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In lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, Dave Schuler wrote:
> In lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, Ken Dowd wrote:
> > Look at the police officer in this
> > Spider-man set - he's a cop, and unless your prepared to do some serious
> > dremeling, he'll always be a cop. The poor guy can't even take off his hat! :)
>
> Sure he can, as long as you take his head off with it!>
The French Revolution version of removing your hat. Ouch!
> > I'm a Castle guy, and I can take figs (or parts of figs) from any theme and
> > use them in a castle MOC. I can even put Euro armor on a police torso and no
> > one's the wiser. It would be much harder to use the MB sculpted police torso in
> > the Dragons theme.
>
> Don't you have cops in your Realm? What kind of lawless society are you
> running? 8^)
They still have the police torso under their armor. That makes them undercover
cops. :)
>
> > As far as proportions go...again, a matter of taste. I find the proportions
> > of LEGO minifigs to have a certain charm, whereas MegaBloks figs seem, as you
> > said, strange. I think the main problem are MB minifig legs a too short - put a
> > pair of black LEGO legs on the MB Venom fig and I think he would look much
> > better.
>
> Hmm. I hadn't realized that, but I'll have to check when I get home. I had the
> impression that the two brands' legs were the same length, compared with the
> overall body. Regardless, I will grant that the MB heads are often too large
> for the bodies. Of course, that's also true of LEGO figs, in which the heads
> are waaaay to big, but in a different way.
I just compared the 2 brands and you're right - the legs are the same length.
But, due to sculpting, the MB torso is bigger/bulker than the LEGO torso. When I
put LEGO legs on the MB torso they looked too smaller also.
>
> One aspect of MB minfigs that really interests me is the new hand design.
> Instead of being pincer-like, it has a distinct thumb. The trade-off is that
> there's no way for the minifig to grip a 1x1 brick, but I like the style better
> nonetheless. The Dragon figs, of course, have a one-piece hand/arm element, so
> that's kind of a bummer.
I had'nt noticed the thumb design before. It does look good.
>
> > When I first saw the the new stoplight piece I thought "cool". Then I
> > remembered a couple of stoplight MOCs I've seen on Brickshelf recently and the
> > MB piece was'nt so attractive anymore. And I guess that's the problem with
> > MegaBloks recently(for me) - all the specialty pieces seem like cheating.
>
> I can see that. I suppose it's good to distinguish between specialty elements
> with a range of applications and single-focus specialty elements, like the
> traffic light. I can't really see how that piece would be incorporated into a
> Castle or Pirates MOC. It works in its setting, but not as well elsewhere.
After thinking about specialty pieces a bit, I now know what to do with them. I
collect Minimates and instead of just displaying them on a shelf by themselves,
the MB elements would make for some nice backdrops for various figs. I was in
TRU yesterday and saw the Fire Storm Fortress in the MB display case - those big
ice pieces would make a neat background for the Mr. Freeze figure coming out
next year.
>
> > > So if you're not pleased with the set (280 pieces? Probably be $20-$30, I'd
> > > guess), then by all means leave it on the shelf. The more for me, the better!
> >
> > Ha! Like you are going to come to NC to buy the MB sets I leave on the shelves.
> > :D
>
> Sure--I sweep through NC each week to clean out the MB leftovers. You've been
> warned!
Each week! And you never stop to say "Hi"? Harumph!
>
> > > Thanks once again to Bill for this great information. Any other scoop that you
> > > can pass along will be greatly appreciated, of course.
> >
> > Indeed, it is appreciated. In fact, last Saturday morning, I came here to post
> > the very same info, only to find Bill had beat me to it by a few minutes.
>
> Hey, every infosource is useful. If you come upon any other news, let us know!
Yep. I need to post some C3 info soon.
Ken
>
> Dave!
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