LEGO is bringing Shrek into its Collectible Minifigures line with set 71053, a 12-character blind-bag series launching September 1, 2026. This is a different product entirely from the LEGO Shrek, Donkey and Puss in Boots buildable display set already covered here, so it is worth being clear about the format before anyone orders the wrong thing.
Collectible Minifigures, or CMF, series sell as individual blind bags rather than a single boxed set, meaning buyers do not know which character they are getting until the bag is opened. At $4.99 CAD-equivalent per bag, completing the full 12-character lineup takes some planning and, often, some trading.
This guide covers who is in the lineup, how blind-bag CMF collecting works, and how to store a growing minifigure collection once bags start piling up.
EVORETRO has already covered the LEGO Shrek, Donkey and Puss in Boots buildable set, a $129.99 display piece built around posable figures rather than minifigures. Set 71053 is a completely separate product line, using LEGO's standard blind-bag Collectible Minifigures format instead of a single buildable box.
Confusing the two is an easy mistake for anyone searching LEGO Shrek products, so it is worth repeating: 71053 is the blind-bag minifigure series, not the buildable display set.
The 12-character series includes Shrek, Fiona, Donkey, Lord Farquaad, Dragon, and Fairy Godmother among the confirmed figures. As a CMF series, each character comes as a small minifigure with character-specific accessories rather than a full posable action figure.
A 12-character roster is a fairly standard size for LEGO CMF series, giving collectors a defined completion goal rather than an open-ended chase.
Every bag in a CMF series looks identical from the outside, with no printed indication of which character is inside. LEGO distributes the different characters at varying rarity levels across cases, so some characters are naturally harder to find than others.
This is standard practice across LEGO's CMF lines, not specific to Shrek, but new collectors are often surprised the first time they realize bags are genuinely unmarked.
Because each minifigure has a distinct accessory shape, some collectors gently feel the outside of a sealed bag to guess which character is inside based on the accessory silhouette. This bag-feel method is not officially sanctioned or guaranteed accurate, and it works better for characters with distinctive accessories than for similarly shaped ones.
Retailers vary in how they treat this practice, so it is worth checking store policy before handling display boxes at retail.
Buying enough bags to guarantee all 12 characters usually means either purchasing a full case, which contains a fixed number of each character, or trading duplicates with other collectors. Full-case purchases guarantee a complete run but cost more upfront than buying bags individually and hoping for good luck.
Online trading communities tend to form quickly around new CMF releases, and Shrek's broad appeal beyond typical LEGO collector circles could make trading duplicates easier than usual.
Set 71053 releases September 1, 2026, priced at $4.99 CAD-equivalent per blind bag. That per-bag price is consistent with LEGO's standard CMF pricing structure across other licensed series.
A full case purchase multiplies that per-bag price by the case count, so budgeting ahead matters for anyone planning to complete the set through a single case order.
Shrek carries a rare kind of multi-generational appeal that spans people who grew up with the original films and people discovering the franchise fresh, which gives LEGO a wider potential buyer base than many prior CMF licenses. That crossover interest also tends to pull in casual buyers who would not normally seek out a Collectible Minifigures series.
A recognizable, expressive cast like Shrek, Fiona, and Donkey also lends itself well to LEGO's minifigure sculpting style, since exaggerated character designs translate cleanly into small-scale plastic figures with distinct silhouettes.
Once bags start getting opened, loose minifigures need somewhere organized to live, especially with 12 distinct Shrek characters to track. The Lego Mini-Figurine EVORETRO Display Case keeps individual minifigures visible, dust-free, and separated so a completed set stays organized instead of scattered in a drawer.
It is also a practical way to display duplicates set aside for trading, keeping them protected until a trade partner is found.
No, set 71053 is a separate blind-bag minifigure series.
There are 12 characters in the series.
September 1, 2026.
Each bag is priced at $4.99 CAD-equivalent.
With 12 characters to track down and no way to tell what's inside a sealed bag, staying organized matters as much as luck. Keep the collection tidy with the Lego Mini-Figurine EVORETRO Display Case as bags get opened.
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