The Collectible Minifigures Series 6 has shown up on the LEGO website. Lets hope that they become available soon.
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New Photos of 2011 and Non-Standard Scale Figures
Three days of photographing and 3182 photos later I am exhausted but happy in Amsterdam. I rediscovered my love for Fabuland and experienced great difficulties with making Scala & Belville figures stand up. Now the great sorting will start.
The LEGO Minifigure Terracotta Army
Dutch artist Leon Keer recreated the Terracotta Army using LEGO Minifigures at the Sarasota Chalk Festival. This is an amazing work. Leon might also be behind the giant Minifigure that recently “washed ashore”.
Trains
I visited the Big Model Train Show and was amazed by Graham’s train setup. I wish I had that many rails and trains…
Errata
The book is of course never complete and never completely correct. Several supporters already offered their help to find mistakes. I would like to share them with you, so that we deal with them only once. Please comment on this post to add your corrections to the book.
- On page 148, lic.stw.ep3.2005.20 is referred to as “Medical Droid”. Its name is actually “FX-9 Surgical Assistant Droid” – Thanks David!
- On page 148, lic.stw.ep3.2007.05 is showing set number 4755-1 on page 313. This is a Harry Potter set number. The actual set number Kit Fisto appeared in in 2007 was: 7661 – Jedi Starfighter with Hyperdrive Booster Ring. – Thanks David!
- On page 157, lic.stw.456.2008.01 is showing set number 7180-1, 7140-1, 7142-1 on page 314. Instead it was in 7668-1. – Thanks David!
- On page 297, oth.oth.oth.2009.02 and oth.oth.oth.2010.03 are no genuine Lego Minifigures. – Thanks Frans!
Photographs of 2011 Minifigures
I started photographing the Minifigures released in 2011. This time I am using a new equipment for the setup and the results are pretty sweet. Instead of video lights I am now using flash lights with soft boxes. Here is a sample photograph:
Contributions to the catalog
Several fans have offered their help with completing and maintaining the catalog. I am very grateful for this support. Below you find a list of the missing Minifigure. I will update the list, so that we avoid duplicating effort. Right now I intend to complete the Minifigure in the catalog. The required photos for 2011 will be posted later.
You can either photograph them yourself or send me the Minifigure. I will then photograph it and send it back. You can email the photographs to info@minifigure.org. I will review the photographs and then decide if the photograph is of a sufficient quality for the catalog. Please feel free to also send me some trial photographs before getting busy on a larger batch. I can also offer you an server to which you can upload larger quantities of photographs. Continue reading “Contributions to the catalog”
We Won A Bright Ideas Research Grant!
The University of Canterbury has a funding program “Bright Ideas”. It is a fund whose purpose is to help develop an innovative culture which encourages technology based ideas to “escape” from the University into the world at large. The spirit of “Bright Ideas” funding is to responsively support early stage ideas and help take them to the next stage with a maximum of flexibility and a minimum of bureaucracy.
I am happy to announce that we received a Bright Idea Grant to help us develop the App. Our new goal is to develop a cross platform App. Including iOS, Android, Windows, Mac and Linux. Lets hope we can make it work.
Reseller Wanted
Would you like to become a reseller for the Unofficial LEGO Minifigure Catalog? Do you own a bookshop and would like to sell the book in your shop? Turns out that CreateSpace, my publisher, has got a reseller program the call CreateSpace Direct. Through this you will receive a considerable discount that will enable you to sell the book with a sufficient profit margin. Check out their information and application page.
Anatomy of LEGO Minifigures
Today I took apart one of my Minifgures for a paper I am currently writing. So there you have it, head, torso, arms, hands, hip and legs. All parts are present.