LEGO Fans Need To Stop Doing This 

Waistcapes should NOT be printed. I'm OK with everything else.

Hate to be toxic, but if you’re 25+ plus throwing a full on tantrum about the placement of helmet holes on a clone trooper. It’s just kinda sad. Sure I like a cool minifigure, but to attack lego designers and employees over a toy as an adult is just wrong. You’re entitled to your opinion, but in this regard some people need to grow up a little bit💀

voting with your wallet is an unheard of tactic with the lego star wars community 😂

I think people should also realize that not everyone just displays their stuff, there are kids that play with it and thats their target demographic, We have a passion which we choose to show through collecting, some kids actually use them as toys

I literally thought he was gonna say the root cause was because of mandrproductions

IMO, I feel like lego star wars fans are never gonna be satisfied. They always find a way to complain abt smth, and tbh, I'm just grateful that we still get clone troopers made.

I think lego should print waist capes, but also have a physical option too, the physical one covers most if not all of the printed one so I think both sides win

liking printed waist capes is definitely a choice💀

For physical stores like Bricks and Minifigs, obviously they’re going to have to price things higher than eBay. They have to pay employees and other things. It’s a physical store. They have to mark it up to make a decent profit.

I think if lego did a 360 degree rinting on waistcapes people would like them more.

Lego should give the fans and customers what they want. Their reasoning for no longer using fabric waist capes just sounds like total BS. There are quite a few things that the vast majority of customers agree and ask for.

“Let’s see where all this negativity is coming from” Coff coff mandR coff productions coff coff

I personally don’t care too much about the helmet holes, accuracy isn’t an issue for me as long as there clones. (i love clones) My main issue is the waist capes and pauldrons, i’m not a fan of the printed ones i’d much rather pay a little more for cloth capes and pauldrons than to not have them at all

Harri, thank you for addressing this. This is a trend(s) I’m starting to see more and more of and it’s sad. While some (not all) of the criticisms might justified, it’s important everyone have and form their OWN opinions. Not everyone is always going to agree and that’s alright. I like to think that somewhere in that gray area new ideas are born. As for Bricks n Minifigs, my city is finally getting their first store and I’m anxious to check it out. I’m still amazed at how some people don’t understand how a business works though. SMH. As for LAN, I think people need to understand what the definition of an “Ambassador” is. I’m sure the program isn’t perfectly run but understand it isn’t a legion of cult followers either like some make it out to be.

You should be real and ask your network why Lego Star Wars doesn’t get the same attention to detail as other themes do.

I think that everyone should buy the sets they enjoy, no matter what anybody else thinks. There have been sets that people say were terrible, though I enjoyed them. This fanbase/community is pretty negative :(

I'm honestly really getting fed up. I basically can't see any Lego SW content without some chronically online guy vomiting acid in the comments. And I would like to see those posts, they just don't feel like fun anymore. I value and understand criticism, but more often than not ignorance would be the way to go. Just don't buy, Lego will feel it. They don't feel the comments, but the community does and get dragged down by them

Unpopular opinion. I think waist capes should be a cloth piece and at the same time printed. That way if the cloth get damaged u still have the print under it

In my opinion the helmet is fine but I agree that waistcapes should not be printed. Still gonna get it tho.

I have an idea, it would cost a lot more but… make the clones have dual molded legs, cuz then they could make the top part black like the waist cape, and make the bottom white where there isn’t any, the biggest problem with this is that then the print on the middle part of the legs where there is no waist cape even on top will be less solid and more transparent like what happened with commander fox, but other than that and the price, this is a perfect solution in my opinion

Constructive criticism can improve a product, hating for clout does not.

I actually really like Bricks and Minifigs. Most of the time the prices are pretty high, but they've done the work by having it in a store where you easily inspect and buy it. Selling for cash isn't always the best, but I've had a great experience trading in tons of little sets that wouldn't sell online. I ended up with the exact amount of credit for a complete Phantom 2 set with Thrawn and Kanan. Never thought I'd be able to have Thrawn in my collection, but thanks to Bricks and Minifigs Cherry Hill, I do now.

Yeah I don’t think they got rid of waist capes for fans. If they did, they would have done a 360 print

I’m happy Lego even makes clones like fox fives and Rex

3:56 I’ve got a new BAM coming not too far from where I live and I’m super stoked! Can’t wait to buy and sell there

Personally I don't really care about the helmets holes and printed wastecape, I'm just glad that Lego is finally making fan favorites like Captain rex and commander cody 😊

I was looking at the minifigs and a guy was next to me who was buying a sith infiltrator. He asked why it was more expensive than it should be. The guy at the counter said ‘I have to keep the lights on somehow’

People need to learn how to offer constructive criticism instead of bashing. The same message can be conveyed with a respectful delivery rather than immediately crapping on something and complaining. I agree with most of your takes here and also disagree with some of them, but I’m not going to attack you as a person because of it 😂 Then again, this is the internet and unfortunately, no matter how hard we try to have real discussions here, there will always be trolls and complainers. Cant avoid it!

I love that Luke and Vader fighting a animation!

Just wanted to say your a great inspiration to me as a new Lego Star Wars content creator and I agree a hundred percent, it would be nice to go on RU-vid to watch some Lego Star Wars videos and not have to find videos talking about what’s wrong with Lego Star Wars.I wish people would just enjoy this awesome franchise, that created, what was once a great community. But like you said everyone has their own opinion.And by the way it’s great to see another Lego content creator enjoying going to Bricks and Minifigs as much as I do.

mans really being jangbricks part 2, just lego appreciation content and positivity, which is a very much appreciated change compared to many other current lego content creators

I can get why some people are mad about the waist capes but honestly, I don't care. The printed waist capes may not be optimal, but they could also be way worse. And don't even get me started in the helmet holes. Fans wanted antennas and visors on clone helmets so lego gave us that and people were still mad, even though it's the best solution. It's honestly ridiculous to see adults blowing up over a toy because its not the way they want when they're designed for children

Plastic waistcapes actually predate the fabric waistcapes. Id take printed over the plastic ones from 2008-2012 any day

THANK YOU FOR TALKING ABOUT THIS, this whole idea of "everyone has to have the same opinion" is so dumb, personally, I think the helmet holes aren't bad, they can look silly but aren't bad. I wish we got more waist capes rather than printed ones but hey, I get why lego does it. Thank you for addressing this problem of negativity in the lego star wars community

Thank you for the nuanced discussion. Not to entirely agree with the detractors, online, but I see where people might be coming from if they are paying premium prices and receiving products that are below that standard. What hurts Lego as a company is when they make decisions to reduce costs and therefore quality, but still charge high prices. There’s gotta be an upper limit somewhere to what people are willing to pay, but I’d rather that Lego take the time to keep their quality standards up to what we all know they can be. And here by quality I’m not just talking about Minifigure design. Inconsistencies in the colors of parts, difficult to use clear back stickers, and especially poor color matching of stickers with other pieces in EXPENSIVE sets. Those things shouldn’t happen for the prices Lego charges.

I think that negativity comes with the fact that we are paying much higher prices for lower quality It’s a shame nothing is ever good enough between the community and Lego because there are some really fantastic sets and designs I wish there are more efforts to target specific things we are unhappy about (Commander Fox last year is UNACCEPTABLE) I just keep coming back to… “no one hates Lego Star Wars more than the people *always* buying it” 💀

You are by far the best lego star wars RU-vidr when it comes to common sense. You seem to be one well put together guy. I appreciate this video.

They're so childish your dislike rate is quite high. They just don't want to change opinions or think for two minutes, and for that it's not worth listening them.

I feel like Lego Star Wars fans are exactly like the majority of Star Wars fans. If anyone disagrees with them, they get hate. I don't like the printed waist cape, I don't mind the helmet holes. In terms of clone troopers, I'm glad we're getting more. I don't mind inaccuracies because I know I can buy a custom Minifig. Lego Star Wars fans need to be grateful for what they have.

Imagine begging lego for a 501st battle pack for YEARS just to complain about barely noticable holes on the sides of their helmets

Great video Harri! we all have our own opinions on the designs that Lego has gone with but some people don’t know how to handle others opinions when they are different. some of those hate comments are insane too

I wish days were like they were, I recently visited BAM Riverside and they had my childhood Lego Star Wars sets like Jedi duel and others, it really made me sad and nostalgic that Lego isn’t what they used to be. I understand some of the decisions they make are to maximize profits but they don’t have to give in to fan base complaining about little things, and sometimes when they ignore people like that, it helps them. Days were much more simple😢 Nice light setup btw

Lego did just drill holes on the side because otherwise they’d have to fully remold by removing/ lifting the bumps

Why are people being mad about helmet holes because I think the helmet holes at a thickness to the mini figure and I actually like that thickness so I think LEGO should keep them

My first action whenever I DON'T want LEGO to continue making a LEGO Star Wars set is to immediately purchase it DAY ONE! That will show LEGO that I don't actually like it and they should make better sets.

Exactly! It’s videos like this why I really enjoy your channel. You offer valid criticism the Lego Star Wars instead of bashing Lego whenever stuff could be more accurate like MandR & LifeBricks do. I’m sick of Star Wars fans complaining, “This is good but it’s only 95% accurate, so since it could be better I hate Lego’s design. They must really hate their fans for not making it as accurate as it could have been.” I’m personally interested in Lego Star Wars as a theme because I like the unique designs they have for minifigures as well as sets I wouldn’t see from any other theme. I couldn’t care less if it’s 100% accurate to the source material because I don’t really care about the source material.

2:54. 100% both of these points are spot on. People will watch someone like Mandr complain about something then they’ll make his opinion their opinion, and then they’ll still go out and buy the set. Like what? If you don’t like it, let other people buy it.

Lego wanting to be a premium product with waist capes is understandable. But.... At least print them on the sides of the legs as well. If they have to go this route. I will never see Lego as Premium Product as long as it'll be skimping on prints. Commander Fox, and his pink armour is best example.

Laughs in having a bunch of spare fabric rags at home

Man there’s something about this video that really makes me want to engage in a discussion, there’s so much cool and interesting stuff to talk about that you mention 😅

One thing i don't get from youtubers like mandr is them complaining about the design of certain sets, cuz the designers just give you the base idea, its up to you to make your own modifications the way you like it.

There are some issues with licensed sets, this is inherent to the things they are licensed from. For example: If Starwars is bad, so are the Lego sets based on it. I personally don't care about Starwars at all and I haven't for over a decade, I vote with my wallet by not buying any of it, nor do I buy anything from Disney owned IP or spend money on their streaming service. It is very easy for me and I absolutely have no issue with other people loving their products and spending tons of money on it. More power to them, I respect their love and enthusiasm. What I absolutely can't accept or tolerate well, is people that complain and want changes .. but STILL buy everything the company puts out. We are talking about companies that sometimes completely disregard, or even actively antagonize or ridicule their fanbase. Those companies should be voted out with wallets, but some idiots still buy everything while being actively against what this company is doing. This way of rewarding bad behaviour is running a lot of IP's into the ground, it makes the world a worse place and it pours money into the pockets of money sharks and people that have no creativity or love for what they do. There is so insanely much great stuff out there in the world, stuff that is made with sweat, dedication and love. Pour your money into that and make the world a better place.

While cloth pieces are nice to have and look neat I can understand ditching the waistcape (Kama) for durability reasons. Lego is primarily a toy and if you wanna sit down your clones somewhere you don't want the process of taking off the legs, remove the Kama and reverse that next time you take the figure out. And kids play with their figures which leads to fraying on the cloth pieces. I got a bunch old capes from the 2000s that have fringes on the bottom and with how small the Kama piece is that thing could desintegrate quickly. Pauldrons on the other hand are less of a problem as they aren't usually in the way of something and are still made and included, so Lego just being cheap is not really a valid point here.

im fine with the helmet holes as long as they don’t affect the print quality like on the 212th

2:39 Same can be said about prints (whilst looking worse). With play, they can also get scratch up. I don't see how that is a valid reason to be honest.

Which different parts do I need to start putting lights in my builds?

Well as for waist capes, prints can still show wear over time like many old figs do. Another thing, I can’t say they visually make the figure worse, since the printed ones are barely even noticeable or recognizable as what they’re meant to be at all, to the point where there may as well just be no waist cape at all. They don’t have problems continuing to find ways to make actual capes, so they could absolutely find better ways to do physical waist capes.

I actually dont mind the helmet holes lol. I mainly use the official clone minifigs in like backgrounds or as space filler for mocs anyway cause I built up most of my clone army with 360 printed customs cause they look so much better than the official ones lol. But since i keep the official minifigs in the background, the attachments for the helmet holes actually work pretty well in terms of making some of those background troops look slightly more unique without pulling too much focus towards them. Like ill put the Lego visors on a few background troops to make look like heavies or scout or whatever, and i use the lego antenna for like pilots or a tooper trying to call for back up. So ya, the helmet holes arent that bad if like 90% of your army is customs and you keep the helmet holes away from the main focus lol

I get that the helmet hole look a little weird, but I really don’t think they are bad. I do wish that there were no printed waist capes but that’s it.

Lego star wars fans need to understand things one be 100% accurate. Lego needs to fit a style and things need to and will be sacrificed. If you don't like that go buy blackseries

I might be bias, I joined the Lego star wars community in 2023, so I'm used to, and actually kinda prefer the helmet holes, also I think the waist cape thing is just silly, if you want waist capes there are so many suppliers that make better ones than Lego ever did. Besides most people that really complain about these issues know about, and can get "better" helmets, or cloth, so their complaints feel like they're doing it for no other reason than they can

Maybe it is just my suggested, but I fell as if clone issues are in every Lego videoI watch, even if it shouldn’t relate to them. I understand people have issues, but the frequency of these complaints are ridiculous and it began to actively drain my enjoyment of Lego Star Wars over the last couple years. I waited years to get the sets/characters we’ve been getting since 2020 and it hurts to finally see if come to fruition while being ruined by small things.

Tbh i just appreciate what we get, recently got into clone wars so it's better to have imperfect clones than having to buy second hand retired clones. The only problem is how Lego price their sets, got at-te for 100$ which is perfect price for it, but having to pay 140$ for a gunship is a little too much. I'll have to wait for May the 4th for gwp droid battle pack to make it worth.

Look, hear me out, have a cloth waist cape, BUT however, if the people want to play with it, keep the printed one under it so they can switch it when they want to

About waistcapes, I feel that they should be cloth, but also printed in case you don’t want to use it.

Waistcapes need to be physical attachments. But the helmet holes and especially fives’ helmet in the new tantive set iarwnt terrible

I think part of the frustration is Lego “deception.” Where renderings and pictures are enhanced to hide things. An example might be the helmet holes. Another example are the printed plaques for ucs sets where they edit out the mold marks in the center plate, to make images better. Someone opens up to to negative surprise. What about the sh*t coloration of white on the clones on the new gun ship. Lego could have fixed that so it’s actually white and not pink, but that would have cost them profit, on a set that’s already smaller, and more expensive. They’re a business, in the business of making money. They will take short cuts wherever they can.

Honestly i absolutely hate the feeling of the cloth kamas, its so rough

Don't agree, he the only one honest enough to actually offer an honest opinion. Most everyone else I watch simply is to afraid to offend Lego and not get their review sets for free.

I have to definitely agree with your first two opinions about the helmet holes and printed waist capes.

ok all honesty the helmet holes aren't the end of the world but the printed waist capes are some detail but i prefer the old ones

So the closest "Bricks & Minifigs" store to my house is about an hours drive away, but my local flea market has a shop called Bricks & Minifigures" and its exactly how you would imagine a knockoff "Bricks & Minifigs" place to be lol. First off, theyre surprisingly very open about the fact that they technically dont sell any Lego products, but on top of that, they dont even sell any fake or bootleg sets. They only sell fake and bootleg minifigs, fake minifig accessories, and for a few bucks theyll turn the minifig into a keychain. All their fake minfigs (unofficial minifigs that were made as a copy of an official Lego minifig design) were really bad, but most of their bootlegs (unofficial minifigs made with custom designs and not copying Lego's) arent too shabby. Both are the same cheaper plastic, but it seems like they put much more time and effort into the molding and prints of their bootlegs than with their fakes. Their fake clone troopers have what i call phase 1.5 helmets, cause it looks like they might've accidentally meshed together the designs of the phase 1 and 2 helmets, and once the helmets were done, they threw them into a dishwasher a few times lol

The play argument isnt a point … if you want to play take off the kama if you want to display it put it on WHY WE CANT HAVE BOTH AND CHOOSE LIKE IN THE PAST … when i played with my phase 2 rex i removed the kama and when i build a base and wanted to display my clones as a kid i just put on the kamas again …

I think LEGO really do needs critiscism from fans. For example I love current AT-TE, but if longevity of a product is at stake, why not print crucial elements like symbol or The Grand Army of th Republic? Stickers are overall worse but it just seems like they use them more and more even in more pricey sets just becouse they are cheaper.

i agree, i think some people are too negative, just one thing to say, i dont want printed waist cloths, they don't look good and are easily misable, if they did 360 degree printing like you said it would be great, (i dont really care about helmet holes)

Helmet holes are not lego being lazy, they did the absolute best with what they had, they already have the visors molded, sure they change and make new molds all the time so they could definitely make a new one thats adjusted to the phase 2 helmets with lower holes, what about phase 1 helmets? Do we seriously want or expect lego to make 2 nearly identical visor pieces where the only difference are the pegs shifted like a mm, do I think the figures look better without them? Yes, but it's the best option unless you want Cody to not have his Visor I do disagree with the Waistcapes though, I'd be fine if they printed the waistcapes but I'd like to be able to get cloth ones still, if they maybe could still include them in some sets?

I’ve always wanted the Lego Revan, and thanks to B&M I actually managed to trade loose bulk and old sets for him brand new!

holes on every helmet are cool because customization

Also as someone who wishes to become a Lego ambassador idk how one would do that

Printed waist cape would be good only if it had side leg printing

We just got a Bricks&Minifigs where I life and while some sets were high I noticed they were about the same if you compared them to the price on eBay, the only disappointing thing was there lack of Star Wars sets new and old but they do have a nice selection of figures.

Is there not a better alternative material for waist capes so they dont look like shit after a while?

little late, but i like the holes in helmets cause i have like 30 accessories for clones waiting to be used

Honestly I can justify high prices at stores as long as the employees are respectful This is just a personal experience but a local video game resale store near where I live has insane prices some double market value and I could justify going back since they had some good prices but I tried to trade in some old handhelds of mine and first off the guy lowballed me 200 under market value, keep in mind this already was only 300 dollars worth and he was extremely passive aggressive and rude so that’s why I now shop exclusively at there only competitor

You actually convinced me on the Waist capes. We need to understand that while they sets for adults and adults use the kid sets, they are still KIDS SETS. They have to cover their bases and making sure the playability is still viable over the years is what is important. Or one of the more important things. If you make customs or want higher end figures or make them look more realistic for the sake of your moc/collection, go to a private seller who specializes in those things.

I just wanted to ask how the Lego ambassador network works and if I could sign up or is it by invite?

I completely agree with you on this but on a light note about the bricks and minifigs portion of the vid: I have a bricks and minifigs near me with slightly cheaper prices and so after seeing a few shorts and seeing the prices compared to brick link and such I was upset but my mom knew a lot about sales and actually really enlightened me about profits regions, etc and I must say looking back I feel a little silly about hating on your old BAM shorts (I’m sorry) but I’m really glad you went to address the mass amount of unnecessary negativity in the LEGO Star Wars community

I accept the helmet holes. I do think Lego should make the holes like the phase 1 helmets, but this is what we’ve got to work with.

They can do both put printed waste cape and waste cape so ppl can choose for themselves

I agree that too many people act like drones with their Lego Star Wars opinions, but saying “vote with your wallet” doesn’t do anything. You can only “Vote” in that way by buying things you want, and if Lego sells a battle pack I want, but I want a waist cape, I’m buying the battle pack and a third party waist cape because there’s no official Lego waist cape for the clones. I could “vote” by buying off brand instead, but this doesn’t affect Lego, the largest toy manufacturer in the world. My issue is less that every set release isn’t perfect, and more that releases for their other themes (like HP) tend to have better figs and value at different price points. Why can’t Lego Star Wars, one of their most popular themes, have the same dedication? Just sayin

I don't mind helmet holes. But printed capes is dumb asf.

Waist-capes are more accurate and look a lot better. And also capes are made of the same material if waist-capes will deteriorate over time so will capes. And plus why does Lego dreamzzz get waist capes? If they are getting in the way of play and will deteriorate over time why does Lego dreamzzz get them?

With all the money that Lego makes with record making profits they should at least try to invest into research and development to try to get a much better fabric for waistcapes the same way they upgraded the capes for Jedis and superheroes. The helmet holes I don’t really care about because at the end of the day I’m sure Lego took forever to decide how the holes will look and probably decided on that design and it doesn’t look that bad with microbinoculars

I think that the cloth waist capes need to come back.

yeah I do prefer the waste cape cloth and not printed, but the helmet holes is not a problem for me, actually the opposite, but popular youtubers act like it's such a big deal calling it ugly and such, but I couldn't understand why it looks ugly. It doesn't. MandRProduction is a popular example. He could not stop saying in his videos about it. he's more of a collector rather than an actual lego fan, I can't really tell if he likes it or not. But every time I hear a popular youtuber say that the new helmet holes are ugly, just makes me think they're acting like giant babies. I'm an adult myself and kind of ironic XD. but I really like the new helmet holes, giving phase 2 clone troopers like Cody and rex more accessories to look more like the character. i just wish they didn't remove the waste capes

I personaly dont really mind the helmet holes, and I also think that the fives minifigure it good if you just add a waste cape

I started in the hobby last year so I’m pretty new, but to be honest, I don’t get the fuss about waist capes? The mini figures look awfully, i think they are to long compared to the legs of the mini figure, witch make the figure look silly and it’s unpractical when trying to sit them, but i agree that pauldrons look awesome.

While he was speaking, i was just looking at the picture behind him

Lego: we don't give fabric waistcapes because they wear down with play Also lego: Releases massive 600$ venator without a single play feature Seriously that excuse holds no water they're lying

They deserve it,… quality has been decreasing for the last 10 years or so