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Re: Skeletons are Minifigs too
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lugnet.loc.au
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Thu, 29 Jul 2004 03:25:44 GMT
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In lugnet.loc.au, Kerry Raymond wrote:
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In order to achieve the loc.au monthly trivia quota, I offer the following
research insights on the Hogwarts Castle Mark 2 (set 4757).
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Wohoo! And this is just an analysis of the figures. I can’t wait for the
actual review!
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Personal inspection of a built set reveals the following 9 items which might
(by some) be regarded as minifigs: Harry Potter, Hermoine Granger, Ron
Weasley, Draco Malfoy, Prof Dumbledore, Prof Trelawney, 2 dementors, 1
skeleton.
Now as has already been pointed out, LUGnet thinks there are only 8
minifigs, and points you to Peeron for the inventory.
Now on Peeron, it also claims there are 8 minifigs in the set, despite
having an inventory that lists:
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Now the Harry Potter purists among us, and heavens knows etc, might prefer
me to call the dementor pogo sticks something completely different, and
heavens knows what that might be but I’m sure you’ll tell me, on the grounds
that pogo sticks are fun and dementors are not, so clearly whatever it is
that keeps dementors upright (or sidewise if SNOT mounted, I mention that
point especially for Richie’s benefit to try to head off the otherwise
inevitable discussion of whether dementors could be SNOT mounted on the side
of a tidal-estuary frigate) isn’t going to be a pogo stick.
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A tidal-estuary frigate with lateral amidships dementors... now there’s an
idea...
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However, I am
pretty sure that even the Harry Potter purists among us will agree that J.K.
Rowling did not mention that dementors were levitated (or otherwise
competing with gravity) through the use of a Bar 2L With Two Clips And Top
Antistud, at least not in my copy of the book. And, of course, it is
entirely possible that prior to becoming a dementor, the entity later to
become a dementor
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You mean dementors are made, not born? Can you imagine the careers advisor at
school: “Well, you could become an accountant, join the tax office, or become an
outgoing-call centre operator, but you’d make a perfect dementor.”
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If you start counting legs, you run into a
number of special cases, e.g. how many legs does Prof Trelawney virtually
possess beneath her skirt and how many legs does a dementor have (does a
pogo stick count as one, or are there two vestigal legs on a dementor to
enable it to balance on the pogo stick?) . Best not to bother trying to do
arithmetic with legs given these unknowns and imponderables.
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If something can be counted, then it should be counted, statistics collected,
and misleading conclusions leaped to.
It’s interesting that you mention legs. Whenever I’m at at one of those things
where I have to “tell the group something interesting about yourself” (which is
mostly work-related stuff, but could just as easily be a group therapy session),
I always make the bold claim that I have more than the average number of legs
for a human.
And is Ross’s post merely a coincidence?
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Bricklink however appears to be right on the money, or at least right into
my money, as it lists the set as having 9 minifigs of 8 unique types, having
apparently been unable to spot the subtle difference between the two
dementors
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I thought it may have been one boy dementor, one girl dementor... but you’ve
already established this not to be necessary.
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Indeed, I almost wanted to ask for my money back as the set omitted the
mandatory falling axes and 2x2 blue brick.
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Hurrah! No blue brick!
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However, the truth lies in quantum physics, exemplified by Schrodinger’s Cat
in the case of physicists, and heaven knows etc, or the skeleton of 4757 in
the case of the Lego enthusiasts. Put simply, from the point of view of an
observer, the skeleton either exists as a minifig with some probability or
does not exist as a minifig with the complementary probability, depending on
the position of the swivel wall, and thus we cannot count it as a whole
minifig.
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IANAP, but I think most people miss the point of the whole Schroedinger’s cat
thing: Schroedinger didn’t like cats.
Adieu
Richie Dulin
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| (...) Could the dementors gravity repulsion (or indeed general repulsiveness) be harnessed as a useful source of propulsion? Or perhaps a military weapon-type application? Could a model that includes dementors be said to suck? (...) So many jobs (...) (20 years ago, 31-Jul-04, to lugnet.loc.au, FTX)
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| In order to achieve the loc.au monthly trivia quota, I offer the following research insights on the Hogwarts Castle Mark 2 (set 4757). Personal inspection of a built set reveals the following 9 items which might (by some) be regarded as minifigs: (...) (20 years ago, 28-Jul-04, to lugnet.loc.au) !
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