June 18, 20159 yr On 6/1/2015 at 11:12 PM, danth said: I don't think this is true. The first minifigs came out at the same time as the first Town, Space, and Castle sets. Unless you count the earlier pre-minifig people with no arms and single-piece legs, but I don't know that they were intended to represent children. The first minifigs I had were both children in Homemaker families -- The Kitchen and bathroom sets. Lego 269, kitchen: http://brickset.com/sets/269-1/Kitchen Lego 261, Bathroom: http://brickset.com/sets/261-1/Bathroom Edited June 18, 20159 yr by Sarah
June 18, 20159 yr Years ago I always wanted moveable short legs, but as I got older that grew out of me. I just want everything kept the same; no moveable elbows, no jointed knees, no moveable short legs-the minifigures may as well be poseable action figures at that rate! My reasoning is for nostalgic reasons; as a child, I loved the simpliticty of the minifigure, and I'm sure children love that too. So why change it?
June 18, 20159 yr I can't imagine Lego changing the minifig, it has now become a worldwide icon. Would be as crazy as the new coke. And frankly, visually it hasn't aged, unlike many other designs. What I would like to see again is Fabulant figures. If you look at them right now, they're still nice! The squarish legs would have to be improved, but I'm sure that Fabuland would still be a success today. In fact, the characters look like today's 3D shows for kids. On 6/18/2015 at 4:35 PM, Sarah said: The first minifigs I had were both children in Homemaker families -- The Kitchen and bathroom sets. Lego 269, kitchen: http://brickset.com/sets/269-1/Kitchen Lego 261, Bathroom: http://brickset.com/.../261-1/Bathroom Funny - I didn't know that. So they were babies? The adult ones, those have aged BADLY. The Technics ones as well.
June 18, 20159 yr On 6/18/2015 at 4:35 PM, Sarah said: The first minifigs I had were both children in Homemaker families -- The Kitchen and bathroom sets. Lego 269, kitchen: http://brickset.com/sets/269-1/Kitchen Lego 261, Bathroom: http://brickset.com/.../261-1/Bathroom Weird! I did NOT know they used minifigs as children with those giant figs. That looks crazy! Still, the modern minifigs came out in '78, a year before those Homemaker sets.
June 18, 20159 yr Personally, I would not be open to improved minifig poseability. Why? Because, at the scale they are at, it would be very difficult to make them any more poseable without compromising structural integrity, and connectivity. I have some other non Lego figures, from Kreo and Megablocs, and while they are far more poseable, I am really worried about breaking them, because the joints are so small. Lego Minifigs are iconic, and durable, so I think that Lego should stick with them. However, I would like some Technic figures...
June 18, 20159 yr There's another one with a minifigure as a little kid and one with one as a doll from '78 as well, so I guess they might have been designed to be used as both adults and kids. http://brickset.com/sets/208-1/Mother-with-baby http://brickset.com/sets/297-1/Nursery
June 18, 20159 yr That's so weird, especially since the minifigure looks better and is more poseable than the "adult" figs.
June 19, 20159 yr On 6/18/2015 at 5:25 PM, Slurpifier said: Years ago I always wanted moveable short legs, but as I got older that grew out of me. I just want everything kept the same; no moveable elbows, no jointed knees, no moveable short legs-the minifigures may as well be poseable action figures at that rate! My reasoning is for nostalgic reasons; as a child, I loved the simpliticty of the minifigure, and I'm sure children love that too. So why change it? I totally agree. I think the mini-figure is perfect that way it is. It is quite iconic! Over complications and extra details take away from a design rather than enhance it. On 6/18/2015 at 10:20 PM, Saberwing40k said: Personally, I would not be open to improved minifig poseability. Why? Because, at the scale they are at, it would be very difficult to make them any more poseable without compromising structural integrity, and connectivity. I have some other non Lego figures, from Kreo and Megablocs, and while they are far more poseable, I am really worried about breaking them, because the joints are so small. Lego Minifigs are iconic, and durable, so I think that Lego should stick with them. However, I would like some Technic figures... I thought the Technic figures were cool back in 1987. They could do a revival of them but I am not sure how they would fit into the line now.
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