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In lugnet.harrypotter, Matthew Gerber writes:
> In lugnet.harrypotter, Jeff Thompson writes:
> > In lugnet.harrypotter, Matthew Gerber writes:
> > > Hey all,
> > > 4) General - Hagrid is a brick. You thought the Creatorfigs were bad? At
> > > least they are mobile! This dumbing-down (juniorization) is really getting
> > > out of hand.
> >
> > I have mixed feelings about this.
> >
> > a. Yes, he's a brick. Uck.
> >
> > However . . .
> >
> > b. He is no more immobile than the LEGO Ghost figure, though,
> > whose ghostly body prevented the minifig legs from moving,
> > if the set bothered to include legs at all. From this point
> > of view, the figure is no more limited in terms of play value
> > than a well-established figure that's been out for a decade or
> > so.
> >
> > c. I hope that the beard fits normal minifigs as well! I will
> > love that hairpiece element if it does, and I will hate it if
> > it doesn't.
> >
> > d. At least he's just a brick. If LEGO had bothered to retool
> > the minifig completely to make an adult-proportioned minifig, we
> > would have even more cause to be concerned that minifigs were
> > being phased out entirely. At least this "just-a-brick" concept
> > doesn't threaten the idea of minifigs completely, the way that Creator
> > minifigs do.
>
> Good points all, but there would be realy great play value in a new larger
> scale figure in minifig style, so new scale models could be made with a
> parent-child type dynamic...not phased out minifigs, just new scale
> opportunities (look what some folks have already done with matching
> Technic/Creator figs...a really neat idea in my mind!)
>
> My guess on the Hagrid head/hair/beard...one big glued-together lump.
Hagrid's body did look like a brick in the box art for the PC game, but look
at the pic of Hagrid posted by Monica Wilbur a few posts back - note his arm
- that's a Creator-fig arm (and yes, that means his head/hair/beard will be
one big glued-together lump).
Ken
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