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Resident Evil Character Minifigs (posted 8/12/2006)
All of the LEGO minifigs on this page were actually made for a friend of mine. I don't have much interest in the Resident Evil series myself, and I know very little about it... I know it's called "Biohazard" in Japan, which is a cooler name actually, and that the badguys of the series are a company that makes umbrellas (spooky). But from all the e-mail I constantly receive concerning all the mistakes I make below, I'm learning more about RE all the time! Seriously though, most of the comments below were meant to make this more entertaining than just random facts that you probably already know about the game...
Okay, if I'm not mistaken, these are the two main characters of the first game... Chris Redfield and Jill Valentine. From his appearance, I assume that Chris Redfield was your typical macho man. Probably military, probably smokes, like Solid Snake. Jill Valentine is shown here wearing, quite surprisingly, a lot of clothes, although not much armor (apparently she keeps her key internal organs in her shoulders). Her adequate clothing would, of course, be corrected in later games.
See? I'm not sure when the ever-popular tube top outfit made it's first showing, but I think it was in the third game. Fanboys obsess over this outfit. When I think of Resident Evil, I see the ever-present images of this outfit in my mind. When your lead lady's shirt consists entirely of what could very well serve as a single sleeve for most of the game's male characters, you know the fanboys are gonna love it.
Naturally, this outfit warrants a back decal. From the images I was able to gather (and let me tell you, it didn't take a lot of searching), I'm assuming she did not wear any "gear" (the belts and pouches and such) in the original game version. These were later added in re-makes, and in the movie. I put them on because it's more realistic. I mean, you can't go around fighting zombies in that outfit with no storage space for ammunition... and various assorted keys and such.
Okay, let's see. This one is... Claire Redfield. Probably the sister of
the original Chris fellow. Not quite so many images of her out there. Try as I might, I was unable to
decipher exactly what that is on the back of her jacket. So I just traced
it. It came out looking like an angel, whose legs are positioned to form
the number 4, holding a pair of pants, with the words "Made in Haiwan"
written at the top. "Haiwan" must be an island positioned somewhere
between Taiwan and Hawaii.
Note: the blue cloth area on the decal was later darkened to match better, but I couldn't be bothered to re-print, re-apply, and re-photograph. So meh. Unlike his fellow RPD (Real Police Dude), Leon Kennedy actually wears clothing on his entire body and body armor on his chest (again, this would be rectified in later versions).
See? His hair color also seems considerably lighter in Resident Evil 4, hence the change in wig. By the way, I heard that Kennedy dies by crashing his airplane while flying through hazy weather with his wife. Can't remember where I heard it though.
Leon Kennedy in RE2 has that long-blond-haired-guy-with-no-facial-hair look just like Raiden in MGS. The Japanese seem to really like it. Personally, I hate it. Long blond hair + no beard to back it up = girl, especially if your features are already feminine (Leon doesn't have that problem quite as bad as Raiden though). Anyway, here's Kennedy again trying to keep his hair out of his eyes while wearing his macho zombie hunting gear. Having hair like that really isn't that great for combat situations. Ever seen Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade? See how much trouble young Indy had?
Don't know much about this guy. Apparently his name's Luis Sera. Judging by his cowboy outfit, I just HAD to give him a revolver. He's not quite Clint Eastwood though... in the picture I saw he just looked like a somewhat homosexual country music singer. I picked the most appropriate head I could find.
Wow. And you thought the blue tube top was a silly outfit to wear while fighting zombies. This girl (Ada Wong) wears a long red dress with one leg showing. Whoo-wee! Too bad flashing a little leg won't help much against a walking corpse whose only intimate desire is to eat her brain.
Don't know much about this guy either. Name's Jack Krauser or something. He looks like he's a read badass though. He's got a knife, poofy military clothes, big muscles, lots of gear and grenades, a red beret, and a long scar on his face. He's probably a Russian (or German, judging by his name) commando ala Ocelot in MGS3 except actually masculine. Perhaps he's the brother of that Bayman guy in the Dead or Alive series. Just guessing though. By the way, I made leg decals for him, but I forgot to apply them before taking the picture. D'oh!
That's all for now.
Decals
Recognition
My Resident Evil minifigs received a small mention down in the corner of
one page in the November 2006 issue of Electronic Gaming Monthly, seen
above. It was in the corner of a two-page article about another LEGO
builder. A small mention, but noteworthy anyways, so there it is. No, the
Zelda fig isn't mine. |
