Evolution of the minfigure

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Evolution of the minfigure

Post by james+burgundy » Tue Feb 05, 2008 9:33 am

This is evolution of the minfigure
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Post by Sir Lancelot » Tue Feb 05, 2008 12:57 pm

Are thou dost saying that the African minfig was an ancestor of the yellow while the good peach minifigs are the most developed?

While I would love not to post in your thread james+burgandy, I feel it my duty to correct you on this topic.

The minifigures evolution began in 1974 with the invention of the basic minifig torso. The torso did not have movable arms or legs and instead was very basic in nature.

These minfigs, while popular, where highly outclassed by the development of the modern minifigure in 1977.

In 2003, the Basketball theme brought forward the black and old-peach minifigs. These also were soon superseded by the peach minifigs of 2005. Harry Potter and Star Wars were the first themes to be brought to this glorious new level of realism, though town has slowly begun to transition.

Please keep the evolution of the minifig historically accurate...or else!

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Post by james+burgundy » Tue Feb 05, 2008 1:58 pm

Sir Lancelot wrote: Please keep the evolution of the minifig historically accurate...or else!
its the evolution of the killler minfigure and the menay kinds off ways the killers can come as not to be historic.
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Post by Sir Lancelot » Tue Feb 05, 2008 3:24 pm

james+burgundy wrote:
Sir Lancelot wrote: Please keep the evolution of the minifig historically accurate...or else!
its the evolution of the killler minfigure and the menay kinds off ways the killers can come as not to be historic.
Can you speak in normal English here. I don't understand a single thing you just said. :?

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Post by IVhorseman » Tue Feb 05, 2008 4:58 pm

yeah, i think that the correct order is yellow, brown, THEN peach. then again, i'd start with a yellow brick right at the beginning (and if anyone remembers how humans were represented in lego form in the earlier sets, please be so kind as to show a picture).

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Post by Sir Lancelot » Tue Feb 05, 2008 11:05 pm

IVhorseman wrote:and if anyone remembers how humans were represented in lego form in the earlier sets, please be so kind as to show a picture.
Gladly,

First, minifigs that are brickbuilt. First generation
http://img.lugnet.com/display.cgi?set/n ... 201994.jpg

Second, minifigs without arms. Second generation
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/e ... gs-old.jpg

Third, minfigs in yellow. Third generation
http://uplad.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en ... nifigs.jpg

Finally, minifigs in flesh and other tones. Third generation
http://www.bricklink.com/ML/hp075.jpg

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Post by Carrnevil9 » Tue Feb 05, 2008 11:09 pm

Something like this. My grandparents have a few of them in the two buckets they have. No bending arms, no bending legs. There were also larger figures but those wouldn't be mini-figs.
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Post by Bonn-o-Tron » Wed Feb 06, 2008 10:32 pm

Carrnevil9 wrote:Something like this. My grandparents have a few of them in the two buckets they have. No bending arms, no bending legs. There were also larger figures but those wouldn't be mini-figs.
I remember those ones, also, we mustn't be forgetting the Minifigs boneriffic half-cousin, the Technic man! (I haven't the foggiest what their real name is)

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Post by Sir Lancelot » Wed Feb 06, 2008 10:41 pm

Bonn-o-Tron wrote:
Carrnevil9 wrote:Something like this. My grandparents have a few of them in the two buckets they have. No bending arms, no bending legs. There were also larger figures but those wouldn't be mini-figs.
I remember those ones, also, we mustn't be forgetting the Minifigs boneriffic half-cousin, the Technic man! (I haven't the foggiest what their real name is)
True true, it would be wrong to leave out the boneriffic because they are simply boneriffic.

Well, at least I think so... :lol:

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Post by IVhorseman » Wed Feb 06, 2008 11:42 pm

technic men make great giants for fantasy battles.

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Post by Almighty Benny » Thu Feb 07, 2008 12:05 am

IVhorseman wrote:technic men make great giants for fantasy battles.
Yeah, especially when they start throwing sheep at their enemies!
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Post by Bonn-o-Tron » Thu Feb 07, 2008 8:15 am

Almighty Benny wrote:
IVhorseman wrote:technic men make great giants for fantasy battles.
Yeah, especially when they start throwing sheep at their enemies!
Too true
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Post by Sir Lancelot » Thu Feb 07, 2008 12:01 pm

Bonn-o-Tron wrote:
Almighty Benny wrote:
IVhorseman wrote:technic men make great giants for fantasy battles.
Yeah, especially when they start throwing sheep at their enemies!
Too true
Or when they use giant flails to smite their enemies... :twisted:

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Post by Commander Evil » Thu Feb 07, 2008 10:41 pm

Make them combat armor, and turn them lose.

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