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| | | Just some speculation, look inside the torso of a 1999 minifig, than one from any year before. I think you'll understand what I'm talking about... (25 years ago, 8-May-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | Re: Minifig torsos... —Mike Stanley
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| | | | | (...) Mmmmm... definitely different. Wonder what it means, tho? (25 years ago, 8-May-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | Re: Minifig torsos... —Todd Lehman
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| | | | | | (...) Master JD noticed this last year (he notices EVERYthing! :-) and he has a theory. But I won't spoil it. --Todd (25 years ago, 8-May-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Minifig torsos... —Joshua Delahunty
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| | | | | | Thanks. I'm not so sure I'm sure enough about it to call it a theory, so I'm happy that you've kept it secret in case I'm way off. :-) I first noticed (or was told, it all happened about the same time) from the torsos in the soccer sets. So, it's (...) (25 years ago, 9-May-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Minifig torsos... —Mike Stanley
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| | | | | | (...) Dunno. What could it be? (25 years ago, 9-May-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Minifig torsos... —Todd Lehman
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| | | | | | | (...) Safe to call it a hypothesis? (...) How does an increase in the amount of plastic ribbing inside the bottom of the minifig torso change its connection properties? (That's not a rhetorical question to suggest that it doesn't; it's a real (...) (25 years ago, 9-May-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: Minifig torsos... —Tom Stangl
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| | | | | | | | It seems to me like it would make it a LOT easier to snap the minifig strongly onto standard bricks. That's about the only thing I can think of offhand. (...) (25 years ago, 9-May-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: Minifig torsos... —Todd Lehman
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| | | | | | | | | (...) Yup! That was our thought too (Joshua pointed it out to me). Now, other than old Castle queen minifigs with 2x2x2 sloped dresses and galleons figures on the front of pirateships (both of which haven't been in production for eons) what sorts of (...) (25 years ago, 9-May-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | | | | Re: Minifig torsos... —Mike Stanley
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| | | | | | | | | | (...) Hmmm.... larger than normal minifigs or robot minifigs? Also envisioning a centaur. Oh, and Chewbacca, I suppose. (25 years ago, 10-May-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: Minifig torsos... —Jesse R. Long
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| | | | | | | | | | Mike Stanley <cjc@NOSPAMnewsguy.com> wrote in message news:slrn7jcgks.2oc....UTK.EDU... (...) How about smaller? Yoda maybe. Or other droids. You stole my centaur idea. Jesse -- ___...___ Jesse The Jolly Jingoist Looking for answers? Read the (...) (25 years ago, 10-May-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: Minifig torsos... —Steve Bliss
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| | | | | | | | (...) That doesn't seem to be the case. At least in the limited test I performed. If anything, the bond between the standard plate and the X-torso was weaker than the bond between the plate and the standard torso. But the new torso interior could (...) (25 years ago, 10-May-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: Minifig torsos... —Todd Lehman
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| | | | | | | | (...) Party pooper! :-( --Todd (25 years ago, 10-May-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: Minifig torsos... —Steve Bliss
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| | | | | | | | (...) Just remember: I've got plenty of opinions, and many of them are wrong. It's still interesting that the new torsos appeared in a limited-release 'theme' (the soccer sets). I don't have any of those sets handy, I wonder if *all* the 'figs in (...) (25 years ago, 11-May-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: Minifig torsos... —Jeff Stembel
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| | | | | | | | | (...) I got 6390 Main Street not too long ago, and guess what? The torsos had nothing inside! They're very loose! I noticed the new X-torsos seem to bond more tightly than the ones from a couple years ago. It seems to me they're just making them (...) (25 years ago, 11-May-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: Minifig torsos... —Tamyra Teed ("Mookie")
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| | | | | | | | | I've got torso's like this in other sets. Since I don't have any of the soccer sets I'd have to say they are the only ones with it. I noticed this too.. I believe it began with the new Ninjas that I really noticed it.. don't remember getting many (...) (25 years ago, 11-May-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | | | | Re: Minifig torsos... —Steve Bliss
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| | | | | | | | | | (...) Right. So the torso-mold-replacement seems to have happened between the production runs for 1998 and 1999. Right about the time the soccer sets would have been produced. Steve (25 years ago, 11-May-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: Minifig torsos... —Richard Dee
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| | | | | | | | | | On Tue, 11 May 1999 17:07:36 GMT, Steve Bliss uttered the following profundities... (...) Forgive the late response to this thread! I have the Football Sets close to hand. I don't know about the players, but the refs, spectators, commentators, and (...) (25 years ago, 30-May-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: Minifig torsos... —Todd Lehman
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| | | | | | | | (...) I think you may be right, though! -- I tried putting a few 1x2 bricks into a couple of the new torsos, and while it seemed like it'd hold better, it sure didn't seem to, just as you'd said. (...) Another weird thing is that I saw one old torso (...) (25 years ago, 11-May-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Minifig torsos... —Scott Edward Sanburn
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| | | | | | I just cracked open a scout trooper.. must be for better support for the legs. Interesting all the same, I would have never even realized that! Scott Sanburn (...) (25 years ago, 10-May-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | Re: Minifig torsos... —Christopher Masi
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| | | | My first thought was, "What is he talking about?" So, without even standing I grabed a '99 minfig...what the......I did not notice the change. The connection feels just a bit more snug. Maybe it is just an improvement to keep the torso's from (...) (25 years ago, 12-May-99, to lugnet.general)
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