RedGage

"Lego minifigs, as children called them, were so popular because children could buy a Lego person without the need to purchase a full Lego building set, and because they did not know what was inside the packet. This phenomenon – as old as cigarette cards and more recently Panini football stickers – encouraged large-scale playground swapping, exacerbated by all the figures being on sale for just a few months."

Read more: Lego minifigs: Pocket money for toys on the playground, Collecting sounds for Star Wars and Gallery of British Star Wars print advertisements (via Collecting News Briefs)

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• Official LEGO® Minifigures homepage
  • Minifig Generator
  Online toy to build your own character with "combinations of minifig body parts..."

• The Lego Minifig Timeline
EXCLUSIVE - Tour the secret vault and see all the Lego minifigs since the 1970s

• Lego Minifigs at Amazon Toys and Games

Individual figures from Series 1 to present, plus the standard "mystery bag"

• Custom Lego Minifigures Minifigs
Custom Lego Minifigures Minifigs from the UK and the world