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Re: MiniFig Ponderings?
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lugnet.general
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Thu, 14 Jan 1999 23:39:25 GMT
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jsproat@geocitiesIHATESPAM.com
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Tom McDonald wrote:
> Jim Baker writes:
> > 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.
> *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!
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 shuddering sound fx :-)
Cheers,
- Sproat
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Jeremy H. Sproat - jsproat@geocities.com
http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Horizon/5249/
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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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| (...) 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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| (...) *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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