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| | | Author: | bigasbricks  | | Posted: | Jul 18, 2023 11:07 | | Subject: | Monochrome Figures | | Viewed: | 145 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| I am aware Bricklink does not allow the sale of Star Wars monochrome prototypes.
Is there anywhere I can find an official statement from Lego in regards to this
issue? I am currently working on a documentary for my social media platform highlighting
some of theft and criminal activity involved around these figures and some of
the questionable dealings of 'resellers' and 'flippers' of Lego.
Any links to articles or information would be appreciated.
Thank you
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| | | | | Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Jul 18, 2023 11:44 | | Subject: | Re: Monochrome Figures | | Viewed: | 49 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, bigasbricks writes:
| | I am aware Bricklink does not allow the sale of Star Wars monochrome prototypes.
Is there anywhere I can find an official statement from Lego in regards to this
issue? I am currently working on a documentary for my social media platform highlighting
some of theft and criminal activity involved around these figures and some of
the questionable dealings of 'resellers' and 'flippers' of Lego.
Any links to articles or information would be appreciated.
Thank you
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They aren't prototypes.
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| | | | | | | Author: | bigasbricks | | Posted: | Jul 18, 2023 11:49 | | Subject: | Re: Monochrome Figures | | Viewed: | 53 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| ......I think you get the point of the post thanks for you unique response!!!
In General, yorbrick writes:
| | In General, bigasbricks writes:
| | I am aware Bricklink does not allow the sale of Star Wars monochrome prototypes.
Is there anywhere I can find an official statement from Lego in regards to this
issue? I am currently working on a documentary for my social media platform highlighting
some of theft and criminal activity involved around these figures and some of
the questionable dealings of 'resellers' and 'flippers' of Lego.
Any links to articles or information would be appreciated.
Thank you
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They aren't prototypes.
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| | | | | | | | | Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Jul 18, 2023 12:38 | | Subject: | Re: Monochrome Figures | | Viewed: | 56 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, bigasbricks writes:
| | ......I think you get the point of the post thanks for you unique response!!!
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I think it is important what language you use, especially if you are writing
an article about them. Calling them prototypes gives them a legitimacy that they
were created by LEGO for a reason, when the reality is that they are created
essentially on demand to sell to collectors as a profit making exercise and nothing
to do with testing or prototyping.
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| | | | | | | | | | | Author: | WoutR | | Posted: | Jul 18, 2023 13:08 | | Subject: | Re: Monochrome Figures | | Viewed: | 63 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, yorbrick writes:
| | In General, bigasbricks writes:
| | ......I think you get the point of the post thanks for you unique response!!!
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I think it is important what language you use, especially if you are writing
an article about them. Calling them prototypes gives them a legitimacy that they
were created by LEGO for a reason, when the reality is that they are created
essentially on demand to sell to collectors as a profit making exercise and nothing
to do with testing or prototyping.
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I agree. It is important to call them what they are, and not suggest that they
were made for some LEGO internal purpose.
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| | | | | | | | | | | Author: | bigasbricks | | Posted: | Jul 18, 2023 14:57 | | Subject: | Re: Monochrome Figures | | Viewed: | 55 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| Thank you for clarifying!!! I would love to hear if you have any sources or contacts
in regards to this!!!
In General, yorbrick writes:
| | In General, bigasbricks writes:
| | ......I think you get the point of the post thanks for you unique response!!!
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I think it is important what language you use, especially if you are writing
an article about them. Calling them prototypes gives them a legitimacy that they
were created by LEGO for a reason, when the reality is that they are created
essentially on demand to sell to collectors as a profit making exercise and nothing
to do with testing or prototyping.
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Jul 18, 2023 15:08 | | Subject: | Re: Monochrome Figures | | Viewed: | 57 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, bigasbricks writes:
| | Thank you for clarifying!!! I would love to hear if you have any sources or contacts
in regards to this!!!
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They were being hawked in a LEGO selling Facebook group that I was a member of.
But I left when the moderators allowed them to remain.
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| | | | | Author: | rylie_aitch | | Posted: | Jul 18, 2023 12:01 | | Subject: | Re: Monochrome Figures | | Viewed: | 62 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, bigasbricks writes:
| | I am aware Bricklink does not allow the sale of Star Wars monochrome prototypes.
Is there anywhere I can find an official statement from Lego in regards to this
issue? I am currently working on a documentary for my social media platform highlighting
some of theft and criminal activity involved around these figures and some of
the questionable dealings of 'resellers' and 'flippers' of Lego.
Any links to articles or information would be appreciated.
Thank you
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In General, bigasbricks writes:
| | I am aware Bricklink does not allow the sale of Star Wars monochrome prototypes.
Is there anywhere I can find an official statement from Lego in regards to this
issue? I am currently working on a documentary for my social media platform highlighting
some of theft and criminal activity involved around these figures and some of
the questionable dealings of 'resellers' and 'flippers' of Lego.
Any links to articles or information would be appreciated.
Thank you
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The only thing I've seen from Lego about it in any official capacity is this
short post from New Elementary's Patreon:
https://www.patreon.com/posts/tlg-say-minifigs-49978140
(you have to be a patron to see it, I'm not going to paste someone else's
paywalled content here)
It's very clear by now that they ARE made with Lego molds at Lego factories
though, I think that interviewee was either uninformed or intentionally drawing
attention away from the nightshift figures.
There are transparent figures that were obtained legitimately, though. Some polycarbonate
(PC) figures were supposedly given from the China factory as employee gifts,
and the PC ones shown in my picture here were created by employees as part of
training in Mexico, and they were allowed to take some home. Neither of these
are to be confused with "nightshift" parts made more recently out of
MABS in Mexico.
Ryan
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| | | | | | | Author: | calebfishn | | Posted: | Jul 18, 2023 16:12 | | Subject: | Re: Monochrome Figures | | Viewed: | 54 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| As has already been mentioned, specific and accurate language is preferred. "Nightshift
figures" is a euphemism for theft of materials, etc. by employees, and others.
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| | | | | | | | | Author: | bigasbricks | | Posted: | Jul 18, 2023 16:25 | | Subject: | Re: Monochrome Figures | | Viewed: | 63 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| That is why I was asking if anyone was aware of any specific news articles or
official statements from Lego. I am well aware the forum tends to descend into
mindless back and forth over words and forgets about the original post/question
In General, calebfishn writes:
| | As has already been mentioned, specific and accurate language is preferred. "Nightshift
figures" is a euphemism for theft of materials, etc. by employees, and others.
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| | | | | | | | | Author: | rylie_aitch | | Posted: | Jul 18, 2023 18:11 | | Subject: | Re: Monochrome Figures | | Viewed: | 50 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, calebfishn writes:
| | As has already been mentioned, specific and accurate language is preferred. "Nightshift
figures" is a euphemism for theft of materials, etc. by employees, and others.
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That's exactly why I put it in quotes the second time — I should have done
that on the first use as well. Clearly my whole post was intended to help differentiate
between stolen and not.
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| | | | | Author: | Nubs_Select | | Posted: | Jul 18, 2023 12:04 | | Subject: | Re: Monochrome Figures | | Viewed: | 42 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, bigasbricks writes:
| | I am aware Bricklink does not allow the sale of Star Wars monochrome prototypes.
Is there anywhere I can find an official statement from Lego in regards to this
issue? I am currently working on a documentary for my social media platform highlighting
some of theft and criminal activity involved around these figures and some of
the questionable dealings of 'resellers' and 'flippers' of Lego.
Any links to articles or information would be appreciated.
Thank you
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https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1322014
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| | | | | Author: | UTLF | | Posted: | Jul 18, 2023 12:23 | | Subject: | (Cancelled) | | Viewed: | 55 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| | | | | | | Author: | Nubs_Select | | Posted: | Jul 18, 2023 12:51 | | Subject: | Re: Monochrome Figures | | Viewed: | 49 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, 1P writes:
| | Finally, someone else is talking about this
Any chance you'll touch on resellers getting ahold of officially produced/licensed
minifigs in bulk from the same people that source these monochrome "prototypes"?
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Don’t forget to draw the line with “recent” licensed figures as many “older”
ones could be gotten legally from lego even if themed
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| | | | | | | Author: | bigasbricks | | Posted: | Jul 19, 2023 12:03 | | Subject: | Re: Monochrome Figures | | Viewed: | 44 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| Any information or articles in regards to this I would love to take a look at!!!
In General, 1P writes:
| | Finally, someone else is talking about this
Any chance you'll touch on resellers getting ahold of officially produced/licensed
minifigs in bulk from the same people that source these monochrome "prototypes"?
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