Out of curiosity, is the extra "color" on the neck due to a process that determined that the head wouldn't fit quite snugly enough?

J0hnP

i loves me soem minifig blanks for cutomizing

MrBubbuls

Love it!

Grew up with LEGO.

Helicoprion

Forget the bucket i am waiting with a freaking huge truck!

Mike918

i wouldve snatched a handful of them :)

enchantedgoose

Awesome

citizensmith

omg omg omg awesome!

UniComp

I am not the only one that wants to be on the end of the assembly line with a big ass bucket.

Kaiser-Machead's WALL-E fetish

Wow, no posts from LJ or purpledave? Is this a sign of the Apocalypse?

Git Em SteveDave displays attention-grabbing vanity

this is the first new beastie boys track I've heard in like 4 years that I've liked

rudeadly

@J0hnP: maybe, but i think its so the machine can tell witch side of the torso it's stamping

Charging_Mooses

@J0hnP: good question. I always just assumed it was a proof, like registration lines in printed graphic design works.

LazyPanda

I'm waiting for Carmen's "I just love how they have no pants on..." comment.

My boy is 6. It's just a wonderful excuse to cover the floor of his room with legos. And, although I deeply mourn the days when I had to craft a sword and shield from a flat 1x4 and 2x4, there are some blessings in todays' kits: anyone seen the latest green-faced "orc" minifigs? They're terrific!

gyffes

@Con Seannery: Wow, I didn't clarify that first sentence, I love the topic, hate the regrets they spawn.

Con Seannery

O M G!

I love these posts and hate them as well... Lego is the one of the best creations ever, and I loved my gigantic foot locker full of them, but I ended up passing the joy down to my younger cousin, where they live a neat and organized life in plastic boxes sorted by set, under the eye of my uncle. There is no dumping of the bricks, and the wonderful clinks do not grace their ears. I miss my Lego sets...

Con Seannery

legos are one hell of a business!

addiktion

I like the older designs as well. (Although I'm hardly old enough to have used them)

Mammoth

world would be so much better if i could get chicks by playing with lego

laio

@J0hnP:
Well, let's ask the Joker goon (he'd never lie, because his boss is a firm believer in the idea that telling the truth is much too fun). The Joker goon has a dark-purple torso with no paint deco. That includes the neck. Painted necks seem to be limited to painted torsos, so, while I've never had this officially confirmed, my guess would be that they're there solely for the assembly process. See, the torso has no molded front or back, but when you paint a torso, one side is now clearly identified as the front surface. The paint aps are done before the torso is assembled, so the machine needs a simple way to make sure that the arms are pointing the right way when they're plugged into the holes (keeping in mind that The LEGO Company actually believes that arms, legs, and hands are not supposed to be interchangable). The neck is the largest exterior surface that's not visible on an assembled minifig, so it's the best place to put a common marker that the assembly machines can use to identify the backwards torsos. It's either that or teach the machine _every_ unique torso front design.

Purple Dave

I really wish they would sell all the figures independently of the sets.

Skorpius

fells like im watching how its made but with good music

simi510

Well, if I have to have a first day back from vacation, at least it started with one of Jesus's Lego stories.

...and a big cuppa coffee.

Thanks, Jesus!

strider_mt2k

@AlphaPepper: Let's get serial. You've been around Giz long enough. In your 7 posts, two are anti-Lego. Do not be surprised if you wake up with a bed full of mini-fig heads.

Git Em SteveDave displays attention-grabbing vanity

Enough with the Legos already!

AlphaPepper

I don't see what the big deal is about Lego.

Frodo Lives!!!

stryder100

I didn't know Kamino was on Earth

TBM-Fan

Can't wait for the day when Lego and Marvel cosy up to make minifigs of the entire Marvel universe.....

Go Lego Thor!

DONAR

Thanks, all, on your replies to my neck color question. I checked some minifigs, and you're right: they all have the color on the printed side! I never really noticed that before. Sure seems like something that would be used to help identify/orient the approprite side when attaching the arms.

J0hnP

Is that Beastie Boys on the track, which song?

gizmodohomepage

Not gonna lie, makes me wanna go buy some LEGOs.

HfAsianInvasion

Seeing this I think Gizmodo should assign a section to gadget manufacturing. I am always fascinated to see what goes into making our favourite gadgets.

twilight-arc

The paint is like a glue. Its so the heads dont move or come off to easyly. You don't want Vader's head coming off right after you win over the rebellion. . . . .

--Tito--

@DONAR: I thought they already made something like that? Becuase I swear I have seen a Lego sentinel before, tho it could have been fan made.

DARSFOG

Oh, the Humanity!! Look at all those arms and legs!!

Reminds me of one time in high school (in the 80s mind you) when a friend drove up to my house. He rings the bell, I come to the door, he says "come here, I have to show you something."

We walk to the back of his car, he pops the trunk and has dozens of mannequin ams and legs. Dude looked like a serial killer when in actuality, he had just been fired from his jorb at the local department store...

FritzLaurel

So, I finally remember to actually, you know, watch the video. Am I the only one who finds it curious that, while all of those hands are clearly installed in the upright position, by the time the torsos actually come out of the box in my living room, a bare minimum of hands are still in that position, while most are pointed off into all kinds of painful-looking directions?

@Skorpius:
www.bricklink.com

Just be forewarned that the market sets the prices here, so Star Wars minifigs that are in high demand or low supply or that have been out of production for a while can jump in price.

@Git Em SteveDave displays attention-grabbing vanity:
If I could pick the heads beforehand, I would welcome that wake-up gift...

@DONAR:
That _other_ company currently holds the Marvel license.

@J0hnP:
While it would originally have been the painted side, now it's just the front side. Though rare, there are actually minifigs with printing on both sides of the torsos. I think it started with the Soccer sets, but C-3PO was the first minifig from the Star Wars line to get that treatment. Now, pretty much all of the SW troopers have painted backs (I think only Two-Face and Bane do from the Batman line).

Purple Dave

I'm going to buy a lego set right now!

Gino Camaro