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Which side do you have on top?

Poll ended at Sun Sep 12, 2004 6:21 pm

"Long" side
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"Short" side
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Okaaaaay, this is a rather silly question, but is there a "correct" or "incorrect" way to have hands on a minifig? I always have them with the "long" side on top, but LEGO themselves do it the other way round... Any opinions?

"Long" side up http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=795162


The "short" side is the opposite.[/url]
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That's what I do...as well...
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Post by Formendacil »

Long side on top. And if you look at Lego pics, you'll see that that is the most common way, even for official pictures. I think that the only reason that they come with the short side on top has to do with the way they are put together.
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Post by Jojo »

Hello!


For display I have the figs with the long side on top. Only in special occasions I turn the hands "down". It's a different angle then.
Usually, when opening a new set, the first thing I do is turning the hands in the right position.


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Post by Sir Garth »

Long side on top of course
Otherwise it looks like your characters are all mongols with weapons.
*And the bulls arrive in kk2*
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Sir Garth wrote:Long side on top of course
Otherwise it looks like your characters are all mongols with weapons.
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Post by Sir Garth »

Erm...
They hold things in the wrong way to
*And the bulls arrive in kk2*
Cedric the bull: "Hahaha Leo we're here to- wtf?"
*and the bulls see some happy knights bouncing at each other with carts*
Cedric (shocked): "I guess we got the wrong KK''
Bull soldier (frightened): "Lets go back"
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Hello!
Sir Garth wrote:They hold things in the wrong way to
Is this a fact?


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Post by J1A3L5 »

I always put them "long" side up. For me too it's one of the first things I do when I get a new set.

To me that just looks more like the real shape of a hand. If you make your hand into a fist, look at the overall shape. Across the top it will be "flat" and the bottom and front will have more of a curving shape. Just like a little LEGO person.

Also, when put that way a figure can hold more things - the hand can act as a stud.

However, in some cases the hand "upside down" (If I can call it that?!) looks better. This picture of mine is a good example of that, in my opinion.


Has anyone else noticed that not all figures seem to have hands upside down anymore? Not that I really pay a whole lot of attention, but I don't recall having to flip the hands on some more recent sets.
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Post by Bruce N H »

Hey Jail,

I noticed that too in the most recent set I opened--of 3 figs, only one had "upside-down" hands.

On the question, most minifig utensils are at the correct angle when you have the long side up (of course there are exceptions as in Jail's example).

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Post by Daimyo »

Emperor James wrote:
Sir Garth wrote:Long side on top of course
Otherwise it looks like your characters are all mongols with weapons.
?
I'll go with James on this one: ?
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Post by J1A3L5 »

Bruce N H wrote:I noticed that too in the most recent set I opened--of 3 figs, only one had "upside-down" hands.
Hi Bruce,
I have a set I'm going to open later today, a World City set, it has two figs, so I'll make sure to check them. I'm sure it's all a matter of how they're made - Maybe different machines are more recent or use a slightly different technique, or something?
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Post by lil Jon »

When i was a little kid, i didnt care which way the hands were. But when i got older i started putting the long side up mainly because thats how they were in the pictures.
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Long side up, always!
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Post by Formendacil »

I think long side up is the intended way. Short side up is just a packaging/production thingy, either due to protection issues or creation issues. At least I think so.

Of course, some poses require short side up. There is nothing wrong with that, says I.
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