Lego_Minon

Thank you so very much, only in 2 sets no wonder I had trouble finding it. :D

I recently bought a bundle of Lego and have been sorting the minifigures out as they were very mixed up, different heads, legs etc. However I can't seem to find this particular minifigure torso anywhere and wondered if anyone on here would be able to help P.S I know the Lego is filthy and in poor condition but I couldn't say no to a bargain :D http://

Ah don't worry, I appreciate your help. :) Been away from home for a few days, will get round to posting later, fingers crossed someone knows of it. :D

Hi Dave, i'm still waiting to be accepted onto the forum, will chase them up :) I suspect it may not have been actual Lego either, although the instructions certainly resembled Lego's own. Definitely not Bristle bricks or stickle bricks as I call them. This was definitely small bricks like Lego. Thank you for your help though, every reply could lead me closer to finding the phone :D

Thank you BrickCurve. This search is turning into a wild goose chase. I'm sure I can't have been the only one to have had the booklet / brochure. However, I can't find a mention of it anywhere online or in the books I have purchased so far. I will take a look at the one you mentioned, and remain hopeful that I find it soon. :D

Once again Dave I really really appreciate your help, the phone; as you suspected, isn't the one I remember, but it's still heartening to know that you're helping in my search. I've applied to become a member of Brickset, just waiting for the confirmation and then i'll get posting. I honestly never imagined finding it would be this difficult. :( It's so frustrating to have a partial memory that I can't 100% recall.

Hmmm perhaps that 10% of uncertainty was warranted then, i'm sure they went together somehow I just wish I could remember 100% This is so frustrating :(

Eeek right after yet more googling / part searching I have found something which rings a bell. I'm 90% sure that the way the parts connected to form the phone shape used edges like these. where you could clip them together. I'm sure the plates used were 2 largish ones (perhaps 16x16) and a smaller one for the top on which the phone rested. Now for my question, did Lego produce plates with this type of edge, as I can't seem to find any https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?P=312c#T=C

Haha thank you for the insight into American life :) I'll see if they're able to help. (Although it's not looking very likely) :(

Thank you for taking the time to reply Dave, what's an APB? I will definitely try and ask around. It's driving me crazy not being able to find it. :(

Right i've been wracking my brains all night, this search mission is driving me crazy. I'm pretty sure the green part wasn't a hinged part but it did have ridges similar to one linked below, so you could fit them together and make a tent shape, if that makes sense. However, google is proving fruitless as it seems Lego haven't produced a large plate like this? (I think it was 16x16 but I can't be sure) Were there any other brands at the time which imitated Lego and produced a part like this? I'm 99% sure the booklet was Lego, but since i've not been able to find a mention of it anywhere, and nor has Dave, i'm getting very confused. The plate (I think) were similar to this without the 1x4 bar, they had ridges so you could join them together to make a tent shape http://www.ebay.com/itm/LEGO-Car-Truck-Vehicle-White-Hinge-Hinged-Plate-Vehicle-Roof-Top-Lot-1-/201540539757?hash=item2eecc0956d:g:y9wAAOSw1DtXIXSr

Thank you for looking, but unfortunately that's not the one (It's pretty cool though) I'm almost sure it was a booklet / manual not a magazine. I don't think it was an actual set, as there were other things in the book, and i've searched like crazy and think it would have come up if it was an actual set. :(

Hi Dave, sorry yes in hindsight not putting a year was daft :D I had the booklet in the mid 90s. The book had instructions which I think were similar to the ones here https://uk.pinterest...10207476489065/ Not easy, but nor were they hugely complicated to build, roughly 10+ steps. You are correct there were other models in the book, but I have no recollection of any other than the phone, sorry. It was not the one from you picture, although that has come up a lot in my search, i'm sure it was Lego, as apposed to any other brand. The phone was pretty big, certainly large enough for a child to use as a play phone. The phone was made to mimic a push button, I think it used 2x2 bricks to mimic the buttons. there was no cord, just the handset which went on the top. I have also included a crude drawing to hopefully show how the phone was made up, the bricks jutted out, and i think it was made up of 2 flat green parts (there may have been a hinge to join them, sorry I can't remember more clearly)

When I was younger me and my sister had a lot of Lego, and along with it a few instruction / helpful booklets. Sadly this Lego was passed on and so too were the booklets. :( One of these showed you how to make an old fashioned phone using flat plates (i'm 99% sure these were green in the example shown) and making the phone piece out of normal bricks (I think they were red in the example shown) The phone was similar in style to the attachment, quite blocky (obviously, as it was made of Lego) I have been trying to find the booklet for several months now, and have drawn a blank at every turn :( I would really like to find it so I can give it as part of a present for my sister's birthday, as she often reminisces about making these phones when we were children. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.