LEGO has produced more than 4000 different Minifigures. Their variety approaches the one of small biological systems. Similar to pre-gentic biologist, we need a taxonomy to order the Minifigures. Several online communities, such as Peeron, Bricklink, Lugnet and Bricksets have created such taxonomies, which are based on the LEGO themes of the sets in which the Minifigure appeared first. If, for example, a new LEGO sets in the theme “SpongeBob SquarePants” contains a new Minifigure, then this figure will be put in the category “SpongeBob SquarePants”. Continue reading “Taxonomy for LEGO Minifigures”
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Collecting LEGO Minifigures
I had the honor to visit Frans Snijders Blok in Bussum for the last three days. He has collected nearly ALL LEGO Minifgures. His collection is just amazing! He is also offering special sets and pieces at this online shop Blokbricks.
Lego Minifigures
Yesterday I visited Martin Jaspers, who has got an amazing collection of Lego Minifigures. Together we photographed his collection of approximately 1300 figures. Here are some examples of the the results:
