lego minifigs
Lego01Artist Alexandre Boudon's reference sketch for the minifig of a woodland thief character from _Assassin's Creed_.
Lego02Minifigs' heads are molded from yellow plastic in this piece of tooling.
Lego03Minifig torsos tumble off the conveyor belt at The Lego Group's factory in Kladno, Czech Republic.
Lego04All of the molds used to produce the pieces that make up each minifig: head, torso, arms, hands, hips, and legs.
Lego05A wall of headless minifigs at the Kladno factory. These specimens are arranged by torso color. You can see Iron Man, _Batman_'s Robin, a Jedi body, and even a classic 1970s astronaut.
Lego06Early prototypes of the astronaut minifig can be seen on the far left. Next is a working model of the final design. Third from right is the original Lego astronaut minifig of 1978, one of 20 designs that launched that year. On the far right are two modern Lego astronauts.
Lego07Several Lego minifig prototypes from the 1970s. Note the evolution from the more primitive minifig to the modern version with facial expressions and actuated limbs.
Lego08Anger, anguish, contentment—a sea of small-scale emotions.
