Dwellington Posted January 19, 2012 Posted January 19, 2012 I'm just not sure why he's not using the armored outfit like on the real poster: Naturally, because they probably aren't going to make a Legolas minifigure in armor. At least, not right away, since he's more immediately recognized without it. Or if they do, it'll wind up being just a printed torso, since long hair AND shoulder pads AND a quiver would get kind of crazy.
deskp Posted January 19, 2012 Posted January 19, 2012 (edited) Quick paint edit to show how he looks much better(in my opinion) when the eyes and eyebrows are more in the middle of the face. (as is natural human anatomy) Dont want my Legolas to have horse-face! Edited January 19, 2012 by deskp
CMP Posted January 19, 2012 Posted January 19, 2012 when the eyes and eyebrows are more in the middle of the face. (as is natural human anatomy) Dont want my Legolas to have horse-face! Agreed, it does look pretty odd.
TheDoctor Posted January 19, 2012 Posted January 19, 2012 I'm with you on this one deskp, it does look considerably better with the eyes lowered. I knew somthing was out of place but i couldnt quite put my finger on it
deskp Posted January 19, 2012 Posted January 19, 2012 Agreed, it does look pretty odd. I think it'll look alright when you can see hes neck properly, I think the combination of high eyes and no neck doesent work at all! When you cover up the nec thing it looks better. SO looking forward to seeing the real figure!
de Gothia Posted January 19, 2012 Posted January 19, 2012 Wow! Legolas don´t seem to have a fleshie torso! Great news!!
Darth Nihilus Posted January 19, 2012 Posted January 19, 2012 Wow! Legolas don´t seem to have a fleshie torso! Great news!! Yes, he does. It's just the lighting in the poster which makes it seem otherwise. All licensed themes have fleshies now.
CMP Posted January 19, 2012 Posted January 19, 2012 Yes, he does. It's just the lighting in the poster which makes it seem otherwise. All licensed themes have fleshies now. That's not fleshie. Look at the bright, flesh head just above the blue neckline.
Fives Posted January 19, 2012 Posted January 19, 2012 This Legolas fig is just superb! The more pics that LEGO release, the more this theme looks like the best licensed theme ever! The hair looks perfect, even though he won't be ale to turn his head. The quiver, though, looks like it has what is supposed to be an unstrung bow attached to it. The face is good, but it resembles the CMF elf too much. The torso is spot on! It is kinda upsetting that the Rohan sword will just be a gladiator sword, but they do look alike enough so it works. Let's hope for a Gimli pic next week!
Flobnomdob Posted January 19, 2012 Posted January 19, 2012 I think what they meant is that there is no annoying flesh-coloured neckline, like in the new Count Dooku torso, which annoys me a lot, so the torso needs only have its hands swapped to be used on a yellow-skinned minifig. I'm excited about this too!
Dwellington Posted January 19, 2012 Posted January 19, 2012 Yeah, Legolas's collar comes up enough that, with a hand swap, you can stick that torso on any Yellow you want. Too bad the ears are fleshie, otherwise you could really mix Legolas and the Series 3 elf up.
deskp Posted January 19, 2012 Posted January 19, 2012 Let's hope for a Gimli pic next week! I'm hoping for that aswell, but I can only find one Gilmi only poster and it doesent look like it would work well in lego. Poster link. If they want to show off some Gimli I'm sure they find a good way of doing it.
Stiel Posted January 19, 2012 Posted January 19, 2012 The neck part of the quiver is wider, and hides the lower part of the head, so the figure appears 'neckless'. Might be just poor CGI, but it could be a new quiver mold as well. Although what a wider neck part would be good for, I don't know. An additional clip on the back of the quiver would be much better (and it might just happen, too, there is something else on the back of the figure, behind the quiver). Otherwise, nice fig, I like the torso paint, less scale-y than the CM elf, serves as a nice counterpart. I'm looking forward to the other minifigs as well!
JackJonespaw Posted January 19, 2012 Posted January 19, 2012 I love the fig! The face is a bit serious for Legolas, but the torso and hair are great!
Walter Posted January 19, 2012 Posted January 19, 2012 I'm starting to really get excited about this line! Legolas just sealed the deal for me.
Wardancer Posted January 19, 2012 Posted January 19, 2012 I am not excited about the torso. There are other sand green torsos like that already. And in comparison with the CMF Elf it is underwhelming. The hair is great. The ears will need to be painted yellow, but that is ok. Long hair is often not compatible with capes though. The bow on the back is interesting. I cannot imagine a way to fit the CMF elfs longbow on the back of a fig, so maybe it is a bow without a string as a new mold. Something else would be great: A longbow that can be used by a fid on a horse without interfering with the saddle.
deskp Posted January 19, 2012 Posted January 19, 2012 I dont think the quiver is compatible with the hair.
Fives Posted January 19, 2012 Posted January 19, 2012 I dont think the quiver is compatible with the hair. I am a bit if-y on this. On one hand, long hair and quivers have never worked, and this is just a promo image. But, on the other hand, I wouldn't understand LEGO showing a promo pic of a fig that is capable of something the final product won't be able to do. I really hope they come up with some way to make it work, but if they can't, I would rather no quiver than a bad hairpiece.
Yope Posted January 19, 2012 Posted January 19, 2012 Legolas is possibly my favourite character in anything! Awesome poster! I wasn't going to fork out for the big sets but LEGOlas(!) is convincing me somewhat!
Dwellington Posted January 19, 2012 Posted January 19, 2012 I could see them maybe trying to sculpt long hair that goes over a quiver, maybe, but I dunno. One thing of note is that throughout the films, Legolas's hair tends to go over the front of his body. If they had done a piece like the Qui-Gon hair, but without the back ponytail, that might've solved it really easily, but maybe that wouldn't look very good. We'll just have to wait and see.
Piranha Posted January 19, 2012 Posted January 19, 2012 new quiver? new sword? and no flesh printing on torso?
Saruman the White Posted January 19, 2012 Posted January 19, 2012 Fantastic poster, it's amazing how much these Lego mini figures resemble the characters they're modelled after. This theme is just incredible and is looking better and better by every image released. I want either a Gandallf or Nazgul poster next. Wow! Legolas don´t seem to have a fleshie torso! Great news!! I can understand why you would say that if you were wanting to use that torso on one of your yellow Lego figures otherwise it is much better to have fleshie torsos with a theme like this.
TheLegoDr Posted January 19, 2012 Posted January 19, 2012 It certainly looks like the hair goes over the quiver, but under the bow. So I would assume the hair is sculpted to fit over the quiver, and then there is a clip on the quiver to the left/right of the hair that clips on and goes over the back of the hair, so the hair fits right in the middle. That way, it can work with or without the bow mold. But you may need to use the hair and the quiver together every time. And I didn't see anything wrong with the way his eyes are set up as is. I with the widow's peak in the front causes some of the forehead to be lost. Plus, I would picture an elf to have a slightly longer face/bone structure. I think the eyes lowered makes his face look too squished and rather weird.
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