Sir Daren
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Post by Sir Daren on Dec 18, 2017 23:01:56 GMT -8
Does anyone have any insights or inside info as to why the custom minifigure lines do not have printing on both sides of their torso? All other lego lines since around 2011 print on both sides, why not custom minifigs? It hits me as odd, plus slightly disappointing to a very small degree. On another note, my last bricklink order just came in  |
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andhe
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Post by andhe on Dec 19, 2017 2:15:55 GMT -8
Can you define what you mean by custom minifigures? Do you mean one's not produced by LEGO but printed by other companies (eg brickwarriors etc?)
A short answer is, more printing = most cost.
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AK_Brickster
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Post by AK_Brickster on Dec 19, 2017 17:06:23 GMT -8
Or do you maybe mean the collectible minifigs? I honestly had never noticed that the backsides weren't printed on any of them, if that's the case!
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Sir Daren
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Post by Sir Daren on Dec 20, 2017 21:30:45 GMT -8
I meant collectible minifigs, sorry. But yeah, I was looking at a more recent purchase of a bunch of minifigs, and I started noticing some of the nicer ones also didn't have any design on the back. It is odd, as one is the rather recent female elf. While the torso print is very intricate and detailed, it is only one-sided. And a few other collectible minifig pieces were likewise.
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AK_Brickster
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Post by AK_Brickster on Dec 21, 2017 8:19:31 GMT -8
I scanned through a few CMF reviews and noticed that you're right, a vast majority of the figs don't have back printing. I guess the counter to that would be that the CMF's seem to (at least lately) have a higher percentage of uncommon printed parts, such as arms and legs, and a lot more overmolding of arms/legs as well, which is spendy to produce.
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Sir Daren
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Post by Sir Daren on Dec 21, 2017 11:05:25 GMT -8
and hair pieces and accessories, so fair point. Cutting costs would help w the price
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