Answers.Body: <p>A minifig on a keychain and a regular minifig are essentially the same. They are made of the same components. A couple of additional procedures turn regular minifigs into keychain minifigs. </p>
  
  <p>1.) There is a long screw inserted through the head and neck-post of the minifig to be able to attach the keychain to the loop at the end of the screw. If you remove the screw, there will be a small hole left inside the stud on the head, and on the neck-post. </p>
  
  <p>2.) The leg assembly is fused to the torso assembly to make sure they don't separate during use as a keychain.</p>
  
  <p>In addition, keychain minifigs are made in China, so there is a slight difference in how they look. The plastic has a duller and sometimes a bit more opaque appearance compared to regular minifigs. The printing, however, is the same quality, which is what most people focus on. The difference in the shine/opaqueness is usually only noticed when the keychain minifigs is placed next to an identical regular minifig. </p>
  
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Answers.Text: Do we know if the legs are glued on or if the plastic is molded differently to make it more resilient?
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Answers.Text: pretty interesting. Does the slight difference of China figs also apply to figs from the 90ties?
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Answers.Text: The plastic pieces for the torso and legs are exactly the same as regular minifigs. They are not glued, but the legs are fused to the torso with a solvent, that actually loosens the surface of the ABS plastic and allows the molecules to combine. Once the solvent evaporates, it leaves behind a cleanly fused surface with no residue at all.
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Answers.Text: LEGO has been using two types of solvents through the years to "glue" minifigs, sculptures, etc. One is called MEK (methyl-ethyl-ketone) and at some point they switched to GBL (gamma-butyrolactone).
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Answers.Text: @Fabian, the collectible minifig series didn't start until 2010. At that time, LEGO didn't have their own factory in China, but worked with a partner. Now they have their own factory and are more in control of the quality. According to the official LEGO history site,  https://www.lego.com/en-us/themes/lego-history/ LEGO didn't start working with Chinese partners until the 2000s, although it is possible that some of their non-brick items were made there even before (stationary, school-supplies, home décor, etc.)
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Body: <p>Are there any differences in the components or construction of keychain minifigs compared with regular minifigs from sets?</p>
  
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Title: What are the structural difference between a minifig and a minifig on a keychain?
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ThreadText: # What are the structural difference between a minifig and a minifig on a keychain?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2019-02-01)
  
  Are there any differences in the components or construction of keychain minifigs compared with regular minifigs from sets?
  
  **Tags:** piece-information, minifigures
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_1 on 2019-02-01. Score: 8 | Accepted answer
  
  A minifig on a keychain and a regular minifig are essentially the same. They are made of the same components. A couple of additional procedures turn regular minifigs into keychain minifigs.
  
  1.) There is a long screw inserted through the head and neck-post of the minifig to be able to attach the keychain to the loop at the end of the screw. If you remove the screw, there will be a small hole left inside the stud on the head, and on the neck-post.
  
  2.) The leg assembly is fused to the torso assembly to make sure they don't separate during use as a keychain.
  
  In addition, keychain minifigs are made in China, so there is a slight difference in how they look. The plastic has a duller and sometimes a bit more opaque appearance compared to regular minifigs. The printing, however, is the same quality, which is what most people focus on. The difference in the shine/opaqueness is usually only noticed when the keychain minifigs is placed next to an identical regular minifig.
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_2**: Do we know if the legs are glued on or if the plastic is molded differently to make it more resilient?  
  > **username_0**: pretty interesting. Does the slight difference of China figs also apply to figs from the 90ties?  
  > **username_1**: The plastic pieces for the torso and legs are exactly the same as regular minifigs. They are not glued, but the legs are fused to the torso with a solvent, that actually loosens the surface of the ABS plastic and allows the molecules to combine. Once the solvent evaporates, it leaves behind a cleanly fused surface with no residue at all.  
  > **username_1**: LEGO has been using two types of solvents through the years to "glue" minifigs, sculptures, etc. One is called MEK (methyl-ethyl-ketone) and at some point they switched to GBL (gamma-butyrolactone).  
  > **username_1**: @username_0, the collectible minifig series didn't start until 2010. At that time, LEGO didn't have their own factory in China, but worked with a partner. Now they have their own factory and are more in control of the quality. According to the official LEGO history site,  https://www.lego.com/en-us/themes/lego-history/ LEGO didn't start working with Chinese partners until the 2000s, although it is possible that some of their non-brick items were made there even before (stationary, school-supplies, home décor, etc.)  
  
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