Have you ever tried to build yourself as a minifig? If you haven’t, you might give it a try. In almost every LEGO store, there is a Build a Minifig (BAM) station, and you can also do it online either through the LEGO online minifig builder or through Bricklink. At… Continue reading
This is Part 2 of the article series. It’s recommended to read Part 1 before Part 2. If minifigs are meant to represent people living in the world, everyone deserves to see themselves represented. Currently, despite the existence of 3,300 facial expression options for minifig heads meant to represent humans,… Continue reading
The idea of this flowchart started with a conversation when trying to find minifigures in different professions. We were having a hard time finding specific minifigures, and wanted to make a way to easily design a minifigure in any profession and doing any activity. LEGO has been releasing more and… Continue reading
A significant number of LEGO minifigures are created to represent characters from TV series or films. LEGO has been creating Star Wars minifigs since 1999, and has created a total of 1,276 as of July 2022. In [Part 1], we analyzed the relationship between screen time, gender, and number of… Continue reading
A significant number of LEGO minifigures are created to represent characters from TV series or films. LEGO has been creating Star Wars minifigs since 1999, and has created a total of 1,276 as of July 2022. Some characters have many minifigs, while others do not have any. In some cases,… Continue reading
We researched the history of minifigures of the professions of doctor, nurse, and EMT appearing in sets under the categories of ambulance, rescue, hospital, fire, and doctor. The three main topics we were exploring were the gender divide in each set to see if gender equality tends to improve over… Continue reading
When researching repetition of heads for female versus male characters in Star Wars minifigures (see the first part of this analysis), we noticed there were several heads used for Star Wars minifigures that were used for characters in the Jurassic World Series and the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). Initially, our… Continue reading
A significant number of LEGO minifigures are created to represent characters from TV series or films. LEGO has been creating Star Wars minifigs since 1999 and has created a total of 1,276 as of July 2022. When creating a new minifig of a specific character, LEGO often chooses to create… Continue reading
