When was the first official use of the term 'minifigure' or 'minifig'?

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When did The LEGO Group first use the term minifigure? Have they been called that since their introduction in 1978?

"PEOPLE" in a 1979 brochure peeron.com/catalogs/1979/medium/12/?id=96 — Pod, Dec 18, 2012 at 14:22

Pod · Accepted Answer · 2012-12-18 14:28:19Z

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I kept searching and found out for myself :). The US magazine from 1979 calls them Mini-Figures, even the version without arms.

http://www.peeron.com/catalogs/1979/medium/6/?id=97 http://www.peeron.com/catalogs/1979/medium/10/?id=97

answered Dec 18, 2012 at 14:28

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Technically, this 1979 catalog use refers to Mini-Figure, which is slightly different to ‘Minifigure’ which the LEGO group would consider to be the official trademarked term.
– Rambling Brick
Sep 23, 2018 at 14:20
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Funny then, that the 1979 catalog as the TM trademark symbol right next to Mini-Figure ;)
– Henrique de Sousa
Oct 22, 2020 at 22:08
If I knew how to freely search for trademarks to see when it was originally filed, I would, but AFAICT it costs $$$! :)
– Pod
Oct 23, 2020 at 14:22

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