Comments on: Tell us your minifig facts and win a $25 LEGO Shop gift card [w00t!] http://www.brothers-brick.com/2008/05/02/tell-us-your-minifig-facts-and-win-a-25-lego-shop-gift-card-w00t/ "It's just zis blog, you know..." Tue, 02 Dec 2008 06:47:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Sophia Zucker http://www.brothers-brick.com/2008/05/02/tell-us-your-minifig-facts-and-win-a-25-lego-shop-gift-card-w00t/#comment-54091 Sophia Zucker Sun, 19 Oct 2008 04:08:53 +0000 http://www.brothers-brick.com/?p=2180#comment-54091 Samuel: In response to your comment about Ogel, Lego also calls him Evil Ogel which, spelled backwards,makes "Lego Live" and if you switch the words, spells "Live Lego". Kinda creepy. Samuel: In response to your comment about Ogel, Lego also calls him Evil Ogel which, spelled backwards,makes “Lego Live” and if you switch the words, spells “Live Lego”. Kinda creepy.

]]> By: LEGO Blog: The Brothers Brick » Blog Archive » All the minifigs ever could fill 170 swimming pools http://www.brothers-brick.com/2008/05/02/tell-us-your-minifig-facts-and-win-a-25-lego-shop-gift-card-w00t/#comment-38177 LEGO Blog: The Brothers Brick » Blog Archive » All the minifigs ever could fill 170 swimming pools Wed, 14 May 2008 05:06:09 +0000 http://www.brothers-brick.com/?p=2180#comment-38177 [...] Some more great minifig facts Jamie came up with: [...] [...] Some more great minifig facts Jamie came up with: [...]

]]> By: Samuel Christian http://www.brothers-brick.com/2008/05/02/tell-us-your-minifig-facts-and-win-a-25-lego-shop-gift-card-w00t/#comment-37105 Samuel Christian Fri, 09 May 2008 18:45:45 +0000 http://www.brothers-brick.com/?p=2180#comment-37105 Oh yeah: You know Ogel (Bad guy from Alpha Team) OGEL is LEGO spelt backwards! Oh yeah: You know Ogel (Bad guy from Alpha Team) OGEL is LEGO spelt backwards!

]]> By: Peter http://www.brothers-brick.com/2008/05/02/tell-us-your-minifig-facts-and-win-a-25-lego-shop-gift-card-w00t/#comment-36252 Peter Tue, 06 May 2008 05:07:46 +0000 http://www.brothers-brick.com/?p=2180#comment-36252 Brue: I only went with minifigs that were definitively based on a specific actor. I considered many of the ones you mentioned, but the minifigs of the Joker and Penguin are not based on on either cartoon version (and in fact look very different from their respective cartoon designs). If voice acting was considered, even more would open up, like Jim Cummings, who provides the voices for both Tigger and Winnie the Pooh. Since the Ewoks are not specified, I didn't count them. Counting them, Kenny Baker has two for R2-D2 and Paploo the Ewok. Brue: I only went with minifigs that were definitively based on a specific actor. I considered many of the ones you mentioned, but the minifigs of the Joker and Penguin are not based on on either cartoon version (and in fact look very different from their respective cartoon designs). If voice acting was considered, even more would open up, like Jim Cummings, who provides the voices for both Tigger and Winnie the Pooh. Since the Ewoks are not specified, I didn’t count them. Counting them, Kenny Baker has two for R2-D2 and Paploo the Ewok.

]]> By: Robert Gurskey http://www.brothers-brick.com/2008/05/02/tell-us-your-minifig-facts-and-win-a-25-lego-shop-gift-card-w00t/#comment-36110 Robert Gurskey Mon, 05 May 2008 17:09:33 +0000 http://www.brothers-brick.com/?p=2180#comment-36110 I did some rough calculations about 1.5 years ago and calculated that the total number of unique minifigs using legs, hips, hands, arms, torsos, and head was 8,181,068,395,500,000 or about 1.2 million per person on the planet. Of course, new torsos, heads, and legs patterns have increased this number greatly. Don't ask about headpieces (hair, hats, helmets) or shoulder pieces (capes, airtanks, etc.). I didn't even consider footwear or hand held items. This is worthy of a Brickfest (Fair, World) discussion. I did some rough calculations about 1.5 years ago and calculated that the total number of unique minifigs using legs, hips, hands, arms, torsos, and head was 8,181,068,395,500,000 or about 1.2 million per person on the planet. Of course, new torsos, heads, and legs patterns have increased this number greatly.

Don’t ask about headpieces (hair, hats, helmets) or shoulder pieces (capes, airtanks, etc.). I didn’t even consider footwear or hand held items.

This is worthy of a Brickfest (Fair, World) discussion.

]]> By: Samuel Christian http://www.brothers-brick.com/2008/05/02/tell-us-your-minifig-facts-and-win-a-25-lego-shop-gift-card-w00t/#comment-35678 Samuel Christian Sat, 03 May 2008 23:12:48 +0000 http://www.brothers-brick.com/?p=2180#comment-35678 Forget the second one.(I just realized the facts had to be about minifigures!) Forget the second one.(I just realized the facts had to be about minifigures!)

]]> By: Samuel Christian http://www.brothers-brick.com/2008/05/02/tell-us-your-minifig-facts-and-win-a-25-lego-shop-gift-card-w00t/#comment-35677 Samuel Christian Sat, 03 May 2008 23:11:09 +0000 http://www.brothers-brick.com/?p=2180#comment-35677 Here are some more! - There are about 62 LEGO bricks for every one of the world’s 6 billion inhabitants. - Children around the world spend 5 billion hours a year playing with LEGO bricks. - More than 400 million people around the world have played with LEGO bricks. - More than 400 billion LEGO bricks have been produced since 1949. Stacked on top of each other, this is enough to connect the Earth and the Moon ten times over. - 7 LEGO sets are sold by retailers every second around the world. - The LEGO bricks sold in one year would circle the world 5 times. Here are some more!
- There are about 62 LEGO bricks for every one of the world’s 6 billion inhabitants.
- Children around the world spend 5 billion hours a year playing with LEGO bricks.
- More than 400 million people around the world have played with LEGO bricks.
- More than 400 billion LEGO bricks have been produced since 1949. Stacked on top of each other, this is enough to connect the Earth and the Moon ten times over.
- 7 LEGO sets are sold by retailers every second around the world.
- The LEGO bricks sold in one year would circle the world 5 times.

]]> By: Samuel Christian http://www.brothers-brick.com/2008/05/02/tell-us-your-minifig-facts-and-win-a-25-lego-shop-gift-card-w00t/#comment-35627 Samuel Christian Sat, 03 May 2008 18:40:21 +0000 http://www.brothers-brick.com/?p=2180#comment-35627 The first minifigures with faces different from the average eyes and grin were Pirates in 1989. They alo were the first with different body parts, such as hooks and peglegs. 2003 was when there were first fleshy minifigs and were in the Basketball sets. The first minifig head that wasn't cyndrical was Jar Jar's. Lego had sold 3,700,000,000 minifigs by 2003 and are still selling more by the year! The first minifigures with faces different from the average eyes and grin were Pirates in 1989. They alo were the first with different body parts, such as hooks and peglegs. 2003 was when there were first fleshy minifigs and were in the Basketball sets. The first minifig head that wasn’t cyndrical was Jar Jar’s. Lego had sold 3,700,000,000 minifigs by 2003 and are still selling more by the year!

]]> By: bruce http://www.brothers-brick.com/2008/05/02/tell-us-your-minifig-facts-and-win-a-25-lego-shop-gift-card-w00t/#comment-35602 bruce Sat, 03 May 2008 16:15:03 +0000 http://www.brothers-brick.com/?p=2180#comment-35602 Peter, If you check this thread: http://www.fbtbforums.net/viewtopic.php?t=25613 there are a few others who might qualify, though less directly. Mark Hamill is the voice of Joker in the cartoon series, so you could argue he's there twice. Another voice actor, Tom Kenny, does the voices of Spongebob, the Penguin and Biggs (this last in a video game). Warwick Davis was a Gringotts Goblin and also the ewok Wicket. Of course, it would be fair to argue that none of these count. Another note on minifigs, James Stacey has a wealth of information on his site, minfig.co.uk. Here is an article from an internal LEGO newsletter: http://www.minifig.co.uk/default.asp?id=10 including the original patent: http://www.minifig.co.uk/picture.asp?pID=443 and a timeline: http://www.minifig.co.uk/default.asp?id=17 Bruce Peter,

If you check this thread:
http://www.fbtbforums.net/viewtopic.php?t=25613
there are a few others who might qualify, though less directly. Mark Hamill is the voice of Joker in the cartoon series, so you could argue he’s there twice. Another voice actor, Tom Kenny, does the voices of Spongebob, the Penguin and Biggs (this last in a video game). Warwick Davis was a Gringotts Goblin and also the ewok Wicket. Of course, it would be fair to argue that none of these count.

Another note on minifigs, James Stacey has a wealth of information on his site, minfig.co.uk. Here is an article from an internal LEGO newsletter:
http://www.minifig.co.uk/default.asp?id=10
including the original patent:
http://www.minifig.co.uk/picture.asp?pID=443
and a timeline:
http://www.minifig.co.uk/default.asp?id=17

Bruce

]]> By: Gambort http://www.brothers-brick.com/2008/05/02/tell-us-your-minifig-facts-and-win-a-25-lego-shop-gift-card-w00t/#comment-35521 Gambort Sat, 03 May 2008 08:27:34 +0000 http://www.brothers-brick.com/?p=2180#comment-35521 Your first fact makes me gag, Rocko. Your first fact makes me gag, Rocko.

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