Assamite Posted March 13, 2007 Posted March 13, 2007 Join the Minifig Reveiw! Post on color scheme, parts, preference, etc. Decide which hoist the flag of piracy and which are condemned to Broadside's prison! This week's minifig is... The Pirate Wench So thought's people? Quote
Governor Mister Phes Posted March 13, 2007 Governor Posted March 13, 2007 Was this the first non Town female mini-figure or did the castle theme have one earlier? I'm thinking it was the castle theme as early as 1986 but someone would need to confirm that... What nice lips she has! Quote
El Bucanero Posted March 13, 2007 Posted March 13, 2007 Was this the first non Town female mini-figure or did the castle theme have one earlier? I'm thinking it was the castle theme as early as 1986 but someone would need to confirm that...What nice lips she has! Well, according to Peeron, the face only appears in the Pirate sets. And I thought the faced used for a female minifig in the castle line was the same... :S Mr Tiber Quote
Norrington Posted March 13, 2007 Posted March 13, 2007 It is Mr.T (Snickers under breath because of A-Team reference). The head is used on the maidens, and Mr.P, the first castle female was with the 1982(?) Knights joust set. Quote
Captain Roger Posted March 13, 2007 Posted March 13, 2007 i've always liked that minifig because is original...she appeared in some sets with red bandana...and in others with blue bandaa...in any case is a cool minifig...but i don't like his head so much...she has woman lips...but she has short hair...like a guy....i think she should wear long hair...as the red hair girl of Ice planet 2002 in lego space Quote
Norrington Posted March 13, 2007 Posted March 13, 2007 Rodger, its a stereotype that girls MUST have long hair and guys MUST have short hair. Most of the high-ranking men in my colony have long hair for status, only lowly peasants and black smiths must have short hair. In fact, when my 6-7 year old cousins come over, they call all the men with long hair 'girly', so I spite them by giving all the upper-class-men moustaches and long hair, so there. Also, if I'm not misaken, notorious female pirates Mary Read and Anne Boney cut their hair short even when Calico Jack Rackham knew they were women. Quote
simonwillems Posted March 13, 2007 Posted March 13, 2007 I remember getting one of my first piratesets, the minifig pack from 1989, when it was first released. This fig. was in it, but with the blue bandana instead of the red one. Never really found good use for her though, at least not in the piratetheme.... Sometimes as a wh*re (censored for you Americans...). :-P Quote
Norro Posted March 13, 2007 Posted March 13, 2007 These have always been cheap replacements for the far more expensive castle version of this torso in my eyes... :-D God Bless, Nathan Quote
Capn Frank Posted March 13, 2007 Posted March 13, 2007 Her face came in the forestmen's crossing also in the king's mountain fortress both of which were availible in 1990 if i remember correctly, i think the castle ones came with a solid stud on top. the BSB came with her face first in 1989 i think i don't think any other sets came with her earlier than that. Thanx for the censoring simonwillems :) P Quote
Governor Mister Phes Posted March 14, 2007 Governor Posted March 14, 2007 Wasn't there a female mini-figure in the Guarded Inn or Black Smith Shop or some set like that predating 1989? Quote
Capn Frank Posted March 14, 2007 Posted March 14, 2007 Wasn't there a female mini-figure in the Guarded Inn or Black Smith Shop or some set like that predating 1989? I don't think so. All the females in castle sets had plain faces before 1989. Although I'm not absolutely sure on this. This is from browsing through the older sets @ brickfactory.com. The guarded inn had a female with a plain face, see link. And this blacksmith shop was released in 2002, see link. P Quote
Governor Mister Phes Posted March 14, 2007 Governor Posted March 14, 2007 And what of town? Did any town sets have female mini-figure heads? Or did they too use the generic smiley face? Quote
Assamite Posted March 14, 2007 Author Posted March 14, 2007 And what of town? Did any town sets have female mini-figure heads? Or did they too use the generic smiley face? Pretty sure Pirate was the first theme to abandon the smiley. Female fig's have appeared in lego sets since the advent of the mini fig, but the Wench is the first one to have an obvious female face and bodice. CM Quote
Athos Posted March 14, 2007 Posted March 14, 2007 I'm pretty sure Pirates was the first theme to have faces with more than the original smiley. And since the BSB was part of the original line and included the pirate wench, I think its safe to conclude she was the first printed female face. Castle did have female figures, specifically the aforementioned inn keeper in the Guarded Inn and also the princess from the highly sought after Maiden's Cart. Personally, when I first saw the wench, I thought she was just a male pirate who had chapped lips... Steve Quote
Governor Mister Phes Posted March 14, 2007 Governor Posted March 14, 2007 Nevermind her curvaceous body then Mr Athos :-D Quote
Scouty Posted March 14, 2007 Posted March 14, 2007 And I was about to say the "pirates came first with different printed faces." Ah, well. I think she's one of the best pirate figs of the pirate line. Well, that is to the fact that she is the only female figure in the entire Pirate line... Quote
Athos Posted March 14, 2007 Posted March 14, 2007 Nevermind her curvaceous body then Mr Athos :-D Well to be fair, I didn't actually own the set, and had to peer at the little pictures in the catalog, so I couldn't see the torso... just the face. Well, that is to the fact that she is the only female figure in the entire Pirate line... Not so. Don't forget the Islander Princess. Steve Quote
Scouty Posted March 15, 2007 Posted March 15, 2007 Hmmm, that is true. Though, I'm not that informed about the figures in the islander theme. Quote
Governor Mister Phes Posted March 15, 2007 Governor Posted March 15, 2007 Did you make that smiley yourself Mr Imperial Scouts? Quote
Landlubber Posted March 15, 2007 Posted March 15, 2007 Castle chicks only had plain faces. they were obvious as women due to their hair, hat , or torso with necklace. I have the guarded inn and the maidens cart in my castle collection somewhere. The pirate series was the first minifigs I remember as having printed faces. Quote
Governor Mister Phes Posted March 15, 2007 Governor Posted March 15, 2007 You know lads, you're absolutely correct that the Pirate theme broke the traditional "smiley face" mould. But when did the other themes follow suit? I recall that Castle was using Pirate faces at one stage. Quote
Capn Frank Posted March 15, 2007 Posted March 15, 2007 You know lads, you're absolutely correct that the Pirate theme broke the traditional "smiley face" mould. But when did the other themes follow suit? I recall that Castle was using Pirate faces at one stage. I'm pretty sure is was 1990 was introduced in castle in 2 sets, so it was the very next year started to "invade" CC also. Her face came in the forestmen's crossing also in the king's mountain fortress both of which were availible in 1990 ... P Quote
Scouty Posted March 15, 2007 Posted March 15, 2007 Did you make that smiley yourself Mr Imperial Scouts? I'm surprised, I posted it in the New Smiliey!! thread. But, yes, I did make it. Quote
Dreamweb Posted June 18, 2007 Posted June 18, 2007 (edited) That's a true classic. Great torso, although I prefer it with yellow arms instead of white (= no sleeves) - it wasn't released that way but I customised all of my wench torsos to be like that. Yes, it was the first female face in the history of Lego, and yes, in 1989 when Pirates appeared, Castle minifigs still had normal smileys, and yes, the first other-than-standard-smiley faces that appeared in the Castle line were in fact the same as the Pirate faces. About the short/long hair issue - this head looks pretty good with long black hair on it, so it doesn't necessarily have to be short. Edited June 18, 2007 by Dreamweb Quote
Sir Dano Posted December 3, 2008 Posted December 3, 2008 So, who will be the first to do a comparison of her and the new pirate wench? Quote
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