Make Your Own Princess
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Make Your Own Princess
The castle layout at NWBrickCon included an adorable female minifig with a long skirt I'd never seen before. I've recreated the design as a princess below:
I asked for permission to take her apart, learning that the "skirt" piece was actually the torso from an old fig. I promptly ran off to the Brick Bazaar, where by a stroke of luck Bob Kojima was selling these old figs for 50 cents each. I picked up a pair of them (anyone know what set or theme these are from?):
Taking a break from sorting this weekend, I tried to recreate this minifig design, but couldn't figure it out, so I came up with something similar of my own:
To create a long-skirted castle minifig of your own:
1. Take the head off an old fig with a 2x2 base and no arms.
2. Insert a Technic axle pin into an axle joiner.
3. Put the axle pin and joiner inside the old fig's body and thread the pin through the head-hole.
4. Insert the Technic pin into the minifig torso.
Note: The Technic pin will only fit into an old-style minifig torso. The new-style torsos have flanges (or something) that prevent it from fitting.
Unfortunately, my camera's battery was dead by the point when I saw this in the display, so I didn't get a closeup picture of the black farmer's hut the lady was standing next to. If you know whose design this is, please speak up!
I asked for permission to take her apart, learning that the "skirt" piece was actually the torso from an old fig. I promptly ran off to the Brick Bazaar, where by a stroke of luck Bob Kojima was selling these old figs for 50 cents each. I picked up a pair of them (anyone know what set or theme these are from?):
Taking a break from sorting this weekend, I tried to recreate this minifig design, but couldn't figure it out, so I came up with something similar of my own:
To create a long-skirted castle minifig of your own:
1. Take the head off an old fig with a 2x2 base and no arms.
2. Insert a Technic axle pin into an axle joiner.
3. Put the axle pin and joiner inside the old fig's body and thread the pin through the head-hole.
4. Insert the Technic pin into the minifig torso.
Note: The Technic pin will only fit into an old-style minifig torso. The new-style torsos have flanges (or something) that prevent it from fitting.
Unfortunately, my camera's battery was dead by the point when I saw this in the display, so I didn't get a closeup picture of the black farmer's hut the lady was standing next to. If you know whose design this is, please speak up!
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I have several of these old minifigs. They were part of the BASIC sets of the mid 80's (when I was just a little guy).
Bricklink calls them finger puppets (I suppose you could, but I never played with them like that.
I got most of mine from a BASIC bucket.
I will have to try this with one of them, it's a neat idea and a great piece usage!
Bricklink calls them finger puppets (I suppose you could, but I never played with them like that.
I got most of mine from a BASIC bucket.
I will have to try this with one of them, it's a neat idea and a great piece usage!
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Dang! I overpaid for them. Oh well, I got plenty of other great stuff for way under BrickLink prices from Bob...
Thanks Chris!
Thanks Chris!
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This is a very interesting design. I would have never thought to use such different fig peices together. Here is another stroke of genious. I might have to try this sometime.
Thanks,
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I had already forgotten about that princess and I was standing there when you discovered her. I must be getting old. Anyway, great tutorial there, sir. Definitely will have to give this a try myself.
Josh
PS. You didn't really overpay for the finger puppet figs, because on Bricklink you would have paid shipping...
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PS. You didn't really overpay for the finger puppet figs, because on Bricklink you would have paid shipping...
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Tom Rafert also left a comment on Flickr saying the hut and minifig were Gary McIntire's, but he's not sure whether the design is originally Gary's. I'll have to hunt him down and ask...
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Dunechaser, your pics aren't working, so I can't see what you're describing.
Edit
I see them now. It must have been teh surf control at my school. Anyway, this is really cool. I would never have thought of something like that.
Kelderic
Edit
I see them now. It must have been teh surf control at my school. Anyway, this is really cool. I would never have thought of something like that.
Kelderic
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Flickr might've been down overnight. Should be fine now.kelderic wrote:Dunechaser, your pics aren't working, so I can't see what you're describing.
Darkie confirmed on Flickr that the hut and fig were Gary McIntire's.
Edit: An anonymous commenter on my blog pointed me to Michael Jasper's "Things" folder, wherein lies Gary's probable inspiration:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=1877156
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Very nice... I have fond memories of those old guys as well...
God Bless,
Nathan
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Thanks for all the nice comments, everyone!
Now, go build your own princess!
Now, go build your own princess!
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I was planning on it, just as soon as I find my "finger-puppets."
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