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Re: MiniFig Ponderings?
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Thu, 14 Jan 1999 06:52:45 GMT
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BEAKER@stopspamPOBOX.COM
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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 live in the environments children
create expands the creative potential of the toy. It adds the dimension
of plot to an already excellent building/spatial relations toy.
Incidently, the modern direction of Lego, with ever more action-oriented
sets, underscores a crucial failing: minifigs suck as action figures.
They are far better as symbolic placeholders than as dolls, which is
what real action figures really are.
/ _ _ / _ _ I don't suffer from insanity, I enjoy every minute of it.
()(-(//((-/
============= Jim Baker -- Weather Weasel Extraordinaire ==============
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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)
| | | Re: MiniFig Ponderings?
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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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| (...) 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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