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You have 90 different colours of minifigs there (with none of them 'transparent'). By my reckoning at least 28 of them have never had any minifig parts at all, with a total of 76 colours (not necessarily those in your picture) having at least one part (including 14 transparent).
The head is available in 60 colours.
The torso is available in 60 colours (not all the same).
The left arm is available in 63 colours.
The right arm is available in 62 colours (Trans-Light Blue being the missing one).
The hands are available in 49 colours.
The hips are available in 59 colours.
The left leg is available in 58 colours.
The right leg is available in 59 colours (Trans-Neon Green being the extra one).
Combine them all and you have a total (I believe) of 41 colours which can be completed. Of those, only 4 are retired colours (or 3 if you class Chrome Gold as still current), with the rest of them being current colours.
That means that of the 35 colours which have at least one part but are not currently able to be completed, 13 are retired colours, with the remaining 22 being current (breaking down to 5 'normal' colours, 2 'pearl' colours, 1 'glow in the dark' colour and 14 'transparent' colours).
Not looking to do translucent monochromes unless TLG suddenly decides to release the needed parts for them, so again 2x2 tiles will be the extent of that. As we both know, unless TLG manages to come up with a new formula for translucent parts, it's unlikely they ever will fill that void.
I think the holy grail of monochrome minifigs is a Trans-Clear one, but as you say, that will almost certainly never happen with official Lego parts.
I'm aware of a trans-yellow and trans-green figure, but I haven't managed to track them down yet.
They're all prototypes, made of polycarbonate with incredibly stiff joints. It's very difficult to separate hips from torso, head from torso, etc.. They're also extremely prone to cracking, which is why I rarely handle them. I can see why LEGO didn't mass produce them, although they are quite beautiful.
I'm making a display case with my CS and Futuron astronauts which will be done once my Benny's Space Squad arrives. Hopefully we will see the CS style helmet cast in other colors - they have the mould and the logo stamp again, so hopefully they will. My green CS astronaut from Exo-Suit doesn't look quite right next to his compatriots with the modern helmet. I do love that we have a green Futuron astronaut from #60097 City Square to accompany him.
I was trying to decide which is a greater love letter to the fans: Benny's Space Squad, or the end scene from Rogue One where it's Vader being Vader; totally unexpected scene that didn't need to be included, but the ending is so much more awesome for it.
Someone once suggested I buy some custom translucent hands from AliExpress *barf*
Meanwhile, just ordered all the parts for four light flesh monochromes on BrickLink, thanks again @Paperballpark for the heads up with that.
Indeed, below is what I have. The helmet is different for some.
I blame @Paperballpark for this...
@Shib, I'd blame Paperballpark too, but I was already looking at monochromes before I even joined Brickset...
It's difficult to tell from your picture, but from what I've read above the air tanks are in old Light Grey. Is that correct?
Also, what's the simplest way of getting the legs in LBG?
(apologies for the duplicate posting - I accidentally posted this in the 'what are you building' thread instead of in here).
I posted a photo on this thread (and in a few other places) the other week of my collection of monochrome minifigs (photo copied below).
A few people asked how I kept track of what was available etc., and when I said I had a spreadsheet, they asked for a copy of it for them to use.
So I’ve spent a little bit of time modifying my spreadsheet so that it’s suitable for anyone to use as a reference to what (I believe) is available.
As an aside, there are two colours on there (both transparent) which don’t currently have any parts available at all. However, given they are current colours, I thought I’d include them anyway.
I haven’t differentiated between parts which are available with and without printing, as that’s quite difficult – there will always be parts which aren’t officially available without printing, but which show up anyway.
If anyone spots a mistake, or believes there’s a part available that I haven’t noted, please let me know.
The link to download it is here.
Please note I will not be responsible for anyone getting sucked into collecting these as a result of viewing my spreadsheet!
Managed to complete my collection of part 3176: