


The hands of a minifigure are shaped similarly to a "U" or a "C", which allows them to hold many LEGO accessories, as well as plates and tiles (by their sides), or on the top of the minifigure's hand. A few LEGO arms, such as some of the Minifigures (Theme) have printings on them. LEGO has made a peg that can fit in the leg sockets. There are also tails that can attach the same way as minifigure legs, they are only used on Skales, Fangtom, Acidicus, Skalidor, Medusa, and Pythor. These short legs are commonly used for children in the City theme, as well as many other themes. There are long legs like those of the Toy Story character Woody, which can still rotate, and short ones like Yoda's or Dobby's, which cannot rotate. They also attach to normal LEGO bricks in either a sitting or standing position. The legs can rotate independently beyond 90 degrees forwards and approaching 45 degrees backwards, making a total rotation of 135 degrees. Each basic plain minifigure has the same height as four normal stacked bricks, but when using head accessories, it can make the minifigure slightly taller. Minifigures typically come packaged as three separate parts in LEGO sets: head, torso/arms/hands, and hips/legs. A basic minifigure is composed of several separate essential LEGO pieces: head, torso, arms, hands, hips, and legs.
