Subject:
|
Re: minifigures in robes?
|
Newsgroups:
|
lugnet.harrypotter
|
Date:
|
Sat, 28 Apr 2001 20:38:23 GMT
|
Viewed:
|
3047 times
|
| |
|
|
In lugnet.harrypotter, Matthew Gerber writes:
> OOOHHHHHHH... " 'confirmed' "! Sorry, I didn't know that 'confirmed' meant
> gospel truth...truly, very sorry about that.
>
> I took a couple of minutes to trace the posts I believe you are referring
> to. Excerpts include:
>
> "Fortunately, someone posted a rumour here a while back stating that the
> sets
> would definitely be minifig-scale... I think it was copied over here from
> 1000steine, the German website, and was supposedly leaked from a friend in
> LEGO at some stage. By now, certainly, there should be plenty of people
> inside
> the LEGO corporate structure privy to that most basic piece of information,
> so
> I feel confident in believing it."
>
> "Anyhow the report was that the Potter sets will use minifigures, but that
> Hagrid will be larger somehow. I have no idea how they are going to do
> that.This makes sense to me as the System piece range, typical size and
> price ranges seem to mesh with the core Potter audience of 7-12 years.
> Creator sets and figures are aimed at a lower age range. I am hoping that
> someone will get a glimpse of the Potter sets from either the Nernberg or
> New York toy fairs though. C'mon, surely someone is getting in!"
>
> But the kicker is...the original post you speak of!
> http://news.lugnet.com/general/?n=26426
>
> I wonder how you say confirmed in German?
Die Harry-Potter-Figuren sollen MINIFIGS sein, keine Creator- oder
Belville-Figuren
which means
"The Harry Potter Figures shall be minifigs, no Creator- or
Belville figures." The implication is shall in the English
'will' sense, not the English 'should' sense. But I'm not
sure of the veracity of the poster, what their source is.
Native German speakers feel free to deflate me.
best
LFB
|
|
Message is in Reply To:
 | | Re: minifigures in robes?
|
| OOOHHHHHHH... " 'confirmed' "! Sorry, I didn't know that 'confirmed' meant gospel truth...truly, very sorry about that. I took a couple of minutes to trace the posts I believe you are referring to. Excerpts include: "Fortunately, someone posted a (...) (26 years ago, 8-Apr-01, to lugnet.harrypotter)
|
18 Messages in This Thread:
 
  
- Entire Thread on One Page:
- Nested:
All | Brief | Compact | Dots
Linear:
All | Brief | Compact
|
|
|
|
