Minifigures Series 14 had an official release date of
September 2015, but as is often the case they began showing up earlier in the
US and UK. Well, now they’ve made their ways to the sunny shores of Sydney, and
you can read my take on them.
This series is subtitled “Monsters”, designed to tie in with
Halloween. I’m curious to see how it sells over here – anecdotal reports
suggest it’s selling gangbusters in the US and UK, but while Halloween is getting
bigger, it’s still not an especially huge occasion over here. Trick-or-treating
was unusual when I was a kid, though it seems to have taken off in the last few
years.
Specter


She’s a fun figure, and I can see her being one of the rarer/more
expensive figures as time goes on – these human-animal costumed characters tend
to be incredibly popular.
Wacky Witch
I’ve never been all that enamoured of the pop culture
version of witches; Suspiria was
pretty entertaining, but they’ve never impressed themselves on my consciousness
in the same way as other horror archetypes.
Nonetheless, as cartoon witches go, this one is fine. She
reminded me a bit of Witch Hazel from Looney Tunes at first glance, though on
close inspection the only real similarity is the purple dress. The best part
about her is probably her cat. The cat is black, as one would expect, and has also
been rendered with a frowny face – it’s a fun little accessory for just about
any Lego scene, though would work particularly well for Catwoman. She’s not as
cool as the one in Series 2, but is very Halloweeny.

His trick-or-treat basket is particularly cool. Decorated as a jack o' lantern, it's another item that you could hand off to pretty much anyone if you felt like making a Halloween display. I knew he'd be cool, but I didn't expect to like him this much.
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