Lego Star Wars Minifigures Old vs New

[Darth_Bane13]

Do you guys prefer the more modern detailed designs of Star Wars figures or the older simplistic designs? Personally I tend to prefer the older figures as I think they feel more like Lego and they aren't trying to be totally accurate which gives them a lot of charm and personality. I think trying to make them as realistic as possible just looks weird as they can never be proportionally accurate like an action figure would be, it creates an almost uncanny valley effect especially when their faces are packed with detail. For the example the old Darth Vader helmet while less accurate, fits better proportionally and looks more like Lego to me. The new Vader helmet feels like it almost belongs to a different toy than Lego, the eyes are also always looking up. With all that said I can appreciate detailed figures when they actually pay attention to said details and actually get them correct. My problem with modern figures is they just look like cheap customs or knockoffs due to having so many incorrect details. The Fives figure for example has a lot of detail (arm printing, leg, toe), yet the helmet can't even get the printing in the right place. I think the figures from 2014-2019 were respectable as they paid close attention to smaller details and actually strived to make sure all the printing they were adding was correct. I'm curious to hear others thoughts on this.