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Re: LEGO Minifigures Series 13

Posted: Thu Nov 27, 2014 1:55 pm
by Karalora
Azaghal wrote:I fee like we've been saying that (maybe it's just me) about the last few standard - i.e., not Simpsons or LEGO Movie - collections
It's not just you. I've been doing it too. Although I think even the LEGO Movie series had some really good stuff--not so many must-have characters, but lots of must-have parts like the coonskin cap (Wiley Fusebot) and the long, ratty gray hair (Mrs. Scratchen-Post).

Re: LEGO Minifigures Series 13

Posted: Thu Nov 27, 2014 2:58 pm
by Bruce N H
Hey,

Definitely an awesome series. I particularly like the goblin. Is it just me, or does the king look like he should be selling fast food?

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Re: LEGO Minifigures Series 13

Posted: Thu Nov 27, 2014 4:31 pm
by Kev
Bruce N H wrote:Hey,

Definitely an awesome series. I particularly like the goblin. Is it just me, or does the king look like he should be selling fast food?

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Yes! And that is awesome!

Re: LEGO Minifigures Series 13

Posted: Fri Nov 28, 2014 1:10 am
by AmperZand
Zurem wrote:...those horse-helmets
The word you're looking for is shaffron or champron. There are various other spellings and pronunciations.
Karalora wrote: I always wondered why they were called mind-flayers when what they eat is your physical, meaty brain. Not that D&D doesn't have its share of beasties that really do eat your mind in a metaphysical sense, like that ghost-platypus thing.
They don't just eat brains, they also attack the psyche through psionics. You can call them illithids if you prefer. {spasm}{pained grimace}One of them is ordering me to tell you that.{/spasm}{/pained grimace}

Someone on another forum suggested using the S13 alien head by itself as a creature which is an interesting idea.
Bruce N H wrote:
Definitely an awesome series. I particularly like the goblin.
I do, too. All the castle/fantasy minifigures in this series are cool, even the female cyclops which has been much derided.
Bruce N H wrote: Is it just me, or does the king look like he should be selling fast food?
It's not just you. I feel the need to create a MOC of that king with a cleaver and a frying pan chasing a horse. Don't you just love it when you think you're eating beef but in fact have been duped into eating horse?

Re: LEGO Minifigures Series 13

Posted: Fri Nov 28, 2014 2:53 pm
by Bluesecrets
I like this series but...um...don't they look a little "cartoonish" to you? Less like a traditional minifig and more cartoony.

Isn't cartoony more traditional? I think recent attempts at making "gritty and realistic" facial expressions tend to look rather awful. I really like the charming and classic feel of this series. (Except for the Cyclops)

Re: LEGO Minifigures Series 13

Posted: Fri Nov 28, 2014 2:56 pm
by Kev
Looking at the cyclops, all I can think is why does it have a pink mustache?

Re: LEGO Minifigures Series 13

Posted: Thu Dec 04, 2014 2:45 am
by Chuck06
A lot of good figures here, to be be sure.

Strong Likes: king, goblin, evil wizard, Egyptian soldier, female samurai,

Likes: hot dog suit guy.

I'm not usually much interested in the "x suit guy" group of figs, but between hot dog suit guy and the King rocking the BK look, I kinda want to build me a fast food restaurant.

Although there is a good group of figs here, most of them are not ones I want large numbers of (exceptions including goblin and Egyptian soldier). For example, anyone who's been collecting for even a few years is probably facing the problem of excessive royalty--that is, what to do with all the kings?

I like to have a vague story universe behind my fig collection, and over the years some of my kings (especially those from KK1 and royal knights) have had to be ret-conned into knights or more generic soldiers. I've also toyed around with the idea of having high kings, overkings, or emperors to which the various subkings report. So while I probably will want one king figure, I doubt I'll want more than that.

Re: LEGO Minifigures Series 13

Posted: Mon Dec 29, 2014 3:08 am
by AmperZand
Zurem wrote:It's my belief that it could easily pass as a mindflayer, which is a kind of squid monster seen in dungeons and dragons; the green color is kind of weird, but that gives it more creepy-factor.
http://classic-castle.com/forum/viewtop ... 14&t=25785

What do you reckon? Does it fill the niche?

Re: LEGO Minifigures Series 13

Posted: Wed Jan 14, 2015 3:13 pm
by Wilfred of Ivanhoe
I'm always a fan of the collectible Minifigs. Although I do not try to collect all the figs from each series anymore, I see about 6-7 that I will be getting at least one each of from series 13.

Re: LEGO Minifigures Series 13

Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2015 12:34 pm
by Jaffleman
Having the goblin 5 per box is the best thing lego has ever done. Going to be adding a lot more MOC peasants to my village. :)

Re: LEGO Minifigures Series 13

Posted: Sat Jan 24, 2015 4:37 pm
by dyntar
Have to admit that the king is my favourite of the new series. Even though he looks like he should be on a playing card.
I hope they release the crown and headpiece in black so we can have an evil king as well