THELEGOBATMAN Posted April 20, 2020 Posted April 20, 2020 Yikes, those are really bad honestly. Definitely the worst minfigures so far. Face and hair for Ron are okay, but his arms desperately need dual molding, I hate when Lego gives long sleeves for characters that have short ones. His pants are also in wrong colour, dark tan would work much better. Honestly, I had to get to this forum to figure out who the second character was. Her outfit looks really bad, doesn't look like Lavender in movies. I wonder if they'll give her a material skirt piece (it would work for her outfit when she kisses Ron fo the first time). The hair and head don't suit her at all, that face for her is a joker. And where's her bow? She needs it.
BrickBob Studpants Posted April 20, 2020 Posted April 20, 2020 I‘m amazed it took them this long to reuse Rey‘s face for someone else It doesn‘t really fit, but it could be worse. I‘m also not a fan of minidoll hairpieces being used on minifigs, but at least she probably gets her signature bow that way
Balrogofmorgoth Posted April 20, 2020 Posted April 20, 2020 Honestly, Rey’s face could probably work for Hermione from the later films. It’s awful for Lavender though. I’m really hoping the reason they used the Friends hairpiece is because she has a bow attachment. Hopefully a cloth skirt as well. With those two things, she wouldn’t be so bad. I really wish Ron had dual molded arms and it’s not like we can replace them like someone else said
sammy_zammy Posted April 20, 2020 Posted April 20, 2020 @Guyon2002 Someone mentioned there were two centaur faces - account lego_harry_potter_934 just posted photos of both faces. So that's great. Interestingly, they look like they're different skin tones, but I expect that's just lighting...?
SideSwept Posted April 20, 2020 Posted April 20, 2020 5 minutes ago, sammy_zammy said: @Guyon2002 Someone mentioned there were two centaur faces - account lego_harry_potter_934 just posted photos of both faces. So that's great. Interestingly, they look like they're different skin tones, but I expect that's just lighting...? I’m seeing two different views/photos of the same figure/face, not two faces...
sammy_zammy Posted April 20, 2020 Posted April 20, 2020 Just now, SideSwept said: I’m seeing two different views/photos of the same figure/face, not two faces... One has its teeth bared the other has its mouth shut
Balrogofmorgoth Posted April 20, 2020 Posted April 20, 2020 Just now, SideSwept said: I’m seeing two different views/photos of the same figure/face, not two faces... Look closer at the faces.
Darth Shadowthrone Posted April 20, 2020 Posted April 20, 2020 Wow both those figures really don't stand out at all, which is a shame considering how many vibrant figures we've got with this line. I also really dislike the surfer hair for HBP Ron, it was used in the 2010 line and I feel like it really doesn't suit his bowl-cut hair at all. It's weird but his old hair from the og line would actually probably look more accurat (the same piece as was used for Marcus Flint). It's a good job Ron's confirmed for the Burrow, if this was his only inclusion in the wave it would be really funny. Unless it's the same variant included there... Also a much more expressive face is needed for Lavender. I made a custom one recently with Fleur's face and I feel like that works much better than this. I've been on the fence about the Astronomy Tower ever since hearing that it was Slug Club themed and based on what I've seen so far none of the figure are 'must haves'. Slughorn's neat if you missed the Bricktober pack and a lot of effort went into Luna's figure but so far unless the build is great it might be the most underwhelming playset to me.
SideSwept Posted April 20, 2020 Posted April 20, 2020 Just now, sammy_zammy said: One has its teeth bared the other has its mouth shut Yeah, that’s a single reversible head. I’d put my life on it.
sammy_zammy Posted April 20, 2020 Posted April 20, 2020 Just now, SideSwept said: Yeah, that’s a single reversible head. I’d put my life on it. Yes, so therefore there are two faces, exactly as I said...?
AdriWho Posted April 20, 2020 Posted April 20, 2020 50 minutes ago, Guyon2002 said: I'm just gonna say it: these figures are awfull Ron's face and hair look fine but the t-shirt looks really bad without dualmolded arms. If nobody told me it was Lavender I wouldn't even know it's her, extremely unrecognizable I have to agree, Ron's torso is the most acceptable, but gosh, that looks so cheap. Lavender's hair is inaccurate in shape and color. Hate those Friends soft plastic hairpieces.
thenudeorganist Posted April 20, 2020 Posted April 20, 2020 Just now, SideSwept said: Yeah, that’s a single reversible head. I’d put my life on it. A truly fascinating twist on the disagreement.
Balrogofmorgoth Posted April 20, 2020 Posted April 20, 2020 Just now, SideSwept said: Yeah, that’s a single reversible head. I’d put my life on it. That’s what we were saying
SideSwept Posted April 20, 2020 Posted April 20, 2020 Just now, sammy_zammy said: Yes, so therefore there are two faces, exactly as I said...? My mistake, I thought you were saying there was a new HEAD leaked, since you made the comment about a different skin tone. As you said, it is just the lighting.
AdriWho Posted April 20, 2020 Posted April 20, 2020 38 minutes ago, strangely said: I'm guessing Lavender will have a skirt piece and being that she's using a Friends hairpiece, she'll definitely have a hair bow. So there's a chance this minifigure might not turn out completely terrible. I hope so, but I am afraid that it won't be the case, but fingers crossed. Those two spots could have been used for other characters like uncommon teachers or even I would have prefer these two in uniform...
sammy_zammy Posted April 20, 2020 Posted April 20, 2020 16 minutes ago, Balrogofmorgoth said: Honestly, Rey’s face could probably work for Hermione from the later films. It’s awful for Lavender though. I’m really hoping the reason they used the Friends hairpiece is because she has a bow attachment. Hopefully a cloth skirt as well. With those two things, she wouldn’t be so bad. I really wish Ron had dual molded arms and it’s not like we can replace them like someone else said Wait, how can it be a friends hairpiece, I thought Friends had different sized heads? Just now, AdriWho said: Hate those Friends soft plastic hairpieces. Oh, is it soft like Cho's in the CMF?
kirkwoodproductions Posted April 20, 2020 Posted April 20, 2020 I bricklinked a couple of Elizabeth Swann heads a few years ago to make a Lavender to complete my Gryffindor lineup, glad I've got a spare to update this figure. With that and what will hopefully be the addition of a cloth skirt I don't think the Lavender figure will look that bad.
AdriWho Posted April 20, 2020 Posted April 20, 2020 Just now, sammy_zammy said: Oh, is it soft like Cho's in the CMF? It looks like Emma's black hairpiece from the Friends line :/
Darth Shadowthrone Posted April 20, 2020 Posted April 20, 2020 Just now, sammy_zammy said: Wait, how can it be a friends hairpiece, I thought Friends had different sized heads? Oh, is it soft like Cho's in the CMF? Minidolls and minifigures can both use the same hairpieces, its why you see some Friends figures with normal lego hats and the reverse here. A friends rubber hairpiece was also used for Qi'ra for the Lego star wars wave.
SideSwept Posted April 20, 2020 Posted April 20, 2020 Just now, sammy_zammy said: Wait, how can it be a friends hairpiece, I thought Friends had different sized heads? Oh, is it soft like Cho's in the CMF? Nope, same size/interchangeable for minidoll/minifig. I thought the exact same thing until recently. And yes, they are rubbery like Cho’s hair. Not quite the same clutch.
sammy_zammy Posted April 20, 2020 Posted April 20, 2020 (edited) Just now, AdriWho said: It looks like Emma's black hairpiece from the Friends line :/ Just now, Darth Shadowthrone said: Minidolls and minifigures can both use the same hairpieces, its why you see some Friends figures with normal lego hats and the reverse here. A friends rubber hairpiece was also used for Qi'ra for the Lego star wars wave. Just now, SideSwept said: Nope, same size/interchangeable for minidoll/minifig. I thought the exact same thing until recently. And yes, they are rubbery like Cho’s hair. Not quite the same clutch. Thank you all for the clarification. I didn't realise they are the same hairpieces! Hmm. I didn't know rubbery hairpieces existed until Cho (I guess I forgot Exo-Force) and was kinda disappointed. Is there a reason they use these? Edit: Oh and I didn't know the original Hagrid had rubber as well until the other day. I guess it's been around a long while and I've never been exposed to it. Edited April 20, 2020 by sammy_zammy
deskp Posted April 20, 2020 Posted April 20, 2020 OMG so bad. they even chose one of her most generic tops... Shes a rather loud character but that figure is like absolute zero.
Darth Shadowthrone Posted April 20, 2020 Posted April 20, 2020 Just now, sammy_zammy said: Thank you all for the clarification. I didn't realise they are the same hairpieces! Hmm. I didn't know rubbery hairpieces existed until Cho (I guess I forgot Exo-Force) and was kinda disappointed. Is there a reason they use these? For Friends I think its a stylistic decision to fit bows and other accessories in. For minifigures I think its when hairpieces need a certain level of intricacy that could otherwise couldn't be captured by plastic moulding, or when the piece needs a certain level of flexibility to fit around a minifigure head. An example of this is in the last Disney cmf series, where the Elsa and Anna figures both had braids which need to wrap around their heads and over their torso, where rubber is preferable as it has the flexibility to do that.
BacktoBricks Posted April 20, 2020 Posted April 20, 2020 For me Lavender can go two ways: She gets a cloth skirt and, hopefully, a bow and the figure is saved. She comes as is shown with no cloth skirt and she will be the worse figure for me since this revamp of the HP line. Ron isn't too bad, although he would have looked so much more accurate with two tone arms to make it look like he's actually wearing a t-shirt. Clearly cost factors there.
SideSwept Posted April 20, 2020 Posted April 20, 2020 Just now, sammy_zammy said: Thank you all for the clarification. I didn't realise they are the same hairpieces! Hmm. I didn't know rubbery hairpieces existed until Cho and was kinda disappointed. Is there a reason they use these? Arguably, they allow more flexibility (literally) with other accessories and poses, and that might be more true with the minidoll figures specifically.
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