Random minifig of the day: sw0441

Hey, the set was… not that long ago. Once again stretching the definition of a minifigure, but we’ll take it. It’s honestly a fairly solid Droideka, save for maybe the chunkiness.

Not the most accurate Droideka design imo, but I’m very nostalgic for this figure. I still like it.

Moulded Droidekas when?

@flord said:
"Hilarious that this is considered a minifigure, while Scooby-Doo the title character, is not."

Well, you don’t have to assemble Scooby-Doo.

Unless you count popping his head on his body.

Ah yes, the killer b a l l

@flord said:
"Hilarious that this is considered a minifigure, while Scooby-Doo the title character, is not."

And the Wampa and Rancor are not considered bigfigs either despite using similar construction techniques.

@Wallace_Brick_Designs said:
"Hey, the set was… not that long ago. Once again stretching the definition of a minifigure, but we’ll take it. It’s honestly a fairly solid Droideka, save for maybe the chunkiness."

I dunno, I’d say a decade is a pretty solid chunk of time.
And yeah, like you I’d say how solid the design is is part of the problem: on-screen droidekas aren’t that chunky, they’re quite skeletal. I think it’s why Lego’s first design for them, built mostly out of droid arms, remains my favourite

@SearchlightRG said:
" @flord said:
"Hilarious that this is considered a minifigure, while Scooby-Doo the title character, is not."

Well, you don’t have to assemble Scooby-Doo.

Unless you count popping his head on his body."

There are minifigures that consist of single bricks. I don't think "some assembly required" is a solid measure of what makes a minifig.

I suspect that Huwbot is trying to tell us something else: Scooby was never the main character, and he was never capable of speech. He was just a normal Great Dane, and the entire human cast of the series were on incredibly powerful hallucinogens. This, at the least, would help to explain the Mystery Machine's colour-scheme, as well as Fred's choice of clothing. It could also help to explain why a gang of roving teenagers would make it a habit to assault and batter innocent cosplay-enthusiasts on a weekly basis.

That poor dog had to take the blame for every stupid idea that Shaggy ever had, and I'm just not here for it.

If that's a minifig then I consider my 31164 (and many others) also a minifig.

@BrickClones said:
"It's always funny seeing brick built Droids like this count as Minifigs! "

It was a short step from R2-D2 and other astromechs that also don't contain any minifigure parts to bricklink changing their standards of what a minifigure is. Scooby Doo isn't considered a minifigure as he goes in animals at bricklink.

@flord said:
"Hilarious that this is considered a minifigure, while Scooby-Doo the title character, is not."

That will be because Scooby's a dog, which comes under animals not minifigures. In fact to classify Scooby as a minifigure would require the re-classification of all Lego animals to minifigures which is patently ridiculous.

@Crux said:
" @SearchlightRG said:
" @flord said:
"Hilarious that this is considered a minifigure, while Scooby-Doo the title character, is not."

Well, you don’t have to assemble Scooby-Doo.

Unless you count popping his head on his body."

There are minifigures that consist of single bricks. I don't think "some assembly required" is a solid measure of what makes a minifig.

I suspect that Huwbot is trying to tell us something else: Scooby was never the main character, and he was never capable of speech. He was just a normal Great Dane, and the entire human cast of the series were on incredibly powerful hallucinogens. This, at the least, would help to explain the Mystery Machine's colour-scheme, as well as Fred's choice of clothing. It could also help to explain why a gang of roving teenagers would make it a habit to assault and batter innocent cosplay-enthusiasts on a weekly basis.

That poor dog had to take the blame for every stupid idea that Shaggy ever had, and I'm just not here for it."

…are you sure the Scooby gang were the ones suffering the effects of hallucinogens?

"Minifig" yeah, sure...

We really need Droidekas that can roll up into balls. The original from 2002 could, but I don't believe the same can be said for any others since. It's arguably their most iconic feature and it's a shame the minifigs can't.

@Brickalili said:
" @Wallace_Brick_Designs said:
"Hey, the set was… not that long ago. Once again stretching the definition of a minifigure, but we’ll take it. It’s honestly a fairly solid Droideka, save for maybe the chunkiness."

I dunno, I’d say a decade is a pretty solid chunk of time.
And yeah, like you I’d say how solid the design is is part of the problem: on-screen droidekas aren’t that chunky, they’re quite skeletal. I think it’s why Lego’s first design for them, built mostly out of droid arms, remains my favourite "

I actually meant as RSotD. Reading it again, I was really not clear….

A new version in the forthcoming LEGO Star Wars magazine gift.. might already be available.

@WizardOfOss said:
"If that's a minifig then I consider my 31164 (and many others) also a minifig."

A minifigure with a light brick. Wow, that’s a new idea.

@CCC said:
" @BrickClones said:
"It's always funny seeing brick built Droids like this count as Minifigs! "

It was a short step from R2-D2 and other astromechs that also don't contain any minifigure parts to bricklink changing their standards of what a minifigure is. Scooby Doo isn't considered a minifigure as he goes in animals at bricklink. "

You'd think they'd make an exception for sapient animals. None of the Toy Story animals are minifigs, either.

The whole bricklink way of cataloging and changing rules but not always updating the catalogue has led to many stupid examples and inconsistencies.

I think one of the biggest minifigures in terms of parts is Bowser, such as mar0161 at 159 parts, or one of his other variants. Or other big volume assemblies like Mack crs004. Whereas Groot, at 72 parts, is not treated as a minifigure as he was too big and only gets added as a special assembly, a type that is no longer being added. Smaug and Santa's Little Helper are both apparently animals, whereas Unikitty and Friends are all minifigures, even if they are just one brick. Then you get things like the wardrobe without a face ( https://brickset.com/minifigs/dp027 ) included as a minifigure, as bricklink decided it was a minifigure then after debate decided it was only a minifigure if it has the stickers on it. And then you get things like a cup being called a minifigure ( https://brickset.com/minifigs/3899pb006 ).

Bricklink catalogue admins got themselves in a tizzy when astromechs were being called minifigures (even though LEGO did not call them minifigures, and didn't use the word minifigure to describe Unikitty) and decided to apply it to all characters rather than to traditional minifigures. But not ones that had already been included as special assemblies or animals. Too many self imposed rule changes and acting only on some things and not all consistently really messed up the BL catalogue.

It would have been so much better if BL had introduced a characters hierarchy, with true minifigures imported inside of that. That way they could have included all the Cars and the Disney furniture and so on without messing up the minifigures section with crap.

@SearchlightRG said:
" @Crux said:
" @SearchlightRG said:
" @flord said:
"Hilarious that this is considered a minifigure, while Scooby-Doo the title character, is not."

Well, you don’t have to assemble Scooby-Doo.

Unless you count popping his head on his body."

There are minifigures that consist of single bricks. I don't think "some assembly required" is a solid measure of what makes a minifig.

I suspect that Huwbot is trying to tell us something else: Scooby was never the main character, and he was never capable of speech. He was just a normal Great Dane, and the entire human cast of the series were on incredibly powerful hallucinogens. This, at the least, would help to explain the Mystery Machine's colour-scheme, as well as Fred's choice of clothing. It could also help to explain why a gang of roving teenagers would make it a habit to assault and batter innocent cosplay-enthusiasts on a weekly basis.

That poor dog had to take the blame for every stupid idea that Shaggy ever had, and I'm just not here for it."

…are you sure the Scooby gang were the ones suffering the effects of hallucinogens?"

I was going to say it’s not technically a hallucinogen, but apparently it is. Not what we were taught in school, though. And yes, at the _VERY_ least, Shaggy and the dog were flying high as a kite.