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Re: New Minifig Reference Site & Official Delurk
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Mon, 17 Jan 2000 02:02:28 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Craig Hamilton writes:
> In lugnet.general, Paul Ferguson writes:
> > Dear AFOLs. For my official delurking, I've decided to
> > put up a reference site showing:
> >
> > 1) Minifigs that do not appear in the Fibblesnork Guide.
> >
> > 2) Some figs that are in the Fibblesnork Guide, but without
> > masks, helmets, etc., so you can see their faces/torsos.
> >
> > The site is at: http://home.att.net/~locker99/index.htm
> >
> > So far, the following series are up on the site:
> >
> > - Hydronauts
> > - Stingrays
> > - UFOs
> >
> > I plan to add the following soon (in more or less this order)
> >
> > - Fright Knights
> > - Insectoids
> > - Wild West native figures
> > (cowboys are on Fibblesnork already)
> > - Divers
> > - Arctic
> > - Knights' Kingdom
> >
> > I'm looking forward to comments from you folks. In addition, if
> > anyone is aware of "official" names for any of these figures, I'd
> > love to hear about them. I've only recently come out of my
> > own Dark Age, so I missed most of the Maniac magazines, etc. which
> > might have had those names in them.
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > Paul
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> you've done a beautiful job with this site, paul! i like the masks and
> helmets as decorative motifs on the pages.
>
> well, i dug out my mania magazines to furnish you with some names:
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> from september ~ october 1997 Mania Magazine:
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> U.F.O. ~
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> the 'fig with the black helmet, dark grey armour and trans orange head is
> the leader, ALPHA DRACONIS. notorious for his ugliness and bad breath.
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> the other aliens aren't named, but their home world is identified as "the
> planet Humorless". the blue one with the trans green head has always struck
> me as being a female. don't ask.
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> oddly enough, the red robot is identified as ANDY DROID, and linked to a
> bygone theme!:
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> "in one of those unbelievable-but-true stories, Andy is really Explorien
> Ann Droid's brother. The Aliens reprogammed Andy to help them take over the
> galaxy. But every time Andy sees Ann, he gets a strange tingling in his
> memory banks, so maybe one day he will find his lost sister."
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> hmph. i know how he feels. every time i see older lego sets, i get a
> strange tingling too. so maybe one day TLC will find its' lost soul?
>
> later ~ craig~
Many thanks for the additional information, Craig -- it's now been
incorporated into the site. In addition, an initial version of the
Insectoids went up today, just in case anyone is actually interested
in them.
Paul
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| (...) you've done a beautiful job with this site, paul! i like the masks and helmets as decorative motifs on the pages. well, i dug out my mania magazines to furnish you with some names: from september ~ october 1997 Mania Magazine: U.F.O. ~ the (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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