Random figure of the day: sw0944

@BabuBrick said:
" @PurpleDave said:
" @BabuBrick said:
"They need to release another Biggs minifigure.

Still not a fan of these helmets."

https://brickset.com/minifigs/sw0009 ?"

Doesn’t count. They haven’t released another one SINCE this one, and it’s been eight years already. We need a new Biggs with the modern torso print, modern leg print, and the classic helmet mold.

Never been a fan of this one. He doesn’t even have a chinstrap."

Ah, what does he need a chinstrap for anyways? He’s gonna die in ten minutes!

This helmet design was nice. I do prefer the original, though - it fits the minifig heads better, and it feels more "LEGO-y" to print the visor on the characters' heads rather than mold the visor on the helmet (and accuracy isn't sacrificed by doing that).

Bigg's Time:)
(BIGG'S TIME)
Not on his way, he isn't making it
(BIGG'S TIME)
oh no
(BIGG'S TIME)
He not in the sequels, NO
(BIGG'S TIME)
So much lesser than Wedge...:D

@BabuBrick said:
" @PurpleDave said:
" @BabuBrick said:
"They need to release another Biggs minifigure.

Still not a fan of these helmets."

https://brickset.com/minifigs/sw0009 ?"

Doesn’t count. They haven’t released another one SINCE this one, and it’s been eight years already. We need a new Biggs with the modern torso print, modern leg print, and the classic helmet mold.

Never really liked this one very much. He doesn’t even have a chinstrap."

What about https://brickset.com/minifigs/sw1038 ?

One of the best Xwing play scale set, and IMO the best version of Biggs.

@Brick_t_ said:
"One of the best Xwing play scale set, and IMO the best version of Biggs. "

I don’t think there’s much competition for that, there’s been surprisingly few versions of him

@Brickalili said:
" @Brick_t_ said:
"One of the best Xwing play scale set, and IMO the best version of Biggs. "

I don’t think there’s much competition for that, there’s been surprisingly few versions of him"

Every Biggs that isn't this figure has already been mentioned in this thread.

@TheOtherMike said:
" @Brickalili said:
" @Brick_t_ said:
"One of the best Xwing play scale set, and IMO the best version of Biggs. "

I don’t think there’s much competition for that, there’s been surprisingly few versions of him"

Every Biggs that isn't this figure has already been mentioned in this thread."

Which feels weird, right? Given he’s Luke’s best friend from Tatooine, the inspiration for Luke to become a pilot and the sacrificial lion that encourages Luke to really get his game together in the trench run. I know he doesn’t get too much actual screen time but neither does Dutch Vander and there’s twice as many of him as there are of Biggs

@ecleme11 said:
" @BabuBrick said:
" @PurpleDave said:
" @BabuBrick said:
"They need to release another Biggs minifigure.

Still not a fan of these helmets."

https://brickset.com/minifigs/sw0009 ?"

Doesn’t count. They haven’t released another one SINCE this one, and it’s been eight years already. We need a new Biggs with the modern torso print, modern leg print, and the classic helmet mold.

Never really liked this one very much. He doesn’t even have a chinstrap."

What about https://brickset.com/minifigs/sw1038 ?
"

Right. Remind me, what set did that one come in?

@brick_r said:
"Bigg's Time:)
(BIGG'S TIME)
Not on his way, he isn't making it
(BIGG'S TIME)
oh no
(BIGG'S TIME)
He not in the sequels, NO
(BIGG'S TIME)
So much lesser than Wedge...:D"

Best comment.

Those helmets were TERRIBLE

@ecleme11 said:
" @BabuBrick said:
" @PurpleDave said:
" @BabuBrick said:
"They need to release another Biggs minifigure.

Still not a fan of these helmets."

https://brickset.com/minifigs/sw0009 ?"

Doesn’t count. They haven’t released another one SINCE this one, and it’s been eight years already. We need a new Biggs with the modern torso print, modern leg print, and the classic helmet mold.

Never really liked this one very much. He doesn’t even have a chinstrap."

What about https://brickset.com/minifigs/sw1038 ?"

I like that one, but I don’t think it was ever officially released in a set. It’s basically just this figure but with a hair piece instead of the helmet.

@PurpleDave said:
" @ecleme11 said:
" @BabuBrick said:
" @PurpleDave said:
" @BabuBrick said:
"They need to release another Biggs minifigure.

Still not a fan of these helmets."

https://brickset.com/minifigs/sw0009 ?"

Doesn’t count. They haven’t released another one SINCE this one, and it’s been eight years already. We need a new Biggs with the modern torso print, modern leg print, and the classic helmet mold.

Never really liked this one very much. He doesn’t even have a chinstrap."

What about https://brickset.com/minifigs/sw1038 ?
"

Right. Remind me, what set did that one come in?"

No sets, but six books: https://www.bricklink.com/catalogItemIn.asp?M=sw1038&in=B

@BabuBrick said:
"They need to release a new Biggs minifigure."
What's the diminutive of Biggs?
Biggles.

And he's even a pilot too.

Strangely this Biggs most of all gives me nostalgia for the 1999 Biggs minifig more than that it makes me think of the character in the film. I guess that although I like Star Wars for the most part, being reminded of old lego just does more for my nostalgia.

Oh, and SW milking nostalgia for everything in the core films for decades to the point the new Mandalorian film set line shows like two truly new vehicles (one of which is a mech droid thing) doesn't help.

@TheOtherMike said:
" @PurpleDave said:
" @ecleme11 said:
" @BabuBrick said:
" @PurpleDave said:
" @BabuBrick said:
"They need to release another Biggs minifigure.

Still not a fan of these helmets."

https://brickset.com/minifigs/sw0009 ?"

Doesn’t count. They haven’t released another one SINCE this one, and it’s been eight years already. We need a new Biggs with the modern torso print, modern leg print, and the classic helmet mold.

Never really liked this one very much. He doesn’t even have a chinstrap."

What about https://brickset.com/minifigs/sw1038 ?
"

Right. Remind me, what set did that one come in?"

No sets, but six books: https://www.bricklink.com/catalogItemIn.asp?M=sw1038&in=B "

Interesting. Didn’t know those existed.

I prefer the older style of helmets with printed visors and chinstraps, but I do think every Rebel pilot should have a "helmetless" face as their alternate expression. I never liked having to source a whole new head when I wanted them that way, and the pilot heads were so specific they weren't much use for anything else.

@ecleme11 said:
"What about https://brickset.com/minifigs/sw1038 ?"

It's vaguely interesting that the art accompanying that Biggs gives him this helmet style, while the other pilots all have the original.

@Brickalili said:
"Which feels weird, right? Given he’s Luke’s best friend from Tatooine, the inspiration for Luke to become a pilot and the sacrificial lion that encourages Luke to really get his game together in the trench run. I know he doesn’t get too much actual screen time but neither does Dutch Vander and there’s twice as many of him as there are of Biggs"

Gold Leader's main advantage is that Y-wing sets need *someone* to fly them, and he's the most prominent Y-wing pilot in the movie. Biggs is always going to be the second choice at best for X-wings, and even then, he's competing with Wedge, who has more appearances and can also show up in snowspeeders.

Biggs' deleted scene Tatooine outfit would make sense as an exclusive minifigure at some point, though, especially now that he's got an existing modern headprint.

@Murdoch17 said:
" @brick_r said:
"Bigg's Time:)
(BIGG'S TIME)
Not on his way, he isn't making it
(BIGG'S TIME)
oh no
(BIGG'S TIME)
He not in the sequels, NO
(BIGG'S TIME)
So much lesser than Wedge...:D"

Best comment."

I did a Brickset search for "City Lights" and "Sledgehammer" to address the possibility of follow-ups, but came up empty.

@PurpleDave said:
" @RogueWhistler said:
"Gold Leader's main advantage is that Y-wing sets need *someone* to fly them, and he's the most prominent Y-wing pilot in the movie. Biggs is always going to be the second choice at best for X-wings, and even then, he's competing with Wedge, who has more appearances and can also show up in snowspeeders."

Hey, Biggs can show up in Snowspeeders, too. Just have Dack holding a little urn in the back of Luke’s Snowspeeder, with a “B” monogrammed on the side."

Said urn is 99.9999999999% Death Star dust. The remaining 0.0000000001% organic ash is far more likely to be dead Imperial.

Still a good keepsake though.

@BabuBrick said:
" @PurpleDave said:
" @BabuBrick said:
"They need to release another Biggs minifigure.

Still not a fan of these helmets."

https://brickset.com/minifigs/sw0009 ?"

Doesn’t count. They haven’t released another one SINCE this one, and it’s been eight years already. We need a new Biggs with the modern torso print, modern leg print, and the classic helmet mold.

Never really liked this one very much. He doesn’t even have a chinstrap."

"It'll be like old times, Luke. They'll never stop us."

@essel said:
" @BabuBrick said:
" @PurpleDave said:
" @BabuBrick said:
"They need to release another Biggs minifigure.

Still not a fan of these helmets."

https://brickset.com/minifigs/sw0009 ?"

Doesn’t count. They haven’t released another one SINCE this one, and it’s been eight years already. We need a new Biggs with the modern torso print, modern leg print, and the classic helmet mold.

Never really liked this one very much. He doesn’t even have a chinstrap."

"It'll be like old times, Luke. They'll never stop us.""

Well, he was half right. And half right is, uh…half the battle? I guess? Pretty sure he made it through at least half the battle, anyway.

@CapnRex101 said:
" @SearchlightRG said:
"Biggs is hanging out with Dooku in the Star Wars wing of the “Long Overdue for an Updated Minifigure” Club."

Magnaguards have been in the club for so long that they have shut down."

Zam Wesell sends her regards.

@CapnRex101 said:
" @Murdoch17 said:
" @CapnRex101 said:
" @SearchlightRG said:
"Biggs is hanging out with Dooku in the Star Wars wing of the “Long Overdue for an Updated Minifigure” Club."

Magnaguards have been in the club for so long that they have shut down."

Zam Wesell sends her regards."

Do you see that skeleton in the corner...?"

Savage Opress has been using the club’s gym facilities long enough to attain the same physique he previously only possessed through Nightsister Magick.

@CapnRex101 said:
" @Murdoch17 said:
" @CapnRex101 said:
" @SearchlightRG said:
"Biggs is hanging out with Dooku in the Star Wars wing of the “Long Overdue for an Updated Minifigure” Club."

Magnaguards have been in the club for so long that they have shut down."

Zam Wesell sends her regards."

Do you see that skeleton in the corner...?"

That's Zam? I thought EV-9D9 just got bored waiting and tortured someone to death for the fun of it. But then, Aldar Beedo and Gasgano are sort of blocking my view.

@TheOtherMike said:
" @CapnRex101 said:
" @Murdoch17 said:
" @CapnRex101 said:
" @SearchlightRG said:
"Biggs is hanging out with Dooku in the Star Wars wing of the “Long Overdue for an Updated Minifigure” Club."

Magnaguards have been in the club for so long that they have shut down."

Zam Wesell sends her regards."

Do you see that skeleton in the corner...?"

That's Zam? I thought EV-9D9 just got bored waiting and tortured someone to death for the fun of it. But then, Aldar Beedo and Gasgano are sort of blocking my view."

The Tonnika sisters just stormed off in a huff.