Updating Your Minifigs

[Lordhelmet]

12 hours ago, Artizan said:

Ghost Anakin(Sebastian Shaw), Yoda and Obi-wan Kenobi from the ending of Return of the Jedi. I never liked Sebastian Shaw replaced by young Hayden Christensen in the Blue-ray version, with the release of Jedi Vader from Dark Falcon, now it is possible to have official Sebastian Shaw Anakin version:

Awesome and cool to learn that it was based on shaw

[Swordy]

Alright, here we go with my few upgraded LSW minifigs.

Up first, the Mandalorian:

I’ve been upgrading Mando slowly but surely for the past four years, and now I believe I’ve achieved perfection. Of course, I’m using all the official updates: the cape from 2021 under the jetpack from later that year, the Pedro head from 2022, and the amazing new helmet print from 2023. The final and most recent change I made was taking a Sharpie to a pair of Tusken raider hands in order to capture the orange-tipped gloves Mando uses. It’s not the best job, but I’m very pleased with the results.

 

Next, Captain Rex:

The official P2 Rex minifig from the microfighter is great already, and I hadn’t planned on upgrading the figure at first. However, combining it with some spare CaC elements I had on hand makes him look amazing. The waist cape is a must, and helps Rex stand out. The helmet looks a lot better with the shorter range finder, not to mention black contrasts better than DBG, I feel. The custom blasters are the least necessary, but they do help enhance the figure all the more. 

The second figure is based off his Rebels appearance, using a custom torso from Republic Bricks and Sharpie-ing in the abdomen. For the arms, I only had arms in noughat from Jasmine from the Disney CMF S2. To cover the printing from the original figure, I cut out some sticker paper and used a blue ink pen to make a crude representation of Rex’s shoulder armor.

 

Lastly, the ultimate Legends power-couple:

Mara Jade was one of my first SW customs, made before I even read the Legends Thrawn trilogy. Originally I used the Inferno squad torso and legs (first picture), along with a satchel for extra, if not extraneous detail. However, I also grew to appreciate Inferno Squad and began regretting using that torso. Now I use the 2022 Catwoman torso and 2016 Death Star gunner legs (second picture), even though the belt buckle looks too real-world (not to mention zippers! Paul would be displeased).

Then there was Luke, who is based off his HttE comic appearance (although I prefer to keep the black glove, thank you). He uses a flipped-around DS Gunner torso, and the hips and right leg from the 2013 elite police from LEGO City.

Enjoy. :)

Edited April 4 by Swordy

[Max_Lego]

46 minutes ago, Swordy said:

Enjoy. :)

I enjoyed Rex the most, looks awesome! 

[Lordhelmet]

With the new duros rumor, looking for other cantina or jabbas palace aliens that people have built (I am a purist but would love seeing everything out there).  Does anyone have any good cantina aliens?

[Max_Lego]

Many Star Wars fans enjoyed the Rebels TV show while criticizing its art style. Funny me - I hated Rebels but enjoyed many of its designs, especially TIE fighters with short solar panels (they looked so cute! ) and, among other things, the thin lishtsabers (they looked elegant IMO).

Why am I typing this? Watching Darth Vader and Ben Kenobi's duel from ANH, I noticed that Vader's lightsaber looks somewhat thinner and considerably longer, than Obi-Wan's. Different sources claim that it was a production error; Legends claimed that Vader had a dual-phase lightsaber, which could change its length. Nevertheless, I want to stay faithful to the movie in my Lego creations, so I custom-crafted this long and thin lightsaber blade from a 8H antenna whip part. It's barbaric, but hey, it looks decent IMHO. 

Such a method could also be employed for Rebels-style lightsabers.

On 4/15/2025 at 4:12 PM, Lordhelmet said:

With the new duros rumor, looking for other cantina or jabbas palace aliens that people have built (I am a purist but would love seeing everything out there).  Does anyone have any good cantina aliens?

Not yet, but I am planning to. I shall post them as soon as they are ready (not soon... ). Firestar toys posted an article on the subject on their blog