Can you believe March is ending? As we close out the first quarter of the year, it’s time for new LEGO Build a Minifigure exclusives!
Some of the new Q2 2023 LEGO Build a Minifigure exclusives and characters have popped up via a Facebook Group, and we now have our very first look at the upcoming new selection of minifigure heads, torsos, legs and accessories that should begin showing up from April onwards!
In case you’re new to this, LEGO have been releasing new (and sometimes exclusives) into Build a Minifigure (BAM) stations that you’ll find at LEGO Stores. These are usually released on a quarterly basis, and are an intentional strategy to attract LEGO and Minifigure fans in-store.
For example, here’s a look at the Q1 2023 BAM Minifigures which were the most recent release from January 2023.
There are some really fun characters this time, with the most notable being a Unicorn Lion Knight, wielding a shield and rapier/epee.
It features a brand new Unicorn printed head, which has armour plating on both sides of the moulded face, and looks pretty darn bad-ass.
Castle-builder fans will be delighted to discover that Lion Knight torsos, legs and shields will be made available, however if you’re army building, it will be much cheaper to get them from Pick a Brick online.
The head mould isn’t exactly new (the print is!), as it was previously used in Unicorns found in LEGO Vidiyo.
Canonically, there’s been quite a few LEGO Unicorn knights, so this feels very fitting.
Apart from that, there are some other notable elements such as a new pink dress piece that looks to have been from Vidiyo, as it has some equaliser prints on it, and there’ a new skeleton pirate too.
Excitingly, we also get the naked torso from the Stuntz 60333 Bathtub Stunt Bike, and blue Ice Cream costumes from 60314 Ice Cream Police Truck Chase.
That said, given the LEGO Castle Renaissance, and how popular previous medieval minifigures like the exclusive Black/White Falcons were, I expect the shields, torsos and legs to be incredibly popular and hard to get as army builders mass them.
I haven’t been able to confirm these minifigures or get them in hand, but keep an eye out for early April when I go hunting for these and I publish my quarterly review of new Build-a-Minifigure exclusives!
What do you think of the new Q2 2023 Build a Minifigure characters?
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Cindy Ann Henry says
Would have been nice if the lion knights had tails but can’t have everything. Small brown chickens have shown up at Disney Springs.
Håkan says
To my knowledge, real medieval knight rarely had tails, as there weren’t enough practical advantages in a real battle, except for a poosibly increased aura of manliness.
Nick says
Based on a recent visit to the B-A-M are at the Lego Store, Leicester Square…definitely saw many of the elements.
Harrison says
That Skeleton Pirate torso is pretty awesome. Hopefully I am near a physical store to pick some up, unless they go up on pick-a-brick.
Ted says
I picked up 4 for a ghostpirate ship I put out every halloween for the grandkids. They rock, the minifigures and the grandkids.
Giorgio Madonna says
The shield is £1.12
The torso is £0.83
Total £1.95 – X3 = 5.85
So it’s literally £.015 cheaper on-line, but live you’ll get, as well, 3 heads, 3 legs (which are not as detailed as the Castle ones) and 3 hats
If you’re lucky and cheeky enough I’m pretty sure you can find place that will let yous swap this and that
Håkan says
Pick-A-Brick Online allows bigger bulk buys, although I don’t know the maximum amount, by heart…
Jorge says
Witch is a trans person but no one seems to have noticed.
Håkan says
It’s probably a wizard, unless it was a joke…
Kronke says
I noticed too
Allan says
I usually get all the BAM releases but I believe this will be the first time I won’t be getting any. That ‘unicorn’ headpiece looks creepy, especially on that body/ torso.
Adele says
The Unicorn Knight looks like its from an 80’s set. I suppose that works with the LEGO Knight set style overall.
Basically I’m saying it looks old. hahaha.
A white one would look nice but that would get so gross in the stores.
I think I prefer Unicorn Guy. 😀
Håkan says
The torso, leg and shield designs originated with the nostalgic retro set 10305 LEGO Lion Knights Castle, if I’m not mistaken, so the look is intended.
Maybe I’ll get by the Stockholm store and pick some up later, although I’m more of a Space and Marvel guy…
Håkan says
Technically, a unicorn is not a “bad-ass”, although it might still be a “knight-mare”…
(I’ll let myself out…)
JJT says
Oh well done, made me chuckle on an otherwise gloomy day. Thank you
Lego_Kuvaaja says
at least the wizard isn’t new. I got it in the fall from a Lego store Stockholm.