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| Hello, while in a chat room, I noticed that someone was laughing at a "weeble" head. Um, has anyone ever heard of the term "weeble" used in place of "minifig"? Oh yeah, if you want to see a picture of the "weeble," it is at (URL) , unless someone (...) (25 years ago, 8-Jul-99, to lugnet.general)
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| Greg, I was not able to view the picture you linked to but if the Weebles you are talking about are what I think they are then no Minifigs=!Weebles. I remember Weebles from my childhood as being Egg-shaped somewhat rotund figures that when stood on (...) (25 years ago, 8-Jul-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| (...) The picture is nothing special, just a highly pixelated picture of a minifig head. Greg citrusx__@yahoo.com (URL)talking about are what I think they are then no Minifigs=!Weebles. (...) (25 years ago, 8-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| (...) Thank you! At last, an explanation for the phrase "weebles wobble but they don't fall over" which I had head somewhere but could not explain. (25 years ago, 8-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| (...) "Weebles wobble but they won't fall down" - or something close to that was their slogan. What was funny at the time is that people started referring to breasts as Weebbles for a while. :') Boy am I dating myself. (25 years ago, 8-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| (...) As in "weebles wobble, but they don't fall down" Julie (...) (25 years ago, 8-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| I think it's hilarious that THREE of us (so far) independently posted the slogan. (...) What, did you break up with your sweetie? When did this happen? Well, look on the bright side, at least you're a cheap date. Not likely to get into any big (...) (25 years ago, 8-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| (...) (25 years ago, 8-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
| | | | | The Zingers wobble, but they don't fall over (was Re: Minifigs=Weebles?
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| (...) Now, now, Ed, you know I believe nothing in this world is, or can ever be, perfect. Some things are just closer than others. :-) (25 years ago, 9-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| (...) I still have my weebles. :) but I would never use that word when referring to lego. Any kid from the 70's who had both would know that. (25 years ago, 9-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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