xenologer Posted January 6, 2009 Posted January 6, 2009 (edited) I've noticed that depending on where I look, the different miner minifigs seem to have either no names, or conflicting names for the same character... Anyone have a clearer idea? The latest website update seems to show 4 of them: doc, rex, brains, and duke however none of those 4 pictured on site match the 'unibrow' minifig that came in the Granite Grinder set. or the guy with the star logo on his torso from the Thunder Driller set. Comparing to my latest catalog... they list mr unibrow as 'doc' and doc(from website) as 'duke' and duke(from website) as 'rex' So Yeah, between the in-mail catalog and the website there are not enough names to match the faces, and they seem to be playing 'musical chairs' with them about the only thing all the sources agree on, is the guy with monacle and mustach is 'brains', the rest is up for grabs Anyone have any better luck in figuring out who the heck is who? P.S. there's also the 'promo bag' (thanks KimT) which seems to list a few names, but even this info seems to have problems, as it lists Duke in both 8956 and 8958 which are clearly different minifigs... Edited January 6, 2009 by xenologer Quote
KAHUKA Posted January 7, 2009 Posted January 7, 2009 I've noticed that depending on where I look, the different miner minifigs seem to have either no names, or conflicting names for the same character...Anyone have a clearer idea? The latest website update seems to show 4 of them: doc, rex, brains, and duke however none of those 4 pictured on site match the 'unibrow' minifig that came in the Granite Grinder set. or the guy with the star logo on his torso from the Thunder Driller set. Comparing to my latest catalog... they list mr unibrow as 'doc' and doc(from website) as 'duke' and duke(from website) as 'rex' So Yeah, between the in-mail catalog and the website there are not enough names to match the faces, and they seem to be playing 'musical chairs' with them about the only thing all the sources agree on, is the guy with monacle and mustach is 'brains', the rest is up for grabs Anyone have any better luck in figuring out who the heck is who? P.S. there's also the 'promo bag' (thanks KimT) which seems to list a few names, but even this info seems to have problems, as it lists Duke in both 8956 and 8958 which are clearly different minifigs... I'm sorry but thats just confusing. So as jack sparrow says thats even more than less than unhelpfull Quote
skelliesgang Posted January 9, 2009 Posted January 9, 2009 The Unibrowed fellow in both the Granite Grinder and Thunder Driller set is the same character (Duke). That's supposed to be ash/grime on his face, not a 5 o' clock shadow in the Driller set. Quote
xenologer Posted January 10, 2009 Author Posted January 10, 2009 The Unibrowed fellow in both the Granite Grinder and Thunder Driller set is the same character (Duke). Thanks for the good observation, they may very well be the same guy. Except... on the powerminers website he's labeled as 'Doc' instead of 'Duke'. And on page 11 of my lego catalog... the grimey version is called 'Duke' and the clean version is called 'Doc' So I'm thinking someone at TLC is still pretty confused about the storyline here... Quote
calebexo01 Posted April 15, 2009 Posted April 15, 2009 i have been studying many different pictures of the miners and have concluded that: Brains: white body, test tube on shirt, glasses on face. included in: Mine Mech and Crystal Sweeper Doc: grey body, grey arms, yellow hands, star on shirt, triangle mouth with point on right side, cheek lines. included in: Thunder Driller Duke: grey body, yellow arms, dark grey hands, dirt (not beard thing)on face (except where goggles would go) drill on shirt. included in: Thunder Driller Rex/Engineer/unnamed miner: grey body, yellow arms, dark grey hands, bomb on shirt, triangle mouth with point on right side, metal piece on right side of forehead with red wavy line running down right side of face underneath the metal. included in: Crystal Sweeper and Boulder Blaster. named Rex in some pictures named Engineer in other pictures Rex/Engineer/unnamed miner: grey body, yellow arms, dark grey hands, drill on shirt, square smile, dotted beard. included in: Claw Digger and Stone Chopper. named Rex in some pictures named Engineer in other pictures unnamed miner: grey body, yellow arms, dark grey hands, drill on shirt, triangle mouth with point on left side, light grey beard on sides of face. included in: Granite Grinder Quote
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