2011 new stuff general discussion

Post by **mr.duckie** » Mon Feb 14, 2011 8:18 pm

aoffan23 wrote:Alien Conquest figs are medium blue?

my eyes could be tricking me, but it looks like mersk!

Post by **aoffan23** » Mon Feb 14, 2011 10:11 pm

mr.duckie wrote:
aoffan23 wrote:Alien Conquest figs are medium blue?
my eyes could be tricking me, but it looks like mersk!

I highly doubt it, it's called Maersk blue for a reason. It would be pretty awesome, although it would be way harder to mix them with other minifigures, so it would be a pretty bad move (unless they come out with more Maersk blue minifigures in the future, which again, I highly doubt).

Post by **OneEye589** » Mon Feb 14, 2011 10:33 pm

It looks just like blue to me.

Post by **aoffan23** » Mon Feb 14, 2011 10:36 pm

I'm pretty sure they're medium blue.

Post by **OneEye589** » Mon Feb 14, 2011 10:57 pm

They could also be prototypes, which aren't always the same color. The blue pieces of the car thingy are regular, good old fashioned blue because they have already been made in other sets and stuff. The fig isn't that far from the regular blue color shown there. Why would they make all of the color scheme the same blue on the vehicles, but then make the fig off-blue.

Post by **aoffan23** » Mon Feb 14, 2011 11:06 pm

Maybe they finally decided to be awesome. Besides, if they were plain blue, they'd mix in with the vehicles and it would look like the Blue Man Group got stuck in a trash compactor.

Post by **OneEye589** » Mon Feb 14, 2011 11:20 pm

Yea, they wouldn't do the same thing they've always done. Never. They would totally make an entirely new color that's only like 5% less saturated just so it wouldn't be the same as the vehicles. Just like Atlantis, Agents, Mars Mission, and pretty much every other sci-fi theme.

Post by **Swordsalmon** » Mon Feb 14, 2011 11:34 pm

The Alien Conquest sets look kind of poor. The impulse set looks pretty good, and the headquarters truck is real nice (But too pricey for me), but the rest seem very sparse. I was excited of hearing about the Tripod set, but is looks especially bad.

The Lighthouse set is glorious and the highlight of this year.

Post by **RoC77** » Tue Feb 15, 2011 12:40 pm

aoffan23 wrote:

I'm pretty sure they're medium blue.

Is that a new gun design about the guys head?

Post by **Zahru II** » Tue Feb 15, 2011 1:05 pm

Oh why yes! I though it was the bog-standard gun+binoculars.

Post by **Warhead** » Tue Feb 15, 2011 1:16 pm

I think from what I see here that the Binoculars will fit snugly over those end studs. Potential for awesome: 100%

Post by **Killer Karetsu** » Tue Feb 15, 2011 1:37 pm

Hey, it includes revolvers too!

Post by **Arkbrik** » Wed Feb 16, 2011 4:05 am

And they're aimed directly at the tires, that's useful.

Post by **Zahru II** » Wed Feb 16, 2011 8:46 am

I guess they're implying them as suspension... or as emergency breaks?

Post by **HAL-9001** » Wed Feb 16, 2011 8:50 am

Zahru II wrote:emergency breaks?

Oh, they'll break stuff all right!