A Survey of Posthumous Minifigures
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This article was contributed by Aaron Damon-Rush:
Since the debut of LEGO Star Wars in 1999, LEGO has produced thousands of unique minifigures based on outside properties, many of which are based on specific actors, voice actors, or real-world people.
But how many of those people lived to see themselves become plastic? There is a small but inevitably growing list of actors and historical figures who have found themselves immortalised in minifigure form after they’ve passed away. Join me as I take a look at the nearly 90 people to receive posthumous LEGO minifigures, and highlight some of the most notable ones along the way.
Before getting into my findings, I should first establish the criteria I used in my research:
- For my purposes, a posthumous LEGO minifigure is any minifigure or character released after its real-world inspiration has passed away. Example: Sir Christopher Lee passed away in 2015, but has not received a minifigure representation since 2013, and so was not counted.
- Products that were already on shelves at the time of a subject’s death do not count. Example: sw0779 Princess Leia would not count even though it continued to be produced after Carrie Fisher’s passing.
- Fictional portrayals of real-world figures are counted as minifigures of the actors who portrayed them. Example: tlm005 Abraham Lincoln would be counted as a minifigure of Will Forte, who portrayed him in The LEGO Movie.
- Minifigures inspired by but not explicitly representing historical figures do not count. Example: col133 Roman Emperor and col126 Thespian/Actor.
- Certain properties, such as Looney Tunes, The Muppets, and Disney, have seen characters voiced by many different actors over the years. As a result, when listing a character played by an actor, I have only included minifigures that are definitively based on a specific actor’s portrayal.
1999–2009: The First Posthumous Minifigures
Fittingly, the very first posthumous minifigure was released in the very first wave of Star Wars sets: sw0004 Darth Vader from 7150 TIE Fighter & Y-wing. Despite being based on A New Hope, this Darth Vader minifigure, like practically every Vader since, included a removable helmet, revealing a likeness of actor Sebastian Shaw (d. 1994) beneath.
Obi-Wan Kenobi, as played by Sir Alec Guinness (d. 2000), was also represented in that first wave of Star Wars sets, but after Guinness’ death it was another four years before Obi-Wan showed up again, making sw0023a Obi-Wan Kenobi the second posthumous minifigure released.
2006 brought the first year with two posthumous minifigures, again both from the Star Wars theme: sw0149 Dengar Dengar and sw0157 Grand Moff Wilhuff Tarkin, representing Morris Bush (d. 1999) and Peter Cushing (d. 1993), respectively.
Finally, 2009 saw the first posthumous minifigs produced outside the Star Wars theme, with three coming out of that year’s Indiana Jones sets. Two of those three came from 7199 The Temple of Doom, with iaj031 Mola Ram representing Amrish Puri (d. 2005) and iaj035 Temple Guard 2 representing Pat Roach (d. 2004). The third posthumous minifigure released that year, iaj029 Airplane Mechanic, was also based on Roach, making him the first person to receive two posthumous minifigures.
2010–2016
In 2010, we received the first and, to my knowledge, only posthumous DUPLO figure: crs053 Doc Hudson, based on the character played by Paul Newman (d. 2008) in the 2007 film Cars. 2010 also saw the release of the first LEGO wampa, based on the creature portrayed by actor Des Webb (d. 2002) in The Empire Strikes Back.
2011 gave us hp128 Ernie Prang, based on actor Jimmy Gardner (d. 2010)—the first of several posthumous minifigs to come out of the Harry Potter theme. Five more posthumous minifigures were released in 2012 and 2013, all from Star Wars sets: sw0400 Lobot, sw0407 Boushh, sw0372 Jek Porkins, sw0510 Teebo, and sw0460 General Rieekan.
2014’s offerings were more diverse, giving us our first Egon Spengler minifigure in 21108 Ghostbusters Ecto-1, just a few months after Harold Ramis’ death. While the LEGO Batman theme had previously featured sets loosely inspired by 2008’s The Dark Knight, 2014 introduced the first minifigure based explicitly on Heath Ledger’s (d. 2008) portrayal of the Joker, in 76023 The Tumbler. Additionally, 2014 gave us our first posthumous minifigures of two Star Wars actors: Larry Ward (d. 2007), the voice of Greedo, and Phil Brown (d. 2006), who portrayed Owen Lars.
While 2015 brought just one posthumous minifigure, dim005 Wicked Witch, 2016 brought a whopping eleven across four different themes. Four of these came from just one set: 76052 Batman Classic TV Series - Batcave, which featured minifigure representations of Frank Gorshin (d. 2005), Cesar Romero (d. 1994), Burgess Meredith (d. 1997), and Alan Napier (d. 1988) as the Riddler, the Joker, the Penguin, and Alfred Pennyworth, respectively. Adam West, who portrayed Batman in the classic TV series, passed away a year after the set’s release, in 2017, but would not receive his own posthumous minifig for several years.
2016 was also the debut of sw0527a R2-D2, the first R2-D2 figure to be released after actor Kenny Baker’s passing in August of that year, and 21306 The Beatles Yellow Submarine which included five minifigures based on the 1968 animated film of the same name. The latter was the first set to consist entirely of posthumous minifigures, as the voice actors from the film had all passed away before the set’s release.
Finally, voice actor Pat Welsh, who had previously received a minifigure for her portrayal of Boushh in Star Wars, received her second posthumous minifig with dim030 E. T.
2017–Present
Moving on to 2017, we see the first of what would become a notable subcategory of posthumous minifigures—minifigures based on real people. idea037 Sally Ride, released in LEGO Ideas 21312 Women of NASA Women of NASA, was the first of such minifigures.
In the years that followed, Sally Ride would be joined by minifigure representations of Hans Christian Andersen (d. 1875), Amelia Earhart (d. unknown), Vincent van Gogh (d. 1890), Gustave Eiffel (d. 1923), Walt Disney (d. 1966), Ayrton Senna (d. 1994), and even LEGO founder Ole Kirk Christiansen, through the BrickLink Designer Program BL19008 The LEGO Story. Particularly notable is idea171 Galileo Galilei, whose real-world counterpart died in 1642, making him the oldest historical figure to be given the minifig treatment!
On the subject of “real person” minifigures, I would be remiss if I did not mention Bruley, the adorable French bulldog from Queer Eye. Bruley passed away in 2019, and was later included in the 2021 set 10291 Queer Eye. The set’s box sported an “in loving memory of Bruley” on the back, making it the only LEGO set to feature a memorial message on the packaging.
Returning our focus to actors, sw0878 Princess Leia premiered in the fall of 2017, the first of many posthumous minifigures for Carrie Fisher after her death in December 2016. Earlier in 2017, sw0826 Snowspeeder Pilot Zev Senesca was released, representing Christopher Malcom (d. 2014), and LEGO Dimensions gave us one last posthumous minifig with dim045 Sloth, based on the character from The Goonies played by John Matuszak (d. 1989).
Star Wars was responsible for just one posthumous minifigure in 2018, sw0893 Wuher, but the return of the Harry Potter theme that year brought four more: hp158 Trolley Witch, hp134 Severus Snape, hp169 Garrick Ollivander, and, remarkably, the first-ever posthumous minifigure of Albus Dumbledore! While original Dumbledore actor Richard Harris had passed away in 2002, he had not received a minifigure since 2001*, with every Dumbledore minifigure produced since then being based on Harris’ successor, Michael Gambon.
The Harry Potter theme produced yet another posthumous minifigure in 2019, hp182 Minister of Magic, representing the character Cornelius Fudge played by Robert Hardy (d. 2017). 2019 also gave us the first minifigure of John Hammond, as played by Richard Attenborough (d. 2014), the first of two posthumous minifigures the Jurassic World theme has produced.
A slightly unusual quartet of posthumous minifigures was released in 2019’s The LEGO Movie 2 Collectable minifigures series, which included Wizard of Oz characters tlm163 Dorothy Gale, tlm164 Cowardly Lion, tlm165 Scarecrow, and tlm166 Tin Man. These characters all make cameos in The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part, modelled after the actors who portrayed them in 1939’s The Wizard of Oz. As these are based on The LEGO Movie 2 and not The Wizard of Oz directly, it could be argued that these do not qualify as posthumous minifigs. Since they’re clearly based on the cast of the 1939 film, however, I have elected to include them here.
In 2020, LEGO produced five posthumous minifigures across three themes. Both of the Star Wars minifigures for the year came from 75290 Mos Eisley Cantina: the long-awaited sw1125 Dr. Cornelius Evazan and, perhaps more notably, the first Chewbacca minifigure released after actor Peter Mayhew’s passing in April 2019.
The Harry Potter theme, meanwhile, produced the first posthumous minifigures for Richard Griffiths (d. 2013) and Dave Legeno (d. 2014) in their respective roles as Vernon Dursley and Fenrir Greyback. 76161 1989 Batwing rounded out the year with a minifigure of Lawrence, the Joker henchman played by actor George Lane Cooper (d. 2002) in 1989’s Batman.
David Prowse (d. 2020), the actor who physically portrayed Darth Vader in the original Star Wars trilogy, received his first posthumous minifigure in 75302 Imperial Shuttle in early 2021. That same year saw one other posthumous Star Wars figure, sw1140 General Jan Dodonna, as well as the aforementioned Bruley the dog and Amelia Earhart, Adam West’s first posthumous Batman figure, hp318 Griphook from the Harry Potter theme, and idea103 Old Man Marley from 21330 Home Alone Home Alone.
The late Chadwick Boseman (d. 2020) also received his first posthumous minifigure, sh728 Black Panther Black Panther, in early 2021. The fall of that same year, Boseman would be represented again with colmar11 T'Challa Star-Lord, an alternate universe version of the same character.
2022, in comparison to the years that preceded it, saw relatively few posthumous minifigures, with the only releases being Vincent van Gogh, Gustave Eiffel, and hp341 Kreacher, based on the Harry Potter character voiced by Timothy Bateson (d. 2009). The following year bounced back with a record 13 posthumous minifigs spread across seven different themes, including the previously mentioned Walt Disney and Galileo Galilei.
Star Wars saw a large number of posthumous minifigures in 2023, including sw1208 Aunt Beru, sw1281 Rebel Pilot Garven Dreis, and sw1306 Chancellor Palpatine, with the latter based on his appearance in Star Wars: The Clone Wars, where he was voiced by Ian Ambercrombie (d. 2012). The final two posthumous Star Wars minifigures released that year were sw1274 Boba Fett, the first minifigure of the character’s original trilogy appearance since the death of actor Jeremy Bulloch in 2020, and sw1293 Baylan Skoll released not long after Ray Stevenson’s sudden passing.
Other posthumous minifigures released in 2023 include jw115 Robert Muldoon from Jurassic World, dis091 Carl Fredricksen and dis087 Peter Pan** from Disney, sc104 Brian O’Conner from Speed Champions, and iaj047 Henry Jones Sr. from Indiana Jones. Lastly, 76423 Hogwarts Express & Hogsmeade Station included the first minifigure of Rubeus Hagrid to be released after actor Robbie Coltrane’s death in 2022.
Although we’re not even halfway through 2024, this year looks set to turn out even more posthumous minifigures than the last. As previously mentioned, Ayrton Senna became the latest real person to get the minifig treatment, and 43242 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs’ Cottage includes a whopping ten minifigures based on nine deceased actors (Grumpy and Sleepy shared a voice actor). 76271 Batman: The Animated Series Gotham City included minifigures based on the 1992 cartoon versions of Batman and Harley Quinn, as voiced by the late Kevin Conroy (d. 2022) and Arleen Sorkin (d. 2023).
We already know more posthumous minifigures are on the way, with recently revealed sets.
76274 Batman with the Batmobile vs. Harley Quinn and Mr. Freeze includes a figure based on Michael Ansara’s (d. 2013) portrayal of Mr. Freeze, and 76440 Triwizard Tournament: The Arrival includes one based on Roger Lloyd-Pack’s (d. 2014) Barty Crouch Sr.
As LEGO continues to expand its licenced offerings, especially with adult-focused sets based on older properties, I expect to see many more people resurrected in minifigure form.
I hope you enjoyed this exhaustive look at an usual and slightly macabre area of LEGO history. When I first set about curating this list, I was surprised to see just how many people have received LEGO minifigures after their deaths, and how rapidly that number has risen over the last few years. You can view my spreadsheet
Did any of the minifigs on this list surprise you? Are there any that you think I’ve missed? Let me know in the comments below!
* 3862 Harry Potter Hogwarts Harry Potter Hogwarts, released in 2010, included a microfigure based on Harris.
** While there have been several Disney Peter Pan minifigures, only the one in 43232 Peter Peter Pan & Wendy’s Flight over London is definitively based on the 1953 feature film.
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Thank you. I thoroughly enjoyed this read with my morning coffee. Really interesting.
A very interesting, albeit slightly depressing, article. Thank you.
TBH, the ghost minifigure was the first posthumous minifigure... representing just about anyone who died before 1990...
Was just building the McLaren MP4/4, with Senna. Which might just be the only minifig of an actual person I have...
Before I read the article I didn't even know Robbie Coltrane and Arleen Sorkin were dead. Sad seeing the celebrities you know of growing up are passing away.
Its a nice list, but I think that you forgot about Alan Rickman, who died in 2016 and portrayed Severus Snape in the Harry Potter films. There have been several LEGO minifigs of Snape since he died.
EDIT: I see him on the spreadsheet, nevermind. :)
A morbid article, but an interesting one nonetheless. This is the flipside of basing so much on licensed properties I guess. The minifigs will outlive whatever and whoever it's based on.
Great read and nice way to pay tribute to those who've passed, but live on in minifigure form. If you'd also include legendary figures, Robin Hood and Merlin could also be included, even though those minifigures are only name das such in certain regions.
Very morbid, it's the first time I'm uncomfortable reading an article on here. I hope others found it interesting, because that is not the type of content that I visit this site for. Plus, it doesn't feel like it's information that would ever be useful bar from being little factoids...
This is a great article. I hesitate to ask for more work, but captions on the pics would be great, as I certainly don't recognise everyone.
Yellow Submarine is an interesting case because the minifigures arguably also represent the real Beatles, so two of them are *double* posthumous.
I know this is pedantic, but Pat Roach was just the first to have two posthumous minifigures based on different characters, at least Shaw/Vader and Guinness/Kenobi would have him beat.
@Phoenixio said:
"Very morbid, it's the first time I'm uncomfortable reading an article on here. I hope others found it interesting, because that is not the type of content that I visit this site for. Plus, it doesn't feel like it's information that would ever be useful bar from being little factoids..."
Kind of agree, this felt a little weird. I'm generally all for new content but this is oddly macabre.
I like to see these types of figures as yet another way to imortalise them in what they did best.. bringing joy to the world in their work/roles
No Admiral Ackbar?
Jabba the Hutt is more debatable as the human version was played by Declan Mulholland.
A very comprehensive and interesting compilation.
@Pekingduckman said:
"Before I read the article I didn't even know Robbie Coltrane and Arleen Sorkin were dead. Sad seeing the celebrities you know of growing up are passing away."
Yes, a bit like the end of year rewards shows where the 'In Memorandum' section always has one or two people you didn't realised had died.
P.S. I assume 'an usual and slightly macabre area of LEGO history.' was meant to be 'unusual'
Hasn't there been a new Dumbledore minifig released after Michael Gambon's death in 2023?
No Cole :(
It is a sad, albeit nice article.
@EnterTheSerpent said:
"No Cole :("
I guess it's because cole is not in the VA's likeness,but yeah, rip Kirby morrow.
It would be cool if the minifigs on the database had a tag to their likenesses
I always thought colhp24 Dumbledore was based on the first actor, based on the outfit and the white beard?
@GenericLegoFan said:
" @EnterTheSerpent said:
"No Cole :("
I guess it's because cole is not in the VA's likeness,but yeah, rip Kirby morrow."
I wouldn't say Batman and Harley from TAS are either, though
@EnterTheSerpent said:
" @GenericLegoFan said:
" @EnterTheSerpent said:
"No Cole :("
I guess it's because cole is not in the VA's likeness,but yeah, rip Kirby morrow."
I wouldn't say Batman and Harley from TAS are either, though"
The difference is that those minifigures can be pinned to a specific portrayal from one piece of media, whose actors have died, so it makes sense to count them. Any other Harley or Batman minifig wouldn't be in consideration for this topic. Likewise, any Ninjago Movie Lloyd (but not the post-movie figures with the same likeness) could be considered a Dave Franco minifigure because that was a distinct offshoot associated with just the one actor.
"MY EYES!"
@MegaBlocks said:
"No Admiral Ackbar?"
Erik Bauersfeld went uncredited for voicing both Ackbar and Bib Fortuna in Ep6, so that might explain why he was missed for sw1193 (2022), but the most recent of two Ackbar minifigs was released on 1/1/2016, and Bauersfeld passed away just three months later.
"Jabba the Hutt is more debatable as the human version was played by Declan Mulholland."
The minifig has to be based on a specific portrayal. Mulholland's appearance was pasted over in ANH:SE, and new dialog was added, so he's not in the film even with that scene added back in. There's also never been a minifig based on his original portrayal that would count. Finally, no version of ANH:SE Jabba has ever been produced. In the same way, Griphook only counts because of the minifig included in the 2021 HPAC (based on his scenes from the first film), as both colhp28 and hp445 are clearly based on Warwick Davis' portrayal in the final two films.
@AustinPowers said:
"Hasn't there been a new Dumbledore minifig released after Michael Gambon's death in 2023? "
Sure, but it's based on Ciarán Hinds' portrayal of brother Aberforth Dumbledore.
@ecleme11 said:
"I always thought colhp24 Dumbledore was based on the first actor, based on the outfit and the white beard?"
It is, but it came two years after Harris' first posthumous version, which he was already counted for.
@8BrickMario:
That gets messy, and is always a judgement call. The first minifigs for Joker, Two-Face, and Harley Quinn, from 2006-2008, were very clearly based on their B:TAS appearances, but the sets from 2006-2007 weren't tied to any specific media, and the sets from 2008 were all tied to a movie that Harley didn't even appear in (plus the Joker minifig was unchanged from the 2006 sets and clearly had to have been in development before Ledger was even cast). Of course, none of this matters to this discussion, since all three of those B:TAS voice actors were still alive in 2008.
For Ninjago, my take on it would be that the show was based off the sets, not the other way around, so none of the minifigs are based on specific portrayals except those based on TLNM (where the movie deal was signed before the sets were designed).
Ah yes, another Historical article. Keep 'em coming!
@8BrickMario @PurpleDave I think I disagree. The article includes other animated characters (like the 7 Dwarfs) that did not visually represent their voice actors, yet who are being counted as posthumous. On that basis, a minifig of Cole that represents Kirby Morrow's (voice-acted) portrayal of Cole in the show should also be counted. Even though the character of Cole continues on in the show (voiced by Andrew Francis), there are specific versions of Cole that can be tied to Kirby Morrow - namely, every season of Ninjago in which he voiced Cole. So any Cole minifig based on Seabound or previous seasons (via the Legacy sets) released after 2020 should count, e.g., 71736 (njo575a), 71747 (njo678), and 71756 (njo700).
The article seems to look exclusively at licensed themes, so it's likely Cole was overlooked by the author. Otherwise, a very interesting read.
Honestly, this article felt DOA.
Definitely a strange angle for an article and one I don’t think anyone would be worse off if it hadn’t been published, but a few people seem to have got something from it so I guess that justifies its existence.
Too many dead people for me. Not cool.
Interesting, if kinda somber, article.
@ShinyBidoof said:
"Definitely a strange angle for an article and one I don’t think anyone would be worse off if it hadn’t been published, but a few people seem to have got something from it so I guess that justifies its existence. "
I feel like the title was fairly accurate, so anyone who isn’t interested in the topic is totally able to not read the article. No one was forced to scroll through.
I definitely found the article interesting! One of the first topics my friends would talk about as kids was “which actor has been made into the most minifigs,” so it’s fitting that this topic would eventually come up someday
Brickset: the super fun Lego fan site reminding you of your own mortality. Play well because everyone you know is going to die
@AddictedToStyrene said:
"Brickset: the super fun Lego fan site reminding you of your own mortality. Play well because everyone you know is going to die"
The three certainties of any AFOL: Death, taxes and at some point stepping barefoot on a Lego brick..
@WizardOfOss said:
" @AddictedToStyrene said:
"Brickset: the super fun Lego fan site reminding you of your own mortality. Play well because everyone you know is going to die"
The three certainties of any AFOL: Death, taxes and at some point stepping barefoot on a Lego brick.."
Hopefully, the last doesn't lead to the first.
I'm going outside to smile at the sun.
@WizardOfOss said:
" @AddictedToStyrene said:
"Brickset: the super fun Lego fan site reminding you of your own mortality. Play well because everyone you know is going to die"
The three certainties of any AFOL: Death, taxes and at some point stepping barefoot on a Lego brick.."
Four certainties. You forgot your wallet weeping when they announce new sets.
@PurpleDave: I meant Albus Dumbledore of course, not his brother.
@BLProductions:
The Snow White set was very clearly based on a specific pre-existing film. For Ninjago, the series was based on the sets, not the other way around. The minifig was designed before there was anyone cast to play the character, and would have existed even if the show fell through before anyone recorded any dialogue.
We used to get these complaints regarding Nick Fury whenever a list of actors with multiple minifigs was posted. _A_ Nick Fury minifig existed, and was black. Ergo, people constantly insisted that he should count for Samuel L. Jackson. Problem is, that Nick Fury minifig came in a set that wasn't based on the MCU, so the minifig wasn't based on any of Jackson's performances. After Jackson was cast to play Fury in the first Iron Man, Marvel started basing at least one print depiction on Jackson's likeness, with Jackson's blessing. Afterwards, other animated productions also depicted Fury as being black, but Jackson didn't do any voicework for those either. That first minifig was actually based on Chi McBride's performance in an animated series.
@AustinPowers:
Yeah, but Aberforth is the only new Dumbledore minifig to be released after Gambon's passing.
@PurpleDave: Jackson's likeness being used for Nick Fury predates the MCU by several years. Jackson let them use it for the Ultimate Marvel line with the proviso that he would get to play the character if they ever made a movie.
Let's see...I would include Superman-Christopher Reeve and Kermit the Frog-Jim Henson...oh, and how ever many Looney Toons characters-Mel Blanc...and Edna Krabapple-Marcia Wallace...there's A LOT...
Very interesting article, thank you. While a bit depressing, I really appreciated the opportunity to celebrate these wonderful actors, especially those that didn’t get screen time per se.
Very well written and throughly enjoyed it! I had always wondered about the chronology of the real-world to minifigure and since the first Star Wars Lego in the 2000s i didn't keep up. Thank you for such a fascinating read! Keep them coming!
@brick_r said:
"Let's see...I would include Superman-Christopher Reeve and Kermit the Frog-Jim Henson...oh, and how ever many Looney Toons characters-Mel Blanc...and Edna Krabapple-Marcia Wallace...there's A LOT..."
No Superman minifig has been based on his motion picture costumes. The only live-action Superman they've based a minifig on is Cavill's. Without even looking it up I can tell you that at least three performers have voiced Kermit, because they fired the guy who took over after Jim Henson passed. The minifig isn't clearly based on any depiction. You're right about Krabappel, though. Wallace passed away in 2013, after which they retired her character (so no confusion over multiple portrayals there). Her only minifig wasn't released until two years later.
Although it was still released before he died, there was a Dumbledore in set 4729 in 2002.
Great Unique Article -- lotsa detail. Thanks for all the research!
How about the new Indiana Jones Set 77012 with Airplanes and SEAN CONNERY as Indy's Father?
@Albus said:"Although it was still released before he died, there was a Dumbledore in set 4729 in 2002."
This article is only concerned with minifigs released after the person they were portraying had died.
@CaliforniaUncleRich said:
"Great Unique Article -- lotsa detail. Thanks for all the research!
How about the new Indiana Jones Set 77012 with Airplanes and SEAN CONNERY as Indy's Father?"
Indeed, 77012, and thus, https://brickset.com/minifigs/iaj047/professor-henry-jones-sr-dark-bluish-gray-pith-helmet came out three years after Mr. Connery's death.
If you’re including Bruley, the dog from ‘Queer Eye’, shouldn’t Terry, the dog who portrayed Toto in ‘The Wizard of Oz’, also be included?
https://brickset.com/sets/71023-16/Dorothy-Gale-Toto
@Zander said:
"If you’re including Bruley, the dog from ‘Queer Eye’, shouldn’t Terry, the dog who portrayed Toto in ‘The Wizard of Oz’, also be included?
https://brickset.com/sets/71023-16/Dorothy-Gale-Toto"
@Zander said:
"If you’re including Bruley, the dog from ‘Queer Eye’, shouldn’t Terry, the dog who portrayed Toto in ‘The Wizard of Oz’, also be included?
https://brickset.com/sets/71023-16/Dorothy-Gale-Toto"
Seven different dogs are known to have played Fang in the Harry Potter series, and at least two of those have passed away (one for sure in 2013, before they finished filming the series). Additionally, there were three cats who played Crookshanks, and one rat who played Scabbers, and it's doubtful that any of these four were still alive when they were produced in LEGO form.
There's also Gus the mouse, from Cinderella. The original voice actor passed away in 1991, but there's a new voice actor playing that role at the moment. I'm not sure how that would be counted, then.
@PurpleDave said:
" @Zander said:
"If you’re including Bruley, the dog from ‘Queer Eye’, shouldn’t Terry, the dog who portrayed Toto in ‘The Wizard of Oz’, also be included?
https://brickset.com/sets/71023-16/Dorothy-Gale-Toto"
@Zander said:
"If you’re including Bruley, the dog from ‘Queer Eye’, shouldn’t Terry, the dog who portrayed Toto in ‘The Wizard of Oz’, also be included?
https://brickset.com/sets/71023-16/Dorothy-Gale-Toto"
Seven different dogs are known to have played Fang in the Harry Potter series, and at least two of those have passed away (one for sure in 2013, before they finished filming the series). Additionally, there were three cats who played Crookshanks, and one rat who played Scabbers, and it's doubtful that any of these four were still alive when they were produced in LEGO form.
There's also Gus the mouse, from Cinderella. The original voice actor passed away in 1991, but there's a new voice actor playing that role at the moment. I'm not sure how that would be counted, then."
Let’s also not forget Sir Hoofshire from 1859, the original stallion off of whom was coined the term beating a dead horse.
You heard it here first. William Shakespeare and Abrahm Lincoln are still alive.
Also, while watching Death Note recently, I found out French Tickner, who played 4487 Norik in Web of Shadows, passed away in 2021 :/ but that's 1. not a minifig and 2. was made long before his death
One more for you: LEGO produced a minifigure of Seymour Papert, who had passed away the year before. The figures were not released for sale, but I believe they were distributed at the celebration of Seymour’s life and work that took place at MIT in January 2017. Seymour was the learning theorist and visionary behind LEGO-Logo and Mindstorms.