Wondering whether my minifig is authentic?

[Maugz]

Hi All,

I'm new to this forum, and also quite new to the Lego CMF scene (but really loving it!).

I recently acquired a Series 6 Sleepy Head from the second hand market, and some parts of it seemed a little dubious. Wanted to check with some of the gurus on this site, who also have this minifig, to possibly help me identify if the minifig is authentic.

I noticed that the Lego logo is not printed on the bottom of the minifig's feet - is this something that was only recently implemented (in light of all the fakes)? Should I be concerned that mine doesn't have it? There is a Lego logo in between the connecting pieces for the legs though.

The second thing I thought was a little bit weird is that the top of the head (where the hair fits) has holes in them. The more recent minifigs that I have collected have the Lego logo printed on the top of the head.

Thanks in advance for the help.

[Alfadas]

As for the legs, I can't really help you. For the head, it is most likely an authentic Lego piece. For about 1-2 years (not really sure) Lego has been making Lego heads with the Logo on top, without holes in them. Older figs have some sort of Mercedes logo in their head, the 3 way star. That is, if a child swallows it, he/she can still breath a bit. Hope this helped!

[Mellow]

I just had a closer look to my collection, and I can tell you, my Series 6 Sleepyhead has no Lego-prints under it´s feet, too.

The same is also valid for all my Minifigs from Series 1 to 11.

The first Simpsons-Series and Series 12 are the first of my Minifigs with that Lego-print under their feet.

Some of my Series 12 Minifigs even have just one foot (the left) with that Lego-print, so I think they changed the molds in that time.

As Alfadas told, there are different heads in circulation.

The head of my Sleepyhead has an open knob with three bars in it, that reminds a little bit of the Mercedes-Star.

Older heads are completely closed with a Lego-print on it´s knob.

On newer heads the knobs are inverted and closed, with a Lego-Print inside.

[Maugz]

Thank you both Alfadas and Mellow. This has been very helpful. Am glad to know that I did not get an imitation :-)

[pittpenguin123]

As for the legs, I can't really help you. For the head, it is most likely an authentic Lego piece. For about 1-2 years (not really sure) Lego has been making Lego heads with the Logo on top, without holes in them. Older figs have some sort of Mercedes logo in their head, the 3 way star. That is, if a child swallows it, he/she can still breath a bit. Hope this helped!

Why did they stop those holes if it was a safety feature?

[Ardelon]

Yeah, that explanation always bugged me for this very reason.

[Mellow]

I don´t think those holes have ever been a very effective protection against choking.

If the head is swallowed sidewise, there´s also no way left for air circulation.

The human body has a wonderful function, he starts to cough while throbbing between the bladebones.

Swallowed parts will be carried out in most times by this way, but I don´t think this works very good when the air can stream through the swallowed part.

In the other way, there are so many swallowable Lego-parts in comparable sizes without any holes in it.

If that head-holes were really designed to counteract choking, they were not very consequent in doing that...

The most cases of choking on infant is caused by food parts, not by swallowed toys.

[Alfadas]

The swallowing is only something I have read a while ago, don't even remember where. But I guess you are right, it doesn't really make sense to only make one part with airholes in it, and the dozens of other parts without.