Comments on: Custom printed minifigs and more from Citizen Brick [Review]

By: wintermute

wintermute — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 16:09:28 +0000

If I wasn’t convinced the Zhang’s on the take for hocking all this third party shizz before I certainly am now. Thanks for taking the time to review the swag!

By: Jean C

Jean C — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 21:13:58 +0000

Nannan, if you don’t have to return the review samples to Citizen Brick, how about you pass them on to Bricks Helping Japan charity auction?

I think that would be a great way to help out those in need.

By: brickarmy.com

brickarmy.com — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 21:11:22 +0000

@sadrius, what you are looking is a flatbed solvent printer. the prices are quite high for such a device

By: Catsy

Catsy — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 17:17:19 +0000

@Dan: I suspect in price the sticker sheets are probably better–but they’re stickers, they look like stickers, and I don’t think they’re intended to tile properly.

Then again, I’ve seen sticker sheets go for ridiculous sums of money, so…

By: Spartikis

Spartikis — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 16:45:52 +0000

Wow! these are amazing, i will be purchasing a pack of light & dark tiles with bullet holes, they will add some battle scares to my tanks and jeeps >:-)

By: Nolnet

Nolnet — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 07:26:40 +0000

20 bucks for a quality Carlos with hair on his chest AND on his back!?! Awesome!

By: Dan

Dan — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 02:28:21 +0000

I wonder how these diamond-plate tiles compare in price to using the few LEGO sticker sheets (now old) that had diamond plate stickers on clear backing.

By: sadrius

sadrius — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 20:59:03 +0000

Great stuff. I wish I knew what equipment and supplies were required to do this myself. Despite the obviously high costs, I’d love to print some designs for my MOCs.

By: Catsy

Catsy — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 19:29:09 +0000

They had me at the diamond plate tiles. A little pricey, yes, but the effect is fantastic. I just put in an order.

The printed minifigs are hilarious, especially their euphemistic names, but it should be noted that they’re pretty clearly not intended for kids.