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Re: MiniFig Ponderings?
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lugnet.general
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Thu, 14 Jan 1999 16:42:41 GMT
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Beaker wrote:
> 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.
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 had meanings, eg a white on a blue
was a policeman. This actually had some advantages over the minifigs:
1) Much easier to have lots of people
2) Smaller scale people needed smaller buildings and so fewer bricks to
make a town
3) Easy to make up color codings for many different types of people, not
limited to what Lego supplies (and you have to buy)
4) Child/adult size difference available (this was quite important to
us)
5) Requires more use of imagination and less use of money
On the same subject, I dislike the newer minifigs with facial
expressions because it limits what you can do with each one. The old
smiley faces were so generic you could use one for a bad guy or a good
guy (or a robot, come to that) depending on the demands of the game.
Some of the new ones are so specific in their expressions (and clothing)
that you can only use each one for one thing.
Of course, all of this has $$$ advantage to TLG because they can sell
more figures the more they are specialised - but it has disadvantages
for the kids who play with them. The more specialised the toy, the more
limited its play potential.
Kevin Wilson
Vancouver, BC
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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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