The Definitive Guide to LEGO Costumed Minifigures

A passionate LEGO fan and completionist has compiled the ultimate, unabridged guide to costumed LEGO minifigures, tracking roughly 145 unique characters. What began with the Gorilla Suit Guy from Collectible Minifigures (CMF) Series 3 and the Lizard Man from Series 5 evolved into a full-fledged quest to document every traditional yellow-head minifigure wearing a costume piece with face holes or mask straps. Over the years, these popular costumed characters expanded beyond CMF lines to appear in standard retail sets—such as the Stumpy character in set 60174 Mountain Police Headquarters—as well as annual City Advent Calendars, Lunar New Year sets, and LEGO Store Build-A-Minifigure (BAM) stations.

To establish strict boundaries for the definitive database, the compendium exclusively features traditional yellow-head minifigures with accessories indicating a costume, while intentionally excluding licensed characters, superheroes, Santa Clauses, and Duplo-scale outfits. Because Build-A-Minifigure figures lack official BrickLink listings or standard configurations, tracking down the final missing costumes required utilizing specialized community cataloging resources like AtomikWiwa's quarterly BAM documentation.

The collection expands dramatically with the launch of CMF Series 28, releasing on January 1st for $5 each (with early appearances at select retailers). This animal-themed wave introduces 12 brand-new costumed figures featuring innovative molds and face prints. The aquatic lineup includes a frog, goldfish, dolphin, and crocodile, while the mammalian entries feature a rabbit with a brand-new head mold, a lion with a new tail piece, a cat, and a dalmatian.

Rounding out the Series 28 menagerie are a peacock, a parrot complete with two fabric tail pieces, a koala, and a monkey. These vibrant additions offer endless creative potential for builders looking to construct theme park meet-and-greets or elaborate zoo habitats. As your growing menagerie of costumed characters expands, you might want to pick up a LEGO display case or a LEGO storage box to keep your growing minifigure collection organized and safely showcased.