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(...) Yup. (...) Ah, nice one. I think I would say that that was a minifig, because of the standard head. (...) The torsos still accept the new-style legs though, don't they? Do they have long neck studs, or did the torso just have a normal stud on (...) (25 years ago, 12-May-99, to lugnet.admin.database, lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Ahh, good points. Both the "2x2 Cylinder Brick" and the "2x2 Quarter-Circle Brick" are 1 brick tall, but a cylinder (in geometry) actually has a volume and a circle (in geometry) has only circumference to speak of. This is an anomaly to be (...) (25 years ago, 11-May-99, to lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.admin.database)
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Isn't there any web site that has generally agreed on names for all the lego bricks? (Or even better - one where the names are being decided and we can all argue over them <grin>) Simon (URL)I think I see what happened -- the source of the confusion (...) (25 years ago, 10-May-99, to lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.admin.database)
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In your terminology, though, I'd argue that they should not be called circles! Circles have no thickness. What will you do if TlG brings out the following bricks... a 4 radius cylinder with a 2 radius cylinder subtracted b 4 radius cylinder with a 3 (...) (25 years ago, 10-May-99, to lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.admin.database)
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(...) I think I see what happened -- the source of the confusion is in the terminology -- and I made the same mistake that Tom made when I read his post (I just saw the words "quarter-circle" and "white" and glossed over the "4x4" part). The (...) (25 years ago, 9-May-99, to lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.admin.database)
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(...) I ran out of time last night to get to that. S@H has lower 'w' as well. Now fixed. -- joshua (25 years ago, 8-May-99, to lugnet.admin.database)
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(...) Personally, I have Four catagories: Humanoids, Characters, Animals, and The Created(1). Humanoids includes all Minifigs (including Jar-Jar) and Minifig-like figures, like Battle Droids and skeletons. Characters is sorta a catch-all catagory (...) (26 years ago, 7-May-99, to lugnet.admin.database, lugnet.starwars)
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(...) So the old Castle queen/maiden minfigs with 2x2x2 sloped bricks for dresses pass this test then, right (because they have a torso able to accept the standard leg-connection studs)? (URL) by this rationale, a skeleton is not a minifig then in (...) (26 years ago, 7-May-99, to lugnet.admin.database, lugnet.starwars)
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(...) What about X-wing? I don't have a relevant S@H catalog to check, but (URL) is pretty clear. Steve (26 years ago, 7-May-99, to lugnet.admin.database)
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(...) Personally, I see the acid test as the special torso<->legs connection studs. If it uses those, or has a torso able to accept them, then it's a minifig. (26 years ago, 7-May-99, to lugnet.admin.database, lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Ahh, good work! (...) Hmm, probably because when it's singular it's most apt to appear in a title, as in "TIE Fighter" being the name, whereas when it's plural it's most apt to appear as an adjective-noun pair? (...) Okie dokie. Good work! (...) (26 years ago, 7-May-99, to lugnet.admin.database)
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(...) That's a good reason too! Say, all this speculation about minifigs and what's natural/useful to track led me to go dig up my first Space set listing that I made when I was a kid. FWIW, here it is exactly* as it appeared around Christmastime of (...) (26 years ago, 7-May-99, to lugnet.admin.database)
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Per the Shop at Home catalog, and the official reference at (URL) changed "Y-Wing" to "Y-wing" "TIE Fighter" / "TIE fighter" is tougher to gauge, as both www.starwars.com and the S@H catalog seem to have inconsistencies here. It almost seems that (...) (26 years ago, 7-May-99, to lugnet.admin.database)
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(...) Also, it's important enough at LSI that the count is listed in each set description in the LEGO Shop At Home catalog. This is actually what I suspected to be the original reason Lou tracked them, actually. -- joshua (26 years ago, 7-May-99, to lugnet.admin.database)
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Todd Lehman wrote in message ... (...) I haven't seen it but have you seen the *ich* Mega Blocks gum ad?? Well, anyway, if I want to contribute pics for the Pause Database, I just post the URL here? Any specifications requested? Well then check (...) (26 years ago, 7-May-99, to lugnet.admin.database)
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In lugnet.admin.database, Todd Lehman writes: <clip> (...) Sebula should go in the recycle bin. (1) Ben Gatrelle (1) Of course he can always be restored from the recycle bin, if after the movie I think he's great. (26 years ago, 7-May-99, to lugnet.admin.database)
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(...) What if you consider a minifig/figure that which is supposedly a sentient character? Another can of worms then, I know, but it's closer. Assuming this definition, it might be prudent to see the movie first to try and determine what fits into (...) (26 years ago, 7-May-99, to lugnet.admin.database, lugnet.starwars)
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(...) There's a real fuzzy line with varying levels of gray. A peg-leg pirate is maybe only 95% a minifig, and a skeleton only 80% a minifig. Gasgano might be 25% and the battle droids 40% and Artoo 10%. Threepio might be 90% but we'll have to wait (...) (26 years ago, 7-May-99, to lugnet.admin.database, lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Well, because that's the way Lou started it when he started it. And it's a very popular thing (as in, it's something that a lot of people care about for some reason). Something special about minifigs. (...) Was hoping to (very long-term) get (...) (26 years ago, 7-May-99, to lugnet.admin.database)
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Jar Jar is a minifig. The only thing non-minifig about him is his head. R2 and the eps1 battle droids should form a new catagory of robots or droids(I mean this in the Ldraw catagorization method) Ryan "Build or build not. There is no try." - Lego (...) (26 years ago, 7-May-99, to lugnet.admin.database, lugnet.starwars)
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