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| Hello, We are working on an Minifigure identification software here at the Eindhoven University of Technology. I have a keen interest in developing a taxonomy of Lego Minifigures and within the framework of this project I am trying to take photos of (...) (14 years ago, 11-Oct-10, to lugnet.build.minifigs)
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| (...) Out of curiosity, how are you defining a "minifigure"? There are a lot of things that are "sort-of" minifigs: (6 URLs) Personally, I drew a hard-and-fast line by saying that in order to be a minifig, it had to have a minifig torso (yes, (...) (14 years ago, 11-Oct-10, to lugnet.build.minifigs, FTX)
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| (...) Dear Dave, For now I would like to keep it open. Meaning that I do not want to exclude any minifigure. I believe that these exotic examples are also a rather small proportion of all figures and hence it might not matter that much. Would you be (...) (14 years ago, 12-Oct-10, to lugnet.build.minifigs, FTX)
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| (...) By a quick count at BrickLink, I found 235 "iffy" minifigs-- But I knowingly skipped Fabuland, Jack Stone, Technic, Belville, Scala, Galidor, and Bionicle. Knowing the above, I'd guess it'd be in the ballpark of 300-500 borderline minifigs? (...) (14 years ago, 12-Oct-10, to lugnet.build.minifigs, FTX)
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| (...) You are right, it is easier to try to find collectors in Europe and I am working hard on it. Maybe you know some as well? I will try to call one in NL on Monday and I will know more. Thank you for your offer to contribute specific figures! I (...) (14 years ago, 27-Oct-10, to lugnet.build.minifigs, FTX)
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