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Re: what (who?) was the first artculated mini-fig?
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Wed, 2 Feb 2000 22:41:47 GMT
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Those sets show up first in the 1978 catalog. also if you look
at the 1978 NL catalog there are many sets with minifigs.
I don't think we can pin it down to one minifig, but I believe
1978 was the year.
KL
In lugnet.faq, Matthew Wilkins writes:
> Not according to the LUGNET database. But I'll be the first to admit that that
> was my only source. At any rate, those *are* the first sets to include
> minifigs. If it was 1977 or 78 when they were released is still up for debate.
> So to answer the question posed by Craig originally, the first minifig was
> either a Coast Guardsman, a Policeman or a Fireman.
> In lugnet.faq, Kevin Loch writes:
> > 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.
> > >
> > > I suppose that I should stop surfing the web looking up LEGO trivia and
> > > actually do some work... oooh! Lunchtime!
> > >
> > > -Cheese
> > >
> > > 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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| I'll agree to that. One of my favoriter sets from that year was 208 Mother with Baby Carriage, featuring a MaxiFig and a minifig. I distinctly remember getting 885 Space Scooter and 889 Radar Truck that year, in Toronto at a Kiwanis International (...) (25 years ago, 2-Feb-00, to lugnet.faq)
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| Not according to the LUGNET database. But I'll be the first to admit that that was my only source. At any rate, those *are* the first sets to include minifigs. If it was 1977 or 78 when they were released is still up for debate. So to answer the (...) (25 years ago, 2-Feb-00, to lugnet.faq)
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