jonnypanic2000 Posted October 30, 2018 Posted October 30, 2018 Disappointed at the lack of printing on the Fleet Trooper legs. They go to all that effort with the body, but can't be bothered to just do a little bit of pocket work? It actually makes the figure as a whole look oddly unbalanced. Quote
Hulk_Smash Posted October 30, 2018 Posted October 30, 2018 Not everything needs leg printing, the Fleet Troopers has plain trousers in the movies, they don’t need any printing Quote
Cyberfounder Posted October 30, 2018 Posted October 30, 2018 (edited) 1 hour ago, jonnypanic2000 said: Disappointed at the lack of printing on the Fleet Trooper legs. They go to all that effort with the body, but can't be bothered to just do a little bit of pocket work? It actually makes the figure as a whole look oddly unbalanced. You can use the pants from the Imperial crew, I use them on the current version for this. Edited October 30, 2018 by Cyberfounder Quote
That Orange Thing Posted October 30, 2018 Posted October 30, 2018 1 hour ago, Hulk_Smash said: Not everything needs leg printing, the Fleet Troopers has plain trousers in the movies, they don’t need any printing Except they do have cargo style trousers with pouches. I agree it looks half complete as a figure and wouldn't have been difficult for Lego to throw a pair of grey imperial crew legs on them as it's a print they use now. Quote
Balrogofmorgoth Posted October 30, 2018 Posted October 30, 2018 13 hours ago, Richpepperell said: <snip> Wow, I guess you learn something new every day. I thought it was just Lego, I didn’t even notice it in the movie Quote
Tidy Posted October 30, 2018 Posted October 30, 2018 4 minutes ago, Balrogofmorgoth said: Wow, I guess you learn something new every day. I thought it was just Lego, I didn’t even notice it in the movie reason 982 rian johnson screwed up ... the new phasma, the executioner, the new pointed mouth helmets ... so stupid ... they are out of place in any army ... other than ego, there was no practical reason for him to change the helmets ... Quote
Robianco Posted October 30, 2018 Posted October 30, 2018 (edited) 5 hours ago, jonnypanic2000 said: Disappointed at the lack of printing on the Fleet Trooper legs. They go to all that effort with the body, but can't be bothered to just do a little bit of pocket work? It actually makes the figure as a whole look oddly unbalanced. 5 hours ago, Hulk_Smash said: Not everything needs leg printing, the Fleet Troopers has plain trousers in the movies, they don’t need any printing 3 hours ago, Cyberfounder said: You can use the pants from the Imperial crew, I use them on the current version for this. Exactly. Now get me some updated torsos! Edited October 30, 2018 by Robianco Quote
Forresto Posted October 30, 2018 Posted October 30, 2018 (edited) 13 hours ago, Richpepperell said: <snip> I don’t know where you found that but it’s incredibly useful, thank you The new nose line is definitely an improvement to me. Edited October 30, 2018 by MKJoshA Don't quote photos. Quote
BigGuy4U Posted October 30, 2018 Posted October 30, 2018 (edited) 3 hours ago, Tidy said: reason 982 rian johnson screwed up ... the new phasma, the executioner, the new pointed mouth helmets ... so stupid ... they are out of place in any army ... other than ego, there was no practical reason for him to change the helmets ... I figure it's similar to the OT, where the stormtrooper helmets constantly change between movies. Even in ANH, some stormtroopers have longer "mouths" than other ones, which became the standard afterwards. My headcanon for the helmet differences is that some stormtroopers have been in service longer than others, and the helmets came from different production lines so depending on how recently you got a helmet, you get a different one. (Also a good excuse for letting the current Lego stormtroopers co-exist with the Rebels ones) Edited October 30, 2018 by BigGuy4U Quote
BrickBob Studpants Posted October 30, 2018 Posted October 30, 2018 3 hours ago, Tidy said: reason 982 rian johnson screwed up ... the new phasma, the executioner, the new pointed mouth helmets ... so stupid ... they are out of place in any army ... other than ego, there was no practical reason for him to change the helmets ... Yeah, it was the director who made the decision, costume and art designers don‘t exist Quote
Tidy Posted October 30, 2018 Posted October 30, 2018 16 minutes ago, Lego-Freak said: Yeah, it was the director who made the decision, costume and art designers don‘t exist in an interview johnson actually said he made the decision. so i'm sure you know where you can put your sarcasm. 39 minutes ago, BigGuy4U said: I figure it's similar to the OT, where the stormtrooper helmets constantly change between movies. Even in ANH, some stormtroopers have longer "mouths" than other ones, which became the standard afterwards. My headcanon for the helmet differences is that some stormtroopers have been in service longer than others, and the helmets came from different production lines so depending on how recently you got a helmet, you get a different one. (Also a good excuse for letting the current Lego stormtroopers co-exist with the Rebels ones) i could get behind this theory if there had been time gaps between the 2 movies ... Quote
Brickwraith Posted October 30, 2018 Posted October 30, 2018 36 minutes ago, Tidy said: in an interview johnson actually said he made the decision. so i'm sure you know where you can put your sarcasm. i could get behind this theory if there had been time gaps between the 2 movies ... There wasn't a time jump in ANH and there were multiple types of helmets in just that film Quote
Balrogofmorgoth Posted October 30, 2018 Posted October 30, 2018 As much as I’m sure the mods would love the fact that we’re talking about films and not legos, we should probably reign it in, or face their wrath. I simply wasn’t aware that they changed the helmets for TLJ but it makes me very happy that lego pays attention to that much detail. Now I really want to try and snag some of those FO battle packs before they’re gone so I can have some TLJ accurate Stormies Quote
m4st3rt3ch Posted October 30, 2018 Posted October 30, 2018 Regarding the different helmets in a single movie...do you really think an army numbering millions and millions of soldiers is able to equip each soldier with identical items? And all that in a matter of some weeks? And even if they could, why should they? Those helmets ain't gonna explode. It's like in real life. Quote
MKJoshA Posted October 30, 2018 Posted October 30, 2018 11 minutes ago, m4st3rt3ch said: Regarding the different helmets in a single movie...do you really think an army numbering millions and millions of soldiers is able to equip each soldier with identical items? And all that in a matter of some weeks? And even if they could, why should they? Those helmets ain't gonna explode. It's like in real life. AS @Balrogofmorgoth stated. This is not the place to discuss costume opinions. Please stay on target. Quote
m4st3rt3ch Posted October 30, 2018 Posted October 30, 2018 Just now, MKJoshA said: AS @Balrogofmorgoth stated. This is not the place to discuss costume opinions. Please stay on target. With all due respect, there are loads of posts regarding those helmets. I'm the one to make a statement to finally end this stupid, unnerving discussion and i get scolded? Quote
RODDY Posted October 30, 2018 Posted October 30, 2018 (edited) Man these ANH figures look great, definetly gonna get a hold of them. Edited October 30, 2018 by RODDY Quote
Kdapt-Preacher Posted October 30, 2018 Posted October 30, 2018 1 hour ago, m4st3rt3ch said: With all due respect, there are loads of posts regarding those helmets. I'm the one to make a statement to finally end this stupid, unnerving discussion and i get scolded? Nah, you just happened to be the last post before MKJoshA showed up. Don't think too much of it. The fleet troopers don't need printed legs, per se, but it does look a bit weird to me to have a really detailed torso and then plain pants, particularly since most of the figures they're going to be around (TKs especially) have leg printing these days. When everybody had plain legs it was fine, but it would be nice of them to include the cargo pockets and have a consistent level of detail everywhere. To do it properly, though, the pockets ought to be on the sides of their legs, and that isn't common for anybody yet. The previous Tantive IV was released for the 10th anniversary of the Star Wars line--it would certainly be fitting if they made an updated one for the 20th, but at the same time, I'd hate to set a precedent of having the same anniversary sets every time. Quote
Forresto Posted October 31, 2018 Posted October 31, 2018 At this point there is no legitimate reason for them to not include printed legs on a fig. Especially at current prices. Quote
brobert Posted October 31, 2018 Posted October 31, 2018 5 hours ago, Forresto said: At this point there is no legitimate reason for them to not include printed legs on a fig. Especially at current prices. Oh they have a reason...saving a few pennies...or just not caring, since fans will buy anything anyway. Quote
That Orange Thing Posted October 31, 2018 Posted October 31, 2018 To be fair I've never heard of the kids complain about the lack of or the quality of printing on a figure. They normally smash them into each other or most heartbreaking of all bite on the heads or legs to pull them apart. I don't think they care about it. Maybe it's more of a AFOL problem Quote
manumi Posted October 31, 2018 Posted October 31, 2018 I think the "problem" between skirts and legs, could have solved in the BP with fabric skirts, so everyone would be happy Quote
BacktoBricks Posted October 31, 2018 Posted October 31, 2018 On an Instagram story, there is a photo of a little boy minifigure in red/gold clothes and at the edge of the photo is another figure. It looks like the Resistance Bomber Pilot in both the torso and helmet, but although it's blurry, the little bit of the face you can see suggests to me that the face is different. Could suggest that the Finch Dallow figure is from a bigger set with other figures not a microfighter? Just a thought ... Quote
Hulk_Smash Posted October 31, 2018 Posted October 31, 2018 Just now, BacktoBricks said: On an Instagram story, there is a photo of a little boy minifigure in red/gold clothes and at the edge of the photo is another figure. It looks like the Resistance Bomber Pilot in both the torso and helmet, but although it's blurry, the little bit of the face you can see suggests to me that the face is different. Could suggest that the Finch Dallow figure is from a bigger set with other figures not a microfighter? Just a thought ... Could be a micro fighter twin pack though Quote
BacktoBricks Posted October 31, 2018 Posted October 31, 2018 (edited) 9 minutes ago, Hulk_Smash said: Could be a micro fighter twin pack though It could be, but you normally get one 'good guy' and one 'bad guy' in a Microfighter dual pack ... Edited October 31, 2018 by BacktoBricks Quote
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