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Re: Speculation on the nature of minifigs (moved from Dear LEGO)
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Wed, 8 Mar 2000 15:40:56 GMT
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Gary Istok wrote:
> Robert M. Dye wrote:
>
> > This is an attempt to move this thread over to where IU meant to post it in
> > the first place.
> >
> > I see it has come up (again) in another thread that the LEGO minifigs have
> > no homes. I think it is long past time to put this whole question to rest.
> >
> > Where DO minifigs live? HOW do they live? Where do they come from? What is
> > their nature?
> >
> > Let us begin with what we know:
> >
> > 1. Minifigs appear to be able to eat. We know this because the Pizza
> > Restaurant seems designed to cater to them, as wellas the McDonalds. (Well,
> > we don't really "know" that they eat the pizza, but a minifig chef prepares
> > it, so it is a safe ppresumption he could eat it, too. And the minifigs are
> > known to use the drive in at Mcdonalds.)
> >
> > 2. Minifigs can be injured. This is shown by the presence of a stretcher in
> > the the Res-Q ambulance. So we know that when a fig is injured, it has to be
> > taken somewhere, rather than cannibalized for oarts on the spot, a la the
> > Borg.
> >
> > 3. There do not appear to be any places for figs to relieve themselves. Now,
> > on the ground, you could argue that we have just not SEEN any yet, but we
> > have seen ALL of the spaceships, and they do not appear to have any
> > restrooms. I will grant that this might be to make them nastier warriors,
> > but it seems a bit much to endure on a lengthy voyage. I would have to
> > conclude that they don't have bathrooms because they have no use for them.
> >
> > 4. Minifigs appear to have at least rwo genders, male and female, which
> > implies reproduction of some sort, but children minifigs appear to be the
> > same size as adult minifigs. It is not clear if this similarity in size
> > actually exists in infancy, but if this is so, a traditional birth canal
> > sounds a little too painful to posit. (On the other hand, if their original
> > sin was much more serious than ours...playing with "Megablocks," for
> > example...then the more serious pain of childbirth may be justified.)
> >
> > What else do we know, exactly, so that we may draw conclusions?
> >
> > Rob
> > > 3. There do not appear to be any places for figs to relieve themselves. Now,
> > > on the ground, you could argue that we have just not SEEN any yet, but we
> > > have seen ALL of the spaceships, and they do not appear to have any
> > > restrooms. I will grant that this might be to make them nastier warriors,
> > > but it seems a bit much to endure on a lengthy voyage. I would have to
> > > conclude that they don't have bathrooms because they have no use for them.
> >
> > There are bathrooms on some of the trains.
> >
> > In lugnet.dear-lego, Robert M. Dye writes:
> > > I see it has come up (again) in another thread that the LEGO minifigs have
> > > no homes. I think it is long past time to put this whole question to rest.
> > >
> > > Where DO minifigs live? HOW do they live? Where do they come from? What is
> > > their nature?
> > >
> > > 3. There do not appear to be any places for figs to relieve themselves. Now,
> > > on the ground, you could argue that we have just not SEEN any yet, but we
> > > have seen ALL of the spaceships, and they do not appear to have any
> > > restrooms. I will grant that this might be to make them nastier warriors,
> > > but it seems a bit much to endure on a lengthy voyage. I would have to
> > > conclude that they don't have bathrooms because they have no use for them.
> >
> > Well, Todd made a place for them space guys... shown in Larry's pages, IIRC.
> > I
> > always put in at least one bathroom in my town houses...
> >
> > > 4. Minifigs appear to have at least rwo genders, male and female, which
> > > implies reproduction of some sort, but children minifigs appear to be the
> > > same size as adult minifigs. It is not clear if this similarity in size
> > > actually exists in infancy, but if this is so, a traditional birth canal
> > > sounds a little too painful to posit. (On the other hand, if their original
> > > sin was much more serious than ours...playing with "Megablocks," for
> > > example...then the more serious pain of childbirth may be justified.)
> >
> > LOL!
> >
> > > What else do we know, exactly, so that we may draw conclusions?
> >
> > We know minifigs never die. They only get really large boo-boos.
> > (My memory deceives me as to where I've heard that... perhaps on Eric Brok's
> > site?)
> >
> > -Shiri
>
> OK as a professed LEGO Archeologist, and sometimes LEGO Anthropologist, LEGO...
> minifigs first showed up on the planet several decades ago. They were a limbless
> species (known by their Latin name of Minifigicus Stifficanus) that first evolved
> circa 1973. They were a faceless, limbless species that didn't survive long
> because of their handicaps. In 1977 a new species evolved called Minifigicus
> Erectus, which developed arms, legs and faces. This species is very prolific, and
> is still with us today.
>
> Gary Istok
> LEGO Professor Emeritus
I forgot to mention that there are those LEGO creationists who don't believe that LEGO
Minifigs evolved. They will have you believing that LEGO just miraculously showed up
on the planet via divine intervention. Don't be fooled by these zealots! LEGO
Minifigs WERE an evolutionary process!!
Gary Istok
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