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Re: Minifig torsos...
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lugnet.general
Date: 
Tue, 11 May 1999 14:12:54 GMT
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On Mon, 10 May 1999 19:15:04 GMT, lehman@javanet.com (Todd Lehman) wrote:

> In lugnet.general, blisses@worldnet.att.net (Steve Bliss) writes:
> > [...]
> > I doubt that TLG would have redesigned their minifigs in 1998 just because
> > they were working on an unfinalized deal with Lucasfilm, and they were
> > thinking about ways to create Yodas and Chewbaccas.
> 
> Party pooper!  :-(

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 those sets had the cross-hairs torso?

Steve



Message has 3 Replies:
  Re: Minifig torsos...
 
(...) 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 (...) (27 years ago, 11-May-99, to lugnet.general)
  Re: Minifig torsos...
 
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 (...) (27 years ago, 11-May-99, to lugnet.general)
  Re: Minifig torsos...
 
(...) 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 (...) (27 years ago, 11-May-99, to lugnet.general)

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  Re: Minifig torsos...
 
(...) Party pooper! :-( --Todd (27 years ago, 10-May-99, to lugnet.general)

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