Happy 30th birthday to the LEGO minifig!
The LEGO minifigure turns 30 today. The very first minifig I got was in 1978, when I was 3 years old. Mr. Policeman had a stickered torso (right).
Today, minifigs are of course my favorite aspect of playing with LEGO, mainly because minifigs represent infinite possibilities.
Former LEGOLAND Master Model Designer Mariann Asanuma puts it best: “Minifigs, in all their countless varieties, are one of the best things that LEGO ever invented.” Indeed.
Naturally, the Internet is abuzz with congratulatory messages for our little plastic friends.
Here at The Brothers Brick, we’re hosting the GO MINIMAN GO Photo Contest, and Gizmodo is hosting a GO MINIMAN GO Video Competition.
If you’re interested in reading all about how the minifig was invented, you can read Minifig History on Minifig.co.uk.
It may just be another day at the office for Justin Vaughn:
But Michael Jasper, the Leonardo da Vinci of minifig builders, conveniently updates his “Things” folder with a pair of tricycles:
There’s a surprising turn of events in this birthday scene by J.R. Schwartz:
So, a very happy birthday to the LEGO minifig! I hope I’m still playing with minifigs when I’m 63, and then again when I’m 93.
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August 25th, 2008 at 11:13 pm
This is all so much fun, isn’t it??
Really and truly, the minifigure is what, I believe, catapulted LEGO from “great toy” to “household name”. Not directly, maybe, but because of where things went as a result.
Here’s the first of our posts related to all of this if anybody wants to read it:
http://www.pause.com/index.php/happy-31st-er-30th-birthday-lego-mini-fig/
August 26th, 2008 at 2:51 am
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August 26th, 2008 at 5:33 pm
Is it wrong that I am lusting after that girls hair in the first pic? I want that for my collection…
August 26th, 2008 at 7:10 pm
MATT: Not at all. That hair piece is very cool. Unlike the other long wigs I’ve seen, it doesn’t fit straight to the fig’s back. This means that you can turn the head/hair together and also seat the fig in a chair–the hair hangs behind the chair. Its a shame that this wig and the figure are only in the more expensive Agents sets.
October 16th, 2008 at 8:02 pm
[...] Okay, not really (my wife would kill me if that were true), but Casper’s brother created this stunning bronze sculpture to celebrate the minifig’s 30th birthday. [...]