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In lugnet.general, Adrian Drake wrote:
> A coworker of mine received this minifig from another coworker who received
> it as swag from an Aerospace tradeshow. I borrowed it to find out what
> exactly it is, and if anyone's seen it before. It's a single fig, all grey
> (grey hands, legs, torso) with a female face, a grey helmet, and a gold
> visor. It appears to be a Cosmonaut, I think. The set number on the bag is
> 3928, copyright 2002. It shows no hits on lugnet, brickshelf, or Lego.com.
> Has anybody seen this beastie before? I'm just curious, since it's not
> actually my fig (unless it's worth a LOT, in which case I'll see if I can
> buy it from my coworker, although its apparent novelty is very appealing to me.)
>
> Here are a couple of pictures:
>
> http://www.brickfrenzy.com/temp/3928-1.jpg
> http://www.brickfrenzy.com/temp/3928-2.jpg
>
> Adrian
> --
> http://www.brickfrenzy.com
These mysterious minifigs now make a brief appearance in the LEGO magazine for
November 2003, on the cover and on the "Building Challenge" page. They are now
named "Sandy Moondust" (female) and "Biff Starling" (male).
Follow the link from the inside page to
http://redrovergoestomars.org/astrobots/meet.html and it they turn out to be
tied into The Planetary Society's "Red Rover" project. Apparently, the names
were chosen from a contest for kids run by The Planetary Society.
Will we see Biff and Sandy in some future set? Who knows?
I don't have these minifigs, and would sure like to.
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