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Formendacil wrote:If you can't take them apart, they lose half of what makes them a fig.

My thoughts exactly!

I've been out of the Lego loop for a while... What's this about battery operated figures? Minifigs that one cannot customise, change, or otherwise take apart? I always thought that was one of the major strengths of Lego, the fact that you could do whatever you wanted with it.

Devari wrote:I've been out of the Lego loop for a while... What's this about battery operated figures? Minifigs that one cannot customise, change, or otherwise take apart? I always thought that was one of the major strengths of Lego, the fact that you could do whatever you wanted with it.

Wow, u have been out of the loop.

For about a year and a half, two years, give or take...

Am I the only one that noticed that TLC stopped making light-up figs? Take a look at Lego.com, and you will notice that the Clone Turbo Tank has a non-light-up Mace Windu, look at the police station- you will notice that the light-up flashlight is gone. We have no need to worry about light-up castle figs. We should be safe. -Pac

god please no

I kind of liked the few light-up Star Wars figures I got, as novelties. But that wears off after a day or two. Unless they can figure out a way to contain the light-up mechanism in just the torso, I don't think they'll be viable in the long run. If we wanted figures that weren't interchangeable, we'd buy, dare I say it, OFF-BRAND! Dunh Dunh Dunh! But I don't want figures that aren't interchangeable. So, there you have it.

We must band together in the fight against battery figs! Seriously, though, if LEGO makes battery powered figs a fixture in new lines, than they have hit rock bottom. I will have lost all respect for them, and I would only buy LEGO of the good old days, off ebay or bricklink. So please LEGO, for your own sake, do not bow down to electronic temptation!

This is a fairly old thread, and it doesn't seem quite relevant anymore.

Spongey wrote:We must band together in the fight against battery figs! Seriously, though, if LEGO makes battery powered figs a fixture in new lines, than they have hit rock bottom. I will have lost all respect for them, and I would only buy LEGO of the good old days, off ebay or bricklink. So please LEGO, for your own sake, do not bow down to electronic temptation!

I think LEGO has stopped making light-up figs a while ago. For instance, in 2005, LEGO released #7261 Clone Turbo Tank, with a light-up Mace Windu. Then, last year, they re-released it, this time with a plain Windu fig. I highly doubt that we would see a light-up castle fig, especially now that they seem discontinued. Besides, even in the new line, the only person who I could see as needing a light might be the wizard (i.e.: for a glowing wand).

~smcginnis

The villagers, who rise up against the evil wizard, would need light up torches.

Josh

PS. Before some literal-minded nitpicker jumps on the bandwagon, I am aware that there are no villagers in the new castle line...

Or maybe we could have one with a noise maker so our warriors could give a battle cry?

This idea isn't too terrible, as it would only affect the head and torso and not do anything to the arm and legs...

Steve

They are going over board.

smcginnis wrote:For instance, in 2005, LEGO released #7261 Clone Turbo Tank, with a light-up Mace Windu. Then, last year, they re-released it, this time with a plain Windu fig

I was wondering about that. My brother got it last Christmas of 05, and his had a light-up. I got it last Christmas, and mine wasn't light-up. We have been talking about it, and considered emailling LEGO to ask if there had been a mistake.

Kelderic

Light up figs in Star Wars sets sent me into a mini dark age. I saw them and they looked like rubbish and I didn't want my minifigs like that so I didn't buy a lego set for around two and a half years.

I think that a little Lego knight yelling out battle cries would be awesome. I would love to see a little yellow smiley face yell out something like “Death to the enemy”. I know it wouldn’t happen, but it would be very cool.