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Re: here comes the next wave of 2001 sets...
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lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.general
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Date:
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Tue, 7 Nov 2000 15:31:19 GMT
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Don Heyse wrote:
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> In lugnet.year.2001, John Rudy writes:
> > In lugnet.year.2001, James Trobaugh writes:
> > > Hey are these a new kind of LEGO people?
> > >
> > > http://www.1000steine.de/katalog/2001/4118.jpg
> > >
> > > I've don't recall seeing them anywhere before.
> > >
> > > jt
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> > I Don't Know, but if that "girl" hair fits minifigs, I can tell you what
> > Hermione from "Harry Potter" will look like. Is that frizly male hair?
> > -John Rudy
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> Yes. This picture looks like it has the hair from the three
> main characters of the Harry potter books.
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> http://www.1000steine.de/katalog/2001/4176.jpg
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> Don
It does indeed look like the three main characters from the Harry Potter
books. Which leads me to the question: why? I do not think LEGO would
release the main characters from an upcoming theme ahead of the theme's
release. These are a brand new type of figure for LEGO. I believe
that these might have been developed as a prototype for the HP
theme...but we will see something different when the theme is released.
What do I think about the new figures? I haven't decided. BUT, they do
address a lot of the concerns that people have voiced about "minifig
scale" here on this group. These figures are much more realistically
porportioned than minifigs and they would add a sense of realism of
movement that would allow all sorts of new play possibilities with
Lego. I agree with another poster that thought LEGO might be testing
the waters by releasing these gigs in BASIC-style sets first. But if
they become mainstreamed and part of what used to be called SYSTEM, it
will be a whole new ballgame. My prediction...kids will love the new
figures...LEGO will sell larger sets with more prefab pieces that take
less time to build...and Lego will become more of a Playmobil-type play
toy aimed at the 4-7 yo crowd (before they move onto video gaming
proper).
The minifig is dead...long live the <*gasp*...these haven't been named
yet>
Some suggestions:
Articulated Fig (Artifig)
Realistic Fig (Realfig)
Kinetic Fig (Kinetifig)
Action Fig
Life-like Fig (Biofig)
hmmm...these all suck...but I'm sure someone will come up with something
good...
--
Thomas Main
main@appstate.edu
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