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In lugnet.build.minifigs, David Eaton wrote:
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In lugnet.build.minifigs, Christoph Bartneck wrote:
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I have a keen interest in developing a taxonomy of Lego Minifigures and
within the framework of this project I am trying to take photos of all
figures ever produced by Lego.
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Out of curiosity, how are you defining a “minifigure”? There are a lot of
things that are “sort-of” minifigs:
Personally, I drew a hard-and-fast line by saying that in order to be a
minifig, it had to have a minifig torso (yes, thereby eliminating skeletons
and LOM aliens and so forth as minifigs).
Also, are you looking to take into consideration other promotional
minifigures?
DaveE
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Dear Dave,
For now I would like to keep it open. Meaning that I do not want to exclude any
minifigure. I believe that these exotic examples are also a rather small
proportion of all figures and hence it might not matter that much. Would you be
interested in collaborating in this project?
Best regards,
/c
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In lugnet.build.minifigs, Christoph Bartneck wrote:
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For now I would like to keep it open. Meaning that I do not want to exclude
any minifigure. I believe that these exotic examples are also a rather small
proportion of all figures and hence it might not matter that much.
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By a quick count at BrickLink, I found 235 “iffy” minifigs-- But I knowingly
skipped Fabuland, Jack Stone, Technic, Belville, Scala, Galidor, and Bionicle.
Knowing the above, I’d guess it’d be in the ballpark of 300-500 borderline
minifigs?
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Would you be interested in collaborating in this project?
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Yes and no-- I’m not in Europe, but I’d of course be happy to see such an
endeavor, especially if the logistics are handled well. For instance, will they
be kept in a searchable online database? How will they relate back to years of
release and sets? How will it be maintained going forward? Will it denote
differences in part variation (like hollow/solid stud head, torso design, arm
design, etc)?
I’ve got an extensive collection, although it’s not overly distinctive from
other people’s in Europe. I’m sure it’s easier for you to find (say) BlackTron
figures or ResQ figures in Europe. I expect my value added would be in the few
“special” minifigs I own, like the Red Sox promotional figure pictured above.
Do you have a catalog of “missing” figures that you KNOW are missing, and/or a
catalog of figures that you already have?
DaveE
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In lugnet.build.minifigs, David Eaton wrote:
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In lugnet.build.minifigs, Christoph Bartneck wrote:
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For now I would like to keep it open. Meaning that I do not want to exclude
any minifigure. I believe that these exotic examples are also a rather small
proportion of all figures and hence it might not matter that much.
|
By a quick count at BrickLink, I found 235 “iffy” minifigs-- But I knowingly
skipped Fabuland, Jack Stone, Technic, Belville, Scala, Galidor, and
Bionicle. Knowing the above, I’d guess it’d be in the ballpark of 300-500
borderline minifigs?
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Would you be interested in collaborating in this project?
|
Yes and no-- I’m not in Europe, but I’d of course be happy to see such an
endeavor, especially if the logistics are handled well. For instance, will
they be kept in a searchable online database? How will they relate back to
years of release and sets? How will it be maintained going forward? Will it
denote differences in part variation (like hollow/solid stud head, torso
design, arm design, etc)?
I’ve got an extensive collection, although it’s not overly distinctive from
other people’s in Europe. I’m sure it’s easier for you to find (say)
BlackTron figures or ResQ figures in Europe. I expect my value added would be
in the few “special” minifigs I own, like the Red Sox promotional figure
pictured above.
Do you have a catalog of “missing” figures that you KNOW are missing, and/or
a catalog of figures that you already have?
DaveE
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You are right, it is easier to try to find collectors in Europe and I am working
hard on it. Maybe you know some as well? I will try to call one in NL on Monday
and I will know more. Thank you for your offer to contribute specific figures! I
will come back to it!
/c
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