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Rob
"sheree rosenkrantz" <srosez@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> In lugnet.general, Mark Papenfuss writes:
> > In lugnet.general, Sheree Rosenkrantz writes:
> >
> > > Anyone know how long they have been out? Anyone have
> > > any yet? If so what is your opinion of them? Height? Mobility- arms,
> > > legs, head? Hat, hair removable?
> >
> > They have been on sale at Legoland, CA for at least a month now. One • MAJOR
> > thing the pictures do not show in the S@H catalog is that the hands have
> > these clear plastic full circles that IMHO ruin the entire thing. The • circle
> > is so they can "hold" the pen/pencil. Note they do not grip the pen like • a
> > real minifig would grip an item. It is more of "place the pencil into the
> > hole and if you put the wrong side down, your desk will get marks on it"
> > type of thing. You can kinda see the back of the full clear plastic • circle
> > in the pic of the desk pal that is still in the box. But I personally • think
> > it is a pretty major photoshoping job they did to remove the front part • of
> > the clear circle.
> >
> > But the arms do move just as a minifigs do. The hat/hair does not come • off.
> > The head does come off - it twists off and you have to line up the notch • to
> > the hole to get it off (think a bottle of medicine lining up the arrows -
> > but with no arrows). The legs do bend at the hip so they can sit down. • The
> > base of the feet come off to reveal the items they store. And all of the
> > items that come with the desk pal do fit inside him or hang on him
> > (backpack) at some point. The feet are connected (meaning you can not • lift
> > one at a time, its both or nothing). The base will fot on a duplo • baseplate
> > (did not test it on a reg. baseplate) But it did not "click" onto the • Duplo
> > baseplate, just sat on it.
> >
> > I have been very curious about these things as I have seen them at • Legoland
> > a few times, the last time I was there they did have one out to show • people
> > how it works - thats how I found all this info out ;)
> >
> > Overall it IS cute, but those full clear plastic circles on the hands • ruin
> > it for me. If it was not for those I would have got all 3 of the ones
> > offered the day I first saw them.
> >
> > Next time I go (should be next week) I will see if I can get some pics of
> > the dispaly model if nobody has got real-life pics by that point.
> >
> > Mark P.
> > http://www.landofbricks.com
>
>
>
> Thank you for all the information on the Lego desk pals. It is impossible
> to tell from the pictures any of the critical data.
>
> I am still intrigued by them. Certainly, one of these is as close to a
> "big" minifigure as I might ever get. The hands do sound problematic.
> [hmmmm, i wonder if someone good with a dremel could rectify the • situation.]
>
> Would the Desk Pal be the right size for a child for the giant store • display
> minifigures?
>
> A picture of the real thing from either you or Maggie C. would be most
> appreciated.
>
> sheree
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| (...) Wow!!!!! I stand corrected (Thank god!) The plastic circles DO come off!! I wonder if they did something to the one they had on display at Legoland then. The one I was holding the hat did not come off, and the plastic circles were attached. (...) (24 years ago, 28-Jul-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.storage, lugnet.mediawatch)
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| (...) I finally got a chance to take a couple of pics-- and, as luck would have it, they're of the two *not* pictured by Rob. (They are the large images in the Bricklink catalog. Mark contributed images of them in their boxes.) (URL) boy pal has a (...) (24 years ago, 3-Sep-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.storage, lugnet.mediawatch)
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| (...) to tell from the pictures any of the critical data. I am still intrigued by them. Certainly, one of these is as close to a "big" minifigure as I might ever get. The hands do sound problematic. [hmmmm, i wonder if someone good with a dremel (...) (24 years ago, 28-Jul-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.storage, lugnet.mediawatch)
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