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Re: LEGO General/Harry Potter Rant (Was - Re: Harry Potter Creator box art)
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Mon, 21 May 2001 20:55:07 GMT
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In lugnet.harrypotter, Matthew Gerber writes:
In lugnet.harrypotter, Jeff Thompson writes:
In lugnet.harrypotter, Matthew Gerber writes:
Hey all,
4) General - Hagrid is a brick. You thought the Creatorfigs were bad? At
least they are mobile! This dumbing-down (juniorization) is really getting
out of hand.

I have mixed feelings about this.

a.  Yes, he's a brick.  Uck.

   However . . .

b.  He is no more immobile than the LEGO Ghost figure, though,
   whose ghostly body prevented the minifig legs from moving,
   if the set bothered to include legs at all.  From this point
   of view, the figure is no more limited in terms of play value
   than a well-established figure that's been out for a decade or
   so.

c.  I hope that the beard fits normal minifigs as well!  I will
   love that hairpiece element if it does, and I will hate it if
   it doesn't.

d.  At least he's just a brick.  If LEGO had bothered to retool
   the minifig completely to make an adult-proportioned minifig, we
   would have even more cause to be concerned that minifigs were
   being phased out entirely.  At least this "just-a-brick" concept
   doesn't threaten the idea of minifigs completely, the way that Creator
   minifigs do.

Good points all, but there would be realy great play value in a new larger
scale figure in minifig style, so new scale models could be made with a
parent-child type dynamic...not phased out minifigs, just new scale
opportunities (look what some folks have already done with matching
Technic/Creator figs...a really neat idea in my mind!)

My guess on the Hagrid head/hair/beard...one big glued-together lump.

Hagrid's body did look like a brick in the box art for the PC game, but look
at the pic of Hagrid posted by Monica Wilbur a few posts back - note his arm
- that's a Creator-fig arm (and yes, that means his head/hair/beard will be
one big glued-together lump).

Ken



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  Re: LEGO General/Harry Potter Rant (Was - Re: Harry Potter Creator box art)
 
(...) Sorry Ken. In my first (and lamentedly lost 'cause it was so much better) version of the post, I did make reference to the Creatorfig arms and head. Matt (24 years ago, 21-May-01, to lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
  Re: LEGO General/Harry Potter Rant (Was - Re: Harry Potter Creator box art)
 
(...) Remember Charlie Brown running at the football, just to have Lucy pull it away? "Aauuauuauruauuuauugggh!!!!" (Whomp) OK, I hate that Hagrid figure, if this is true. That hair and beard would have made a wonderful minifig accessory. Crossing my (...) (24 years ago, 21-May-01, to lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)

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  Re: LEGO General/Harry Potter Rant (Was - Re: Harry Potter Creator box art)
 
(...) Good points all, but there would be realy great play value in a new larger scale figure in minifig style, so new scale models could be made with a parent-child type dynamic...not phased out minifigs, just new scale opportunities (look what (...) (24 years ago, 21-May-01, to lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)

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