We are very long-standing fans of Lego and have an extensive
collection of Lego sets, featuring Star Wars, Technics, City,
Bionicles, Creator and many other themes. This cache brings
together two of our favourite activities: geocaching and Lego.
Many current day Lego sets include at least one minifig – a
character that belongs with the Lego building or vehicle. Minifigs
can also be purchased separately. They are also referred to as as
minifigs, figs, "legoboys" or simply Lego people. Minifigures are
collected by both children and adults, sometimes independently of
Lego bricks themselves.
When first introduced in 1975, these Lego pieces were about the
same size as current day minifigs, but they didn’t have any moving
parts and they had no facial features.
Modern minifigs were introduced in 1978. Lego people usually
have six parts: head, torso, hips, arms, hands and legs. These six
parts allow seven points of movement: swivel hips, swivel arms,
swivel wrists and swivel legs. Minifigs usually come as three
separate parts in Lego sets: head; torso with arms and hands; and
hips and legs. A wide range of facial expressions and hairstyles
can be found. Different hair pieces, hats, backpacks, capes,
bandanas and many handheld accessories are available. There are
also minifig bicycles and skateboards.
Until 2003, all Lego minifigs had bright yellow faces and hands.
In 2003, Lego introduced more natural skin tones, beginning with
the basketball theme.
In addition to human figures, Lego has produced many other
minifig-sized characters, including Bionicle minifigs; SpongeBob;
Dobin (from Harry Potter); The Penguin (from Batman); and Star Wars
characters such as Jar-Jar Binks, R2D2, Yoda and Chewbacca. Some of
the minifigs in the 2005 Star Wars III series of Lego sets included
light-up light sabers, a big hit with children.
Minifigs have appeared in a number of short, animated films. In
our opinion, one of the best is a spoof of Star Wars titled
“Revenge of the Brick”, produced by Treehouse Animation. A quick
internet search should locate this film for your (free) viewing
pleasure. Animated minifigs are also central to the highly rated
Lego Star Wars: The Video Game and Lego Star Wars II: The Original
Trilogy video games.
This small camo taped Lock’n’Lock container contains about a
dozen Lego minifigs. Solve the puzzle and check them out. If you
wish to trade, please stick to the theme but please do NOT trade
Mega Blocks or other Lego look alikes!!
This simple substitution cipher is from a long-running Lego
theme. A little internet searching should come up with the
necessary info to decipher the following, so that you will have the
actual location of the cache: 
ALERT: several homes look out onto the cache location. Be ready
with you muggle deception techniques!
This is our first puzzle cache. Constructive feedback would be
appreciated.
