Special MiniFig

[Syn]

I have a minifig that I believe came with the first copies of Lego Island, (great game back in the day) and he has always had a special place for me, During play someone had changed his head with out me knowing and I'm still looking for the correct head! All of my other minifigs I've changed this and that on them, but I never went as far as to modify them.(which is why this isn't in the minifig section, Unless I've screwed up because I'm new and in such case if a Moderator could steer it that way I appreciate it and my apologies.)

So my Question is to you is; Are there any Minifigs that you've kept for years and never changed or maybe just swapped heads on and decided to keep it that way for you and only you?

Sorry for the image quality my iPhone normally takes better photos but its being finicky today.

[Endigo Vandane]

My minifig policy is as follows:

All minifigs are kept by theme.

If I have multiple copies of a minifig in a theme, one will be kept original and the others either modified (usually means a switching of heads) or used for parts.

For example, I have several City police officers from different sets that are identical.

So they are either identical twins or the same fig that has the power to be in different places at the same time. I can live with the twin idea as long as there are two or three of them, but eight is stretching it a bit.

So I take all my police figs, pick out the best copy of each fig and put them to one side. Then I take the remaining figs, remove the heads, dive into my headbox and pick suitable and different heads for each of them.

And unless there is already one in the original line up, I always give one a classic smiley face. But that is just a personal preference.

Now, if you do this in a theme like Pirates, you will have quite a few people who are wearing the same outfit. In that case I switch around everything, recombining torsos with legs and heads with hats (or hair), giving everyone a unique look.

I have been doing this for twenty years now, so yes, there are a lot of minifigs that I've never changed in all that time.

[Sandy]

I don't keep any of my sets in tact, and my minifigs are likewise all separated into parts, even the duplicates. I just want all the possible pieces to be available when I build figs for my comics and MOCs.

The great charm of Lego is that if you "break" something, you can always put it back together. The same applies to the countless of awesome minifigs I own.

[blueandwhite]

I mix and match my figures to suit my needs. I've always seen LEGO as a construction toy so I've never treated any figure or set as something sacred. Almost everything I have is broken down for MOCing purposes. Of course there are a few exceptions like the CC and UCS sets. I think you'll find that there are two distinct groups of AFOLs; collectors and MOCers. For most MOCers, breaking a set into bricks is what LEGO is all about.

[Syn]

Ohh don't get me wrong, I love changing stuff. If I had to be put into one of those categories I would be a MOCer but the Infomaniac Came with Lego Island which I think was the first Lego PC game ever made. I'm not sure though I could be wrong, but I know it was defiantly in the earlier years because I was still running Windows 95. I do agree with only doing them by themes though because I hate it when people would come over and put the Microphone Head (usually from the Space Shuttle sets I had 2 of those and the shuttle shipment plane) on a Pirate body and that's just silly.

[autobrick]

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If I have multiple copies of a minifig in a theme, one will be kept original and the others either modified (usually means a switching of heads) or used for parts.

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I do this too, although I do like to mix them up once in a while to create new characters. When I'm done, uh, playing building they will go back to their original forms.

Somewhat off-topic, but I played Lego Island when I was younger as well, although my copy did not come with the Infomaniac minifigure. The comic/manual it came with was pretty cool and I'm sure I still have it somewhere (the game CD itself cannot be read, however ).

Edited January 2, 2011 by autobrick