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Re: Reinventing the minifig
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lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego
Date: 
Thu, 1 Apr 1999 09:53:21 GMT
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Hi guys,

William Wong schreef:

In lugnet.general, Thomas Main writes:

People have also stated that minifigs aren't realistically porportioned.

Agreed, but consider that our beloved minifigs started off as
toddlers/babies(!) to less incorrectly scaled "parents".  See:

Not quiet right in my opinion, because they first made the simple less detailed
minifigs untill the late 70 tis, and started to make the minifigs with arms in
reaction on the marketing and release of Playmobil. These figures had arms and were
able to hold tools. Its all about marketing, like ZNAP in reaction to K'Nex.
Greetings and keep building
Nico



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  Re: Reinventing the minifig
 
(...) Agreed, but consider that our beloved minifigs started off as toddlers/babies(!) to less incorrectly scaled "parents". See: (2 URLs) makes everything scaled to minifigs actually scaled to toddler/baby/half height. Taking this further, trains (...) (26 years ago, 31-Mar-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)

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