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Subject: 
Re: Minifigs=Mongols?
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lugnet.general
Date: 
Tue, 29 Jun 1999 09:06:37 GMT
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The one thing I haven't seen mentioned yet is the octopus in the diver sets. A
popular food in several parts of the world. And have cats been mentioned?
(Okay, I just said that to get people's blood up... :) )

In lugnet.general, Gintaras Rumsas writes:
> First at all I apologize all possible LEGO fans with Mongol origin but
> this strange idea hurts me from some time.
> 
> I was thinkering about LEGO domestic animals and list was not so long:
> horses, cats, parrots (are they domestic?) and hawks/falcons (which can
> be treated as very big pigeons). That's all or I am missing something?
> 
> So what these poore Legolanders eat? And it hitted me - HORSES! They use
> horses for riding and food. And that means that they are Mongols (or
> some kind of nomad nation in any case). All this thin skin of
> civilization as Town, Space etc. etc. does not change matter - they eat
> horses...
> 
> Standard minifig face color is yellow which fits to my theory too
> (except shape of their eyes but dark eyeglasses solve this small
> problem). And now one more thing came to my fewering brain - Ninjas!
> Shape of their eyes fit my theory exactly! Put Ninja head onto Town
> minifig torso and look at what you got...
> ---------------------------
> I read this notes more carefully a week later after I wrote them (I did
> not posted this onto LUGNET immediatly  - some things must stay for a
> while because I remember threads about racial issues on RTL). And they
> were still actual for me - so I am posting this now.
> 
> Gintaras ;-)
> 
> P.S. Now more seriously - did anyone has done or knows webpage with nice
> cow or pork design in minifig scale. After that I can change my mind
> about minifigs' nationality (may be...)



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  Minifigs=Mongols?
 
First at all I apologize all possible LEGO fans with Mongol origin but this strange idea hurts me from some time. I was thinkering about LEGO domestic animals and list was not so long: horses, cats, parrots (are they domestic?) and hawks/falcons (...) (27 years ago, 25-Jun-99, to lugnet.general)

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