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10/31/08
11/01/08
Blacktron is out back beating Futuron to a bloody pulp.
10/31/08
10/31/08
Great list though1
11/01/08
That Han Solo is not from the 2007 UCS Falcon (he has a vest), but from Jabba's Sail Barge (2006). The same minifig came with proper yellow skin in the Desert Skiff set, which was actually released in 2000. So, right year, wrong skin color. There was another Han Solo minifig released that year, though, which was the ANH version with primary blue pants and yellow skin that came in the very first Millennium Falcon set.
10/31/08
Also, it should be noted that AFOLs recognize a _lot_ more variety than The LEGO Company ever would. They'd consider an older yellow-head Han Solo to be the same minifig as a fleshie Han Solo, but on Bricklink they'll get cataloged as two different minifigs (and no fleshies existed before 2003, unless you count the faceless TIE Fighter Pilots who have all had brown or reddish-brown heads). So will notable variants, like what's going to happen with Harley Quinn from the Batman theme (one-boob vs. two-boob, because they mixed up the order of black and white paint aps).
10/30/08
10/30/08
Guess brick-arms was actually making money.
10/31/08
So far, the truly gun-like guns are as follows:
crossbow (thrown in for completeness' sake)
flintlock pistol
flintlock rifle
revolver pistol
"old west" rifle (no way to tell what style it's supposed to be)
tommygun (Batman only)
short-barrel semi-auto (Batman only)
long-barrel semi-auto (Indiana Jones only...so far)
short SW rifle (think Stormtrooper)
long SW rifle (think Sandtrooper)
SW pistol (only used by Clone Wars Clonetrooper officers)
Aside from those, there are a few things that have been used as guns, mostly in Space or early Star Wars themes:
video camera (works as a large energy rifle)
torch (L-shaped handle with a large "cup" on one end)
megaphone (the plague of early SW sets)
"space gun" (looks sorta similar to the video camera, but it has a long handle instead of the large bricklike section that has two studs on it)
nozzle (two different styles, the first of which usually came with string permanently fused into one end, and the newer version where there's a hole at the T-junction so you can just tie your own string on)
I don't know if Brick-Arms was even in business when they added the first two "modern" guns (from the Batman equipment pack), but The Little Armory certainly was. However, that doesn't mean that TLA's success was in any way influential in their decision to break with tradition and create what are essentially modern weapons of war (since the various firearms from SW 4-6 were designed around actual working guns, most of which were WWII-era surplus). I suspect it had more to do with the fact that Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen decided to step down as CEO in 2004 (the six new guns have shown up two per year from 2006-2008). They didn't _need_ to go there (Batman started the trend, and the old revolver works just as well for that theme as the semi-auto and tommygun), but I do know that the six new guns run around the same price on Bricklink as most similar guns from custom-part sellers, and the SW megaphone-guns were a _HUGE_ gripe from non-AFOLs who only started collecting because of the Star Wars theme.
10/30/08
For instance, there was a series of mini-figs in red shirts, with an 'M' on the front. I forgot which series these belonged to.
10/31/08
Magnetron. It was, not too surprisingly, a magnet-oriented Space theme (pretty much every vehicle had a magnet built into it somewhere).
10/30/08
10/31/08
As soon as I read it the mental image snapped in perfectly!
(But then again I've always been a bit mental)
10/30/08
I present you with Alpha Draconis!
( Ok I know its creepy I know his name )
10/31/08
And it's not creepy, it's geek-hot ;)
10/30/08
10/30/08
Special shout-out to Billy Dee for being not only the first, but apparently the only, black Lego minifig.
(What, nobody else wanted the Kingsley Shacklebolt minifig?)
10/30/08
10/30/08
10/31/08
Lando the only black minifig? Not even close:
2001:
Tie Fighter Pilot (first use of a brown minifig head, but it was left blank)
2003:
15 NBA minifigs based on actual players
Lando, Bespin outfit
2004:
Security Guard (Spiderman theme, dark-blue cap)
2005:
Mace Windu w/ light-up lightsaber
2006:
Mace Windu, regular lightsaber
Lando, skiff guard
Bespin Guard
Arkham Guard (same as the Spiderman guard, but with a black cap)
2009 (announced):
Mace Windu, Clone Wars animated design
10/30/08
This makes happy and sad at the same time, because I just cry thinking about all the minifigs I don't have.
And I am looking around and seeing at least 300 within my view right now.
But I am on overload!
All my money is gonna go to bricklink to replace the missing minifigs in my collection!
10/30/08
10/30/08
I was just given a huge tote of Lego with MANY Star Wars Minifigs and PIECES of Star Wars Minifigs.
NOW I can piece 'em together and put 'em with the other Star Wars Lego stuff.
AWESOME RESOURCE!!!!