Minifigures and Weapons

[Savage Oppress]

Lately,Lego has been making the weapons for the minifigure bigger than the minifigure itself. This makes the minifigure fall over from the weapon's weight.

[Modulex Guy]

Attach Minifig to baseplate or stud, easy as that.

[TheLegoDr]

Gravity is not always your friend when it comes to minifigures holding objects.

I agree, a baseplate will conquer all (usually).

[Leo604]

Only weapons like this I can think of are the new designs for Chima; other than that everything else seems fine.

[Grimmbeard]

Studs work wonders! Or you can always fiddle around with their pose.

[BrickG]

I was thinking about making a thread very similar! But mine was just about weapon size.

Compare the old Lego swords to things like the Lego katana. The old swords are practically like daggers compared to the newer weapons. Weapons have gotten bigger and bigger to the point where I'd say they're barely compatible with each other as the style is so different.

[Haltiamieli]

Compare the old Lego swords to things like the Lego katana. The old swords are practically like daggers compared to the newer weapons. Weapons have gotten bigger and bigger to the point where I'd say they're barely compatible with each other as the style is so different.

I too dislike the most oversized Lego weapons, but not all of them are exactly new. Katana was introduced in 1998 (though personally I don't think it's really oversized, it's just a longer sword), and this monster of a sword in 1995 (I really hope the Kingdoms line was the last we will ever see of it). On the other hand recently we've got things like gladius, Sting and Heroica sword. Even the new greatsword is much smaller than the old greatsword and nicely compatible in scale with the old shortsword.

[Zaterdag]

The only weapon I don't like is the giant troll sword, as seen in 7195 Ambush In Cairo

[BrickG]

I too dislike the most oversized Lego weapons, but not all of them are exactly new. Katana was introduced in 1998

It's new to me!

feels old...

[Lordofdragonss]

Guys, this are the most oversized weapons in lego universe:

Edited January 17, 2013 by Lordofdragonss

[Vindicare]

Everything associated with minifigs accessories are oversized. Look at skateboards and food. Turkey legs are the size of their heads, as are most foods. They have to make them larger(I'm assuming) that way kids will be able to easily grasp them and put them in the figs hand and not lose them.

I can't stand the size of accessories...but have learned to deal with it.

[Sir_Basil_Ashton]

Baseplates work for displaying only. When my kids play with their LEGO, they do it over a large area in the living room. I would need about 20 base plates to cover this area so that their minifigures don't tip over from oversized weapons.

[TheLegoDr]

The nice thing is if you are playing with the figures, then they all don't have to be standing up all the time. I remember playing as a kid I'd just have them lay down until I got to that section of my play space. It wasn't that big of a deal. But otherwise, baseplates would be good. Or a whole bunch of the CMF baseplates for each figure instead of lots of larger studded plates.

[Flipz]

and this monster of a sword in 1995 (I really hope the Kingdoms line was the last we will ever see of it).

I disagree, I really like that sword for heroes and knights, particularly mounted knights (where the "tippage" issue is less of a problem). Of course, for the regular footmen, such huge swords would just look silly, but I like that sword because it makes the figure instantly prominent.

Plus, it's the only official LEGO sword (to my knowledge) that's been made in chrome, and I'm a sucker for chrome.

EDIT: Apparently, the LEGO scimitar also came in chrome silver in a few sets, but that's not exactly the best sword for medieval European settings.

Edited January 18, 2013 by Flipz

[The Legonater]

...and this monster of a sword in 1995 (I really hope the Kingdoms line was the last we will ever see of it).

Actually, if TLG cheapskates and doesn't produce a new mold, I could see that being used for Anduril in the LotR line.

[Haltiamieli]

It's new to me!

Yeah, it's not the oldest part there is, of course. But my main point was that in my view there hasn't really been a linear evolution towards bigger accessories, things "getting bigger and bigger" like you said. It depends very much from mold to mold how oversized things are compared to minifigures.

Actually, if TLG cheapskates and doesn't produce a new mold, I could see that being used for Anduril in the LotR line.

Could be, though personally I think it's more probable that if they don't make a dedicated mold, they just use the typical (as far as Lego LotR is concerned) longsword and ignore the speciality of Andúril.

[Grimmbeard]

Guys, this are the most oversized weapons in lego universe:

Those are pretty oversized, but they're still practical.

[AmperZand]

Guys, this are the most oversized weapons in lego universe:

I completely agree about the top halberd. In fact, I only use it for the large figures like the Fantasy Era giant trolls ( http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItem.asp?M=cas376 ) and the LotR cave troll ( http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItem.asp?M=lor027 ). I have replaced all those halberds that came with the Uruk-Hai poly with the older, smaller halberd in black ( http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItem.asp?P=3848 ). Looks much better.

I do use some of the larger swords, but only as two-handed weapons, that is, with nothing in the off hand. While those swords are much too wide, their length is plausible. I have handled a genuine early 16th century two-handed sword that was not much shorter than I am tall, and it would have been usable.