Two brown Flintlock Musket models?

[Bonaparte]

It seems there are 2 models of the brown Flinklock musket.

I wanted to buy some on Bricklink and found out that a certain seller added "New design" to the description.

When I asked the seller what the difference is with the "old design", the answer was:

"The older guns have a smooth indentation in the rifle butt, the newer ones have a triangle cut out each side".

Does anyone of you guys have some more info or pictures of these differences?

I would like to know some more details before ordering.

[Mister Phes]

I know what you refer to! I have seen such a musket and might even have one. Might take me a while to find one though...

[Bonaparte]

Eventualy I found a picture of a "new flintlock".

This one is black, but they also seem to exist in brown.

Till now, I only have "old flintlocks".

I'm uncertain if I like these new ones and if I want to mix them with the old ones.

[Mister Phes]

There are definitely brown. I just went and looked but what I discovered was 3 months of unsorted LEGO from eBay auctions so I had to sort some of it so I can access the rest of it. Still haven't got to my musket reserves though...

[Bonaparte]

Now I found a new brown flintlock picture:

And this is a better picture of an old brown flintlock:

What could be the motivation of TLC to make a change to the design?

[Mister Phes]

So I guess I won't be needing to dig one up for you...

[Bonaparte]

No, but thanks for your efforts Mr. Phes!

Now that we have the pictures, I'm wondering if I should buy these new ones (a certain BL seller has about 700 pcs, and I need about 120) or if it would be better to buy the old ones (like all the ones I already have).

In the second case I have to buy from different shops or buy them more expensive.

[Lord Admiral Helden Ravensdorn]

Once you have them on the figs, it shouldnt really be noticiable, I would think...

[Mister Phes]

Now that we have the pictures, I'm wondering if I should buy these new ones (a certain BL seller has about 700 pcs, and I need about 120)

Did you end up buying those Imperial Guards from that Belgian seller?

[Bonaparte]

Did you end up buying those Imperial Guards from that Belgian seller?

Yes, yesterday I have bought 100 Imperial Guards.

That why I need to buy muskets.

[Mister Phes]

What's the other 20 muskets for then?

[Bonaparte]

What's the other 20 muskets for then?

I also bought recently some 50 imperial soldiers for my French army and I have only 30 muskets for them.

I might even buy 200 muskets to have some spare ones.

[Mister Phes]

And what of your frustration with the seller from Classic Castle?

You said you were going to buy 269 mini-figures from this seller and most of them had muskets, however he didn't give you a response. Meanwhile you were contemplating buying 120 red Imperial Guard mini-figures from a Belgian BrickLink store.

You still haven't updated me on the situation yet!

[Bonaparte]

And what of your frustration with the seller from Classic Castle?

You said you were going to buy 269 mini-figures from this seller and most of them had muskets, however he didn't give you a response. Meanwhile you were contemplating buying 120 red Imperial Guard mini-figures from a Belgian BrickLink store.

You still haven't updated me on the situation yet!

Actually, I did :armada1: .

But I posted this in the original thread Massive Napoleonic Armies for sale, On Classic-Castle.com.

[Scouty]

That is interesting in new and old. What motivated Lego to make such a move? Who knows? Was it because the molds were destroyed in order to make room for more? I mean, it's not like the cut out does anything to improve, it's just display, the only thing it improves is maybe a couple grams of granule plastic is used. I'll have to see one of these in real life before I make any more comments on it, though.

[Mister Phes]

That is interesting in new and old. What motivated Lego to make such a move? Who knows?

Surely someone knows. This was going to be my next questions actually...

[oo7]

Interesting indeed, I though all the rifels have the "new design" becuase that's the only type that I have (I have one new black rifle and my MISB Arkham that I will problably open soon has two new brown rifles). Now that I look at the old one, I think I like it better.

[Bonaparte]

Interesting indeed, I though all the rifels have the "new design" becuase that's the only type that I have (I have one new black rifle and my MISB Arkham that I will problably open soon has two new brown rifles). Now that I look at the old one, I think I like it better.

I agree that the old model looks better.

Some bricklink shop has +700 pcs of the new model.

I wonder in which sets that are?

[Mister Phes]

Peeron.com mentioned nothing about the newer type.

[Bonaparte]

Peeron.com mentioned nothing about the newer type.

I was checking my muskets last night and I have no new models (out of 250 pieces).

[El Bucanero]

Interesting.... I believe I have some of the "new" and "old" muskets, maybe I'll post some pictures of them.

[Bonaparte]

Interesting.... I believe I have some of the "new" and "old" muskets, maybe I'll post some pictures of them.

Having seen both of them, would you advise to buy the new ones or do you think the old ones look better?

[El Bucanero]

I don't really care about the looks, I would by those which are cheaper(or is there no difference in price?).

[oo7]

Oh, sorry, I forgot to mention I got my new black rifle in 7113 Tusken Raider Encounter.

[Bonaparte]

I don't really care about the looks, I would by those which are cheaper(or is there no difference in price?).

Well, at this moment it is only possible to buy the newest model on Bricklink when you need about 200 pieces and want to buy them from 1 seller.

I send some emails to sellers who didn't make a remark about the model and it turned out they have the new model.

So it will be difficult to avoid the new model since most sellers are not aware of the difference.