This video is so high quality, this deserves more attention
@PenPlays10 ай бұрын
Thank you. The best way to make that happen is share it with other people yourself. The more people who watch and comment, the more KZfaq will suggest it to people
@JPOG7TV10 ай бұрын
Lego comes off as a foreign company that you’d expect to do simple things but chooses not to with no good reason at all. They are like Nintendo but for toys. Heck the Mario Lego sets are proof of how weird their decisions are. Instead of giving us sets like the Sonic theme with mini figures, they made a whole new system which is just a glorified board game.
@Toasted_Failure10 ай бұрын
FINALLY someone who isint stupid
@legoman23139 ай бұрын
I noticed this has gotten progressively worse these past 5 ish years. They’ve gotten very corporate and out of touch
@LucyWest3705 ай бұрын
I thought it was nintendos idea to make the sets so weird
@JessicaTheEmАй бұрын
@@LucyWest370 I thought so too?
@beuny42610 ай бұрын
this Commander Fox looks like he was designed by the Lego Duplo designers
@PenPlays10 ай бұрын
Nah. The Duplo designers know what they're doing...
@Revan63810 ай бұрын
They just printer the legs wrong and the chest just looking at cac fox he is way more acutely designed and printed of course if you ignore the 360° printing that cac figures have
@tovarisch34909 ай бұрын
I would like to remind everyone of the lego clone wars arc trooper set with an arc trooper which had a helmet with correct visor hole placement but a phase 1 style fin (To match the phase 1 arc troopers which phase 2 shaped helmets excluding the fin) I don't see why lego has not just altered the fin and added a few other little details to make it look a little less flat and shipped the helmet design.
@nursestoyland2 ай бұрын
Phase 1.5
@kaleb749Ай бұрын
Even that’s a completely unecessary compromise. The visor accessory isn’t an immutable law of the universe, LEGO could make BOTH new accessories AND a new helmet mould for Phase II, just like they did with Phase I. It’s the only way they should be doing this
@laserbeamlightning10 ай бұрын
Just want to say I really enjoy this niche you’ve moved into. You’ve gone in the direction of critiquing Lego’s strategy and I find that necessary in a crowded landscape of Lego KZfaqrs who tend to accept everything and make the same complaints
@PenPlays10 ай бұрын
Thank you so much! I’m so happy that I’ve been able to find my voice in all of this. What’s also been important to me is that, while critical, I try and find a solution as well, or as best I can. Glad people like it.
@laserbeamlightning10 ай бұрын
@@PenPlays absolutely! Can’t forget that! I think that if there’s one little thing I’d add to your videos it’d be to show off the physical sets you’re talking about if you have them (you bring up so many sets that showing each and every one could get costly). Just for the visual audience members like myself but it’s not wholly necessary cause I still understand the point regardless
@PenPlays10 ай бұрын
You understand my situation greatly. A lot of these current sets I might not have in hand until a year or so from now, but discussion can still be made. I’ve been feeling perhaps I should apply to LAN for that purpose. Would be a means for me do just that with that kind of access.
@laserbeamlightning10 ай бұрын
I studied marketing too so I find your takes interesting in general and def know what it's like having worked for your childhood dream company (I did get an incredibly rare Lego set out of that gig actually funny enough) The NEED to accept you into the program haha @@PenPlays
@moisessilva56479 ай бұрын
@@PenPlayswhat is LAN?
@Goldenstripe941Ай бұрын
I for one like the helmet holes. I enjoy the customizability of them.
@PenPlaysАй бұрын
Me too. It’s why I made the point I made in this video
@l.cressey680610 ай бұрын
Another thing that bothers me personally is how lego is mixing the animated and movie realistic clone trooper styles. You can more or less get away with it on the phase II troopers but it's too obvious on the phase I where we have the movie realistic helmets, but animated phase II style bodies.
@thevufamily964110 ай бұрын
Send this to Lego come on people This is tbh the best solutions to this situation I’ve seen
@PenPlays10 ай бұрын
It isn't that easy, unfortunately. But the more people share this around, the more likely it could get suggested into one of their feeds. It's always possible.
@Revan63810 ай бұрын
If cac can do that with the helmet the. Lego can as well
@mashedtomatoes11809 ай бұрын
I get that people dont like the helmet holes but i dont think it was a bad idea for lego to add them. With Lego being a product that you can build, customize, and excercise your creativity on, it makes sense that you can add a visor or antenna to your clone troopers if you want. Also I know it makes the helmet less accurate to the real-life counterpart but lego figures already obviously arent supposed to be realistic compared to something like mega bloks figures
@user-mp8qg5tb5e29 күн бұрын
They can still keep waist capes, and if they were going to take away an aspect of the clones they could atleast add one e.g arm printing on the clones in the battle pack which is more than fair given the 20 dollar price point
@FabuBrik10 ай бұрын
It's frustrating that LEGO has basically zero community management and interaction. The ambassadors in LAN do not actually advocate for consumers and fans but instead just shill products so they can continually get them for free.
@PenPlays10 ай бұрын
Idk who you are watching, but some do advocate for consumers. In fact most do. Anyone who feels otherwise is just jealous they get stuff for free. Something that they can still make deductions on as a consumer, considering most have spent years before as one.
@user-mp8qg5tb5e27 күн бұрын
@@PenPlaysI think brick master Harri is good because he is very positive but I think he finds it very hard to advocate for fans because he is scared of losing his membership. Solid brick is very good at giving a calm and thoughtful opinion. He is in the middle of MandR and Brick Master Harri
@legoman23139 ай бұрын
I appreciate presenting solutions instead of just criticism. I really don’t like how Lego has responded negatively by ignoring criticism while getting worse quality control.
@kaleb749Ай бұрын
Finally someone that doesn’t pretend Phase I visors just HAVE to be used for Phase II, that LEGO can in fact make new accessories
@lemonynora10 ай бұрын
Yeah the helmet holes are really icky
@Toasted_Failure10 ай бұрын
I see what you mean. But seriously is a minifigure terrible for 2 helmet holes? The proper way to fix the helmet holes is. Raise the holes that people would've wanted it to be on yes it will be inaccurate but what can we do to fix this problem? Remove them entirely DO YOU WANT PHASE 2 OR NOT
@Tijsdr10 ай бұрын
@@Toasted_Failureput the Helmet holes on the hole under it and redesign the visor or just use the Helmet holes for characters with a visor and put only one hole on the right spot for characters with rangefinders
@Toasted_Failure10 ай бұрын
@@Tijsdr once again another sensable person
@Tijsdr10 ай бұрын
@@Toasted_Failure i don't personally think the Helmet holes are a problem, I'm just trying to think about an optional solution to make everyone happy
@trotmanscaife91410 ай бұрын
Excuse me, why are we upset about phase 2 having holes but nobody is upset about phase 1 troopers, the community makes no sense
@nofacedgoldfish621610 ай бұрын
What I find hilarious is that because the official images of the range finders on the helmets have them in the correct position, this implies Lego would rather use photoshop to false advertise than actually put holes for the finders. Greedy companies do be greedy.
@neptunemacaw3354Ай бұрын
i wish more people talked about the storm trooper helmets as i see them as a bigger issue then helmet holes. go back the old ones were perfect. i haven't been able to find a single reason why they cant got back. also yea i would die for a knight trooper battle pack.
@PenPlaysАй бұрын
Night Trooper Battle Pack just seems so likely now that they've designed one. Not sure if that'd be the place for Captain Enoch, of course, but I'll take an army builder. The Stormtrooper helmet is still very much in line with the oversized nature of LEGO helmets these days, and while there is a lot of negativity around them, they do have an impressive likeness, sans some proportions.
@neptunemacaw3354Ай бұрын
@@PenPlays if Enoch is in the battle pack I’m going to lose it.
@TCPile3325 күн бұрын
So to fix Legos problem with waist capes not being able to sit with you ive seen some someone I don’t know who did the KZfaqr was, but he made a custom Lego waist cape in which you can sit down with on and walk. It’s connected to the legs and it looks really freaking nice.
@neptunemacaw3354Ай бұрын
i would like to shed more light on the printed kama issue. because the kama's rapped around the figures legs back and front, posing the legs would put stress on the kama's. this would cause short term wear, fraying the kama's. especially with how rough kids can be you can see where this is an issue. another good example of this is fabric skirts, which now either get printed or replaced with a plastic skirt. so its not just clone troopers. now the waist fabrics other figure are receiving are not quite the same, as they do not rap around the legs. which when posing the figure does not cause as much stress. for clarification i don't like the printed kama's either, but there is a good reason for it. i just wish more people knew.
@PenPlaysАй бұрын
As discussed in the video. Wear is not a concern as there are current sets with characters that use fabric elements. Much like the print situation, even if there is wear during play, that's a given regardless of them being there or not.
@neptunemacaw3354Ай бұрын
@@PenPlays I don’t mean to come of rude or redundant, but in my original comment I said fabrics that wrap completely around front to back. The new fabrics only wrap from side to back. Causing less stress on the fabrics.
@LiamNormandin3 ай бұрын
I agree with everything he said because currently my commander For is wearing custom paper Kamas😅
@xhearthfirex657110 ай бұрын
Biggest problem is that we have too many Phase 2 Clonetroopers. People are too biased… I think Phase 1 is way Cooler and they should concentrate on making them !
@Beed08910 ай бұрын
I agree, but you realize that thats just creating the same problem for the phase 2 lovers. Honestly I think a mix of the two would be ideal.
@ECHO_212th10 ай бұрын
I’d think lego has concentrated more on p2 because is more rentable, the p2 are basically the icon of revenge of the sith (the best and most popular movie of the prequels) and if there’s a mix of both it would be more difficult to make an army of p1 or p2 trooper, have both of them in a single army would be weird and less “accurate”
@xhearthfirex657110 ай бұрын
@@Beed089 yes i think so too but we got only p2s for years now. Last p1 were Clone Wars (and the Figure Pack). That’s just unfair man
@xhearthfirex657110 ай бұрын
@@ECHO_212th but does it have more of a community and fans than Clone Wars ? I can’t imagine that because anytime anyone brings up Republic era people talk how Clone Wars was the best and the movies sucked
@Beed08910 ай бұрын
@@xhearthfirex6571 thats annoying too, is that the figure pack i wasnt able to even find anywhere
@sokolitoniiАй бұрын
thank you for the great info, what are your favorite phase 1 battle packs or trooper minifigures?
@allen093710 ай бұрын
I completely agree that they should have made a different visor for the phase 2 clones. They ruined the helmet just to accommodate the ugly old visor piece. One thing you didn't mention and is the main reason why I'm not collecting clones, is the movie/cartoon mixed design. I personally prefer the movie design for the helmet and the torso, and I think the mixed design doesn't look that nice.
@PenPlays10 ай бұрын
I hate to break it to ya. The reason they’re mixed is so LEGO has a consistent style that matches between them all. As minifigs are naturally cartoony, that’s not likely going away any time soon.
@allen093710 ай бұрын
@PenPlays I think you are right 😭 I probably have to wait 5 to 10 years for the next update, or start collecting the old ones (that will be so expensive)...
@Revan63810 ай бұрын
Cac made a new visor with a print on it that fits the Lego clones with the helmet holes on it look great acutely
@Revan63810 ай бұрын
I prefer the realistic phase 2 version as well they did do great in 2014 with the 212th battle pack
@allen093710 ай бұрын
@@Revan638 me too! Those old ones looked so nice!
@McDonaldsSpriteBeLike10 ай бұрын
Why dont people understand that the holes are in this place so that the Accessoires fit exactly on top of the lenses if they were lower it wouldn't fit
@PenPlays10 ай бұрын
Did you watch the whole video?
@McDonaldsSpriteBeLike10 ай бұрын
@@PenPlays I did
@Averageman90210 ай бұрын
@@McDonaldsSpriteBeLikeThe problem is that some don’t have any accessories, but they still have the holes. It just looks weird.
@vast94676 ай бұрын
you do realize that the holes already in the helmet can be moved?
@neptunemacaw3354Ай бұрын
if they printed the kamas on the side of the legs, they could show the pistol holsters.
@PenPlaysАй бұрын
Holsters are something that LEGO has been very deliberately trying to avoid representing, even if the characters who should have the bear arms.
@neptunemacaw3354Ай бұрын
@@PenPlays but characters like Indiana has them.
@spaceiscool785615 күн бұрын
As a dane, I would like to say that the phrase "only the best is good enough" is actually a mistranslation of the original phrase. The original phrase translates to: "The best is not too good." Which yes, is very close in meaning, but not the same. They're essentially saying that the phrase "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" is bullshit and you absolutely should keep improving, even if you're on top of the market.
@Squishyk910 ай бұрын
A storm trooper battle pack would be sick
@starmovies55233 ай бұрын
Is speak with my wallet, the last clones I bought where without the stupidly placed helmet holes.
@LLegaLLizeITxC210 ай бұрын
I love Lego figures, but lego should do some basic research on the wishes and priorities of their customers. wouldn't that make them even more money?
@PenPlays10 ай бұрын
That’s correct! It also makes the product even better for the people who don’t care too. It’s a win/win scenario
@thekingofchocolate726510 ай бұрын
Fox has also white printed in the middle of the torso wher it should be red
@neptunemacaw3354Ай бұрын
lego has proven they can do multi layer printing so light colors look good over top of dark colors. they do it all the time in lego minecraft. it baffles me they downright refuse to do it in any other theme then minecraft. well besides darth mauls head, that multi layer printed.
@LLegaLLizeITxC210 ай бұрын
i hate the holes, on the old clone wars figures, the holes weren't as prominent from the front so id didn't mind them, but the phase 2 without look just 100x better
@smallpeicesofplastic610810 ай бұрын
Great video but you mixed up phase1 and phase 2 troopers but still provide a non biased look on this issue
@willbricksproductions10 ай бұрын
This is a really good vid Honest
@PenPlays10 ай бұрын
Thank you, I'm glad you think so
@yoswag738010 ай бұрын
No more asking and let the lego group cook
@LoftOfTheUniverse3 ай бұрын
Idc about Rex having an oversized pauldron. Better than nothing lol or tiny
@masterpig5s10 ай бұрын
A rubber waist cape that clipped around the body could be a a solution. Easily removable when they want to be seated
@Revan63810 ай бұрын
The cloth waist caps where perfectly fine with no issues I mean they put Instruktions in on how to put them on in the first place
@masterpig5s10 ай бұрын
@@Revan638 Yeah, I was getting to the point of them being removed in a hurry by children
@Daft_Vader6 ай бұрын
You don't even need to remove the waist capes, they sit down fine with them on
@howtobestupid10 ай бұрын
MORE DROID BATTLE PACKS
@madschtz22 күн бұрын
“Only the best is good enough” is a mistranslation. The actual slogan is “the best isn’t too good”. Might seem trivial and maybe it is, but I do think there’s a difference
@PenPlays22 күн бұрын
I am very well aware of that
@Stinky505610 ай бұрын
The thing with the accessories, I think theyre fine. If people say theyre fine with the p1 having those visors then they should be with p2 having them aswell. The lego version is too long in both cases. But again lego proportions so I guess its fine.
@hannesn287110 ай бұрын
14:30 Just rise the round part from the helmet just a little bit and than put the hole in it. That's not that Accurate but it's worlds better than the helmets as they are right now and if u make new attachment they wouldn't fit on the old trooper wich would suck.
@Revan63810 ай бұрын
My biggest complaint with the new figures are the helmets holes the helmet prints the torso prints and the no cloths Those big mouth prints are not in the animation or in the realistic version except for Rex but his is just wird In general becouse it sould look like phase 2 mouth peace but it is not if we look at the other animation phase 2 helmets The torso printing lookes just way out of proportion for animation clones it sould be a bit smaller and realistic of course is way smaller Cloths where never an issue you even head instructions on how to put them on so you could just take them of again The helmet holes as said just put them where they would normally go instead of where no holes sould be even tho cac uses there one helmets they still got that right and print better the Lego dos Just put the holes in the right place and change the face printing so everything fits together
@correctopinion47084 ай бұрын
id be okay w kamas being printed on the sides of the legs. rn tho? its awful not even a kama xd
@Martinez4thnlong10 ай бұрын
Love the video
@PenPlays10 ай бұрын
Thank you, I appreciate it.
@Masonthebrickboy2 ай бұрын
The reason they added helmet holes is because without the helmet holes and accessories is because it limits kids creativity to making there own figures
@PenPlays2 ай бұрын
Please watch the whole video in its entirety. This is covered
@Masonthebrickboy2 ай бұрын
@@PenPlays Sorry 😅 too quick to assume things!
@PenPlays2 ай бұрын
@@Masonthebrickboy My goal was always to touch all important bases. One absolutely cannot forget the kids in this situation. But we both can be happy with a final result too!
@tavionmcneil1409Ай бұрын
I’m not really a fan of the double standard of Lego Star Wars fans. Nobody cared when the snowtroopers in 2022 didn’t come with fabric kamas. Everyone only started throwing a fit when the clones didn’t have them. I get that they don’t look good, but if you’re going to complain, don’t ignore the snowtroopers
@PenPlaysАй бұрын
They didn't go ignored at all. That was people's biggest complain with them.
@tavionmcneil1409Ай бұрын
@@PenPlays I've rarely seen anyone talk about Snowtroopers. It's always the Clones
@kaleb749Ай бұрын
Probably because clones are currently in production
@tavionmcneil1409Ай бұрын
@@kaleb749 This was two years ago. 3 months before the Republic Fighter Tank with the clone commander
@KCbricks2110 ай бұрын
I wish Lego would make Kamas again, even if they wouldn’t be able to make cloth kamas why couldn’t they make plastic ones?
@user-mp8qg5tb5e18 күн бұрын
Lego is billion dollar company, and they can’t get the one p2 commander Fox they have ever done right. All they had to do was look at some concept art as for kamas I think they are just greedy. The kamas didn’t stop u from sitting the clones down and if them wearing down was really a problem they could use another material, and they could even do both and leave the option for a physical kama
@AkarisRamen10 ай бұрын
Printed wastecape🤮
@Toasted_Failure10 ай бұрын
You contridict yourself in 2 comments
@deepseacocoon10 ай бұрын
@@Toasted_Failurehe went through a character arc lol
@marvel_dc_basedyt694209 ай бұрын
Me personally I'm fine with the way the helmets look now, but as a consumer of a company who's motto is "Only the best is good enough" and as a major Clone Wars fan, I do have an alternative solution: Don't get rid of the current helmet mould, it's perfect the way it is. Instead, only use the current mould for characters that use Sun Visors and Macrobinoculars, such as Commander Cody, Commander Fox, Commander Bly, Captain Vaughn, Snipers, etc. Then, create a new helmet mould that uses the design practice of the current one (mainly the brow line being protruded out) and put the holes in the correct spot, the bumps that are underneath the current holes, and use that for every other Clone Trooper like the grunts, Captain Rex, ARC Trooper Fives, etc, and have that helmet only be used for Rangefinders and flood lights. At first I thought maybe they could get away with having only one hole on the right of the helmet since nearly every Clone Trooper that has a Rangefinder only has one and it's always on the right, but then if Lego wanted to bring back the flood light attachment, then they'd have to have a 2nd hole on the other side so you could have two floodlights or have a Rangefinder on the right and a flood light on the left, or have two Rangefinders for some weird custom figure. This would solve the problem of the current helmet, because as it is, the current helmet mould is perfect, but only for a specific set of figures. The holes are aligned perfectly so that when you use a Sun Visor or Macrobinoculars, the holes are filled and the bumps bellow the holes line up perfectly to the old helmet mould, which makes sense, since Sun Visors and Macrobinoculars don't go on the bumps in-universe, they go above them in the negative section between the bumps and the top of the helmet, but for Rangefinders and flood lights, they go in the bumps, not in the negative space above them, so you can have the helmet mould that works for characters like Cody, and you can have a new helmet mould that works for characters like Rex, and you can use this new mould as the main helmet mould for the grunts so you can give them Rangefinders, or you can use the other helmet mould to give your grunts Sun Visors or Macrobinoculars. This would be the best solution and I hope it happens because I don't want this currenf helmef mould to be taken out of production, it can still run concurrently as long as Lego keeps producing Clones that utilize Sun Visors and Macrobinoculars, which there are a lot. In fact, the new Rex minifigure can still have his current helmet in production alongside a new one that gives him his Rangefinder in the correct position, as they could make an Umbara set and use his current mould for the scenes where he's using Macrobinoculars, and then use the other helmet mould for the scenes where he has his Rangefinder, same goes for other 501st Troopers like the grunts, Fives, Jesse, Hardcase, and Kix
@AkarisRamen10 ай бұрын
The printed kama is ok looking I guess
@Toasted_Failure10 ай бұрын
Printed kama sucks huh?
@kaleb749Ай бұрын
2:00 big correction, Lego’s choice being between using helmet hole helmets for all clones vs only the named clones is a huge false dichotomy. LEGO could have simply made A new Phase II specific visor mould to accommodate the screen accurate helmet holes, such as they side with Phase I. However, they didn’t
@PenPlaysАй бұрын
That’s discussed in the video.
@Toasted_Failure10 ай бұрын
I don't believe lego is JUST a kids toy. Am just more pissed people Complain that helmet holes suck and are EXTREMLY biased
@PenPlays10 ай бұрын
You'd be shocked to find people don't think they just outright suck, and are rather just complaining about their location. They just struggle to articulate that properly. Most get why they're there, but they could just be applied better.
@Toasted_Failure10 ай бұрын
@@PenPlays yes I agree. I don't have a problem if people didint complain as if. IT'S THE END OF LEGO KILL THEY'RE CEO.
@Averageman90210 ай бұрын
Lego Star Wars fans when they want something:😡 Lego Star Wars fans when they get something:😡 Lego Star Wars fans when they improvise a set:😡 Lego Star Wars fans when they don’t improvise a set:😡 (No hate)
@vast94676 ай бұрын
when they don’t get the thing they want the way they want it, because it’s done in a confusingly wrong way
@Averageman9026 ай бұрын
@@vast9467 oh.
@Averageman9026 ай бұрын
@@vast9467 but still, be happy you got the set you wanted.
@Trija20410 ай бұрын
I really couldn’t care less about the helmet holes
@Dovah_Slayer7 ай бұрын
These design choices are odd and annoying as a huge lego and star wars fan this actually enrages me
@LiamNormandin3 ай бұрын
I agree with everything he said because currently my commander For is wearing custom paper Kamas😅
@xhearthfirex657110 ай бұрын
Biggest problem is that we have too many Phase 2 Clonetroopers. People are too biased… I think Phase 1 is way Cooler and they should concentrate on making them !
@lemonynora10 ай бұрын
Why not do both? Or do something new. I’d love a TK trooper battle pack. Those troopers look cool and feature heavily in the bad batch
@Toasted_Failure10 ай бұрын
oh yeah? It's like you idiots HATE the helmet holes because of a video you watched