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to Minifig or not to Minifig ? (was: Star Wars fixes)
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lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars
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Fri, 7 May 1999 03:23:48 GMT
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In lugnet.starwars, Tom McDonald writes:
> In lugnet.admin.database, Todd Lehman writes:
> > In lugnet.admin.database, lar@voyager.net (Larry Pieniazek) writes:
> > > Arguably neither Jar Jar nor R2-D2 are minifigs.. minifigs have normal
> > > heads which rules out Jar Jar, no? And if R-D2 is one, so is the E1
> > > droid, and so is a skeleton.
Who defined a minifig as having to have a normal head. And who's defining a
normal head? Is darth Vader's head normal? Are only Classic yellow smiley
heads normal? Is the ghost's black head w/o facial features a normal head?
If we are not counting droids like R2-D2 and (hopefully C3-PO) as minifigs,
can we count the white android that came from the Explorien series, or the red
one from the Spyrius series, or the one from the Insectoid series?
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> What if you consider a minifig/figure that which is supposedly a sentient
> character? Another can of worms then, I know, but it's closer. Assuming this
> definition, it might be prudent to see the movie first to try and determine
> what fits into the category that way.
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> This of course differs from machines that really aren't supposed to be
> sentient but seem that way. I think of C3P0 as sentient, but not HAL-9000.
IMO a minifig is a *character* that is based on the torso with two moveable
arms, lower body that attaches at the waist, head that goes on top. Notice I
said based on. I consider if the entity, for lack of a more generic term, has
character or personality. In the SW universe, clearly we are meant to think of
R2-D2 and C3-PO as people.
In my book, all humans are minifigs. Ghosts, skeletons, Jar-Jar, droids with
personality are all minifigs.
Monkeys, horses, dragons, and the pit robots are not, though depending on the
movie, battle droids may be. They certainly fit the physical description
given above, if not the sentient definition.
Ben Gatrelle
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| (...) What if you consider a minifig/figure that which is supposedly a sentient character? Another can of worms then, I know, but it's closer. Assuming this definition, it might be prudent to see the movie first to try and determine what fits into (...) (25 years ago, 7-May-99, to lugnet.admin.database, lugnet.starwars)
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