SuperSquidman

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  1. Thank you! I don’t know to what degree it’s intentional but it’s amazing how much of it can be pieced together to form a cohesive progression of events and world/universe. At the very least, even if it is not officially acknowledged or supported, I wouldn’t be surprised if the designers keep track of things and design accordingly
  2. Thank you for posting that— it’s very nice indeed! This is a really neat endeavor! And using the different alien heads and pieces available can provide lots of color! If you ever feel like posting more I’d be curious to see it An issue I encounter is: do I make just a bridge with the rest of the ship as a smaller-scale attachment and separate playsets for other areas, or do I try to make a full, minifigure-scale ship so that way when a character leaves the bridge to go somewhere else there is a seamless transition and not me taking them from one play-set to another— which isn’t bad, but thinking about it does diminish it slightly for me
  3. SuperSquidman

    USS UFO

    That’s really nice! I like all the detail the sci-fi pieces from that era can provide
  4. I’ve been thinking about making my own USS Enterprise/Voyager-type ship with figures using the Futuron torsos, as with certain changes I think they’ll be most fitting for Star Trek-type outfits. Have any of you done something like this, thought about it, or know of someone that has? I think it would be quite neat and all the detail that one could fit in to the bridge with all the space and technology pieces over the years would be fun to make and play with, along with making one’s own crew. There are also figures that lend themselves to being different species that could be encountered, such as the CMF Series 9 Alien Avenger or the Series 8 Evil Robot, and older space factions/subthemes such as Insectoids and UFO.
  5. SuperSquidman

    Star Trek Next Generation Lego - Happy New Year 2024!

    LEGO need to “make it so” [Eurobricks wink emoji would’ve gone here but it didn’t work for some reason]
  6. (This may have been done before but I’m not familiar with any previous endeavor so I will make and post this nonetheless) LEGO SPACE, beginning in the 1980s, has had many factions, some being Blacktron, Spyrius, UFO, Space Police and more. Since beginning in 2010, the LEGO theme “Collectible Minifigures” has had many figures belonging to different space factions. However, not all of them belong to a pre-established faction, so this post will be made to not only detail the different space factions that have appeared in the various CMFs but primarily to assess those that are NOT preexisting factions, many of which have still not been given names as far as I’m aware. Since many figures are a part of factions one can posit that all space figures derive from and are representative of a particular faction (they don’t have to be but I will consider them as such for this post.) First, there are the: PRE-EXISTING, ALREADY ESTABLISHED, LEGO SPACE FACTIONS: Standard LEGO Space Agency (identified by the classic space logo): S1 Spaceman, S6 Intergalactic Girl, S7 Galaxy Patrol (dubbed “Space Marine” by some), S12 Space Miner, S15 Astronaut, S21 Space Police Guy, S22 Alien Creature, S22 Robot Repair Tech*, and S24 Brown Astronaut *The Robot Repair Tech’s look is complete enough and technologically advanced enough that it could not be made by someone or something without the necessary resources (they have a mining operation in space per the S12 space miner (perhaps a space-offshoot of Rock Raiders and Power Miner?)); it has a general, almost “focus-tested” look, like a modern civic/mainstream look (even arguably trying to look “cutesy”), like those of town/city buses, advertisements, maybe even streaming services, etc.; it is not Blacktron, Spyrius, or any other faction as its colors most align with the variety present in the standard space agency’s output; many have theorized that the standard space agency has a very wide reach (S22 Alien Creature shows that non-earth beings are enlisting/joining) and may even be rather fascistic and/or totalitarian (semi-jokingly but Space Police 3, Alien Conquest, S7 Galactic Trooper, and Galaxy Squad do put forth much compelling evidence: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=LQ3lfUxkm90 (some of these elements are now diminished a bit due to the existence of the S22 Alien Creature)); taking all this into account, the faction with the most reach, necessary resources, and that would have presence in the civic sphere, would be the standard space agency. Blacktron: S3 Space Villain, S11 Evil Mech, S19 Galactic Bounty Hunter Galaxy Squad (presumably an offshoot of the standard space agency but I will include it as its own faction since no such figure has the standard space agency logo): S13 Galaxy Trooper; this figure has on its chest armor, in the same places as all human Galaxy Squad minifigures, the same, exact symbols as them, except the symbol on their left has a gap in the middle of it (this symbol is present on the back of the S13 Galaxy Trooper’s armor as well.) I have never seen this mentioned anywhere before which is a bit disappointing. Alien Conquest aliens’ faction: S8 Alien Villainess UNESTABLISHED LEGO SPACE FACTIONS FROM THE CMF SERIES (I’m not familiar with every symbol used by a LEGO space faction so some of these may actually be from preexisting factions): S1 Robot: This could just be a helper robot made by the standard space agency. If it is representative of a species or faction, then the colors of their ships and overall aesthetics would presumably be light gray and silver with very plain/non-intricate designs. S3 Alien: It uses the Sqidman/Squidtron head but doesn’t seem to be of that same species (and according to the lore, Squidman may by the only alien of his kind (which is why he created Squidtron.)) It is most similar to the Alien Conquest aliens’ faction. Assuming it is a part of a faction and like the other factions their outfits and even skin colors match their vehicles and overall aesthetics, the ships for this species would be lime green, purple, gold, light gray and/or dark gray, and maybe silver and a light blue (perhaps just as highlights.) S6 Classic Alien: Assuming its ships are those of what is commonly ascribed to it, they would be modern-looking UFOs, retro UFOs, or anything apparently sighted. S8 Evil Robot: This could be an unaffiliated character, perhaps an experiment gone wrong or something of an outlaw, but assuming it is representative of a particular faction, then the vehicles and overall aesthetics would be black, red, and gunmetal. They almost seem like the LEGO space equivalent of the Borg. S9 Alien Avenger: The “Avenger” in the name relates to this description I found on bricksandminifigsanaheim.com (and the Portland version too) which reads like an official LEGO description so I’m going to post it here: “This alien species is constantly being bullied by others, but enough is enough! The Alien Avenger has bulked up, collected armor, and fashioned his own laser pistol to take out those who would threaten his home world!” It sounds like this species has been hurt by and/or caught in the fights of the standard space agency, Blacktron, Galaxy Squad, etc. This fits in to the overall situation of LEGO space, which is many space factions most of which competing or at odds with each other. This makes this avenger species seem more pacifistic from the start, donning their weapons as a means of defense. I personally am rooting for them. Their ships would presumably be bulky, consisting mostly of dark gray and bronze with silver highlights. Before knowing the figure’s official name and reading its description, to me this figure looked like it could’ve been a part of a species that was the LEGO space equivalent to the Klingons or the Star Wars EU/Legends’ Yuuzhan Vong. S9 Battle Mech: This figure doesn’t have any of the Galaxy Squad symbols but it looks almost exactly like one and it came out in the same year, included in the year’s first CMF. Though it lacks any symbols, it may be a part of Galaxy Squad and simply something similar to the S12 Dino Tracker, S19 Jungle Explorer, or even S9 Mr. Good And Evil, where the figures either belong to a theme or are remakes of older figures; S12 DT is a part of the Dino theme, S19 JE is Johnny Thunder, and arguably S9 MG&E is Monster Fighters, which is arguably further supported by a cover image used for the LEGO Worlds Monsters pack (even the S2 Witch and a differently-colored variant of the S1 Zombie were arguably, retroactively made into Monster Fighters minifigures with the set 850487 Halloween Accessory Set/Pack, whose box-art is very similar to if not exactly that of the Monster Fighters sets.) S6 Clockwork Robot and S11 Lady Robot: These are likelier to be none-space figures but they still could be considered or classified as such. The aesthetics of their vehicles would be blockier, feature gears, dials, cogs and lights, and colors such as light blue, red, gray, silver, pink, purple, and yellow. S15 Laser Mech and S16 Cyborg: These are seemingly both of the same faction/kind. These figures stand out from the others in that they are the only non-established faction to have two, different figures (not counting the possible S6 and S11 clockwork robots, but they are just differently gendered versions anyways) and to have a figure referenced in a rather substantive way; the Cyborg is on the S19 Game Champ’s “Space Game” (for the Game Box) cover. The aesthetics for this faction, assuming they are not a part of a preexisting one (addressed soon), would be primarily light blue and black with lime green highlights and maybe some silver. If these figures are a part of an already existing faction, then they would seemingly be a part of the 90s Insectoid faction in a way similar to the aforementioned S9 Mr. Good And Evil, S12 Dino Tracker, and S19 Jungle Explorer, where they are made intended as certain figures and/or belonging to certain themes but are not explicitly mentioned as being such; the aesthetics of the Cyborg could be considered an updated version of the Insectoid faction’s aesthetics (Roboforce is second likeliest but Cyborg’s aesthetics feel more Insectoids-like.) S17 Retro Space Hero: This figure is either an unaffiliated hero or a part of an older/retro version of the standard space agency. Its aesthetics, which would carry over to its vehicles, are those of old, science fiction pulps (pulp magazines/comics) and serials. S21 Alien: This alien appears to be in a prison jumpsuit (it may not be but since it was in the same series as the Space Police Guy and was seemingly intended as a companion minifigure, I assume it’s a prison jumpsuit.) If it is a part of a group or faction, then per Space Police lore, especially that of the most recent incarnation of the theme, this alien is a member of Brick Daddy’s Blackhole Gang. S24 Robot Warrior: This figure may be Earth-based, seemingly being from an anime-type vein or a Japanese media vein like the S20 Super Warrior (“Super Sentai” it has been fittingly referred to) (both figures are “[blank] Warrior”.) Its aesthetics are those of common, action-oriented anime stories, similar to how the aesthetics of the S17 Retro Space Hero are old science fiction pulps and serials; I don’t think I have to explain what colors or styles it would consist of then. FIGURES THAT DO NOT COUNT BUT WILL BE MENTIONED SINCE THEY ARE RELATED TO WHATEVER DEGREE: S17 Rocket Boy S23 Cardboard Robot SPACE REFERENCES PRESENT WITH OR ON OTHER FIGURES: (Already mentioned) S19 Game Champ’s “Space Game” (for the Game Box) cover S20 Space Fan’s shirt has a classic space spaceship (there is also a saturn planet sticker on the pants which may or may not be a reference to the standard space agency’s logo) S21 Violin Kid’s shirt is white with a small, black collar (or that’s just the neck opening and a shadow), covered with Blacktron logos FIN If there is anything I didn’t mention let me know
  7. SuperSquidman

    71046 CMF series 26: Space themed!

    I don’t know why so many are complaining about a lack of classic space astronauts. The pre-2005 space sub-theme LEGO has made the most of IS the original, single-color astronaut space theme. Did they not make the “Benny’s Space Squad” set? Did they not make the $100 galaxy explorer set? Were the torsos of the S17 rocket costume kid and S22 alien not usable for classic space astronauts? Did the cuusoo exo-suit not come with classic space astronaut figures? Did they not included an orange classic space astronaut as a part of a book? After all of this, did they not include an ordinary, brown classic space astronaut in S24? In this time, how many instances can you cite of appearances of the Space Police, MTRON, Blacktron, Ice Planet, Life On Mars, Mars Mission, UFO, Spyrius, Exploriens, Alien Conquest (ADU) and Galaxy Squad sub-themes (and potential others I didn’t recall to mention or aren’t familiar with)? Why do you feel it’s necessary to complain about a lack of classic, single-color astronaut figures? They’ll probably do it eventually if their track record is anything to go by. Yes, the inclusion of the modern astronaut is dubious and/or debatable if not unnecessary, but even a remake of Kranxx or Brick Daddy, or something from Spyrius, Exploriens or Life On Mars or the Seatron alien would’ve been more unique than another classic, single-color astronaut figure. I also don’t understand complaints that the series is somehow “too much of a City mishmash” or “is just abstract figures”. Only three or four of these could be considered City-like, in which case only a third of it would be a “City mishmash”, even then I’m not sure they’d do the alien tourist in City. And as for “abstract figures”, do you mean that they aren’t sub-theme-derived or immediately recognizable like the MTRON or Ice Planet remakes are? Because if not meant in that way, you must be using a different meaning of “abstract” because every figure is a discernible, defined idea.
  8. SuperSquidman

    71046 CMF series 26: Space themed!

    exabrickslegogo_ has posted a picture of the new space cmf
  9. SuperSquidman

    Marvel Superheroes 2023 - Rumors & Discussion

    I’ve not weighed the figures myself and I haven’t had access to them in any way yet, so I can’t confirm or deny anything, but I do hope what you say is true because then the figures can hopefully be determined this way and there won’t be a risk of either weight being inaccurate (which hopefully wouldn’t be if the scale is sensitive enough) or the parts potentially getting scratched due to shaking them as was mentioned in the thread earlier by @JohnTPT17
  10. SuperSquidman

    Marvel Superheroes 2023 - Rumors & Discussion

    I noticed some of the weights are the same (She-Hulk and Wolverine have the same weights for instance) so I figured I’d make this guide on how to potentially tell who’s in the box given weight and other factors in the instance two or more figures have the same weight: (The weights will not be in order from lowest to highest or vice versa as I was following an image that didn’t do that initially and then with how it had been written it was easier to not change it) Agatha Harkness - 22g: According to the image I saw she is the only one at 22g; this makes sense given the weight of her hairpiece, the skirt piece, the power blast accessories and the book (which is compromised of three pieces in total.) Hawkeye, Mr. Knight and Beast - 18g: Hawkeye, Mr. Knight and Beast are the same weight at 18g— the question then becomes “how can one tell these figures apart?” and this is how: though they are the same weight, if one shakes the box one will hear the different pieces hit the bottom or sides of the box and the amount of pieces hitting the box and/or the type of sound of it hitting the box can tell one who it is:/; Beast has a small, brick-built microscope, so one will hear three or four small pieces hitting the box; Mr. Knight doesn’t have these neither Hawkeye; Mr. Knight is a standard minifigure (head, torso and legs) with two, small bar pieces, a translucent, one-by-two piece that is one block high with printing, a one-by-two, flat, black, ingot piece, and a one-by-two, sand-colored piece and so one should hear these when shaking it if it’s not Beast or Hawkeye as the aforementioned three or four small pieces will not make the same sound when hitting the box as the piece that is the aquarium and its lid and floor which will make light sounds but ones that cover more area than and the bar pieces will not make as much sound as the three or four pieces comprising the microscope combined; Hawkeye is just a standard minifigure but with hair, the quiver, the bow and the owl— these are less pieces than Beast and Mr. Knight and the bigger sizes of the quiver and bow will not make the same sounds as the aforementioned pieces. Kate Bishop - 21g: This is the only figure that weighs this much. Moon Knight - 20g: This is the only figure that weighs this much. She-Hulk, The Wolverine and Storm - 19g: Though these figures all have the same weight the same methods employed to tell Hawkeye, Beast and Mr. Knight can be employed here: (When writing this I didn’t recall that The Wolverine has a hairpiece but it’s fairly light and won’t matter given the sentinel head and what’s explained in the following) She-Hulk’s two biggest pieces are her hair and the court, papers folder, the smallest pieces are the phone and the two pieces on which the folder can be displayed— Storm only has her hair, shoulder piece and lightning bolts and The Wolverine has his two claw accessories, his mask and the Sentinel head:/; when shaking the box the smaller pieces of She-Hulk will be heard and these will not be heard as much with The Wolverine or Storm as the latter has fewer pieces and the former has not only fewer pieces but the Sentinel head which with its greater density will make a more impactful sound (inadvertently somewhat dampening the sound of the claws and the rather hollow mask) than the accessories of Storm which will make the least sound and the accessories of She-Hulk which will make more sound but these will be the folder and the greater number of smaller pieces thus these will not sound like The Wolverine’s accessories. Echo, Goliath and Werewolf by Night - 17g: Again the method employed to tell apart figures of the same weight is employed here: Echo and Werewolf can initially seem difficult to tell apart since their number of accessories is the same in regards to figure and separate, non-bodily accessories (both are head, torso, legs and hairpiece with three pieces making up separate, non-bodily accessories) but there is a notable difference: Echo’s separate accessories, which build one handheld item, are smaller and thus will make different sounds when hitting the box than Werewolf’s since his accessories, with the exception of the bloodstone(?) which is a one-by-one, flat, circle stud, are bigger, especially the one-by-two with the holed stud in the center. Thus his pieces will make a slightly more impactful hit against the box. His hairpiece also seems a bit denser than Echo’s. Goliath is the easiest; he only has an Ant-Man microfigure, his helmet and his hair. The Ant-Man microfigure will be the only small piece hitting the box, giving it a (comparatively) distinct sound, and the hair and especially helmet, given their greater densities, will make a more impactful sound which will probably dampen the sound of the microfigure at least a little bit since there will be two, bigger accessories hitting the box and the sounds of impact thereof/from compared to the one, small accessory hitting the box and the sound of impact thereof/from. I hope this information can help. SuperSquidman
  11. SuperSquidman

    Marvel Superheroes 2023 - Rumors & Discussion

    Yeah it doesn’t look like the same figure but now I’m not too sure what exactly it is because that aforementioned, seeming collar sometimes looks just like the 2018 helmet but the printing doesn’t match that figure.
  12. SuperSquidman

    Marvel Superheroes 2023 - Rumors & Discussion

    The printing doesn’t seem to match up. The only thing that could make it seem that way is a piece near the back of the head, back of the cheek and around the lower neck area, as one could believe it’s the helmet of the 2018 big figure, but it doesn’t quite match and the printing still doesn’t as well. Which means it’s probably a slightly oversized attempt at including his collar as part of the mold.
  13. SuperSquidman

    Marvel Superheroes 2023 - Rumors & Discussion

    There is a picture of the back of the Marvel Series 2 CMF pamphlet on the renowned legoleaks page (I don’t know if I can say the specific site) and if one looks closely at the background, comic-panel-type design with the different characters, one will notice that there seems to be a new design for an Infinity War Thanos that uses the 2021/2023 mold.
  14. SuperSquidman

    Marvel Superheroes 2023 - Rumors & Discussion

    @calebcold3 @squiz18 What about the aforementioned issue of the sincerity or lack thereof of some of the film’s animal treatment sentiments?