As these were made into pieces, the company decided to give them a simple facial expression, rendered as two solid black dots for eyes and a smile painted in solid black, and without any gender or racial components, believing that these factors would be 'determined by the childРІР‚в„ўs imagination and play'. These were designed by Jens Nygaard Knudsen, who had come up with the idea for having the torsos, legs, and arm pieces interchangeable. The first modern minifigures were released in 1978, included in Castle, Space, and Town sets. They had a small variety of headpieces in various colors, including caps, pigtail hair and cowboy hats. They had solid torsos without separate movable arms, solid lower body pieces that were not moveable, and heads without printed features. These were at the same scale as the current minifigures, but had a different design. Similar figures are produced by other companies, such as the Kreons from the construction toy Kre-O by the Korean company Oxford (subsidiary of Hasbro), or the figures by Block Tech or the Canadian company Mega Bloks.Р”В®arly Lego minifigures without moving arms and legsР”Р„ precursor to the minifigure was released in 1975. They are highly customizable, and parts from different figures can be mixed and matched, resulting in many combinations. Minifigures are collected by both children and adults. While some are named as specific characters, either licensed from film, television, and game franchises, or of Lego's own creation, many are unnamed and are designed simply to fit within a certain theme (such as police officers, astronauts and pirates).

Minifigures are usually found within Lego sets, although they are also sold separately as collectables in blind bags, or custom-built in Lego stores.

They were first produced in 1978 and have been a success, with over 4 billion produced worldwide as of 2020. A collection of modern Minifigures released around 2016РІР‚вЂњ2017Р”Р„ Lego minifigure, commonly referred to as a minifig, is a small plastic articulated figurine produced by Danish toy manufacturer The Lego Group.

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