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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 (...) (26 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 (...) (26 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 (...) (26 years ago, 11-May-99, to lugnet.general)

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  Re: Minifig torsos...
 
(...) Party pooper! :-( --Todd (26 years ago, 10-May-99, to lugnet.general)

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