A bit of trivia: The word ‘barbarian’ was onomatopoeic for the Ancient Greeks. To their ears, languages other than Greek sounded like ‘bar, bar, bar, bar, bar…’, hence people who spoke that way were barbarians. It’s also the etymology of the name Barbara which means stranger or foreigner.

@BrickingUpBrad

5 ай бұрын

That’s really interesting!

@No-pr4lj

5 ай бұрын

Yo my history told me this too last year

@danielwilliamson6180

5 ай бұрын

@@BrickingUpBrad www.youtube.com/@danielwilliamson6180/search?query=lego kzread.infoeqbYcB3XlfY

I'm fairly certain that the male and female barbarian minifigs were meant to be homages to Conan and Red Sonya, respectively.

Everybody knowd how they built the pyramids: a Lego man looks at the camera, yells "Hey!", and giant arms come down and build it for them.

@BrickingUpBrad

5 ай бұрын

You are so right! How could I forget that!

Imagine an awesome theme which is just Romans vs Barbarians vs Carthage vs Egypt.

@BrickingUpBrad

5 ай бұрын

I would buy that theme all day long😂

@hanzocloud

5 ай бұрын

Vs Persians Vs Mongols Vs China Vs Japan

@BrickingUpBrad

5 ай бұрын

@@hanzocloud at that point we just need total war games turned into Lego😂

@hanzocloud

5 ай бұрын

@@BrickingUpBrad the more variety the better! Lego bringing the world together through minifig warfare

@Pigraider268

5 ай бұрын

I will be a spoilsort a little bit here. Romans who fought with Carthaginians and the ones fought with Barbarians were completely different Romans. They were divide by couple hundreds years ;) Similar with Egyptians. Egyptians, which most people think about never thought with Romans or Carthaginians it was only after Alexander they fought with both. So more like Greeks than Egyptians with pyramids

When the Romans encountered Egypt, it was under the Hellenistic rule of the Ptolemaic dynasty, established by one of Alexander the Great's generals. The figures you mentioned for Egypt are from the Bronze Age, except for Cleopatra, who was of Greek/Macedonian descent. The transition from Hellenistic to Roman rule was relatively peaceful, aside from some revolts and the civil war of the Second Triumvirate. That being said, great video!

Fun Fact: Flying Warriors connection to Battle Goddess might be a reference to the anime series “Saint Seiya: knights of the zodiac” where warriors with magic powers and armor named after Greek epics and constellations known as Saints work for the reincarnation of Athena, Flying Warrior closely resembles a Golden Saint: The twelve highest ranking Saint’s with golden armor themed around the Greek Zodiac.

@BrickingUpBrad

5 ай бұрын

That’s actually really cool!

This is seriously such a good video. You did an awesome job identifying all the minifigures that tie in with Rome. I was hoping someone would make a video like this at some point. I especially loved that you pointed out which type of gladiator was most resembled by the minifigs. Interestingly enough, the murmillo would have been armed with a rectangular shield (“scutum”), much like that of the Roman legionnaire, while a very similar gladiator known as the “hoplomachus” would fight with a circular shield, but had the exact same armor and sword as a murmillo. I had thought the lego minifig was a murmillo for awhile because of the fish-like helmet, but apparently that little shield detail changes things. Also, the “barbarian” with two swords very much resembles the “dimachaerus” gladiator, and I have since deemed it as such for the purposes of adorning my colosseum set 😅 I also found that a pearl silver trident from the aquaman sets goes great with the retiarius, rather than the gold one he comes with. Anyway, I’m just excited that someone else pointed out the specifics of all these minifigures! Love the channel so much.

2:22 What you describe is a Scandinavian mermaid, the Greek mermaid are birds with the head of a woman 5:33 Gladiators were not fighting to the death, they were more like modern MMA fighters 10:27 Actually, we know how Egyptians used to build pyramids unlike what History Channel and other alien fans want you to believe

@BrickingUpBrad

5 ай бұрын

That ending was a joke about Lego alien conquest and making fun of that conspiracy theory… do you really think I believe that?

This is definitely your best video yet! I went on my own crusade trying to research where the warrior woman was from, a long time ago when I got the figure, and couldn’t find any concrete info, but was lead to believe she reflects the appearance of an Amazonian female warrior.

@deus-lo-vult

5 ай бұрын

I've always been under the impression she was LEGO's expy of Xena from the TV show. The black hair, the brown and bronze leather armor, the warrior aesthetic. I never considered she might be an Amazon. So thank you for expanding her usefulness to me; I originally only got her so my Spartan CMF had someone to duel with lol

CMF always stepping up for the Castle fans. Awesome vid! Castle is so much more than Castle.

@BrickingUpBrad

5 ай бұрын

I think if all the cmf videos have proven one thing. Is it steps up for most Lego fan bases!

Alien Conquest! Let’s Goooo!!!

@BrickingUpBrad

5 ай бұрын

It’s an amazing theme!

Comprehensive list! Really enjoyed it. I chuckled all along, but I lol'd at the aliens bit and the hostage read after. Great job on this one, Brad!!

Let's be honest, the new "Barbarian Woman" CMF is Red Sonja. Its totally Red Sonja and the old Barbarian is Conan... Now I need the old Barbarian...

Checking this off my “did you think about the Roman Empire today” list.

Really love the style of this video! I subscribed, keep up the great work! 🔥❤️

@BrickingUpBrad

3 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it! I got an entire playlist on Lego cmfs if you want more!

Correction: in Greek mythology fauns are actually called satyrs

For Egyptian figures there's King Tut. And the Indiana Jones sets will have some figure and accessories options.

Another great video! I love these deep dives and retrospectives!

@BrickingUpBrad

5 ай бұрын

Appreciate it!

lolol that bit at the end is so good

@BrickingUpBrad

5 ай бұрын

I might be a little to proud of how that came out😂😂

Another awesome vid man! There were a LOT more options than I thought. The Egyptian ones in particular I had never seen before.

@BrickingUpBrad

5 ай бұрын

Thank you! Honestly was surprised how long I could make this video because of how many there are! There are some great Egyptian figures!

@DragonMasterSubo

5 ай бұрын

@@BrickingUpBrad 12k views already, damn!

8:33 The Scots did NOT fight the Romans. The Scoti only came to Britain after the Romans had already left the island.

Would be cool to recreate the War in Troy and the adventures of Odysseus from The Iliad and The Odyssey. Lego Trojan Horse with Ancient Greek minifigs would be gnarly. Thanks for letting us know these exist!

Hear me out I think lego should make a lego set based on the greek gods like a mount olympus set that would be cool

hey brad i think you forgot about Cerberus and the Pegasus found in the harry potter line. it relates to the topic because Cerberus was the dogs of hades and Pegasus was created by Poseidon from medusas blood and Pegasus was the carrier of Zeus' thunderbolts

@BrickingUpBrad

5 ай бұрын

These are all cmf figures. They are the ones I added to this list.

6:50 get a bunch of those elephants, and then mount some howdahs and a tiny bit of armor on them, and bam! The Punic wars, Rome VS Carthage.

Ahh I saw this in your livestream being mentioned!

@BrickingUpBrad

5 ай бұрын

I was very excited to make this video! So I was defiantly mentioning it a but lol

Nice video! I really enjoy these types of minifigures - just to say there is a limited edition batman figure "baturion" who has some great parts that can be mixed and matched with these figures to create some really interesting characters!

@BrickingUpBrad

5 ай бұрын

You know I saw him after wards and I didn’t think about adding him because he does have great parts!

I’ve wished for a Roman set from Lego for sooo long….

Love the ending, that was so good 😂

@BrickingUpBrad

5 ай бұрын

Thank you so much😂😂 I had a lot of fun making it😂

The new cmfs belt has the 8 pointed star of chaos. So she can be a warhammer fantasy chaos barbarian or champion of chaos.

Awesome video These types of videos always have good things to know Now my CMF wanted list got bigger 6:57 A squirrel 😅 Great ending 😅

@BrickingUpBrad

5 ай бұрын

I honestly love making this style because it’s always stuff I want to know! I had to stop my self from buying all the ones I don’t have😅 Look they can be dangerous 👀😂 😂😂😂 I was wondering how many people would watch to the end😂

Man, i think it would be really cool if you did this same type of format for Japanese minifigures. Really great video, man.

@BrickingUpBrad

5 ай бұрын

I would love to do more videos like this! People have been asking for Asian and others like this. Only problem is I might have to go out side of the cmf theme a bit to do it! Because there arnt alot of figures. But I’m going to try to see what I can do!

Also in space police there’s a cyclops too

Athena’s shield looks like the camp half blood logo!

NICE

The Egyptian queen comes with a snake and cleopatra is known for offing herself with a snake specially a cobra

@BrickingUpBrad

17 күн бұрын

True

If you pauze at 8:25 you can literally see this guy is supposed to be William walace

Best I can do is a squirrel with rabies 😂

@BrickingUpBrad

5 ай бұрын

Sometimes you got to make do with what you got😂

Idk why but when people say a Faun is from Greek mythology it annoys me a ton because a Faun is the Roman name for the creature whereas the actual name and the actual one from Greek mythology, is a satyr

always wanted the minotaur and Medusa - such a shame I Never got them but have made Sure to collect other greek / roman inspired figures

Can you make a video on how to make ancient Greek history buildings?

I've got the Roman Gladiator minifigure and the Barbarian minifigure. I want to get the Series 25 Barbarian Woman minifigure. Marsha the Mermaid looks like Emilia Clarke.

Poseidon and Neptune are the same mythical god just two different names for two different languages. also gladiators did not fight animals, it was skilled hunters that would battle animals.

The barbarian and the fierce barbarian look like Conan and red Sonya

Loved the ending 😂 that LEGO Magazine comic has a lot of real estate in my head and sad there was never a real follow up to it. Feel like we are long overdue for Greek/Roman theme that brough the myths to life (sorta like the Vikings theme and its many mythical monster).

@BrickingUpBrad

5 ай бұрын

I couldn’t help my self with that ending😂 that comic lives rent free in my head to😂 I can’t wait to do an alien conquest deep dive at some point! 100 percent! We really do need one! I would even take a Percy Jackson theme at this point!

@martinfehring2568

5 ай бұрын

A small Percy Jackson theme would be awesome and could bring us crazy Monster moulds, for example a revive of fluffy as cerberus 😅 - and it would be great regarding the new series on disney+

@BrickingUpBrad

5 ай бұрын

@@martinfehring2568 so true! I mean the new tv show gives us a lot of opportunities for this to happen!

I try to collect the greek characters as they make great enemies/allies for Wonder Woman.

Fun fact! You can use the jay garrick flash hat to make a hermes/mercury minifigure!

@BrickingUpBrad

5 ай бұрын

That’s a good point!

I need about 10 of the PrintedTiles from Ceaser... for my Space MOCtheme.

@BrickingUpBrad

5 ай бұрын

That’s a lot of those lol

@PirateJohnson

5 ай бұрын

@@BrickingUpBrad, We do a little TerraForming...

Actually Faun is the Roman name for the Greek Satyr

Can you do adventures next?

@BrickingUpBrad

5 ай бұрын

I wish! Great theme but I have many other videos I need to do first!

I want LEGO Rome.

Asterix and Obelix

@BrickingUpBrad

5 ай бұрын

I always forget about those comics! Loved them as a kid! Wish we could get Lego ones!

@martinfehring2568

5 ай бұрын

There are some Sets of an alternate company called "clippys" in Europe which Lidl brings on the market. I didn't manage to get the Sets 😢

@PipsyProductions

5 ай бұрын

​@BrickingUpBrad As a Playmobil fan, I can tell you that they hold the license at the moment so Lego probably wouldn't make sets anytime soon

A Greek mythology theme would be great

4:46 Pretty sure the emperor came in series 9.

@BrickingUpBrad

5 ай бұрын

Your right, didn’t catch that my bad😅

When you go to 5:38 the charecter in the piture looks like the guy do7ng the video

Great video very useful as well, here🍪

Hey Bricking Up Brad can you do this collectable minifigure type again but with Asia minifigure pls ?

@BrickingUpBrad

5 ай бұрын

It might only be a short because I don’t think there is enough for a long for! But I will definitely do that some at some point!

Brad I saw the new Orion minifugere and I saw the torso had no purple on it and was silver. Perhaps the torso could be used for a Roman or Greek soldier

@BrickingUpBrad

2 ай бұрын

Oh it 100 percent would be good for that!

@Snowtrooperstuds

2 ай бұрын

If only there was a good Roman helmet that is not over $20

Awesome video, i like your beard

@BrickingUpBrad

5 ай бұрын

Thank you!

3:43 im pretty sure Hercules is the Roman and Heracles is the greek.

Nice video

@BrickingUpBrad

5 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@dylanwhite3383

5 ай бұрын

@@BrickingUpBrad your welcome and hopefully i will try to buy enough from the series 25 sets to build up a small army of the vampire knight and maybe a small number of the goats

@BrickingUpBrad

5 ай бұрын

@@dylanwhite3383 here is to hoping!

There was also a Batman Spartan figure.

@BrickingUpBrad

5 ай бұрын

He is definitely a good honorable mention! I just didn’t add him because he wasn’t a cmf figure.

lego video also have a murmade.

Wouldn’t that be cool if Lego made a Greek god/goddess minifigure series

@BrickingUpBrad

5 ай бұрын

That would be awesome!

@senittoaoflightning4404

4 ай бұрын

I mean, there are twelve slots per series and twelve olympians. Though the issue would be which combination they should choose.

I have the first three figures

@BrickingUpBrad

5 ай бұрын

Nice!

They used the aliens as slaves to build the pyramids..

Ok, I still don't know why Lego can't make a Spartan set because Lego did Viking sets. And vikings Pillage and Raided many Villages,So why can't Lego make Spartan sets?

@BrickingUpBrad

5 ай бұрын

Agreed

I dont care if im first i just whant noone alse to se thet they first even if they dont

@BrickingUpBrad

5 ай бұрын

😂😂😂

0:30 I feel like a lot of people will point this out Pointing this out becuse I can feel that mothers who would watch this video with their kids will complain

@BrickingUpBrad

5 ай бұрын

That’s why I felt like I had to say a disclaimer 😅 I have never been great with words from other languages lol but I wanted to try at least!

You forgot the aztec minifiger

@BrickingUpBrad

16 күн бұрын

They are located in a very different part of the world

Not a minifigure but obviously you can use fluffy from harry potter as serberus.

The minifigures looks cool and fun to have some ^~^, but castle Lego will always be number one (^~^)7

@BrickingUpBrad

5 ай бұрын

True!

The newest female barbarian resembles red Sonja

Sorry but I have to mention this, centurion is pronounced (sen-chur-ion) not centurion

LEGO making german world War 2 soldiers

@BrickingUpBrad

5 ай бұрын

I mean they technically have😂

Wasn’t Caesar stabbed 23 times?

@BrickingUpBrad

4 ай бұрын

Yep just over exaggerated it

@Jaychoice

4 ай бұрын

@@BrickingUpBrad splendid video!

First ninjago

@BrickingUpBrad

5 ай бұрын

NINJAGO

Veni Vidi Vici is pronounced Whenie Weedie Weekie

@BrickingUpBrad

5 ай бұрын

Yeah I googled how to pronounce it and tried like 5 times and decided it was better to just show it😂

IN Roman is fawn, in Greek it’s syar get your myth names right!…

@Elizabeth-22-13

Ай бұрын

It’s satyr, actually

you know i would absolutely love a Percy Jackson CMF series but you know how series 26 is space themed it wouldn't hurt for series 27 to be a Greek mythology one like they could have actual gods and even a minifigure version of they drakon,hydra,Nemean lion or even other Greek monster

@BrickingUpBrad

2 ай бұрын

That would be awesome!

Gloppy

Fauns are Latin NOT greek

@BrickingUpBrad

3 ай бұрын

They are actually Roman

@iamnotawayscuteandfluffy8350

3 ай бұрын

@@BrickingUpBrad 🤓🤓🤓Ik but the language they spoke was latin

@iamnotawayscuteandfluffy8350

3 ай бұрын

@@BrickingUpBradsatyrs were the Greeks word( I say “Greeks” but there were several Ancient Greek languages BUT MY POINT STILL STANDS)

@iamnotawayscuteandfluffy8350

3 ай бұрын

I’m sry I didn’t mean to be mean or aggressive😢