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Subject:	Re: Speculation on the nature of minifigs (moved from Dear LEGO)
Newsgroups:	lugnet.general
Date:	Thu, 9 Mar 2000 04:04:30 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Gary R. Istok writes: > 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. What about the figs from this set(is Gary wrong?): <set:1620> . Lugnet says 1978, but Brickset says 1976, which would make it the first set with minifigs. Alan Random set: 5987(not yet on lugnet, since number is from retailer catalog)

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		Re: Speculation on the nature of minifigs (moved from Dear LEGO)
(...) prolific, (...) The minifig as we know it today was introduced in 1978. I have browsed my catalog collection and found only limbless minifigs in 1977 and older catalogs. Also see the text on the top of page 13 of the 1978 catalog: (URL) sets (...) (25 years ago, 9-Mar-00, to lugnet.general)

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		Re: Speculation on the nature of minifigs (moved from Dear LEGO)
(...) 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 (...) (25 years ago, 8-Mar-00, to lugnet.general)

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