Mixels (theme)

Mixels is a LEGO theme introduced in March 2014, as the main toy merchandise for the Mixels franchise. The sets consist of different brick-built creatures. It is unknown when production of the sets will cease.

March Wave (Series 1)



 * 41500 Flain
 * 41501 Vulk
 * 41502 Zorch
 * 41503 Krader
 * 41504 Seismo
 * 41505 Shuff
 * 41506 Teslo
 * 41507 Zaptor
 * 41508 Volectro

June Wave (Series 2)

 * 41509 Slumbo
 * 41510 Lunk
 * 41511 Flurr
 * 41512 Chomly
 * 41513 Gobba
 * 41514 Jawg
 * 41515 Kraw
 * 41516 Tentro
 * 41517 Balk

September Wave (Series 3)

 * 41518 Glomp
 * 41519 Glurt
 * 41520 Torts
 * 41521 Footi
 * 41522 Scorpi
 * 41523 Hoogi
 * 41524 Mesmo
 * 41525 Magnifo
 * 41526 Wizwuz

February Wave (Series 4)

 * 41527 Rokit
 * 41528 Niksput
 * 41529 Nurp-Naut
 * 41530 Meltus
 * 41531 Flamzer
 * 41532 Burnard
 * 41533 Globert
 * 41534 Vampos
 * 41535 Boogly

June Wave (Series 5)

 * 41536 Gox
 * 41537 Jinky
 * 41538 Kamzo
 * 41539 Krog
 * 41540 Chilbo
 * 41541 Snoof
 * 41542 Spugg
 * 41543 Turg
 * 41544 Tungster

October Wave (Series 6)

 * 41545 Kramm
 * 41546 Forx
 * 41547 Wuzzo
 * 41548 Dribbal
 * 41549 Gurggle
 * 41550 Slusho
 * 41551 Snax
 * 41552 Berp
 * 41553 Vaka-Waka

Designers

 * Andy Seenan
 * Jeremy Luettgen
 * Gemma Anderson
 * Jamie Berard
 * Carl Merriam
 * Jason
 * Joe
 * Max
 * Simon
 * Nico
 * Morten

Packaging
Mixels packaging has a small transparent window in the shape of a Cubit to let the buyer take a sneak peek at the pieces included in the set. Their packaging is similar to the bags of some of the much smaller Friends sets (collectible animal packs).

The packaging also shows what the Mixels look like in their cartoon form in the top right corner. As the packaging shows the cartoon version, behind them is a burst of what element they are. (Ex: A Glorp Corp member would have gooey stuff behind it).

Finally, the packaging also shows the Mixel doing some pose in front of a background of Mixel Land. The first three waves had bags with rings around the Mixel's image.

The design changed with the fourth wave, with new-style artwork showing the respective tribe region behind them, and with striped light-style patterns. Also starting with the fourth wave, the bags were made with small slits at the top, letting them be easily opened by hand instead of having to be cut open.

Trivia

 * The Mixels have micro-sized ball-joints that are compatible with the old Technic towball piece. These were also seen on the Legends of Chima Legend Beasts.
 * Sets in each series include a Nixel (one from each tribe), and later, Cubits.
 * One of the main selling points for the theme is to collect three of a tribe to make Max Mixels out of LEGO, and also to make your own Mixes and Murps.
 * Each set sells for $4.99 in the USA, making the Mixels theme one of the cheapest on sale in LEGO's portfolio of lines, and one of the best in terms of price-per-piece ratios. However, in most stores, the prices vary.
 * This is one of the only LEGO themes to have sets without minifigures. However, the theme still uses elements from the minifigures, as some Mixels have eyes that are made with specially painted minifigure heads and use headgear as eyelids.
 * All of the sets include rare pieces in rare colors. A couple even have pieces exclusive to them. For example, Volectro's hair is a yellow bush that is exclusive to him or Forx's eyebrows are gray bananas which are exclusive to him.
 * The first time Mixels was advertised on a different website was on a popular kids game called Poptropica. They included three types of costumes based on Flain, Krader, and Volectro. There was also an item known as "Flamzer Scuttle", where Flamzer would run on the screen placing LEGO fire pieces on the screen once triggered.
 * Each set up to Series 3 included an in-booklet code to unlock a new power for the set's respective character and gain a small amount of Cubits in the Calling All Mixels app game. This returned in Series 5 for Mixels Rush.
 * The original, working title for Mixels was Monsters.
 * Its tagline was originally set to be "The more you collect, the wackier it gets!".
 * The Technic ball eye is one of the most common eye-pieces for the Mixels sets.
 * The minifigure nead eye was not introduced in the theme until Series 2.
 * Each box of bags contains 30 sets, with the headliner tribe having four complete sets and the remaining two tribes having three complete sets.

Awards and Nominations
In February 2014, Mixels Series 1 won in the Pocket Money category at the London Toy Fair Best New Toy Awards. The theme was also a 2014 Toy of the Year finalist.