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"J.D. Forinash" wrote:
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> In article <G85sKw.DrI@lugnet.com>, Kevin Zwicker <kevin1@netrover.com> wrote:
> > www.brickset.com/view.asp?Set=4115-1
> > www.brickset.com/view.asp?Set=4117-1
> > www.brickset.com/view.asp?Set=4172-1
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> I don't think I like the Creator figures, but I also wonder what it was like
> back in '78... "Arms?! On minifigs?!"
I remember it well. My mom bought me set 709 Police Boat on an out of
town trip (I was 8 or 9) and I have a distinct memory of sitting in the
back seat (of a large, gas-guzzling Ford Ltd.) and opening the box,
building the model and moving the new, posable minifig. I thought it
was GREAT that you could move the arms and legs and that the fig had a
smiley face painted on it! The only thing I found strange was that you
couldn't take apart the torso and legs to make a fig sit like the
previous ones...at first I thought that a seated minifig looked stupid
and less realistic than the "lap" seating that was posible with the
older figures.
--
Thomas Main
main@appstate.edu
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> One thing the Creator figs have going for them is they look more
> "to scale".,,,
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> -JDF
> --
> J.D. Forinash ,-.
> foxtrot@cc.gatech.edu ( <
> The more you learn, the better your luck gets. `-'
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| (...) I was six or seven and I remember loving the fact that they finally had faces. Finally they weren't just mannequins. And I also loved the helmets. In addition years later when the yellow castle came out I was astonished by the visors and (...) (23 years ago, 5-Feb-01, to lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.general)
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