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Re: Why do you hate the Jar-Jar minifig?
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Wed, 24 May 2000 06:57:15 GMT
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In lugnet.loc.au, Benjamin Whytcross writes:
> 
> But if you get the head off, it wouldn't be too bad as a gargoyle on a
> building...Or as an ornament on a bridge for a SW castle, like in the middle
> ages...'Por encourage les autres' :) Now that would have looked good on the
> Naboo capital !

JarJar makes a good statue. I used the head and hands from JarJar, and the
reversed torso and legs from Anakin giving an all tan idol that stands quietly
in the jungle overgrowth.

> If you can remove the head!
> 
> <TLG's plans revealed ?>
> JUST REALISED...the head doesn't come off easily because TLG are using him
> as a test for the mini-fig junior...head is molded as a part of the torso,
> and is set facing forward. This way they can cut back even further on the
> number of pieces in a model.

"You can tell we are Lego because we are not Playmobil."

> For those fans of earlier lego, looks like the 'stiffs' may be returning,
> but with the head as a part of the torso....or WORSE, lego-land is about to
> be taken over by the figs from basic in the 80's.
> </TLG's plans revealed ?>

Midi-figs (Fabuland size) do have removable heads (I think) -- it just takes a
bit of effort (since they're not supposed to be removable).

Dave



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  RE: Why do you hate the Jar-Jar minifig?
 
(...) But if you get the head off, it wouldn't be too bad as a gargoyle on a building...Or as an ornament on a bridge for a SW castle, like in the middle ages...'Por encourage les autres' :) Now that would have looked good on the Naboo capital ! (...) (26 years ago, 24-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au)

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