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(...) Before, I only thought people were reading too much into things, now I'm almost certain. The queen's got the keys because she's the chatelain - in charge of the running of the castle from day to day. It's a position of great power and trust. (...) (24 years ago, 19-Jun-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build.minifigs)
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(...) That point has not been lost on me. Doesn't make it right though. Will Lego Beach Department of Emergency Services www.crosswinds.net/~hokie (24 years ago, 19-Jun-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build.minifigs)
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(...) I can't speak for John but for my part I have NO problem with depicting the female form in a manner that is tasteful and appropriate for the intended audience. In this context I consider the Pirate Wench inappropriate with her plunging (...) (24 years ago, 19-Jun-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build.minifigs)
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(...) real (...) girls (...) been (...) Perhaps the term "overtly sexy" has too much cultural (or personal) bias. In this case I'm refering to the plunging necklines or overdeveloped chests some of the "babe / wench" figures display. Specifically (...) (24 years ago, 19-Jun-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build.minifigs)
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Fair enough...In my 1978 Australian full range catalogue, space isn't shown at all, while in my instructions: 885,886,889,897 the (c) year in 1979, and in my partial catalogue [which from referring to other catalogues, I've dated to 1979] it shows (...) (24 years ago, 19-Jun-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build, lugnet.build.minifigs)
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(...) Looks like it was '78 in the US. At least according to the Lugnet/Pause database. (24 years ago, 19-Jun-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build, lugnet.build.minifigs)
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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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(...) 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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(...) 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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