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Re: what (who?) was the first artculated mini-fig?
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Wed, 2 Feb 2000 22:14:45 GMT
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Aren't those 1978 sets?
KL
In lugnet.faq, Matthew Wilkins writes:
> Actually, the first minifigs were released in 1977 with set number 575 Coast
> Guard Station, which is the US release of set 369 Coastguard, which did not
> have true minifigs, but the legless/armless/expressionless ProtoFig. Released
> concurrently were 588 Police Headquarters (itself a US minifig-having version
> of the European 370 Police Headquarters) and 590 Engine Co. Number 9.
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> I suppose that I should stop surfing the web looking up LEGO trivia and
> actually do some work... oooh! Lunchtime!
>
> -Cheese
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> In lugnet.faq, Kevin Loch writes:
> > 1978 was the year (1 yr before classic space)
> >
> > http://www.brickshelf.com/catalogs/1978/c78us-13.html
> > http://www.brickshelf.com/catalogs/1978/c78nl-08.html
> > http://www.brickshelf.com/catalogs/1978/c78nl-09.html
> >
> > KL
> > In lugnet.faq, Craig Hamilton writes:
> > >
> > > hi!
> > >
> > > the subject line says it all. i just really wanna know. i've tried
> > > searching, but just ended up confused! was it a yellow (or white?) spaceman?
> > > ..or was it a cop? was it '79, or '81?
> > > at some point in lego-lution, the face/arm/leg-less mini-figure became
> > > the happy guy on the move we know today. or was there even... <gasp!> ...a
> > > "missing link" mini-fig that i couldn't find!?
> > >
> > > thanks for any info!
> > >
> > > later ~ craig~
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