Update - 19 May - The first of a few Disney Minifigures have been added to the store. I don't have the full range for sale yet, but more will be added soon. You can find them all here.
They have been out since 1 May so I'm a little late to the review, but it took a while for my orders to arrive. The price in the US has remained the same at $3.99 per minifigures, but there have been a few changes. For starters the set now includes 18 versus the standard 16 minifigures per set. While it's great to have more figures out there, it means you need to spend more of your money if you want to complete the whole set ($71.82 vs $63.84 before taxes). Another change, if you buy your figures from LEGO Shop at Home, they now only let you buy up to 18 versus the 32 that you used to be able to buy. What does that mean? You can't just order collectible minifigures and get the free shipping over $75. Now you have to buy another set to go with them to get free shipping.
Another area which I'm sure has been debated elsewhere is the use of Licensed material versus original LEGO designed content. It seems that LEGO is producing more and more licensed products. Is that a bad thing? I'm sure people are buying them so they keep making them, but having the imaginative sets is also good too. Does LEGO have the right mix of both between themes like CITY and NEXO KNIGHTS and others versus STAR WARS and THE SIMPSONS and others? I'm not sure I know the answer there either.
So onto the figures...
First off we have Stitch from "Lilo & Stitch." I think they did a good job with this figure. It's pretty accurate and using the shorter minifig legs helps. Next is Peter Pan. The face and printed torso and legs do a good job at capturing him, but I wonder if they should have used the shorter legs as well since Peter is a kid. Finally Alice from Alice in Wonderland. I like the plastic dress much better than some of the cloth dresses that have been used on past figures. It limits the movement of the arms, but that's okay by me.
I'm not sure how they decided which figures to do, but it's good that they did Peter Pan and Captain Hook. Hook is pretty tall, but I think they did a good job capturing his look. The hat is a nice touch. Maleficient is next. I'll be honest and say that I had no idea who that was until I got this minifigure. Based on a Google search, I think this one was done pretty accurately. The final one in this row is Ursula from "The Little Mermaid." I think they did a good job capturing her look and the tentacles were done well.
Syndrome is from Disney Pixar's "The Incredibles." It's an interesting selection as they chose him and Mr. Incredible. Why not Mrs. Incredible? Minnie Mouse is next. It looks like Minnie, but it's pretty big in terms of height. I guess it's tough if you want to get the head to look right, you have to get the rest of the body to match the size. Next up, the Genie from "Aladdin." I don't have much to say about this one other than I think it matches well with the character from the movie.
I think it's interesting to see Toy Story minifigures again. They just did a line of Toy Story sets with minifigures so why do more? The Pizza Planet Alien looks the same although it has some slight color changes from the last minifigures released. Next up is Buzz Lightyear and This one looks almost exactly the same except for one major change... instead of the actual shaped head, it's a minifigure head. I'm not sure why they chose a minifigure head versus the shape. There are some slight color variations too. You can see the original figure here. Last in this row is Ariel... "The Little Mermaid." While I think it's a good figure, LEGO definitely modeled it off of Marsha Queen of the Mermaids from "the LEGO Movie.." They even matched the shell and jewel.
Donald and Daisy look okay and the heads were done well. I do think they are a little tall though. Aladdin matches well although I'm not sure why they give Aladdin and the Genie a lamp. Where's Abu?
Last up is Mickey. He looks good to me!
As mentioned there are 18 figures total. I'm missing the Cheshire Cat and Mr. Incredible. I will add them to this post once I get them.
Should you run out and pick some of these up? That's your call. Are you a big Disney fan? I think some of the newer characters are nice to see like Captain Hook, Stitch, Mickey, Minnie, Daisy, and Donald. I'm not sure why they re-did Toy Story again... the character selection could have been a little better. I also find it interesting that there are 2 Ariel figures with one in the Disney Princess type and the other more like a standard minifigure. Either way, I'm sure we can expect more Disney minifigures to come.