Although we’re still over a week away from the New York Toy Fair 2014, we’ve already gotten to see our first photos of the LEGO Mixels Series 2 and LEGO Mixels Series 3 sets from the Nuremberg Toy Fair 2014! They’re sort of bizarre and definitely not for everyone, but we’ve got 18 more low-priced LEGO sets filled with new and unique parts ready to hit stores in Summer 2014…
While I still don’t particularly care for the actual finished LEGO models contained in these low-priced $5-$6 sets, I can see the appeal of the all-new LEGO pieces to long-time fans. The main thing I like about LEGO Mixels 2, however, is the inclusion of an orange Mixels clan! Orange is “my” color, so I’m always happy to see orange LEGO bricks show up in some cheap sets like these!
LEGO Mixels Series 2 Consists of:
LEGO Slumbo 41509
LEGO Lunk 41510
LEGO Flurr 41511
LEGO Chomly 41512
LEGO Gobba 41513
LEGO Jawg 41514
LEGO Kraw 41515
LEGO Tentro 41516
LEGO Balk 41517
Meanwhile, we’ve also got LEGO Mixels Series 2. I like the colors lime green and purple, so that’s a positive, but otherwise I’m not altogether enamored with this series either.
LEGO Mixels Series 3 includes:
LEGO Glomp (41518)
LEGO Glurt (41519)
LEGO Torts (41520)
LEGO Footi (41521)
LEGO Scorpi (41522)
LEGO Hoogi (41523)
LEGO Mesmo (41524)
LEGO Magnifo (41525)
LEGO Wizwuz (41526)
LEGO 41518 Glomp looks way too tentacle-y for me. It sort of makes me uncomfortable. I do like that LEGO 41526 Wizwuv looks a little bit like the Pokemon Murkrow/Honchkrow, though!
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The first series of LEGO Mixels wasn’t exactly a big hit with LEGO fans–how about Series 2 and Series 3 of Mixels? Are you warming up to the new LEGO Mixels theme, LEGO collectors?
How do you get the Nixels?
Do they come with sets, or is it collect and build, or something else?
These things do seem to be Lego’s attempt at a Monsters Inc or Pokemon style plethora of oddball creatures. I’m sure the main part of the appeal, or not, will hinge on what the cartoon series is like (as is so often the case with kids’ toys).
Poptropican: They are polybag sets released in waves of nine (composed of three each of three different color groups). If you get all three from a given color group, there is an official combiner model to build from them.
So, you get all of say, the blues, and then you can build a Nixel?
In one set per three of each tribe, there should be a Nixel included, as far as I’ve understood it, (They’re the small monsters standing next to the main Mixels.) They’re not included randomly or secretly, but are revealed in the instruction manuals found online. So, if you feel like it, you can buy only the sets that would be containing the Nixel.
The combiner model is another thing, it’s a creature that’s bigger than each individual Mixel.
Each tribe of 3 combine to form a MAX, a NIXEL is a small creature that tries to destroy all MIXELS.
My 9 year old son LOVES THESE! Any idea when series 2 and 3 will be out?
Mixels Series 3 should start hitting LEGO Stores and Toys R Us stores within the next week in the United States. 🙂