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(...) (URL) so the timing wasn’t great I'll admit. Being April Fools an’ all… But if you were to do a background search on this subject you’ll see it has been around for a long time…seriously…check into it! Um, there’s this Japanese site of every (...) (22 years ago, 2-Apr-03, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build.minifigs)
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(...) Nah, it looks like the real thing to me. If you look carefully at the bottoms, there is a slight difference between the two red ghosts. This seems to prove that they are prototype pieces. Jojo, you are one lucky guy (or maybe just smart enough (...) (22 years ago, 2-Apr-03, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build.minifigs)
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Nice red paint... -Rob (22 years ago, 2-Apr-03, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build.minifigs)
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| | Minifig Hall of Fame update: Darth Vader Destroys The Competition !
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(Tis is a re-post of a message that appeared earlier. I had forgotten some newsgroup, so here it goes.) It wasn't even close. Darth Vader won with 520 votes over Blacktron 1 who had 160 votes in second place, Black Falcon (98 votes in 3rd place) and (...) (22 years ago, 1-Apr-03, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.space, lugnet.castle, lugnet.town, lugnet.build.minifigs)
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They are the most rare in the sense that each is unique, but in general terms, I bet there are more flame-colored bricks than red ghosts. Also, Flame-Colored bricks, as they are officially called, are still being found in new sets today! You know (...) (22 years ago, 1-Apr-03, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build.minifigs)
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(...) I think the most rare LEGO pieces are the 'swirl' bricks. Long ago, with the old injection machines, when changing from one color to another, they'd get a few swirled color pieces. With each one being unique, I'd bet the swirled bricks would (...) (22 years ago, 1-Apr-03, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build.minifigs)
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~WoW…fascinating! ¯¯¯...¯¯¯ Thanks for the background info. (your post should be highlighted into the “details-section.” Because you’re the 1st person to have provided insight into this fantastically rear element!) (...) (URL) this indeed proves to (...) (22 years ago, 1-Apr-03, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.de, lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.market.appraisal)
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"Duq" <lugnetpost@skipthis...tmfweb.nl> wrote in message news:HCJxC2.1y3z@lugnet.com... (...) head) (...) That was not a minifig, it was a baby maxifig. ;-) /Jocke (22 years ago, 30-Mar-03, to lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.general)
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In set 215 'Red Indians' (maxi-fig, though the one child has a minifig head) they are definitely red..... Duq "Terry Prosper" <t@rotule.qc.ca> wrote in message news:HCJuA6.1rzJ@lugnet.com... (...) <snip>Just wondering, (...) -Lando-minifigs?" (...) (...) (22 years ago, 30-Mar-03, to lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.general)
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(...) Ironically, LEGO does this to avoid any controversy about race. Their argument is that if they do release Mace in a brown color, yellow will automatically represent caucasian. But LEGO considers yellow to be yellow, not caucasian, black, red (...) (22 years ago, 30-Mar-03, to lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.general)
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(...) The NBA licence is a different world. The fact that they handle the skin colors differently than the rest of the System world is, in my mind, the best way to do it. And do they specifically name the director? If not, then it's just a likeness. (...) (22 years ago, 29-Mar-03, to lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.general)
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Just wondering, Just about everyone knows about the "If-LEGO-can-make-Sh...minifigs?" argument, and the common reply is something like "Kobe and Shaq and real people, Lando and Windu are not. Therefore, LEGO will not release a fictional character (...) (22 years ago, 29-Mar-03, to lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.general)
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| | New Sidebar for Minfigs (Re: looking for a particular minifig head...)
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There is a new sidebar on the build.minifigs web portal: (URL) includes many useful links, including the Reverends head gallery already mentioned in this thread. I'm the curator of the build.minifig group, so please let me know of any other useful (...) (22 years ago, 28-Mar-03, to lugnet.build.minifigs)
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| | Re: Mottled Bricks and Plates! - and Minifigs!
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Jeremy Scott <copyright@nospam.cox.net> wrote in message news:HC7uJt.IGs@lugnet.com... (...) <snip> I can go one better - minifig legs! The No.10 minifig in my 3431 streetball set has a mostly medium blue left leg, and a mixed medium/dark blue (...) (22 years ago, 26-Mar-03, to lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.general)
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(...) Hello Dave, you're right about the Frankenstein head, but thanks to Dave Johann I've learned that set #1382 does not contain the Igor minifig, it's a part of set #1381 Vampire Crypt instead. With friendly greetings, M. Moolhuysen. (22 years ago, 24-Mar-03, to lugnet.build.minifigs)
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Final update now www.Peeron.com has been available for a breef moment again: "Railway Employee 6", sole bearer of minifig head 118.jpg: (...) 4561, but without adaptor and speed regulator) "Railway Employee 6" is also available from several sellers (...) (22 years ago, 24-Mar-03, to lugnet.build.minifigs)
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Both of these are from #1382 Scary Laboratory. The first one is the "Igor", and the second is Frankenstein without his big head. Dave (...) originated (...) (22 years ago, 23-Mar-03, to lugnet.build.minifigs)
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Dave, Mike and Bill, thank you all for your help. (...) Almost, I've found out this correction all by myself: 118.jpg: (URL) not from set #6740 (Lego Island Xtreme Tower) as Dave suggested, but it's somewhere in the 9V Train theme. The head belongs (...) (22 years ago, 23-Mar-03, to lugnet.build.minifigs)
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(...) This is Peter Parker, Spider-Man's alter ego from 1376 Spider-Man™ Action Studio (URL) other set references seem correct to me :) -- Bill (TooMuchDew) (22 years ago, 23-Mar-03, to lugnet.build.minifigs)
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(...) This one is the henchguy from set #1381, The Vampire's Crypt. (...) This one is the lower half of the monster's head from set #1382, The Scary Laboratory. (22 years ago, 23-Mar-03, to lugnet.build.minifigs)
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