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(...) <snip> Personally, I always thought of Barbie as having too long legs w/relation to her head, not the other way around. (Then again, Barbie is SO totally skewed that it's hard to tell. ;-) -Shiri XFUT .o-t.fun (24 years ago, 19-Jun-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Ah... I missed that one. Still, the same thing applies -- there's proto-minifigs as far back as 1975.... (...) :) Wow. I just barely pre-date the proto-minifig. Wow, this discussion was dangerous -- I just remembered that I love the little (...) (24 years ago, 19-Jun-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build.minifigs)
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(...) The minifig as we know it was a descendant of the 'stiffs' from 1975 [1](?). In 1978, 'Legoland' was created which was both the begining of town and of Castle as we know them. The minifig was also used with the maxifigs as both a baby, and as (...) (24 years ago, 19-Jun-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build, lugnet.build.minifigs)
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(...) Act'lly... (URL) the proto-minifig, as Todd and/or Suz commented below. (...) Well... maybe... Dave, tho', might've just gotten one of the baby-minifig sets before the Classic Space sets, so that would explain why he saw them first. -Shiri The (...) (24 years ago, 19-Jun-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build, lugnet.build.minifigs)
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(...) at (URL)) But, do those sets from 1979 really predate the space sets from 1978? I do see a minifig-as-baby in <set:208>, also from 1978, but there's no examples of either before that. My conclusion is that the minifig was developed to be a (...) (24 years ago, 19-Jun-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build, lugnet.build.minifigs)
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(...) Yep! Check out this post + replies... (URL) (24 years ago, 19-Jun-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build.minifigs)
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(...) Not to mention guys with long hair. (...) Actually, her armor shape was pretty good IMHO. It's much better than the queen's torso in the same set, or the "wenches'" torsos. (that's *not* to say I don't like them, on the contrary; but I don't (...) (24 years ago, 19-Jun-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build.minifigs)
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(...) The only female I found "overtly sexy" was the islander babe. I'm not real familiar with the whole line up but that's the only one I can recall saying, "Boy... I don't know..." I don't really have a problem with red lipstick to represent (...) (24 years ago, 19-Jun-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build.minifigs)
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(...) Honestly, these things are just as ridiculous as the drawn-on breasts. (24 years ago, 19-Jun-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build.minifigs)
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(...) Interesting...have you always had this problem with the female form? Is there a problem with kids knowing that women are shaped differently from men? (...) Why does a fig need long hair to be a woman? I know plenty of women with short hair. (...) (24 years ago, 19-Jun-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build.minifigs)
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(...) A story height of 6-7 bricks, not counting the plate or baseplate that serves as the roof [all of my multi-story buildings are constructed so that each floor is detachable, except the base, is detachable, allowing access to the inside] is the (...) (24 years ago, 19-Jun-00, to lugnet.build)
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(...) I think they're kinda funny. It's also important to note that these are developed in Europe, where they tend to be less prudish about such things. (24 years ago, 19-Jun-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build.minifigs)
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(...) These female figs that are overly, say, developed are digusting. I think we can all see that a fig with red lipstick and long hair(although not so now) is a woman. The new Castle sets looked promising, a female knight and all, but the shape of (...) (24 years ago, 19-Jun-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build.minifigs)
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(...) I think it has more to do with the height of the doors and windows TLC is currently using. When everything was built with 5-high doors and windows, the storey height was 6 bricks. Now that many sets have the new 6-high doors and windows (why? (...) (24 years ago, 18-Jun-00, to lugnet.build)
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(...) Adding my 2c When I found out it was not like the Sarco-Fig from Adventures...I only bought one. I might have bought 5 or more if it was better. My guess is they had a design a with rased Han,but would have made the Slave too big. Oh, well, (...) (24 years ago, 18-Jun-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.build.minifigs)
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(...) I'll second this...when I saw the printed Han, I thought how lame it was, even a coffin lid would have been better. This is a great example of a piece that Lego should have made. James (24 years ago, 18-Jun-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.build.minifigs)
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(...) What Will said is true; I think TLC mostly uses a 6-brick + floor- plate "standard" unless the height is used for other effects. (...) My (currently) largest MOC, the Bloodstone Inn, is of slightly varying design with stories. The first story (...) (24 years ago, 18-Jun-00, to lugnet.build)
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(...) Why couldn't LEGO have done something similar? I like how you kept it two studs wide. --Bram (24 years ago, 18-Jun-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.build.minifigs)
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I think part of the story-height equation depends on the type of building you're working on. AFAIK a six-brick height is pretty standard for most official models, which tend to be utilitarian in nature (gas stations, police stations, etc). Something (...) (24 years ago, 18-Jun-00, to lugnet.build)
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I've been wondering: what is a good story height for multi-story buildings? I just bought two two-story sets - Fort Legoredo (6769) and a Train Station (4556), and interestingly enough, have differing story heights. Fort Legoredo's is 6 1/3 - log (...) (24 years ago, 18-Jun-00, to lugnet.build)
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