Editing 1281: Minifigs

{{comic
| number    = 1281
| date      = October 23, 2013
| title     = Minifigs
| image     = minifigs.png
| titletext = The LEGO Group is already the world's largest tire manufacturer.
}}

==Explanation==
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In this comic, Randall uses a graphic extrapolation to guess the point in time in which people will be outnumbered by {{w|Lego minifigures|Lego people}} (little toys designed to look like simplified humans by the Lego company, known as 'minifigs' or 'minifigures'). Unlike [[605|previous comics]] that use statistical extrapolation, this one doesn't present its comic relief on a ludicrous use of it but rather on a ludicrous and very likely consequence.
Obviously, there is no ramification if there are more Lego minifigs than humans on the world.

Title text is referring to that all {{w|Lego}} vehicles have tiny wheels - all with tires manufactured by Lego. If counted by number of tires produced, {{w|Lego tire|Lego is the largest manufacturer of tires in the world}}.

==Transcript==
:[Graph: X-axis, 1980, 1990, 2010, 2020; Y-axis 8 Billion]
:[Plot-line 1: Number of people in the world. Plot-line 2: Number of Lego People in the world. Label on Line from X-axis reads "Today."]

:By 2019, Humans will be outnumbered.

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 ==Explanation==
-{{w|Lego minifigure}}s (often abbreviated as ''minifigs'') are tiny plastic people designed by the Danish toy manufacturer {{w|Lego Group|Lego}} as part of their construction toy sets. Since 1978, over four billion minifigures have been sold, so they still have a long way to go before they surpass the human population (which is around 8 billion). The figures resemble simplified humans, often with a yellow skin color and featuring interchangeable body parts, such as legs, torsos, heads, hair, and hats.
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+In this comic, Randall uses a graphic extrapolation to guess the point in time in which people will be outnumbered by {{w|Lego minifigures|Lego people}} (little toys designed to look like simplified humans by the Lego company, known as 'minifigs' or 'minifigures'). Unlike [[605|previous comics]] that use statistical extrapolation, this one doesn't present its comic relief on a ludicrous use of it but rather on a ludicrous and very likely consequence.
+Obviously, there is no ramification if there are more Lego minifigs than humans on the world.
-The graph depicted in the comic extrapolates the total number of minifigures and compares it to the growth of the {{w|world population}}, which reached 7 billion in March 2012. By the extrapolations of the comic, Lego minifigures will outnumber the human population by 2019. The extrapolation of statistical data has appeared in various xkcd comics, e.g. in [[605: Extrapolating]], [[1007: Sustainable]], and [[1204: Detail]]. However, unlike the other extrapolated scenarios, the prognosis of this comic seems quite likely.
+Title text is referring to that all {{w|Lego}} vehicles have tiny wheels - all with tires manufactured by Lego. If counted by number of tires produced, {{w|Lego tire|Lego is the largest manufacturer of tires in the world}}.
-Since Lego is designed to resemble nature and civilization on a miniaturized scale, some sets also contain Lego cars as vehicles for the minifigures. With over 381 million {{w|Lego tire}}s produced for these miniature cars, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lego_tire Lego is already the world's largest manufacturer of tires]. This fact is addressed in the title text.
-Lego (as of mid-October 2013) calculates they have made 7 billion+ figures. Earlier in 2013, they believed they would surpass the human count in 2014, but revised their numbers on the day this comic was released to what this chart says. (In 2019, there were 7.7 billion people and 7.9 billion minifigs, so this was true.)
 ==Transcript==
-:[Graph: x-axis 1980, 1990, 2010, 2020; y-axis 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 billions.]
+:[Graph: X-axis, 1980, 1990, 2010, 2020; Y-axis 8 Billion]
-:[Plot-line 1: Number of people in the world.]
+:[Plot-line 1: Number of people in the world. Plot-line 2: Number of Lego People in the world. Label on Line from X-axis reads "Today."]
-:[Plot-line 2: Number of Lego People in the world.]
-:[Label above the x-axis at 2013 reads "Today".]
-:[Shortly before 2020, both plot lines cross.]
-:[Caption below the graph:]
+:By 2019, Humans will be outnumbered.
-:By 2019, humans will be outnumbered.
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