box's contents before even opening them. I also recommend using this app when hunting for that perfect single figure in a brick and mortar store.

As usual, I'll be reviewing each of them individually, and then provide my score for the set as a whole. 

#1 Robot T. Rex: 

Part Count: 8
Accessory: Battery
Dual-Printed Head: Yes
Spare Parts: No

The printing on this (especially the silver-capped teeth) is very nice, with enough orange and blue details to fit in with the modern Space theme, as well as any other sci-fi sub-genre. The printed orange 1x1 round brick is supposed to look like a battery, but for some reason it feels less convincing than even the plain satin trans-purple 1x1 round brick used in Space sets (like 60428); perhaps pearl gold would have worked better. Otherwise this is a great minifig; I can see the dual-printed head (dark grey with a silver iris) being useful for other applications.

#1: 🧱🧱🧱🧱🧱

#2 Marine Biologist: 

Part Count: 12
Accessory: Clownfish
Dual-Printed Head: Yes
Spare Parts: Yes - trans-clear 1x1 tile with bar

I like how more of the minifigs in this series (like the soccer player below) are effectively unisex: just like in the Dungeons & Dragons CMF, their torsos and legs could be used for male or female minifigs, with just a change of head and hair to make the difference, resulting in figs that are therefore twice as useful. In addition to this, the double-molded legs look good and could easily be used for swim trunks separate from the wetsuit top (which could itself be other sport-type shirts), again adding flexibility of use. The clownfish is a new mold and quite charming (though it's so small that its underside only has room for a bar hole). The set also showed me something I hadn't thought of before, using those same 1x1-with-bar pieces to slot into the swim fins' underside so the figure can be placed securely.

#2: 🧱🧱🧱🧱🧱

 

#3 BIONICLE Cosplayer: 

Part Count: 10
Accessory: Minifig-scale canister (set 8534)
Dual-Printed Head: Yes
Spare Parts: Yes - red lightsaber hilt, 1x1 round plate

I know a lot of people were excited for this one, and I can tell it was designed from a place of love. There is so much attention to detail (such as the little minifigure-scale canister of set 8534), and the creation of a new mask piece. I appreciate that they didn't go with a full-head mask (like the one on the Trash Monster or any of Series 28's costumes), in part because it allows the head's printing to show the tie in back, and especially because it evokes the masks that were such a big part of BIONICLE's look and feel. I had a few sets, though I never actually watched the series myself, but my research indicates that this fan is dressed up as Tahu, a Toa in the BIONICLE world and one of the first and most recognizable of these biomechanical creatures. The printing on the figure is similarly top-notch.

#3: 🧱🧱🧱🧱🧱

 

#4 Monster Hunter: 

Part Count: 9
Accessory: Gunblade, wanted poster
Dual-Printed Head: Yes
Spare Parts: Yes - candle flame

Like the Steampunk Inventor from Series 27, this figure just drips with character details. The dual-molded legs are perfect for any D&D adventurer, the coattails of her duster are a new cut, and the torso has printing on the front, back, and arms. The gunblade is entirely new and looks fantastic...with the odd-angled hilt being the only negative. The vampire wanted poster is good as well. Overall this feels very much like a nod to the old Monster Fighters sets, but would easily fit in in any steampunk or fantasy adventure setting. I'll definitely be picking up extras of this minifig.

#4: 🧱🧱🧱🧱🧱

 

#5 Boba Cup Fan: 

Part Count: 6
Accessory: Cherries
Dual-Printed Head: Yes
Spare Parts: Yes - cherries

The costume piece is a good addition to the other food-costumed minifigures—especially with the added detail of a satin trans-pink top—but otherwise this one is a bit boring. The body and legs are plain pink, and the accessory is just a pair of cherries, making this easily the weakest of this series' offerings.

#5: 🧱🧱

 

#6 Trash Monster: 

Part Count: 8
Accessory: Fishbones, pizza box
Dual-Printed Head: Yes
Spare Parts: Yes - 1x1 tile with fly printing

There's no doubt that this is one gross monster. While the expression is toony enough to be cute, the addition of bugs (a centipede eyebrow, for example) and other details like the mushroom stuck to its leg definitely up the yuck factor. Underneath the mask piece is further disgustingness: a jack-o-lantern riddled with worms. The highlight of this set is the fishbones piece (so much so that it's going for more than half the price of the new minifigure), which is a brand new mold and looks fantastic. 

#6: 🧱🧱🧱🧱

 

#7 Chocolatier: 

Part Count: 11
Accessory: Chocolate dragon, piping bag
Dual-Printed Head: Yes
Spare Parts: Yes - reddish brown wand, white 1x1 with angled bar

The printing on this minifigure is charming, with just enough specific detail to keep it from feeling boring, but enough generic-ness (just like with the soccer player and marine biologist) to make it useful for other things. I really appreciate the cockeyed tilt of her hat (though it was a bit tricky to get on) and the expression on her face. Though it's only made from a few parts, the piping bag feels spot-on for the real thing, and the white gloves are a nice touch. The dragon is the same mold as was introduced in the D&D CMF's Tiefling Sorcerer, but in reddish brown and without printed eyes it looks just like it was sculpted from chocolate.

#7: 🧱🧱🧱🧱🧱

 

#8 Tuba Player: 

Part Count: 7
Accessory: Tuba
Dual-Printed Head: No
Spare Parts: Yes - pearl gold epaulets

The shako hat has simpler printing than some other versions, but that makes it tie with the rest of his uniform all the better. The uniform is similarly simple but crisp, with details like the chains and double-edged stripe on the legs and the frogged buttons on the torso. At first I thought that his head might be the same as the bubble-blowing frog fan from Series 28, but that figure's cheeks aren't quite as accented as these, appropriately for the difference in lung power required for their various pursuits. The tuba is a new mold, and the first tuba since Fabuland. I can see this being a popular figure, particularly for anyone wanting to put together a minifigure marching band.

#8: 🧱🧱🧱🧱🧱

 

#9 Soccer/Football Goalkeeper: 

Part Count: 6
Accessory: Soccer ball
Dual-Printed Head: Yes
Spare Parts: No

I could see this minifigure being useful, especially if you wanted to build a whole team (and just swap out the heads). The printing is sharp and I appreciate the way the colors are handled, but apart from that and the soccer ball (which appears to be a new mold, preventing the balls from just rolling all over like they would with the previous non-anti-stud molds) there isn't too much special about it.

#9: 🧱🧱🧱

 

#10 Cute Witch: 

Part Count: 8
Accessory: cat, wand
Dual-Printed Head: Yes
Spare Parts: Yes - wand

This witch has a surprisingly unisex torso, which could even be used for an old fashioned boy's sailor suit. There are other cute details (like the kitty socks), but the overall mishmashyness of her style reminds me of Harajuku fashions: her leggings match her hair, her dress matches her hat, and the bow matches her wand, but overall it feels more like something made in the Build-A-Minifigure station from random parts and not something pointedly designed like the other minifigures in this series. Getting an extra wand is nice, and I could see the skirt being useful as a tablecloth. The cat is the best part of this one, in my opinion, being a new mold and more realistic and regal looking than previous cats.

#10: 🧱🧱🧱🧱

 

#11 Mysterious Ronin (Lloyd): 

Part Count: 8
Accessory: Katana, shuriken
Dual-Printed Head: Yes
Spare Parts: Yes - shuriken

Like the BIONICLE cosplayer, this figure also generated a lot of excitement. Having reviewed a lot of Ninjago sets recently, I can say that this is a good Lloyd figure, with arm printing as a little plus-up. The cowl is a new piece and adds to his mysteriousness. One downside is that this doesn't come with a matching hair piece, so it's either have the cowl on or go bald. It feels like a more adult version of the character, with an indication of hollow cheeks that speak to the various weights Lloyd has been under as first the legendary Green Ninja and now the Elemental Master of Life.

#11: 🧱🧱🧱🧱

 

#12 Unicorn Elf: 

Part Count: 8
Accessory: Unicorn, chalice
Dual-Printed Head: Yes
Spare Parts: Yes - unicorn horn

The unicorn (or rather, pony with a pin-hole in is forehead) is nice—though only a new color combination and not a new mold—and the trans-clear horns are good to get extras of. The elf's dress and torso are suitably elven, though it might have been nice to get elf ears poking through the hair; that said, it does make the hair-and-crown piece much more useful for queens and princesses of all species to not have the ears showing. Her face has a beatific expression and a magical forehead-star on one side, and a standard classic female face on the other side. There isn't anything wrong with this one, but there isn't too much super special about it either.

#12: 🧱🧱🧱

 

All Together: 🧱🧱🧱🧱

I'll admit, at first I was a little bit disappointed to find that this series returns to the old style of plain black 3x4 baseplates: we've been a bit spoiled with the past few series—first the Disney 100, then the star-printed baseplates of Series 26 and the cobblestones of the D&D series, and even the trans-bright orange of the Spiderverse minifigs and the lime of Series 28—which have given us plates other than the standard black ones. But it was a minor issue especially when compared with the variety and detail of the rest of this series.

Overall, this is a much stronger offering (IMHO) than the Series 28 minifigures, with six 5-🧱 figures, three 4-🧱, two 3-🧱, and one 2-🧱. There's a variety of new molds and colorings—beyond 28's costume heads and basic printed torsos and legs—that make this feel like not a budget option. There's still room for improvement (eg, the Boba Fan could have been given a little drink cup to hold, maybe printing on the body too), but these are all fun and well-designed figures.

I'm particularly glad to get back to the themeless approach. While it's nice to see a full range of figures in a single theme—D&D and Space were particularly good for this, and the Spiderverse CMF just made sense—series like 28 and F1 showed how easy it can be for themed CMFs to slide into a bit more of a lazy approach, with minimal new molds and a lot of simple recoloring of parts. Here, on the other hand, we have figures from all different realms and time periods. They don't fit together, but they don't need to. And this way there's bound to be at least one figure that really sings to you (for me it's the Monster Hunter), and plenty that you'd also enjoy or at least be able to make use of for figbarfs and MOCs. 

Score (out of 5 🧱):

• Price: 🧱🧱🧱🧱🧱
• Process: 🧱🧱
• Presentation: 🧱🧱🧱🧱🧱
  
• Play: 🧱🧱🧱
• Pieces: 🧱🧱🧱🧱🧱
  

• Total: 🧱🧱🧱🧱

Lego Instructions: here