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In lugnet.year.2001, Frank Filz writes:
> I'm not sure I'd place that much significance on the Creator figures.
> I'd note that they look to be a similar scale to Fabuland (though
> perhaps with not quite the charm of Fabuland). Fabuland came and went
> during the life of minifigs. In fact, TLC has experimented with a
> variety of figures for the younger crowd, and some of those experiments
> have produced nice lines of sets ... I even see the new figures as
> a bonus, unlike the Fabuland figures, the Creator figures might be
> somewhat useable in a Castle setting as a bunch of ogres or something.
You don't have dogheaded monsters in your castle set-ups Frank? Shame on
you!! It looks like Creator heads have the same connection as Belville,
Technic and Fabuland (and Scala?): see
http://www.brickset.com/view.asp?Set=4172-1. With a bit of Brasso/craftknife
work on the torsos and some head-swapping there could be some neat effects
to be had. The Lego Dacta site makes a big deal about one piece figures that
little kids can't pull apart -- we know the truth!!
> Seeing them, I really wish Wookie had been done as a Creator type
> figure. Perhaps Hagrid will be done so.
Don't forget <set:208> and <set:215_1> are multiple fig-type sets.
> I think the minifig is highly likely to be here to stay. Minifig scale
> is a decent compromise between a scale at which you can provide a
> detailed figure which has some articulation, and can interact with
> constructions (by holding things, standing on things, etc.), and the
> ability to actually lay out a town, or have a train which doesn't look
> absolutely absurd.
The minifig is so closely associated with Lego, I can't imagine them
abandoning it any time soon. Most people know two things about Lego
products: there are plastic bricks that hurt when you step on them, and
little yellow people who always smile.
--DaveL
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| (...) I'm not sure I'd place that much significance on the Creator figures. I'd note that they look to be a similar scale to Fabuland (though perhaps with not quite the charm of Fabuland). Fabuland came and went during the life of minifigs. In fact, (...) (23 years ago, 4-Feb-01, to lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.general)
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