Space Police 3 join the minifig gallery

 

  • Space Police 3 join the minifig gallery

    Posted by Huw, 06 Mar 2011 17:26. Filed under Brickset.

    I've added the Space Police 3 officers and aliens to the Space minifig gallery which brings it right up to date. Well, until Alien Conquest is released later this year, anyway. If the pictures are anything to go by, the minifigs in them are going to be awesome! (Trans clear visors at long last!)

    As you'll see from the picture of archvillian Squidman, left, I've photographed both front and side, as I felt their heads were interesting enough to warrant it.


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Posted by TooMuchLEGO in United States, 06 Mar 2011 17:35

Awesome! I'll go check it out! I must say, I enjoy the sideways head thing. I think you should do it with all figures.

Posted by Zacherano in United States, 06 Mar 2011 17:43

Phenomenal gallery! Thanks, Huw! I love the photos of the new space villains, and I like how your archive goes all the way back to 1987. Are you making separate galleries for the two Martian series and the 1978 original space figures?

Posted by doeg6ba in United States, 06 Mar 2011 17:46

Excellent job Huw. Thanks.

Posted by Orthobotrex in Philippines, 06 Mar 2011 17:46

Again, a clearer and refreshing view!

I hope it's not demending much of you, but is there any possibility of doing something like this (or more profile shots) on figs with unique prints at the back (or on any part for that matter)? :-)

Posted by legoDad42 in United States, 06 Mar 2011 18:10

Great work Huw. Love the side shots (will you be doing this for future galleries?). I have the whole Space Police 3 line and it's one of the best for villain figs. Great head sculpts all around from this theme.
If you can, it'd be cool to see Craniac and the Skull Twin(s) with and without their helmets.

Posted by Pepper in United States, 06 Mar 2011 18:11

Thank you for this great addition! Would you do side shots of the SW aliens when you do SW?

Posted by Huw in United Kingdom, 06 Mar 2011 18:17

@Zacherano, I don't plan to do 'near-space' sets or the Factory sets (stickered tosoes) but I do hope to add the originals once I've got hold of some decent specimens to photograph.

Posted by TooMuchLEGO in United States, 06 Mar 2011 18:59

@Huw It's too bad you live in the UK, cause I have a mint condition yellow spaceman that I could bring if you lived in the Midwest.

Posted by cjg in United States, 06 Mar 2011 19:12

Sweet! I love the SPIII aliens! (I have 5 or 6 Squidmen, 3 Kranxxes, 2 Squidtrons, etc.)

Posted by TooMuchLEGO in United States, 06 Mar 2011 19:14

^Lucky, I have none. :-(

Posted by tman684 in United States, 06 Mar 2011 20:25

@ Huw- Are you gonna do the Life on Mars or Mars mission ones at all?

Posted by thesub in United States, 06 Mar 2011 21:09

Will you do Skeletons because they have been in many themes you have done so far.

Posted by Roger Workman in United States, 07 Mar 2011 00:45

Looks good, though I don't see how you could consider it complete without Classic Space or the Mars minifigs.

Also, what's up with calling the Ice Planet female minifig "Babe?" For all we know, she could be the chief, and the old man could be the janitor.

Posted by bioniclemaster23 in United States, 07 Mar 2011 00:51

the space police alien minifig look like mug shots

Posted by CharlieTheFunEngine in Australia, 07 Mar 2011 02:46

Another crystal clear, flawless gallery! Thanks Huw!

Posted by eMouse in United States, 07 Mar 2011 03:04

@Roger Workman: Her given name is Babette. Just don't call her 'Babs'.

She'll chainsaw ya.

Posted by bluemoose in United Kingdom, 07 Mar 2011 03:25

'Babe', 'Blonde Guy', etc. are the names used for the figs by Bricklink; no idea where the names came from originally. We use the same names here for consistency with Bricklink.

Posted by Brickmatic in United States, 07 Mar 2011 03:30

Nice additions to the gallery. I like the profile view.

Posted by Huw in United Kingdom, 07 Mar 2011 04:14

^^ The 'Ice Plant babe' received that name back in the days of rec.toys.lego. There were very few female figs back in those days as it wasn't until the early '90s that LEGO started to use heads other than the standard smiley so one with lipstick was seen as a 'babe' (or a 'wench' in the case of the Pirate wench), for reasons best known to those who originally named them.

Yes, she may well be the boss, I guess we will never know whether she's a 'Ripley' (from Alien) or a babe...

Posted by Okay in United States, 07 Mar 2011 06:06

The side views are indeed a very nice addition, and I think there are several other themes that would deserve them too (such as Toy Story or the Collectable Minifigs), but they're especially cool here because they look like mug shots! :D

Posted by MinifigureMan in United Kingdom, 07 Mar 2011 13:14

Awesome gallery! Keep up the good work!!!

Posted by PaulTR in United States, 07 Mar 2011 14:14

Fabulous gallery Huw!

Posted by AETerry in United States, 07 Mar 2011 16:16

Those pics looks awesome! Thanks for posting them up.

Posted by ceroknight in Canada, 07 Mar 2011 20:16

thank you! but how about the space figure from the magnet?

Posted by LEGO_Lord in United States, 07 Mar 2011 21:03

It's not up to date, you should add Mars Mission.

Posted by mysterygoo in United States, 07 Mar 2011 22:36

@LEGO_Lord: Perhaps he plans on making a "Mars" minifig gallery considering they have produced Life on Mars as well as Mars Mission.

Posted by Huw in United Kingdom, 08 Mar 2011 02:37

^ No plans to: the minifigs are boring and I don't have even half of them.

Posted by HQuiff in Ireland, 08 Mar 2011 07:49

Love the aliens! They look fabulous. By the way - I think you should start adding an extra photo of the minifigure in an action pose. I'd love to see Frenzy in a mid run position.

Posted by K@czor in Poland, 08 Mar 2011 16:02

@Huw - There is one more SP3 minifig left: sp108 - Space Police 3 Droid (from set 5974) :) Even if you don't have him, it's easy to build him form various parts :)

Posted by Huw in United Kingdom, 09 Mar 2011 16:44

^ I'm not including brick-built droids, I know BrickLink counts it as a minifig but I certainly don't.

Posted by legoDad42 in United States, 09 Mar 2011 18:10

^I agree...brick built figures can't be considered minifigs. They have to have like a unique sculpt or printing I feel to warrant it. I know on Luke's Landspeeder the packaging on the front included the 'sentry/security' droid among the minifigs. I'd say that's a no on a minifig there too.

One thing though, with the Spongebob line there are a couple of brick built figures like Robo Sponge and Robo Customer that have unique stickers that are applied to them, so would consider those mini-figs (?) or just brick built? I'm on the fence on those, 'cause they look pretty decent with the stickers applied. Also what about like , Plankton(has printed eye/mouth), Gary (printed shell)...would they be considered figs.?

Posted by ejcmoorhouse in United Kingdom, 10 Mar 2011 08:23

looks great sideways on really shows of the fig more love to see more soon

Posted by TooMuchLEGO in United States, 10 Mar 2011 09:06

@LEGODad - I believe here a minifigure is classified as a figure with a head, legs, and body, no bricks.

Posted by Huw in United Kingdom, 10 Mar 2011 10:04

^Yes, pretty much: they must be regular minifigs or other figure to the same scale which uses 'unique sculpt' as LEGODad states: e.g. skeletons, battle droids etc. I'm not sure about Sebulba from the first pod race set, who would fit into that category, since that's a one-piece poorly moulded piece of plastic in my view and not worth of inclusion.

Posted by modena in Italy, 12 Mar 2011 11:49

I'm looking forward to Alien Conquest! Lets hope we get a full gallery!

Posted by LEGO_Lord in United States, 12 Mar 2011 13:14

Is there going to be a Kingdoms minifigure gallery some time?

Posted by ScarVader in United Kingdom, 13 Mar 2011 10:48

Thanks Huw! Your work is much appreciated!

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