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lehman@javanet.com (Todd Lehman) wrote:
> In lugnet.admin.database, kbracey@acorn.co.uk (Kevin Bracey) writes:
> > 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.
>
> 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)?
Yup.
>
> http://www.lugnet.com/fibblesnork/lego/guide/castle/minifig/femalecastle-
> 4.html
>
> So by this rationale, a skeleton is not a minifig then in your book?
Ah, nice one. I think I would say that that was a minifig, because of the
standard head.
>
> What about the original minifigs? What TLG called LEGO Mini-Figures(tm)?
> They had minifig heads, but old-style armless torsos and Charlie Chaplin
> feet.
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 top?
(I haven't seen one of those for a while). I would say that they're still
a minifig.
So, to rework my definition - the TWO primary features of a minifig (this is
beginning to sound like a Monty Python sketch) are the leg connections
and the head connection. So, if it has a torso that can accept long leg
studs, OR has a long neck stud, then it's a minifig.
I suspect someone's going to come up with an obvious counter-example very
shortly...
--
Kevin Bracey, Senior Software Engineer
Acorn Computers Ltd Tel: +44 (0) 1223 725228
Acorn House, 645 Newmarket Road Fax: +44 (0) 1223 725328
Cambridge, CB5 8PB, United Kingdom WWW: http://www.acorn.co.uk/
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| (...) According to your arguement, any brick (not plate) can be classified as a minifig. You did not limit the definition of "torso", and all bricks can accept minifig legs. Maybe the only qualifier should be the single long neck stud. (emphasis on (...) (25 years ago, 12-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 (...) (25 years ago, 7-May-99, to lugnet.admin.database, lugnet.starwars)
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