Standing Small: A Celebration of 30 years of the Lego Minifigure

by Nevin Martell, Daniel Lipkowitz

The prototypes
How a mini figure is made
Fascinating facts and Did You Knows

Genres: Nonfiction, Reference, History, Pop Culture

96 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2009

About the author

Nevin Martell is a D.C.-based food, travel, and lifestyle writer whose work regularly appears in the Washington Post, Plate, Wine Enthusiast, and NPR’s blog “The Salt.”

He is the author of six books, including the memoir-misadventure "Freak Show Without a Tent: Swimming with Piranhas, Getting Stoned in Fiji and Other Family Vacations" (2014), "The Founding Farmers Cookbook: 100 Recipes for True Food & Drink" (2013) and the small-press smash "Looking for Calvin and Hobbes: The Unconventional Story of Bill Watterson and his Revolutionary Comic Strip" (2009).

When he can budget the time and money, he loves nothing more than traveling with his wife and son.

Reviews

[Theresa F.]

A brief overview of the history of the Lego minifigure. There were some noticeable typos in my copy of the book. (I read the hardcover edition that came in a two-volume set with The Lego Book.)

[Joff! · Rating 5 out of 5]

Standing Small traces the history of the LEGO minifigure and is crammed full of large full colour photographs that will catch the eye of almost all children. Each figure photographed is annotated with notes on its history and ‘Did you know?’ facts.
This is definitely a pick up and flick through book for when children might have a spare few minutes’ carpet or reading time. They can pick it up and see something different every time.

[Heather · Rating 5 out of 5]

Sold in a boxed set with the Lego Book, this book shows the evolution of the Minifigure. I have been forced by 5 year old son to scour e-bay for figures no longer in production. Specifically an army of evil black skeletons with red eyes that are only available in Great Britain.

[Nicholas · Rating 4 out of 5]

I thought this companion book was a fairly quick and good read. An excellent addition to anyone's coffee or cocktail table, albeit it is a bit nerdy to know so much about minifigs as they are called...nerd alert!

[jacky · Rating 4 out of 5]

My rating my be inflated by how cool the Professor Lupin minifigure is. William and I enjoyed looking through this together at lunch. Natalie then enjoyed looking at it when she got home from school.

[Nick · Rating 3 out of 5]

I'm a sucker for lego. It's just blatant lego advertising...

[Heather · Rating 4 out of 5]

A treasure for any Lego lover - great visual history of Minifigures.

[James Targett · Rating 3 out of 5]

Lovely nostalgia trip through the world of Lego. Would have liked more minifigures from when I was a kid, but hey ho. Fun nonetheless.

[Wren · Rating 5 out of 5]

OMGilovethisbook!!!!!!!!

[Sam · Rating 4 out of 5]

It was cute