The movies would be pretty boring if they were just 90 minutes of scenery and music without any acting. It's the characters in the story that make the difference. In the same way, making up games and playing out scenes with Lego isn't the same without some interesting characters to play with. This is why Lego have come up with their great minifigures series, which provide a multitude of different fun characters each with their own personalities to provide the substance for imaginative play. Kids will enjoy thinking up new exciting ways to incorporate their Lego minifigures into their games, and is something that will give them hours and hours of fun.
Lego has always been unique amongst toys and games because it's only limited to a child's imagination, but it can sometimes be difficult to think up new things to do, so this is where the Lego minifig really helps, because each minifig has it's own set of skills. It can even be fun to put a minifigure in a situation that they are completely alien to, and pretend they have to find their way out. For example, you wouldn't often get a leprechaun (from minifigures series 6), or a boxer (minifigures series 5) on the moon - so if your game finds them there, why not dispatch "intergalactic girl" from series 6 to help them out. Alternatively if you have minifigures from some of the older series, you may have a spaceman, or even a friendly alien that could come to the rescue.
There are so many different possibilities, and combining your minifigures with Lego sets is really easy. Lego is made so that every set, and every minifigure, is compatible with each other, so you can mix and match as much as you want.
The minifigures series 6 minifigs each come in a sealed mystery bag, so it's a real surprise when you open the bag to see which one you have. Perhaps you'll get the cowboy, or even the demolition dummy. One of the favourites from series 6 is the classic alien, and if you have more than one of him you can have your own invasion force to try and wipe out Earth's defences. Or, if you want to, why not trade the duplicates you get with friends and try to collect them all. Series 6 also includes a bandit, a genie, a minotaur and a surgeon amongst others.
There are seven series of minifigures to collect, and in minifigures series 5 you can find and Egyptian queen, that goes well with the Egyptian Pharaoh from series 2!. Also and evil dwarf (be careful with him!), a gangster, a gladiator and a fitness instructor. All of these figures each have their own job to do, and can fit in well with any type of game or situation.
Minifigure series 4 features the soccer player, along with a monster, lawn gnome, artist, sailor and punk rocker. You'll find that the minifigures from some sets go really well with minifigures from other sets. For example in series 1 we saw the zombie, and in series 4 we have a monster. Combine the two, and you can have a monster army to wage war against other minifigures who have to defend against them. Perhaps you can use the crazy scientist in series 4 to invent a potion to turn the evil zombies and monsters into normal people!