Lego Star Wars Clone Trooper Helmet Holes

Clone Trooper minifigures are extremely popular and therefore draw particular scrutiny when new designs are produced. The revised Phase II Clone Trooper helmet has certainly proven divisive. The updated helmet incorporates holes on either side, accommodating the accessories developed for Phase I helmets in 2008.

In this video, I take a look at how LEGO Star Wars clone troopers getting HELMET HOLES has gotten a lot of backlash from the LEGO Star Wars community, and I. Lego could've made a new visor piece that is more accurate to phase 2 armor or attaches to the helmet differently. I guess they just wanted to keep the same decade old piece that could work on every star wars helmet.

ItemName: LEGO Clone Trooper, 501st Legion, 332nd Company (Phase 2) - Helmet with Holes and Togruta Markings, ItemType: Minifigure, ItemNo: sw1278, Buy and sell LEGO parts, Minifigures and sets, both new or used from the world's largest online LEGO marketplace. If you can get past the helmet holes, then LEGO Star Wars 75359 332nd Ahsoka's Clone Trooper Battle Pack makes for a great army. The addition of helmet holes is fantastic for functionality and display but unfortunately LEGO's inclusion of them on recent helmets are shifted higher than they should be, resulting in some warped dimensions and a boxy look for the helmet.

The 2022/23 Clone helmet holes don't seem to be going away anytime soon! In this video I discuss my thoughts on them and also some solutions to help tackle the divide these controversial holes. The placement of the holes on the Lego figures lines up nearly perfectly with the placement of the connecting points between the visors and helmets in universe. I think that the current design with holes is good, however, it should not be used in place of the old design.

For example, only Cody should have had helmet holes in set 75337, AT. How I FIXED The HELMET HOLES Problem On Lego Clone Troopers With One Simple Tool! If Lego made a one off helmet for phase 2 troopers with a range finder then it would only get used like twice in a year and then it would quickly get retired since it's an under utilised element.

They can't exactly make phase 2 Rex, Fox or Hunter every year.