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Recently I'm not sure I'm happy with the minifigures included in the upcoming The Lego Movie products, mostly because many of they come with repetitive hairpiece with known colors. Hairpirces have been an important element for minifigures, in the use of MOCs, licensed and specific characters and many other things. When we need to create a MOC character, a unique hairpiece is what we often come up with in the first place. In order to think better, here is a brief flashback of Lego minifigure hairpiece history. You may also check Brickipedia for hairpieces. Town The original theme of Lego, which brought the very first hairpiece-- for girls-- Classc Doctress's hair (Part x103) in 1978. Then a one for guys (Part 3901) in 1979. The two hairpiecs were almost the Eve and Adam to the Lego World. Later, a mid-length hairpiece (part 4530) appeared in 1983, and it was later used to be the very first hairpiece for uni-sex. After almost a decade, the classic Paradisa ponytail (part 6093) appeared in 1992. After that, Town/City doesn't actively introduce new hairpieces, but mostly reused hairpieces introduced from other themes. Licensed themes Licensd themes later become an important source of new hairpieces. Star Wars, the very first Lego's longterm licensed is unsurprisingly important. The very first licensed original hairpieces were Padme's long ponytail (part 30475) and Qui-gon Jinn's (part 30410). Leia's double bun hairpiece (part 30409) was invented soon after that. However, there wasn't any other newer hairpiece until the premiere of Clone Wars. The second license is more important than Star Wars--- Harry Potter, whose new hairpieces are all modern style and we can easily reuse in a City canon. Hermione, Ron, Harry and Hagrid's hairpieces were all new. But not until Hermione got an update in 2007 (part 59363), there was no new licensed hairpiece. Now almost every theme introduces new hairpieces, but some have many and others have few. For example, dwarves from Hobbit have many different kinds of hair-beard pieces, but the Superhero characters only come with one or two. In dwarves' case, many of the pieces can hardly be reused in a City canon. Action themes and the others They occasionally introduce new hairpeces, though not every theme does so. The very first action theme with new hairpieces was Exo-force in 2006. Later in 2008, Agent Trace (part 62696) and Agent Chase (part 62810) from Agent both brought useful modern hairpiece that now becomes popular in both City and licensed themes. Other subthemes of Castle and Pirate also occasionally bring new pieces for their own need. For example, Islanders' hair (part 6025), Indians' hair (part 30114) and Crown Queen's hair (part 64807). Collectible Minifigures Currently CMF series is the very new and exciting source of hairpieces. In order to make unique characters, creativities have forced TLG to introduce more hairpieces, and some of them eventually be reused in its own later series or other themes. Friends and Minidolls A little debatable source, because their hairpieces are all made of soft rubber instead of standard minifigures' plastic ones in order to put accessories in their holes. So far these hairpieces are frequently reused in their own theme but not in othere City or licesed themes. IMO, if there is a licensed minifigure character that is perfect with a minidoll hairpiece, she should use it. The most-used hairpieces Just according to Bricklink, here are some possibly the most-used hairpieces by the end of 2013: From old era: First male hairpiece (part 3901): 445 times. First unisex hairpiece (part 4530): 127 times. Paradisa ponytail (part 6093): 141 times. First female hairpiece (part 3901): 57 times. Form recent era: Agent Chase (part 62810): 95 times. Hermione's redesign (part 59363) 42 times. Agent Trace (part 62696): 35 times. Elsa Schneider (part 85974): 30 times. Dastan (part 88283): 28 times. Fenrir Greyback (part 85974): 21 times. Nurse from CMF (part 87990): 21 times. Polished update? Some new hairpieces seem to replace old ones in their timeline because of their similarity. Excluding Princess Leia's case, here are other comparisons in City theme. Paradisa ponytail (part 6093) v.s. Nurse's ponytail (part 87990): both are short ponytails. There was a overlap, but recently the Paradisa ponytail dissappeared from City while Nurse's took its place. First male hairpiece (part 3901) v.s. Fenrir Greyback (part 92081) v.s. Obi-wan (part 99930): these are similar in a slicked hairstyle businessman way. The first male hairpiece was a strong one, but recently decreases and now is still for Han Solo (would Han Solo get a new hairpiece?) First unisex hairpiece (part 4530) v.s. Dastan (part 88283): both are mid-length hairstyle. The old one is neatly trimmed, while Dastan's looks more natural. As the statistics shown, classic hairpieces indeed have much more appearances than the current ones over the past few decades. However, if these new hairpieces are just born to inherit their places, that's just the same story happening and other new hairpieces are still wasted. Honestly I don't mind see the old ones coming back sometimes. Underused hairpieces Here are some hairpieces that are not frequently used, but they have potential to be more frequently used for City and other gneric minifigures IMO. Leia Organa's double buns (part 30409): Unless TLG want to keep it as Leia's exclusive piece, it is a nice choice for little generic girls. Harry Potter (part 40233): There are lots of minifigures using this hairpices--- but most of them are for Harry himself. It can be a nice hairpiece for young boys or teenagers. Ron Wesley's old design (part 40240): I can understand why Ron wants to change to the much-cooler Max's hairstyle, but the old one is still very useful for young boys compared with Agent Chase's. Hermione's old design (part 40251): It is still a nice piece for women besides her new one. Dumbledore (part 40239): So far it is mostly restricted to aged wizards rather than modern women. Professor Umbridge (part 59362): Useful for aged ladies or tomboys. Ice Skater (part 93562): A nice hairpiece for all businesswomen in Lego City, such as a police officer. Wyldstyle's piece would also be a good one for girls without hair streaks, if TLG won't make it exclusive to her.
