Every LEGO Collectible Minifigure Series From Best to Worst

Back in February, I wrote an article for Brick Ranker that looked at the average rating of minifigures within each Collectible Minifigure (CMF) series to see which was the worst and which was the best. Since then, two more series have been released and the number of user ratings in our database has doubled, with over half a million to date. Therefore, I thought this a good time to provide an updated analysis.

46 CMF series have been released so far, including 26 non-licensed series and 20 licensed. The chart below shows the average rating of each of the 46 series from best to worst, with the white line showing the average rating of all series combined.

Worst 10

At the bottom end of the scale we have the Deutscher Fussball-Bund (German Football Association) series from 2016. It's fair to say this is the most mundane series, as each minifigure is very similar and unless you're a big German football fan, the series has little appeal. Second from bottom is the other sport-themed series - Team GB. There's a greater diversity of minifigures in this series, but it's still not the most exciting series and its average rating is well below the average.

The next worst is the first Harry Potter series, which had no standout minifigures and didn't introduce anything that different from regular Harry Potter minifigures. Making up the rest of the bottom five are the two Simpsons series, which is not surprising as there's a certain awkwardness about the Simpsons minifigures.

The second Harry Potter series is sixth from bottom, then we have Looney Tunes followed by the Muppets. Series 2 and Series 3 round out a bottom ten that's dominated by licensed series.

Top 10

Moving to the other end of the spectrum, we have a pretty balanced mix of non-licensed and licensed series in the top 10. In tenth is Series 12, which includes the Wizard and Battle Goddess, both of which are very highly rated. However, it also has the Pizza Delivery Guy and the Video Game Guy, which very much felt like they were making up the numbers.

In ninth is DC Super Heroes, which lacked any headline minifigures, but doesn't have any notably bad ones. Eighth place belongs to Series 9, where the Heroic Knight and Cyclops were the best and the Policeman and Roller Derby Girl were clearly the least popular.

Series 15 had four minifigures everyone wanted in the form of the Frightening Knight, the Queen, the Flying Warrior, and the Faun. These helped propel it into 7th place. Just outside the top 5 is the LEGO Batman Movie Series 1 where Calculator, Glam Metal Batman, and Orca are all rated highly.

Now let's take a look at the top five series in more detail.

5. Series 13

Series 13 is in fifth place and is helped by the Classic King and Evil Wizard, who are among the top rated CMFs ever released.

4. Marvel Studios Series 1

Marvel Studios Series 1 is in fourth, where Monica Rambeau and Sylvie are the only two minifigures with a below average rating (i.e. less than 1000).

3. Marvel Studios Series 2

The second Marvel Studios series is considered better than the first and I have to agree, as it contained several fantastic minifigures. The Moon Knight is one of the very best CMFs ever released in my opinion, but the LEGO community has declared Wolverine as the best from this series. Hawkeye was the only real dud in this series.

2. Series 26

Series 26 was the second non-licensed series to be themed, being centered around Space. It included modern reimaginings of three classic Space themes: M-Tron, Ice Planet, and Blacktron, which pleased a lot of older LEGO fans. This series definitely marked a return to form for Collectible Minifigures.

1. Series 14

The other themed non-licensed series takes the top spot and the title of 'Best LEGO Collectible Minifigure Series'. This was Series 14, where each minifigure was a monster of some kind. This series is currently considered the best by a comfortable margin, which is down to the fact that it had no bad minifigures. The 'least good' is the Zombie cheerleader, which still looks quite cool.

The much anticipated Dungeons & Dragons series currently sits mid-pack, but it's only recently been added to the database and some time is needed for the D&D minifigures to be compared enough times for them to be given a representative rating. Therefore, I expect this series to move towards the top 5 shortly, given how well it was received.

Are CMFs Getting Better?

Lastly, I thought I'd arrange the average ratings of each series in the order they were released to see if they're getting better over time. On the one hand, with developments in printing and moulding, you'd expect this to be true, but on the other hand, it's felt like LEGO have been running out of ideas for new non-licensed CMFs. The white line below shows a very slight improvement over the years, so CMFs are improving.

That's all for this article. If you want to vote on your favourite CMFs you can do so here, or if you want to view the top 100 CMFs you can do so here!