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(...) New for '99! LEGO aeroboids. Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the health club... 8) Rob (26 years ago, 6-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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Like the great Holy bag mystery here is another strange Lego observation. Why do MiniFig legs have such long studs on top to attatch them to bodies? What's wrong with Normal Studs? sure they'd be a bit weaker but it works OK for the witch minifig. (...) (26 years ago, 13-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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Tim asked: (...) I've often been annoyed by this too. (...) Actually, Karim Nassar has come up with a great use: stick it the sutds into the bottom of a 2x2 slope brick and you've got a two-fingered hand perfect for a mech. --Bram Bram Lambrecht / o (...) (26 years ago, 13-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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Tim McSweeney wrote in message ... :Why do MiniFig legs have such long studs on top to attatch them to bodies? :What's wrong with Normal Studs? sure they'd be a bit weaker but it works OK :for the witch minifig. :Why break the standard in this one (...) (26 years ago, 13-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Or fanny packs. :) (26 years ago, 13-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Then they come out with minifig excercise sets and aerobics classrooms! :) -Tim (26 years ago, 13-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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Tim McSweeney wrote in message ... (...) They're longer because you need leverage to move the legs when they're new and stiff. Otherwise, you'd go to sit someone down, and whoops! Dislocated hips. The witch gets away with normal studs because she's (...) (26 years ago, 13-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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Mike Stanley wrote in message ... (...) That has *such* a different meaning in the UK! Steve ---...--- Why not visit Llegogogoch? (URL) (26 years ago, 13-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I had sort of come to the same conclusion. But then in lots of other cases we are forced to find work arounds because standard Lego joints aren't strong enough, (1) I seems strange that Lego "cheated" by creating a special piece to make it (...) (26 years ago, 13-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Well, they're about what, 20 years old? (26 years ago, 13-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Yeah, Yeah I know, I was talking about the philosophical start. Is that when the rot first set in but it's took a long time to reach critical mass, (Which it did just recently :) Tim (26 years ago, 13-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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Also sprach Tim McSweeney: : I guess I'm also miffed because I wanted to stick for pairs of legs onto the : bottom of a treasure chest and make a Luggage(3) LOL! I'd love to see that ... too bad TLG doesn't make minifig legs in pink ... :) / _ _ / _ (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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Also sprach Tim McSweeney: : Yeah, Yeah I know, I was talking about the philosophical start. Is that when : the rot first set in but it's took a long time to reach critical mass, : (Which it did just recently :) I don't think so. Having people to (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) This is very true, but it didn't need minifigs to get it. There were no minifigs when I was Lego-ing as a kid in the 60's, but we still had people: one round 1x1x1 was a child, and two of them stacked was an adult. Different color combinations (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) the (...) :) I knew there had to be some Terry Pratchett fans on here. If TLG is licensing Starwars, what are the chances of them licensing The DiscWorld? Now that would be a coooool theme. Rincewind minifigs? like the witch but in red? The (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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What do you mean? They DO make minifig legs in pink. But 8 legs on Luggage wouldn't be NEARLY enough... (...) -- | Tom Stangl, Technical Support Netscape Communications Corp | | Please do not associate my personal views with my employer | (26 years ago, 14-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) *wrbrldrbl*wrbrldrbl*wrbrldrbl* (head shaking sound fx) That was a bit of a wet slap, albeit, IMO, a correct one. Don't forget to nicely .dear-lego your point Jim. Maybe that'll wake a few TLG folks up! -Tom McD. (that was too close to an (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I'm not so sure we want Lego action figures. Chances are, if they give up on minifigs, they'd use some other existing doll for the action figures -- and the choices are Scala and Belleville. In other words, *oowhuwhuwhuwhuwhuhuhu* (body (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) The Technic Figs aren't too bad, apart from the fact that they aren't modular. Wish List: Modular Technic Figs so I can swap leg secions, Arm Section, Heads, Hair.... Some Female Technic Figs. The guys are getting lonely.(1) Cheers Tim (1) (...) (26 years ago, 15-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Well, no, but they do make them in yellow, which is 'flesh color' for the LEGOverse... J (26 years ago, 15-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I appreciate it when other do what I call "bodymonopoeia" :) I guess I should have been clearer: I don't think TLG is ready to retire minifigs so I thought such a message might get them back on the minifig track. But speaking of track, if (...) (26 years ago, 15-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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I told my daughter about this Luggage thread, and as a Terry Pratchett fan she right away built a Luggage. No, you can't stick minifig legs on a chest directly, but you can stick them handily into a standard 2x4 brick, plunk the chest on top of (...) (26 years ago, 15-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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Tim McSweeney wrote in message ... (...) Hair.... (...) For a female Technic Fig, have a look at (URL) you want it with full navigation frames: (URL) select 'bits and pieces' from menu Eric Brok Visit LEGO ON MY MIND: (URL) Control section: (URL) (...) (26 years ago, 15-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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Beaker wrote in message ... (...) the (...) They did for Paradisa, I've got a few sets... Steve (26 years ago, 15-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Hah! That was great! Every once in a while I consider buying a Belville set, but I can't seem to justify the cost for the very few pieces I want. Maybe I should just bite the bullet and do it anyway and give the unwanted parts and figs to my (...) (26 years ago, 15-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) That'll teach them to mess with the mob. "Mr. Bricks doesn't like it when a guy walks outta the room when he's talkin'. You ain't gonna be walkin' nowhere no more!" Regards, BOB!! (26 years ago, 15-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) So does the Belville head pop right on like the Technic head does? Cool motorcycle as well. :-) -- Terry K -- (26 years ago, 16-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I have a bellvilian female child, but her head has a smaller connection for a technifig neck. It should be an adult female bellvilian if you want to try. In the current range, adults only comes with larger sets, so you'd better to wait for new (...) (26 years ago, 16-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Thanks, Selçuk, but I think I will have a hard time buying a set with the name "girl friend" or "princess" on it. Just not "Macho"(1) enough. :-) -- Terry K -- 1. Slang term from the Spanish "Machismo", which is something to do with excessive (...) (26 years ago, 17-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) The original minifigs, which had just slightly altered 1*2*1 2/3 bricks as legs and body (with arms legs molded in, not movable, no hands) had regulars studs. I believe they only produced thos for a couple of years, before switching to the (...) (26 years ago, 18-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) On the subject of Town Jr... Do you consider 6452 to be Junior? I can't quite make myself see it as anything else than good for parts :) The only Jr thing is the 1*2 brick with technic peg sticking out - that should've been a 1*2 Technic brick (...) (26 years ago, 18-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) YES! Set number 6565 (The Construction Team) Comes with one standard minifig head. The other two are very simple as well. plain minifig heads with very simple moustaches. Tim (26 years ago, 18-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) So _one_ set, out of I don't know how many, has _one_ smiley. Sheesh. You know what I want? Classis not-smileys, with the mouth reversed, for car-crash victims etc... :) Jasper (26 years ago, 18-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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Jasper Janssen wrote in message <36a36ccb.21427462@l...et.com>... (...) The Adventurer's Pontoon Plane (5925) uses two of these as well, to affix the propellers to the wing. -- Steven | svore at mindspring .com | kf4fbk | TC++MS++#15LS+M+HalYB64m (26 years ago, 18-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I don't consider it as a Jr one, since it is on use for a long time, mostly in freestyle type sets, but even in space sets. Selçuk (26 years ago, 18-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I wouldn't consider these to be strictly Town Jrish they do have their uses. Consider A Modular building (Like the big Ninja fort) that you want to be able to clip together. You might design a clip that consists of a paired 2X1 brick with Peg (...) (26 years ago, 19-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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