LEGO (Still) Has a DROID PROBLEM... 

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Apart from maybe a backpack piece, I think they're perfect. Don't forget it's lego, it's never gonna be REALISTIC. It's a perfect mix between detail and simplicity.

I feel like the rotating wrist is a bit too much since it would probably wear down quickly after playing with it (which is an issue with battle droids already) but other than that its great

LEGO 100% needs to make more droid vehicles. 2007 MTT is my favorite set of all time. I’d love to see another in that similar size.

I don't think they're perfect, but I prefer consistency over everything else. Especially since we've all inadvertently amassed a B1 army with the current design. Customs are of course there for MOC builders to enjoy. It would be cool for LEGO to start including a backpack accessory though.

Give the droids printed waste capes and they'll be perfect!

LEGO, give us new droids! These droids are old enough to have a mortgage 😪

Those CAC Droids are Goated! LEGO definitely needs for Separatist sets on shelves!

Moveable legs would be really nice for droids especially when you look at making Mocs droids with more movement means you could pose them differently and have them actually running

So many of my droid joints have broken over the years. The one thing I want Lego to fhange on a new Battle Droid is find a way to make them sturdier.

I'm glad you like the custom droids! A lot of thought was put into their design to try to find a balance between simplicity and accuracy/features, and like you said they can be mix and matched if some of the more complex elements are too much for your preference. Can't wait to provide some new options for the community like Super Tactical and Aqua droids!

Something that most Lego fans could do to vastly improve their B1s is to put a simple 1x2 plate in the respective colour placed as high up on the droid’s back as possible. It really is a minor fix, but does wonders for the general look for our sweet little goofballs.

My only complaint is the head. Without the diagonal lines in the eyes they look way too cute. Add a new angled arm and it would be perfect.

I hope the updated B2s indicate they might update the other droid molds or bring back droids we haven’t seen in a decade.

I feel like they should just give us a skeleton like torso and movable legs, the head and arms are fine as is

I'm in full support for the torso and leg changes, but the backpack and the rotating wrists are a bit too much imo. My biggest problem with these guys was always their durability. Countless B1 joints have fallen and the B2 hips are already buried. LEGO is known for their amazing plastic quality, but these droids are really lacking in that area. I'm scared to even take them apart anymore.

Never thought I'd see the day I could buy a CAC figure for less than 5 bucks... You sold me at Sand Red man, I gotta buy a dozen.

I don’t care if they have joints but I think they should have singular legs

As an OG Battle droid fan, yes, they need and update. Not in detail, the simple lego style is good, but it needs Minifigure Possability, at least better arms (A bend one with a vertical hand) and possable legs That's why i love the lego b1 droids from the games and series, cause they can move arms and legs, the minifigures really need a bit of improvement (No, don't say they're perfect, don't let the nostalgia win, nostalgia can be wrong sometimes)

I feel like the b1 you showed deviates too far into an action figure mold than lego. It doesn't look like it belongs next to anything but itself, and that's why that'll never happen. That said, why don't we have backpacks and more accessories for droids? Especially episode 1 battle droids, it's weird they don't have a backpack, be it brick buillt or a new piece entirely. And that goes for most of these parts you suggested, like you can't have parts that only work in 1 theme. The legs, maybe, the arm definitely could work, minus the wrist articulation, just having a version that's bent and has the rotated connection, but the torso really can't be changed, and it's probably the most used part outside the star wars theme.

As good as these upgrades are, think about how many battle droids you own. 25 years of a changeless design, just for Lego to upgrade them. Think of this like the stormtroopers.

As far as Separatist sets are concerned, I'd love to see Lego make the tan Homing Spider Droid from the 2D Clone Wars series, with a brown and green DSD1 Dwarf Spider included of course. Also, a Defoliator Tank would be awesome as well.

I'm really curious as to where CAC could go with printing on the battle droids. You've got the obvious markings like commander yellow, security red, pilot blue, and tanker green but there are cooler ones they could do as well. The dark orange suits both the rocket droid and the BF2 heavy class schemes while grey would be great for either a Republic Commando B1 or a Bedlam Raider skin.

Great video as always! I guess I just assumed the reason the battle droid hasn’t been updated was because making the legs separate would be too fragile for play, but I guess it wouldn’t be that different from the arm design so that argument doesn’t really hold up. I think a separatist super tank set would be such a cool set personally

Lego tends to emphasize consistency/compatibility. For example, the B1 droids share torsos and arms with the Life on Mars theme aliens, and the legs are similar in function. Lego only creates specialized pieces when absolutely necessary, because one of their principles is everything must be as compatible as possible in the system. This often means aesthetics and functionality are sacrificed. I remember putting together a Cobi set recently and finding pieces in there that had me thinking "Lego would never do this", but they worked very well for that set and its desired functionality - the set would not be possible with just lego pieces, or if it were, it'd look and function worse.

Ood is honestly one of the best aliens in doctor who

A Munificent or Providence (Invisble Hand) with interiors would be amazing, would've been my childhood dream!

The Battle Droids really are due for an upgrade. I’d love to maybe even see a battle pack that features some new brick-built battle droids like the LR-57 Combat Droid or a Crab Droid.

I have some possible CIS set ideas: 1: Vulture droid vrs U-wing would be like a wing vrs tie interceptor and would include 1 clone pilot to pilot the u wing 2: CIS Shuttle perfect way to reintroduce the tactical droid (heck maybe even the super tactical droid) and 2 or 3 commando droids 3: Gunship would include 4 b1 battle droids and 2 super battle droids maybe with 1 or 2 clones to fight 4: squid droid underwater thing that attacks kamino (lol idk the name) this would include & bring back asajj ventress and would introduce the aqua droid maybe about 3 5: MTT (blue & grey variation) nothing special here just a mechanism to open and let the droids out on the mtt and a cockpit for 2 pilot droids to pilot the mtt and would bump up from 16 to 25ish battle droids (this would help so much for droid army building and you would legit only have to buy 2 or 3 to get a good sized army of b1s) and a commander droid 6: just a set that includes some magnaguards since they are like 70 dollars a fig (micro fighter?) and yeah thats all

What shelves do you use in yiur background?

Thanks for making us aware of these! I haven't been on the CAC website in awhile.

Where can I find the custom B1 battle droids?

The way I see it, with the old droid arms either the Clankas hold their blastas like gangstas, or they hold their blasters like pistols. Oh and their legs make them look like standing firing dummies

The first frame of this video is beautiful

Those are so cool, and cheaper than I expected!

Those custom Droids look slick

Compared to other videos with full bending joints for joints, i like how cac did the new arms and split legs

All I want is for Lego to build custom pieces like a backpack movable legs and arms or basically what you covered in this video

I’d love to buy a batch of those articulated droids. Also, I really can’t wait for that commando Droids, those guys are my favorites.

i remember playing with my star wars lego sets when i was a child it always bugged me how the B1 had a solid set of legs that you couldnt move at all XD

were did you buy that?!

I would love to see a full sized vulture droid again

definitely needs way much more droid/separatist sets!

ive been waiting years for these im so happy to see these look so good

I want some of those custom droids but in colors appropriate for the old Mars Mission theme.

I so desperately want them to make a super tactical droid

I have the old ones. Mine are from around 2007. They are SUPER brittle now. I have broken multiple from just trying to get them to latch on. The arms can be slid on, but the legs must clamp. I have glued them and have given them to my son. Only 2 remain that I have since put in glass containers. These bits are a godsend for those of us that want to play with our kids. My son loves my old sets. I bought them to play with as a kid. You would all be very mad if I told you what my son now uses for free-play... Let's just say that multiple 7257 sets are amongst the least of it...

I just got two. I usually don’t really care for Lego battle droids, but i really do appreciate them and think they’re pretty sweet.

I noticed some of the newer droid legs are made with a new plastic that doesn't get loose over time. It's different from the main body too. Would love to see some new sets!

agreed, we need more droid sets. i especially want a snail droid tank. and maybe a droid gunship update too.

Thanks for show it, I will buy some for stop motion

I just wish those legs were compatible with the official lego body. The arms are awesome tho. I don't really see the point of the head, since it down have any additional poseability. I wish it could turn like a minifig head

The torso and backpack is what really gets me because of accuracy

My droids live in one place… my kids play bins! NanoRex for the W!

3-4 dollars for the CAC B1 is INSANE

I adore the classic B1 battle droid, a simple improvement is to slap a 1x2 flat brick with an antenna on their back. The Super Battle Droids because for some reason the clip for the leg and arm piece is super brittle and half of mine have snapped, hopefully this new mold is sturdier

I really hope Lego makes some droid vehicles soon, especially an MTT, also thise CAC droids look amazing, I'm gonna need to check those out!

I love that backpack on the battle droids. Just what these have been missing all this time!

A remake if the Tri-Fighter and the Hailfire Tank would be neat imo

i agree we need more droid sets because we have too much clone sets.

I think the thing is: where do you draw the line between action figure and Lego? because the current state of battle droids serve the purpose for Army building cannon fodder etc posing/movement might be a concern for some but overall it’s not as big an issue unless all mini figures were as stiff as the current battle droids. I’ve seen superposable mini figures and a they are so far away from what is Lego that it feels alien and you might as well just have action figures at this point but the standard battle droids perhaps movable legs and a correctly bent arm would be better but I don’t see the need for new backpacks and a new moulded heads or bodies, just my personal opinion

Oh man the CAC droids look awesome! I really need to watch out for the next sale

Wow those look amazing, something about the chest bothers me, its the little handle looking thing in the middle but other than that its a 10/10 lego NEEDS to make this

One problem with updating the battle droid then I would have a ton of the "old" mold ones and they couldn't really mix with the suggested "new" ones. Just like how the clone trooper printing has changed resulting in a similar thing though less noticeable as its still generally the same mold

These models are older than I am, they seriously need an update. It’s crazy that everything else has gotten handfuls of redos while these have just sat idle. Same with the B2, give us some elbows so we can have them standing at attention

3:55 oké that would be epic

hmm might me time for me to finally give some of these customs a chance

the old B-1 mold was the main reason I only went for collecting Rebels vs. Empire (+ some post Empire stuff) when I got out of my dark age, I just didn't want to collect them as they don't look so good... bad availability of most prequel Jedi being the other reason... however I'm so grateful for that now because I stuck to that and I can save a lot of money with every new SW wave :)

An MTT is a must, but I'd love just about anything to expand my Separatist forces.

Thank for telling this i was about to buy a battle droid for myself

I like the addition of a back pack but I like the idea of being able to sue their bodies for other builds as we have seen over the years. There is a certain nostalgia to them and it’s ez to build an army too

These look fantastic, I hope they add different torso colors, blue, red, green, yellow, etc.

what i want... A TRULY FUNCTIONAL DROIDEKA. one that can actually do the ball thing

Question, can you like the Clone Army Custom droids and droids pieces if they are being sold to the public?

I remember getting a ton of B1 battle droids in Lego sets as a kid and always being disappointed that they could only hold their blasters gangster style.

my only problem with the droid is that with the knee joints it doesn't look like lego

The reason lego doesn't change is because the official one is less fragile.

i hope cac will do pilot, security or commander and other prints for the b1 droids

I want at least one droid set with a commander droid (the one with the yellow markings) I haven’t seen that one in a while

I’ve been waiting for an invisible hand for years!

More Droid Battle Ships! We've gotten Vulture Droids and Tri-Fighters, but the only Separatist battle ship we've gotten was the Malevolence way back in 2012! Give us some Banking Clan Munificent ships or a Lukrehulk command ship!

A Lego MTT we be amazing especially in grey and blue!

LEGO Friends minidolls have the same problem. I like their design, but their poseability is extremely limited.

Really all they gotta do is give it two separate legs instead of one combined leg and it would be better

I think it’s due to the fact that it costs so much and takes so long to make a new piece and the proper molding. The amount of time which the pieces will last with consistent use and it also the material will handle aging. There is also very minimal acceptable variation on any LEGO piece, it is only allowed to have 1/10th a human hair of variation on any one piece. If it is over then it will be rejected by the machines and sent to be broken down into plastic pellets to be remolded. There is a great deal that goes into just making a single new LEGO piece.

Ohh I would sell my soul for these to be official! Moving legs is something I’ve wanted since the beginning. Imagine if that team made a custom grievous 😲

I would love Droids like that. I always actually preffered CIS.

Always loved the rolleys and defiantly buying some tan b1s when I can

Personally i love the official chest piece of the b1 battle droid, but id love all the droids to get upgraded arms, legs and attachments.

Just so you know we don’t have a droid command post in Lego

The moveable legs are needed

Man, I can't get even of those commando droids you shown...I really hope CAC goes through with the idea.

I add backpacks to all my battle droids.

I feel like they do it because of its iconic status and it’s cheaper. (Not that their a billion dollar company or anything.)

I think they need to make something like the C-9979 landing craft for the CIS, but in midi scale. I've seen a couple mocs for this vehicle but because of its actual scale in the Phantom Menace/Clone Wars tv show, they likely wouldn't make it UCS. But still, i'd love to see the C-9979 from lego.

I'd like to see those big cannon droids the Separatists have, don't recall if they even exist outside of the RTS like levels in LEGO Star Wars 3(?), granted it's been a while.

I think they should improve the feet of the droid so they aren’t so flimsy, and they should bend the droid’s straight arm some more, but other than that, I think they’re perfect.

I like Legos droids but repeats of existing sets I can't get on board with. Some Jedi Survivor stuff would be a good reason for more droids tho!

We need an upgrade for droids!

I got 10 of the Geonosis colored ones and am super excited for them to arrive. Probably will just buy those to not differentiate my army too much. The commando droids I’ll get as well since they deserve movement/pose-ability.