Western minifig gallery

 

  • Western minifig gallery

    Posted by Huw, 09 Feb 2011 17:34. Filed under Brickset.

    While you've all been drooling over unreleased sets, I've been slaving away over a hot keyboard to bring you the latest minifig gallery, which this time is the minifigs from the Western theme that was released in 1996 and 1997 (or Wild West as it was called in North America).

    It was a great theme, and one which surely there is perpetual demand for: 'Cowboys and Indians' is always a popular game...


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Posted by legobob in United States, 09 Feb 2011 17:45

cool I love the western theme

Posted by aplbomr79 in United States, 09 Feb 2011 17:52

This is the one theme that I truly wish I had all the sets for. It is amazing how closely some of these sets resembled early playmobil sets of the same theme - and I am not complaining!

Posted by jonbuddy in United States, 09 Feb 2011 17:57

I do love it, for my birthday last year I got 6716, 6755, 6761, 6765, 6766, and 6769 in MINT condition. Sorry, a bit off-topic. :(
But great job anyways on all these galleries, Huw!

Posted by cjg in United States, 09 Feb 2011 18:06

I want the western theme back! It was one of the best...

Posted by SapmiSatan in Norway, 09 Feb 2011 18:19

I only had two sets in this theme, the Indian Chief(in the picture above) with a horse and the last bandit with a small cannon of sorts... I really wish they would re-launch the Western theme, only this time: Spaghetti Western! I loved the cowboy and Mexican in the collectable series and would love to see more. If they re-launch Western I might buy something that's not a licensed theme...

Posted by Super Robot Wars in Ireland, 09 Feb 2011 18:28

Excellent job on the minifigure photos as always Huw! Can't wait for the next gallery :)!

Posted by Captain Maersk in United States, 09 Feb 2011 18:59

Thank you so much Huw! Without a doubt, Western is one of my most favorite themes. I will always regret passing the majority of these sets up. While a great theme, it was a bit controversial. Lego did a good job of skirting around the "killing all the Natives" issue by not including soldiers and Native Americans in the same sets. The theme also went against Lego's no gun policy big time. Fort Legoredo had around 20 rifles and pistols in total. I don't really see Lego bringing back this theme anytime soon; however I would love to see its return and I think it would sell quite well.

Posted by Modok in United States, 09 Feb 2011 20:40

Anyone else weirded out by the fact that the Native American figures have noses?

Posted by Farmer_John in United States, 09 Feb 2011 20:50

Now THAT is ironic. I just discovered the western theme on another site and came here to find out more about it and its figures. Thanks a ton!

Posted by Kobacca in United States, 09 Feb 2011 21:01

Thanks Huw

Posted by umptybagger in United Kingdom, 09 Feb 2011 21:39

The face designs on the indians and bandits are kind of weird... always strange when they give minifigs noses...
@Farmer_John That's not irony.

Posted by William the Conqueror in United States, 09 Feb 2011 21:47

I love the new minifig galleries!

I do have a suggestion, however. Would it be possible to add "Want" or "Own" (loose) checkboxes next to or beneath the photos (like on the regular set images). I think this would be a bit more user-friendly, as some users may want to look through these highly detailed photos of all the figures for a particular theme to pick out which minifigs they "own" or "want."

This would expedite the process of adding minifigs to the "own" or "want" list, making it like adding sets to the "own" or "want" lists when browsing sets by theme or year. Alternately, the pictures in the minifig galleries could link to the individual minifig pages.

On a different topic: For the "Harry Potter" minifig browser, the 2005 Death Eater should probably be listed as Lucius Malfoy, since the fig is not necessarily a generic Death Eater.

Suggestions for future galleries: Agents, Alpha Team, Castle, Life on Mars, Mars Mission

Of course, these are not demands, but simply suggestions. Keep up the great work!

Posted by Carnigee77 in United States, 09 Feb 2011 22:19

You should do this for the Collectable Minifigures!

Posted by cjg in United States, 09 Feb 2011 23:34

^Yes!

Posted by fff in Spain, 10 Feb 2011 01:19

Cool again! Nice job!

Posted by teabox in Sweden, 10 Feb 2011 03:31

I love these professional looking minifig galleries. Keep up the good work!

Posted by mission_zed in United Kingdom, 10 Feb 2011 04:08

Great work again Huw. Having come back to lego fairly recently, I was aware of the Western sets but never paid much attention to them. The Cavalry figures are great, but the eyes of the Natives look really odd.

BTW - does any know if the S3 minifig Tribal Chief has the same head dress re-coloured, or is it a different piece ? And I agree, you should do a Collectable Minifigs gallery soon, both holding their accessories and with the accessories on the side.

More please !

Posted by Corellian Engineering in Belgium, 10 Feb 2011 04:20

Nice gallery again Huw.

I just ordered a batch of Western and Adventurers (waiting for their gallery!!) minifigs last week. Seeing those new pics I am even more anxiously waiting for them to arrive..
(pitty those sets date from before my kids and SW lured me back into Lego)

Maybe a bit off-topic but: could you or one of your "partners in crime" do an article once on the process of taking those pictures? Without going to much into technical details: some guidelines about lighting, getting them in focus (which seems to be a problem for many, seeing the amount of blurry pics of those little critters all over the web), post processing steps that eventually are needed...

I am not sure if Brickset is the right spot to publish this, but I guess it could be usefull to a lot of AFOLs who aren't all (semi) professional or experienced hobby photographers but who nevertheless would like to take some nice pictures of their LEGOs

Posted by Huw in United Kingdom, 10 Feb 2011 05:48

^ That's a great idea! I'll give it some thought...

Posted by cvillone in United States, 10 Feb 2011 07:29

^^Corellian Engineering - You can see Huw's setup in this photo on flikr:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/hmillington/5355493252/
Huw these pics are great! Thanks a ton for doing this!!!!

Posted by Xray in Japan, 10 Feb 2011 07:56

This is brilliant. I love this series, I think I have them all, but they have been put away in boxes for a long time. The Native American costumes were particularly well designed, great detail & color. I think I know what I'll be doing on my 3 day weekend. ( I rebuilt the Ninja seres last time.)
Great photos. Thanks Huw.

Posted by MinifigureMan in United Kingdom, 10 Feb 2011 09:08

'While you've all been drooling over unreleased sets'-LOL :D
And great gallery Huw! Again you have failed to disappoint!

Posted by natro220 in United States, 10 Feb 2011 09:29

Interesting, the only Cowboy set I don't have is the best and biggest, Fort Legorado. Yet, I seem to have all the non-Indian minifigures...does the Fort not come with any exclusive figures?

Posted by LEGO_Lord in United States, 10 Feb 2011 10:07

A bit off the topic, but I would love a new western theme.

Posted by legolander in Philippines, 10 Feb 2011 10:12

I miss the 90's LEGO sets... Particularly the Pirates and Islanders theme... And Fright Knights too. =D
Sir Huw, I think those two I've mentioned should be the next batch of minifigs to be included in your galleries. =D

Posted by legolander in Philippines, 10 Feb 2011 10:14

The biggest Western set that I got was the "Main Street"... The bank and the gun shop were awesome! =D

Posted by legoboy12345678 in United Kingdom, 10 Feb 2011 11:20

Huw you think that you were bored I had to run 1 and a half miles. It was tough

Posted by wiredforsound in United States, 10 Feb 2011 12:10

@mission_zed - I took photos comparing the Collectible Series Cowboys & Indians:

Series 1 Cowboy vs. Western Cowboys - http://www.flickr.com/photos/wiredforsound23/5277758133/
Series 1 Tribal Hunter vs. Western Indians - http://www.flickr.com/photos/wiredforsound23/5258089563/
Series 2 Tribal Chief vs. Western Indians - http://www.flickr.com/photos/wiredforsound23/5258698532/

I just rebuilt my Fort Legorado & Rapid River Village just the other day, so I am happy to see these more accurate photos to see where I have mismatched torso, legs and heads across my various Western Sets.

Posted by yellowcastle in United States, 10 Feb 2011 12:13

@ Huw - I'll have you know that I have only been drooling over currently available sets. That being said, I do hope we someday return to the Western theme as these are the jewel of my collection. Yet somehow, I never picked up the Fort, even when it was rereleased a few years later. I'm a moron.

Posted by natro220 in United States, 10 Feb 2011 13:30

@yellowcastle - you have plenty of company! I too kick myself for the sets I told myself I didn't need, and now go for tons of money on Bricklink/Ebay.

Posted by yellowcastle in United States, 10 Feb 2011 14:04

@ All - Please note that any off topic and/or offensive comments will continue to be deleted. Let's keep it civil, please.

Posted by carding in United Kingdom, 10 Feb 2011 16:49

nice. I thinkl you should do adventures defently my favorite theme of the 90s. Ah the 90s...

Posted by PaulTR in United States, 10 Feb 2011 19:13

Great gallery! I'm not going to burden you with suggestions to do 'this' theme or 'that.' Just keep turning out whatever YOU want to release, with whatever figs you got. These galleries rock!

Posted by brickmonkey13 in Canada, 10 Feb 2011 20:15

I just wanted to express my appreciation for all the hard work you are putting into these new, gorgeous galleries. It certainly gives one more reason to check into Brickset on a daily basis. Keep up the good work! If I may put in my two cents, I'd vote for the Monsters from the old Studios sets to get their glory.

Posted by skullsndogbones in United States, 11 Feb 2011 00:00

Pirates next, perhaps? ;-)

Posted by Huw in United Kingdom, 11 Feb 2011 04:59

Thank you all for your comments. The main criteria for a theme to get its own gallery is, of course, that I need to have all the minifigs to photograph. I certainly don't have every one ever made.

Themes that will be covered in the near future:

- Speed Racer
- Avatar
- SpongeBob
- Adventurers
- Collectable minifigs

Themes that will be covered eventually:

- Star Wars
- Fantasy era castle
- Agents
- Atlantis

Themes that won't ever be included, unless someone else photographs them:

- Pirates
- City/Town, apart possibly from certain distinct subthemes, e.g. Divers
- Castle (except fantasy era)
- Sports

Posted by TheKingOfBuilding in United Kingdom, 11 Feb 2011 11:04

@Huw: Because you don't own all of the Star Wars minifigs, if you have them all out of one episode, you could split the minifigure galleries into episodes:

e.g If you own all of the Episode 5 and Clone Wars minifigures, they could be two seperate galleries while the other episodes can use Bricklink images for the time being.

Posted by cjg in United States, 11 Feb 2011 11:30

Do Collectable Minifigs!

Posted by yellowcastle in United States, 11 Feb 2011 12:05

Here's a silly question. How are you going to keep track of figures from new sets you need to photograph and add to the collections? :o)

Posted by brickmatt in United States, 11 Feb 2011 13:23

As you mentioned for City, perhaps you could do a subset of other themes; for example, photos of the various soldiers in the original pirates them wouldn't involve more than 13 or 14 figures, and Islanders would probably be manageable. The same could apply to castle - a small subtheme such as Knight's Kingdom 1 and Kingdoms.

Posted by Be-Burger in Israel, 11 Feb 2011 14:17

Awesome! FYI you forgot to add it to the bar on the right. :)

Posted by DrathMaul1997 in United Kingdom, 11 Feb 2011 15:59

Well, I haven't been drooling over any sets... Ok, maybe I did on that new Falcon... Did anyone else notice Han solo has OldBlue pants?

Very nice work on the Photos. I second the motion for some sort of photo tutorial ^^.

Posted by Greyface in United States, 11 Feb 2011 16:48

Hey Huw: Could you possibly do Agents next? Thanks! It's one of my favorite themes... Right behind HP!

Posted by Greyface in United States, 11 Feb 2011 16:53

Hey Huw, again! Once you cover Spongebob, I think it'll be safe to remove the shoddy Bricklink images listed below for the licensed themes line at least. Oh, and is there ever going to be a chance that these images will replace the Bricklink ones in the normal sets/my figs sections?

Posted by bentherogue in United States, 11 Feb 2011 16:56

Quick note: the Cavalry Colonel was also in the Bricktober set from TRU in the US here in 2010. Brickset lists it as 2855044 here: http://brickset.com/browse/themes/?theme=Gear&subtheme=Magnets/Western

Posted by shaase@rogers.com in Canada, 11 Feb 2011 23:49

Huw, when you say you can't do Pirates, do you possibly have the ability to do Pirates II? If not, I hope some one is able to do this series.

Posted by Huw in United Kingdom, 12 Feb 2011 04:48

> Oh, and is there ever going to be a chance that these images will replace the Bricklink ones in the normal sets/my figs sections?

They do already.

Posted by fleecie in Australia, 12 Feb 2011 06:21

wow! great job! FANTASTIC!

Posted by Berrybrick in United States, 12 Feb 2011 13:54

Huw-You could do STAR WARS episode II can't you? I think you said that you have all of the STAR WARS figures from that era except for the Cloud City Boba Fett. . .

. . . I think I pay attention a little too much. That's how I figured out Exo-Force. . . .

UPDATE: I just checked and he has everything except for the original half-fire droid which included no minifigures anyway.

Posted by Grateful11 in United States, 12 Feb 2011 21:12

Keep up the great work I love the new Minifig Galleries!

Posted by EliteLeader99/brickboy2 in United States, 15 Feb 2011 09:33

COOL!! Thank you so much

Posted by LEGO_Lord in United States, 16 Feb 2011 20:23

How I would love a new Western theme...

Posted by youngtom in United States, 18 Feb 2011 14:04

When are you doing the next Minifigure Gallery? Do SpongeBob SquarePants!

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