LEGO, please DO NOT make battery-operated Castle Minifigs!

[Pacificus]

From the new Jedi minifigs to the town minifig with the flashlight, (it is obvious to many) that battery-operated minifigures are the antithesis of the whole point to LEGO.

How might LEGO use the battery figs in a Castle theme? Well, the lighting concept could be used for torchbearers or wizards. (Again, this would be bad.) As I jokingly mentioned in other threads, pressing down a minifig's head could might be used to make the minifig "say something." A soldier could be made to call out battle cries or whatever. (Again, this would not be a good idea.)

Hopefully, this will be read by all as a pre-emptive strike against battery-powered minifigures and not a form of reverse-psychology in favor (shudder!) of them.

[JPinoy]

NOOO! Do not give them (designers) evil ideas!

[Graynar]

Yes, don't go giving TLG ideas in making new battery operated minifigs!

*Shudder*

I've never seen or touched a Battery fig for real yet. And I hope I never get the chance. I believe TLG made these figs for the "action" thing.

*Sigh*

Let's hope we never see LEGO Vikings that say; AARRGGHH!

[Pacificus]

Capital One will team up with LEGO to make the Vikings ask, "What's in your wallet?" (In the year 2000, in the year 2000!)

[Lord_Of_The_LEGO]

How might LEGO use the battery figs in a Castle theme? Well, the lighting concept could be used for torchbearers or wizards. (Again, this would be bad.)

Actually, I've been comtemplating getting a battery fig for the very reason of converting it into a wizard/witch.

[Maedhros]

I don´t see what would be so freaking terrible with batteryfigs? Sure they are a bit stupid but it´d actually be quite cool with some fig for a wizard for example.

[Nick]

If Lego makes these vile creations you speak of, I shall buy tons of them just so I can burn them, MWAHAHAHA!
I really hope Lego does not make them, though; it will be another step in Lego's degradation, which began in the late 1990's.

[Formendacil]

How might LEGO use the battery figs in a Castle theme? Well, the lighting concept could be used for torchbearers or wizards. (Again, this would be bad.)

Actually, I've been comtemplating getting a battery fig for the very reason of converting it into a wizard/witch.

Well, since they're already out there, I suppose the best thing to do is try and make use of them.

But I am fully in the camp against the continued introduction of light-up figs, or figs of any battery-powered nature.

If you can't take them apart, they lose half of what makes them a fig.

[Norro]

If you can't take them apart, they lose half of what makes them a fig.

That is my main quibble with them...

God Bless,

Nathan

[JPinoy]

Capital One will team up with LEGO to make the Vikings ask, "What's in your wallet?" (In the year 2000, in the year 2000!)

Of course! Viking keychain minifigs! Now that should be a good idea to give Lego.

[E of Alshire]

If you can't take them apart, they lose half of what makes them a fig.

Exactly.
I must say, if Lego insists on the continued production of Light-up figs, they should not have the 'try me!' option in the box. The batteries can't be easily replaced and kids in the store 'try' sets they aren't going to buy.

[Nick]

Actually, despite of what I said earlier, I've often thought that it would be good if minifigs could be mobile and could interact with one other. I support this idea only providing the appearance of the figs doesn't not alter significantly.

[Lord Spaztic]

How might LEGO use the battery figs in a Castle theme? Well, the lighting concept could be used for torchbearers or wizards.

plz don`t flame me but I think torches would be a good idea
I don`t like the shouting solders because they would make`em
sound like Brabie & Ken
I am ok with it as long they don`t making Lame

[Koenig_Artus]

Oh D`oh speaking figs would be another hard strike against creativity and imagination...

when i played, i liked to give my figs a and individual characteristic voice which have mainly been made up by my imagination. I think, that that is one big and important part in a child`s play.

by the way: I was often inspired by monumental and sometimes movies which were set in the legends around King Arthur and the Knights of The Round Table.

[garraofthesand]

I do say that batteries are not classic legos, but are they all bad? I mean having a yelling minifig would really help with lego movies. And the lightup wand would help with lightup effects. Overall, the best idea i can think of is a light up ghost The worst is a light up jelly bean sword