We have worked with Lego to fastidiously accumulate and catalogue almost everyminifig ever producedinto a photographic timeline . You will be capable to see the phylogenesis of the iconic figure take up with the iconic seventies outer space , urban center and castle sets that you could see inour sole tour of the secret historic Lego vault . Sensory overload forward .
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1978
Introduction of the first minifigs as part of the Town , Space and Castle sets . They are all unmistakable . The first female minifig is introduce two months after the first manful minifigs .
1989
First change in faces inclose with the Lego Pirates . They maintain the basic expression but add extra features , like eye patches and face fungus .
1990
The first specialized minifig appears in Lego Castle : a ghost .
1993
Lego Island Adventure paper is introduced . That meansminifigs wearing bikini and G-string . Lego truckers also appear in Lego Town . manifestly , there ’s a link between trucker and thongs .
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1995
TheLego skeletoncomes out of the closet , the second specialized minifig . Aquanauts line introduced .
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1996
Lego Western appears , at last open up the possibleness of forming the Village People with Lego minifigs : The sets include cowboys and , for the first clip ever , a unlike Lego race : Native americans . By the way , this contradict the result about race that Lego gave us in ourEverything You Always Wanted to bang About Lego Guide .
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1998
Adventurer Johnny Thunder , an Indiana Jones hopeful , appears . This fall before Lego ever got into the whole licensing of movies rational holding .
1999
The now famous Lego Star Wars appears , introduce the first ever licensed minifig : Luke Skywalker .
2000
Lego Soccer scores a few goal with leaping - loaded tabletop game action . This is a very spoiled year for the account of the minifig , however : Jar - Jar Binks minifig come out , the first figure with a molded caput ever . It should have never happened . The minifig . And the movie .
2001
Lego Studios appear , so people can film movies with minifigs as characters . You hump what that means ( see bottom of Emily Price Post ) .
2002
Shorter ramification come along for the same time . Now you could have short characters like Yoda . Double - sided heads are added too , so you’re able to alter the expresion of the minifig on the go .
2003
existent races are introduced at last , as part of the licensing platform . Lego Mars Mission is herald , marking the yield of astronauts .
2005
First Lego minifig with an electrical part seem : A lightsaber .
2006
Manga do into Lego minifigs with Exo - Force , introducing new wacky hairdos made of safety .
2008
Today , there are 4 billion minifigs in the world , making it the heavy population on planet Earth .
of import note : I thought about this timeline would be a good mode to illustratehow minifigs have deepen through the last three decades . We have finally restored this unique timeline after being drop off during Gizmodo ’s move to the Kinja internet . Since so many of you always ask for it , here it is again , in all its glory .
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