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 Author: Drudatz View Messages Posted By Drudatz
 Posted: Dec 18, 2021 16:40
 Subject: Question when something is a figure
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Drudatz (47)

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Good evening,

doing a riddle today I stumbled about Rancor
(https://www.bricklink.com/catalogItemInv.asp?P=11323pb01c01)
not being a (big) figure while someone like Killer Croc
(https://www.bricklink.com/catalogItemInv.asp?M=sh321)
IS a figure?

PS: is there no BIGfig category? (or did I just not find it?)
 Author: SylvainLS View Messages Posted By SylvainLS
 Posted: Dec 18, 2021 17:04
 Subject: Re: Question when something is a figure
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Small advice: Always add a space after your URLs.

Or, better for catalogue entries, use the “Add macro” button in the message Editor
(just above the text, next to B I U).

In Catalog, Drudatz writes:
  Good evening,

doing a riddle today I stumbled about Rancor

 
Part No: 11323pb01c01  Name: Rancor
* 
11323pb01c01 (Inv) Rancor
Parts: Animal, Land

  not being a (big) figure while someone like Killer Croc

 
Minifig No: sh321  Name: Killer Croc with Blue Pants and Claws
* 
sh321 (Inv) Killer Croc with Blue Pants and Claws
Minifigures: Super Heroes: The LEGO Batman Movie

  IS a figure?

PS: is there no BIGfig category? (or did I just not find it?)
 Author: Drudatz View Messages Posted By Drudatz
 Posted: Dec 18, 2021 19:02
 Subject: Re: Question when something is a figure
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Drudatz (47)

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In Catalog, SylvainLS writes:
  Small advice: Always add a space after your URLs.

thanks for the tip!
It did not cross my mind that what I was looking for is hidding behind "add macro".
 Author: randyf View Messages Posted By randyf
 Posted: Dec 18, 2021 18:09
 Subject: Re: Question when something is a figure
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In Catalog, Drudatz writes:
  Good evening,

doing a riddle today I stumbled about Rancor
 
Part No: 11323pb01c01  Name: Rancor
* 
11323pb01c01 (Inv) Rancor
Parts: Animal, Land
not being a (big) figure while someone like Killer Croc
 
Minifig No: sh321  Name: Killer Croc with Blue Pants and Claws
* 
sh321 (Inv) Killer Croc with Blue Pants and Claws
Minifigures: Super Heroes: The LEGO Batman Movie
IS a figure?

PS: is there no BIGfig category? (or did I just not find it?)


There is no BigFig category, because figures are classified according to the
theme they appear in and not what kind of figure they are. Unfortunately, we
don't have a tag system to use for things in the catalog. Otherwise, we could
tag all of them as "BigFig" or something.

As far as the classification for them, the rancor is an animal in the Star Wars
universe, so it is classified as an animal along with all of the other Star Wars
animals (e.g. dewbacks, tauntauns, etc.). Killer Croc is a figure because he
is a "human" character with a name (Waylon Jones) who has a genetic disorder
(even though this figure and many depictions of him look more animal-like).

Cheers,
Randy
 Author: Drudatz View Messages Posted By Drudatz
 Posted: Dec 18, 2021 19:04
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Drudatz (47)

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In Catalog, randyf writes:
  There is no BigFig category, because figures are classified according to the
theme they appear in and not what kind of figure they are. Unfortunately, we
don't have a tag system to use for things in the catalog. Otherwise, we could
tag all of them as "BigFig" or something.

Thank you for the clarification (I am not so deep into SW)!
I guess adding tags to the items is not possible these days seeing how big the
database is :-/