LEGO 20 (10 Pairs) Yellow Minifigure Hands

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I think the proper orientation is with the wide end up, but for poses like spearmen at attention, I turn it upside down, because that changes the angle of the accessory and brings the spear in closer to the body. That's the typical orientation, because the wider parts represents the longer fingers and the thumb (supposedly, first time I consciously think about it).

This is one of the things I love about the LEGO community - just look at the amount of time and energy being expended in considering this obscure topic ! The photo above is what, to me, is the proper orientation of the minifigure hand when it is empty and holding basic utensils, but sometimes I use the hands the other way to get a different grip on a tool or to achieve a certain position. I've just given it a try with a minifig holding a goblet, and there's definitely a difference in how "active" the goblet is. BUT, the default for me is with the flat side up, so if the fig is emptyhanded the hand is flat side up.The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. LEGO, the LEGO logo, the Minifigure, DUPLO, the SPIKE logo, MINDSTORMS and the MINDSTORMS logo are trademarks and/or copyrights of the LEGO Group. The pictures really don't do it justice; the articulation is pretty impressive and fun to mess with in person, and I think this model would be a great, eye-catching addition to anyone's desktop.

It is used to hold weapons (such as the Part x1740), objects and tools (such as a cup) or LEGO bricks. Just look at every official lego box showing the minifigs, the hands have always been in that orientation. This trend continued until 1989, when the first different shaped LEGO hands came out, which was in the form of a pirate hook.Although many different types of hands are used today, the yellow hand remains a standard for the Town/ City Themes and other non-movie based original LEGO Themes. I used dark red and light gray styling, largely because that's the color I had for the finger joints and then I decided to keep going with it for the rest of the model.

Some LEGO® sets contain small parts that are NOT suitable for and may pose a hazard to children under 3 years of age.An idea for the finished set would be to include several different colored sets of those panels so people could change the final look of the hand - dark red, dark blue, silver and gold. Sometimes an accessory just looks better or can be better positioned relative to the mouth or eyes of a minifig when you turn the hand around. The project has taken me about three months to develop and to perfect, and about 85% of the pieces were retrieved from the 42077 Rally Car set. With the exception for monkeys, LEGO hands have never been used for any other purpose by LEGO besides being hands for minifigures.