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    Create your own minifigure and brick sticker creation studio

    created by madplanet on 2012.04.29

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    There are many custom lego minifigure appearing on fan sites. As you see there are lots of different characters us lego fans/users wish to make (or for Lego to provide but cannot), but do not have the means or the right parts to do so. So my proposal is to create a DIY Minifigure set.

    The starter set could include:

    #Creation software (pre loaded with a few template designs/ideas)- a bit more complex then Lego Universe's character creation part (it would not need the animations and graphics, but could be an idea)
    #Head and torso blanks (maybe different skin tones for hands and heads); maybe different hairstyles
    #Transparent sticker sheets (few sheets will be provided to get the new artist going) - additional sheets could be sold separately.

    Now the key part of this will be the software to design your own character, either free hand (mouse) or pre loaded editable template to create your minifigure. Then print off the design on pre cut sticker paper, which of course the software will have the template to print on the applicable areas you want it at.

    To start off with I suggest only cattering to the head and torso. Similar template (to which it will print out) to this:

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    The software will auto centre the face part of the creation screen, and if you wish you have two expressions allowing you to reverse the head.

    For the main minifigure blanks you could offer add-on side sets of colours for heads/hands/bodies (skintones), different hairstyles, body types, etc. Or you could expand the Pick a Brick part on the site to include more items.

    Depending on the level of interest you can then expand that to providing the ability to print decals on the legs or even create you own blank tile designs (engine inner workings, window of a view, etc). Even themed sets could be a possability who wouldn't want to create their own Super Hero (DC+Marvel) or Jedi/sith (Starwars!) characters. This could evolve to other items such as flags, capes, road signs & markings. You are only limited by your imagaination. Which brings us to a function that can be included in the softeware to upload to a website. Enabling all lego users to share their own characters/designs (obivously trademarked characters/logs would probably be prohibitted to be uploaded/shared).

    Downside is that they are stickers, but the up side is it will be easy to print off another set of stickers to replace the playwarn ones.

    The key to this developing is what kind of additional sets there are to cater for stickers or to complete the look of the figure/item you wish to make. The side sets I made comments about will be the starting points, from there the community/users can make comments/suggestions to evolve the create your own minifigure community.
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