71012-10
Donald Duck is LEGO set 71012-10. It has a score of 90. This is good compared to all other sets. The set is recommended by 3 reviews, based on 6 scored reviews and 13 reviews total. It is ranked in the top 7.73% scored sets on Brick Insights. We know this set was released in 2016, and it is categorised in Collectable Minifigures.
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Donald is definitely the most famous cartoon duck - and his minifigure, though similar to Daisy's, is heads and shoulders better. For one, you get the iconic blue outfit (rather than Daisy's rather plain pink getup). You also get Donald's hat piece (which attaches via a small peg) rather than a bow piece for Daisy. In a competition between the two ducks, Donald is the obvious winner.
There were quite a few characters that I really liked such as Stitch, Buzz Lightyear, Maleficent, and Donald. However, there were also some that really didn't hit the mark for me like Mr. Incredible, Syndrome, Captain Hook, and Genie. The main reasons for that is because the characters just didn't translate well in minifigure form. Some of those characters have larger features that didn't come out too well the way they currently are.
His tail definitely gives the minifigure a lot of character and ties his whole appearance together. I really liked the Donald Duck minifigure, mostly because of how well the entire package is designed. There's not a single flaw I could find with this minifigure, other than say, the fact that he doesn't come with any accessories. I can let that slide, since Donald Duck looks pretty sweet.
Donald comes dressed in his iconic sailor's uniform. The head is a nice sculpt, and even has printing inside the bill. The top of the head has a plume hole which holds the sailor's cap. Donald also features a little duck tail, which is rubber and fits over the hip studs and gives a little tuft of rump feathers.
I would like to quickly comment on the figs themselves: they are fantastic. They have great features, ensuring none is particularly dull or mundane. Eight figures with 2 tone moulded legs; 3 moulded ‘leg/fin/ gaseous genie' pieces and 3 sets of short legs. Eight new hats/hair pieces; Five new head moulds (7 characters). Five pearl gold accessories; two hairbows, duck tales and 2 different skirts, one set of blueprints and a propaganda poster!
71012 represents a big step forward in the detail that designers can endow minifigures with; and there's no better group of iconic characters to implement these advances on. The 18 characters of this collectible figure series represent their original versions quite well, for the most part, introducing a bounty of new molds to fill the unique needs of their designs... but, from the point of view of a MOCer, that very specificity goes somewhat to waste in terms of reapplying the new parts. I think this series will be a real treat for Disney fans, whether or not they're into LEGO.
I will just say it: this is an extraordinary series. It might be the best Collectable Minifigures series of all time. For a Disney geek like me, this is a literal dream come true! No minifigure is truly awful, but some are definitely better than others and there are true standouts. My favorites, in no particular order, are Buzz Lightyear, Syndrome, Stitch, Ariel, Maleficent and Captain Hook. My least favorites are Genie, Alice, Daisy Duck and Mr. Incredible. But like I said, I don't necessarily HATE any of them.
LEGO has done a wonderful job here of taking iconic characters and transforming them into distinct plastic form. Even when the results aren't quite perfect, there's always a key aspect that's made the transition intact perfectly. If you like Disney and you like LEGO, you'll definitely like these.
I think the one issue I have with the look of this series is with Mickey, Minnie, Donald, and Daisy. Instead of looking for like the cartoon character (like Stitch or Cheshire Cat), the size of the head sculpt makes them more like the early-day walk-around characters at Disneyland. It's a quirkiness that I don't necessarily mind, but they just seem off to me. All of the other characters I feel work well with the design and sculpt.