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"Series 25 delivers some of the strongest individual figure designs in the CMF line's history, including the long-awaited goat and a sensational Vampire Knight, but the cardboard blind box packaging that makes the series a collector's headache is a real and justified frustration that explains the unusually low 2.95 owner average across nearly 1,900 ratings."

Expert reviewers gave Series 25 Collectible Minifigures a BrickScore of 74.7 (Recommended), praising consistently high figure quality, an impressive array of new molds, and the landmark return of the legendary LEGO goat after decades of absence. The owner picture is dramatically different: across 1,868 ratings on Amazon and LEGO.com the series averages just 2.95 out of 5, LEGO's own value-for-money signal sits at 2.1, and only 30% of buyers say they would recommend it. The expert-owner split is stark and has a clear cause: reviewers who evaluated the figures themselves loved them, while the mass of owner reviews focused on the new cardboard blind box packaging that makes identifying specific figures nearly impossible without specialized scales or luck.

Where they split: The expert-owner split here is among the most pronounced in the series. Expert reviewers focused on figure design quality and gave consistent praise (BrickScore 76.6), while 1,868 owners averaging 2.95 and only 30% recommending reflects almost entirely packaging frustration, not figure quality. Even critics acknowledged the packaging change as a significant drawback. Buyers who evaluated the figures alone echoed expert praise; buyers who evaluated the buying experience gave sharply negative marks.