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.
Anatomy of LEGO Minifigures
Category: News
Geek Dad on Wired told the story behind the book
Geek Dad, a section of Wired, published an article about the creation of the catalog. I am grateful to have received such a flattering review.
Summer Scholarship Available
I have been able to acquire a summer scholarship for a student to work on a minifigure classification software. You get to spend a productive summer (November-February) in the beautiful New Zealand to work on this project. You can find out more about this great opportunity at this address:
http://www.hitlabnz.org/index.php/people?view=project&task=show&id=19
Book review from The Brickshow
The amazing Jason Forthofer from The Brickshow reviewed the catalog and the video is now available:
20% Discount at Amazon.com
Amazon.com is giving a discount on the book. It is only 69 USD! Go an get your copy as long as this discount is available!
Read the catalog on an iPad
The amazing palais has figured out a way to display the eBook on an iPad. Here are the instructions:
- First download Adobe Digital Edition (ADE) to your local computer.
- Now create an Adobe Account on the Adobe website. You can sign in at pretty much any of their pages. Look for the “sign in” at the top right.
- Authorize your local copy of ADE using your account details. Got to Library -> Authorize Computer…
- Now download the Bluefire Reader for iPad from the App store.
- Also authorise Bluefire with your Adobe Account details. You can change the authorization later in the Info tab.
- Now you can download the eBook from Lulu to your local computer.
- You need to transfer the eBook onto the iPad now. Open the Apps tab in iTunes when the iPad is connected, and select Bluefire and ‘add’. You will find the actual file in MacintoshHD/Users/”Your user acct”/Documents/Digital Editions/The_Unofficial_LEGO_Minifigure_Catalog.pdf
- You now need to Sync your iPad with the computer.
- When you open Bluefire on your iPad will find the eBook in your library and you should be able to read it!
Would you like to write a review?
It would be great if some of you could write a review about the catalog on Amazon.com, so that other LEGO fans know what they are going to get.
Book available for purchase at Amazon.com
Good news everyone! The Unofficial LEGO Minifigure Catalog is now available for purchase at Amazon.com
Old Photograph at LEGO
While going through some old photographs I came across this memory. Me posing on top of some bricks in what must have been 1997. Ahhh, those memories…
Book listed at Amazon.com
The book is now listed at Amazon.com. It is not yet possible to purchase it, but that is just a matter of days.