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(...) This is hardly a mistake, and even if it is, there's no way it could be considered TLC's biggest mistake. (...) Like Matthew said, they're cute. That's not a flip answer, it's the reason -- the infant-like dimensions of minifigs appeal to (...) (24 years ago, 14-Jun-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build.minifigs)
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(...) Was it? I seem to recall owning a few classic space sets before my sister got her Kitchen homemaker set. What was the release chronology? Some time ago there was a discussion of "first minifigs," but I can't locate it at the moment. Dave! (24 years ago, 14-Jun-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build.minifigs)
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(...) Uh, well, yeah. :D eric (24 years ago, 14-Jun-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build.minifigs)
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(...) Plus, they're cute. (24 years ago, 14-Jun-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build.minifigs)
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(...) The minifig as we know it was originally a baby in another scale. My guess is it was adopted as-is to make large scale building easier (ie, reduce the overall scale) without designing/sculpting/tooling up machines for new figs. eric (24 years ago, 14-Jun-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build.minifigs)
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(...) Hey I love the little people. As Matthew said their cute. If you want my guess as to why I think you need go no further than standard LEGO measurements. Both the legs and the base of the torso are 1x2 studs which allows 1. you to attach then (...) (24 years ago, 14-Jun-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build.minifigs)
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(...) Who knows...The website is done in the US [and therefore biased towards the american market wittingly or unwittingly], and even then the US pages aren't always acurate. The major problem I see with the pages [eg 'australasia'/asia pacific, (...) (24 years ago, 14-Jun-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build.minifigs)
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(...) Odd. Very odd. Why was TLG-Aus advertising them on there website in February of '99 then? I didn't see them on TLG's main site until months later. Even then, it took them quite awhile to be released here. (24 years ago, 14-Jun-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build.minifigs)
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(...) And here I was thinking rock raiders were released last year everywhere...The only set that I thought wasn't was the mini-fig pack [4930?] which I'm not sure if it was released in the US [but the US is restricted to sets produced in the US (...) (24 years ago, 14-Jun-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build.minifigs)
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