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(...) <jaw drops> <eyes pop> Wa-HOOOOOOO! :):):):):) (...) Awesome choice for the first Legend! The price point means any LEGO-buyer can afford it. :) (...) That must have been quite a trick. Will the minifig heads have solid studs? Will the minifig (...) (23 years ago, 8-Jun-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) yes, some of us will have to have both :) (23 years ago, 8-Jun-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Actually, I believe the style from that vintage would have been torsos with no tabs at all... --Bill. (23 years ago, 8-Jun-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) My bad. I'm just a LEGO young'un, I am... Steve (23 years ago, 13-Jun-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) In 1986? No way. The tabs were around before 1983 (or started that year), as I had never seen the tabless torsos until I picked up a used copy of 6390 Main Street. Now that I think about it, I have some older sets I never noticed "missing" (...) (23 years ago, 14-Jun-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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The tabs were definately there as far back as 84, all the lion and black falcon torsos had tabs "William R Ward" <bill@wards.net> wrote in message news:m266e67clj.fsf@...iew.com... (...) studs? (...) (URL) (formerly known as hermit@bayview.com) (...) (23 years ago, 14-Jun-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Hmm. I recall that the old Classic Space minifigs didn't have the tabs, and I believe they were still around in '84. Perhaps that theme got the newer minifigs later for some reason? In those days I scoffed at any Lego sets that weren't (...) (23 years ago, 14-Jun-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Uh, what the heck are these "tabs" you guys are talking about?? Thanx, KDJ ___...___ LUGNETer #203, Windsor, Ontario, Canada (23 years ago, 14-Jun-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Separate the torso from the legs of a minfig, and look into the underside of the torso piece. The tabs are bits of plastic that stick out from the sides and match up with the studs on the legs. Originally, minifigs had no tabs, then smaller (...) (23 years ago, 15-Jun-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Ahh, now I see. I still really don't understand why they're so significant. Ditto for the stud on the minifig head... KDJ ___...___ LUGNETer #203, Windsor, Ontario, Canada (23 years ago, 16-Jun-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) They're not, really. Some people, especially collectors (as opposed to builders), care about such things, however. It is a way of determining the age of a piece, which affects its value to collectors. --Bill. (23 years ago, 19-Jun-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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