Large Figures

[Jareth]

TLG has made various "large figures" to interact with minifigs over time. There were the orient expedition ones, HP Hagrid, HP troll, Fantasy troll and now there are the Woody & Jessy limbs. What I would like to see in the future is more consistency and compatibility.

As an example, there are the "large animal parts" used to make Elephants dinosaurs and other large animals. These were used in 5 different themes (Alpha team, star wars, orient expedition, dinosaurs and Jurassic park.

http://peeron.com/inv/parts/40375

By altering the heads and using foot add-ons they were able to keep these parts viable for 5 years. I also wouldn't have minded seeing them used for the dragons in Fantasy, Viking and Harry Potter either. The result was that this was a lot of fun being able to mix and match animal parts to make hybrids and mutants.

Anyway, what can be done about it now? Well, for starters, keep the Jessy & woody arms in production with different colors and prints. Especially in space and Atlantis this would make the aliens/fish people more bizarre looking, instead of looking like people with masks.

Secondly, I'll use the fantasy large troll as an example http://peeron.com/inv/parts/x1844cx1

I like the Lego Look to this figure. It's blocky but not too blocky (The HP troll is too smooth, and the Orient Expedition Large figure was too blocky) And it has plenty of studs and technic pin holes to help customize it. That is crucial. Now that we know what's good, what could use improvement? Well, I think that this one part should really be three seperate parts, a head a torso and a pair of legs. This would allow lego designers to use MOST of the same parts year after year and still make it look unique, like what TLG does with minifigures now. For Atlantis a new head could be made and Squid legs and crab arms could be made out of normal lego bricks. For Pharaoh, a statue could be made by making a head that fits on top of the torso. Space, castle and other action themes could also use these parts.

As another benefit, making the separate troll head/torso/legs would make the troll poseable.

In conclusion, please TLG, keep using the Woody & Jessie arms and legs, and when you make a new large figure, keep using it and just modify the arms, legs and heads.