LEGO 71025 Minifigures Series 19

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Teased very prominently in the LEGO Movie 2, I’m really glad to get my hands on her as I’m a massive fan of animal costume minifigs. The Dog Sitter is dressed for dirty business, with denim overalls, a hat with a paw print on it, and a bright green shovel to clean up after her two dogs – a French Bulldog and an utterly adorable Dachshund. Personally, I’m not a fan and it looks a little garish. We seriously need a purple theme, I wonder why LEGO seems to be recycling colours instead of breaking new ground. The fast-growing food costume minifigures sub-group gains a cheesy friend in the form of Pizza Costume Guy. That said, I really like the Gardener – she has a lot of personality, and more “older” characters are always welcome, and the flamingo is a great new addition.

As a fan of the Fright Knights theme, I was blown away with the attention to detail given to this minifigure, making this one of my personal favourites from Series 19.The little programmable robot dog included is a cute little touch that makes the programmer seem more STEM-teacher than Computer Engineer. The Monkey King has to be one of the most detailed minifigures ever printed – his armour printing on his body, including a jade (?) gem in the middle of his chest, and belt are great touches. If you’ve grown up in an East Asian culture like I have, it would’ve been near-impossible for you to not have come across the Monkey King in Hong Kong TV shows or even Japanese anime like Gensomaden Saiyuki and of course Dragon Ball, whose protagonist Son Goku is heavily inspired by Sun Wukong. Subverting gender expectations isn’t solely the domain of the Mountain Biker – the Fire Fighter also features a woman doing what is traditionally viewed as a “men’s job”. LEGO have done a remarkable job again with LEGO Series 19, and this is an easy Top 3 or Top 5 series for me personally.

There’s now a pretty large sub-group of Egyptian-themed minifigures, and yes, I also realised that I had forgotten to include the Egyptian Warrior in this. Fire Fighters are ubiquitous in LEGO City, and the LEGO Minifigures Series has always been an outlet for LEGO to release unique character that they’d otherwise struggle to include in core retail sets. It goes without saying that the Monkey King is top-rated minifigure in Series 19 and no other character even comes close. One thing I love most about the core numbered minifigures series is that the designers get to let loose and come up with fun characters that don’t quite fit into regular sets. Here’s a look at the blind bags, featuring Series 19’s Lime Green colour scheme – it’s very very similar to Series 3’s colour theme, but has a bit more of a yellowish tinge to it.

LEGO really didn’t need to do this as it’ll be concealed most of the time, but I love that they did as it looks so much more complete. The Fright Knight, as his name suggests is a spectral ghost knight, and I love spooky elements such as his trans-blue broadsword and plume on his helmet. More of a knead than a want, the LEGO Pizza Guy is such a fun addition to the LEGO minifigures lineup no matter how you slice it. Firstly, I love the symbolic gesture of 50-50 male/female representation with Series 19. The Fright Knight and Galactic Bounty Hunter are genderless to me, although if you wanted to be super specific, I would consider the Galactic Bounty Hunter having rather feminine features.

I love how futuristic, cool and menacing he looks, and I imagine his character design drew inspiration from Tron’s Rinzler and a bit of Judge Dredd.I love the printing on the Ant-Man helmet, which conceals the Bounty Hunter’s identity, and the heavily sci-fi motif across its body. How To Find One: It’s best to feel for the Dog Sitter’s shovel, with its long thin handle, and flat section at the end. The Dog Sitter’s cap, with its curved brim is also quite easy to feel for. The Jungle Explorer, aka Johnny Thunder 2019 is the perfect minifigure for the nostalgia-loving LEGO fan.