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Re: What makes a minifig?
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Tue, 11 Apr 2000 03:24:02 GMT
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Where do the Monkeys fit in?
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> From: "Lorbaat" <eric@nospam.thirteen.net>
> To: lugnet.starwars@lugnet.com
> Subject: Re: What makes a minifig?
> Date: Mon, Apr 10, 2000, 10:16 AM
> In lugnet.starwars, Tim Saupé writes:
> > I am curious, as I don't have an extensive knowledge of LEGO. Sebulba is a
> > "piece", and characters that are made of parts like Pit Droids or Gasgano are
> > not minifigs.
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> > Could someone make sense of all of it?
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> There was a big conversation about this a while back. What it all boils down
> to is personal judgement, really.
>
> In my view, Pit Droids aren't "minifigs", nor is Sebulba. It is tempting for
> me to say that what draws the line for me is legs and torso w/arms (as in, • they
> have to be there) with whatever head... I think of Jar Jar as a minifig, but
> there were some people who did not. I will also consider 3PO and Chewie
> minifigs.
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> But the problem is that I feel that there are other things that are minifigs
> that don't fit that rule- ghosts are minifigs, IMHO, and they don't have legs.
> R2-D2 is a minifig to me, and he doesn't have a single "minifig" element.
> Ditto the Battle Droids.
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> So I guess I'm no help in clearing it up, no. Sorry. <:D
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> eric
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| (...) They don't. <grin> -Shiri BTW, Gary: all your replies are beginning new threads instead of getting attached to the posts you're replying to. Do you know why? (I'm guessing it's not on purpose ;-) (25 years ago, 11-Apr-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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