Talk:Minifigure

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[edit] Seeking the Grail

It seems as though this page ought to mention the all-LEGO spinoff short film adaptation of the Camelot musical sequence from Monty Python and the Holy Grail. It can be found on the special edition DVD along with the Python film. -- EncycloPetey 05:48, 7 November 2005 (UTC)

Hmmm, could be. The makers of the film explicitly stated their pride in that they didn't make any custom pieces for the movie, but chose between old heads and pieces that most sufficiently fit the characterts, etc. 85.226.122.227 02:37, 9 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Minifig article

There apparently exists another minifig article. Could someone merge and redirect? 85.226.122.227 02:22, 9 December 2005 (UTC)

  • I added the merge tag. Calicore 22:41, 24 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Proto-Minifigs

Does someone know when these 1st proto-minifigs came out? Seems to be 1975.... Roughly the same size as a traditional minifg, but without real movable arms and legs. Their heads had the same broadth as a minifig, plain yellow without any facial features (After that, all minifigs had the same classic plain smiling face, until the pirates line in 1989), and they had a few different hats, like the classic cap, cowboy hat and braids. They looked approximately like this, and the article should mention them:

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85.226.122.227 13:24, 9 December 2005 (UTC)

Yeah, I looked it up now on Lugnet. Seems these proto-minifigs arrived in 1975, but quickly disappeared when the 1st real minfigs showed up, after that, the legs have only been used in one promotional set for the back of a flower wagon 1978 http://www.peeron.com/inv/sets/1620-2 and torso and legs as a statue in a Netherlands-only set 1983 http://www.peeron.com/inv/sets/1592-1. Sad fate, huh? 85.226.122.227 14:11, 9 December 2005 (UTC)
(Whoops, It wasnt NL only, but the set seemingly had some custom stickers depending on which country it was shipped to. Didn't know that Lego did that... =S 85.226.122.227 17:03, 9 December 2005 (UTC)
By the way, something should be mentioned about these early figure-like characters with heads, arms, hands and headgear, (the rest of their body was built with traditional Lego bricks,), seems to be called "maxifigures", and afaik, they were the first real Lego figures, that weren't just ordinary bricks put together, the 1st set came out in 1974 http://www.peeron.com/inv/sets/200-1, but there haven't ebeen any new sets since 1982 85.226.122.227 14:11, 9 December 2005 (UTC)
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