Lego collectable minifigures?

Now this certainly is new for Lego. There have been reports of a new Lego collectible minifigure series, starting in June next year (found originally on the Swedish blog Legobloggen thru BrickSet thru Dano on Flickr). Here's the translated description of the blog's post:

"In June 2010, Lego will launch a new collectors series with only minifigs. The figures will be of various types, but is reportedly not being those from current themes. They could be anything from cowboys to ninjas or adventurers, etc. The first wave will appear in stores in June, reportedly contain 16 different characters. These will then be replaced by 16 other figures in August.

"Figures will be sold in opaque polybags, so it is chance that determines which figure you get. This is the same approach as in the example trading cards. The bag with the figure will cost 25 SEK (~£2 / £3.50). May seem much given to impulse setter costs only £5 more and then there is also the accessories. But I suspect that the high price is because the characters will be unique to this collector series and that they will only be produced in two months (at least the first wave)."  (thanks et314 for the news and translation)

Dano's got a picture of some Legoland stickers which may be pictures of the first sixteen:

There's a cavman, Ronald McDonald, a superhero, a zombie, a robot... oh, the endless possibilities! /faints