Random minifig of the day: frnd0671
Posted by Huwbot,
Today's random minifigure is frnd0671 Friends Petch - White Shirt, Medium Lavender Belt Bag, a Friends figure that came in one set, 42604 Heartlake City Shopping Mall, released during 2024.
Our members collectively own a total of 302 of them. If you'd like to buy one you should find it for sale at BrickLink, where new ones sell for around $3.60.
Image and minifig data courtesy of BrickLink.com
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Looks like he's going on an adventure not going to the mall.
Stop trying to make Petch happen.
Is that a prosthetic leg?
@Miyakan said:
"Is that a prosthetic leg?"
Yep
Kind of weird where that groove is. Looks like its supposed to be a knee joint, but its located far too low with 2/3 of the leg above.
@Norikins said:
"Kind of weird where that groove is. Looks like its supposed to be a knee joint, but its located far too low with 2/3 of the leg above."
You have to compare foot to knee vs knee to center of hip joint, not ankle to knee vs knee to top of the hip.
Lore! Lore!
Petch is one of the many minor characters in the world of Lego Friends.
He lives with his three cats Peri, Pom and Pluto in the green apartment of the Heartlake City Apartments and Stores
Petch is the first mini-doll to include a prosthetic Leg
Matching your bandolier to your prosthetic leg is absolutely the sort of fashion statement I’d expect to see in Friends
He kinda looks like Jinu from K-Pop Demon Hunters.
I know it’s not universal, but don’t most people try to match prosthetics to their skin color? The mold difference would make it clear that there is a prosthetic, regardless.
Nice, truely friendly figure. Also, I admire Lego's attempt at all inclusivity.
@TheOtherMike said:
"Stop trying to make Petch happen."
I'll level with you, Regina - I think Petch IS kind of happening.
@Trigger_ said:
"I know it’s not universal, but don’t most people try to match prosthetics to their skin color? The mold difference would make it clear that there is a prosthetic, regardless."
It really depends on the kind of prosthetic. Some are obviously not human limbs (some look downright robotic), and no coat of paint is going to disguise that.
@Crux said:"
@TheOtherMike said:"Stop trying to make Petch happen."
I'll level with you, Regina - I think Petch IS kind of happening."
For today, at least.
@Trigger_ said:
"I know it’s not universal, but don’t most people try to match prosthetics to their skin color? The mold difference would make it clear that there is a prosthetic, regardless."
They used to more when people felt like they needed to blend in or be stigmatized. Now, people use them as a form of expression. I've seen one somewhere that was hollow with a pattern cut all the way through the outer shell. Black (maybe carbon-fiber) is a common color. Depending on what the individual is doing, highly specialized prosthetic legs are a thing. In the latter case, two instances I can recall include a rock climber who lost their legs below the knee in a climbing accident, and now wears climbing prosthetics where the "feet" are about the size and similar in shape to a hockey puck (they actually shape them to suit on a disk sander). And the other is Shark Week icon Paul de Gelder, who wears one that looks like it's designed to withstand a bull shark bite when he's on a dive.