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Re: More LEGO anniversary geekiness...
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Date: 
Mon, 28 Jan 2008 20:25:41 GMT
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In lugnet.general, David Koudys wrote:
We all know that the minifig (with arms and legs) came out around 1977, and
the ones without arms or legs were around in '75!

Bricklink agrees with you on the 1975 issue, but not on 1977 for articulated
minifigs.  Peeron does, however, list a whopping four sets that included
articulated smiley-figs in '77.

Of equal significance is the fact that they show a Castle from '84 as being the
first of those sets, rather than the famous Yellow Castle from '78/'81.



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  More LEGO anniversary geekiness...
 
As seen on Geekdad-- (URL) linked from Gizmodo-- (URL) only issue I have is with the image they used. More specifically, the image states that in 1978 "the LEGO minifig is born. Without arms or faces! (Thank God this was solved a year later)" We all (...) (17 years ago, 28-Jan-08, to lugnet.general)

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