Unicorn horns 'not right' for current horse helmet?

[badbob001]

I just bought some unicorn horns for the newer horse helmets and they don't go in flush. I don't see another variant of the unicorn horn so I'm not sure if better fitting horns exist. Unless my horns are fakes.

[Hive]

Yeah I came to the same discover a few days ago, to my big dissapointment. There's nothing wrong with your horns, they simply do not fit. Why, I do not understand.

[Dragonfire]

Same problem.

[BrickG]

Easy enough to shave down that part with sandpaper if you don't mind them not being 100% pure anymore.

[TheLegoDr]

They changed the entire horse mold, so the helmets had to be molded differently too. I guess when they did that they either didn't take into account existing pieces OR they never intended those pieces to fit into it and will possibly come out with new unicorn horns in the future. It is also possible the new mold doesn't have the room to accommodate the length of the horn?

I don't know why TLG does the things they do, but that is disappointing they don't fit. I had never tried since I don't own any of the new horse helmets/barding.

[dooberfloober]

It's to facilitate the horn's removal.

glad to help

[Hrafnblod]

It's to facilitate the horn's removal.

glad to help

That sounds pretty plausible. Some of my old helmets are a huge pain to get the horns pried out of.

[Aanchir]

I don't think the slight gap looks too bothersome, considering that the unicorn horns are just decorative ornamentation anyhow.

[Hive]

I don't think the slight gap looks too bothersome, considering that the unicorn horns are just decorative ornamentation anyhow.

Really? To me, the gap is both rather large and rather bothersome - to the point where I simply don't find it a suitable match.

[Front]

The new helmet looks to have a standard hollow stud. No shaft on any part is short enough to fit perfectly down a hollow stud.

Erland, Part Design

[Freddy Bricker]

Where are these horns from? I thought Unikitty was the first to introduce that mold, maybe I was kidding myself. So long as I can attack wings to my horses, I'm fine, though I can see the problem and hopefully Lego can create a better horn and/or helmet to fix this.

[Faefrost]

Where are these horns from? I thought Unikitty was the first to introduce that mold, maybe I was kidding myself. So long as I can attack wings to my horses, I'm fine, though I can see the problem and hopefully Lego can create a better horn and/or helmet to fix this.

The horns have been around for years. I think it first showed up in either Kingdoms or Atlantis. Unikitty was the first time seeing it in that color. Prior to that it only came in silver or gold I think?

[Hrafnblod]

The horns have been around for years. I think it first showed up in either Kingdoms or Atlantis. Unikitty was the first time seeing it in that color. Prior to that it only came in silver or gold I think?

I'm fairly sure they were around before that, even. Fantasy Castle had them, if I recall correctly.

Edit: My mistake, they were introduced with Kingdoms/Atlantis. The Fantasy-era castle sets had similar horse helms but with clips instead of a hollow stud that a horn goes in.

Edited January 16, 2014 by Hrafnblod

[Superkalle]

The new helmet looks to have a standard hollow stud. No shaft on any part is short enough to fit perfectly down a hollow stud.

Erland, Part Design

Does 4599 count? Makes a wonderful headlamp in any case