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In lugnet.belville, Shiri Dori writes:
> > Can someone tell me *why* they didn't use minifigs for the fairies? These
> > non-poseable SPUDs are terrible!
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> Don't ask me - I stopped searching for reason in TLC long ago... :-)
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> BTW, SPUD stands for...?
SPUD = Single Purpose Unlegoish Decorative element. Coined by
Paul Gyugyi in an r.t.l post on 12/27/1995 to describe the big
barrel element that was introduced in the 1996 Wild West sets.
The "U" seems to have mutated over time to "ugly" or "useless"
in common venacular, but I prefer the original "unlegoish."
A SPUD differs from a POOP (a Piece that should made Of Other Pieces)
in that it usually NOT something that could be easily constructed
from other bricks - like a dolphin, a stingray, etc. I would
consider the cannons on a pirate ship to be a canonical SPUD.
--
jthompson@esker.com "Float on a river, forever and ever, Emily"
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| (...) Don't ask me - I stopped searching for reason in TLC long ago... :-) BTW, SPUD stands for...? (...) Yeah, I mentioned those faires in the other posts. (...) Is it just me, or does that wall look like it could rotate? That would be cool. (...) (...) (24 years ago, 1-Jan-00, to lugnet.belville)
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