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Re: stiffs (was: Re: Set #148: Scales in Transition)
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Wed, 10 May 2000 20:26:22 GMT
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In fact, this page even features the 1x3x4 door as a new element (in 1973).
http://horst-lehner.mausnet.de/lego/katalog/gk73/GK73H05.JPG
Looks 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 that a swinging door made sense there.
Whereas all the town sets introduced in 1973 still used the classic 1x2x3
door. And even in 1975, when the "stiff" fig arrived, they were still
introducing new town sets with the older door.
http://horst-lehner.mausnet.de/lego/katalog/gk75/GK75-09.JPG
That's probably why the door and the fig don't work so well together --
they were never really planned to.
"Gary Istok" <gistok@umich.edu> wrote in message
news:3919B508.E1FD22E3@umich.edu...
> 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):
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> http://horst-lehner.mausnet.de/lego/katalog/gk74/GK74-08.JPG
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> 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).
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> Gary Istok
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> Mark Koesel wrote:
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> > I think Gary may have been mistaken. I think that the "stiffs" did not
> > actually debut until 1975.
> >
> > "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.
> > > > ...
> > >
> > > "stiffs" is a good name. <smirk>
> > >
> > > 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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| 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): (URL) is strange though, that they would produce (...) (24 years ago, 10-May-00, to lugnet.general)
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