Random minifig of the day: sw0524
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Today's random minifigure is sw0524 Clone BARC Trooper, 91st Mobile Reconnaissance Corps (Phase 2) - Scowl, a Star Wars figure that came in one set, 75037 Battle on Saleucami, released during 2014.
Our members collectively own a total of 13,082 of them. If you'd like to buy one you should find it for sale at BrickLink, where new ones sell for around $23.50.
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His BARC is definitely worse than his bite.
What a good dog!... Wait a second
Nice fig. Seems a bit outgunned in his set though.
Commander Neyo? Is that you?
The main difference between these and regular clone troopers in that they are infused with tree bark to make them more hardy and resilient, and better at leafing people behind, if it comes to it.
One of my favorite clone figures (though nothing will beat the Shadow ARF). Odd that they don't call him Captain Neyo, but he still is accurate enough. Wish we got more of him and his legion though.
Quite liked the set he came in - an excellent droid builder with decent terrain builds and speeder and STAP both. Plus the missile function was an early (and better) version of those target-shooting builds.
@Miyakan said:
"Nice fig. Seems a bit outgunned in his set though."
Any clone who can’t take on at least five battle droids of various types at once would rather die than admit it.
One of my favorite clones from one of my favorites sets! I love his unique helmet print, and I used to have him lead my "legion" of dark red troopers, two ARFs and two ARCs. The set he came in was fantastic. I really wanted super battle droids and the STAP. The terrain bits and shooting play function was a lot of fun as well. This was back when spring loaded shooters were new although I don't remember if this was my first introduction. Maybe one day we'll get another set like this.
@Shadowcloner said:
"Odd that they don't call him Captain Neyo"
What? Don't be ridiculous. It says quite clearly that his name is Scowl.
@R1_Drift said:
"Commander Neyo? Is that you?"
Some say it’s not Neyo because of the red arm, but I think the collecting is simply meant to represent the red shoulder pad he has on that side, in the same way Rex and Cody figs have blue and orange arms, despite the majority of the arm being white. Unlike Rex and Cody, he only has one red shoulder pad, the other one is white, hence why it’s only on one arm.
Wait a minute this is our first clone in RMotD!
So we have an BARC trooper and an ARF trooper, where is the WOOF trooper? Plus we have commander Wolffe and the "Wolfpack"
@Iguanaboy said:
"So we have an BARC trooper and an ARF trooper, where is the WOOF trooper?"
Probably off chasing the SQRL Trooper.
@R1_Drift said:
"Wait a minute this is our first clone in RMotD!"
...and two million more well on the way.
The most recent clone faces are the only clone faces that I have been happy with. This head in particular was used for practically every clone and stormtrooper around that time, having appeared in 111 different sets, and that doesn't include the amount of times it has appeared in those sets.
i'm glad they finally got a head that actually looks like the clone trooper now, with the right skin tone too.
@Iguanaboy said:
"So we have an BARC trooper and an ARF trooper, where is the WOOF trooper? Plus we have commander Wolffe and the "Wolfpack""
Not to mention the HOWL and GRR troopers…
@SearchlightRG said:
" @Miyakan said:
"Nice fig. Seems a bit outgunned in his set though."
Any clone who can’t take on at least five battle droids of various types at once would rather die than admit it."
Don't ever go against a Sicilian when death is on the line!!
I got this minifigure (one of my most special clone troopers I have in my modest collection) late last year by trading with someone at school. Mint condition as well. I swapped out the head for the 2020 style which I think is the best, but the rest of the minifigure looks great.
Imagine if LEGO made a new version of this minifigure. I'd hope (to no avail) that he'd get a new helmet mold (that could be used for Commander Wolffe as well) to better represent his helmet.
"You probably don't recognize me because of the red arm"
So I've recently watched The Clone Wars and I don't remember if i saw this figure in particular. But I did notice the symbol. I've owned 7250 Clone Scout Walker for the longest time and always wondered why that minifig was the only one with that symbol. So I looked it up. When I watched the show I spotted the regiment, finally. If I recall correctly it was the regiment led by Adi Galia. Now it comes kind of full circle when I learn the Saleucami set also had a trooper from the same corps :)
@Binnekamp said:
""You probably don't recognize me because of the red arm"
So I've recently watched The Clone Wars and I don't remember if i saw this figure in particular. But I did notice the symbol. I've owned 7250 Clone Scout Walker for the longest time and always wondered why that minifig was the only one with that symbol. So I looked it up. When I watched the show I spotted the regiment, finally. If I recall correctly it was the regiment led by Adi Galia. Now it comes kind of full circle when I learn the Saleucami set also had a trooper from the same corps :)"
Old one v. New one. Great fig. I wonder how long it will take Lego to realize that they can make a ton of money on different clone versions? I think they got the message with the 501st set. But, the new 501st battlepack might be a little too specialized. Sounds like Captain Rex is coming soon as well as Coruscant Guards in big, expensive sets. So, that'll be fun.
@SideSalad said:
"His BARC is definitely worse than his bite."
OK normally I find the attempts at humour in threads like this a bit annoying but this one actually made me chuckle. Well one sir!
The original minifigure version of this guy, https://brickset.com/minifigs/sw0130, was the driver of the Clone Scout Walker for whatever reason, despite the walker pilot clones having a distinct look of their own in the movie. I remember this guy's name being Neyo, but wouldn't have recalled where clones of his design actually showed up, if not for the set he's from making it obvious - must be Stass Allie's killer.
I suppose, thinking about it, that the first RotS wave may have made him the walker pilot, despite being from scenes on a different planet entirely, so that they could use the standard clone helmet mould; I seem to remember the movie walker pilots looking different enough that they would have needed a new mould, whereas this guy could just about get away with the standard one with a new print.
Either that, or Lego just got concept art of various character / vehicle / etc. designs without being told who went with what, and had to improvise. After all, in that first wave Mace Windu was put in the Kashyyyk-based Clone Turbo Tank set, despite remaining on Coruscant the whole movie, which suggests to me that Lego were kinda making it up as they went along just a little bit with those first RotS sets!
@ThatBionicleGuy:
I would expect it’s a combination of different people designing the models vs minifigs, and also not having molds ready for certain speciality troops. The first TIE Fighter pilot and the first Stormtrooper came in the same set, but they both used the new Stormtrooper helmet mold. SW had already generated around 100 new molds after about three years, at a time when overproduction of limited-use molds was killing the company. I’m sure there were groans somewhere in Billund when they realized there would end up being three distinct variants of the basic Clonetrooper helmet, on top of several specialty helmets.
@MeisterDad said:
" @R1_Drift said:
"Wait a minute this is our first clone in RMotD!"
...and two million more well on the way."
I thought it was just one million...this is getting out of hand, now there are two of them! ;)
I got this figure for $2 in 2020 and then sold it for $2 a few months later, right before the big price hike... Ended up buying another for $20. You could consider that be my smartest financial moment right there