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(...) yet. (...) Good news (or thought): If creator figs replace mini figs, then kids will ask "Why were all the old star wars figures short and fat?". This could make the guys who made star wars (I can't remember the company name) angry, so they (...) (24 years ago, 3-Feb-01, to lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.general)
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(...) Har, I thought of something much worse when I first saw the Creator figures: Lego could concievably re-issue a bunch of Star Wars vehicles in the new Creator scale, say, starting three years from now (as the Episode II sets are starting to (...) (24 years ago, 3-Feb-01, to lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.general)
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(...) FWIW I think the death of the minifig is more about the expiration of the patent on those elements than anything else. The Best Lock figs are a straight rip-off of the minifigs we all know and love. I'd suspect Lego is going in this new (...) (24 years ago, 3-Feb-01, to lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.general)
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in article G85w3s.KKv@lugnet.com, Will Hess at willhess@simflex.com wrote on 2/2/2001 9:20 PM: (...) See, now I think this is just crazy. Why on earth didn't Lego trademark the minifig? Then (although I am no lawyer), patent or no patent, no one (...) (24 years ago, 3-Feb-01, to lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.general)
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"Rob D." <htduck.geo@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:B6A0F4E7.11222%...hoo.com... (...) on (...) the (...) new (...) the (...) I think thats what the previous post said. i.e. they were patented. However, patents eventually run out, as they now are (...) (24 years ago, 3-Feb-01, to lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.general)
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(...) I'm not sure I'd place that much significance on the Creator figures. I'd note that they look to be a similar scale to Fabuland (though perhaps with not quite the charm of Fabuland). Fabuland came and went during the life of minifigs. In fact, (...) (24 years ago, 4-Feb-01, to lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.general)
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(...) You don't have dogheaded monsters in your castle set-ups Frank? Shame on you!! It looks like Creator heads have the same connection as Belville, Technic and Fabuland (and Scala?): see (URL) With a bit of Brasso/craftknife work on the torsos (...) (24 years ago, 5-Feb-01, to lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.general)
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(...) Mainly because the Belville figures are similarly scaled to Techinc figures. -Andy && Yes, I am a master of the extreme obvious. How can you tell? (24 years ago, 5-Feb-01, to lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.general)
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in article G8B3ot.IHu@lugnet.com, Andy Verner at andyvvv@aol.com.net.org.edu.gov wrote on 2/5/2001 4:55 PM: (...) Except that the adult female's butt is too big to fit in the chairs/drivers' seats... Ow! (Rubs knot on head raised by burp thrown by (...) (24 years ago, 6-Feb-01, to lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.general)
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(...) That's an advantage of the vehicles which have a Model Team style built up seat. The specific vehicle I had in mind is 8428/8432 in which the cabin is not quite tall enough for adult Belville figures (I don't think Technic figures work too (...) (24 years ago, 6-Feb-01, to lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.general)
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