The minifigs are not included. But are available as magnets.

Statue of Liberty

Here is the reason I wanted this set. For the stand haha.

Taxi

Unfortunately there isn't room to fit a minifigure.

If you remove the steering wheel a Minifig can sit but the roof wont close.

Or you can remove the legs.

And what would NYC be without cops harrassing you?

Have you changed the minifig arms ?

I have the same, as a magnet (I guess you unglued it), but with gree arms, got it at the NYC Lego Store during my last trip there.

I just picked these up a few days ago when I was there. They're silly, but I love them all the same. The Statue sorta rides that line of being good and being terrible, and it's hard to decide how I feel about it. I think if the Minifigure didn't exist, it would be good, and the attempt at brick-building it is as good as can be at the tiny scale [it looks decent and more aesthetically appropriate with the Architecture NY buildings than the CMF Statue would]. Oh, and the pieces really shoulda been sand green instead of regular green, but what are ya gonna do? Although if you turn the slope/flame representing the torch 45 degrees to the front, the whole thing looks a ton better.

Also, I wanna get little NYCTaxi stickers to put on the doors of the cab, and something for the ad bar. That woulda really solidified that set.

Just posted about this in the general forum - Wife and I were in NYC this weekend and wanted to get a bunch of the Big Apple set. Too bad it's now disco there and replace by these. We thought the statue was pretty lame (especially w/ the excellent minifig version).

Have you changed the minifig arms ?

I have the same, as a magnet (I guess you unglued it), but with gree arms, got it at the NYC Lego Store during my last trip there.

Yes I did. I didnt like the different color arms.

That stand actually looks pretty good with the CMF. I might have some building to do.

I think the biggest problem with the Statue of Liberty set is the hat. The spikey crown is perhaps the most iconic part of the real statue's profile. Not sure how they could have recreated it with regular bricks though