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Does anyone know where to buy such a printer perhaps?

Obviously they do not make LEGO customized printers, but rather printers that can be used to print on any sort of plastic. If you can print a picture on a cup, then why not a small image on the minifig's torso? Question is, how much do they cost, where to get them and that's about it. Since LEGO prints their minifigs for a good amount of time now, I am certain that it is possible in the 21'st century to do the same for domestic purposes.

It's simple. Check out the pics I've posted in this thread. Something like that.

Could you be so kind and connect me with that person Christo? I really want some good quality compared to what is offered on the market these days..

Hmm..yes, I believe that the title of the topic is pretty much self-explanatory. Unfortunately it seems that printing on plastic is a lot more difficult than I assumed..

What do you mean?

This is not a bad concept either, but you see my point.

Thank you. I was thinking of something like this: P.S. Board tools for some reason are not functional so the image had to be inserted manually.

Hmm yes..that's not exactly what I had in mind. Perhaps a brief clarification would be in order. I was referring to the same print quality that the actual LEGO uses on their minifigs. Though not to be misunderstood, for the custom designs in our LEGO community are quite creative per se.

There are a lot of nicely designed stickers and decals, however their quality leaves much to be desired. My question would be, are there any stores/people that are actually making custom LEGO prints, genuine in appearance? Thank you.

It is not that bad actually..

It is an interesting concept, though hardly worth an effort to discuss about it.

Imperial flagship, naturally.

To tell you the truth, I am not aware of any LEGO sets which are covering WWII or Seal/Commando/SAS/GIGN/Specnaz era and still there are customized weapons for them. If you are referring to the City and it's subcategory Police then I have to disappoint you, but police intervention forces do not use Barret, Grenade launchers or silenced pistols. I won't even comment the WWII era which has no LEGO sets whatsoever and yet BrickArms makes items for them whilst, on the other hand, pirates have around 70 different sets + Pirates of the Caribbean. I can hardly imagine Jack Sparrow holding that crappy LEGO designed flintlock pistol which hasn't been changed for ages now. To put it on the lever, on the one side you have dozens of different pistols and rifles for the second world war era which has no LEGO sets whatsoever and on the other hand you have legitimate LEGO sets of the Pirate era which has one pistol and one rifle, not counting the Brickforge's cute attempt to create something innovative. To go even further with this, there are even printed custom WWII minifigs, which is basically building an entire new era from scratch. If BrickArms was willing to take that risk I'm sure they won't mind giving the established and recognized pirate community some new customized accessories. There are a lot of MOC ships out there, double deckers, triple deckers etc. However, if you want to build ships of that magnitude, preferably 1'st rate ship of the line, you also need different cannons. Bigger on the bottom and smaller on the top. Same deal can be used on fortresses, islands etc. Do you honestly believe that BrickArms pirate goods won't have it's market? Imagine printing customized grenadiers and a customized Napoleon together with his forces. Recreating the entire battle of Waterloo made from BrickArms parts. American War of Independence etc. Possibilities are endless, while battle for Verdun from WWI could be interesting it has a lot less details compared to the battles of the 17'th or 18'th century. Our community is great and we are all potential BrickArms customers.

Not exactly. Pirate community is great and we crave for some custom made weapons. Not everyone is writing on the forum, but the general opinion is that it is time we get our share of customized goods. In fact, not many people that are fans of Lego are actually interested in WWII and modern weapons. You can't buy a regular Lego set and put an AK-47 in the hands of the captain Hook. Or make a castle and lay a siege with a couple of panzerfausts..o.O..seriously..This is a Pirate forum and I believe that people in here will tell you that there Is a demand for the pirate era weapons. It would be foolish to think otherwise. Wait until you finish that musket of yours (decide to start it's mass production) and then compare the profit you will make by selling it to the one of the phaser pistol or MP5 or whatever. It is foolish to cover only one part of the Lego community thus neglecting all others, pirates included. Why before Xmas you ask? Maybe because some people buy gifts for their loved ones..? If it takes 1 year for a musket, and you have roughly speaking around 40 modern weapons, does it mean that it took you 40 years to design them, tweak them and make them for the lineup? I hardly think so.. Your biggest mistake is to believe that there is no demand, hence making even a bigger one of depriving our community from the supply. Sapienti sat.

Well, I just hope it will be soon and that they won't stop at that musket, but rather create a number of historical weapons from that era. I believe that it would be reasonable to do so, considering the number of modern weapons already made for Lego.

Whatever. I just hope that the BrickArms guys are actually reading this stuff. We need that musket before Xmas.

Great? Are you kidding? That's an understatement! I just don't know what are they waiting for to start selling it and earning some $$$..??

Start counting them then lol. I saw last post being published during the summer and it's already winter now. I like the prototype itself and I am not even certain what alterations on the musket could be made to further perfect it, seriously..It is extraordinary beautiful the way it is right now, imho ofc. I can't wait for the custom cannon to be built as well. I believe the community deserves one, more or less authentic. Too many M16's, AK-47's, MP5's, Glocks etc. It is time to build some muskets, carbines, cannons, howitzers and the rest of the historical weapons used in Russo-Turkish wars, Napoleonic wars etc.

Hello everyone! I would like to purchase this musket, but I can't see it on their official website. I assume it is already over so please contact me via PM so I can place an order. Thank you.