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(...) The minifig as we know it was originally a baby in another scale. My guess is it was adopted as-is to make large scale building easier (ie, reduce the overall scale) without designing/sculpting/tooling up machines for new figs. eric (24 years ago, 14-Jun-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build.minifigs)
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(...) Plus, they're cute. (24 years ago, 14-Jun-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build.minifigs)
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(...) Uh, well, yeah. :D eric (24 years ago, 14-Jun-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build.minifigs)
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(...) Was it? I seem to recall owning a few classic space sets before my sister got her Kitchen homemaker set. What was the release chronology? Some time ago there was a discussion of "first minifigs," but I can't locate it at the moment. Dave! (24 years ago, 14-Jun-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build.minifigs)
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(...) Yep! Check out this post + replies... (URL) (24 years ago, 19-Jun-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build.minifigs)
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(...) at (URL)) But, do those sets from 1979 really predate the space sets from 1978? I do see a minifig-as-baby in <set:208>, also from 1978, but there's no examples of either before that. My conclusion is that the minifig was developed to be a (...) (24 years ago, 19-Jun-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build, lugnet.build.minifigs)
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(...) Act'lly... (URL) the proto-minifig, as Todd and/or Suz commented below. (...) Well... maybe... Dave, tho', might've just gotten one of the baby-minifig sets before the Classic Space sets, so that would explain why he saw them first. -Shiri The (...) (24 years ago, 19-Jun-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build, lugnet.build.minifigs)
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(...) Ah... I missed that one. Still, the same thing applies -- there's proto-minifigs as far back as 1975.... (...) :) Wow. I just barely pre-date the proto-minifig. Wow, this discussion was dangerous -- I just remembered that I love the little (...) (24 years ago, 19-Jun-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build.minifigs)
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(...) What about: (URL) I don't personally recall seeing minifigs that long ago, but I know for certain that I had some at least as early as Christmas of '79! Dave! (24 years ago, 19-Jun-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build, lugnet.build.minifigs)
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(...) Let's not forget this one: (URL) first with minifigs. Randy (24 years ago, 19-Jun-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build, lugnet.build.minifigs)
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