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Anonymous Mon 01 Apr 2019 22:09:33 No.7476740 View View Reply Original Report

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Why did old minifigs have so much more personality?

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 01 Apr 2019 22:10:53 No.7476743 Report

Quoted By: >>7476751 >>7479627 >>7481122 >>7481744

They were Lego that looked like Star Wars, now they're Star Wars that look like Lego.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Mon 01 Apr 2019 22:17:44 No.7476751 Report

Quoted By: >>7477008 >>7477981 >>7480300 >>7481385 >>7481783 >>7483487

>>7476743
This might be it
There's something so much more charming about the old stuff. Maybe it's how they work with the limitations of single-color molds, but they felt like lego.
There's something fundamentally unappealing about the new ones.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 01 Apr 2019 23:54:38 No.7476935 Report

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>>7476740
Nostalgia glasses

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 02 Apr 2019 00:36:51 No.7477008 Report

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>>7476751
my issue with the newer stuff is that it looks too realistic
if i wanted a realistic looking star wars character i'd buy a proper figure, not a minifig
the way lego star wars looked in it's earlier years (1999 - 2007) was probably the best few years of it, although i prefer the yellow minifigs and the blockyness of the earlier couple years

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 02 Apr 2019 00:51:15 No.7477043 Report

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>>7476740
The old ones could blend with lego's original themes because they carried the same look.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 02 Apr 2019 06:27:06 No.7477577 Report

Quoted By: >>7477861

>>7476740
Both are shit. HEad should have been normal printed lego face.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 02 Apr 2019 14:21:03 No.7477861 Report

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>>7477577
Lego should have stayed as just bricks.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 02 Apr 2019 15:19:57 No.7477937 Report

Quoted By: >>7477944 >>7479336

>>7476740
What is it with some of you preferring a toy that is clearly shiitier just because it’s older? I get nostalgia is a powerful thing , but not to this degree. Or am I just not autistic enough to see things this way?

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 02 Apr 2019 15:38:42 No.7477944 Report

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>>7477937
He isn't saying the old ones are better because they are old. He is saying the older minifigs have more personality to them.
The modern ones are more Lego confirming to the Star Wars mold while the older ones still keep some of the Lego charm.

On a factual basis, yes the new ones look better and closer to the designs you see in movies.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 02 Apr 2019 16:07:40 No.7477962 Report

Quoted By: >>7483561

I'm still upset they got rid of the classic faces in the modulars. Yes I see why they added the new faces, but when the sets cost that much you'd think they could at least throw the classics faces in as an option. You really shouldn't have to go hunt down used ones or extra sets just to get them.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 02 Apr 2019 16:34:38 No.7477981 Report

Quoted By: >>7478022 >>7491839

>>7476740
>>7476751
is Lego the only toyline where less detail is acceptable? seems that way.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 02 Apr 2019 16:41:12 No.7477989 Report

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https://youtu.be/Fhwingn-N-o

Our boy finally did it.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 02 Apr 2019 17:06:51 No.7478019 Report

Quoted By: >>7493300

>>7476740
Fuck flesh tones and fuck the new grey and brown colors

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 02 Apr 2019 17:08:51 No.7478022 Report

Quoted By: >>7479617

>>7477981
Do you want high res photorealistic textures on a brick or something ?

Anonymous

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Anonymous Wed 03 Apr 2019 16:15:26 No.7479334 Report

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>>7476740
> using the cheap single color legs + single color torso version from the 2006 Sail Barge instead of the real original 2003 Jabbas Prize and Lego Star Wars videogame Gamorrean Guard with correct brown belt, grey arms and sandgreen hands

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 03 Apr 2019 16:17:09 No.7479336 Report

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>>7477937
The new ones mold looks less like the movie version in my opinion. They should have used the original mold but printed it like the new one.
Same problem with the Ewoks from 2002 v.s. 2009 and onwards. The originals were just lacking printing.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 03 Apr 2019 21:01:01 No.7479617 Report

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>>7478022
I... uh... no? I was just asking a question. No need to get hostile with assumptions.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 03 Apr 2019 21:05:41 No.7479622 Report

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>>7476740
Nah sometimes new figures are better, sometimes the old ones. In this case the new is better. Also lego not about figures, figures are just to spice up your creations.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 03 Apr 2019 21:10:00 No.7479627 Report

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>>7476743
This is both incredibly insightful and retarded at the same time. Cheers.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 04 Apr 2019 06:30:23 No.7480300 Report

Quoted By: >>7481082

>>7476751
Thing is, I hated how the helmet was the same part as the jetpack on the original.

I wanted to give other people the jetpack and for Boba to be able to turn his head.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 04 Apr 2019 20:59:14 No.7481082 Report

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>>7480300
Really just splitting the helmet and jetpack was all they needed. Fuck new molds

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 04 Apr 2019 21:31:35 No.7481122 Report

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>>7476743
Exactly, lego used to be an aesthetic in itself and therefore it didn't matter that sets or figs didn't look exactly like their film counterparts. They still had the charm of lego, they were attractive in their own way. Now as they attempt to make 1:1 replicas out of everything of course they lose a chunk of what made them charming originally.

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Anonymous Thu 04 Apr 2019 21:59:42 No.7481171 Report

Quoted By: >>7481714 >>7482035

>>7476740
Funny, I had a discussion with my friend about this a couple weeks ago, I'm glad that more people share my problem. I've found that just about every new lego Star Wars release after the original prequel run has had very poor aesthetics. The new Vader and Stormtrooper molds are the worst offenders, very very disappointing.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Fri 05 Apr 2019 00:59:57 No.7481385 Report

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>>7476751
>that boba fett on the right

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 05 Apr 2019 04:57:59 No.7481714 Report

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>>7481171
i have a sneaking feeling that disney is pressuring lego into changing some molds that they had been using since 1999
why, i have no idea, but the timeline seems to fit

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 05 Apr 2019 05:16:17 No.7481744 Report

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>>7476743
Fuck. This hit me harder than a train.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 05 Apr 2019 05:41:13 No.7481783 Report

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>>7476740
These are both ugly to be honest. Nether really conform to Lego's design choices.
>>7476751
Left is far better here though. Still looks like a Lego minifig.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 05 Apr 2019 11:03:10 No.7482035 Report

Quoted By: >>7483492

>>7481171
The new Stormtrooper helmet can't even turn anymore, talk about "updated design".

Vader just looks plain off, kind of looking up and way too big on a whole. As if someone stuck a 3 inch actionfigures head on there.

I can understand updating the Vader helmet because it really looked a bit blocky compared tot he prop, but there is absolutely no reason to change the Stormtrooper helmet, that one just worked perfectly.

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Anonymous Fri 05 Apr 2019 11:28:38 No.7482047 Report

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firstly, you were younger.

secondly, the less accurate it is, the more you are inclined to fill in the missing stuff or run with the changes, but if it's almost accurate, you nitpick at the bits that are off more than enjoy what is close.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 05 Apr 2019 11:50:29 No.7482069 Report

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OLD GOOD NEW BAD

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 06 Apr 2019 05:10:55 No.7483414 Report

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NEW GOOD OLD BAD

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 06 Apr 2019 05:11:57 No.7483419 Report

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BAD GOOD OLD NEW

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 06 Apr 2019 06:21:10 No.7483487 Report

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>>7476740
>>7476751
The old ones look underdesigned and the new ones look overdesigned. I'm pretty sure there's a way to balance it out.

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Anonymous Sat 06 Apr 2019 06:24:53 No.7483492 Report

Quoted By: >>7490277 >>7490935

>>7482035
>Vader just looks plain off, kind of looking up and way too big on a whole. As if someone stuck a 3 inch actionfigures head on there.

God, that brings back memories of this Bonkle-bootleg.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 06 Apr 2019 08:43:04 No.7483561 Report

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>>7477962
You can buy them on pick a brick on Lego site. Also Bricklink

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 06 Apr 2019 09:38:42 No.7483583 Report

Quoted By: >>7491384

>>7476740
The reason old minifigs have so much more personality is because all your nostalgia is tied up in them, while you don’t have an emotional connection to the newer ones.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 06 Apr 2019 13:27:18 No.7483701 Report

Quoted By: >>7491147

>>7476740
>less detail, looks like the character imagined in lego and not just a mini action figure
>iconic yellow instead of fleshies
>focussed on interesting, fan-favourite characters instead of whoever the studio was pushing with the film release

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 10 Apr 2019 02:48:13 No.7490277 Report

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>>7483492
Based little guy, remember seeing him at the local toy shop.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 10 Apr 2019 16:12:10 No.7490935 Report

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>>7483492
Fuck, I had one of those for shits.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 10 Apr 2019 18:10:07 No.7491113 Report

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The old ones had a person try to convert the Star Wars aesthetic to fit with the Lego aesthetic.

The new one is just a slightly less detailed Star Wars design that could be stuck on anything in that scale, from a figure to a USB drive.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 10 Apr 2019 18:41:47 No.7491147 Report

Quoted By: >>7491328

>>7483701
Say what you will about the fleshtones, but that was like a realizing that having White characters portrayed with yellow parts alongside Lando who obviously isn't yellow results in the exact issue they wanted to avoid by using yellow in the first place.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 10 Apr 2019 20:42:13 No.7491328 Report

Quoted By: >>7491600 >>7491751

>>7491147
Thing is yellow Lando and Mace Windu were planned for release in 2002s Republic Gunship and Cloud Car but they decided to pull the figures completely (and thus make the Cloud Car into the worst LSW shelfwarmer ever). Either because Lego had no confidence in their philosophy anymore or because retailers were too dumb to understand is uncertain, I wish there would be some discussions on the subject from that time.
I think brown Lando with yellow figures in Cloud City had more to do with getting rid of yellow stock though.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 10 Apr 2019 21:31:29 No.7491384 Report

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>>7483583
I've no nostalgia tied up in the older or new ones but I prefer the older ones too even though the newer ones look more accurate.

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Anonymous Thu 11 Apr 2019 00:04:46 No.7491600 Report

Quoted By: >>7491799

>>7491328

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 11 Apr 2019 02:03:02 No.7491751 Report

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>>7491328
At least we got Jedi Bob out of it.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 11 Apr 2019 02:35:54 No.7491799 Report

Quoted By: >>7491878

>>7491600
i could believe that was supposed to be lando
people couldn't even complain that they were "whitewashing" him because nobody has yellow skin

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 11 Apr 2019 03:06:55 No.7491839 Report

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>>7477981
Transformers unironically.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 11 Apr 2019 03:37:01 No.7491878 Report

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>>7491799
Asians are yellow

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 11 Apr 2019 15:20:47 No.7492464 Report

Quoted By: >>7493073

How do I get into Lego? Why is it so expensive?

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 12 Apr 2019 00:43:18 No.7493073 Report

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>>7492464
Buy Lepin sets off aliexpress
they're half the price and they still make retired star wars sets etc

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Anonymous Fri 12 Apr 2019 03:41:50 No.7493300 Report

Quoted By: >>7493322

>>7478019
This all the way, I really hate those bluish-gray bricks a lot.
Also bring back baseplates (plus raised), I know they cost more to make but they have plenty of money to burn on these.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 12 Apr 2019 03:53:59 No.7493322 Report

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>>7493300
i think the company that did the raised baseplates went under
i'm not sure if they also did the monorail tracks as well but that's why they don't do them anymore

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