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Top10 Custom Minifigures 2017 (with description)
Phew, this was an amazing year for customs. We had a lot of variety for characters and techniques from different customizers. Many characters that were long neglected have been finally made properly, but we also got a lot of very uncommon characters. This top 10 was extremely hard to put together, but I think I can safely say that these are my favourite customs of 2017.
I will start off with a bonus eleventh minifigure, as it fits neither the digital or pad printed category, but looks just amazing. C-3PO by super-minifigures is a fantastic replica of the 24k gold statuette that was given out as a gift many years ago. It is not the same as it comes without back printing and has a different color scheme, but my oh my this minifigure looks precious. The minifigure is fully chromed on all parts and insides, the chrome colouring is of highest quality and the details have been 3D-printed in the torso. If I may borrow the words from our dear Christo “your Star Wars collection will never be complete without it”
Another honorable mention is the Zebra Batman by UG Customs, as I didn’t want to include this character again on my list, because I already did it with Christo’s figure last year. The quality is amazing and I really like the 360 degree printing on this minifigure.
Now for the Top ten:
10. Silk Spectre by ParisCustomBricks
Boy, how long have I waited to complete my Watchmen lineup after buying the Christo trio years ago. Finally, ParisCustomBricks provided us with the rest of the Watchmen this year and has done an amazing job on them. Silk Spectre doesn’t come with a custom helmet like Nite-Owl, but is my favourite of the Trio nonetheless. Gabe captured the expressions on her face perfectly and fitted her with the right hairpiece. I especially like the torso printing of her outfit that continues onto the legs. The little zipper with the knits in her costume looks great. The minifigure has also printing on the back and the quality is great.
9. Ant-Man by KO Customs
Well, I wasn’t disappointed at all with the official Ant-Man minifigure until KO Customs showed us the possibilities for this costume. I instantly fell in love with the custom chromed helmet piece that just looks so accurate to the movie suit. Overall this minifigure looks fantastic and the design works very well, the only flaw is the silver printing on the body imo, as it is very fragile. This makes it a collectible and not suitable for playing purposes.
8. Classic Captain America by Brothersfigure
There is no doubt that Brothersfigure took the cake this year with their massive variety for different custom minifigures and genres. I am guessing PhoenixCustomBricks will make their comeback next year, but this year the throne goes to the guys with the shiny printing. This is one part I really like about their customs, the glossy finish, that keeps the minifigures from any harm and makes it possible to play with them. This goes for the classy captain also, but he is also an extremely detailed minifigure with 360 degree printing. What makes it really special is the custom PVC cap that has an indestructible feel to it. All in all the colouring fits the original well and I am glad we finally got an accurate version of him. Now all we need is a classy Iron Man. 😉
7. 1939 Batman v.2 by Christo
This had to be on the list as I have always wanted the Christo minifigure of this classic character but couldn’t get my hands on it. As I do not collect for investment purposes (which is a bad thing imo, don’t do this to fellow collectors) I am more than fine with rereleases of limited or sold out characters. This goes for Batman as well and while the overall printing of legs and torso look clean as ever the mask is the topping on the ice. Or the frosting on the top? I am not familiar with English sayings. :D Let’s just say, it looks outstanding, especially with the perfect alignment of the head. The quality of the injection molded piece is also top notch.
6. Speeding Blue Bullet by CyclopsBricks
Has anyone noticed that I really like the colour blue? :P Even if this minifigure looks simple at first, I really love it for the amazing coloring and strong printing. It just looks like a piece of art in my opinion. Though it has the same problem as KO’s Ant-Man with very fragile silver printing on the body, Earth-2 Superman looks just awesome and is extremely detailed where it was necessary. I especially like the double sided head print as it looks just so expressive.
5. Homemade Arachnid Hero by PhoenixCustomBricks
Well, there has to be at least one minifigure of my favourite superhero in this list. This time the wall-crawler comes in his selfmade outfit from the new movie and it just looks gorgeous. I’m very glad that Adam changed colours because now it looks very bright and the color contrast works perfectly. Every detail of the suit was captured accurately and I just have to say, this minifigure makes me so excited for the upcoming Phoenix releases!
4. Heimdall by Brothersfigure
What else to say about this figure that the picture couldn’t tell you? It is truly a piece of art, the execution of the printing is great, but the golden accessories take the cake. All of them, the helmet, the armor and the sword are really amazing and when fitted on the minifigure the character is unmistakably the guard of the Rainbow Bridge that we know from the movies.
3. Luke Skywalker by Christo
I feel like we are moving away from ordinary Lego minifigures more and more. With the headprint of Luke Skywalker Christo has entered a new dimension of realistic figures. The custom robe piece is fantastic and has got printing on the front and back. He also comes with a movie-accurate hairpiece. All about this minifigure is just perfect and I love it.
2. Xenomorph by Zerobaek
Alright, one more non-legolike. :D The only digital printed minifigure on my list takes silver for its terrific details. The Xenomorph from the Alien movies has an extremely detailed print all around which has kind of a scale-feeling to it. I know that the minifigure-form is not the most accurate base for this character, but it was made so insanely detailed and good that this doesn’t bother me at all. The highlight of this figure is of course the custom head/tail-piece which has a very frightening feel to it. This was my first minifigure by Zerobaek, but I can only recommend this fantastic customizer.
1. Composite Superman by Brothersfigure
I love the approach Brothersfigure is taking by tackling lesser known characters as well. I haven’t heard at all about this character before I have seen it in minifigure-form. I really like the obscurity of this one though and the execution is simply perfect. You have the custom molded cowl, the fantastic body design as well as the custom plastic cape that capture both heroes very well and make this a villain to be feared. The uniqueness of this character makes it my personal favourite custom of this year.
Top10 Custom Minifigures 2017 (with description)
Phew, this was an amazing year for customs. We had a lot of variety for characters and techniques from different customizers. Many characters that were long neglected have been finally made properly, but we also got a lot of very uncommon characters. This top 10 was extremely hard to put together, but I think I can safely say that these are my favourite customs of 2017.
I will start off with a bonus eleventh minifigure, as it fits neither the digital or pad printed category, but looks just amazing. C-3PO by super-minifigures is a fantastic replica of the 24k gold statuette that was given out as a gift many years ago. It is not the same as it comes without back printing and has a different color scheme, but my oh my this minifigure looks precious. The minifigure is fully chromed on all parts and insides, the chrome colouring is of highest quality and the details have been 3D-printed in the torso. If I may borrow the words from our dear Christo “your Star Wars collection will never be complete without it”
Another honorable mention is the Zebra Batman by UG Customs, as I didn’t want to include this character again on my list, because I already did it with Christo’s figure last year. The quality is amazing and I really like the 360 degree printing on this minifigure.
Now for the Top ten:
10. Silk Spectre by ParisCustomBricks
Boy, how long have I waited to complete my Watchmen lineup after buying the Christo trio years ago. Finally, ParisCustomBricks provided us with the rest of the Watchmen this year and has done an amazing job on them. Silk Spectre doesn’t come with a custom helmet like Nite-Owl, but is my favourite of the Trio nonetheless. Gabe captured the expressions on her face perfectly and fitted her with the right hairpiece. I especially like the torso printing of her outfit that continues onto the legs. The little zipper with the knits in her costume looks great. The minifigure has also printing on the back and the quality is great.
9. Ant-Man by KO Customs
Well, I wasn’t disappointed at all with the official Ant-Man minifigure until KO Customs showed us the possibilities for this costume. I instantly fell in love with the custom chromed helmet piece that just looks so accurate to the movie suit. Overall this minifigure looks fantastic and the design works very well, the only flaw is the silver printing on the body imo, as it is very fragile. This makes it a collectible and not suitable for playing purposes.
8. Classic Captain America by Brothersfigure
There is no doubt that Brothersfigure took the cake this year with their massive variety for different custom minifigures and genres. I am guessing PhoenixCustomBricks will make their comeback next year, but this year the throne goes to the guys with the shiny printing. This is one part I really like about their customs, the glossy finish, that keeps the minifigures from any harm and makes it possible to play with them. This goes for the classy captain also, but he is also an extremely detailed minifigure with 360 degree printing. What makes it really special is the custom PVC cap that has an indestructible feel to it. All in all the colouring fits the original well and I am glad we finally got an accurate version of him. Now all we need is a classy Iron Man. 😉
7. 1939 Batman v.2 by Christo
This had to be on the list as I have always wanted the Christo minifigure of this classic character but couldn’t get my hands on it. As I do not collect for investment purposes (which is a bad thing imo, don’t do this to fellow collectors) I am more than fine with rereleases of limited or sold out characters. This goes for Batman as well and while the overall printing of legs and torso look clean as ever the mask is the topping on the ice. Or the frosting on the top? I am not familiar with English sayings. :D Let’s just say, it looks outstanding, especially with the perfect alignment of the head. The quality of the injection molded piece is also top notch.
6. Speeding Blue Bullet by CyclopsBricks
Has anyone noticed that I really like the colour blue? :P Even if this minifigure looks simple at first, I really love it for the amazing coloring and strong printing. It just looks like a piece of art in my opinion. Though it has the same problem as KO’s Ant-Man with very fragile silver printing on the body, Earth-2 Superman looks just awesome and is extremely detailed where it was necessary. I especially like the double sided head print as it looks just so expressive.
5. Homemade Arachnid Hero by PhoenixCustomBricks
Well, there has to be at least one minifigure of my favourite superhero in this list. This time the wall-crawler comes in his selfmade outfit from the new movie and it just looks gorgeous. I’m very glad that Adam changed colours because now it looks very bright and the color contrast works perfectly. Every detail of the suit was captured accurately and I just have to say, this minifigure makes me so excited for the upcoming Phoenix releases!
4. Heimdall by Brothersfigure
What else to say about this figure that the picture couldn’t tell you? It is truly a piece of art, the execution of the printing is great, but the golden accessories take the cake. All of them, the helmet, the armor and the sword are really amazing and when fitted on the minifigure the character is unmistakably the guard of the Rainbow Bridge that we know from the movies.
3. Luke Skywalker by Christo
I feel like we are moving away from ordinary Lego minifigures more and more. With the headprint of Luke Skywalker Christo has entered a new dimension of realistic figures. The custom robe piece is fantastic and has got printing on the front and back. He also comes with a movie-accurate hairpiece. All about this minifigure is just perfect and I love it.
2. Xenomorph by Zerobaek
Alright, one more non-legolike. :D The only digital printed minifigure on my list takes silver for its terrific details. The Xenomorph from the Alien movies has an extremely detailed print all around which has kind of a scale-feeling to it. I know that the minifigure-form is not the most accurate base for this character, but it was made so insanely detailed and good that this doesn’t bother me at all. The highlight of this figure is of course the custom head/tail-piece which has a very frightening feel to it. This was my first minifigure by Zerobaek, but I can only recommend this fantastic customizer.
1. Composite Superman by Brothersfigure
I love the approach Brothersfigure is taking by tackling lesser known characters as well. I haven’t heard at all about this character before I have seen it in minifigure-form. I really like the obscurity of this one though and the execution is simply perfect. You have the custom molded cowl, the fantastic body design as well as the custom plastic cape that capture both heroes very well and make this a villain to be feared. The uniqueness of this character makes it my personal favourite custom of this year.