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#1 steverotters

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Posted 21 April 2015 - 07:25 PM

Okay, so the official commercial for Mutant Mania says there are over a million combinations with their mix-and-match gimmick. 

 

Each figure has 3 pieces: head, torso, and legs. 

 

There are 120 different figures (there are really a few more, but let's just stick with this number because it is the base set number of figures). 

 

So to determine the number of "possible combination" to create a unique 3-piece figure, don't you take 120^3 (120 to the 3rd power) or:

 

120 X 120 X 120 = 1,728,000

 

So, they are right.  There is over a million combinations. 

 

Is this correct?  Is this how you solve this math problem? 

 

Do I get a gold star or am I doing it wrong?


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Posted 21 April 2015 - 07:39 PM

I believe that is correct.  But either way we will give you the star for effort.

 

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Posted 21 April 2015 - 07:45 PM

I dunno. doesn't seem right to me. maybe you should try building each different figure and counting each one


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Posted 21 April 2015 - 09:16 PM

Even if there was that many....nobody on earth could even configure them all in their lifetime!
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Posted 21 April 2015 - 09:20 PM

I can see this mix n match deal with the mutants leading to a disaster in the future years....the factory configurations getting all mixed up over the years- not being able to get a factory configured set anymore......then it becomes- "does anyone have the legs to #34 and a head for #15...."- and the answer will be "yeah, for $100 a piece." Haha....

Edited by Sixthwizard, 21 April 2015 - 09:20 PM.

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Posted 21 April 2015 - 11:05 PM

Even if there was that many....nobody on earth could even configure them all in their lifetime!

A high school teacher of mine gave everyone in the class the "opportunity" to make 1,000,000 tick marks on paper over the evening for an automatic A in the class. Non-stop, averaging 6 marks per second, it would take close to 48 hours to get there.  

 

And your math is certainly correct steverotters, assuming you must have one bottom, torso and head. Technically you could have two sets of legs or two heads or squeeze two torsos between the legs and heads, both of which I have done and you can get some pretty interesting combinations. That would give you 6,912,000 and 207,360,000 combinations respectively. If you did any combination including two heads or two sets of legs and two torsos you could get 829,440,000 potential combinations  :geek:


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Posted 21 April 2015 - 11:11 PM

I'd like to see a picture/pictures of all possible combinations. Moose should have one....should....
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Posted 22 April 2015 - 02:05 AM

I'd like to see a picture/pictures of all possible combinations. Moose should have one....should....

Hahahahaaa...Cmoon even moose doesnt have full collection on any of their own lines... No master set of anythin..
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Posted 22 April 2015 - 04:45 AM

There's a great project lol... imagine a site similar to the musclefigures.com gallery!!  But ALL combinations of Mutant Mania figures.  That would actually be kinda neat.  It would take freakin' years to make, but why the hell not?  In fact if you reach out to Moose toys maybe they could sponsor someone to do it?

 

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Posted 22 April 2015 - 06:15 AM

Just take one picture of each figure, then have someone do the legwork on separating the pieces and mix n matchem'....photoshop


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Posted 22 April 2015 - 06:39 AM

Just take one picture of each figure, then have someone do the legwork on separating the pieces and mix n matchem'....photoshop

 

 

SMART!!  I totally wouldn't have thought of that... I'd be sitting around all day putting figures together and pulling them apart lol...

 

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Posted 22 April 2015 - 11:22 AM

Just take one picture of each figure, then have someone do the legwork on separating the pieces and mix n matchem'....photoshop

Wait lemme just photoshop the 1 728 000... Oh right... :lol:
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Posted 22 April 2015 - 06:52 PM

Hahahahaaa...Cmoon even moose doesnt have full collection on any of their own lines... No master set of anythin..

Hahahahahahaha!

Spoken like a true FOP collector!

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Posted 22 April 2015 - 06:59 PM

take pics of each body piece from each figure.  have a computer dude write a program, mixes all pieces in all combos.  Done!  haha...  Send me the PDF when you're through with that there, Computer Guy!  

 

I wish I knew how to do that.  I would.


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