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Re: Speculation on the nature of minifigs (moved from Dear LEGO)
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Thu, 9 Mar 2000 17:50:34 GMT
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Gary Istok <gistok@umich.edu> wrote in message
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> Gary Istok wrote:
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> > Robert M. Dye wrote:
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> > > 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
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> 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!!
So where's the "missing link" between Minifigicus Stifficanus and Minifigicus
Erectus?
-John Van
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