Mega Construx doesn’t have such a standardized system for their figures as LEGO. This is the same system used for standard LEGO minifigures, although with minifigs LEGO has been increasingly using the leg-posts to add hip accessories (skirts, utility-belts, tails, etc.) If you are interested in LEGO’s mini-doll sets, you can find them at the LEGO Friends, LEGO Disney, LEGO Elves, and LEGO DC Super Hero Girls section of the Online LEGO Shop. All other clothing variations are moulded into the part. Speaking of skirts, the only removable clothing LEGO mini-dolls have (at least up to this point) are capes and other accessories that can attach to the neck-post. Girls may also wear a one-piece skirt bottom (or mermaid tail) instead of the standard legs.
For characters representing younger boys, LEGO usually uses the girl heads with more boyish face printing. Boys have broader and flatter chests, slightly bigger heads, stronger jawlines and larger noses. While LEGO mini-dolls all follow the same system, there are some subtle differences between boy and girl figures. The waist can bend so the mini-doll can sit down, but the legs and feet are a single moulded piece with no separate movement or rotation. The leg-assembly is one piece that attaches to the torso by a 0-shaped post. The hands are the same size as regular LEGO minifigure hands and can hold the same accessories as minifigs. The torso is one piece with arms that can move up and down, but there are no elbow or wrist joints. The head is attached to a neck-post (the same size as a standard LEGO rod) and can rotate all around. The hair is removable, and hairpieces can be swapped out with regular LEGO minifig headgear. At the same time, LEGO also increased the number of female characters in traditional minifig-based sets, so both minifig and mini-doll fans can be happy.Īs LEGO is very serious about keeping everything they make in a well-defined and well-connected system, all mini-dolls are the same with interchangeable parts. The LEGO Friends line has been hugely successful, and the L EGO Disney Princess, LEGO Elves, and LEGO DC Super Hero Girls collection were added later with more mini-dolls. We have discussed mini-dolls many times before, so I’m not going to go into details, but in summary, mini-dolls are a response by LEGO to the preference of young girls to play with figures that look more like real people. LEGO introduced the LEGO Friends line in 2012 with a new style of characters called mini-dolls. Please note that I’m writing this article from the perspective of a LEGO fan, and will be comparing quality and features based on LEGO’s standards.
So let’s take a leisurely stroll to the world of tiny dolls. Some of our readers who know that I occasionally collect the highly articulated micro action figures by Mega Construx (formerly Mega Bloks), and that I like the girly sets of both LEGO and Mega, asked me to compare the mini-dolls of the two companies.
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