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Re: stiffs (was: Re: Set #148: Scales in Transition)
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Wed, 10 May 2000 19:14:17 GMT
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Well you guys caught me. Yeppers, 1975 was the year. Here is the 1974 catalog
(German) shows lots of sets with the new doors, but not a stiff in sight (from
Horst Lehner's wonderful catalog website):
http://horst-lehner.mausnet.de/lego/katalog/gk74/GK74-08.JPG
It is strange though, that they would produce doors (albeit 4 bricks high), but
no minifig stiffs to bump their heads on when going thru those too small doors.
The big head people didn't have any doors for their scale (not until the
Hospital or Schoolroom set had 1x6x10 doors a few years later).
Gary Istok
Mark Koesel wrote:
> I think Gary may have been mistaken. I think that the "stiffs" did not
> actually debut until 1975.
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> "Eric McCarthy" <bendyarm@aol.com> wrote in message
> news:391996E9.B4B7ED48@aol.com...
> > Gary Istok wrote:
> > [snip]
> > > The minifig "stiffs" as the armless little figs from 148 are called,
> > > were produced from 1973-1977. They were basically the forerunner to the
> > > minifig. During this period the 1x3x4 door was produced. The two were
> > > probably retired at the same time.
> > > ...
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> > "stiffs" is a good name. <smirk>
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> > Are you sure stiffs and 1x3x4 doors were produced at the same time?
> > If they were, then one would think set 361 would have a stiff, since
> > it has a 1x3x4 door. But it doesn't have a stiff.
> >
> > What 1973-74 sets had stiffs? The sets shown on Pause with
> > http://www.lugnet.com/pause/search/?year=1973 or
> > http://www.lugnet.com/pause/search/?year=1974
> > don't show any stiffs that I can see.
> >
> > /Eric McC/
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 | | Re: stiffs (was: Re: Set #148: Scales in Transition)
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| In fact, this page even features the 1x3x4 door as a new element (in 1973). (URL) like they originally had the Universal sets in mind for that door. Apparently, the buildings in those sets were intended to be more play oriented, and they thought (...) (25 years ago, 10-May-00, to lugnet.general)
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