H2 catalog drops, Minas Tirith is back-ordered, and Shrek gets a CMF

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Minas Tirith sells out fast; launch freebies hit secondary market

Minas Tirith's launch week delivered a verdict: back-ordered within days, with launch freebies, including a limited sticker, fetching £50+ on secondary markets before the window closed. Brick Fanatics has comparison shots against Rivendell and Barad-dûr and Pick a Brick tips for orc army-building, for those who got an order in.

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Minty Take

The secondary market for £50 launch stickers tells you where this set sits in the community. Minas Tirith is behaving like a release event: back-ordered inside a week, freebies scalped before the window closed. The LOTR line has its anchor set.

LEGO Shrek CMF Series (71053) Confirmed for September

The Shrek universe is expanding faster than most expected. The H2 catalog, spotted by Promobricks, teases a Shrek collectible minifigure series (71053) for September, joining the main Shrek theme that launched this June. It sits at 71053, right behind CMF Series 29. Pricing and piece count are not yet confirmed.

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Minty Take

A CMF series three months into a new licensed theme's run signals LEGO's confidence in Shrek's commercial legs. CMF series don't get greenlit as afterthoughts; the lead times mean LEGO committed to this before the main sets shipped. The Shrek bet is a real one.

The second half of 2026 has a roadmap now

The rest of 2026 now has a roadmap. The LEGO H2 catalog is live as a browsable online version and PDF download, 164 pages covering June through December, confirmed by Promobricks and StoneWars. Most notable confirmation inside: the Shrek collectible minifigure series for September.

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LEGO catalog 2026 for June to December: Digital version available, Shrek minifigure series confirmed

Minty Take

What the catalog tells you in aggregate: LEGO is betting on breadth this half. Licensed themes dominate the major reveals, flagship counts are high, and the Shrek ecosystem is expanding faster than most expected when the first wave launched. The H2 roadmap is ambitious.

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