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In lugnet.general, Mark Papenfuss writes:
> In lugnet.general, Sheree Rosenkrantz writes:
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> > Anyone know how long they have been out? Anyone have
> > any yet? If so what is your opinion of them? Height? Mobility- arms,
> > legs, head? Hat, hair removable?
>
> They have been on sale at Legoland, CA for at least a month now. One MAJOR
> thing the pictures do not show in the S@H catalog is that the hands have
> these clear plastic full circles that IMHO ruin the entire thing. The circle
> is so they can "hold" the pen/pencil. Note they do not grip the pen like a
> real minifig would grip an item. It is more of "place the pencil into the
> hole and if you put the wrong side down, your desk will get marks on it"
> type of thing. You can kinda see the back of the full clear plastic circle
> in the pic of the desk pal that is still in the box. But I personally think
> it is a pretty major photoshoping job they did to remove the front part of
> the clear circle.
>
> But the arms do move just as a minifigs do. The hat/hair does not come off.
> The head does come off - it twists off and you have to line up the notch to
> the hole to get it off (think a bottle of medicine lining up the arrows -
> but with no arrows). The legs do bend at the hip so they can sit down. The
> base of the feet come off to reveal the items they store. And all of the
> items that come with the desk pal do fit inside him or hang on him
> (backpack) at some point. The feet are connected (meaning you can not lift
> one at a time, its both or nothing). The base will fot on a duplo baseplate
> (did not test it on a reg. baseplate) But it did not "click" onto the Duplo
> baseplate, just sat on it.
>
> I have been very curious about these things as I have seen them at Legoland
> a few times, the last time I was there they did have one out to show people
> how it works - thats how I found all this info out ;)
>
> Overall it IS cute, but those full clear plastic circles on the hands ruin
> it for me. If it was not for those I would have got all 3 of the ones
> offered the day I first saw them.
>
> Next time I go (should be next week) I will see if I can get some pics of
> the dispaly model if nobody has got real-life pics by that point.
>
> Mark P.
> http://www.landofbricks.com
Thank you for all the information on the Lego desk pals. It is impossible
to tell from the pictures any of the critical data.
I am still intrigued by them. Certainly, one of these is as close to a
"big" minifigure as I might ever get. The hands do sound problematic.
[hmmmm, i wonder if someone good with a dremel could rectify the situation.]
Would the Desk Pal be the right size for a child for the giant store display
minifigures?
A picture of the real thing from either you or Maggie C. would be most
appreciated.
sheree
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