minifigures

“Boo!”

1974 1975 1978 1979 1989 1990 1990

LEGO® building figures
make their entrance
As one of the
planet’s tiniest 2009
LEGO stage extra
introduced, but without
movable arms or legs
The LEGO minifigure we know
and love today arrives
Saw the introduction of
male hairpieces. Did you
know before this all male
minifigures wore hats?
Pirates swashbuckled along
and bought with them different
facial expressions and body
parts for the first time
The first specialised minifigure
and glow in the dark element
were created – the ghost
The first minifigure
wearing a dress is
produced
1993
Three years later, the
first minifigure with a
separate beard element
was introduced

icons celebrates its Microfigures that stand at just

two bricks tall are introduced
big 4…0, here are as part of LEGO Games
some milestone (technically not minifigures, but
such fun characters!)
moments from its
very big story.

2004 2002 2001 1999 1997 DID YOU KNOW?

From this year onwards,
all licenced minifigures no
longer have yellow faces
The LEGO Star Wars
® TM
Yoda character is the first
minifigure with short legs
The noughties saw double
faces and reversable
heads introduced
The first licensed minifigures
launch with LEGO® Star WarsTM,
and the minifigure head is
sculpted into a different shape
for the first time
Over 8,000 different
The minifigure gets a
minifigures have been
digital makeover and
introduced in the last
stars in the LEGO
40 years
Island video game

DID YOU KNOW?

2018
In its 40th year, there
are over 650 different
minifigure heads
available in 2018 alone

The height of the minifigure

(without any hair piece) is equal

2010 2010 2014 2016 2016

to that of four LEGO bricks,
meaning it fits perfectly into
the LEGO System in Play.
LEGO Group rewards fans ...and the LEGO minifigure The minifigure stars in The first minifigure baby is born ...and the first minifigure
by launching the Minifigure gets a personalised trophy its first blockbuster movie – (technically not a minifigure, but wheelchair is introduced to
Collectors line... THE LEGO® MOVIETM a sweet addition to the family)... the range