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Re: to Minifig or not to Minifig ? (was: Star Wars fixes)
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Mon, 7 Jun 1999 00:17:32 GMT
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Larry Pieniazek wrote:
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> Jasper Janssen wrote:
> > You do realise that by that logic, any current day minifig is not a
> > minifig by virtue of not having a classic smilie? Or, hell, even by
> > virtue of having arms and movable legs...
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> ?? You lost me. I think we're talking about current minifigs, not the
> pre 197x ones, and I'm not too concerned about printing. My thesis, such
> as it was, is that a minifig has to have a minifig head, of whatever
> color and printing, but that just a head is not enough. It has to plug
> into a minifig torso. Under my thesis, skeletons, Jar Jar, the new
> droids, etc all are interesting, but not minifigs.
This kind of makes sense, because a minifig ought to be able to use any and
all minifig accessories that it wants to. Jar Jar obviously can't wear hats
and helmets.
The skeletons /can/ wear whatever they want (and they look really cool in
samurai armor, dk grey helmet, and carrying a halberd) but they're obviously
not minifigs, because you can't exchange arms/legs/hands/etc.
You ought to be able to take any bit off of any minifig and put it onto any
other minifig without a problem - it's the modularity that makes them minifigs.
J
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