Novel uses for microfigs

CCC

Does anyone have any novel uses for microfigs? I've just realised I've probably got about 250 of the things from various games bought for MOC parts and have never used any of them. Some suggestions I've heard are for babies and for stairparts.

Has anyone got any other ideas?

andhe

@CCC I'll have them, if you want to get rid of them...

In terms of MOC's I've seen them used as garden ornaments and statues. Or you could even try a bit of microscale building and use them 'as is'.

jadedanc

I saw someone talking of using the mummy ones for a museum; Ancient Egyptian museum, here I come :)

CCC

Yeah, I've used them as ornamentation - eg. gladiators as statues in my ludus / gladiator training school. I'm sure they must have some other use...

luckyruss

How about as table legs or in window frames...? (as TLG seems fond of doing with frogs and parrots!)

caperberry

I've always wanted to use them for my microbuilds but I only seem to have a selection of aggressive pirates. Always looks a tad strange.

I made minifig versions of a couple I know as a present and used an aggressive pirate to represent their newborn baby. They weren't wildly impressed.

murphquake

There's an amazing SW MOC out there, won a prize in one of FBTB.net's Bounty Hunter contest, uses them as legs for a character.

weinner

I like line mine up in front of my girlfriend while she is asleep, then when she wakes up she feels it freeks her out. I guess it's all those eyes,lol.

Jasen

I used them as a fence for a night club :)

murphquake

@Jasen that's classic! Love it, especially the multicolor dots behind the windows

Thego

I notice from the pics of the Lord of the Rings sets that a couple of these appear in the Weathertop set.

giraffefreckles

@caperberry. lol! Newborn parents can be sensitive creatures. Mostly due to lack of sleep, in most cases. I'm sure the aggressive pirate was adorable in an ugly sort of way. :)

You can do a Gulliver's travels MOC, hobbit MOC, ...

plasmodium

@Thego, you beat me to it! I just noticed that!

Si_UKNZ

So there is!
Link for ref ..
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-dsEM8MGXOaE/T3RX-vpEUSI/AAAAAAAACC0/vIdFaCEUZLw/s1600/9472D.jpg

ninjagolightly

I find them pretty useful to add texture to walls and other surfaces. You have to face them backward so the prints don't show. The problem is that most of the zillion I have are in primary colors I rarely use for MOCing. Eventually I hope to try overcoming the print problem by applying cut-up stickers over the printed sides.

CCC

^ The print does rub of with brasso, as for regular pieces.

ninjagolightly

^ The print does rub of with brasso, as for regular pieces.

Interesting! And it doesn't discolor the plastic? Not sure how much time I want to spend scrubbing microfigs though...

CCC

No, it doesn't discolour. Just google "Lego Brasso" and you will find loads of information on doing it.

It does work especially well for the grey and yellow/gold figures - they make good mini-statues. Although some of them make good statues even with the print.

bluemoose

Brasso works well, but the brick surface can end up being very polished & shinier than regular bricks.

There are a few non-printed micro-figs in circulation ...
http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItem.asp?P=85863
http://www.flickr.com/photos/blue-moose/6513143937/