Reversible torsos

[AmperZand]

Is there a list anywhere of which minifig torsos are particularly well suited to being used back-to-front? If not, what are your suggestions?

If you're wondering what I'm talking about, please take a look at the Mirkwood elf with the spear on the right of this picture:

His front was originally his back, but the back print matches up with the leg print, so it was an easy way of creating a variant. All I had to do was swap the arms.

(And for the perceptive among you, yes, all the minifigs in the picture do have yellow skin including their ears and neckline.)

[Darkdragon]

I think any torso could be used reversed, it just depends on if the back gives the look you are going for. I don't think any sort of list would really be helpful other than say a list of all back printed torsos with photos, and you can get that on Bricklink with the right search terms.

[AmperZand]

I think any torso could be used reversed...

In Europe where I'm from and where LEGO is from women have breasts on their front, not their backs. So a minifig torso with a bust couldn't be reversed just by swapping the arms as I suggested in my opening post. Of course, women in the US where you're from might be different with breasts on their back, not their fronts. I really wouldn't know.

[Darkdragon]

Uh...huh. Well, I suppose if you are going to look at it that way. It's really just lines though, it's not like it's raised 3D printing or something. I stand by my statement and I've seen plenty of female characters using the back of some torso that doesn't have "breast lines", as well as the fact that the back can be and is often covered so you wouldn't see that anyway.

[AmperZand]

...the back can be and is often covered so you wouldn't see that anyway.

If the print on a minifig's back needs to be hidden to make the front usable, then that torso isn't "particularly well suited to being used back-to-front" (to quote from my opening post). "Particularly well suited to being used" and "usable" aren't coterminous.

[Darkdragon]

Well, our opinions differ. Maybe you should make a list for those that share your view and don't want to use things that may or may not look "right" if seen from the back. No such list exists yet (to answer your first post succinctly).

[Wardancer]

Elrond (polybag)

Those who like their Elrond a bit simpler might prefer the back:

http://farm9.static.flickr.com/8069/8200675133_2fae1719cd_m.jpg