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| | | Author: | Rarah  | | Posted: | Oct 10, 2018 06:13 | | Subject: | micro minifigures - item type? | | Viewed: | 105 times | | Topic: | Catalog | | Status: | Open | |
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| It would be nice if we could have "Micro Minifigures" as a new minifigure type
or part type. There is no way how to filter them today. The "micro" is not even
mentioned in their names.
Would be nice if we could filter them and if someone want´s to buy many different
ones he can simply filter and search by that item type.
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| | | | | Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Oct 10, 2018 06:19 | | Subject: | Re: micro minifigures - item type? | | Viewed: | 57 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Suggestions, Rarah writes:
| | It would be nice if we could have "Micro Minifigures" as a new minifigure type
or part type. There is no way how to filter them today. The "micro" is not even
mentioned in their names.
Would be nice if we could filter them and if someone want´s to buy many different
ones he can simply filter and search by that item type.
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You can do this ...
https://www.bricklink.com/v2/search.page?q=90398*#T=A
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| | | | | | | Author: | novabrick | | Posted: | Oct 10, 2018 07:12 | | Subject: | Re: micro minifigures - item type? | | Viewed: | 44 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Suggestions, yorbrick writes:
A bit confusing. It's either a "minifig" or a "minifig, utensil" depending
on what it is used in the set. I can see the blank unprinted statuette as the
latter. But the printed ones should be under "Minifig" in my opinion.
Christian
novabrick-team
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| | | | | | | | | Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Oct 10, 2018 07:23 | | Subject: | Re: micro minifigures - item type? | | Viewed: | 45 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Suggestions, novabrick writes:
| | In Suggestions, yorbrick writes:
A bit confusing. It's either a "minifig" or a "minifig, utensil" depending
on what it is used in the set. I can see the blank unprinted statuette as the
latter. But the printed ones should be under "Minifig" in my opinion.
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I agree it is confusing, but then some of them are used as characters, whereas
others are, for example, representing toys (minifigures). So we have a trophy-fig
representing a character and it is a minifig, whereas another trophy-fig representing
a minfiigure is not a minifigure!
I think the NASA Astronaut in particular is characterised incorrectly. These
represent people (just not named) so should be minifigures.
It would be easier if all microfigs (the game pieces) got their own category
and all trophy figs or whatever else people want to call them, also get their
own.
Until that happens, searching by the part number with an asterisk is the simplest
way to see them all.
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| | | | | | | | | | | Author: | randyf | | Posted: | Oct 10, 2018 11:59 | | Subject: | Re: micro minifigures - item type? | | Viewed: | 40 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, yorbrick writes:
| | I think the NASA Astronaut in particular is characterised incorrectly. These
represent people (just not named) so should be minifigures.
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I tried to have this changed a while back, and it was rejected with no explanation
and no response from the Catmins after multiple attempts at communication.
https://www.bricklink.com/messageThread.asp?ID=226017&nID=1055785
Randy
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| | | | | | | | | | | Author: | Rarah | | Posted: | Oct 10, 2018 23:32 | | Subject: | Re: micro minifigures - item type? | | Viewed: | 31 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, yorbrick writes:
| | In Suggestions, novabrick writes:
| | In Suggestions, yorbrick writes:
A bit confusing. It's either a "minifig" or a "minifig, utensil" depending
on what it is used in the set. I can see the blank unprinted statuette as the
latter. But the printed ones should be under "Minifig" in my opinion.
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I agree it is confusing, but then some of them are used as characters, whereas
others are, for example, representing toys (minifigures). So we have a trophy-fig
representing a character and it is a minifig, whereas another trophy-fig representing
a minfiigure is not a minifigure!
I think the NASA Astronaut in particular is characterised incorrectly. These
represent people (just not named) so should be minifigures.
It would be easier if all microfigs (the game pieces) got their own category
and all trophy figs or whatever else people want to call them, also get their
own.
Until that happens, searching by the part number with an asterisk is the simplest
way to see them all.
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I would simply put them all into 1 category and best described as microfigure
because searching by model number as showen above will make it hard when other
models expand the family like for example the black SW soldiers comming in 2018
or the mini vader and so on .. I just want them in one simple category like we
have everything. Why should I have to search the model numbers first nad even
there will be many and who knows if I even find them all. Simple sollution is
to make a group for them and add them to the minifigure section. They clearly
represent minifigures in a micro version. Even as utesil it´s fine as long as
they can be filtered all at once.
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | Author: | Hygrotus | | Posted: | Oct 11, 2018 02:22 | | Subject: | Re: micro minifigures - item type? | | Viewed: | 26 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, Rarah writes:
| | I would simply put them all into 1 category and best described as microfigure
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They are described as Statuette, all of them, so it easier to type this word
to the search box than part number
https://www.bricklink.com/catalogListOld.asp?q=statuette
and if you serch by name Statuette you will find second mold:
so it is better to remember this name than part number.
| | because searching by model number as showen above will make it hard when other
models expand the family like for example the black SW soldiers comming in 2018
or the mini vader and so on
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This is the second mold, see above and if you try to call it "black SW soldiers"
Harry Potter fans will argue with you because black one was used recently as
Dementor in Harry Potter set  
and trans light blue was Palpatine hologram
.. I just want them in one simple category like we
| | have everything. Why should I have to search the model numbers first nad even
there will be many and who knows if I even find them all. Simple sollution is
to make a group for them and add them to the minifigure section. They clearly
represent minifigures in a micro version. Even as utesil it´s fine as long as
they can be filtered all at once.
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So they can be filtered all at onec use word "Statuette"
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Oct 11, 2018 07:25 | | Subject: | Re: micro minifigures - item type? | | Viewed: | 20 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| | | They are described as Statuette, all of them, so it easier to type this word
to the search box than part number
https://www.bricklink.com/catalogListOld.asp?q=statuette
and if you serch by name Statuette you will find second mold:
so it is better to remember this name than part number.
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That works fine while there is only one other type of statuette, but if many
more are made then part numbers are useful. Also you need to recall it is called
a stauette on BL, along with the bricklink names of many other parts. The official
lego part name is "MINI FIGURE TROPHY" (along with "No. XX" for the printed ones).
It is a shame that the official lego name cannot be attached to the parts too.
If often find I cannot recall the BL name for a part and sometimes even what
category it would be in, so I tend to use the solution of recalling a set with
the part in, looking at the inventory for that set, spotting the basic part to
get the number, then searching for the part number with an asterisk to bring
up the printed or similar variants too.
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Author: | Hygrotus | | Posted: | Oct 11, 2018 07:45 | | Subject: | Re: micro minifigures - item type? | | Viewed: | 30 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, yorbrick writes:
| | If often find I cannot recall the BL name for a part and sometimes even what
category it would be in, so I tend to use the solution of recalling a set with
the part in, looking at the inventory for that set, spotting the basic part to
get the number, then searching for the part number with an asterisk to bring
up the printed or similar variants too.
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Frequently doing the same 
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Author: | Rarah | | Posted: | Oct 15, 2018 11:17 | | Subject: | Re: micro minifigures - item type? | | Viewed: | 16 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, Hygrotus writes:
| | In Catalog, Rarah writes:
| | I would simply put them all into 1 category and best described as microfigure
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They are described as Statuette, all of them, so it easier to type this word
to the search box than part number
https://www.bricklink.com/catalogListOld.asp?q=statuette
and if you serch by name Statuette you will find second mold:
so it is better to remember this name than part number.
| | because searching by model number as showen above will make it hard when other
models expand the family like for example the black SW soldiers comming in 2018
or the mini vader and so on
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This is the second mold, see above and if you try to call it "black SW soldiers"
Harry Potter fans will argue with you because black one was used recently as
Dementor in Harry Potter set
and trans light blue was Palpatine hologram
.. I just want them in one simple category like we
| | have everything. Why should I have to search the model numbers first nad even
there will be many and who knows if I even find them all. Simple sollution is
to make a group for them and add them to the minifigure section. They clearly
represent minifigures in a micro version. Even as utesil it´s fine as long as
they can be filtered all at once.
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So they can be filtered all at onec use word "Statuette"
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Oh nice thanks for the hint "Statuette" I would have never guessed this ..
it´s also the problem right? and I am a LEGO builder for over 20 years ...
this part category/name/description has space for improvement as I think it will
get very popular with more sets including them and soon I think they can form
a wide range of micro figures and lots of MOCs will include them (the very reason
I need them too - armies of them).
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